Chapter 349 Quality is more important than quantity
After the game started, as long as Hu Lai got the ball, boos would be heard in the stands.
It wasn't very loud, but it was obviously aimed at him.
So if anyone thinks that Catalan United fans will not target Hulay, they should have nothing to say when they hear such targeted boos.
Of course, the frequency of booing now is not high.
Perhaps it is because Catalonia is mainly attacking at the moment, and the Madrid Pirates have few offensive opportunities, and Hulay has less time to get the ball.
Catalonia United took advantage of their home court and launched a fierce offensive against Madrid Pirates in the half after the game started, aiming to score a goal as soon as possible.
Under the fierce offensive of Catalonia, the Madrid Pirates could only retreat and temporarily avoid the edge.
Compared with the last round of the league last season, the situation is reversed.
In last season's game, Madrid Pirates rushed and played fiercely as soon as they played away from home, as if they were going to dominate the away game.
Catalan United was caught off guard, and the home team was completely suppressed. As a result, they conceded the goal within ten minutes of the game.
Catalonia United must have learned a lesson this time - instead of letting the Madrid Pirates turn the tables, we should make full use of our home court advantage and strike first!
When Kabangka caught the ball in the frontcourt, he knocked the football behind him and immediately turned around!
Juan Ramirez tugged on his jersey, but he didn't completely catch him and let him slip past him.
A huge cheer erupted from the stands of the Holy Family Stadium.
Since Kabangca joined the team, he has used his outstanding skills and abilities to quickly win the love of Catalan United fans.
Now with Kabangka, Rosas does not need to press frequently. He can stay in the midfielder position and concentrate on dispatching and connecting offense and defense.
The specific forward-looking tasks were assigned to Cabangca and Campuzano.
Cabangka's forward ability is stronger than Campuzano's, and the threat is naturally greater.
Just like now.
After he got rid of Ramirez, he relied on his speed advantage to rush forward quickly. Ramirez was unable to catch up for a while...
After using his personal breakthrough to disrupt the Madrid Pirates' defense, Kabangca did not shoot the ball himself. Instead, he saw the right moment and pushed the football to Mario Salado, who cut in from the wing into the gap in the ribs.
"nice shot!"
There was another burst of cheers from the stands.
After receiving the ball, Salado first made a move to cut inside, but then gave the ball to the front and accelerated to break through along the outside line.
But Danny Drew, who rushed to defend him, saw through his plan. He rushed forward and before Salado could get the ball again, he kicked the football out of the baseline.
Catalonia United won a corner kick.
However, this corner kick eventually became the stage for Drew's performance - he jumped high, got ahead of all the Catalan United players, and threw the football with his head from the front point.
"Danny Drew! Beautiful header to clear the ball! He has now fully integrated into the new environment and is like a fish in water in this team!"
the Dutch TV commentator said excitedly.
As the future... no, the current defense backbone of the Dutch national team, he certainly hopes that Drew can gain a foothold in the Spanish giants and grow into the world's top central defender.
Judging from the past half season, Drew has done well.
Although the Pirates' original main center back Kepa Amantegui has returned from injury, he still has no way to regain the main position from Drew.
He can only be a substitute.
Fortunately, Amantegui had already prepared for this, so the handover of the team's main center back did not cause any setbacks.
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Catalonia United wanted to win quickly and take the lead.
But today's Madrid Pirates are completely different from the last time they met. This time they did not attack. Instead, they played steadily and consolidated their defense after the game started.
This may be related to the current situation of the team - they have just finished their vacation and are worried that the players are not in good condition, so the tactics adopted by Parotti in this game are very pragmatic and do not pursue "wonder".
At the beginning of the game, first withstand Catalonia's attack, and then slowly deal with the opponent.
Parotti made the right choice.
Facing the aggressive Catalan United, Madrid Pirates withstood the situation with their overall recycling defense.
Now that the game has been going on for twenty minutes, Catalonia has scored significantly more goals into the 30-meter zone of Madrid Pirates, and the number of shots is also 5:1, giving it an overwhelming advantage.
The score is still 0:0.
Catalonia's opening attack plan can be said to be bankrupt.
But Parotti still dared not take it lightly.
He chose to stand still and not make any adjustments.
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Hulay received the ball in the frontcourt with his back to the attacking direction. Behind him was Catalan United center back Paul Fortune.
The French international held him against him, preventing him from turning around easily.
But Hulay had no intention of turning around, and he passed the football back to Maxi Carey in the back.
Madrid Pirates' formation in this game looks more like a 4231.
He is at the front as a forward.
His forward partner Carey is not on his side, but is further back than him, closer to the midfield.
Judging from his position at the beginning of the game, he was on the same line as Camara and Toni, and was more like an attacking midfielder.
Behind him are Juan Ramirez and Vukovic, the two defensive midfielders, or central midfielders.
This arrangement is of course to give full play to Kaili's technical and comprehensive characteristics.
At the same time, Kyrie also has certain breakthrough ability, which allows him to retreat and gain more space to dribble the ball.
The current Madrid Pirates actually don't need Carey to be at the front like a center forward.
His scope of activities is wider and his responsibilities are freer.
Somewhat similar to a frontcourt free agent.
The advantage of doing this is naturally that it allows Kyrie to maximize his talents.
Putting aside his unpredictable temper, in terms of football talent alone, Kyrie is not inferior to the "Four Kings" at all.
After receiving the return pass from Hulay, Carey made a move to directly transfer the football to Kamara on the right.
This time, Catalonia's defensive midfielder Pedro Insua did not fall for the trick. Instead, he directly approached Kyrie and violently hit Kyrie with his body, interfering with his control of the ball.
Under Insua's close pressure, Carey did not use fake moves to shake him off.
So Carey pulled the football back and stopped.
Yinsuya was right in front of him, about one meter away, lowering his center of gravity, almost lying on the ground, staring at Kaili's right foot, for fear that he would suddenly make some fake move and shake himself.
Already.
At 1.9 meters, Kaili has a height advantage, which brings a better field of vision.
He stepped on the football and did not even glance at Insua, who was facing a formidable enemy. Instead, he was observing Hu Lai's movement in front of him.
After passing the football back to Carey, Hulay turned around and ran forward. The main purpose was to take away the Catalan United center back and create more space for Carey to control the ball.
Of course, he didn't forget to look back at Kaili's situation so that he could take further action.
Turning around, he saw Kyrie being forced to stop by Insua, so Hulay, who was originally sprinting straight towards the goal from the right rib, immediately braked and changed direction.
The heel of center back Paul Fortune, who was chasing after him, cut across the center of the pitch.
Paul Fortune turned around and saw Hu Lai cutting across him, and immediately turned around.
It seemed that Hulay had thrown himself into a trap - he cut inside and ran towards the defense area of another Catalan United center back Joel Jimenez. Paul Fortune followed up, and the two of them would
Forming a defensive situation against Hu Lai.
Of course, he may have done this to create space for Kamara, but Kamara is close to the sideline and still a long way from the right rib of the penalty area, so he is 100% unable to take advantage of this space.
But after Carey saw Hulay cutting inside to create space, he immediately pushed the football through without hesitation!
What he passes is the space created behind him!
Just as he was passing the ball, Hu Lai, who was originally cutting across, suddenly braked and slowed down again, dodged again, and cut back in the opposite direction!
His hand lightly patted Fortune's left shoulder, as if he was playing a game of "guess which side I'm on" with him.
Fortune first looked back to his left, but didn't see Hu Lai! Then he turned to the right, and saw Hu Lai cutting into the penalty area from his right!
It was too late for him to turn around and chase after him!
"Hu!! Beautiful changes of direction twice in a row!"
Jimenez, who was originally waiting for Hulay to surrender in his defense zone, saw this and rushed over to block Hulay!
After Hu Lai caught up with Carey's through ball, he did not continue to dribble. Instead, he began to adjust his pace while running and wanted to shoot directly!
Jimenez, who came in stride, shoveled and stretched his legs to intercept!
Goalkeeper Carlos Cordero also turned over from the middle and rushed to the near corner!
The two of them seemed to be two parallel lines on the turf of the penalty area, lying in front of Hu Lai!
But Hu Lai still didn't hesitate and kicked the football decisively!
The instep of his right foot firmly drove the football towards the back upper corner of the goal!
Neither Jimenez nor Cordero can do anything!
The football turned into a white light, first flew over Jimenez's body, then passed over Cordero's body, pulled up a straight flight path, and crashed into the net!
After besieging the Madrid Pirates for nearly half an hour to no avail, the Catalan United were instead scored by the Madrid Pirates in the 27th minute!
And this is only the third shot of the Madrid Pirates in this game!
It was also the first time a shot hit the goal frame!
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PS, the third update is completed today, and the double update will resume tomorrow.