Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2011 Destiny

As soon as Nestor Farias got the ball, there were Catalan players rushing to defend him.

While receiving the ball, the Argentine genius sank his left shoulder and made a fake move to break through from the left.

Then, using the shaking of his left ankle, he stopped the football to the right side of his body, and simply shook away the opponent player who was attacking his left foot.

The cheers of the Pirates fans sounded from the stands.

The commentator Sanchez also applauded Farias for getting rid of this time:

"Well done, Farias! After conceding a goal, this kind of morale-boosting performance is what is needed most now!"

Although the previous performance was not satisfactory, everyone still has high expectations for Farias.

After all, Farias has outstanding personal abilities and has proven his ability.

With Tonini's poor performance in the first round, everyone can only count on Farias.

Who else can we count on?

You can't count on Kamara sitting in the stands and hanging up the free card, right?

Ismail Kamara was injured half a month ago, which had a great impact on the offense of the Madrid Pirates.

Plus right-back Jose Irazusta, who was injured a month ago.

The right flank of the Madrid Pirates was almost useless.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Pirates were beaten by Catalan United in the away game.

Kamara was replaced by the team's Dutch forward Wesley Hodt. He is 1.89 meters tall and has a strong body. He is a center forward, but he also has very good speed and can also play as a winger.

He transferred to the Madrid Pirates last summer because of his versatility, which can add more changes and possibilities to the Madrid Pirates' striker.

However, the Dutch big man's skills are too rough, and once he can't give full play to his physical advantages, his performance will fail.

In terms of personal ability, he is far behind Kamara.

If it wasn't for Kamara's injury, his position is actually a substitute.

In the case that the right wing cannot attack, the left wing becomes very important.

Especially with a super talent like Farias on the left.

When he first debuted in Argentina, he was called "Little Meli"...

When Pirates of Madrid signed him, the Pirates fans rejoiced - we had Houlai and Meli in the same team, it was unbeatable!

Of course, so far, what the Madrid Pirates fans hoped to see has not come true.

But Farias is still young, and everyone is willing to wait.

Always be kind to young people.

So even though Farias' performance was not impressive enough after the start of the game, when he made a beautiful escape, the cheers in the stands still rang out as usual.

Farias, who got rid of the first Catalan player, took the ball to the Catalan penalty area.

At this time, Catalan midfielder Dino Souza rushed up.

Farias made an emergency stop again, and at the same time raised his right foot, as if he wanted to dial the ball and continue to take the ball laterally to the middle.

Argentina's midfielder slammed on the brakes, blocking his route to the middle.

As a result, Farias made another feint.

After he raised his right foot, he didn't kick the ball, but after a feint behind the football, he buckled the football to his left foot again!

At the same time, he turned around and accelerated, and wiped past Sosa who raised his arms high!

"Two people in a row! Beautiful breakthrough!"

Seeing Farias breaking through Sosa from outside the penalty area, Hou Lai immediately ran diagonally behind the Catalan defense.

At this moment, the defenders of the Catalan United could not help but be attracted by Farias' two consecutive passes. This is his chance to get rid of the defense and run open!

However, after Hu Lai ran into the space, the football was not passed.

He looked into the distance and saw that Farias was surrounded by Catalan players...

"Farias is still carrying! But he has no room!"

As soon as He Feng finished speaking, he saw Farias' football being poked open by Catalan central defender Paul Fortune.

He tried to get the ball back but was caught by Catalan right-back Giovanni Petrik.

The ball is lost.

The excited shouts of the Pirates fans turned into sighs of regret.

Sighing, Farias tried to fight back and caused his own foul.

Catalan United wins a free kick in the backcourt from outside their penalty area.

The Madrid Pirates' attack fell apart...

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After the Catalan United led by three goals in total, they played very easily and calmly.

They gave full play to their advantages in possession and used it to pass back and forth to mobilize the players of the Madrid Pirates, making them exhausted.

Seeing that the first half was coming to an end, they made a sudden effort!

In front of the Madrid Pirates penalty area, Kabangka made a pass and tricked his defending Madrid Pirates player Joaquin Bella to focus on his pass. He then suddenly pushed the football out, but it was not a pass. The ball, but the human ball!

The football slipped through Joaquin Bella's crotch, and Kabanca passed him.

Bella was shocked and reached out to try to hold Kabanka.

The two were entangled together, and they were about to break up again—while Kabanka slapped Bella's hand away, he had already rushed over by force!

Just reached the line of the penalty area, Danny Drew has quickly blocked in front of him.

Seeing that there was no way to break through, Kabangka quickly assigned the ball to the left.

There's Mario Salado in there.

The latter kicked the ball directly in the face of the rolling football!

The football flew into the penalty area of ​​the Madrid Pirates.

Goalkeeper Heywell took the initiative and punched the football on the penalty area line!

The football flew to the outside of the penalty area, and the Catalan midfielder Dino Souza, who was guarded there, was waiting!

I saw that after the Argentine midfielder unloaded the incoming ball with his chest, he swung his right leg and volleyed directly without making adjustments or staying, and without waiting for the ball to hit the ground!

Boom!

The football roars towards the goal of the Madrid Pirates!

Then it hit Joaquin Bella on the arm!

Kabunka, who was right next to Bella, immediately raised his arms and yelled at the referee: "Handball! He has a handball!"

Joaquin Bella was in the penalty area when he handballed…

So it's a penalty!

The referee's harsh whistle and harsh boos from the stands sounded at the same time.

"Ah, this ball..." He Feng's heart skipped a beat, his mouth seemed weak when he spoke...

If the Madrid Pirates were sentenced to a penalty kick at this time, it would basically be a death sentence for the Pirates!

At that time, the total score will be four goals behind, and there will be no way to catch up...

In the TV slow-motion replay, it can be clearly seen that Joaquin Bella's arms are open, expanding his defensive area and interfering with Dino Souza's shot.

So this ball is undoubtedly a penalty!

The Pirates players could of course argue that Joaquin Bella didn't handball on purpose, it was the ball hitter.

But the referee will not accept their defense...

Sure enough, I saw that the referee didn't even look at the VAR, and just pointed to the penalty spot with his finger!

"Penalty! Catalan got a penalty! At the end of the first half! They had the chance to make the whole second half forty-five minutes meaningless!"

The boos from the stands were so loud that the commentator Sanchez could barely hear himself.

Obviously, Pirates fans also know what this penalty means.

They can only express their dissatisfaction with boos.

It's just that the booing is dissatisfied with the team's performance, or dissatisfied with the head coach who didn't even make a VAR confirmation, and just awarded a penalty...It's hard to say.

Or maybe both.

Amidst the huge boos, on the sidelines, the coaches of the Madrid Pirates were very dissatisfied with the referee's rash penalty.

They rushed to the sidelines and roared loudly, expressing their anger with rich body language.

Second assistant coach Enzo Naher also got himself a yellow card for his heated words...

Parotti did not rush out to protest like other coaches, but stood on the sidelines and watched what was happening on the court with a blank expression.

If this is fate, he seems to have accepted it...

At this moment, he was just a little bit unwilling.

No matter what idea he has, the time left for him is not enough to realize it.

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When the Madrid Pirates players went to besiege the referee, the Catalan players were hugging and high-fiving.

Kabanka finally withdrew from the crowd, holding a football in his hand.

As the team's number one penalty taker, he will come to put the final nail in the coffin of the Madrid Pirates.

As he walked towards the penalty spot, he saw the Madrid Pirates goalkeeper Heywell pulling his teammates away from the referee one by one.

Haiweier, who was pulling people, felt the gaze from Kabanka, and turned his head to look over.

The eyes of the two met, and Kabunka just walked to the penalty spot. He lowered his head, bent over, and put the football in his hand on the white spot.

And Hywell also retracted his gaze, and continued to pull his teammates outward.

Still shouting: "Stop making noise! ​​It's just a penalty kick! It's no big deal! Trust me, I can save it! Don't apply for a brand for yourself!"

Although Hewell was very angry and yelled at Moreno when he lost the ball because of Riva Moreno's mistake.

But now it is also a teammate who made a mistake and was sentenced to death. Instead, he didn't blame anyone.

It's because as a goalkeeper, complaining about teammates is meaningless since the penalty has already taken place.

All he should do now is actually save the penalty.

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Players from both sides exited the penalty area, except for Kabanka and Heywell.

Kabanka placed the football and stood behind it and waited.

The Belgian goalkeeper, once the 2026 World Cup Gold Glove winner in the United States and Canada, Jonathan Hewell, with his arms open and his feet on the goal line, is also ready.

"Actually I don't really agree with the idea that the penalty is going to kill the game ... because the Madrid Pirates are already three goals behind. With fifty minutes left in the game, it's okay to be four goals behind or three goals behind The difference. The suspense of the game has been killed!"

The commentator of Radio Catalunya said ~www.novelmt.com~ before the penalty was kicked, but he didn't really think it made no difference whether the goal was scored or not. What's so bad about leading by one more goal?

He was just decompressing Kabanka. As long as the Brazilian can take this penalty kick with a normal heart, he will definitely score.

When Kabanka was about to take the penalty kick, the boos over the Pirates Park stadium not only did not disappear, but became even bigger.

Especially the home team fans in the stands behind the Pirates goal, they tried every means to interfere and influence Kabangka.

The boos were so loud that Kabanka had to visually confirm the whistle to the referee—he was afraid that the whistle would be drowned in the boos.

After seeing the referee blowing his whistle, he started to run!

Kick the football to the bottom right corner!

At the same time, the goalkeeper Heiweier kicked the ground and threw the lower left corner - his own lower left corner, the lower right corner of Kabanka's shot!

Then, using his super wingspan, he shot the ball kicked by Kabanka!

"Heywell! He saved it! He saved Kabanka's penalty!"

(end of this chapter)