Chapter 790 Ladies and gentlemen, this is talent
When Sam Hobson saw Charlie Porter receiving the ball on the right wing, he 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 Potter again.
Sure enough, Porter made a pass.
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 Hu Lai's position while focusing on clearing the siege.
In the end, Hobson used his head to head out Charlie Potter's cross before Hulay, and made a successful clearance.
After landing, he confirmed Hu Lai's position again and was relieved when he found that the other party was still behind him.
"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 great players, you still have to remain humble. Oh..."
Yan Kang said this specifically because he saw some praise for Hu Lai on the Internet that exceeded Hu Lai's normal level. Those articles from self-media marketing accounts promoted Hu Lai as the top striker in the Premier League, and rounded it up to become the top forward in Europe - their logic is that the Premier League ranks first in the European Football League, then Hu Lai ranks first in the Premier League scorer list. The first one is naturally ranked first in the whole of Europe, and of course the number one striker 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 from the 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 sticks, because it is easy for people to lose their vigilance under the cloak of "praising".
Hulay 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’s actually eleven goals in nine league rounds, with goals scored against seven opponents.
This performance made self-media marketing trumpeted, 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 image is really created and Hu Laiwan fails to score in one or two games, will domestic public opinion put pressure on him again?
Yan Kang wanted 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 Said that it was precisely because of his restraint on Hobson that he gave Luo Renzo and Williams' chances to score... As a center, scoring goals is of course the top priority, but sometimes, if you can't score for a while, you can create scoring opportunities for your 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.
Facing Manchester United's defense, Williams couldn't even turn.
"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.
Moreover, he found that as his position moved back, he had a wider field of vision and a looser environment 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 jumping on him, trying to tangle him.
Adams chose to attack with a long pass - he found Kamara who was active in front.
When Kamara received the ball on the left wing, he was already posted by Manchester Athletic's right back William Kolarenz. He couldn't even bring the football forward. He could only turn around immediately after stopping the ball and protect the football with his body.
Although this can keep Kolarenc behind him, it also loses 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 ran 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 did not pay attention, but first looked up to observe the situation in front.
He found that Manchester United's overall defense was raised higher, perhaps because they wanted to cause offside.
But after receiving Kamara's pass, Williams clearly remembered that Manchester Athletic full-back Kolarenz was taken away by Kamara.
This means that Manchester Athletic's back line does not press forward uniformly...
Invisible to his current perspective, Kolarenz may be trailing behind!
Sure enough, he saw Hu Lai in the distance making a sudden forward movement, which confirmed his guess - if Hu Lai knew that he was offside, he would not rush forward rashly. From that direction, he could completely see Kolarenz's movements and know whether he was offside.
So he ignored Diaz's interception and kicked the ball!
After the football was picked up by him, it flew straight behind Manchester Athletic's defense!
Almost synchronized with football is Hu Lai's sudden forward figure!
When Hobson looked back and saw Hulay, he did not raise his arms to signal the referee like his centre-back partner did, but pounced directly on Hulay. Because he knew that regardless of whether Hu Lai's ball was offside or not, as long as the referee did not blow the whistle, he could not stop it without authorization.
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 directly faced Manchester Athletic goalkeeper Ze Correa!
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 spot of the football!
Not to mention that Hobson is still chasing after him.
The two men formed a flanking 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 the angles and spaces he could shoot from.
In fact, because Correa struck so fast, 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. As if he wanted to struggle to the death...
Upon seeing this, Hobson braked suddenly 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...< br>
Otherwise, if he accidentally makes 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 for 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:
Hulay 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 the wave was empty!
Immediately afterwards, Hu Lai's body turned 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, and others passed by Correa!
"Hu Lai... pick it up! So beautiful!"
With He Feng's shouting, Correa, who dived forward to get the ball, lost his balance and fell forward.
Hulay, on the other hand, dodged to avoid Correa who was rushing forward, bypassing him and then facing 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! HU! HU! HU!!!"
When Hobson saw Hulay turning the ball past goalkeeper Correa, it was too late to stop it!
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 went in!
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 didn't shoot at all! The ball was turned around and passed Correa at an angle! This is talent, ladies and gentlemen! In the 86th minute, Hu Lai's This goal helped Leeds City equalize the score for the third time on the road! ”
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Mellie Banega stood in front of the television, gaping at the screen.
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 Hu Lai would use this method to solve the problem of no shooting angle - before he thought that Leeds City's attack would be in vain.
"GOOOOL! GOOOOOOOL!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! HUUUUUUUUUUULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!! It's amazing! This goal is so beautiful! Poor Correa, poor Manchester United! They were equalized in the final stage of the game and fell short!"
The passionate voice of the Spanish commentator not only echoed in the spacious living room, but also echoed in Melly's chest, hitting his heart one wave after another. (End of chapter)