This was a long pass from thirty meters away, and the ball was volleyed directly into the air without stopping. You can imagine how difficult it was.
The Pajaritos Stadium fell into an inexplicable silence. Numancia's supporters turned pale, and some timid fans closed their eyes, as if the white light was too dazzling.
The pupils of the Santa Malaga supporters focused, the expressions on their faces began to change, and a burst of ecstasy quickly emerged from the deepest part of their eyes...
The Numancia goalkeeper did not expect that Li Chuanqi would volley directly from such a short distance and the ball speed was so fast. Without preparation, he did not make any save action.
The football flashed past his field of vision like a cannonball, hitting the net hard and setting up a yurt!
"Beep!..."
The sound of the referee's goal being valid broke the silence of Pajaritos Stadium.
This sound ignited the passion of the stadium, and the Santa Malaga supporters from all over the country were ecstatic and cheered passionately.
Damn, this is definitely a world wave!
Damn, this is a once-in-a-century goal!
Fortunately, we came here tonight, otherwise we wouldn’t have seen such a rare fairy ball!
Li Xiaofeng's face was full of ecstasy, and she danced and shouted loudly: "My brother has scored! My brother has scored!"
Her surprise was completely drowned out by the screams and cheers around her.
The Numancia supporters looked at their goal in stunned silence. The ball had gone in?!
This ball...
Damn, there is no solution!
The Numancia coach standing in the command area opened his mouth several times in succession, but in the end he was unable to make a sound because he didn't know what to shout.
Should the players be blamed for poor defense, or should the goalkeeper be blamed?
There was silence behind him. Many people's mouths had not closed yet and they were still in shock.
In stark contrast to them was the Santa Malaga bench, which was like water poured into a frying pan, those people were completely crazy.
The boss Juan waved his trembling fat hands and muttered something, but no one heard clearly what he was saying.
Antonio grabbed his hair hard, with a look of disbelief on his face.
The group of reporters on the sidelines woke up from the shock and started snapping shots at Li Chuanqi on the court. They came up with an idea - they must try their best to interview this young man after the game.
After scoring the goal, Li Chuanqi could not suppress his ecstasy and jumped up excitedly. His teammates howled and ran towards him from different places on the field.
The game restarted after a minute, and the two coaches became the loudest people on the court. Coach Numancia asked his team to speed up the offensive intensity and speed, and Antonio reminded his players to set up a defensive formation.
The fierce attack spread across half the court like a raging tide and rushed towards the Santa Malaga penalty area.
Under the command of Pablo and Miguel, Santa Malaga withstood the opponent's fierce attacks time and time again.
The most dangerous moment occurred in the 41st minute of the first half. Numancia launched an attack from the left, and the full-back made a pass, causing chaos in the penalty area.
Numancia's center beat Baris Addo to complete the header, and the football penetrated Miguel's defense.
Fortunately, the football did not go directly into the goal, but was rejected by the crossbar.
After the football bounced back into the penalty area, the forward lurking in the penalty area bent down and headed the ball into the goal!
The football hit center back Barris Addo, who had just landed and stood firm. Numancia's center immediately raised his foot to shoot!
The football flies towards the right side of the goal!
Miguel jumped up and miraculously saved the football from the bottom line!
Santa Malaga united as one and tenaciously defended the opponent's continuous attacks.
Numancia was full of regrets. The center forward who missed consecutive scoring opportunities slapped his face in pain.
After the game restarted, Santa Malaga paid more attention to defense and set up a bus in the penalty area.
Although this bus was not as luxurious as Real Madrid's, it still withstood Numancia's offensive waves time and time again.
After one minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, which allowed Santa Malaga to finally breathe a long sigh of relief.
Finally withstood it...
Pablo hugged his teammates one by one. When he hugged Li Chuanqi, he happily patted Li Chuanqi on the shoulder: "Li, that's good, let's do it again in the second half!"
The goal in the first half gave Li Chuanqi endless confidence. He nodded and said: "As long as you can still pass that kind of ball, I will have the confidence to score another one!"
At this point, Li Chuanqi gave Pablo a thumbs up: "Captain, your passing kick is just right, you are definitely world-class!"
The Numancia players left the stadium as quickly as possible because the atmosphere in the stadium made them feel ashamed. Their opponent was a team in the lowest league, but it was their second-division team that was lagging behind.
In the first half, they dominated the field, besieged the opponent's goal, and only gave the opponent two chances to shoot.
Two shots to complete a goal.
And they took more than a dozen shots, but failed to score a single goal.
From the perspective of offensive efficiency, they are far lower than their opponents.
"Hold on in the second half!"
"Persistence is victory!"
"Come on Santa Malaga!"
As Santa Malaga prepared to return to the dressing room, the supporters in the stands gave them encouraging sounds.
Li Chuanqi suddenly heard a familiar voice coming down from the stands: "Brother, come on! One more in the second half!"
This was her sister's voice. Li Chuanqi smiled and nodded to her.
Home team locker room.
The atmosphere was depressing, and the center who wasted many scoring opportunities was very dissatisfied with his performance. He left the towel on the floor angrily, and then buried his head...
The coach sighed deeply, knowing that he must regain the players' confidence.
"The first half basically met my requirements. Although the opponent was defending intensively, we still had more than a dozen shots, but we were just a little unlucky! As long as we continue to put pressure on their goal, their defense will be overwhelmed sooner or later.
!
Santa Malaga only had two threatening attacks in the first half, which shows that our defense did a very good job most of the time.
Both attacks were launched by the captain, and both were launched with long passes, so we must do two things to contain their attacks.
First, we don’t give their captain a chance to make a long pass, or make his long pass lose accuracy. Therefore, what we have to do is that once he gets the ball, people nearby must step forward to block and steal!
As long as we do this, we can nip their offense in the cradle!
Second, we have to defend the young man who scored the goal."
…
Away team locker room.
The atmosphere was warm and the players were very satisfied with their performance in the first half.
After everyone gradually calmed down, Antonio began to play the role he should play: "Our most successful part in the first half was not only scoring a goal, but also maintaining the lead until the end of the first half!
This is progress!"
Everyone nodded. The reason why it was so difficult to beat Alcorcon in the last round was because they were equalized by the opponent before the end of the first half.
Today they did not make the mistakes of the previous round and maintained their lead until the end of the first half. This is indeed the biggest improvement.
Pablo glanced at Antonio and moved his mouth in the direction of Li Chuanqi. Antonio understood and looked at Li Chuanqi and said: "Of course, we must praise Li Chuanqi. That goal helped us take the lead!"
"And that ball... is so fucking beautiful!"
Thinking of that volley, Antonio couldn't help but curse.
Is that what people do?
Shouldn't the ball be stopped and handled?
Do you know how I felt at that time?
But... the ball is scored, can I still criticize it?
These words made the locker room lively, and the players expressed their appreciation for the shot.
The second half game strategy was then discussed.
After some discussion, the whole team unified their thinking and continued to defend and counterattack in the second half. Li Chuanqi stayed at the front alone to look for a fatal blow.
…
After a fifteen-minute intermission, players from both sides returned to the court to change sides and fight again.
Numancia launched a fierce attack on Santa Malaga amid the cheers and cheers of the home fans.
After the test of the first half, Santa Malaga's defense was able to face this intensity of attack with ease. They adopted a close-pressing defensive strategy to compress the opponent's offensive space.
This defensive strategy was very successful. Numancia was unable to find a shooting opportunity for a long time. It was not until the fifteenth minute of the second half that they used a long shot to hastily complete the first shot.
