Chapter 1509 Football Youth
After taking a one-goal lead, the Madrid Pirates faced a much better situation than before.
Because the Turin Bulls can no longer defend the goal and put the bus in front of them.
They must attack when they are lagging behind, otherwise if they continue to play like before, the Madrid Pirates can slow down the pace and slowly grind with the Turin Bulls until the end of the game, and victory will be achieved.
In fact, qualifying for this group is not a big problem. There should be no suspense for the Turin Bulls and Madrid Pirates to reach the top 16.
What they are competing for is not the right to qualify, but who is the boss.
Since they are competing for the boss position, the results of the competition between them are crucial.
Because when the Champions League matches are tied with the same points, the first thing to compare is the relationship between the winners and losers, not the total goal difference or the total number of goals scored.
Losing to Madrid Pirates in an away game means that the Turin Bulls have lost the lead in the competition with the Pirates.
So after the game restarted, Turin Bulls head coach Zaccaroni took the lead in making adjustments, abandoning the previous bus-playing style and actively seeking offensive opportunities.
This is what the Madrid Pirates want, because when they press forward to attack, there is more space behind them.
Although the Pirates currently have strong positional warfare capabilities, if it can make the offense easier, who can refuse?
In the next game, the two sides went back and forth, and the fight was very lively.
Judging from the scene, the neutral fans were happy, and so were the Madrid Pirates fans.
Only Turin Bulls fans are worried.
The camera occasionally panned to the visiting team's fans' stands. Although these fans were also cheering for their team, if the Bulls' offense failed, their faces would immediately be covered with worry.
Obviously Turin Bulls fans also know that attacking the Madrid Pirates is a helpless move for their team, which does not mean it will definitely succeed.
They know the situation of their team very well.
In their view, this was the Turin Bulls' helpless and tragic counterattack after losing the ball.
All eyes are on Serius Caesar, and these Turin Bulls fans can only hope that their club's legend can once again play the hero and equalize the score for the team, just like he has done countless times before That way.
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When Caesar dominated the football world, Hu Lai had not even landed on the big stage of world football. He had just traveled through time and learned many legendary stories about Caesar through Internet searches.
For example, before taking a free kick, point to the upper left corner of the goal and clearly tell the goalkeeper that he will hit the football from that place.
The opponent's goalkeeper really pounced, but he still couldn't stop the football from flying into the goal through the blind corner.
Hu Lai was stunned when he saw this past incident - he once thought it was made up by an online self-media marketing account. When he saw the game video, he was dumbfounded.
It's true!
From that moment on, Hulay knew that Selius Caesar was the best star on the planet. Although there are three other people who are called the "Four Heavenly Kings" alongside him, Caesar is obviously the head of the "Four Heavenly Kings".
Now when Hulay finally had a chance to play against Caesar, the Caesar he saw was already "old and honest" - now Caesar has not scored a direct free kick for a long time due to a previous knee injury. In today's Turin Bulls, he is not even the team's free kick taker.
The game lasted for more than 60 minutes, but Hu Lai really didn't see Caesar's amazing performance.
When the Turin Bulls decided to counterattack, Caesar no longer continued to frequently drop back to support, but stood at the front and acted as a center.
His teammates simply passed the football directly to his head from both sides or from the backcourt, trying to use his header to score goals and open up the situation for the team.
Caesar, who is 1.88 meters tall, does have the capital to be a center, although he does not like this way of playing at the front of the team, staying in the penalty area and waiting for his teammates to pass the high ball to him. In recent years, as age and injuries have increased, Caesar's most threatening offensive method is indeed only to be a heading center in the penalty area.
After all, this method of scoring goals requires relatively low ability.
But in his previous peak period, Caesar was a hexagonal all-round warrior with excellent foot skills and extremely fast speed. He could break out and dribble, pass and shoot, play on the wing or in the center, and had no inverse foot on his left or right foot...
The Turin Bulls passed the ball from the wing, and Caesar jumped high in the middle, trying to head the ball towards the goal.
But he failed to head the ball because the ball was pushed out first by Danny Drew in front of him!
In the battle for position, Kaiser didn't win against Drew.
In front of the twenty-four-year-old Danny Drew, the thirty-six-year-old Caesar looked old.
Relying on his rich experience, he can still find the most accurate landing point, but he suffers when he competes physically with his opponent.
After Caesar failed in the fight for the top, he turned around and ran back, continuing to get involved in the game.
The old king's attitude towards the game is completely beyond words. His professional attitude and spirit are a role model for countless young players.
It’s just that football must respect the laws of nature.
Some problems really cannot be solved by just relying on spirit and hard work.
Louis Francis and Grimand Aylmer among the "Four Kings" have retired, and Cerrados has also announced at the beginning of the season that he will retire after the end of this season.
Although Selius Caesar has not yet announced when he will retire, everyone knows that the wheel of history is rolling forward and their era of the "Four Kings" is over.
It’s not even “afterglow” now.
Kendall Kabangka, Meli Banega and Hulay have won the European Silver Ball, Golden Ball and Bronze Ball awards successively, which shows that the era for young people like them has arrived - it is not "coming soon" ”, but has already arrived.
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Kamara made a fake move on the wing, tricking the Torino Bulls left back Irvan Arnette, who was guarding him, to stretch his feet to prevent his cross.
He slammed the football back with his right foot, and personally cut in from the left to break through.
The stands erupted with cheers.
Just after cutting inside, Kamara used the inside of his left foot to shoot into the far corner!
Albertazzi rushed to the back and lifted the football out with one palm!
"Kamara!! Good shot! A beautiful and crucial save from Albertazzi!"
Although Kamara did not score, the Pirates fans in the stands gave Kamara warm applause.
Turin Bulls fans who also traveled with the team were also cheering for Albertazzi.
When the team's offensive power cannot be improved, Turin Bulls fans can only count on the team's defense to withstand the Madrid Pirates' offensive and buy time for the offense.
Especially Albertazzi.
Now both sides are playing very open, and there are many spaces in each other's second half.
The defense is not as tight as before, and there are more shooting opportunities facing the goalkeeper.
As the last line of defense, Albertazzi's performance is directly related to the success or failure of the Turin Bulls' defense.
What makes them happy is that, at least so far, Albertazzi's performance is reassuring.
Although he conceded a goal, it did not affect him. In the next game, he played steadily, catching high and low blocks, blocking every shot of the Madrid Pirates that hit the goal frame.
His outstanding performance also laid the foundation for the Turin Bulls' counterattack.
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Selius Kaiser receives the ball outside the penalty area. He raised his right leg, trying to shoot directly, but Ramirez immediately stepped forward and stretched his leg to block it.
But Caesar's move was just a fake move. He dunked the football to the left with his right foot. After shaking Ramirez away, he immediately shot long distance with his left foot!
About thirty meters away from the goal, the football shot from his left foot flew towards the Pirates goal like a cannonball!
The flying height of the football is a bit high, but Hewel still dare not take it lightly. After all, the shooter is "Caesar"!
He leaped to the right and waved his left hand high.
His fingertips touched the ball!
Then the football jumped up and flew over the crossbar!
"Wow! It's so dangerous!" He Feng exhaled, "Caesar's sudden kick is very threatening! Fortunately, Hewel is focused! The goalkeepers of both teams performed very well, and the game was fierce, but The score is deadlocked!”
"The thirty-six-year-old Caesar's kick is of high quality. Although he is old, he is still an indispensable figure for the Turin Bulls. This is his honor, but it is also the sorrow of the Turin Bulls..." Yan Kang commented.
They also watched how Caesar grew from a talented boy to a world superstar step by step. Now we see him losing out in a collision with a young man... Even though this young man is their hero, it will inevitably make people sigh.
After all, "Caesar" is the football youth of countless people.
But this is a natural law, just like today's young fans will regard Hu Lai and other younger generation players as their football youth.
There are always people who are getting older, and there are always people who are still young. (End of chapter)