Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1737 Breakthrough in the middle

After the start of the second half, the Madrid Kings obviously strengthened their offensive. This should be an adjustment made by head coach Tavares at halftime.

This is also normal.

After all, they are already two goals behind. If Tavares doesn't know how to step up the offense during the halftime break, then he can just get out.

It is certain to strengthen the offense. The question is how to strengthen the offense.

The approach Tavares chose was to focus on Melli and let him take care of it based on the specific situation at the time.

Yes, it just depends.

If he wants to break through, he breaks through. If he thinks he should shoot, then he can shoot.

If he's going to pass the ball to a teammate, they have to be ready to receive it.

Tavares believes that with Melli's outstanding talent and his character, he would not rather die than pass the ball. He definitely knows what to do in any situation. There is no need for him as a head coach to dictate.

Melly also lived up to his coach's almost blind trust in him.

At the beginning of the second half, he sent a scalpel-like through ball in front of the penalty area. He broke out from the chaotic crowd and passed into the space, where his teammate Vandenberg was.

It's just that the King of Madrid's attack failed to break through Hywell's ten-finger barrier. Vandenberg hadn't even completed the shot, and the football was controlled by Hywell, who struck in time. For the King of Madrid's style of play, Parotti has expanded Haywell's range of activities. Not only in the small penalty area, most of the penalty area is his defense area, so he needs to attack quickly, almost playing the role of a "sweeper".

Of course there are risks in doing so, but where in the world is there a "foolproof" tactical strategy?

At the very least, Hywell's attack did resolve a goal crisis for the Madrid Pirates, which proves that Parotti's arrangement is correct.

As for whether it can be prevented next time, don't think about it until it happens.

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"oops!"

Sylvia's mother in the box sighed loudly when she saw the football being confiscated by Hywell, and then she said in confusion:

"Why is he passing the ball? Shoot it yourself!"

Sylvia couldn't explain this problem, but she knew what to say:

"Merry must have his reasons for doing this, mom. You don't understand either, just watch it. No matter what, believe in Merry."

Mom complained: "You guys have just started dating, why do I feel like you are already his?"

Sylvia shut her mouth.

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The Kings of Madrid stepped up their offense, and the Pirates of Madrid also stepped up their offense.

They have a two-goal lead, their players are more calm and relaxed, and there is no need to shrink their defense.

If another goal can be scored, the three-goal lead will almost end the game early.

Even if we unfortunately concede a goal, we are still one goal ahead, so there is not completely no room for maneuver.

The scene looks good again.

"Buckle! Beautiful!"

Bucker fell from the air, then rolled several times to relieve himself.

It hurt a little, but he was still very happy when he heard the cheers from the stands suddenly stopped.

He once again saved Hu Lai's shot and kept the goal.

Before Melli can successfully implement the "explosion", he must ensure that the goal will not continue to lose the ball. If you are two goals behind, you still have to fight, but if you are three goals behind... it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the whole team.

Peralta stretched out his hand to pull Bakker up from the ground, patted his back hard, and bumped his chest hard to express his gratitude.

Just now, he had been pressing Hu Lai closely, but he still allowed Hu Lai to seize the opportunity that appeared in an instant, take a shot in front of him, and shoot the football towards the goal. If Buckle hadn't performed well, he would have been the one responsible for the team conceding goals.

Backer, who was wearing the captain's armband, praised Peralta in turn: "Well done, Sergi. Just stick to him like this and don't let him get the ball easily!"

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Melly took advantage of the Madrid Pirates' defensive encirclement to take a shot.

His right foot drew the football in an arc, leaving Haywell helpless as he struggled to throw it sideways.

But after the ball bypassed Hewel's hand, it also bypassed the far goal post - it failed to continue to circle back, but flew directly out of the baseline.

"Almost! Merry! What a pity!"

Melly's shot almost threatened the goal guarded by Hywell, and soon the Madrid Pirates changed colors.

Hulay received the ball in the penalty area with his back to Peralta, and then suddenly made a cross pass to the right rib of the penalty area.

Kamara shoots directly without stopping the ball!

Fortunately, Fonseca caught up in time, flew to block, and finally blocked the football with his outstretched leg...

"Hulay passed the ball beautifully! Kamara's shot was also very decisive. Unfortunately, Fonseca was very alert and seemed to predict in advance that Kamara would shoot directly, so he blocked it in advance. Shooting action!”

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Seeing Fonseca blocking Kamara's shot in a thrilling way, Mellie secretly gritted his teeth when he returned to defense.

He knows his teammates are under tremendous pressure at this moment.

But what he should do most is not follow him back to defend.

If he really wants to help the team reduce defensive pressure, then he should attack and score goals!

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"The game has reached the 63rd minute, the score is still 2:0, and the home team Madrid Pirates is leading. There is about half an hour before the end of the game. In half an hour, the Madrid Kings must score at least two goals, and at the same time, Madrid must not let Madrid Pirates scored, and to be honest this goal is getting harder and harder to achieve..."

"Now Melli has retreated to the midline to receive the ball. He has retreated very deep. But there is no way. Only here will the defensive pressure he faces be slightly lighter, but this also keeps him away from the goal. Near the junction of the center line and the sideline, it is difficult for him to directly threaten the Madrid Pirates' goal..."

"I think the Pirates players are not as strict in defending him because he is far away from the goal. After all, they really can't surround Melli with three or four people no matter where they are. …”

After Melli received the ball, he adjusted his body direction from facing away from the goal to facing the goal.

The person blocking him at this time was Toni.

Toni is an offensive player and is not actually good at defense.

Facing him, Melly had nothing to say, so he directly accelerated and broke through!

At this time, Toni made a mistake that non-defensive players are particularly prone to make in defense, that is, he did not stick to the ball, but directly extended his feet to try to steal the ball.

How can this kind of one-and-done defense be effective?

Merry was worried that he wouldn't stretch his legs. When he saw him stretching his legs to steal the ball, he used his faster pace and rhythm to poke the football away first.

After Toni's kick was in the air, his body fell into a brief stiffness.

And Melli took advantage of this opportunity to accelerate away from Tonini, cut inside with the ball, and slashed diagonally from the side to the center!

Vukovic stepped forward in the middle and tried to intercept Melli - he did not want to steal the ball, but intended to stick to it, slow down Melli's forward speed, and force him to slow down.

But Melli didn't want to get involved with him, so he passed the football directly to the right, passing to his teammate Eström who was connecting in the middle.

Then he turned around to avoid Vukovich's interference and continued running forward.

Meanwhile Estrom has passed the football back.

"One-two! Beautiful!"

When Melli started dribbling the ball, the Madrid Pirates fans in the stands screamed and booed, trying to interfere with him.

But this is already commonplace for Melli. The boos in the away derby in the same city are like air. He plays football amidst the boos as if he is running in the wind.

The wind will not cause him any harm, but he will break through the wind.

As soon as he caught up with the football, he immediately used the outside instep of his left foot to poke the football to the left front.

After he completed this action, Joaquin Vela rushed in front of him and missed!

Melly stopped suddenly and collided with Joaquin Vela, then used Bella to dissipate the kinetic inertia after the high-speed running and braking suddenly, and then started one step ahead with an agile body that was more flexible than Joaquin Vela, leaving Bella behind. La continued to run forward.

At the same time, Dudu Carlos also passed the football sideways.

Before catching the ball, Melli made a gesture to move the football to the left, which made Ramirez, who was blocking him, hesitate for a moment, but he just made a feint and did not touch the ball with his left foot, but let the football pass him. Rolling between him and Ramirez, he changed direction and started to catch up with the football!

Go to the restricted area and kill!

"Merry!! Beautiful! He went all the way to Huanglong!"

Amid the exclamations of commentators from all over the world in the commentary box, Melli reached the edge of the Madrid Pirates' penalty area.

In front of him is a double central defender composed of Danny Drew and Riva Moreno.

He looked up and saw that Hewell was standing slightly forward - he had to work as a "sweeper", so of course he couldn't stay on the goal line.

This certainly has benefits, but it doesn’t mean there are no risks.

The biggest risk is if he stands high up front.

Melly had already made a plan, and it wasn't a spur of the moment decision.

He presses further towards the Madrid Pirates backline and looks up to his left, where there is a gap.

Vandenberg is advancing there with his arms raised.

Melli raised his right leg while dribbling the ball, trying to pass the football.

But when his foot touched the football, he suddenly stopped and trampled the football under his feet.

Ramirez, who was chasing back, slipped in front of the ball, and goalkeeper Hewel took a step forward.

The football didn't fly past.

Melly kicks off quickly again!

Use your strength on the spot and shoot with one kick!

The football flew over the heads of Danny Drew and Moreno and flew straight to the goal!

Only then did Haywell realize that Melly was not passing the ball, but trying to hang the goal!

He quickly stepped back, jumped up with all his strength, and then waved his hand to hit the football!

Missed!

His hand was empty!

The football flew over his hand, grazed the lower edge of the crossbar, crossed the goal line, and crashed into the goal!

"Melli——!! Melli!! Oh oh! Spoon! Spoon lob! So beautiful! WOOOOW!! It's simply a wonderful performance! This goal is the embodiment of Melli's personal ability and also Madrid's A manifestation of the king’s tacit cooperation!”

"1:2! With thirty minutes left in the game, Melli finally narrowed the difference between the two teams to one goal, and the suspense is back!"

"Sure enough! How could Melli remain indifferent after Hu scored? Here he comes! A counterattack from Melli! He is like a sharp sword that penetrated the hardest part of the Madrid Pirates defense from the middle!"

In the commentary box, commentators from various countries became excited and shouted to the climax.