Chapter 2073 Pirates’ Time Bomb
When Farias returned to defense, he saw Hywell pass Cantero with a clever behind-the-back knock. His teammates in the Argentina national team completely became Hywell's background.
After passing Cantero, Hewel did not pass the football in a hurry.
Instead, make a slight adjustment before passing the ball.
After passing the ball, he also made a hand-down gesture to everyone, telling everyone not to panic.
During the entire process, head coach Parotti stood on the sidelines with a calm face, seemingly indifferent to what was happening on the field.
Every veteran member of the Pirates is like an interim head coach on the field.
When a team has many such old guys, the team can adjust itself.
In the past, Farias also believed, as the outside world said, that the team's poor performance this season was because there were too many old guys occupying positions on the field, and young players did not get a chance to play. The team's performance plummeted.
As long as these old guys are replaced by young players like him, the problem will naturally be solved.
"Aging lineup" seems to be the source of all the evils of this team.
Poor results, a lot of injured soldiers, and divisions within the team are all caused by these old guys.
But Farias doesn't see it that way now.
Especially after two legs of the Champions League semi-finals.
In the first round away game, Vesuvius took a two-goal lead. In such an extremely unfavorable situation, the team was able to complete a shocking comeback.
He still remembers that center back Riva Moreno made a fatal mistake. If he had made this mistake himself, he would probably have to blame himself for a long time.
But Moreno was still able to smile at Tonini after Tonini wiped his butt.
Tonini did not blame Moreno, but smiled at him!
This incident had a great impact on Farias.
He initially thought Moreno had no sense of responsibility, but when he thought about it based on the conversation between his former captain Ramirez and himself, he began to have different ideas.
At that time, Ramirez was unable to participate in the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals due to a strained thigh muscle.
The outside world, including Farias himself, believed that Ramirez's inability to participate in the semifinals would be a major loss for the Madrid Pirates.
But the captain himself doesn't think so. He also used a similar incident four years ago as an example to prove that he believes in his teammates. Even without him as captain, they can still reach the finals.
He will be waiting for them in the finals.
It turned out to be exactly what the captain said.
Even though they suffered a heavy defeat at home by Vesuvius in the semi-finals, the team successfully reached the finals.
But this time, because the captain did not force himself to play, he got enough rest and even resumed training a week before the finals, catching up with the finals.
Facts have proved that he believed in his teammates and they did not let him down.
In the eyes of the captain, there is no distinction between old guys and newbies. They all have only one name: teammates.
Farias would still find it incredible when he saw Riva Moreno and Tonini smiling at each other in the semifinals.
But now after seeing Hewel pass Cantero with acrobatic moves, he is very calm.
He didn't stop, but continued running back.
He knows his team needs offense.
But the offense does not need to turn around and move forward immediately every time. It does not mean that the farther forward you run, the more you can threaten the opponent's goal.
Farias knows what he's good at.
He couldn't do something like being at the front, and he couldn't do it well.
What he is best at is withdrawing to catch the ball, and then using his skills to transport the football up, connecting the front and backcourts, and then disrupting the opponent's defense.
So after retreating to a sufficient position, Farias shouted to his teammate Ion Martinez who was being pressed by Manchester United player Sereo:
"Pass the ball!"
While asking for the ball, Farias was also targeted by Manchester United midfielder Rodrigo Gustavo.
Gustavo was coming towards him.
Ion Martinez saw this scene, but he still passed the football decisively.
It was as if he believed that this boy Farias must have a way to solve the problem.
Sure enough, with his back completely turned to Gustavo, Farias took the lead in leaning his body to the outside and turning around!
While turning around, he dragged his left foot behind and used his toes to pick up the football passed by Ion behind him!
The football flew past the left shoulder of the rushing Gustavo, and Farias turned and passed by from his right!
Nice pass!
The cheers of Madrid Pirates fans rang out in the stands.
The deafening cheers even silenced the Manchester Athletic fans.
The cheers quickly turned to boos.
Because Gustavo reacted quickly, after seeing that he could no longer guard Farias, he chose to reach out and pull Farias' arm!
Farias was caught off guard and fell to the ground by Gustavo.
Such a wonderful man-ball game came to an abrupt end.
The Madrid Pirates fans who were cheering in the stands booed Gustavo wildly for this foul.
The Manchester Athletic fans applauded and cheered for Gustavo's actions.
Farias, who was pulled to the ground, got up from the ground and gestured to the running referee to remind him to play the card.
This is a very obvious tactical foul, and receiving a yellow card is not unjust.
So the referee did give Gustavo a card.
But Farias still seemed dissatisfied and chattered at Gustavo.
After all, the other party interrupting such a beautiful pass was like breaking a beautiful vase with his own hands, which was very disappointing.
If his teammates hadn't come up to hold him back, he might have gone up to "butt the bull" with Gustavo.
When Jopp Munster on the sidelines saw Farias's reluctance, he shouted Gustavo's name loudly, and then gave him a thumbs up to praise him:
"Well done! Gustavo! That's it!"
That's exactly what he asked his players to do at halftime.
Do everything you can to fight for the championship within the limits allowed by the rules.
Although Gustavo received a yellow card, it doesn't matter. Manchester United does not have only one Gustavo, and not every foul will result in a card.
As long as the Madrid Pirates' offensive can be interrupted several times in a row and cause their mentality to become unbalanced, the tactical purpose will be achieved.
Especially against their Farias, it was a "powder keg". With constant provocation, I believe he will soon lose his cool.
Generally speaking, if a team that is good at controlling the ball also has players with outstanding personal abilities and is good at dribbling, then the team that presses such a team will bear huge risks, because the opponent can break the game with their personal ability-as long as they get past you. One player can create a chain reaction and create a lot of openings elsewhere.
How could Munster not know this when they made the decision to press the Madrid Pirates?
So he also made an arrangement for his players, which was to target Farias, defend him, foul him, and if possible, provoke him with words... In short, don't let him play comfortably.
I just saw Farias getting up from the ground immediately after falling down and excitedly asking the referee for a card.
Munster felt that he had found the right breakthrough.
Farias has been a "hidden danger" for Madrid Pirates this past season.
The reason why the Madrid Pirates were completely defeated in the league was related to the split caused by Farias.
So in the eyes of Munster, Farias is now a time bomb for Madrid Pirates in the Champions League final.
As long as he can successfully "detonate", he will be able to take advantage and eventually win the championship.
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Farias received the ball again, but this time before he could catch the ball, Manchester United's right winger Cantero came over.
The menacing look made Farias afraid to catch the ball, so he could only stab the football out.
He jumped up at the same time as he stabbed it out, and was able to avoid Cantero's kick.
Because it was a hasty stab and the accuracy was too low, the ball was won by Manchester Athletic midfielder Sereo.
Farias shouted at the indifferent referee, but the referee still ignored him.
"Farias is complaining to the referee that Cantero's tackle just now was too dangerous..."
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When the Madrid Pirates had the ball, Farias raised his hand for the ball again.
Even at this time, he is next to Manchester Athletic midfielder Sereo.
He seemed to be irritated by the fact that Manchester United was targeting him and insisted on competing with Manchester United.
However, Vukovich, who was taking the ball, saw this situation and did not pass the football.
Farias also seemed to express his dissatisfaction to Vukovich with his hands outstretched.
"Farias is complaining that his teammates did not pass the ball to him, but the environment he is in is indeed not a good passing target. He should control his emotions..."
Munster, who was on the sidelines, saw this scene and raised his hand to cover his mouth, blocking the corners of his raised mouth.
The plan went well and Farias' mood was indeed affected greatly.
Then he put down his hand, stood on the sidelines, waved his arms, and shouted loudly, signaling the players to continue targeting Farias and try to detonate the bomb as soon as possible.
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This time the football was passed to Farias' feet.
Farias received the ball with his back to the attacking direction. While he was receiving the ball, Sereo bumped into him behind him.
Farias had no way to turn around due to interference, so he could only take the football back one step.
Sereo pressed forward step by step without relaxing.
And Cantero also turned around from the front and rushed towards him, with the potential to trap him.
When Cantero stretched his foot, Farias used the inside of his right foot to dunk the football toward the center, while others also turned to the center.
But there's a bigger problem with turning to the middle.
Because there are so many people there, there is less space for him to break through with the ball.
It looked like he was being chased and ran into a dead end...
This time not only Sereo and Cantero, but also Manchester Athletic midfielder Todd Penny also joined the siege of Farias.
Just when the encirclement was about to close, Farias suddenly half-turned, raised his right leg, and swung the football hard to the right side of the front court!
That's the space behind Manchester United's defense!
And there, it was Madrid Pirates right winger Ismail Kamara who was advancing at high speed!
When everyone focused their attention on Farias who was holding the ball, few noticed Kamara who was quietly pulling to the side and always looking back at the midfielder.
When Farias passed the long diagonal ball, he moved forward quickly, like a knight's gun, instantly piercing the body of Manchester United!
"Kamara!! Beautiful through ball! Farias sent a diagonal pass of more than 30 meters, and he accurately found the space behind Manchester Athletic's defense!"
"This is the perfect opportunity for Madrid Pirates to counterattack!"
Amid the exclamations of the commentators and the boos of the Manchester Athletic fans, the Manchester Athletic players fought back to defend!
But it's too late!
Farias passed the ball too suddenly!
And Kamala's forward thrust was too determined!
When he received the ball, the nearest Manchester Athletic defender was still more than ten meters away.
At this time, Kamara was already face to face with the attacking Manchester Athletic goalkeeper Shim Dickinson!
"Single sword!"
"Dickinson strikes!"
Facing the attacking Dickinson, Kamara raised his right leg and pushed directly!
The football rolled past the feet of Dickinson who fell to the ground, rushed forward quickly, and finally rubbed the inside of the near post and rolled into the net!
"Kamara!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!" Spanish commentator Alvarez Sanchez drawled and roared to the sky. "Thirteen minutes into the second half, Madrid Pirates led Manchester United 2:1!"
The Madrid Pirates time bomb exploded, but I didn’t expect that it was not the Pirates who were injured, but Manchester United... (End of this chapter)