Chapter 2070 Reassurance
Taking the lead at the start greatly boosted the morale of Manchester United, boosted their confidence, reduced the pressure and made them more relaxed.
So after the game restarted, they launched a fierce attack on the Madrid Pirates goal, intending to score another goal in a short time.
A one-goal lead is not safe, but if it were to lead by two goals early, the situation would be different.
At home and with a two-goal lead, Manchester United's chances of winning this game will be greatly increased.
"Chen Xingyi is asking for the ball!"
“Beautiful!”
The moment Chen Xingyi caught the ball, he pushed the football forward and used his speed to force Jose Irazusta away.
After he caught up with the football, he decisively made a pass. The football drew a very beautiful and smooth arc in the air and accurately flew over the small penalty area of the Madrid Pirates.
Janus Edman leaped high into the goal bridge and attempted a header.
But he missed the ball.
The football was punched out by goalkeeper Haywell and flew back outside the penalty area.
It was Vukovich who responded outside the penalty area.
He jumped up and swung the football to the right with his head.
There was Nestor Farias.
At the same time, Manchester United's right-back William Kolarenz lunged at Farias.
Hulay in the middle quickly pulled away laterally and made a gesture to ask Farias to pass the ball directly back to him.
But Farias didn't do it.
In the process of running forward, he used the outside instep of his right foot to hit the ball hard!
No need to adjust your pace or sacrifice speed at all!
Continue to accelerate, catch up with the football, and then drive the ball into the Manchester Athletic half!
The Manchester Athletic fans in the stands booed harshly, almost covering up the cheers of the Madrid Pirates fans.
After crossing the center line, Farias faced Manchester Athletic center back Niels Van Akel who was pulling over from the center to cover up the defense. He chose to directly use the outside instep of his right foot to send the football to the center.
In this counterattack, Kamara made a diagonal pass from the right to the center, and he received the ball from Farias.
Hu Lai formed the second wave of contact points in the area behind him.
After receiving the ball, Kamara continued to rush forward with the ball and finally shot himself.
Although under the interference of Manchester United's other central defender Diediu, Kamara's shot missed the goal.
However, this counterattack still scared the Manchester Athletic fans in the stands and screamed.
"This ball... Oops! Just a little bit close!!"
Amid the exclamations, He Feng and Yan Kang held their heads in their hands, leaned back, and let out a long sigh.
Then they cheered for the Madrid Pirates: "Although there was no goal in this counterattack, I think this counterattack showed one thing - the Madrid Pirates were not disrupted by conceding the ball in the first 24 seconds. We Notice that after losing the ball, Madrid Pirates head coach Parotti didn't even rush to the sideline to yell and make temporary adjustments. What does this mean about his football? The team is reassured, he knows his players can handle it!”
This actually means a bit of "seeing others' orders".
Because if Manchester United takes the lead and bombards the Madrid Pirates goal, the Madrid Pirates goal will be shaken. Then the commentators will definitely not say that Parotti has a strong heart, but will criticize him for being stunned and not knowing how to make adjustments.
Football is like this. In many cases, the results are not deduced from the process, but the process is deduced from the results. This is because deriving results from the process is not a particularly reliable thing - there are too many unexpected factors in football matches, and they are also greatly affected by accidents.
If you can win, then even if you are so nervous that you go to the toilet ten times before the game, it may be the reason why you win - say you confuse your opponent in this way...
However, what He Feng and Yan Kang said is not completely nonsense, because the Madrid Pirates team did not panic after suffering a sudden blow.
Even Farias, the youngest in the lineup, was not affected. This could be seen from the way he just used the instep of his outside foot to throw the football out without stopping the ball.
The ankle remains very stable.
If the mentality is affected, it is impossible to play such high-quality football.
Anyone who has played football knows how difficult it is to move the football forward without stopping the ball with the instep.
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When the Manchester Athletic fans were still dreaming in the stands, imagining that the home team, which they had taken the lead in the first 24 seconds, would completely trample the Madrid Pirates with a devastating offensive in the next game, the actual game on the field But it didn't go according to their ideas.
Not only were the Madrid Pirates not beaten, they even had the energy to counterattack.
Facing the fierce attack of Manchester United, the Madrid Pirates quickly formed a unified opinion and launched a defensive counterattack.
"This is the advantage of having more veterans." Spanish commentator Alvarez Sanchez said, "In a marathon event like the league, having too many veterans is the disadvantage of Madrid Pirates. Players' physical fitness and injuries will affect the team's final results. Results.
"But in a cup competition like the Champions League, having more veterans is an advantage. Faced with all kinds of emergencies and unexpected situations, experienced veterans seem to be able to cope with it... I'm sure Parotti didn't target this before the game. After all, he couldn’t have expected that he would lose the ball in just 24 seconds after the game started..."
Parotti did not consider such a specific situation, but it would be wrong to say that he had no plans for similar situations.
Just before the final, Parotti also showed his players a video of the second leg of Manchester Athletic's semi-final against the Madrid Kings.
In that game, Manchester United also took the lead from the beginning.
Although it is not as good as the current twenty-four-second goal, it is still ridiculously fast.
In less than a minute, Manchester United won a penalty kick.
Parotti mentioned this situation to the players and asked them to be careful of Manchester United's opening attack.
And how to deal with it if Manchester United scores a goal just after the opening.
The specific approach is actually very simple in summary, which is to "avoid its sharp edges".
Manchester Athletic, who had just taken the lead, had the highest morale, and it was also at home. The Madrid Pirates were brain-stricken before they attacked the opponent.
At this time, of course, you must choose to shrink your defense and stabilize your position first to avoid being defeated by the opponent twice in a row.
Losing the ball can fool the opponent because the opponent finds it difficult to accept being behind.
But for this Madrid Pirates, falling behind is not only commonplace, but also not a very rare thing. They encounter it a lot.
In the first round of the semi-finals, didn't the Madrid Pirates find themselves in a situation where Vesuvius scored a goal in the first three and a half minutes?
Before Chen Xingyi’s goal today, Vesuvius’s goal was still the fastest goal in the Champions League this season...
Then in the 16th minute, Madrid Pirates conceded another goal. Only fifteen minutes into the game, they fell behind by two goals.
The situation at that time was a hundred times more dangerous than it is now.
The result?
Madrid Pirates finally defeated Vesuvius 4:3 and completed a shocking reversal in the away game.
In comparison, conceding the ball in the first 24 seconds today is too common.
When the Madrid Pirates won three consecutive Champions League titles, they stumbled every time and were ridiculed as "all relying on luck" and "unconvincing".
But in turn, this just shows that this team plays against the wind a lot, and they are particularly good at fighting in unfavorable situations.
This team has a very special kind of toughness.
Can't tell why.
It should be said that it is because there are many veterans and rich experience. What kind of scenes have you never seen?
Before that, when the lineup didn't have so many veterans, they often reversed course...
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"Hu Lai!"
He Feng exclaimed.
I saw the football being swept from the right to the center by Kamara.
Hulay in the middle is entangled with Diediu, running towards the landing point at the same time.
Although Diediu always had interference on his hands, Hulay finally got the spot!
He turned sideways to face the flying football and swung his leg across!
England's main goalkeeper Shim Dickinson of Manchester United rushed in and saved the football from the bottom line under extremely extreme circumstances!
"Wow!" England commentator Matthew Cox cheered, "Dickinson! He made an incredible save!"
David Miller, who was in front of the TV, snorted: "It sounds like it's amazing. Now you are in the lead! But now the pirates' counterattack is more threatening. You are really promising!"
He and his friends originally wanted to watch the game live.
But because the Manchester Athletic fans were so crazy, almost all the tickets for neutral fans were sold out.
Even if he and his companions wanted to find scalpers, they couldn't buy tickets.
So they had to come to Manchester and find a bar to watch the game.
This is already the closest way they can get to Hu Lai.
But as Hulay's supporters, they are of course on the side of the Madrid Pirates today.
I was very unhappy about Manchester United taking a one-goal lead at the start.
Until now, David Miller's face has always been slumped.
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Although Hulay's shot did not score a goal, it helped the Madrid Pirates get a corner kick.
The person responsible for taking this corner kick was Madrid Pirates midfielder Vukovic.
After everyone was in position, he raised his right hand high, then took off and passed the football towards the back of the goal!
Pirates captain Juan Ramirez, who was originally near the penalty spot, pulled away diagonally after the football was kicked out and ran back to the point.
His sudden movement created an excellent opportunity for himself. Facing the flying football, he raised his right leg and wanted to volley directly!
Upon seeing this, Manchester Athletic midfielder Jota Serreo jumped up, turned his back, and tried to block his shot with his body.
The inside instep of Ramirez's right foot hit the ball diagonally.
So Sereo, who jumped up, did not block the football. Instead, he let the football slip out from under him, hit the turf, and bounce towards the back corner of the goal!
No...not flying towards the back corner of the goal!
Instead, it's a little off, and it's going to fly directly out of the baseline from the back point!
Goalkeeper Dickinson, who had just pounced back from the front, turned around and pounced back. Seeing that the football was about to fly out of the baseline, he was ready to watch the football go out of bounds, so that even a corner kick would not be given to the Madrid Pirates.
But while everyone was watching, when the football was about to fly out of the baseline, a person suddenly jumped out from the back of the crowd!
He jumped in the air, stretched out his legs and kicked out, twisting his body like a twist and exerting force, and with his back to the goal, he hit the football with his spikes!
Dickinson, who was in the process of turning around and rushing back, saw this scene, his knees softened, and he fell to his knees.
From watching the football fly out of the baseline, he suddenly turned into watching the football fly into his own goal!
"Hu Lai!!" Sanchez shouted Hu Lai's full name excitedly. "Julai!! In the fourteenth minute, he scored a goal for Madrid Pirates, 1:1! Madrid Pirates once again quickly equalized the score after falling behind!"
The cheers of the Madrid Pirates fans could finally be heard in the shuttle field. The Manchester Athletic fans were temporarily silenced by this sudden blow.
They seemed to recall the various reversal legends about the Madrid Pirates.
Yes, why is this team always so resilient?
This is true now, and it was true then.
Why?
Maybe it’s because they have a striker who is very efficient and can score goals...
It seemed to be a reassurance for all Pirates players.
Tell them, no matter what happens, don't be afraid, I am here. (End of chapter)