Mister Legend

Chapter 72
The Castilian players have maintained extremely high fighting spirit and super concentration before, but after encountering two consecutive controversial penalties, their mentality has been completely out of balance.After Garland scored the penalty kick and the scores of the two teams were rewritten again, facing the situation where they were still behind even though they tried their best, the boys felt very angry at the unfairness they suffered. On the other hand, there is a strong sense of confusion, and I feel that if I continue to play like this, there is no hope of winning.

So after the re-kick-off, the Castilian players completely lost their previous competitive state, their teamwork suddenly became jerky, and their individual technical movements also lost the flexibility of the past. mistake.The Royal United seized the opportunity and completed several extremely threatening attacks in a row.

In the 9th minute, Alvaro's dribbling on the right was intercepted cleanly by the double-teaming of two opponents. Afterwards, the left-back Moxilo played two-for-one with Alonso and Garland, successfully killing Near the bottom line, he kicked a pass directly, and Mgaka, who followed up in the middle, overwhelmed Leon and smashed the ball hard to the goal with his head.Because the distance was too close, goalkeeper Abad had already raised his hand to surrender, but the ball failed to get into the net, but hit the upper edge of the goal crossbar and flew out of the baseline. The fans and the home team all hugged their heads and sighed. A great opportunity lost.

Three minutes later, Royal United made a comeback.Munoz's direct pass line in the frontcourt was seen through, and Rodera intercepted the ball and passed it to Alonso, who was not inferior to his younger brother's passing skills without stopping the ball and directly sent a long pass to the frontcourt , Castilla's defense line was a little higher because of the attack just now, and it was directly pierced by this precise pass.Garland successfully reversed offside and dribbled the ball directly towards the visiting team's goal. At this time, only Manu and Fabas were struggling to catch up.

Although there is almost no difference in speed between Manu and Garland, the latter is dribbling forward after all, so on the line of the penalty area, Castilla's young central defender still rushed behind the opponent.Facing the goalkeeper who abandoned the goal at this time, the forward of the home team made a small fake shot and strode the ball directly to his front right side, trying to get an angle to shoot the goal.

However, Abad did not let himself lose his center of gravity when he came out to block, and he was still able to move quickly. When he saw that the opponent wanted to use his speed to pass him, he immediately threw his legs sideways and stretched his long arms. out, trying to destroy the ball before Garland catches up to it.But because he already had a yellow card on his body before, and he was still worried about the referee's penalty scale, so he was a little timid when he fell to the ground this time, and he didn't dare to use all his strength, which led to Garland was the first to touch the football despite being severely disturbed.

The forward of the Royal United team stretched out his right foot and lightly poked the ball to the bottom line for a certain distance, then immediately adjusted his center of gravity and rushed to the next landing point.

When he quickly caught up, the ball was less than two meters away from the bottom line, and the distance between it and the goal post on this side was as much as six or seven meters, which means that the angle of the shot was extremely small. up.Goalkeeper Abad is still struggling to get up behind him and wants to continue to rush over to make a final interference, but Manu has already rushed not far away with a grim face. If he is making adjustments, he may miss this empty goal Chance.So even though the angle is very small, and the angle and distance between the ball and his right leg are a bit awkward, Garland, who is extremely confident in his shooting skills, swung his leg immediately and knocked the ball with the front inside of his right foot. towards the opponent's goal.

Seeing this situation, the teenager Manu, who had no time to make other obstructive actions, directly threw his body out with force, stretching his legs straight in an attempt to block the trajectory of the ball.Although the young man is not tall and his legs are not long, his luck is not bad.The arch of his left foot that was placed above him while flying in the air touched the football, which further slowed down the speed of the ball, which was not considered very fast, and the flight trajectory changed from a straight line to a highly arced parabola, flying slowly. To the unguarded goal.

Manu and Abad, who had just stood up, were staring at the football closely, and endless despair had been revealed from their eyes.Although the ball touched the former's foot, it still flew towards the inside of the goalpost in general direction, and it would rush into the goal in the blink of an eye, and the score of 1-3 would completely sound Castilla's position here. The death knell of the game.

Just before the ball was about to cross the visiting team's goal line, a foot suddenly popped out from under it, bounced upwards with great speed, and hooked the ball out.It wasn't anyone else who pulled the team back from the death line, but the field captain Fabas who had been trying his best to return to the defense and never give up!The fans of the Royal United team who were ready to cheer and celebrate were dumbfounded at the time. After a very brief silence, they immediately burst into the strongest boos and shouts since the start of the game. They were complaining to the referee team that the ball had crossed the goal line. , the ball just now was a valid goal.

It is a pity that the Spanish Football League did not adopt the bottom-line referee system that had been established in various international competitions this season. At that moment, the referee had just run to the line of the penalty area, and the position of the line referee was not good. I didn't see 100% the specific positional relationship between the ball and the goal line. I just judged from experience that the ball should not have passed completely, so I didn't decisively indicate that the goal was valid.

Just when the referee was still weighing in his mind whether to take any measures for the controversial ball just now, Castilla's danger was not completely ended.Although the ball was hooked back from the goal line by Fabas, it was not strong enough. It flew to the vicinity of the penalty spot and began to fall. The home team forward Mgaka, who was followed up, waited one step inside the penalty area. is on.At this time, in the penalty area, apart from Garland, Manu and Fabas who were still lying on the ground, only Abad who was just about to run towards his goal was left.The away goalkeeper turned around following the trajectory of the ball and saw Mgaka raise his right foot to shoot.His heart rose to his throat again, and while the opponent was vigorously blasting the ball over, he struggled to make a save.

Due to the attack just now, Abad was not on the goal line at this time, so the kicker position between him and Mgaka was very close.But even under such unfavorable conditions, the young goalkeeper on loan from Tenerife still displayed superhuman reflexes in an instant, touched the extremely fast football with his fingertips, causing it to slightly change the direction of travel .He didn't care about the severe pain from his fingers, and kept his eyes fixed on the ball flying behind him during the fall, so nervous that he stopped breathing.

And he was not the only one who suspended all life activities at this moment. All the fans, athletes and coaches were waiting for the result.

The goddess of fate once again favored Li Mudi and his team. After changing direction, the football hit the other side of the post hard, bounced back into the field, and just hit the ground of Abad who was still looking back. On the back, it bounced towards the goal again, this time the speed of the ball slowed down a lot.And after continuous rebounds, he finally succeeded in breaking the goal—this classic goal did not happen. Fabas, who was still lying on the ground and failed to get up in time, turned around, hooked the ball with his right foot, and exerted force with his left foot. The ball was drawn hard out of the sideline on the right side of the side.

Castilla has gone through many hardships and dangers, and finally failed to allow the opponent to further expand the score.

After the ball went out of the sideline, the fans outside the field once again booed and protested deafeningly. They still wanted to put pressure on the referee team, trying to make it believe that the previous dispute on the goal line was a valid goal.But the referee Esturiz Latorre, who had missed the best time to change the judgment, looked at the line referee on this side, but did not get strong support from there. After thinking for a while, he raised his hand to indicate yes The home team's sideline kick drew boos and insults all over the sky, and he finally tasted the taste of being cursed by 5000 people.

The Castilian players who escaped from the dead suddenly gained momentum, and the previous negative emotions were swept away. Everyone ran together to cheer each other up. The extremely combative team before the two penalties in the second half appeared The team is finally back again.Coupled with the fact that the referee seems to no longer deliberately pursue the favorable factors of the home whistle, the visiting team gradually equalized the situation, causing a lot of trouble for the opponents on both offensive and defensive ends.

It's hard to say how much a narrow escape can change a player, but at this time the Castilian players seem to have completely transformed.Several players who were still timid and afraid of getting a second yellow card and being sent off before dared to confront their opponents without fear; Unusually smooth.Not concentrating enough in thinking, making frequent mistakes instead became the Royal United, which almost wanted to take down the opponent in one go.

No. In the 609th minute, Alonso had to pass the ball back to the midfielder Rodella behind the two opponents, but Fabas and Toro, who had succeeded in the siege, did not recover. After taking over the task of guarding Alonso, Si continued to team up to put pressure on the home team players who had the ball.With the cooperation of several teammates in the frontcourt, most of Rodella's ball routes were controlled. At this time, the home team highlighted the weakness after the previous substitution, that is, the lack of reliable control in the midfield. ball point.Rodella, whose defense ability is relatively outstanding, is a complete rough guy on offense. At this time, he was surrounded by many opponents, and he immediately panicked.Seeing the Castilian players approaching step by step, whether there is a seemingly easy passing line around, the moment Fabas makes a strong grab, he can't forcefully pass the ball back to the goalkeeper in the distance.

However, due to being too nervous and with poor footwork, the ball flew towards the upper right corner of his own goal quickly, scaring the Royal United goalkeeper Taina, who was still preparing to meet his teammates near the penalty spot, immediately panicked. Drop back, then jump hard back up and try to hit the ball with your arms high.

However, the goddess of luck seemed to really caress Li Moody's cheek, and the most exciting own goal in the Spanish professional league this season was born: Rodella's perfect "long-range lob shot" about 40 meters away from his own goal "Pierced through the ten fingers of his teammate Tyner, and the score on the field was rewritten to 2-2. The 5000 Royal United fans in the audience were dumbfounded at once, and then boos that ordinary people could not bear broke out again. A powerful response to the Castilla coach who set up a video camera to record this wonderful moment on the sidelines.

However, Li Moody, who has adapted to this kind of noise pollution, obviously no longer pays attention to these things. He clapped his hands, praised the players on the field, and then signaled them to keep up their efforts. Relax and strive for a better ending.

In 72 minutes, the Castilla coach replaced his compatriots who were not good enough with Cedres, and replaced Leon and Munoz who had yellow cards with Senna and Grau. In 10 minutes, all the cards in the hand were wiped out at once.

(End of this chapter)