Fox in the Penalty Area

After equalizing the score in the 73rd minute, the morale of the Valentia team soared.

They are definitely not just satisfied with the 1:1 draw with Madrid Pirates.

They still want to win!

If they only draw with Madrid Pirates, their original five-point lead over Sevilla Navigators will become three points.

Three points, just one game.

In the final sprint of the league, these three points are really not safe.

Now why settle for a draw when Valentia has a chance to beat Madrid Pirates away from home?

The game restarted, and the Valentia players still used rough fouls and defensive actions to cut the game into pieces as before, making it difficult for the Madrid Pirates to operate smoothly whether they were passing the ball or flying on both wings.

But maybe I was too excited.

Their midfielder Jimenez Moraes tackled Maxi Carey in the 78th minute.

This foul "earned" him a second yellow card.

His two yellows turned into one red and he was sent off!

At the same time, Kyrie was also injured during his foul and was unable to continue the game and had to be replaced.

Parotti used up the last substitution, replacing Maxi Carey with high center Ruiz.

It seems that Valentia has one less player and the Madrid Pirates have a numerical advantage, which seems to be a result in their favor.

But let’s not talk about the impact on the Madrid Pirates’ offensive organization after Maxi Carey left the field. Let’s just talk about Valendia, who is missing one man. They quickly made adjustments – recycling all lines and setting up a bus in front of the goal. car.

This is not a good thing for Madrid Pirates.

Valentia, who was missing one player, completely gave up the idea of ​​winning away from home and focused on keeping the tie.

Their retracement greatly reduced the space in the frontcourt for the Madrid Pirates.

This makes it more difficult for Madrid Pirates to score goals.

Or to be precise,

It makes it more difficult for Hulay to score goals.

As a "super forward" who has scored in 20 consecutive league rounds and scored 38 goals in a single season, Hulay naturally received "key treatment" from Valentia in this game. ".

So even though Hu Lai changed into clean clothes during the intermission, they were now completely dirty.

And he is very tired now.

After all, he was "wrestling" with Valentia's defenders for almost the whole game, which consumed a lot of physical energy.

Never scored a goal before.

Now Valentia has parked a bus in front of the goal, leaving him with almost zero space in the penalty area.

You must know that for a player like Hu Lai, who is a fox in the penalty area, it is very important to have space in the penalty area.

When the game entered the final ten minutes, the television broadcast cut to a close-up shot of Hulay.

In the camera, he was dirty, his face was dirty, and he was breathing heavily, looking very tired.

"It seems that Hu's consecutive scoring record ends here... But despite this, scoring goals in twenty-one consecutive league rounds is still a very great record. And I am afraid that for a long time, It can't be broken... I think even Hu himself would find it difficult to break such a record..." commentator Sanchez said with emotion.

He was quite right.

Even for Hu Lai himself, it is difficult to repeat this season's state.

Because this is not something he can do on his own.

What is needed is the cooperation of the whole team.

It can be said that the right time, right place, right people and both are indispensable.

This season's Madrid Pirates have made up for almost all their shortcomings, there are no major injuries, and the players are all in good condition.

Then coupled with the right tactics, Hu Lai took off.

Twenty-one league goals in a row, thirty-eight league goals in a single season, not to mention other people, I am afraid it will be difficult for even Hu Lai to surpass...

So it’s really not a pity to stop there.

Hulay had walked the longest road in Europe and reached a place where no one had ever been before.

Couldn't ask for more from him.

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Hu Lai did not comfort himself so much.

Before the final whistle blows, he will definitely try his best to score a goal.

All the excuses you use to comfort yourself can be used after the game is over.

In this game, Valentia defended him every step of the way. Even if he wanted to use fake moves in the penalty area to create space for shooting, it was difficult.

Now that the opponents are all huddled in their penalty area, it's even more difficult.

So he no longer stayed in the penalty area waiting for opportunities, but pulled out of the penalty area and ran outside the penalty area to find or create opportunities.

In fact, he had made such an attempt in previous games, but the effect was not good. The hit rate of long-range shots is already low. Coupled with the opponent's close defense and interference, Hu Lai failed to score with long-range shots.

This time, after he pulled out to seek a long shot opportunity, Valentia's center back did not follow him. Because the team has tightened its defense, there are Valentia players responsible for defense outside the penalty area, so there is no need to worry about Hu Lai being left alone.

After Hureira reached outside the penalty area, he quickly tried a long shot.

However, before the football could reach Valentia's goalkeeper, it was blocked by the criss-crossing crowd in front of the goal.

He didn't even see who blocked his shot.

Anyway, I only saw a few legs stretching out at the same time, and finally the football deflected and flew out of the baseline.

Then both the referee and the linesman firmly gave...a goal kick!

This shows that the person who blocked his long shot was not even a Valentia player.

It's so sad...

Sanchez joked: "It's such a pity that Hu's goal was blocked by one of our own... I think the Sevilla Navigators fans watching this game in front of the TV must really hope that Hu really is Their star. I hope he can score a goal and beat Valentia, so that Navigators can shorten the points gap with Valentia... Ha!"

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Since Valentia was already in full force, the Madrid Pirates almost turned the last ten minutes of the game into a half-time offense and defense.

Soon Vukovic's pass in the penalty area was knocked out of the baseline by a Valentia player, and the Madrid Pirates won a corner kick.

Just when Vukovich was about to take a corner kick, he was pulled by Hulay.

"Milos." Hulay covered his mouth with his hand and said to him, "When you take a corner kick later, don't kick the football into the penalty area and try to pass it to me. I will be outside the penalty area."

Vukovich agreed without saying a word.

Hu Lai took the initiative to ask for him, which was normal.

After all, he has to score goals now no matter what.

As the person who cooperates with Hu Lai to achieve this goal, he doesn't need to say much, just do it.

But when Vukovich ran to the corner flag area, set up the flag, and then raised his head to look for Hu Lai, he was stunned:

Hu Lai is not outside the penalty area, but in the penalty area, and at the same time he is far behind.

To pass the football, he has to pass through a large crowd in the middle. How can he ensure that he will not be stopped in the middle?

Has Hu Lai forgotten what he just explained?

At this moment, he saw Hu Lai making a gesture - his arm hanging by his side, pointing diagonally outside the penalty area.

That means asking him to pass the ball outside the penalty area and pass the ball low.

If he wanted to hit a high ball, he would raise his hands above his head.

After receiving the confirmation, Vukovich no longer hesitated to guess. After hearing the referee's whistle, he kicked the football to the designated place-the penalty area outside the penalty area.

In order to ensure that the football was suppressed, he chose the footwork of vigorously passing the ball.

The football flew against the turf and flew outside the penalty area.

Hu Lai, who was originally in the penalty area, turned around and ran out as soon as Vukovich kicked off.

All the Valentia players had set up buses in the penalty area before. When Hulay ran out, there was not a single Valentia player around him!

This is a rare sight.

After all, none of the Valentia players expected Hulay to go outside the penalty area instead of heading towards the goal.

At the same time, I didn’t expect that Vukovich would actually pass the football in this way!

The football passed by all the players from both sides rushing towards the goal and flew straight outside the penalty area.

Because it was a pass, it was very fast. When Hu Lai just ran outside the penalty area, the football had already flown over.

Hu Lai stretched out his feet to stop almost reflexively.

The football was very powerful. It did not stop obediently at his feet. Instead, it hit the inside of his feet hard and bounced high!

It looks like there was a mistake in stopping the ball...

Valentia's players took this opportunity to pounce on Hulay!

Hu Lai, however, raised his head slightly as if no one else was watching, staring at the football that bounced into the air. At the same time, he opened his arms, stepped forward with his left foot to support his body, and dragged his right foot behind him to swing up!

When the football fell, he followed it with his right foot and hit the football firmly with the instep!

About thirty-five or six meters away from the goal, he volleyed directly!

The football flew past the face of the onrushing Valentia defender, flew upwards, and passed the dense crowd in the penalty area in the blink of an eye.

Fly straight to the left of the goal!

It's like an arrow piercing the clouds!

The Valentia goalkeeper made a sideways dive and reached for the ball.

But he didn't touch it!

Just caught a gust of wind!

The football did not fly directly into the goal, but hit the inside of the left goal post, bounced to the right, hit the inside of the right goal post, and finally flew into the goal!

In the 86th minute of the game, Hulay scored for the 22nd consecutive round. This was his 39th league goal this season, helping Madrid Pirates lead Valentia 2:1!

The goal at this time can already be defined as a "winner"!

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