After Hu Lai scored, it was Catalonia's turn to kick off.
They were not in a hurry to kick the football out. The team's captain, Kabangka, stood in the center circle with the football under his feet and made a gesture to his teammates, telling them to be steady and in control.
"Kabonka is such a good player!"
Seeing this, Jesus Valentin, assistant coach of Madrid Pirates, sighed with emotion.
"Reilly Vicente is also a good coach." Parotti said. "Although he conceded two goals, he did not panic. Only when the coach remained calm did the players calm down. They were able to win the Champions League last season.
, makes sense. If they can really eliminate us in this game, then I think they can also successfully defend the title."
"I don't want them to successfully defend the title..." second assistant coach Enzo Naher said.
Parotti smiled and did not continue.
This is not something we hope for or not.
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"Come on, pirate!"
“Advance pirates!
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When the game restarted, the Madrid Pirates fans in the stands became even more excited, shouting at the top of their lungs to cheer for their team.
If you can come back from behind by three goals, that would be a great achievement.
For the Madrid Pirates team, which is at a trough, this reversal victory seems to be a shot in the arm. Maybe the victory in this game can also change the atmosphere within the team.
Amid their cheers, the Madrid Pirates launched a fierce attack on the Catalan United goal.
A wild shot from long range was saved by Tony Schulman.
Vukovich's follow-up shot missed.
Farias broke away continuously in the penalty area and caused chaos. Unfortunately, his last shot was interfered by the opponent's personal interference and did not have any power. It was easily saved by Catalan United goalkeeper Schulman.
Juan Ramirez took a long shot from outside the penalty area, but Catalan United forward Reynaldo Lima blocked it with his body.
Even the team's forwards retreated to the front of the penalty area to defend, which shows how fierce the Madrid Pirates' offensive is.
But from another perspective, this also shows how hard the Catalan United players can work to maintain this goal advantage - even the forwards have turned into defensive players.
When a giant team is so united, it is not easy to defeat them.
Once the ball comes to the Catalan United side, they are not in a hurry to pass it forward, but use their excellent passing and running abilities to pass the football back and forth.
The Madrid Pirates were not polite to them either. When they saw them slipping in the midfield, they rushed up to press them high.
Will this lead to a lot of gaps in the defense behind you?
of course.
But the Madrid Pirates players can't control that much.
There is not much time left in the game. If you don’t go all out and go out in full force, how can you create a miracle?
After Farias retracted, the corridor on the left was opened up for Yin Weng Martinez.
When Joaquin Vela got the ball in midfield, he came in from behind at high speed.
Bella passed the football to him, and he moved the football forward while catching the ball, and then started to accelerate!
Kabangka came over and competed with him for speed.
Facing Kabangka, who was not very slow, Yin Weng sprinted for about 20 meters without being able to shake him off. He had to make a pass and then stop and change direction.
Kabangka was not easily deceived, but followed the same sudden stop and turned around, continuing to get stuck on the inside of Yin Weng.
After Yin Weng cut inside, he used the outside instep of his left foot to move the football outward, changing direction again and continuing to turn towards the baseline.
Then he no longer dribbled the ball, but raised his left foot and passed the football towards the goal.
In front of the goal, Farias grabbed the lead and ran around in the middle.
Farias reluctantly hit the ball at the front point, and the ball went directly over the crossbar.
This caused He Feng to shout with regret and dissatisfaction: "Farias should have missed this ball! He is not good at heading the ball!"
Although even after Farias leaked the ball, Hu Lai might not be able to score under Paul Fortune's close defense.
But He Feng was a little unhappy, feeling that Farias had robbed Hu Lai of a sure goal scoring opportunity.
If Farias hadn't grabbed the header, maybe the Madrid Pirates would have equalized the score...
It's normal for He Feng to think so.
Because in front of the goal, Hu Lai has the power to turn corruption into magic, and the more unfavorable the situation is for him and the more it seems that there is no chance, the more likely he is to score goals.
Who dares to say that if the ball was played randomly, it might not be scored?
Then let Hu Lai kick you!
When the cross was passed, Yin Weng Martinez spread his hands and made a very dissatisfied gesture - he was just looking for a random pass. Why are you, Farias, joining in the fun? It was obviously not a cross for you, but you must
Can you not force it? Now it seems like I didn’t pass the ball well...
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During this period, the Madrid Pirates offensive was very strong, and the Catalan United did not fight back.
Even if the ball is at their feet, they just pass it back and forth.
There is no rush to pass forward, especially no rush to pass forward.
I have to say that the passing and controlling abilities of Catalonia players are indeed outstanding.
Although Madrid Pirates also plays this trick, no one is more proficient than Catalonia United.
Utilizing skillful passing, Catalonia United delayed the game time minute by minute.
Whenever they pass the ball, Pirates fans will boo in the stands.
Everyone knows what Catalonia United wants to do.
It's nothing more than delaying time.
With a one-goal lead and ten minutes left in the game, we dragged on and won.
There is absolutely no need to take risks at this time.
If Catalonia's opponents were other teams, perhaps they would not choose such a conservative approach and would definitely take advantage of the opponent's opportunity to attack and steal another one.
In fact, with the Madrid Pirates, Reilly Vicente also thought the same way at first.
As a result, the sneak attack failed and the Madrid Pirates seized the opportunity to counterattack and scored.
The key is that the Madrid Pirates have a super-efficient shooter who is messing around.
If he hadn't acted recklessly, he certainly wouldn't have been so cautious...
Now, even if he is ridiculed by the Madrid media after the game that this is not the style of Catalan football, Vicente will still do it.
Nothing is more important than winning.
Riley Vicente raised his head and took another look at the game time on the big screen.
Eighty-fifth minute of the game.
There are five minutes left in injury time.
The injury time may be seven or eight minutes.
The total time does not exceed fifteen minutes.
After Vicente calculated the time, he frowned.
This time is still too generous for the Madrid Pirates who only need to score one goal...
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Nestor Farias looked around him and saw that they were all Catalan United players.
Although Parotti kept him on the pitch and played him as a forward.
However, this position is actually not suitable for his own performance, at least Farias himself does not like it.
He still likes to move on the wing, and not just on the forward line, he also likes to drop deep.
Because this way he has more opportunities to get the ball and there is enough space for him to dribble.
On the contrary, in the penalty area, he may not even be able to catch the ball.
Even if you catch it, it's easy to lose it.
Not free at all.
He is a winger, not a center forward.
He decided not to listen to Parotti's arrangements and to make his position more flexible.
For example, he would drop back to midfield to get the ball.
Farias ran out of the penalty area.
Seeing him retreating, the Catalan United players remained motionless and did not follow him.
At this time, maintaining the integrity of the team's formation is the top priority in defense.
Farias, who retreated to midfield, asked for the ball first.
No teammate passed the football to him.
The Madrid Pirates used a strong attack from the center but failed.
So I had no choice but to spread the word about football again and look for opportunities.
Seeing the Pirates starting to kick in the midfield again, Farias raised his hand to ask for the ball again.
This time the ball was finally passed to his feet.
It has been eighty-nine minutes now.
The fourth official held up the stoppage time sign on the sidelines, and just as Reilly Vicente had guessed, it was seven minutes of stoppage time.
Plus the last minute of regular game time.
The time left for both parties is these eight minutes.
"There are eight minutes left in the game! Madrid Pirates must score at least one goal in these eight minutes to have any hope of advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League!"
"Eight minutes! As long as we persist for eight more minutes, Catalonia will be able to eliminate Pirates of Madrid and advance to the semi-finals!"
The commentators supporting Madrid Pirates and Catalonia United have completely opposite tones about the same thing.
After Joaquin Vela passed the football to Farias, he ran to widen the angle and then raised his hand to signal Farias to pass the ball back.
After all, Farias is surrounded by Catalan United players, and their young midfielder Javier Barrena is right in front of Farias.
Farias stopped the ball and faced Javier Barrena's head-on interception.
At this time, you should pass the football over and look for opportunities again.
But Farias didn't do that.
He used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football inward, as if he was going to cut inside.
Javier Barrena followed suit and continued to get stuck in front of Farias.
Seeing that the opponent was not getting rid of it so easily, Farias used the heel of his right foot to knock the football back from behind the left foot that was supporting his body.
Then he turned around and moved the football forward.
Barrena quickly turned around and came back, chasing after him.
Farias is not very fast, because there is another Catalan United player in front, the team's right back Giovanni Petrick.
If Farias really increases his speed and accelerates the ball, it is very likely that the football will go directly to Petrick's feet.
In addition, there is also Kabangka on the inside.
Kabangca, Petryk and Barrena formed a three-man defensive formation, trapping Farias on the sideline.
If this was a Go duel, then Farias, the chess piece, would have been captured.
The most correct thing for Farias to do at this moment is to pass the football.
Joaquín Vela was just outside the three Catalan United players, running with him while raising his hands and shouting: "Pass it, Farias! Pass the ball!"
Farias acted as if he didn't hear it and still ran towards Petrick with the ball.
When Petrik saw this, he planned to have a showdown with Farias here. He took a step forward and stretched out his foot to steal the ball!
Seeing Petrick take the first step, Farias stopped suddenly when he was about to hit the opponent, and made a feint shot with his right foot, passing over the football first, and then stabbed the football before Petrick's foot.
, used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football away a little, and thus shook off Petrik.
Catalonia United's right back couldn't stop the car and almost ran off the sideline.
Originally, Barena was chasing back at high speed, but Farias suddenly stopped and changed direction, causing Petrik to lose his balance. Barena also braked suddenly, then turned around and stabbed the football.
He thought that Farias would not be able to effectively control the ball in a short period of time when dealing with Petrick.
Petrick almost slipped off the sideline due to inertia.
Then Farias, who also stopped suddenly, will definitely be affected by inertia.
He thought correctly. He stopped suddenly and shook Petrick away, which indeed made Farias' body unstable. His body leaned to the left, and his center of gravity was far away from the football. It would be difficult to control the ball again...
But when Ballena took a step forward, Farias pushed the football straight out with his right foot when his body's center of gravity was tilted to the left...
The football passed under Barena's crotch!
At the same time, Farias stumbled out between Barrena and Petrik!
The cheers at Pirates Park suddenly erupted.
After Farias broke out of the siege, he accelerated towards the football.
He wants to race with Kabangka!
See who can control the ball first!
In the end, Farias was slightly better. He rushed the football out before Kabangka. But Kabangka kicked the ball out of the air, staggered himself, lost his balance, and completely lost his defense.
Target.
"Farias! Farias! Farias!
pretty!
Farias——!
!”
Spanish commentator Alvarez Sanchez kept exclaiming Farias's name louder and louder each time.
Just like the cheers from the stands, one wave after another.
At this time, Farias had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
The one who went up to defend him was Catalan United midfielder Dino Sosa.
Seeing his teammates in the Argentina national team, Farias first made a move to accelerate the diagonal dribbling of the ball down the bottom. After deceiving Sosa's center of gravity to shift to the baseline, he then used the outside instep of his right foot to lightly touch the football.
Gently move inwards...
Sosa rushed through.
While Farias and Sosa were one-on-one, Hu Lai crossed forward and made a gesture for the ball.
Farias still didn't pass the ball. Instead, he took advantage of Hu Lai's opportunity to move forward and take away center back Paul Fortune and another center back Miguel Diaz, and cut inward laterally!
At this time, even if Sosa, who had been passed by, wanted to chase back, he would have been blocked by two of his teammates and Hu Lai.
He could only watch as Farias shook off all defenses, faced goalkeeper Tone Schulman, raised his right foot and shot!
The football flew against the turf towards the near corner of the goal!
Goalkeeper Schulman originally guessed that he would hit the far corner. Faced with such a shot, he was not prepared enough and temporarily changed his body center of gravity to pounce back, but he was still a little short...
The football flew past his fingertips and hit the net!
