Chapter 829: The goal drought is gone
When Hulay lost his balance in the air and fell to the ground, huge boos could be heard in the stands of Flanders Stadium.
When they saw the referee decisively pointing his finger at the penalty spot, the Leeds City fans made a U-turn, and the boos suddenly turned into cheers.
"Penalty kick!!" He Feng also shouted excitedly, "There is no problem with this penalty kick! Menaye jumped towards Hu Lai and knocked him down without being able to hit the ball. There is no doubt that this is a foul. ! ”
Cox needs to be a little more rigorous. After all, he is a British commentator. He has to face not only Leeds City fans but also North London Wanderers fans. He cannot be too biased to one side when commentating.
So he waited until he returned after watching the slow motion and said: "Menaye did commit a foul. He knocked down Hu. And if he hadn't done this, Hu might have put the ball into the goal guarded by Lame!" ”
Menaye, like Kamara just now, ran to the referee and kept explaining to him: "He fell too exaggeratedly, sir! I don't have that much strength!"
The referee ignored Menayer, who was as strong as an ox, and just continued to stand at the penalty spot, signaling Leeds City to come up and take the penalty kick.
Hulay was hugged by captain Lorenzo to celebrate the penalty, and more players rushed up to surround them both.
Kamara didn't go up. He stood outside and stared blankly at Hulay, who was already submerged in the crowd of teammates.
He saw Hu Lai jump up to compete for the top, and also saw Hu Lai being knocked down like a rag.
The whole process was very simple, nothing fancy, and he didn't even bark.
But the referee gave the penalty kick without hesitation!
Kamara originally thought that after half a season of hard training and careful consideration, he would be ready to start in this regard.
Now I know that I am still far away from Hu Lai...
The players of North London Wanderers surrounded the referee, pointed at the celebrating Leeds City players and shouted: "He is diving! Diving!"
The referee waved them away.
Is it a fake fall? Can't I tell? I want you to tell me!
Besides, the VAR video referee team did not remind him through the headphones, indicating that there was no problem with his penalty this time.
Menaye did knock down Hulay, and he jumped towards Hulay - this is a very important evidence, enough to prove that Menaye subjectively wanted to prevent Hulay from scoring by fouling.
Football is not against physical contact and confrontation, but there must be a certain limit. Now that we have reached this point, if we say Hu Lai is diving, is he really blind as the referee?
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The penalty was not changed and players from both sides exited the penalty area.
Although the penalty kick was created by Hu Lai, he was not the one who took the penalty kick.
Captain Lorenzo Esposito, who is also the team's top penalty taker, stood in front of the penalty spot with the football already placed at his feet.
The Flanders Stadium fell silent instantly, and all the fans stared at the North London Wanderers' goal with bated breath.
Sean Barnett off the field was also staring there, but he was different from his teammates who expected Lorenzo not to score. Deep in his heart, he prayed to God, praying that Leeds City could break the deadlock.
The crisp whistle broke the silence. Lorenzo started running under the gaze of thousands of people, and then shot the football towards the goal!
Although Lorenzo's physical condition has declined with age this season, taking penalty kicks is still not difficult for him, the team's top penalty kicker.
North London Wanderers' France goalkeeper Lame jumped to the right, but the football flew to the left!
"The goal is in!!" Cox raised his arms and shouted, "The deadlock was finally broken! Lorenzo Esposito! He opened the scoring for Leeds City with a penalty kick! At the end of the first half, Leeds City Got the lead!”
After scoring the goal, Lorenzo did not rush to celebrate. Instead, he turned around and found Hulay outside the penalty area and hugged him.
Hu Lai earned this ball for him.
It's a pity that in the Premier League now, penalty kicks are no longer counted as assists. Otherwise, Hu Lai will complete his first assist in the league this season.
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With sheer force of will, Sean Barnett resisted the urge to cheer Leeds City's goal from the North London Wanderers bench.
I just shook my fist in my mind.
Leeds City are ahead!
He began to look forward to being called back from the court by the head coach at halftime and entrusted with important tasks.
But this scene did not happen.
During halftime, he and other substitutes warmed up outside until the second half began, and he was not called to the locker room.
Head coach Aumann made no substitution adjustments.
Sean Barnett, who was on the bench, didn't expect that falling behind by one goal wasn't enough to remind the manager of himself.
Then he can only hope that Leeds City scores another goal...
If you're two goals behind, you'll always have a chance to play, right?
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North London Wanderers, who were one goal behind, could hardly continue the tactics of setting up a bus in front of the goal in the first half, but their aggressive tactics generally had no change, and were even more aggressive than in the first half.
They moved the pressing position forward and launched crazy interceptions in the midfield.
Hunt for Jay Adams and Pete Williams, two Leeds City playmakers.
This style of play is actually very risky, because once Leeds City pulls it out, there will be nothing behind it.
However, with one goal behind, North London Wanderers did not have many tactical options.
Orman decided to take a gamble.
Bet Leeds City will be overwhelmed by this pressing attack from North London Wanderers.
Bet on North London Wanderers to seize the limited opportunities to equalize.
Once both sides return to the same starting line, he will naturally return the team to the state of the first half.
In fact, Oman's tactics were quite successful. Leeds City's offensive was so fierce in the first half, and it was Hulay's penalty kick in the penalty area that finally broke the deadlock.
Without that penalty kick, Leeds City would still be unable to defeat North London Wanderers.
This gave Oman the confidence to play like this - as long as we can equalize the score, then with Leeds City's style, they will definitely play more and more impatient in the second half, and then this is our chance!
Of course, there is a prerequisite for playing like this, that is, the opponent cannot score before equalizing the score. Once behind by two goals, it's over, and the basis for tactical execution will no longer exist.
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Anyone with a discerning eye could see the problem with North London Wanderers' tactics, so Clark did not start to shrink the defense because of the opponent's pressing. Instead, he continued to maintain the offensive, hoping to break the opponent's pressing with sharp attacks.
At this time, it is like two people fighting to the death. Defense is useless. If you huddle together, you will only delay the time of being beaten to death, but you cannot change the result of being beaten to death. It's better to fight back bravely, maybe you can give the opponent a fatal blow first.
Just as the best way to infiltrate is to kill all enemies, the best way to save your life is to kill the opponent first.
The best defense is offense.
In response to the North London Wanderers' siege tactics, Leeds City's response was to make less transitions in the midfield, pass directly forward, and pass more adventurous through balls.
Although the success rate is lower, even if there is no attack, it will not have much impact on Leeds City's defense.
But once the fight is completed...it will kill the wanderer!
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"North London Wanderers attacked forward, but their forward pass was intercepted by Adams. Now it is Leeds City's turn to counterattack!"
Accompanied by the sudden increase in cheers from Flanders Stadium, Jay Adams, who successfully intercepted the ball, kicked the football to the right and gave it to Charlie Porter.
With his back to the offensive direction, Porter returned the football directly to Pete Williams who came up to receive the ball.
Williams looked up before catching the ball and saw a huge gap on the left wing.
So he didn't stop the ball and faced the ball coming from Charlie Potter!
The football was whipped by him and flew close to the ground, rushing towards the space on the left wing at extremely fast speed!
There, Kamara has already moved forward at high speed and ran into the space. If the force of Williams' pass was too small, Kamara might have run past...
But now it’s just right!
"Opportunity for Leeds City!"
Kamara raised his left foot on the sideline, stopped the football, and moved forward hard!
Like a gust of wind passing by the North London Wanderers right back Hayes, the opponent moved to stop him with his hands and feet. This time he really wanted to foul Kamara, but Kamara did not give him this chance!
He missed it!
Kamara, who rushed past Hayes, caught up with the football and diagonally swung the football into the penalty area. After causing North London's defensive forces to rush towards him, he pushed the football sideways with his left foot!
The football was passed to the center.
Centre-back Rolin Menayer sprinted toward the ball with the intention of clearing it away.
At this time, he didn't bother to observe the situation around him at all, because he didn't have the time!
And regardless of what's going on around him, as long as he can kick the football out, it's a successful defense...
But just when he stretched his foot towards the football, a leg suddenly appeared in front of him!
Then he watched helplessly as he kicked the football first!
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU——!!" Cox began to accumulate strength.
Hulay's ghostly strike not only made Menaye unable to react, but also surprised North London Rangers' France goalkeeper Lame. For this close shot, he subconsciously slowed down by half a beat...
The football flew into the goal!
The "goal drought" of not scoring in three consecutive league rounds has been broken!
"-LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!!!" Cox yelled after charging up, "Smart movement, decisive shot! Hulay finished the shot before Menaye! Beautiful! Leeds City took a two-goal lead! For Oman, North London Wanderers are in the most difficult situation! They are two goals behind in the away game! ”
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