Chapter 20: Stay steady and don’t panic(1/2)
At first, no one realized that long passes like Danny Drew's big-footed clearances could lead to assists.
After all, the success rate of such a simple and crude counterattack is often not high.
Because it is difficult to stop a lob, and it is even more difficult to stop a lob while running at high speed. If you stop a lob while running at high speed and there is physical confrontation, the chance of failure is very, very high.
I'm afraid even Drew himself didn't think that way.
Until Hu Lai passed the ball in front of him very beautifully, the distance was not too close and not too far, just right.
He suddenly became excited and shouted in the backcourt: "Go ahead, Hu! Don't waste my assist!"
Of course, Hu Lai didn't waste anything. He successfully converted Drew's ordinary pass into a goal.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
Spanish commentator Sanchez suddenly screamed after the football flew into the goal.
"This is the ability of a top forward! A pass that was 50 to 60 meters long was stopped by him so lightly, and not only was it as simple as stopping, he also stopped it perfectly, just enough to prevent him from slowing down.
He rushed forward, kept the sprint rhythm, and withstood Fortune's interference! Beautiful! Hu! So beautiful! Whether it is stopping the ball or shooting, it is beautiful!"
He Feng was also very excited, but he was not excited about how beautiful the ball was, but he was excited that the point difference between the two sides was only one ball!
"Only one goal! 2:3! Madrid Pirates are only one goal behind Catalonia! It is now the 76th minute of the game. Not counting injury time, there are still fourteen minutes left in this game. Ten
It’s entirely possible to score another goal in four minutes!”
At this time, He Feng didn't care about "saving his character" anymore. He was so excited that if he didn't say it out, he would probably explode.
From the despair of being behind by three goals, to the cautious excitement when Hywell saved a penalty kick, to the looming glimmer of hope when he pulled back the first goal...
That illusory hope condensed from the illusion into reality bit by bit, becoming more and more obvious and clear, and finally it could even be touched with one's own hands.
At this time, asking him to stay calm is really too much.
Although he is a professional commentator, professional commentators are also human beings and have emotions and desires. No matter how objective and neutral they are, they still have a stand.
His position is to always stand with his country.
In this game, Catalonia superstars gathered together and they were domineering, but there was no Chinese player. Madrid Pirates has Chinese player Hu Lai, and of course he supports Madrid Pirates.
Not to mention, even if there is no nonsense, as a neutral commentator, how can he not be excited when he sees the Madrid Pirates, who are three goals behind, have the opportunity to catch up goal by goal and complete the reversal?
He Feng was excited, and so were the countless Chinese fans in front of the TV.
The Pirates fans in the stands were even more excited.
When the football flew into the goal, the cheers were so deafening that it was almost impossible to hear any other sound.
The Catalan United fans, who were still very proud in the first half, fell into silence amidst the storm of cheers from the Pirates fans.
When they conceded the first goal, they were actually quite calm - it was just that the lead changed from three goals to two goals, but two goals were enough.
They even hope that the Madrid Pirates will attack more fiercely, so that Catalonia United can take the opportunity to counterattack.
As they wished, the Madrid Pirates' offensive was indeed stronger...but Catalonia failed to hold on!
Leading by two goals is quite safe... Leading by one ball feels completely different!
Madrid Pirates only need to score one more goal to equalize the total score.
Moreover, in the current Champions League knockout rounds, there is no away goal advantage rule. When the total score is 3:3, even if Catalonia has an away goal, they can only play 30 minutes of overtime with Madrid Pirates.
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They came to the away game with a two-goal lead. They scored another goal in the first half and even got a penalty kick. However, in the end, the Madrid Pirates dragged the game into overtime. The players of Catalonia United had a different mentality.
Will it collapse?
Anyway, the mentality of Catalan United fans is going to collapse.
The person who originally expressed no concern about Kabangka's missed penalty kick during the halftime break and said generously, "It's okay, even if the penalty kick is missed, it won't affect the final result" is now filled with regret.
I can't wait to rush down from the stands and go to the court to ask Kabangka face to face:
If you can’t score a penalty kick, what else can you do?!
Those so-called "gentlemanly manners" are actually all based on a sense of superiority.
If you don’t have a sense of superiority, then why are you talking about “gentlemanly demeanor” and “Fairplay”? It is conceivable that if Catalonia is really eliminated in this game, Kabangca will be scolded after the game
What does it look like...
Also beginning to panic were the Catalan United players.
After conceding the first goal, they were able to manage the expressions on their faces very well. When conceding the goal, many people put on the "mask of pain."
"What the hell!"
Head coach Riley Vicente, who saw this scene on the sidelines, immediately realized what was most important now.
He rushed to the sideline and yelled at his players.
But in the deafening cheers, all his voice was drowned.
He could only call the nearest Catalan United player, left back Nunez Pereira, and ask him to deliver a message to his teammates on the field.
"Tell them not to panic! Why panic? We even considered the worst case scenario. We were one person less than them and were tied by them. Now at least we are neither one person less than them nor tied by them!"
There are still ten minutes left in the game. We need to shrink our defense and withstand their attack. If the ball is at our feet, don’t rush forward. Pass as many passes as possible to take advantage of our advantage in controlling the ball and consume the game time.
Slow down the pace of the game! Do you understand?"
Pereira nodded repeatedly: "I understand. Don't panic, shrink your defense and control the ball more."
Seeing that Pereira was able to condense what he said without changing the main idea, Vicente was sure that Pereira had really listened to what he just said.
He patted the Portuguese international on the back with satisfaction: "Go and tell everyone this."
Looking at the back of Pereira running up, Reilly Vicente regained confidence in the next game.
One thing to say, Hu Lai's ball was very beautiful, and it once again proved that the nickname of "Mr. Scored Twice" was not for nothing.
If your team didn't score in the away game, they would really be in a hurry now because of random scoring twice.
Fortunately, they scored a goal in the away game.
but……
Thinking of this, Vicente couldn't help but think of the penalty kick that Cabangka missed.
Unfortunately, they only scored one goal.
If Kabangca scored that goal, would all the Madrid Pirates' thoughts of counterattack be completely extinguished?
The second half may really become garbage time.
How could the Madrid Pirates be able to chase two goals in a row?
Vicente suddenly realized that his idea was dangerous-he was actually blaming his core players.
In any case, Kabangka would not have wanted to miss the penalty kick.
This was an accident.
When he missed the penalty kick, didn't he look as calm as "sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai"?
He himself didn't take the missed penalty kick too seriously.
How is it possible to complain now that Kabangka failed to score a penalty kick, causing the team to fall into a passive position?
Maybe those fans and media can make fun of this, but as the head coach of Kabangka, I absolutely cannot do this. Otherwise, the two will never cooperate in the future.
It was hard to see that the Madrid Pirates dynasty was coming to an end, and I was able to keep the clouds clear and see the moon. No matter what, I should create a dynasty belonging to the Catalan United with Cabanca, who has the same goal.
Just like the combination of Hu Lai and Parotti, he also wanted to form the same master-disciple combination with Kabangka.
Just as Vicente's mind was churning with thoughts, he saw Pereira go up to find his teammates one by one and convey his words to them.
When relaying the story to Kabangka, the latter turned his head and glanced in his direction.
Vicente raised his finger and pointed at his temple, indicating that Kabangka, as the brain core of the team, must stay calm at this time and never direct his thoughts in the direction of not scoring a penalty kick like he did just now.
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After giving the reminder, Vicente was actually not very worried about Cabangka.
After all, this Brazilian doesn’t look like the Brazilian we all know at all. In spirit, he looks like an old-school German...
Tenacious and tenacious.
It seemed that no difficulty could defeat him completely.
This may have something to do with his experiences in the past few years.
Before leading the Brazilian team to win the 2030 Spanish-Portuguese World Cup, he actually experienced many failures.
And it's still a critical failure.
For example, the failure in the World Cup final, the failure in the Champions League final - the failure in the Champions League final happened twice - for a time, these failures made him a mockery of the fans.
But Vicente knew very well that those failures were important "components" that shaped the Kabangka that it is today.
Without the repeated beatings of failure, his spirit cannot become as tough as steel.
To be continued...