Chapter 4 Changes
Wang Lie stood in front of the bench, next to assistant coach Norbert Demers who was giving him instructions, and the team's head coach Sven Helden was standing next to him. Not far away, looking into the field.
After listening to the assistant coach’s arrangements, Wang Lie nodded and walked towards the fourth official from behind Heldon.
Helden was still staring at the field and did not look back.
During the entire process, the two people did not even make eye contact, let alone language or body movements.
This is the replay scene in front of the Soft United bench just now after Wang Lie came on the field.
I believe no one can understand what this scene means.
The reason why the director specifically replayed this scene is naturally meaningful.
After seeing such a scene, Zhou Hong, who was sitting in a wheelchair, sighed: "I didn't expect that I wouldn't even do superficial things now..."
Sitting on the sofa on her right A little boy shouted: "No way, no way? Grandma, you still think that they can reconcile? Grandma, what do you think? Huh?"
A middle-aged woman on Zhou Hong's left turned to glare at the boy: "Wang Ziqi! Why are you talking to grandma?"
Seeing that her mother was angry, Wang Ziqi quickly shrank her neck to avoid her mother's "murderous gaze" and turned her head He made faces at his sister sitting next to him, making his five-year-old sister Wang Zilin giggle.
Grandma Zhou Hong didn’t pay attention to her eldest grandson’s tone at all. After raising her hand and patting Wang Ziqi’s thigh, she turned to her daughter-in-law Tang Xingmei and asked: “Will this head coach be dismissed from get out of class? If Soft United In the end, we did not finish in the top four of the league..."
As one of the most successful giants in England, Soft United has missed the Champions League for three consecutive seasons. This is a great shame for Soft United.
In order to return to the Champions League, the team changed three coaches in the previous two seasons, but all failed.
It is against this background that Swedish coach Sven Helden became the team's new head coach this season. He is also the fourth head coach of Sofos United in the past three seasons. The club has high hopes for this head coach with a less than brilliant resume, and has given a lot of support accordingly.
And Helden did not disappoint the club. Before this FA Cup match, the 2036-2037 Premier League season had just finished halfway. Currently, Soft United ranked fourth with 37 points, only one point behind the third-place rivals Scorsese and ahead of fifth place. Famous Waltham scored four points.
Generally speaking, the top four teams in the Premier League each season can directly participate in the Champions League next season, so as long as Soft United can remain in the top four at the end of the season, they will definitely be able to return. Back to the Champions League.
But if Soft United fails to qualify for the Champions League, does it prove that Heldon is no different from his predecessors?
Tang Xingmei, who knew what her mother-in-law was thinking, smiled helplessly: "It doesn't matter to us whether Heldon is dismissed at the end of the season, Mom. There is no way Ariel will waste an entire season under this head coach... …”
Even if Helden is really dismissed at the end of the season, it will not help Wang Lie because there is not much time left for him.
Her husband's playing time dropped sharply in the first half of the season. Most of the time he could only come on as a substitute, or even be substituted in garbage time. How can such quality of competition be maintained?
And if he cannot maintain good condition, how can he hope to participate in next year's World Cup in England.
Yes, even though Wang Lie is almost thirty-eight years old, he still wants to continue to win glory for his country in the World Cup - his sad departure from the World Cup in Saudi Arabia three years ago is definitely not Wang Lie's. Lie's farewell at the World Cup, even though almost the whole world thought so at the time.
After listening to her daughter-in-law's words, Zhou Hong was also very aware of the dilemma her son was facing. She felt a little depressed. Then she remembered that it was the winter transfer window and asked expectantly: "Have you found your next home? ”
"Fernando is still talking to Isa Munich in Germany. I don't know what the result will be..." This is not because Tang Xingmei was kind enough to lie to her mother-in-law. She indeed didn't know the latest news there. Today is competition day. In order not to affect her husband's preparations, Tang Xingmei did not contact Wang Lie.
Zhou Hong was a little disappointed when he heard that there was no news yet. But she soon cheered up again: No news also means no bad news. Maybe they have already negotiated and are just waiting for the announcement after the game is over?
Thinking of this, Zhou Hong adjusted her mentality and watched the game again.
Most of her son's games take place in the middle of the night. As she gets older, it has become difficult for her to get up in the middle of the night to watch the games. If the FA Cup match hadn't been during prime time in the evening in domestic time, she probably wouldn't have been able to watch it. Thanks to Alatore's injury, her son was allowed to come on as a substitute in the game, so she didn't have to wait in vain.
Zhou Hong stopped talking, and Tang Xingmei didn't say anything either. The whole family stared at the TV screen seriously.
At this time on the court, Soft United was launching an attack.
Wang Lie, who played as the center, did not stay in the penalty area. Instead, he took the initiative to retreat to the midfield to respond, and at the same time raised his hand to ask for the ball.
My teammates immediately passed the ball over.
Before catching the ball, Wang Lie looked back and observed that Drettin's midfielder was rushing towards him. He did not stop the ball, but directly transferred the ball laterally to the small player on the left. Fan boy Stanley Harris.
Part-time commentator Zhao Zhou said excitedly: "Wang Lie completed his first touch of the ball after coming on the field!"
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After passing the ball to Harris, Wang Lie quickly turned around and plunged into Deretin's penalty area. The Deretin player who had just pounced on him immediately turned to follow.
He was on the defensive side passively. He turned around half a beat slower and was more than half a body behind Wang Lie.
Seeing this, Harris took the ball on the wing and decided to pass the football in front of Wang Lie, so that Wang Lie would get an opportunity to attack directly in front of the goal!
Thinking of this, Harris made a feint to continue dribbling the ball from the wing, then used the outside instep of his right foot to bounce the football in front of Wang Lie.
When Wang Lie moved forward, he kept turning his head to look at Harris. When he saw him passing the ball, he immediately accelerated to pursue him.
But just when he was about to catch up with the football, he was pushed away by a force from the side and behind!
Although Wang Lie stretched out his feet to control the ball first, it didn't help. He finally lost his balance and fell to the ground. At the same time, he watched helplessly as the Derretin player just passed by him and intercepted the football...
Stanley Harris, who saw this scene, raised his hands in the air and shouted at the referee: "Foul!! "
But the referee spread his hands and said that this was not a foul.
Wang Lie was also dissatisfied with the penalty. After he got up from the ground, he yelled and complained to the referee.
The referee ignored him and turned around and ran forward, leaving only his back.
The close-up shot of the TV broadcast captured Wang Lie's mouth shape at this time. He should have cursed.
Soon someone on the Chinese Internet made a GIF animation and added four letters to the animation:
“WCNM”
Both Wang Lie and Harris thought this was a foul, but most other people, such as the commentators, did not think so.
"Jaden Hope chased back from behind and successfully stole the ball! This is a beautiful defense!" England commentator Connor Cowley explained, "This is a reasonable collision, and Hope has it in his hands. There was no pushing action."
Even Zhao Zhou, a fan of Wang Lie, could only sigh when faced with this scene: "Wang Lie didn't pick up the speed after turning around, and was chased from behind by Hope. Come up. It has to be said that Wang Lie, who is almost thirty-eight years old, has indeed declined in physical function. His explosive power in starting those steps is not as good as before. If he were ten years younger... No, even if he was five years younger, Hope would not be able to do it. Maybe we can catch up with him again..."
At this time, the TV broadcast chose to replay the scene just now, and saw Wang Lie passing the football to Stanley Harris on the wing with his back to the direction of attack. , then turned around and ran forward.
In the picture, he first turned to look at Harris. After seeing the latter passing the ball, he immediately lowered his head and sprinted hard.
He seemed to be working very hard, and all the muscles in his body were working hard, but his speed had not been significantly improved.
On the contrary, Jayden Hope, the Derretin midfielder behind him, turned around one step behind him and chased back, but he was gradually approaching him.
When Wang Lie was about to catch up with the football, Hope had already caught up with him and then squeezed in from the side.
It can be seen from the bulging veins on Wang Lie's neck that he was trying to stop Hope, but in the end he failed...
This clip made many Chinese Wang Lie fans Everyone looked silent.
As a British Championship player, Jayden Hope is just an ordinary person in world football, and can even be said to be "unknown". But such an ordinary player completely suppressed the once omnipotent Wang Lie in this offense and defense.
Nothing can prove that Wang Lie is "old" more than this scene.
Considering that Wang Lie will be thirty-eight years old on February 17 this year, his body will only become more and more stretched...
This future is really exciting for those who are still young. Fans who like and support Wang Lie feel extremely painful.
Their idols, heroes, are struggling in front of the whole world.
And those who hate Wang Lie are having a carnival at this moment.
Look at the comments on the screen from Chi Zhen's fans, who they call "little white-faced fans"...
This is only what they can see in China, and not on the Internet, let alone Know how many people are firing on all cylinders.
The ridicule, criticism and personal attacks have been going on for more than half a year. It stands to reason that fans of Wang Lie should be used to it, but they still cannot turn a blind eye and not get angry.
The barrage in the FA Cup live broadcast room has once again become a battlefield...
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As expected by Wang Lie fans, at this moment on external social media, those fans who do not like Wang Lie are reveling in this clip:
"Watch Looking at this clumsy pace, I don’t understand how those idiot fans of Wang have the nerve to criticize Heldon for not giving Wang a chance? If I were Heldon, I wouldn’t let Wang play!”
“ Another day when Sven Helden's historical status reaches a new high! "
"It turns out that Wang, who is about to turn 38, is no longer qualified to continue playing in Europe. I don't understand why he doesn't go back to China. Go? Is it because the Chinese team has no money? But isn’t the media always boasting about how rich China is now? They are even exclaiming that ‘the Chinese are going to buy the whole world!’”
"To be easily crushed by a British Championship player, I don't know how such a person became one of the top players in the past... Maybe it's because TIKTOK is Chinese?"
"Bold! You actually did it Dare to say that the 'Chinese Football King' is marketed!"
"This is how the Chinese should behave in football! Thank you Derrettin, thank you Jayden Hope, he ripped Under the disguise that Wang has been deceiving the whole world before!”
“Chinese fans actually said that Wang is a player who can be compared with Arthur Elon and Ronil Nascimento. Therefore, a word was invented called "Peerless Sanjiao" (the Chinese characters are copied here), which means that Wang, Arthur and Ronaldo are among the three top players in today's world football... Oh, come on, China People, how dare you?”
“I heard that Wang’s agent is contacting Issa Munich? My God! I hope they don’t make it... As a fan of Issa Munich, I’m really disappointed. I don't understand why the Bundesliga giants would sign such a 38-year-old 'old man', and I even don't understand how Wang's agent team had such an idea that they wanted to find Isa Munich? Does the team look like a nursing home?”
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The above may be barely considered "meaningful", but in fact, many of them are purely emotional vents and are swear words without any nutrition.
If you know their identities, it will not be too surprising:
Most of them are concentrated in the following clubs.
Crichton Athletic, Scorsese, FC Madrid, Atletico Barcelona.
Clayton Athletic are the city rivals of Soford United.
The Scorsese are rivals in the league at Liverpool's Sofos United.
Atletico Barcelona is in a special situation - it is Wang Lie's former club.
Wang Lie once played for this La Liga giant for four years and achieved success. But when he left the team, he was unhappy with the club, so that every time he met Atletico Barcelona in the European competition, he was particularly excited and did not miss the old relationship at all.
For example, in the 2029-2030 season, Wang Lie helped Soft United win the "Quadruple Crown" that season. It was his former club Atletico Barcelona that they defeated in the Champions League final. Wang Lie performed very well in that game. Not only did he score the winning goal, but he also celebrated wildly after the goal, which deeply hurt the hearts of Atletico Barcelona fans.
Therefore, in the hearts of many Atletico Barcelona fans today, Wang Lie is the number one traitor in the club's history, and they naturally have no good feelings toward him.
As for Madrid FC, it is very simple - they and Atletico Barcelona have been bitter rivals for hundreds of years. Wang Lie once played for Atletico Barcelona. How could the fans of Madrid FC like him?
Besides, the current top player of Madrid FC, Arthur Eloun, played for Sofo United’s mortal enemy Scorsese before coming to Madrid FC. He also has many stories with Wang Lie. Madrid FC’s Of course, the fans must stand firmly beside their number one player and cheer for him.
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The black men can laugh at Wang Lie unscrupulously, but the Derretin players on the court do not dare to really underestimate the No. 9 player of Sofo United .
After all, the man in front of him is the most deadly terminator among active players.
It doesn’t matter if you guys get slapped in the face, the worst thing you can do is bury your head in the soil and pretend to be dead for a while. The Internet has no memory. Besides, who would stare at you, an ordinary fan, to find trouble every day?
But if Drettin's players were slapped in the face, the consequences would be serious... The attack launched by Drettin after successfully intercepting Wang Lie just now failed to finally threaten Soft United's goal. , their offense was ended at the front of the penalty area.
Soft United’s captain and central defender Taylor Murphy intercepted the ball from Derrettin, looked up to observe the situation in the frontcourt, and then directly passed the long ball to the top of the field. Wang Lie at the front.
Wang Lie jumped up while running back and jumped towards the football.
At the same time, Drettin's center back Liam Griffin also rushed up and took off at the same time as Wang Lie.
However, because Wang Lie ran ahead and got stuck in his position, Griffin could only be blocked behind. The football was still hit by Wang Lie, who threw the football to the side and behind, where there was Soft United right winger Adel Degt is advancing forward!
The Red Rock Stadium, which had been slightly silent before, burst into cheers again!
Wang Lie was knocked to the ground by Griffin who rushed towards him.
But this is no longer important. All eyes are on French winger Degette.
The referee also raised his hands and pointed in the direction of Soft United's attack, indicating that the attack was favorable and the game continued.
But in the end, Soft United's attack failed to score a goal - when Degette tried to cut directly into the penalty area from the wing, he was destroyed by Drettin's defender.
Although no goal was scored, part-time commentator Zhao Zhou praised Wang Lie: "This is the role of the center! After Wang Lie came on, Soft United was able to advance in the frontcourt. Hold the ball. When Alatore was on the court before, he couldn’t do this kind of header work!”
Barrage floated in the live broadcast room:
"That's embarrassing..."
"Good lick!"
"Haha"
However, the TV broadcast quickly showed a slow-motion replay of Wang Lie's header just now. ——The director is using camera language to tell everyone who is the key figure in the attack just now.
Although he lost the sprint competition with Drettin's midfielder just now, sprint speed is definitely not the most important criterion for measuring a center.
There was a lot of ridicule on the Internet, as if losing the ball was such an unforgivable crime for Wang Lie. Wang Lie himself was not affected by the ball. He was still focused on the ongoing game.
Soon he unexpectedly gained the ball outside the corner of the penalty area - when Stanley Harris cut inside, the ball was also blocked by the Derretin players, and he accidentally hit it and came right to it. At Wang Lie's feet.
He faced the ball and swung his feet, pretending to shoot directly. He deceived the Dreitin defender and stretched his feet to block it. It turned out that this was just a fake move. His right foot came down and the outside instep moved the football horizontally towards the center. He raised his right foot again to shoot, but this time it was still a fake move!
In the same way, he shook off the second defensive player from Dretin who came up to block the ball and then took another shot. This time he actually shot!
The football passed between the two Deretin players who had not had time to close the door and went straight to the back corner of the goal!
"King - WOOOOOW!!" England commentator Connor Cowley shouted, and the football flew from the outside of the back post and out of the bottom line...
"Oops!" Zhao Zhou held his head in both hands, exclaiming with regret. He yelled: "I almost scored a goal!! Just almost!!"
Ziqi's tense body on the sofa suddenly leaned back against the back of the sofa, making a heavy muffled sound. The sister next to her, Wang Zilin, screamed. She didn’t know whether she was frightened by her brother or regretful that her father missed this scoring opportunity...
Their grandmother, Wang Lie’s mother Zhou Hong He also sighed.
On the other hand, Tang Xingmei acted very calmly.
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Although Wang Lie's shot missed, it obviously boosted everyone's morale, and the atmosphere at the Red Rock Stadium became more and more lively.
Soft United fans in the stands even sang their cheering songs again.
"...We are Soford United, we come from Soford! The red flames surround us! The hot magma flows under our feet! Soford United! Soford United! Go forward bravely, Glorious Soft United!"
The commentator Connor Cowley, who was commentating on the game, turned around and saw the home fans waving team towels and singing loudly, and he praised: " Red Rocks Stadium comes alive again”
It’s not just the Redstone Stadium that has come back to life, but also the home team Soft United.
With Wang Lie as center forward, Soft United's quality has improved significantly when attacking.
After all, they have someone in the frontcourt who can hold the ball.
In fact, Wang Lie's back-up ball-taking skills are not top-notch - after all, he used to play the role of a terminator. Most of the time, he faced the goal, and he was rarely required to play in singles with his back. Condition. But even so, the effect he brought to Soft United's offense was immediate.
"What is the backbone? This is the backbone!" Zhao Zhou continued the rainbow fart.
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Because they can hold the ball in the frontcourt, Soft United's full-backs are more daring to intervene and participate in the attack than before.
In the 64th minute, Soft United's left back Pablo Castin took advantage of the space on the wing created by left winger Stanley Harris to receive the ball and then passed the football towards the goal. forward.
When he passed the ball, Wang Lie rushed to the goal and tried to grab the point.
His sprint was so powerful that it immediately attracted Drettin's defenders.
This time it was centre-back Liam Griffin who immediately rushed up to compete with Wang Lie, while other Derrettin players were paying close attention to Wang Lie's movements.
As a result, Castin’s ball was not directed at Wang Lie, but was passed to the back point!
There was Sof United midfielder Andreas Liers who came in from outside the penalty area at some point!
"Liers——!"
As the commentator Connor Cowley shouted, Liers jumped up to face the football!
Because Wang Lie attracted the attention of almost all Deretin players, when Liers jumped to head the ball, there was no Deretin player around him at all!
This ball... is available!
The cheers at Red Rocks Stadium reached its peak!
But the next moment, the cheers suddenly turned into sighs...
Because Liles headed the ball high!
After the football passed over Wang Lie's head, Liers pushed it over the crossbar!
"Oops! This ball from Liers! Oops! I could have scored this ball!" Zhao Zhou said in a tone of hatred, "Liers completely wasted Wang Lie's involvement and Cover! My brother Wang has taken away the defense! As a result, Liers missed such a good opportunity... It’s nothing!”
Lee on the screen. Erls also held his head in his hands and stared at the stands behind the baseline with wide eyes - that is the final destination of football.
In fact, as a defensive midfielder, Liers' header ability is not bad. However, fighting for the top of the opponent's players in the midfield cannot be completely equated with heading the ball in front of the goal.
The TV broadcast cut to Wang Lie's side. When he saw his teammates missing the opportunity, he spread his hands with great regret and smashed down hard. It was as if he was the one who missed the opportunity.
Of course, some people may interpret it as "Wang Lie expressed dissatisfaction with his teammates for wasting opportunities" and "Wang Lie blamed his teammates for missing the opportunity to score"...
Don't say this is a target shooting in the air, there will definitely be Wang Lie after the game. Lie's Heizi did this with slices of the game video, and then spread it all over the Internet. Because this kind of thing has happened many times before.
So much so that some people on the Internet joke that Wang Lie’s most loyal audience should be his black men. After all, only black men will not miss every game of Wang Lie, and watch the whole game very seriously and attentively, and then win Play back frame by frame with a magnifying glass, pick out some flaws, and publicize them.
Perfectly interprets the saying "The person who knows you best is your enemy" from a very magical perspective.
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Liers' header did not result in a goal, but this will not affect Soft United's offensive.
During this period, Soft United's offense continued to threaten Drettin's goal.
England commentator Connor Cowley said with a hint of ridicule: "The Redstone Stadium now finally feels like the home of Soford United, and the current Soford United have finally remembered that they are actually the home of Soford United. Premier League team..."
Faced with Soft United's menacing attack, Drettin was forced to shrink his defense, seemingly wanting to hold on to the 0:0 score until the end.
The FA Cup is a single-elimination competition. This format is prone to accidents, so it is called a "hotbed of unpopularity."
But even though it is a single-elimination game, the FA Cup before the quarter-finals does not have overtime or penalty shootouts - if the two sides draw, then they will fight another day and play a play-off. What if the play-offs are also tied? Thirty minutes of overtime will be played first, followed by a penalty shootout.
Dreitin obviously wants to drag the game to the play-offs and return to his home court.
Soft United certainly doesn’t want them to get what they want.
Let’s not talk about the impact of playing one more FA Cup on the team’s overall preparation rhythm and the unnecessary waste of players’ physical fitness. Let’s talk about the issue of face-being dragged into extra games by a British Championship team At this stage of the competition, where can we put the face of the mighty European giant Soft United?
So Soft United stepped up their offensive, hoping to break through Drettin's goal in the last 20 minutes of the game and open up the situation.
In the 71st minute of the game, and 14 minutes after Wang Lie came on as a substitute, Soft United launched an attack.
However, facing Drettin's shrinking defense, they had no good method. They could only pass the ball back and forth laterally outside the thirty-meter area, and then create opportunities through the movement of players.
As football changes, Drettin's defensive formation must also change. When the number of transfers increases, it is easy to lose sight of the other.
After some pulling and pulling, when Drettin's defense shifted its defensive focus as a whole, it was obviously not as fast as before, nor was it coordinated enough.
So when Sof United left winger Stanley Harris got the ball in the left rib, he immediately took off his foot and passed the ball diagonally to the weak side of Drettin's defense, which is Sof. The right wing of the United attack.
Because Soft United's main right winger Adel Degt received his ribs to press the Dreitin defender, there was actually room on the right wing at this time.
This was the opportunity Stanley Harris discovered.
At the moment he passed the ball, Soft United right back Josh Hughes had already started from behind and plugged in at high speed!
Then he received the ball amidst the deafening cheers of Soft United fans!
"Hughes pushed forward! Nice stop!"
Hughes stopped the ball and immediately rushed into the penalty area in a diagonal direction.
Dreitin's defenders turned around in a hurry and rushed towards him, trying to block him or force him out of the baseline.
At the same time, Soft United players were also rushing towards the goal to meet Hughes.
Degert, who was in the ribs before, immediately moved forward, followed by a Deletin defender.
Behind Degt is Wang Lie in the middle, and beside him are two Deletin defenders!
Obviously, Drettin's players do not look down on the thirty-seven-year-old guy in front of him with "a name in vain" like the little black guys on the Internet...
Josh Hughes, who was almost forced to the bottom line, looked up. After observing, he swept the ball towards the center, but instead of passing it directly to Degette, he found Wang Lie in the center and passed the ball in an inverted triangle!
The Dreitin defender at the front point had been taken away by Adel Degt, but he did not want to give up the defense just like that. Just when the football was about to slip away from behind him, he struggled backwards Kick your legs and actually hit the ball!
The football hit his outer instep and there was a line change.
And it was this change of line that shook Wang Lie who was following behind!
If he followed the original trajectory, the football should have landed right at his feet, but now it rolled behind him!
Seeing this, Wang Lie quickly stopped and almost reflexively twisted his waist and stretched his legs, trying to get the ball back.
But his body had only turned halfway when he felt that the knee of his left leg, which supported all the weight of his body, could not provide sufficient explosive force for him to kick off.
When he wanted to exert force, he felt his left knee weakened and could no longer support his body, and he fell in the opposite direction.
This kind of sprinting with all strength and then suddenly stopping and then changing direction places too high demands on the body's functions, but his body, which is close to thirty-eight years old, lost its chain at the critical moment...
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He was locked in place by this body, but he still turned his head to follow the football, wanting to see whose feet the ball would end up at.
In his shaking and slanted vision, a player wearing a red jersey of Soft United came out from behind the crowd, accelerated toward the football, and swung his left foot!
"Stanley——!!!" Connor Cowley growled out the man's name.
The Sof United fans in the stands could not wait to cheer.
Because where the football falls, there is not a single Derretin player other than Stanley Harris!
This is a sure-goal opportunity that no matter whose grandma is here, he can score!
Harris faced the rolling football, straightened the instep of his left foot, and hit the target firmly!
After a muffled sound, the football rushed up the net and was already in the goal!
"——Harris!!! Wonderful goal! In the 75th minute of the game, Soft United finally took the lead at home! They led Drettin 1:0!"
The cheers that rang out in advance over the Red Rock Stadium reached its climax at this moment.
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