Chapter 1019 Instinct
Jose Bernal had some doubts and hesitations about his previous decision, but this did not prevent him from making a decision now.
attack.
Still have to attack.
And it’s a more violent attack!
No need to hesitate.
Because Catalonia is already lagging behind at their home court, what else can they do if they don't attack in this situation?
Should we instead shrink our defense to avoid conceding more goals?
For today's Catalan United, there is no difference between conceding one goal and conceding more goals.
If they can't come back, they still lose.
And Catalonia cannot afford to lose!
No matter in terms of face or actual results, we cannot afford to lose.
Catalonia United, which was originally far ahead in the group, did not want to give up the first place in the group.
So after the game restarted, Catalonia continued to attack Leeds City.
But what surprised everyone, including Bernal and assistant coach Vazquez, was...
"What the hell! Why are they still attacking?!"
Bernal's eyes widened and he asked his assistant this soul question.
Vazquez stared blankly at the court, unable to give any answer.
Because he couldn't understand it either.
For them, Leeds City, who finally took the lead, has achieved their biggest goal. Then they must shrink their defense and strive to hold on to this goal advantage.
As a result, when the game restarted, the morale of Leeds City, which had just scored a goal, was greatly boosted, and they actually took advantage of this momentum to continue to attack the Catalan United goal!
Are they... still not satisfied with a one-goal lead? !
The Catalan United players on the field were also very surprised.
They were all ready to siege Leeds City in the half - for Catalonia, which has a strong midfield, siege is the type of offense that best utilizes their strengths.
As long as Leeds City shrinks its defense and gives up possession of the ball outside the thirty-meter area, they can use Rosas and Campuzano's organization in the midfield and the cooperation of the two wings to attack Leeds City's goal. Launch a sustained offensive.
When the time comes, it will grind Leeds City to death like a dull knife cutting flesh.
But after the game started, with this idea in mind, they ran into Leeds City's offensive frenzy - Catalonia pounced so hard that Leeds City seized the space behind them and it was very threatening. counterattack.
"Camara - Camara!! Leeds City launched an offensive from the wing, and he drove the ball directly towards the Catalan United goal!"
Amid the deafening boos and exclamations at the Holy Family Stadium, Camara cut into the penalty area, waited a moment, and passed the football sideways, hoping to find Hulay who had already flanked the center.
Fortune, who was chasing after him, quickly tackled and destroyed the ball!
After being scooped up by him, the football did not fly out of the baseline. Instead, it drew a somewhat strange arc and flew towards the back corner of the goal. It frightened the goalkeeper Cordero who was in front of the goal and broke out in a cold sweat. He rolled and crawled, and his limbs And use the ground to turn around and go back to the back point.
It wasn't until he saw the football crossing the baseline that he breathed a sigh of relief and slipped to the ground...
The entire Holy Family Stadium stands once again cheered for Hulay: "Hoo!!!"
"Fortune!! What a danger! He almost kicked an own goal!" The Spanish TV commentator was frightened.
Fortune was half lying and half sitting on the ground, looking at the direction where the football flew out of the baseline. His mouth was slightly open and he was breathing heavily. His whole body was stunned, as if he had not recovered yet.
Just by looking at him like this, you could tell that he was quite frightened.
After all, he almost made Catalonia lose all hope of coming back...
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Clark jumped up in regret on the sidelines. When he landed, he held his head in his hands, looking like a child whose wish was not fulfilled.
No wonder he was so excited.
If this goal is scored, the game will completely lose suspense...
Leeds City can retreat from the away game and take away three points.
You know, this is at the Holy Family Stadium!
There are not many teams that can beat Catalonia United in this stadium. Even if other European giants come here, they may not be able to get a bargain.
If Leeds City could do it... He admitted that he would be woken up by laughter when he went to bed at night.
He, a loser who was kicked out of England's second tier league three years ago, will still be here today!
Assistant coach Sam Landill knew what Clark was thinking. He patted the latter on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, Tony, it's okay!"
As he spoke, he laughed himself - I actually comforted the team's head coach because the goal was not scored, as if it was such a regrettable thing... How arrogant am I?
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The players of Catalonia United are a little bit restless now - they need to attack, even attack with all their strength. But the opponent's performance made them realize that if they really went out in full force, maybe Leeds City could score another goal for them...
This is not alarmist. Based on Leeds City's previous performance, every Catalan player is convinced of this.
They want to attack, but they dare not attack completely.
This ambivalent mentality was reflected in the game, and the Catalan United fans in the stands could see it.
Someone in the audience spat: "Damn it! Aren't they afraid that if they continue to attack like this, they will lose a goal lead?! That is a lead that was obtained with great difficulty..."
He was complaining about Leeds City, which was still attacking. He hoped that Leeds City could shrink its defense and give up space and ball rights to Catalonia United.
Antonio Valero, who was standing next to him, glanced at him and said that maybe the Leeds players didn't care whether they could win at all. Judging from their appearance, Leeds City seems to be just enjoying the fun of playing against Catalonia...
Valero really didn't expect that this game could end up like this.
This is not the first time that Catalan United has played against Leeds City. The last time they defeated Leeds City 3:1 in an away game, it was still a normal opponent. Even if it was a desperate attack at the end of the game, it was because we were already three goals behind that we decided to give it a try, not to mention that it was Leeds City's own home court.
Any team would probably choose to attack in that situation...
Today's Leeds City are like a group of lunatics who have no sense or thinking at all. They act completely based on their own instincts.
Their instinct is...to attack.
As if they were bloodthirsty, the smell of blood from the open wounds on Catalan United's bodies stimulated their ferocity!
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"Oh... why don't you defend?"
In front of the TV, Xie Lan complained.
She has watched so many Leeds City games, how could she not know Leeds City's football style?
But she still complained like this simply because she was extremely nervous right now, fearing that Catalan United would seize the opportunity when Leeds City was desperately attacking and fall short. The three points obtained become one point...
In fact, if you think about it carefully, even getting one point is a good result. Because before the game started, not many people even believed in the result of a draw.
But Xie Lan doesn’t think so now. Since you can get three points, who wants to get only one point?
Hu Lixin comforted her: "Actually, it was right to choose to attack Catalonia United. Now it is obvious that the Catalan United Army is not stable, but it is a good opportunity to score again. It is to take advantage of their low morale and hesitation. If we increase our offensive intensity, we might be able to score another goal. As long as we score another goal, we will seal the victory. And even if we can’t score another goal, we can successfully use up the remaining game time..."
"That's what I say, but are they really not worried about being scored by Catalonia?"
While talking, the TV broadcast happened to cut to a close-up shot of Tony Clark. Hu Lixin looked at Clark who was standing on the sidelines waving to the players to keep up the high pressure and said: "Maybe... Clark doesn't care about himself at all. Can the team beat Catalonia United away from home..."
"Ah? Don't pursue victory? If you don't pursue victory, what else can you pursue?" Xie Lan was surprised.
"I just want to find a suitable opponent and have a good game..." Hu Lixin murmured, but he quickly shook his head: "I'm just talking nonsense, you don't have to take it seriously. Anyway, for the current situation Given the situation, attacking seems risky, but it is indeed Leeds City's best response strategy. If they shrink their defense, they will 100% not be able to defend the last ten minutes of the game."
These words did not make Xie Lan relax. Instead, she became even more nervous, and her body was shaking so much that it was visible to the naked eye.
When Hu Lixin saw his wife like this, he stopped talking, just smiled and shook his head gently, and continued to watch his game.
In the TV broadcast, the commentator He Feng said: "For Coach Clark, a one-goal lead is probably the most dangerous score in the world. So even though they have taken the lead, Leeds City's offensive is even more fierce than before..." If it weren’t for the boos all over the place, who would have believed that Leeds City was actually playing away from home!”
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The boos were loud, as loud as thunder.
If before this game, Catalan fans had no opinion of Leeds City as an opponent, neither liked nor disliked it, or even had no impression of it. So after this game, no matter what the result is, Leeds City will probably leave a very deep impression on these Catalan United fans.
Let them not forget this team for a long time that can attack Catalonia United at the Sagrada Familia Stadium and still take the lead.
It's not that Catalonia has never lost at home, nor has it ever lost to a team that's not as good as them here.
But those opponents who are not as good as them, even if they can win at the Holy Family Stadium, they either rely on luck or on the bus.
In the memory of many Catalan United fans, at least since entering the 21st century, they have never seen a team that can win here with more fierce offensive firepower than Catalan United...
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When Mario Salado faced Josh Lawler's defense, he tried to shake his opponent away with continuous changes of direction.
But this time he failed.
Because when he changed direction for the first time, his foot slipped, he lost his balance, and fell to the ground.
Naturally, the ball was lost, and Leeds City right back Lawler, who was blocked in front, easily obtained it.
"...Salado made a mistake without any physical contact, and his physical fitness was close to the limit..." the Spanish commentator said in a very regretful tone, "Salado's performance in this game was indeed very good. Very active. But the price of being active is that his physical energy is consumed faster than usual..."
As if to prove that the commentator was correct, after losing the ball, Salado did not even get up from the ground as quickly as before and join in the counterattack. Instead, he sat on the ground and watched Lawler pass the football.
Bernal raised his wrist to look at his watch. It was the 84th minute of the game.
"Mario's physical strength is exhausted. He can no longer persist in the game. We must replace him..." Assistant coach Alberto Vazquez suggested in a low voice.
"Okay, let him come down and rest." Bernal sighed.
He originally wanted Salado to play the entire game, because Salado's personal offensive ability is very important for the current Catalan United. When Leeds City presses heavily, Salado can often solve the problem alone.
But now it seems that it is difficult for Salado to persist, and it is meaningless for him to stay on the court when his physical strength is exhausted.
Fortunately, Bernal still had one substitution left in his hand, otherwise in the last ten minutes of the game, Catalonia United would have to fight with ten players.
As assistant coach Vazquez ran to call the players to be substituted from the warm-up area, Bernal continued to pay attention to the game on the court.
Leeds City's offense once again advanced to the Catalan United goal.
Their counterattack started when Mario Salado lost the ball.
Hulay firmly attracted Jimenez in the penalty area, so much so that Catalonia's back line failed to put pressure on Pete Williams who had the ball in time, but instead followed and retreated.
This gave Bernal a sense of danger.
His eyes widened, he couldn't help waving his arms and roaring loudly: "Don't retreat, press forward!!"
It's a pity that the Catalan United players on the field couldn't hear his voice in the extremely noisy environment.
He just watched helplessly as Pete Williams suddenly took a cold shot from the front of the penalty area!
Fortunately, goalkeeper Cordero made a wonderful save and lifted the football over the crossbar with one hand, preventing it from flying into the goal.
Bernal finally let out a sigh of relief.
Although Leeds City was given a corner kick, it was better than being directly scored.
It was indeed too dangerous for Catalonia just now...
José Bernal could only feel his heart beating wildly in his chest.
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