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Chapter 289
After 15 minutes, players from both sides returned to the court and the second half began.

The number of Valencia players in the midfield has increased, and Borussia Mönchengladbach was penalized offside for two consecutive counterattacks after the opening.

It seems that Valencia is premised on the defense line, using the advantages of numbers to control the midfield.

And their first attack almost scored.

In the 55th minute, a pass was made between Mendieta, Baraja and Kiri Gonzalez. Mendieta got the ball and made a straight pass. Carew in the penalty area took the ball with his back, but he passed the ball directly to the other side. Another striker, Juan Sanchez, dived directly to meet the ball, and the ball was slightly deflected.

Five minutes later, Mendieta continued to cooperate with his teammates in the middle. He passed more than a dozen kicks back and forth. It was Mendieta who completed the last pass.

Nick saw Valencia constantly back and forth in the midfield, and immediately ordered his teammates to step up the press loudly, while he kept his eyes on Mendieta, as long as he strangled Mendieta, the rest would be much easier.

The rhythm of the two sides immediately picked up. With the high pressure of Borussia Mönchengladbach, Valencia also played a wonderful cooperation.

In the 63rd minute, Baraja passed the ball with his heel under the pinching of Micoud and Iliye. Kiri Gonzalez rushed over from the outside line, immediately dribbled the ball in and cut in quickly. He shot a very high-quality long shot 26 meters away from the goal, and the ball slid out of the goal.

Borussia Mönchengladbach then tested Canizares with a long-range shot: Ronaldinho cut off the ball from Albelda's feet and immediately passed it across.

The two sides seemed to be competing with long-range shots. In the 69th minute, after a two-for-one cooperation with Mendieta, Albelda also took a long-range shot from 28 meters from the goal. The quality of the shot was very high.

Carew kicked the ball into the gate of Borussia Mönchengladbach, but Metzelder also screamed and fell on the lawn.

Carew, who scored the goal, was about to rush into the goal, picked up the ball and ran towards the middle circle. Collina's whistle sounded, and Carew made a dangerous move, and the goal was invalid!
The Valencia players were very dissatisfied. They gathered around and asked Collina for an explanation. Collina didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to Metzelder and motioned everyone to take a look at Metzelder's injury.

Metzelder's head was taken by Carew's studs, and a long hole was very scary. Borussia Mönchengladbach's team doctor had rushed into the field to deal with Metzelder.

The injury was serious, and the team doctor immediately signaled Karl to make a substitution.

Metzelder still wanted to insist, but Nick came over and said, "Christopher, don't worry, go get stitches, we have us in the competition, and you can't be absent when the awards are presented later."

"Okay then, captain, good luck to you!"

Borussia Mönchengladbach made a passive substitution, Leiter came on and replaced Metzelder.

Without the fierce player Metzelder, Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense immediately loosened.

In the 74th minute, Kyrie Gonzalez clicked from the left, and immediately made a 45-degree cross. Carew jumped up from behind Leiter, a lion shook his head, and smashed the ball into Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal. 1:2, Valencia saw hope again.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Valencia pulled back a goal, and it was the Norwegian star Johann Carew who scored the goal. Oh, it's perfect in the air, a wonderful header, and a tricky angle. It's a beautiful goal!" Spanish commentator Gonzalez immediately cheered.

Riedel believes that the cause of the conceded goal is the passive substitution of Borussia Mönchengladbach. Before Leiter had time to adapt to the rhythm of the game, Carew robbed one.

The commentators of other TV stations also feel that a good show is coming. If there is no point in a game, the commentator will be boring. Fortunately, the point will come soon. The difference of one goal is now very interesting.

Carew, who scored the goal, did not celebrate, but rushed directly to the goal, picked up the ball, and then ran to the middle circle. He meant to ask Borussia Mönchengladbach to kick off quickly so that they could seize the time and score another one to equalize the score.

"This guy's header is really good. Leiter is really going to be one-on-one. I'm afraid he won't be able to mark him. It seems that he needs to pay attention." Nick secretly thought that although Valencia pulled a goal back, Borussia Mönchengladbach still took the lead. The situation is still favorable.

After the re-kick-off, Nick was a little helpless. Ronaldinho did take a lot of balls in the second half, but this guy was keen on breakthroughs. Although there were wonderful breakthroughs from time to time, overall, it didn't help Borussia Mönchengladbach's offense. Instead, it gave Valencia a lot of offensive opportunities.

So Nick was not going to pass the ball to Ronaldinho at this moment, but controlled it by himself. This immediately attracted the attention of the four Valencia players. They surrounded them and tried to break the ball under Nick's feet.

Nick can choose to pass the ball at this time, but Valencia's morale is high now, and they will definitely press over immediately. It is not certain whether other teammates can control the ball, so Nick decided to do it alone.

This made the fans in the stands very happy. Nick swayed left, swayed right, and swayed his feet a few times, and broke through the encirclement of Valencia players.

In fact, the purpose of the Valencia players was to force Nick to pass the ball, and then to force the player who got the ball, but they did not expect to be broken by Nick one-on-four.

Valencia players feel very angry in their hearts. Nick's breakthrough will become the scene that will be played after the game, and the background of the scene is them.

Therefore, Mendieta, Baraja, Albelda, Kiri Gonzalez and even Carboni all rushed towards Nick, and they had to get rid of Nick's ball.

But once Nick brought the ball, it really wasn't something they could break if they wanted to. They went back and forth a few times, just like butterflies flying flowers, leaving the Valencia players in a mess, and Carboni even fell down.

The Borussia Mönchengladbach fans in the stands laughed happily when they saw their captain so majestic, while the Valencia fans all hated their teeth and wanted to jump off the stands to break the ball from Nick's feet.

And those neutral fans looked at Nick purely with admiration. Such a tall man has teased so many Valencia players. He is indeed an excellent player with a limitless future.

In the box in the stands, the old horse was already laughing happily. It was really cool for a man as big as Nick to dance tango on the field.

"Haha, this kid is really good. He dared to perform in such an important competition. He is really strong, and he is very angry with me."

"Hey, Diego, you are right. This Nick will definitely become a unique figure in the field in the future. I didn't expect that we can produce such a player in German football." Beckenbauer echoed from the side.

"Frantz, your German team has encountered Waterloo in two consecutive World Cups. With this Nick, there is something to look forward to in the 02 World Cup." Bei Crow also came over to speak.

"According to your good words, in the next World Cup, the German team will at least be able to enter the top four." Beckenbauer actually did not want to be favored by Bei Crow, because whoever he favored would be unlucky.

The old horse didn't seem to like Bailey, so he snorted coldly and fell silent.

The faces of the two coaches on the sidelines were different, and Karl was very relieved. When Valencia's momentum rose, Nick damaged the opponent very well, and should be able to stabilize the situation.

Benitez kept shaking his head, so many people couldn't grab Nick's ball, how could it be reasonable?Could it be that Nick has become a genius?

(End of this chapter)