Sam Hobson saw Charlie Porter receiving the ball on the right wing, and immediately turned his head to observe the situation behind him, and saw Hu Lai beside him. Then he immediately withdrew his gaze and looked at Charlie again.
Porter.
Sure enough, we saw Porter kicking the ball in and passing the ball.
At this time, he quickly started to rush towards the landing point of the football, and at the same time opened his arms slightly, not to stop Hu Lai, but to sense Hu Lai's position through his arms.
This way he doesn't have to lose Hulay's position while focusing on clearing the siege.
In the end, Hobson used his head to head away Charlie Potter's cross before Hulay, and the clearance was successful.
After landing, he confirmed Hu Lai's position again and found that the other party was still behind him, which made him feel relieved.
“Hobson’s defense against Hu Lai was very strict...” Seeing this scene, He Feng couldn’t help but sigh.
"Of course, after all, Hu Lai is currently the top scorer in the league. If we don't know how to strengthen our defense against him, how can a team like Manchester Athletic be ranked second in the league?" Yan Kang
Said. "This is the level of the Premier League. Although Hulay has ranked first in the league's scorer list, it does not mean that he can definitely score goals whenever he wants... In the Premier League, where there are so many masters, you still have to remain humble.
That’s all right…”
The reason why Yan Kang specifically said this is because he saw some praise for Hu Lai on the Internet that exceeded Hu Lai's normal level. Those self-media marketing accounts praised Hu Lai as the number one striker in the Premier League, and rounded it up to
Their logical basis for being the number one striker in Europe is that the Premier League ranks first in the European Football League, so if Hulay ranks first in the Premier League's scorer list, he naturally ranks first in the entire Europe, and is of course the number one forward in Europe.
This seems to make sense, so some fans really believe this nonsense.
As a serious football commentator and a professional player who has played football, Yan Kang certainly knows that the ranking of strength in the football world is not that simple.
He wishes Hulay well and is happy to see Hulay score goals one after another in the Premier League. But this does not mean that he thinks Hulay is now the number one striker in the Premier League.
He believes that such publicity by marketing accounts in self-media is not good for Hu Lai.
There is a word called "Pengsha", which is only one word different from "stick to kill". They look very similar, but they have completely different meanings.
The harm of killing with praise is often more serious than killing with a stick, because it is easy for people to lose their vigilance due to the cloak of "praising".
Hule currently ranks first in the Premier League scorer list, scoring 11 goals in ten league rounds, and only failed to score in three league rounds. In one of them, he was not selected into the squad at all and did not get a chance to play.
So it was actually 11 goals in nine rounds of the league, with goals scored against seven opponents.
This performance blew the trumpet of self-media marketing, making it seem like Hu Lai was blocking and killing gods in the Premier League, blocking and killing Buddhas, and he could enter whoever he wanted.
If this kind of image is really created, will domestic public opinion put pressure on him again if Hu Laiwan fails to score a goal in one or two games?
Yan Kang wants to cool down the situation.
"Sam Hobson is the captain of the US national team. As a central defender, his ability is quite outstanding. Hu Lai was unable to score in this game because he was targeted by Hobson. But the other way around
He said that it was precisely because of his containment of Hobson that he gave Lorenzo and Williams the opportunity to score goals... As a center, scoring goals is of course the top priority. But sometimes, if you can't
He can't score, but he can create scoring opportunities for his teammates, which is also a qualified performance..."
He hopes the fans know that even if Hulay fails to score a goal in the end and Leeds City loses the game, it definitely does not mean that Hulay's performance is not good.
"Well, Hu Lai's performance so far has actually been very good..." He Feng agreed.
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Atletico Manchester ended an attack. They did not immediately return to defense. Instead, they sent several players to wait in the frontcourt to intercept the football, forcing Leeds City to be unable to smoothly advance the attack.
Especially against Leeds City midfielder Pete Williams, the defense was quite tight.
Faced with Manchester United's defense, Williams couldn't even turn around.
“Pete, pass the ball!” Under such circumstances, Jay Adams stepped forward and took over the responsibility of organizing the offense from Williams.
He has played as a holding midfielder before, so this job is not unfamiliar to him.
Furthermore, he found that as his position moved back, he had a broader field of vision and a looser environment for activities than before, making it easier to organize an attack than before.
Williams had seen Adams' ability in training and passed the football to him without hesitation.
After Adams received the ball, he was indeed in a temporarily undefended stage.
Of course, the Manchester United players were soon rushing towards him, trying to tangle him.
Adams chose to attack with long passes. He found Kamara who was very active in front.
When Kamara received the ball on the left wing, he was already stuck by Manchester Athletic's right back William Kolarenz. He couldn't even bring the football forward, so he could only turn around immediately after stopping the ball.
Protect the football with your body.
Although this was able to keep Kolarentz behind, it also lost the opportunity to move forward.
Fortunately, Pete Williams quickly responded at this time, so Kamara chose to pass the football to Williams.
After passing the ball, he quickly turned around and moved forward, taking Kolarenc away.
Williams did not pass the football to him, but turned around and dribbled the ball towards the center.
Manchester Athletic's Portuguese midfielder Joao Dias came up to make a frontal interception. Williams didn't pay attention, but first looked up to observe the situation in front.
He found that Manchester Athletic's overall defense was raised higher, perhaps to cause offside.
But after receiving a pass from Kamara, Williams clearly remembered that Manchester Athletic full-back Kolarenz was taken away by Kamara.
This also means that Manchester Athletic's back line does not press forward uniformly...
Invisible from his current perspective, Kolarenc may be trailing behind!
Sure enough, he saw Hu Lai in the distance making a sudden forward movement, which confirmed his guess that if Hu Lai knew he was offside, he would not rush forward rashly. He could see Kolarenc from that direction.
movements to know whether he is offside.
So he ignored Dias’s interception and kicked the ball!
After the football was picked up by him, it flew straight behind the Manchester Athletic defense!
Almost in sync with football, Hu Lai's sudden advance was the figure!
When Hobson looked back and saw Hulay, he did not raise his arms to signal the referee like his central defender partner did, but pounced directly on Hulay. Because he knew that regardless of Hulay, the ball would not be offside.
, as long as the referee does not blow the whistle, he cannot make any decision to stop the game.
Sure enough, the referee’s whistle did not sound!
"Williams passed the ball...Hu Lai! Beautiful! Not offside!"
Amid the shouts of the commentators, Hulay broke out from the middle of Manchester Athletic's defense and faced Manchester Athletic goalkeeper Ze Correa directly!
This is his chance!
But Correa's attack was also very quick. Almost as soon as the football passed over the heads of his defender teammates, the Portuguese national team's main goalkeeper had already abandoned the goal and pounced on the landing point of the football!
Not to mention that Hobson is still hot on his heels.
The two people formed a pincer attack on Hu Lai. It seemed that even if Hu Lai succeeded in countering offside this time, it would be difficult to do anything... because the distance between Correa and Hu Lai was too close and they were basically blocked.
All possible angles and spaces for his shot.
In fact, because Correa struck out too quickly, Hulay was unlikely to even get the ball.
The football fell between him and Correa. The latter reached out to grab it, while Hulay stretched out his right foot and struggled to reach the football. It seemed as if he wanted to make a death struggle...
Upon seeing this, Hobson braked sharply behind Hulay and raised his hands to show his innocence. At this time, he saw that Correa had basically blocked all angles of Hulay's shot, so he did not add any more trouble...
Otherwise, if you accidentally make physical contact with Hu Lai, the opponent will see that he has no chance to shoot from an angle and then fall to the ground, cheating a penalty kick or something... wouldn't that be a loss?
It was precisely because of Hobson's timely braking that he saw a scene that shocked him next:
Hullet still touched the ball one step before Correa. He used the instep of his right foot to pick up the falling football before Correa.
At the same time, Correa's hands rushed towards him, and he closed his hands from both sides to the middle, but his wave was empty!
Following that, Hu Lai turned his body to the left with his left foot as the axis, like a conditioned reflex dodge.
The football flew over the head of Correa, who was caught off guard, while others passed by Correa!
“Hu Lai... pick it up! So beautiful!”
Following He Feng's shouting, Correa, who was diving forward to get the ball, lost his balance and fell forward.
Hulay dodged to avoid the forward charging Correa, bypassed him and turned to face the goal!
The football he picked up fell right in front of him...
The Manchester Athletic fans in the stands screamed uncontrollably, and the few Leeds City fans began to shout excitedly: "!HU!!!"
Hobson saw Hulay turning the ball past goalkeeper Correa, and it was too late to stop him!
As soon as he took a step forward, he saw Hu Lai lift his right foot and push the football in the air into the goal!
The ball is scored!
Those Leeds City fans collectively shouted at this moment: "HUUUUU!!!"
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!" Cox raised his arms and shouted, "Oh my God! Look what kind of goal Hu Lai scored?! He actually took the shot when there was no shooting angle at all.
The ball turned and passed Correa! What an imaginative strike! This is talent, ladies and gentlemen! This is talent! In the 86th minute, Hulay's goal helped Leeds City win
Tied the score for the third time away from home!”
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Merri Banega stood in front of the TV, staring at the screen in stunned silence.
In fact, when Hulay suddenly picked the football over Correa's head, he had already stood up from the sofa.
He did not expect that Hulay would use this method to solve the problem of no shooting angle. Before that, he thought that Leeds City's attack would be in vain.
“UUUUUUUUULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!! It’s amazing! This goal is so beautiful! Poor Correa, poor Manchester United! They were equalized in the last stage of the game and fell short!”
The Spanish commentator's passionate voice not only echoed in the spacious living room, but also echoed in Melly's chest, impacting his heart one after another.