Just when Tatsuya Sugiyama wanted to continue his leapfrog challenge, the latest instructions from the head coach came from the sidelines.
What makes him happy is that the team's head coach Mr. Schmidt did not give up his previous tactics just because he lost the ball.
Because some coaches are worried that the team will lose the ball continuously in a short period of time, they will choose to have the team shrink its defense immediately after losing the ball to withstand the opponent's fierce attack first.
There is nothing wrong with this, but Sugiyama Tatsuya has little use - he is not good at defense.
So he hopes that the head coach's tactics can support him in continuing to challenge.
Of course, Oliver Schmidt did not arrange this just to satisfy Tatsuya Sugiyama’s obsession with “leapfrogging challenges”. He had his own considerations:
From the start of the game until the fifteenth minute, he hoped to give the team an early start.
But after failing to score a goal, he asked the team to slow down, rest and adjust, and prepare for the next effort.
Who would have thought that before the team could rest and adjust, the Madrid Pirates scored a goal!
Now Vesseldorf is in a dilemma - should he continue to slow down, shrink his defense, and rest and adjust? Or should he simply go out and attack again, take advantage of the Madrid Pirates' opportunity to expand their lead, and counterattack to steal an equalizer?
Schmidt chose the latter.
In his plan, whether Vesseldorf can score points in this game mainly depends on the first half of the game.
Because in the second half of the game, the team's physical fitness will have problems.
He originally planned to take the lead after scoring at the beginning, and then take advantage of the situation to pursue and expand the lead.
If you can get a two-goal lead, immediately shrink your defense, set up a bus in front of the goal, and defend until the end of the game.
If you can't score two goals, you can lead by one goal.
The core of Vesseldorf's style of play is to use all his physical energy once the game starts and try his best.
After taking the lead, shrink back and hold on, trying to hold the lead until the end of the game.
It's a bit like a one-and-done deal.
There is no other way. With Vesseldorf's strength, if he wants to defeat Madrid Pirates away from home, this is really the only way.
They are not a wealthy team, and they do not have the strength to keep dealing with a truly wealthy team like Madrid Pirates for ninety minutes.
You can only choose to take the wrong path.
It's just that this approach also comes with a price and greater risks.
In fact, it is gambling.
If you win the bet, you will get a seat; if you lose the bet, someone else will get a seat.
And now Vesseldorf has lost half, but not completely.
Because not only did they not score but they also conceded a goal.
The reason why we haven't completely lost is because we are only one goal behind after all.
If we can equalize the score, there's still something to play for.
Therefore, in this case, Schmidt did not choose to shrink the defense, but did the opposite and attacked the Madrid Pirates head-on, hoping to equalize the score as soon as possible.
He is still gambling.
He had no choice. If he didn't gamble, he would lose.
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Sugiyama Tatsuya used a mid-range pass to accurately pass the football to the feet of forward teammate Strauy.
But Strauy was unable to break through Danny Drew's defense - when he tried to change direction, Drew saw through his intention, and then decisively poked the ball away.
Upon seeing this, Sugiyama Tatsuya did not retreat to defend, but decisively rushed forward, intending to destroy the Madrid Pirates' counterattack.
However, his behavior of quietly approaching Vukovich from behind was discovered by Vukovich.
So when the latter received Drew's pass, he made a reversal fake move. After deceiving Tatsuya Sugiyama to adjust his center of gravity in that direction, he quickly turned to the other side and passed the football at the same time.
Sugiyama Tatsuya missed the mark!
Fortunately, the Madrid Pirates' subsequent counterattack was unsuccessful.
Otherwise, Tatsuya Sugiyama will be responsible for losing the ball - he was too reckless in grabbing it.
Sugiyama Tatsuya stopped chasing after him and stood there with his hands on his hips, breathing heavily.
He set his sights on Juan Ramirez.
The captain of the Madrid Pirates is like a wall standing in front of the Pirates' back line. Anyone who wants to directly face the Pirates' center backs must first find a way to get past Ramirez.
Tatsuya Sugiyama can't make it.
So he could only retreat and keep himself away from Ramirez.
He initially hoped to pull Ramirez out so that his teammates could take advantage of the space between Ramirez and the Pirates center back.
But Ramirez stayed in his position and didn't let Sugiyama Tatsuya succeed.
Tatsuya Sugiyama didn't dare to go up, so he could only use medium and long passes from behind to organize the attack.
But he is an attacking midfielder and is far away from the penalty area, which means that the threat he can create will plummet.
If he wants to help Vesseldorf score, he still has to go up and face Ramirez...
That is one of the world's top defensive midfielders who gives Melli a headache!
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When Tatsuya Sugiyama took the ball again, he turned around and saw Ramirez far ahead, looking at him.
Although he didn't say a word, Sugiyama Tatsuya seemed to be able to feel the contempt in Ramirez's eyes.
As if he was laughing at himself for being a coward who only dared to hide behind...
Sugiyama Tatsuya was not afraid of being laughed at, he just remembered that he was going to compete with Hu Lai.
But if he didn't even dare to face Ramirez, why should Hu Lai regard him as his opponent?
Thinking of this, Sugiyama Tatsuya first made a move to move the ball to the right. Joaquin Vela, who was tricking him into stealing the ball, jumped over there. However, he stepped on the football with his right foot and pulled it back to him, and then used his left foot to pull the ball back to him.
Touch the ball with the outside of your foot, turn around and rush forward!
Just like that, he passed Vela cleanly and rushed towards the Madrid Pirates' penalty area with the ball.
But when he saw Ramirez rushing toward him, he suddenly panicked and subconsciously wanted to avoid him.
Just when Tatsuya Sugiyama wanted to stop and turn around, and then use the outside instep of his right foot to move the ball, Ramirez rushed up and took a decisive shot!
Before Tatsuya Sugiyama could even complete his turn, Ramirez poked the ball away from his feet...
He wanted to fight back, but was bounced away by a huge force - in terms of physical confrontation, Sugiyama Tatsuya was completely unable to compete with Ramirez!
"Oh! Sugiyama Tatsuya lost the ball!" He Feng shouted excitedly.
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After Ramirez intercepted the ball from Tatsuya Sugiyama, he immediately passed forward and handed the ball to Joaquin Vela.
Joaquin Vela moved the ball to the wing.
Hu Lai immediately moved closer to the ribs from the center, seeking cooperation with Tonini.
After Tonini was blocked by a Vesseldorf player while dribbling the ball along the wing, he passed the ball to Hulay.
Since Vesseldorf suddenly lost the ball during the attack, they had problems during the transition between offense and defense.
In addition, Hulera came out enough that when he received the ball, there was no Vesseldorf defensive player around him - Vesseldorf's midfielder came up and didn't have time to return to defense, and Vesseldorf
Dove's center back stayed near the penalty area and did not follow.
Hulay just happened to retreat into the space between Vesseldorf's forward line and back line.
Because Kamara burst to the front and temporarily became a center, this made Vesseldorf's center back, Polish international David Wachowiak dare not leave it alone - no center back would do anything in this situation.
, will all think that Hu Lai is deliberately pulling him out to create an opening for Kamara.
So when Hulay received the ball, there were no Vesseldorf players around him.
He was able to turn around calmly and dribble forward.
Although Vesseldorf's defenders are quickly moving closer to him, he still gets a relatively "luxury" space for movement.
"Julay! This is the opportunity for the Madrid Pirates!"
Amid the excited shouts of commentator He Feng, Hu Lai dribbled the ball forward.
But he only took two steps, and he hesitated when he saw Wachowiak in front of him. He seemed to be afraid that if he came up to pounce on him, he would pass the ball to Kamara.
So Hu Lai decisively kicked off near the top of the penalty arc!
Until he saw Hu Lai raising his right leg and preparing to shoot from a long distance, Wachowiak no longer hesitated this time and came up to block his shot...
But it's too late!
As soon as he took a step forward, the football roared past him!
"Long shot—!"
The football rushed towards Vesseldorf's goal like a cannonball!
Their goalkeeper Byron Holtby jumped into the air and dived to the left.
But it was beyond reach and failed to touch the ball!
In fact, he is very close to football...
The football flew past his fingertips and into the goal!
In the 36th minute of the first half, Hulay scored twice to help Madrid Pirates lead Vesseldorf by two goals at home!
He Feng and Yan Kang shouted excitedly in the studio behind:
"Hu Lai - beautiful!! Beautiful!! A long shot of more than 30 meters! This is his second shot in this game! Two goals with two shots! The shot conversion rate is 100%! Amazing efficiency! Beautiful!!
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Sanchez, who was commentating on the game at the scene, also exclaimed: "My God! Hu! Before the first half is over, he has already scored two goals! This is his second goal in three consecutive games for Madrid Pirates!"
Scored twice this season for the sixth time! He truly deserves to be called Mr. Twice!"
Julei scored twice in the Madrid derby against the Madrid Kings.
After playing for the national team, he returned to the club and scored twice against Sebastian.
Now in the Champions League group stage, he scored twice again.
If you count the three games against Sevilla in the second round of the league, the Catalan United match in the third round, and the match against Getafe 1326 in the fifth round, he has scored twice this season six times, the most in Europe.
For him, scoring twice is like standard equipment...
After scoring, Hulay ran towards the corner flag again.
When he fell from the sky and landed on the turf, the thunder sounded again at Pirates Park:
“huuuuu!!!”
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