Fox in the Penalty Area

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As Tony Clark guessed, after the start of the second half, Tramed, who was playing at home, launched a fierce attack on Leeds City's goal.

After a 15-minute break, the Tramed fans also recovered from the frustrating and angry emotions at the end of the first half, and still used their singing and cheering to cheer for their team.

No matter what, the fans still have to support their team.

Especially after the start of the second half, it was obvious that Tramed did not give up.

Their performance is worthy of fans cheering for them.

Tramed fans chanted from the stands:

"Trammed never dies! Trammed never dies!"

"Our flag flies forever over the Red House!"

"Because the red flame will never go out!!"

This is not Tramed's team song, but fans use it to boost morale when the team is in danger, similar to a battle song.

In this song called "The Red Flame Never Dies", Tramed once swept across Europe and achieved the first triple crown in the history of English football.

Every true Tramed player, just hearing this song, will be full of strength.

This is the case now, the Tramed team continues to attack Leeds City's goal amidst the singing of the fans. They were stunned and abruptly suppressed Leeds City's offensive. For a few minutes, Leeds City let alone attacking Tramed's goal. Their ball couldn't even pass halftime...

When the on-site commentator Matthew Cox heard the song sung by Tramed fans, he was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed: "There is a 'cold knowledge': in the previous history of Tramed In four games against Leeds, the song was never played at the Red Roof!"

This is indeed the case. Even in the thirty-seventh round of last season, when Leeds City beat Tramed here, the fans of the home team did not sing this song to boost morale.

Obviously, until Hu Lai scored in this game, Tramed fans hadn't really regarded Leeds City as a terrible opponent. The lore in last season was just an accident in their understanding.

With Tramed's strength and home field advantage,

As long as you adjust your mentality, Leeds City will not have any chance of a comeback here.

But after Hu Lai scored, the minds of these fans changed. The Leeds City in front of me is no longer a West Yorkshire country bumpkin who has never seen the world like it was two seasons ago.

This is actually a disguised recognition of Leeds City, acknowledging that they are opponents who can be on an equal footing with the giants of Tramed.

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The deafening singing in the Red Roof Stadium is almost breathtaking.

Coupled with Tramed's fierce offensive, Leeds City made mistakes in their busy schedule when they were compressed in the penalty area to defend.

Quinn raised his arm as he defended a cross from Tramed's right-winger George Payne in the box. And the football just hit his outstretched arm...

"Penalty kick --!!!" The sky above the Red Roof Stadium suddenly switched seamlessly from singing to roaring like this.

The referee also decisively blew his whistle to stop the game, and at the same time pointed his hand firmly to the penalty spot!

"Penalty kick! There is no problem with this penalty kick!" Cox shouted, "The football hit Quinn's arm and changed the direction of flight. It is indeed a penalty kick!"

Not counting the 2023-2024 season when Leeds City has just been promoted to the Premier League, they have taken penalties in all three away games against Tramed.

The first two penalties were contested and produced dramatic results.

But that doesn't mean there's a problem with the penalty now - there's nothing wrong with the penalty, it's very clean.

Even without a slow-motion replay, everyone can clearly see that Quinn's raised arm blocked the ball.

In this case, any referee will call a penalty kick without hesitation.

Moreover, Quinn, who committed the foul, just covered his face with his hands, and did not make too many excuses or protests against the penalty.

Although the other players in Leeds City were sorry and painful, they did not go up to besiege the referee.

The Leeds City fans in front of the TV sighed, but they still maintained enough sense and calmness, and did not curse Quinn's radical actions loudly.

After all, no one wanted this kind of thing to happen, and Quinn definitely didn't do it on purpose...

There is just one thing that makes the fans of Leeds City unhappy.

The cheers above the Red Roof Stadium are really harsh to the ears of Leeds City fans...

Listen to their cheers, as if the goal has been scored. Why don't they think about it, how did Leeds City beat Tramed last season?

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Since both sides have no objection to the penalty kick, then the penalty kick can be taken next.

Players from both sides must walk out of the penalty area according to regulations, leaving only the free throw player, goalkeeper, and a referee.

As Tramed's number one penalty taker, Connor Kirk is holding a football in his hand, ready to take this penalty.

But at this time, a surprising scene happened:

Ricardo Balia was different from those players who walked out of the penalty area. He went against the current and went straight to Captain Kirk: "Captain, can I take this penalty?"

Kirk turned his head to look at the young man in front of him. When he spoke just now, his tone was firm, and under his gaze, his expression was also firm.

So Kirk didn't say what he had or didn't have, and directly stuffed the football into his arms: "Here."

He didn't ask Balia why, because he knew why.

He knew it from the moment he saw this young man give himself an extra half an hour of penalty kicks after training every day.

This young man has probably been waiting for such an opportunity since that day.

I stumbled on the penalty kick, and I must start over on the penalty kick.

"Wow!" Cox exclaimed, "Barea took the initiative to go up and talked to Kirk, and then Kirk gave him the football... It seems that Barea is voluntarily applying for this point Ball!"

This scene made the red-roof stadium, which had been cheering before, quiet for a while. It seemed that Tramed fans were worried about Balia.

And those Leeds City fans who were holding their heads in regret in front of the TV cheered up: "Don't panic! Maybe he will miss the penalty kick?!"

In front of the coaching bench of the home team, assistant coach Cohen Melbourne opened his mouth wide-eyed and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Kevin Locke: "Look at this ball first!"

Even the Chinese commentators He Feng and Yan Kang, who were clearly emotionally inclined towards Leeds City, were moved: "Balia is... really brave!"

"Yes, I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to ask Kirk for the right to take the penalty. He wanted to get rid of the stigma and shadow of missing a penalty and causing the team to be killed by Leeds... Regardless of whether the penalty ends up What the result is, I think the fact that someone who made a mistake in a penalty kick dares to stand in front of the penalty spot again is admirable enough in itself!"

Thunderous applause broke out in the stands after a short period of silence, and some fans sang Barea's cheering song:

"You are our Ricardo! Our Ricardo Ballia!"

"You make us happy and you make us crazy!"

"We love you Ricardo! Our Ricardo!"

Just three lines of lyrics, they sang over and over again.

During the singing, Barea bent over and put the football on the penalty spot, then got up and stepped back, with his legs slightly apart, waiting for the whistle.

Seeing that he was ready, the singing and applause in the stands faded away, and finally fell into silence.

There were only sporadic boos from a few Leeds City fans, which seemed a bit harsh in the quiet environment.

But Barea didn't care, he just watched the goal.

I don't know if it was God's arrangement, but the goal he faced for this penalty kick was exactly the same as the one he missed last season.

It was in front of this goal last season that his feeble penalty was saved by the same goalkeeper.

In the end, he became the laughing stock of all Europe... no, the whole world.

People laughed at him for flopping, mocking him for what he did, and the penalty kick was saved...

Balia took a deep breath, refocused his eyes, and threw all those messy images out of his mind.

Focus, Ricardo!

The whistle sounds very crisp and pleasant in the quiet red-roofed stadium.

Ricardo Balia starts the run and kicks the ball!

As he has repeated countless times on the training ground...

Boom!

The football was shot at Leeds City's goal by him!

This time, Van De Ven, who was waiting in full force, failed to touch the ball, and he even misjudged the direction...

He swooped to the right, and the football flew to the left!

He could only turn his head and look helplessly and desperately at the football in the air, powerless...

That is, in the blink of an eye, the football flew into the goal!

"Goal in! Balia! He put the penalty into the goal firmly! This time Van der Ven has no chance to save his penalty again... Tramed finally equalized the score!" Matthew Cow Alex cheered.

The red-roofed stadium, which was still quiet just now, instantly turned into a violent eruption crater. The cheers from more than 60,000 Tramed fans collectively erupted, like hot magma, sprayed high into the sky and then sprinkled down, or along the way. It flows down the red stands, dyeing the whole stadium red!

Just like what was sung in the battle song: the red flag is flying high above the red house, and the red flame will never go out!

In front of the goal of Leeds City, Barea, who scored the goal, did not run wildly to celebrate, but stood on the penalty spot, clenched his hands tightly into fists, closed his chest, and roared.

His face was flushed red, and veins stood out on his forehead and neck.

He wants to vent all the emotions he has suppressed in his heart for more than half a year with this long howl!

His teammates rushed up to hug him and pat him on the shoulders and head, both to comfort him and to encourage him.

They know what this penalty means to Barea.

Off the court, head coach Kevin Locke turned his head and smiled at assistant coach Cohen Melbourne: "He got over it, Cohen!"

Melbourne nodded. "Yes, he rolled over, Kevin. He can go forward again!"

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"Barea shattered his old shadow with that kick! I know some people say 'Missing a penalty is the way to stardom' but it's not. Missing a penalty Standing bravely in front of the penalty spot after the ball and kicking the penalty kick is the only way to become a superstar! Now Barea has done it! He perfectly demonstrated his toughness in this penalty kick He has proved to the world that he is worthy of being the leader of the golden generation of Portuguese football, he is a real strong man!"

Even He Feng did not hesitate to praise Ricardo Barea this time.

"It's not terrible to make mistakes. Each of us keeps making mistakes in our lives. But whether we can get out of the mistakes after making mistakes is the key to the final success of life... From this point of view, I think Ricardo Barea's future achievements will definitely not be low."

"Yes, He Feng. Balia is 22 years old this year, and Hu Lai is 23 years old. They are about the same age. In the foreseeable future, they will be rivals in their respective careers. Barea can have such a performance, which will naturally push Hou Lai to perform better!"

"That's right, Yan Kang. This is the meaning of the opponent's existence!"

Leeds City goalkeeper van der Ven angrily picked up the football from the goal and kicked it towards the center circle with a big foot.

Hu Lai was already standing in the middle circle. Facing the ball flying from the backcourt, he didn't even raise his foot, but just cocked his ankle slightly. The football falling at high speed instantly lost all power and elasticity, and was firmly sucked at his feet.

After stopping the ball, he just stood there motionless, waiting for the game to restart.