Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2032 Under Pressure

When Hou Lai stood in the middle circle for the third time, stepping on the football and preparing to kick off, he heard Tonini calling him.

"Pass me the ball, Hu!"

Tonini gestured to him.

In fact, Hu Lai is very clear about what will happen after he passes the ball - Vesuvius' players will definitely catch up like a hunting dog chasing a rabbit.

He believed that Tonini himself was well aware of this.

But Hu Lai still nodded to Tonini.

Seeing Hu Lai nodding, Tonini showed a smile on his face and thanked him with a thumbs up.

After the crisp whistle, accompanied by the cheers of the Vesuvius fans, Hou Lai turned around and passed the football to Tonini who was standing in the midfielder.

Sure enough, as he expected, Vesuvio's striker Merlin Ulrich passed by him soon after the football kicked out and rushed straight to Tonini.

After Tonini received the ball, he did not pass the football immediately.

Instead, when Ulrich rushed to him and stretched out his foot to steal the ball, he then gently pushed the football to the left with his right foot, then knocked the incoming ball forward with his left foot, and at the same time he dodged sideways Ulrich rushed.

“Beautiful croquettes!”

After passing Ulrich with a croquette, Tonini passed the ball to Vukovic who stepped forward to meet him.

At the same time, he reached out and made a "steady" gesture to the Serbian midfielder.

Be steady, don't rush to attack after losing two goals in a row, first control the rhythm, slow down, and don't let the game fall into the rhythm Vesuvius wants.

This does not require the head coach to remind them at all, as veteran players who have experienced many battles, they themselves know what to do.

Vukovic then passed the ball straight back to centre-back Danny Drew.

Drew then passed the ball to left-back Ion Martinez while pointing his finger down the far right.

Ion made a long diagonal pass with his big foot, and passed the ball to right back Ettore Navarro in the direction Drew was pointing.

As soon as Navarro received the ball, Vesuvius' players rushed up to press him.

But before receiving the ball, Navarro had already seen Joaquin Bella who came to meet him, so he directly passed the football back to Joaquin Bella in the middle.

Bella receives the ball and passes it back to goalkeeper Heywell.

In this way, the Madrid Pirates back and forth in the midfield.

In response to the pirates' possession of the ball, Vesuvio's countermeasure was to press high.

Their players seem to be indefatigable.

This kind of pressing did cause some trouble for the Madrid Pirates' goal.

With the increase in the number of consecutive passes, there will always be mistakes. Vesuvius seized one of the opportunities and instigated an attack in the frontcourt.

They passed the ball low and flat from the right side of the penalty area to the center.

Merlin Ulrich, who was outflanking in the middle, failed to get a chance to shoot under the close interference of Tony Nijoaquin Bella. He could only watch the football pass by his eyes and roll back!

The Vesuvius fans in the stands got excited-because although Ulrich failed to get a kick, he tricked goalkeeper Heywell into the middle, and now the back point is an empty goal!

Vesuvio's other striker, Valerio Bertra, rushed to the back point, stretched out his foot and shot!

At the same time, the central defender Riva Moreno, who was going to defend him, slipped and fell to the ground at a critical moment!

The Madrid Pirates fans in front of the TV were in a cold sweat!

Fortunately, Tonini arrived in time and put a shovel to intercept!

The football was blocked by him in front of the goal line!

Beitra also wanted to make a follow-up shot. This time he and Vukovic faced each other. The football rebounded and flew outside the penalty area, and was completely cleared by Hu Lai.

"Wow! So dangerous! So dangerous!"

Spanish commentator Sanchez let out a sigh of relief.

The Italian commentator put his head in his hands: "Vesuvius missed an opportunity to extend the score to 3:0! Bertra's two consecutive shots were blocked by the Madrid Pirates players in front of the goal line twice in a row! "

But he quickly changed the subject: "However, the danger in front of the Madrid Pirates shows that their defense is already hard to bear the pressure. Moreno's sudden slip is strong evidence! Under Vesuvius' high pressure and pressure, The players of the Madrid Pirates will be under more and more pressure... That's it! Keep putting on pressure, under heavy pressure, the Pirates will definitely collapse!"

The Italian commentator was right, and Vesuvius fans thought so too.

Moreno's sudden slip and fall in front of the goal is simply a microcosm of the situation in which the Madrid Pirates are in a hurry.

However, the scene that appeared on the live TV screen made many people frown.

After the mistaken Riva Moreno got up from the ground, he even smiled at Tonini.

Tonini, who wiped his buttocks for him, did not complain to Moreno, who made a mistake, but waved his hands, and at the same time had a smile on his face, as if he didn't take the dangerous situation in front of the door to heart at all...

This is very puzzling.

You almost lost the ball just now!

And this is clearly Moreno's own mistake.

Don't you all criticize and criticize yourself?

It's fine if you don't criticize yourself, but you still have a hippie smile on your face!

Especially Moreno, he made a mistake and the team almost lost the ball, but he still smiled!

What's so funny?

what's so funny? !

Simply inexplicable!

Those of us Vesuvius fans can't stand it anymore, and complain for the Madrid Pirates fans!

Such a group of players with no sense of shame, no sense of responsibility and shame, no wonder the Madrid Pirates performed so poorly this season!

In fact, it is not only the fans of Vesuvius who are incredible.

Farias on the field is also a bit incredible.

He saw with his own eyes the picture of Tonini and Moreno smiling at each other.

Then I messed up myself:

Why are you laughing?

One just made a mistake and almost caused the team to lose the ball, and the other has already caused the team to lose the ball because of his own negligence.

There was a lot of danger in front of the Madrid Pirates, and Farias' heart was beating wildly. These two people who should be the most afraid, laughed at each other instead...

Farias looked at the other teammates and found that most of them turned a blind eye to this, and they were not as surprised as he was, and no one criticized the two of them.

Goalkeeper Heywell is directing the players to defend.

Field captain Joaquin Bella was clapping his hands to cheer everyone up.

He looked at Hu Lai again. Instead of criticizing Tonini and Moreno, the latter gave them both a thumbs up!

Noticing Farias' puzzled eyes, Hu Lai turned around, smiled at him as well, and then told him with gestures and mouth movements:

Hold on tight and don't panic, it's no big deal.

Farias suddenly realized, maybe this is the old guy's "calmness"?

In the past six or seven seasons, these people have experienced many "famous scenes" together. Especially during the period of the Champions League three consecutive times, every championship was hard-won, and it was won by stumbling.

There are not many cases of being cornered by the opponent like this.

Not to mention, in the second round of the recent Champions League quarter-finals, didn't the team fall behind by three goals in the game?

So maybe in their eyes, the "dangerous situation" in front of the door just now is really not a big deal...

Thinking about it this way, Farias also felt that it was really not a big deal.

We can come back from three goals behind, so what is two goals behind?

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From the smiles of Moreno and Tonini, Farias saw calmness and hope.

The fans of Vesuvius also saw hope-vesuvius scored more goals, and finally ended the hope of two rounds of suspense in one round.

After the game resumed, Vesuvius stepped up his offensive and applied further pressure.

However, the panic they hoped to see the Madrid Pirates players did not appear.

The Madrid Pirates players not only withstood Vesuvius' offensive, but also launched a threatening counterattack.

In the 20th minute of the game, Hu Lai got a kick from outside the penalty area.

He first pretended to pass the football to Farias, and then suddenly moved the football forward. After opening enough kicking space, he quickly swung his legs and shot!

In a slightly hasty situation, his kick still played a very high quality.

The football rebounded in front of the goal and bypassed the hands of Vesuvius goalkeeper Jacobs Persson, who was attacking sideways, and then hit the outside of the post and missed the goal!

"Pillar! Ahhh!" He Feng looked up to the sky and yelled regretfully, "It's a pity that the goal was missed! This is the best chance for the Madrid Pirates since the start of the game! What a pity!"

Hu Lai himself felt the same way. When he saw the football hit the goal post and missed the baseline, he raised his arms and hugged his head, grinning painfully.

Based on Hu Lai’s expression and movements, the Spanish commentator Sanchez said: "It’s a pity! Hu’s shot was very sudden. In such a hasty situation, it is very rare to be able to shoot with such quality. If you give him more preparations After a while, maybe the ball can hit the inside of the post and bounce into the net?"

Wang Guangwei withdrew his gaze from the bottom line, then pointed at Hu Lai and shouted at his central defender partner Giuseppe Giordano, who was defending him just now: "Slow down, slow down! Go up faster!"

In fact, Giordano went up fast enough, otherwise Hu Lai would not have made a hasty kick.

But in Wang Guangwei's view, this is not enough.

Giordano, who was criticized, was not dissatisfied, but nodded excitedly.

He also knows that he has done a good job, but... defending Hu Lai is to go all out and do the best!

Sure enough, this is the strongest striker in world football today!

Wang Guangwei noticed Giordano's expression, and he could guess what this kid was thinking.

He didn't stop Giordano's bold idea. After all, as a talented central defender who has attracted much attention, he always wants to play against Hu Lai to test his quality...

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Soon when Houlai got the ball in the Vesuvius penalty area, Giordano almost posted it before he caught it.

And he pushed hard to show Hu Lai his determination.

So this time, Hu Lai failed to form a shot. He didn't even turn around, and passed the football directly to Vukovic.

The latter took the shot.

The latter's shot was blocked by Wang Guangwei out of the baseline.

"Wang Guangwei! Great shot! He blocked Vukovic's long shot!"

Wang Guangwei pointed to the corner flag area and shouted: "Corner kick defense!"

Then he jumped up with Danny Drew in this corner attack by the Madrid Pirates. Since he got stuck first, he headed the ball out before Drew.

"Wang Guangwei! Another successful defense!"

When Wang Guangwei performed well, the Chinese commentators He Feng and Yan Kang were very excited, and their voices were a few decibels higher.

"As of now, 23 minutes into the game, Vesuvius still leads the Madrid Pirates 2-0 at home. The Pirates' offensive has improved slightly, but they still have not been able to break through Vesuvius' goal. Although Vesuvius is not as good as The Turin Bulls put so much emphasis on defense, but as an Italian team, how can they easily have problems in defense?" Spanish commentator Sanchez also sighed.

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Hu Lai knew that he was under Vesuvius' key marking.

Although his team encountered many problems this season, his scoring efficiency is still outstanding.

Vesuvio's coaches and players know exactly who is the most dangerous player for the Pirates of Madrid...

Even if Farias scored a very beautiful goal in the last Champions League game, it didn't help him attract much defensive firepower.

It seems that you still have to rely on yourself.

When Wang Guangwei stood next to Hu Lai again, Hu Lai covered his mouth and said to him, "Why are you guarding against me, old Wang? It has been said that Farias is the most threatening person in our team."

"Hehe." Wang Guangwei was already sufficiently immune to Hu Lai's nonsense, and he sneered back, "It's okay for you to lie to others, Hu Lai. Whoever is complaining about Farias in the group just don't care. Carrying the ball by himself, not caring about his teammates at all, without team awareness? How can such a player be a threat? If he has the ability to score five goals in a row again?"

Hu Lai curled his lips: "Scholars will treat each other with admiration for three days. Old Wang, think about it carefully, how long has it been since I complained about Farias in the group?"

Hearing this, Wang Guangwei was stunned for a moment, because it is true... Hu Lai seems to have really not complained about Farias in the group for several days. Could it be true...

As a result, just when he was thinking this way, Hu Lai suddenly rushed out!

And catch the ball!

Then before Wang Guangwei pounced on him, he kicked and shot!

The football arced around the cross of Vesuvius goalkeeper Jacobus Persson, and then around the far post... and flew out of the baseline!

"Ah!" He Feng yelled regretfully, "It's a beautiful shot! It's a pity it went slightly wide!"

The Italian commentator let out a long breath: "Oh! It's dangerous! Hu's shot almost scored! He used his clever movement to get rid of Wang for a short time!"

Seeing Hu Lai holding his head in both hands, Wang Guangwei wanted to slap himself—why did I almost fall for this kid again! ?

In his only previous experience of fighting against Hu Lai, wasn't that how Hu Lai suddenly rushed out while chatting with himself?

Sure enough, it's been too long since I have fought against each other, so have I even forgotten this lesson? To be bluffed by Hu Lai with the same trick...

He shook his head mockingly, and even wanted to give Hu Lai a thumbs up: Yes, Hu Lai, after so many years, you still "remain true to your original intention"?

But I am no longer the high school student who was so easily teased by you back then!

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Ion Martinez actively moved forward and participated in the attack.

He kicked a cross from the left and found Hu Lai in front of the goal.

But this time, Hu Lai failed to grab the spot.

Because the landing point has been occupied by Wang Guangwei in advance.

He blocked Hou Lai to complete a header clearance, pushed the football out, and ended the Madrid Pirates' attack.

The Vesuvius fans in the stands gave Wang Guangwei applause without hesitation.

Since he transferred from Eldrea to Vesuvius four years ago, he has completely secured the main force of the team in just half a season.

Not too tall, Wang Guangwei, who is only 1.85 meters tall, has become an indispensable part of Vesuvius' defense line by relying on his precise judgment of football placement, tireless running, and brave confrontation iron gate.

Although he was praised by the fans, Wang Guangwei did not have the slightest bit of happiness and relaxation on his face.

Instead, he pointed to the wing and loudly reminded his teammates not to easily give the Madrid Pirates a chance to cross.

In fact, it is not difficult to defend Hu Lai in one-on-one, because he is not the kind of player with particularly strong individual combat ability.

Then why did Hu Lai still become a "nightmare" for all defenders?

Because as a defender, it is impossible to defend Hu Lai only once in the game. Within 90 minutes of a game, defensive players must remain focused at all times, and must not be distracted or sloppy.

But people are not machines, so how can they not be distracted or make mistakes?

The most terrifying thing about Hu Lai is that he can very efficiently seize the opportunity for you to make mistakes and distract yourself.

This makes the defensive players must be vigilant at all times when defending Hu Lai.

Being in a state of mental tension for a long time increases the chances of players making mistakes and being distracted.

The more tense the more mistakes, the more mistakes the more tense... It became a vicious circle.

As a defender who knows Hu Lai very well, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Guangwei to be complacent because of a successful defense, thinking that he can defend Hu Lai.

His centre-back partner, Giuseppe Giordano, doesn't seem to think so, though.

After Wang Guangwei successfully defended against Hu Lai, he gave Wang Guangwei a thumbs up, and at the same time said loudly: "Good job, Wang! That's it, we can definitely guard against him!"

Wang Guangwei ignored Giordano, he seemed a little too excited today...

He was wondering if he should remind Giordano not to be so excited when he was waiting for the intermission.

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Facing the increasingly fierce offensive of the Madrid pirates, Vesuvius chose to withdraw his formation.

Anyway, they lead by two goals, and then they can play a defensive counterattack.

How deep is their formation?

Even after the two strikers retreated to the center circle, all eleven players on the field were in their own half.

Madrid Pirates centre-back Danny Drew was even in the center circle of the opposition's half when he got the ball, with two Vesuvius forwards not far from him.

In front of him is the forward line of four Vesuvius midfielders, about ten meters away from him.

About ten meters behind the avant-garde line, there are four defenders.

The four midfielders closely followed the Madrid Pirates' midfielders.

The four guards pressed in front of the top of the free throw arc in unison-they even knew to make offsides.

Under their pressure, it was impossible for the striker of the Madrid Pirates to reach Vesuvius' penalty area, and they could only follow and withdraw.

Ion Martinez, as a left-back, was pressed into the left-winger position.

Not far from him is Farias.

Both players on the left are concentrated in one place, which makes the left wing a bit crowded.

But this is also the key direction of the Madrid Pirates' offense.

After failing to find a suitable pass receiving point closest to him, Drew decided to pass the football directly there.

So he made a long pass.

Because Vesuvius is now implementing a strategy of shrinking defense, when Drew passed the ball, Vesuvius striker Valerio Betra, who was only three meters away from him, did not go up to interfere.

The football flew towards Farias and Ion.

Because the positions of the two people are now highly overlapping, it is difficult to say who the ball was passed to.

Standing in front of Ion, Farias unceremoniously jumped up in front of the flying football and unloaded it with his chest.

When the football flew to the left, Wang Guangwei noticed that Hu Lai in front of him suddenly ran towards the landing area of ​​the football.

Is he going to meet Farias?

But Wang Guangwei was unmoved, he continued to guard his position, just pointing at Hu Lai, reminding his teammates nearby to take extra care of him.

Farias did not pass the football to Houlai.

He drops the ball and cuts in laterally with the ball, as he has done countless times before, without seeming to pay attention to the teammates around him.

Maybe he didn't pay attention to the defensive players swarming up - his inside cut immediately attracted two Vesuvius players, one was forward Merlin Ulrich who returned to the penalty area, and the other was The team captain and midfielder Victor Montero.

Two people were stuck in front of Farias, one left and one right.

Also when Drew passed the ball to the left, Vukovic, who was originally in the midfield, suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Vesuvius' penalty area.

Wang Guangwei noticed Vukovic's forward drive, so he leaned over a little, but his eyes were still locked on Farias who was holding the ball, and the corner of his eyes was focused on Hu Lai's position.

After Vesuvio's midfielder Montero got close to Farias, he tried to put pressure on the Argentine "lone wolf". Seeing this, Farias swung his feet and made a gesture to shoot directly from the far corner outside the penalty area, deceiving Montero After stretching out his foot to block it, he used the inside of his right foot to knock the football from the back of his left foot supporting his body to the other side, and turned around at the same time!

Although Montero was shaken by him, Vesuvius still had someone defending him.

So as soon as Farias turned around, Merlin Ulrich on the other side stretched out his foot and stabbed the football.

Seeing this, Farias could only take the first step and stab the football towards Hou Lai, the closest receiver.

At this time, Hou Lai was a little outside the corner of the penalty area. In front of him was Farias who passed the ball to him, and behind him was Ion Martinez who had been waiting on the sideline for a long time.

Faced with this situation, Hu Lai did not choose to pass the football directly to Ion behind him. After adjusting a bit, he first attracted Merlin Ulrich over, and then passed the football back to Ion with the outer instep of his right foot. Farias inserted into the restricted area.

After passing the ball to Farias, Hou Lai did not continue to run forward, nor did he choose to cross into the penalty area, but did the opposite-he ran back and pulled away, from behind Merlin Ulrich, around Returned to the corner of the restricted area, and then crossed along the restricted area line.

Wang Guangwei, who has been paying attention to Hu Lai, immediately thought of a possibility when he saw Hu Lai's running position-Hu Lai was going to meet Farias' pass! Taking advantage of Farias to attract Vesuvius' defensive force, he ran to the empty space to catch the ball and shoot...

Originally, he didn't believe that Farias would pass the football to Hou Lai when he had already entered the penalty area.

But for some reason, Hu Lai's words suddenly exploded in his mind:

"Students will be treated with admiration for three days!"

Will the former "lone wolf" Farias learn to work as a team during this time? After all, he was under a lot of pressure...

At the same time, Wang Guangwei also saw Hu Lai, who was pulled outside the penalty area, make a very subtle gesture to Farias, which meant asking for the ball!

Seeing this scene, combined with what Hu Lai said to him before, Wang Guangwei no longer hesitated, and quickly rushed out of the restricted area with one stride, and rushed towards Hu Lai!

At the same time, Vukovic also pulled away, as if to respond. So Montero also took a step back in the direction of Vukovic, and the encirclement that originally surrounded Farias suddenly lost two people, and the space was torn open!

Farias did not pass the ball to Hou Lai, nor did he pass it to Vukovic~www.novelmt.com~ He chose to shoot directly!

Just entering the penalty area, near the corner of the penalty area, facing the blockade of the three people in front of him, about 20 meters away from the goal, and the angle is not too big, Farias took a shot!

When seeing him swinging his feet, many Chinese fans in front of the TV could not help but click:

Another blind kick!

But then, they saw Vesuvius goalkeeper Jakobs Persundon throwing himself sideways, opening his arms and missing the ball...

Until this time, many people thought that Farias missed the kick.

But then they saw the football set off the net!

"Ball... Hey! Good shot! Good shot!" He Feng was taken aback for a moment, and then he realized what this scene meant, and shouted loudly. "Farias! He scored a goal for the Madrid Pirates! In the 28th minute, the Madrid Pirates scored a goal! 1:2!"

Vesuvius's home stadium, the noise above the South Stadium, was stagnant!

Everyone was worried about Hu Lai's goal, but they didn't expect that the first goal of the Madrid Pirates was the "lone wolf" Farias who was scolded **** in the previous three league games!

(end of this chapter)