Chapter 838: As graceful as a startled dragon
After Stan Park Rangers players all ran back to their own half, the game restarted with a whistle.
Stan Park Rangers, who had taken the lead, took advantage of this momentum and continued to attack Leeds City's goal.
In the 20th minute, their center, Spanish international Marty Palacio, received a through ball from midfielder Schneider and shot in the penalty area. The football flew into Leeds City's goal for the second time.
However, this time the cheers on the scene were interrupted by the referee's crisp whistle:
"Offside! Palacio is offside! What a danger!" He Feng exhaled and shouted with lingering fear. "Judging from the slow motion, Palacio was indeed in an offside position when Schneider passed the ball. There is no problem with this penalty..."
"Be careful! Although Palacio's goal was offside, if they continue to attack like this unscrupulously, I'm afraid they won't be able to score the next goal..." Yan Kang said worriedly.
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After the goal was ruled offside, Palacio just waved and then shook his head with a smile.
He didn't seem to feel any pity or unwillingness.
Then he noticed Leeds City goalkeeper Van de Ven passing the backfield free-kick to the retreating Jay Adams, and immediately rushed over to tackle Adams - and was back in the game.
Because he grabbed the ball so timely, Adams couldn't even turn around and could only pass the football back to goalkeeper Van der Ven.
In the end, Van der Ven drove forward in front of the goal, looking for winger Ismael Kamara on the left.
But Kamara failed to catch the ball and was pushed back by Johnson Law.
Stan Park Rangers captain Harry Bogard, who retreated to receive the ball, controlled the second point and the ball returned to the Rangers.
"Against Leeds City, Brooks adopted a high-pressing style of play, pressing from Leeds City's backcourt, squeezing their ball-taking space and preventing them from organizing an effective attack... In fact, this is what Stan Park Rangers did The style of play is not new, but in their own home court, they can often achieve good results. The terrifying home atmosphere combined with the team's high-pressing tactics in the frontcourt can indeed create a lot of psychological pressure on the opponent... I hope Leeds City can withstand it”
Although Stan Park Rangers is a traditional giant in English football, it also has a large fan base in China. However, He Feng and Yan Kang will still stand firmly on Leeds City's side when commentating on this game.
This cannot be said to be a "crooked butt". After all, Leeds City has Chinese players, but Stan Park Rangers does not. If you don't stand with Leeds City, it would be called "crooked butt".
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Facing Stan Park Rangers' high-position pressing style, Leeds City was not completely helpless and could only be beaten passively.
Stan Park Rangers' tactics are no secret. Before the game, Clark made arrangements for this situation - pursuing a deep play on the offensive end, making more long passes and through balls, and less in the midfield and backfield. Passed back and forth.
After all, when Stan Park presses high, there will be plenty of space behind them.
And Leeds City has a fast player like Ismael Kamara in front of them, which is indeed very suitable for this tactic.
It's just that this kind of deep play requires too high accuracy in passing. Due to the success rate of passing, it is difficult to launch a threatening offense.
Clark knew it too, but he had no choice.
He could only take a gamble.
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Leeds City once again played a high ball from the backcourt, and Hu Lai ran horizontally in front, running towards the spot where the football landed, preparing to grab the point.
But he couldn't get any advantage at all in front of Eric Jacobs, the main center back of Stan Park Rangers who is 1.9 meters tall.
He was only halfway through the jump when he was pinned down by the other party.
Belgian international Jacobs used his body advantage to get over Hulay's head and push the football back.
This is the frustration of Leeds City's offensive tactics - many times, when they try to pass the football forward from the backcourt, it is difficult to pass the ball to their teammates.
Such a ball makes it difficult for Hu Lai to get it.
"Hu Lai doesn't do this kind of work!" Yan Kang sighed.
The football was pushed back by Jacobs and fell to Bogard's feet.
As the core of the Rangers' midfield, Bogard is responsible for controlling the team's rhythm. He often wanders in front of the back line and is responsible for controlling the second point after the defender competes for the top.
This time is no exception.
After receiving the ball, he drove the ball forward. After passing the center line, he passed the ball straight to the forward Palacio who was running in front to receive the ball.
However, his intention to pass the ball was seen through by Jay Adams. The latter took a step forward in time, got stuck in the passing route, raised his foot and intercepted the flying football.
At the same time, Adams saw the opponent's midfielder Sheppard approaching him, so he did not stop the ball and control it himself. Instead, he directly blocked the football to his nearby right back teammate Josh Lawler.
Seeing this, Shepard quickly turned to Lawler.
After Lawler caught the ball, he passed the football back to Adams.
At this time, Adams had gotten rid of Sheppard's pressing and came to a relatively loose space, where he could stop the ball and turn around calmly.
After turning around, Adams saw Pete Williams in front of him and passed the football up.
Bogarde, who just made a mistake in passing the ball, pounced on Williams, preparing to redeem himself, cut off the football, and then launch a counterattack directly in the frontcourt.
And Williams devoted all his attention to the football, as if he didn't notice what was happening behind him at all...
"Be careful!" John in the stands couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this scene.
But his voice was completely drowned in the continuous singing and shouting at the scene, like a pebble thrown into the huge sea, unable to stir up even the smallest wave.
John was doing well. The other Leeds City fans around him had their eyes wide open, their mouths slightly opened, looking at the stadium in horror, but they were completely speechless.
In their collective gaze, Williams retreated to face the football, only to suddenly turn forward after the football rolled over!
He didn't catch the ball, but passed the football in front of him, and at the same time used his body to block Bogarde from the other side!
When Bogard saw that he was about to miss, he quickly stretched out his foot to hook Williams.
He didn't intend to steal the ball - the football had already been passed - he just wanted to foul and kick Williams down, and Leeds City's attack would not be able to start.
But as if he expected Bogarde to do this, Williams jumped up while turning around, just in time to avoid Bogarde's feet!
Then he successfully completed his turn, ran towards the center line, and chased the ball!
"Nice turn! Williams!!"
While chasing the ball, Williams looked up and looked ahead and found Hulay at the front, rushing towards the Stan Park Rangers penalty area!
Behind him is Johnson Law, and in front of him in the center is center back Jacobs.
As Jacobs ran back, he looked back in the direction of Williams, seemingly not paying attention to Hulay behind him. Perhaps it was because he knew Johnson Law was behind him, so he felt more at ease.
In Williams' eyes, it was like there was a passing line marked by a dotted line, which bypassed Jacobs and reached the huge space in front of Hulay.
If he can pass the football there, Hulay will directly face goalkeeper Lemos, which is a single shot!
By the time he thought about it, Williams had already caught up with football. He lowered his head to confirm where the football was, then directly raised his right leg... and passed the ball diagonally!
The football he kicked flew forward quickly, drawing a very obvious arc on the court, and then fell to the ground in front of Jacobs. The latter tried to directly tackle and destroy the football while chasing back, but he couldn't. He failed to touch the ball!
Empty!
The football almost brushed past his toes and turned towards... the space behind him!
"Wonderful long ball! Extremely accurate! Beautiful!"
"Jacobs missed! He missed!"
The moment Jacobs missed the tackle, Hu Lai seemed to predict that Jacobs would not be able to touch the ball, and suddenly sped forward!
Johnson Law, who was originally behind him, was still waiting for the situation on Jacobs' side. When he saw that the latter had not tackled the ball and wanted to speed up, Hu Lai had already rushed about five meters in front of him. far away!
"Hu Lai!! Hu Lai!! Single sword——!"
Huge boos rang out over Stan Park Stadium, which had been noisy for a moment since the start of the game...
Amid the boos, Stan Park Rangers goalkeeper Lemos decisively abandoned the goal and rushed out to fight Hulay, who was now on his own!
Boy, don't even think about it!
Lemos lowered his center of gravity and stared at Hu Lai, trying to find clues from his running rhythm, leg swing, and movement of his body center of gravity to determine what Hu Lai would do next.
At this moment, Hu Lai caught up with the ball passed by Williams. He leaned slightly to the left and naturally swung his right leg forward while running. There was no general movement of accumulating power before shooting. It seemed that It seemed like he was trying to pull the ball to the left past Lemos.
So Lemos' body center of gravity also turned that way, and at the same time he quickly lowered his body, trying to wait for Hu Lai to pull the football over, and then immediately move the ball away with his hands to complete this single-handed defense...
But at this moment, Lemos suddenly saw that when Hu Lai's right foot touched the ball, he did not pull the ball, but shook his ankle!
He rubbed the football with his toes!
The football just flew over the shoulder of Lemos, who was attacking without any warning...
Lemos' outstretched hand fell into the air, and he could only half-kneel on the ground, turning around and looking behind him.
Hu Lai ran past him on the other side. After turning his head and taking a look, he turned straight towards the corner flag area and parted ways with the shot football.
The football fell from the air to the ground, bounced once and then headed towards the goal.
Hu Lai took long strides and accelerated into the air.
When the football flew into the Stan Park Rangers goal, he turned 180 degrees in the air and swung down hard with his hands folded on his chest!
The football was eventually caught in the net and fell into the goal.
Hu Lai landed, his legs firmly planted on the turf.
"Hu-Lai!! Beautiful!! Amazing!! This kick was light and freehand, lifting the weight as lightly as possible! He drew a rainbow in front of Stan Park Rangers! As graceful as a giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon!! Leeds City is here The score was equalized six minutes after the goal was lost! And this was Hu Lai’s first shot in the game! ”
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