Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2013 I have finished speaking, who agrees? Who is against?

No matter how the Catalan radio commentator and some Catalan fans downplayed the impact of the missed penalty, it was reflected on the players on the field, and what the audience saw was that they were indeed affected.

After Kabanka missed a penalty kick, counting injury time, there were seven or eight minutes left in the first half. The Catalan United slowed down and no longer pursued goals.

The Madrid Pirates got excited and launched two threatening attacks.

Vukovic missed a long-range shot and Hou Lai's shot was blocked by Catalan goalkeeper Tone Schulman.

Obviously, Hawell's save of Kabanka's penalty had a different impact on the players of both sides.

The morale of the Madrid Pirates players is visible to the naked eye.

It's a pity that the end of the first half was too close.

Just when the momentum started, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

"The first half is over." The Catalan radio commentator said in a calm tone as much as possible, "although Kabanka did not score a penalty at the end of the first half, it seems to have given the Madrid Pirates The illusion that they can come back. However, I believe that after a 15-minute intermission, it is enough for them to calm down again and realize that there is an insurmountable chasm in front of them. Of course, the Catalan players must also focus on the second half. Maintain the level of the first half, we can no longer give hope to the players of the Madrid Pirates..."

Alvarez Sanchez also believes that it is difficult for the Pirates to make a comeback at home: "Kabanka missed a penalty kick. For the Madrid Pirates, it is only from the immediate execution of the death penalty to a delay of 45 minutes..."

He Feng didn't think the pirates could turn the tables, but what he saw after Hewell saved Kabanka's penalty made him doubt his previous cognition.

Whether it was the Pirates players on the field, or the Pirates' substitute players and coaches off the field, they were very excited after Heywell saved the penalty.

Looking so excited, it doesn't look like he has given up on the game.

He couldn't help thinking of the classics that the Madrid Pirates had dedicated to the fans before.

Could it be this time...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and just said: "The morale of the Madrid Pirates players has obviously been boosted. I hope they can make adjustments during the halftime break and make persistent efforts in the second half to score goals. Even if they die, they must Stand up and die!"

I didn't say that it can be reversed, so this is not an instant...

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"After the penalty kick, you did the right thing. It is correct to take the initiative to slow down the tempo and shrink the formation. Remember, we are leading now, and the lead is three goals. So there is no need for us to panic. It's them who should panic."

Catalan United coach Reilly Vicente praised his players for their performance.

"The second half played at the same tempo as the first half, using the best way we could to kill their morale. As long as we don't make mistakes or concede goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half, the Madrid Pirates will throw themselves into chaos. But don’t panic if we concede the ball, it’s not unbelievable that the crazy Pirates are scoring goals at home. After all, they have hustle.”

Reilly Vicente did not come away with contempt just because his team led by two goals in the first leg.

Before going out, he still made his team fully prepared.

At the beginning of the second round, they encountered a frenzied counterattack by the Madrid Pirates, and scored a goal within ten minutes of the opening. Then the Madrid Pirates' morale was boosted, and the Catalan United had to shrink their defense... Such a situation was also envisaged by them.

Even to the extreme, Vicente set the team up for the team to be equalized by the Madrid Pirates in the first half. The game was tied at 2:2, and some Catalan players were sent off with red cards.

Under such circumstances, Vicente's coaching staff has made plans for how the Catalan United should respond.

And told the players in the pre-match preparation meeting.

It was precisely because he had made enough preparations that Vicente did not panic in the face of the accident of not scoring a penalty kick.

When Hywell saved Kabanka's penalty, all the Pirates coaches cheered and hugged on the next coach's bench, as if they had scored a goal.

Vicente sat on the coach's chair, motionless, as steady as a mountain.

What is a missed penalty?

We imagined too little that the score would be equalized by you.

Now we missed a penalty kick, but we lead 3:0 in total, what's there to panic about?

"But if the Pirates think we're going to be affected by this penalty, especially you, Kabonka."

He said Kabanka's name.

The core of the Brazilian midfielder smiled and said: "That would be great, let them think so."

The moment he missed the penalty kick, he really felt a huge disappointment in his heart, but he quickly adjusted his mentality.

After all, this penalty is of the "icing on the cake" type and does not determine life or death.

Of course, he also thought about it in his heart. Is it because this penalty is not so important that he was too relaxed when taking the penalty, so that he didn't do enough in terms of strength or angle when kicking the ball?

This is something worthy of his vigilance.

After this game is over, he has to reflect on it.

Hearing Kabanka's answer, the other Catalan players in the locker room burst into laughter.

Yeah, let those pirates think we're panicking!

We will give them a head-on blow in the second half!

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Parotti finished some fine-tuning of the team's tactics, and there is still a lot of time left.

He was still standing in the middle of the locker room, lowered his head and scratched the back of his head with his hands. After thinking for a few seconds, he said:

"Forget what I said to you guys before the game and put all your attention on the game itself. It's the game that counts anyway. All the stuff you try to put on top of the game ends up being nothing. Can be dropped. So sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you guys before such an important game."

Having said that, Parotti paused to show that his apology was not perfunctory.

Then he went on to say:

"With forty-five minutes left in the game, we were behind by three goals. It looked dangerous, but in fact the situation may not be as bad as the outside world thought. After all, we have encountered similar situations. Remember when we achieved What did the media say about us during the three consecutive Champions League games? They said 'Madrid Pirates is a team with a reverse gene'. Because we have come back again and again in important games.

"The process of winning three Champions League titles has not been smooth sailing, so some people say that we are not dominant enough, and some people criticize our championship honors are not convincing enough... But it is rare to be able to crush the opponent to win, especially in the Champions League. In this kind of competition where all strong teams want to achieve an overwhelming victory, it is very rare.

"In the eyes of others, these are all shortcomings, which are our problems. But on the other hand, why do we have the last laugh when we face a strong team, even though the process is very difficult? Doesn't this just show tenacity? Is it our advantage to be good at playing against the wind?

"So, with forty-five minutes left in the game, three goals behind, put it on other teams, it is a situation where you can give up the game and concentrate on preparing for the league. But here, the game has just begun. We have proved time and time again. Past this, it will be today.”

Instead of being impassioned, he waved his arms vigorously and sprayed the spitting stars all over the place.

His tone was very calm, and his expression was not fierce.

Given his chubby figure and face, his words seemed unconvincing, much less inspiring.

But every word in his words hit the hearts of the Madrid Pirates players precisely.

Especially those veterans who have followed him to win three consecutive Champions Leagues.

Because what he said were all facts, the old guys in the team knew very well that there was no exaggeration or bluff in these words.

Is there anything more powerful than the truth?

"Three goals in 45 minutes, I think we can do it, as long as we can focus on the game itself. I believe in you, as I have believed countless times."

Parrotti ended everything he did at half-time with these words.

He then retreated to the wall and gave the center of the locker room to the players.

If someone is willing to speak, he can go to the center by himself.

It's not limited to captains.

Anyone, as long as they have something to say, can express it.

This has always been the tradition of the Madrid Pirates team, and it is also one of the important reasons why they have always maintained unity before.

Originally, Juan Ramirez wanted to stand up as the captain and say a few words to boost everyone's morale and let everyone temporarily put aside their differences and unite as one.

As a result, he had just lifted his butt, and someone had already walked from the seat to the middle of the locker room.

Seeing that it was Hu Lai who came out, Ramirez sat back down again.

Standing at the focus of everyone's attention, Hu Lai said:

"As you all know, we have a little problem within the team ... I don't want to judge who is right and who is wrong here. I just want to tell you that this is the last season of the manager with us. I want to give him a parting gift. —Champions of the Champions League."

When this was said, there was an uproar in the locker room.

Everyone, no matter rookie or veteran, stared at Hu Lai with wide eyes.

Although the head coach has said that ~www.novelmt.com~ will fight back in the second half, many of them also believe that they can fight back.

But even if we succeed in the Jedi counterattack and eliminate the Catalan United, we will only reach the semi-finals.

There are still three victories between the semi-finals and the championship!

Is this span too big?

Even Parotti and his coaching staff looked at Hu Lai in surprise.

Hu Lai didn't care about everyone's puzzled and surprised eyes. He continued: "I know this goal is difficult. But it is because of the difficulty that this gift is valuable...Anyway, let me put it here: I am ready to do my best for this goal Give it my all, no matter how difficult it is, I will try my best to achieve it. What about you?"

He looked around, his eyes flicked to every teammate in the locker room, and finally stopped on the face of Nestor Farias.

"Anyone disagree?"

Farias looked away, and the locker room was even more silent.

"Very good." Hu Lai laughed, his face full of sunshine, "It seems that all of us have reached a consensus. That's it, the goal is to win the Champions League!"

(end of this chapter)