Fox in the Penalty Area

Ricardo Moya's adjustment at half-time still helped.

At the same time, Alvara's players also knew that they had fought with their backs and there was no way out.

The head coach repeatedly mentioned "this is our home court" during the intermission, and it is definitely not only to boost their confidence, but more importantly, to tell them:

This is our home court. If we can't win our opponents at home, then this season's Europa League will be completely over!

So if you still want to fight for the championship, then give me your all!

So after the start of the second half, Alvara launched a fierce offensive to the penalty area of ​​Leeds City.

Their centre-forward, Serbia international Djord Igor, frequently pulled out of the penalty area, bringing out Leeds defenders and creating chances for other team-mates to go forward.

In the 61st minute, it was Igor who pulled Ben Grist out of the penalty area. Alvara's Brazilian midfielder Eri accurately passed the football to the space behind Grist. The speed inserted into the space, and then rushed the football into the goal of Leeds City before the attacking goalkeeper Van De Ven!

"Pretty--!! Lesinho! Lesinho! He scored a goal for Alvara!" The Portuguese commentator excitedly raised his arms and shouted.

There were also thunderous cheers in the stands of the Lisbon Arena, and the fans of the home team were cheering for Lecinho.

In the stands that were still a little quiet in the first half, all Alvara fans seemed to come alive.

After the goal, Lecinho was very happy. He ran to the sidelines and danced a samba with his teammates who came up.

Moya on the sidelines also let out a sigh of relief.

Although only one goal was pulled back, Alvara was still behind in the score.

But this goal is a good start.

Helped the team restore morale at the most critical time, and also dealt a heavy blow to the opponent.

Next, Alvara just needs to continue to play like this, take advantage of the victory and pursue, maybe he can equalize the score in a short time.

There is still time for the team to turn defeat into victory.

Yes, just kick it!

Moya, after the initial cheers and excitement,

He walked to the sidelines to gesture to the players.

He waved his hand towards the Leeds City half-court, signaling the players to continue attacking after the game started.

Maintain this rhythm and intensity, and also maintain this strategy, use center Igor to call out the opponent's defender, and then use Lecinho and other offensive players to insert in the back row and quickly insert into the penalty area.

Create chaos in front of Leeds City's gate, making their already weak defense lose sight of one another.

Thinking of this, he also cast a glance at the coach of the visiting team.

Leeds City manager Tony Clark sat in his place and did not get up.

He didn't give any instructions, as if he was frightened and dumbfounded, dumbfounded.

Seeing this scene, Moya breathed a sigh of relief—it seemed that the opponent was only strong on the outside and capable on the inside. In fact, they are like walking a tightrope, and they may fall off a cliff if they are not careful.

If I hadn't gone all out to fight Leeds City, I might have been bluffed by their forced composure...

Now that the deadlock has been broken, the next game will return to Alvara's favorite rhythm!

As if to confirm Moya's idea, the fans in the stands of the Lisbon Arena are singing Alvara's team song in unison to cheer for the team.

The home field that allows people to draw strength is back!

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Alvara's morale was boosted after pulling back a goal, and after the restart of the game, he continued to impress a steady stream of offensives towards Leeds City's goal.

Joao Valente shouted excitedly in the stands: "Come on, Alvara! Go on, Alvara!"

After chanting slogans with other fans, he waved his fist to the field and shouted: "The counterattack begins now!"

On the court, Lesignho took the ball to face Junpei Morikawa's interception, and resolutely broke through with his speed. Although Junpei Morikawa was good at blocking positions, his speed was not fast enough in front of Lesignho, and he was easily thrown by the opponent open.

Alvara fans cheered from above the Lisbon Arena.

Amidst the cheers, Lesignho stepped on the accelerator and rushed forward at high speed.

Even facing Kamara who is back on defense, he is not afraid at all, remembering the advice of head coach Moya to him during the halftime break - don't be afraid, just fight with the opponent's speed!

He dribbled the ball with his head down, and then caught up with the ball before it was about to roll off the baseline, and passed it in front of the goal.

Igor jumped up the middle to challenge Ben Grist for the top.

The two collided with each other, and the football was still pushed by Grist and thrown out of the penalty area.

However, Alvara controlled the second landing again, and Eli volleyed vigorously against the flying football from outside the penalty area!

The football is moving forward against the turf!

There are people everywhere in the penalty area, as long as you can meet anyone, you might be able to change lanes and fly into the goal!

In fact, it did change the line-van der Ven pounced to the left, and as a result, the football hit the foot of the Leeds City defender Bradford who was out to intercept in the penalty area, refracted, and flew to the other side.

Fortunately, the angle of refraction is relatively large, and the football flew straight out of the baseline.

Otherwise, once it is within the range of the goal, the ball might be scored...

The Leeds City fans were frightened, and the Alvara fans beat their chests, but they soon regained their spirits and continued to cheer for the team.

From this series of attacks, they really saw the hope of the team equalizing the score.

It's a pity that in the next corner kick, Alvara failed to threaten Leeds City's goal. Instead, Leeds City took the opportunity to fight back and almost threatened their own goal in turn.

If it weren't for their left back Nathan Shea who chased back tenaciously and broke the football out of the touchline in the 30-meter area, Alvara's goal would have been really dangerous.

So when Shay finished the tackle, he got a round of applause from the Alvara fans.

Everyone thanked him for his successful defense this time and bought time for the team to return to defense.

The other Alvara players returned to the defense one after another, and built two lines of defense in the 30-meter area to deal with Leeds City's offense. The outermost line of defense consists of strikers, while the second line is a mix of defenders and midfielders, ensuring that there are not too many spaces at the front of one's own box.

This is also one of Alvara's changes in the second half-when they faced Leeds City's offense, they no longer thought about offense all the time like in the first half, so it was inevitable to be a little impetuous when defending.

Now their defense is defense, tighten the fence, and defend Leeds City's offense first before considering other things. Stay calm when defending, and don't give Leeds City more opportunities and spaces.

The offense has improved and the defense is solid, which will naturally make the Alvara fans in the stands full of hope for the next game.

Even the Portuguese TV commentator praised the team's performance: "Alvara was like two different teams in the first and second half. Although the head coach Moya made a tactical mistake at the beginning of the game, he still adjusted very well in the intermission. Timely and useful... After all, this is the first time Alvara has faced Leeds City. I didn't know enough about their strength and style before, and it's normal... The important thing is the future. After adapting to Leeds City's offensive style , Alvara is going to launch a counterattack at home!"

Having said that, the commentator looked at the Alvara players who were defending and added: "Of course, the premise is to defend against Leeds City's attack first."

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Leeds City threw the ball out of bounds, and there was no good way to face the two lines of defense formed by Alvara inside and outside the penalty area.

At first they tried to organize the attack on the right wing and scored into the penalty area.

However, under the overall movement of Alvara's defense line, he did not get a chance.

And he almost lost possession for a counterattack - when Pete Williams was in possession of the ball in the ribs when he was pressed by Alvara midfielder Eri and was tackled.

Seeing that Eli was about to bypass Williams and poke the football to Lecinho.

The latter leaned forward, ready to accelerate and rush forward.

At this time, even the central defenders of Leeds City were pressed to the center line. If Elie passes the football and Lecinho takes advantage of his speed, Leeds City's goal will be in danger.

At this critical moment, Morikawa Junpei once again demonstrated his value.

Jump in front of Eli, put your legs together, and block Eli's ball!

Eri wanted to keep possession of the ball, but Junpei Morikawa kicked it out first, and then he passed the football sideways to Jay Adams.

Adams shifted quickly and crossed the football to Leeds City's left wing to Kamara.

After Kamara received the ball, Leeds City left-back Farrek Quinn ran forward from behind him, attracting Albara right-back Ibrahimba, and Kamara took the opportunity to cut inside and develop laterally.

He took a step horizontally, and saw that the Alvara midfielder Luca Bloom, who was recovered to defend in the penalty area, did not mean to come up to him, but to guard his own defense zone, which should be to prevent himself from breaking into the penalty area .

Seeing this, Kamara simply took a long shot.

He swung his right foot and shot the football towards the goal!

Just when the football had just left his feet, Hou Lai, who was guarding the back point, suddenly burst out from behind Alvara's central defender Bruno Pinto and ran towards the goal!

At this time, Pinto's full attention was on the football, and he didn't even notice what was happening behind him.

Not to mention him, even Alvara's other central defender, Matthew Kefir, didn't notice Hou Lai, even though Hou Lai rushed out in front of his eyes, he was still staring at Kamara's shot ...

Bloom saw Kamara take a shot and stretched out his foot reflexively to block.

He caught the football, but didn't stop it completely - the football hit his calf and deflected slightly, and it still flew towards the goal!

Alvara goalkeeper Ferreira, who had already fallen to the ground to save, became the victim of his stretching legs... Facing the changing direction of the football, he could only hastily change his hand shape, but failed to grasp the football firmly. The ball flew out of his chest!

"Let's go!"

Pinto saw the football dropped, and then he wanted to make a clearance, but his eyes were blurred!

Leeds City's No. 14 had already appeared in front of his eyes, blocking his back in front of him, and showing off his face with his back number and name by the way.

"Hoola!!"

Ferreira's second reaction was very quick. Before he could get up again, he stretched out his feet and shoveled at the football, trying to interfere with Hou Lai's shot.

But Hu Lai took the first step and stretched out his foot to gently poke the bouncing football!

The football flew into Alvara's goal just before Ferreira's foot tackled it!

At this moment, the three people on Alvara's back line, except for Pinto, still maintain the posture when Kamara shot just now-spreading legs, turning their heads to watch the show.

Time seems to be paused by Hu Lai, only he can travel freely in this static time and space!