Fox in the Penalty Area

Harry Bogard leaned on the bench, watching the game calmly and intently.

Next to him, Jimmy Stokes glanced at the pitch, then quickly and cautiously glanced over his shoulder at the captain.

Unexpectedly, the captain got it right.

After the game started, Stan Park Rangers, who was obviously playing at home, did not play smoothly.

Instead, the Madrid Pirates turned against the visitors and gained the upper hand.

Stokes knows what tactics the team will use to deal with the Madrid Pirates, which is nothing more than running more, fighting harder, and overwhelming the opponent in terms of momentum.

There's nothing subtle about it.

The main thing is to pay attention to "fighting".

This is also the tradition of head coach Scott Brooks.

But in front of the Madrid Pirates, who pay attention to overall control, Stan Park Rangers' efforts seem more like "headless flies" flying around.

Stokes knew that his idea was disrespectful to the coach and unfair to his teammates.

But he couldn't help but think so.

It's really because the Madrid Pirates' passing was so good that the Stan Park Rangers players could only run after the football.

The configuration of the two dual playmakers, Maxi Carey and Vukovic, made Stan Park Rangers' defense in the middle of the midfield stretched.

Just one defensive midfielder is obviously not enough to stop the opponent.

Matthews Schneider is an attacking midfielder who is neither good nor fond of defending.

Although at the request of the head coach, he ran very hard and fought very actively, he was still trying to catch a duck and was not professional enough.

Just five minutes ago, in the 33rd minute of the game, Madrid Pirates took the lead.

But it was not Hulay who scored the goal, but their center back Danny Drew - a free kick from the front wing, Tonini passed into the penalty area, both Hulay and Maxi Carey attracted Stan With the attention of the Park Rangers defenders, Drew came in from outside the penalty area, went around and nodded the ball into the goal.

The football flew into the goal guarded by Brazil goalkeeper Lemos.

This goal is actually the result of the previous superior performance of the Madrid Pirates.

Before the goal, the Pirates already had an advantage in possession.

Stan Park Rangers didn't really have a better way to stop them.

The free kick that resulted in the loss of the ball was caused by Kamara suddenly switching to the left wing to break through.

Stokes stole a glance at Harry Bogard because he didn't expect to be caught by the captain before the game.

I have to say...he is indeed the captain!

Then he thought about what the captain said to him before the game.

Do you really have a chance to appear?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance towards the coaching bench again.

He knows that the head coach doesn't like him, so will Mr. Brooks entrust him with important tasks?

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Scott Brooks frowned slightly, with a solemn expression.

After conceding the ball in the 33rd minute, the Madrid Pirates attacked even more fiercely. Stan Park Rangers were obviously playing at home, but now they could only shrink their defense and be passively beaten.

More running and more fierce fighting are completely useless at this time.

It will even give the opponent more opportunities for set kicks - didn't the Madrid Pirates' goal come from a free kick in the frontcourt?

Besides, the Pirates have two free kick masters in Maxi Carey and Toni.

One is good at curve balls, and the other is good at elevator balls. They have quite a complete range of styles. They have everything they need, distance, left, center, and right. They can play anywhere.

This also makes Stan Park Rangers players somewhat cautious when competing.

Stan Park Rangers now need to regain control of the midfield.

But with their current staffing in the midfield, it is really difficult to regain control of the midfield...

Matthews Schneider is an offensive midfielder. He has outstanding footwork, is good at dribbling, and has good physical confrontation ability. Because of his short stature and low center of gravity, it is difficult for ordinary people to steal the ball from him.

But he also has a problem, that is, he is overconfident in his dribbling ability, and sometimes he sticks to the ball a little bit.

Although most of the time he is indeed able to bring the football out when many people are chasing him, which attracts thunderous cheers and applause from the fans in the stands.

But sometimes, because of these dribblings, better opportunities to play the ball are missed.

So in fact, Matthews Schneider is not a very good offensive organizer. He is actually an offensive midfielder, using goals to help the team's offense.

But now these things are of no use in front of Juan Ramirez, a world-class defensive midfielder.

His blind dribbling will only get him into Ramirez's hand-to-hand combat, which will make Stan Park Rangers' offensive progress difficult.

Brooks knew how to adjust, but he still hesitated.

Now the team is one goal behind and the situation is very unfavorable. Can that boy Stokes withstand it?

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Just when Brooks was hesitating, Schneider was tackled by Ramirez while dribbling.

He fell to the ground, and there was a burst of boos from Stan Park Rangers fans in the stands - the home fans believed that Ramirez's tackle was a foul.

But the referee was indifferent.

He saw clearly that Ramirez shoveled down from the side and scooped the ball cleanly. Although it was not a foul when he brought Schneider to the ground afterwards.

While Schneider was still lying on the ground with his hands raised in protest, the Madrid Pirates had already used the stolen ball to launch a quick counterattack.

Vukovic makes a long pass to Kamara.

This time Kamara did not switch to the left to trouble Stan Park Rangers right back and captain Johnson Law, he received the ball on the right wing.

When the football came, he kicked it directly to the center and passed it to Hu Lai who came up to meet him.

After kicking him, he accelerated forward.

It seemed like he was going to have a one-on-one with Hu Lai to hit the wall.

Stan Park Rangers left-back Bruno Martins quickly chased back.

As a result, Hu Lai turned around and took the football to the center.

With two steps, Stan Park Rangers center back Eric Jacobs and defensive midfielder Jonathan Dixon came to surround him.

He then passed the football horizontally to Toni who was in the middle.

Then he changed direction and went straight into the penalty area.

Toni made a diagonal pass, and Hulay received the ball behind Jacobs, who was returning to defense.

Although Jacobs pushed hard, trying to use his physical strength to interfere with Hu Lai.

But today Hu Lai is no longer Wu Xia Amon, and his core strength has improved by no means when he was playing in the Premier League.

He resisted Jacobs' squeeze without using any plug-ins!

You must know that Jacobs is 1.9 meters tall and has a very strong body. He is like a black tower on the court. Strength is his biggest advantage.

But he didn't make Hu Lai lose his balance immediately.

In fact, Hu Lai only withstood the first physical impact of Jacobs. As long as Jacobs came again, Hu Lai would fall down.

But as a forward, being able to withstand the first impact of the opponent's center back in the penalty area can already buy him more time.

Even half a second more may determine the success or failure of this attack!

Now after Hu Lai resisted Jacobs' first round of impact, he opened his arms to maintain balance, and then shot with his feet!

"Hu Lai!! Here we come!!"

Another Stan Park Rangers center back Zach Gordon flew over and tried to block Hulay's shot, but it was too late!

The football flew past his toes and went straight to the top corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Lemos' body was like an arrow being ejected towards the football!

But Hu Lai's shot near the penalty spot was powerful and heavy.

No matter how fast Lemos moves, he can't move faster than a football - he only gets into position after the ball flies into the goal...

"Hu!!"

"The goal is scored!! Hulay! Beautiful!! Pirates of Madrid are leading by two goals! And the first half of the game is not even over yet!"

He Feng shouted excitedly.

Yan Kang was sighing next to him: "I remembered that when Hu Lai was in Leeds City, he came to challenge Stan Park Rangers away from home. He only won once, and it was very difficult to win that time... Now, the Pirates took the lead in the first half. Two goals! Although there is a reason for the decline of Stan Park Rangers' strength, the strength of Madrid Pirates is indeed far stronger than that of Leeds City..."

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Hu Lai, who scored, ran towards the corner flag area.

He misses celebrating on this court.

Because that was almost three years ago - in the fifth round of the 202 Super League, Leeds City challenged Stan Park Rangers away. Because the first Champions League game in Leeds City's history followed immediately, head coach Tony Clark made a substantial rotation, and Hulay did not enter the starting lineup.

He eventually came off the bench and scored a goal.

That was also the last goal he scored at this stadium.

Now, after returning to this stadium after two and a half years, he has scored again.

It truly deserves to be called the "Longxing Land"!

The excited Hulay raised his arms high and greeted the Stan Park Rangers fans in the stands.

Then jump up, turn around, and land!

"huuuuu!"

He dubbed the action himself.

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I saw Hulay "planting the flag" again on the Stan Park Stadium - Hulay once said this in an interview. He called this practice "planting the flag", which represented that he had scored a goal at the opponent's home court - Scott Brooks turned to his assistant coach Brown and said:

"Let Stokes go warm up and follow him into the dressing room at half-time!"

He finally made up his mind.

Give this player he didn't think much of a chance.

In fact, besides this, he has no better way.

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