Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2014 What makes us tolerate each other?

"This is incredible... A team that was trailing its opponents 0:3 in the second half of the second leg of the quarter-finals actually shouted the slogan of winning the championship..."

On the bench on the sidelines, assistant coach Enzo Naher covered his mouth with his hands and sighed to Parotti next to him.

"Isn't this great, Enzo? At least this is the most united moment for the team this season." Parotti also covered his mouth and said, "What we long for seems to be back."

Nahel asked in an uncertain tone: "Do you think... we can do it?"

"I don't know, it might be difficult." Parotti shook his head. "Everyone has been arguing for various reasons for almost a season. Everyone seems to be reasonable and has good reasons to stick to their position and criticize. Each other. But they seem to have forgotten what brings us people from all over the world, with different personalities and completely different life experiences together...

"Is it your preference for music? Is it your view of multiculturalism? Is it your race? Is it your skin color? Is it your outlook on life?"

Nahel was speechless by Paroti's series of questions.

"He is a champion. What brings us together is the ability to tolerate the differences between others and ourselves, the ability to endure boring training and strict nutritional standards, and the reason why we can persevere in the face of day after day training and competition. , there is only one, and that is championship glory."

Parotti asked himself the question.

"Madrid Pirates is a wealthy team. Are the so-called wealthy teams satisfied with just one or two championships? Did the club spend 80 million to sign Farias just to embarrass our coaching staff? Those new players Why did you choose Madrid Pirates? Champions, champions. But in the past two seasons, apart from a Copa del Rey, did we have any championships of sufficient importance?

"Why do players who joined the team after three consecutive Champions League games drift away from the old players? We must admit that the old guys who have won enough championship honors have indeed reduced their desire for the championship. And because of my character Reason, and unwilling to do something to improve competitiveness...Although Farias is the focus of the conflict, he is not the problem itself, he is just a manifestation of the problem."

At this point, Parotti sighed.

"Samuel may still think that I am threatening the club by offering to resign. But I really feel that I am no longer suitable to lead this team forward. No matter what the final result of this season is, I I accept everything. Of course, I have to thank Hu, both publicly and privately, I want to thank him."

The coaches around Parotti were all silent. After Parotti finished speaking, he stopped saying anything and just looked at the court with everyone.

The second half of the match between Madrid Pirates and Catalonia United is underway.

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After the start of the second half, Catalonia United, which is very good at controlling the ball,

They strictly followed the head coach's instructions, not rushing to attack, but passing the ball in the midfield and backfield - and then the football was at the feet of their players.

Although the Madrid Pirates are also good at controlling the ball, at this time they are not back and forth like before.

Because they needed a goal, time was not on their side.

So what everyone saw was that at the beginning of the second half, the Madrid Pirates launched a fierce attack on the Catalan United goal, while Catalan United shrank its defense.

Upon seeing this, the Catalan Radio commentator said excitedly: "Sure enough, the Madrid Pirates are anxious! This is Catalonia's opportunity! Don't think that Catalonia will only slow down! With Kabangca How could Salado not have the ability to fight back?!"

In the opinion of this experienced commentator, Catalan United has been on the right high-speed track.

The Madrid Pirates, who are three goals behind, must press forward to attack, and the huge space left behind them will be seized and exploited by Catalonia United.

At that time, I am afraid that the Madrid Pirates have not scored yet, so Catalonia will score another goal.

Even... Catalan United is very likely to complete the massacre of Madrid Pirates in the away game!

It’s really exciting just thinking about it!

When the Madrid Pirates were at their peak, how many "bloody crimes" were caused to us Catalan United!

All these old accounts must now be settled together!

Let us also give them a "tragedy"!

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When Vukovic got the ball, he faced Catalonia's prepared defense.

Before the football was passed to his feet, it had been passed back and forth in front of the Catalan United defense several times, but he could never find a breakthrough.

Hu Laidu pulled back several times, to no avail.

Even if he catches the ball, he has no way to turn around and can only pass the football out again.

"Hey! Give it to me!"

Farias's shout rang out from Vukovich's left.

The Serbian midfielder sighed.

Given the choice, he really didn't want to pass the ball to this guy.

Because as long as the ball reaches his feet, it is no different than falling into a black hole.

I really can't keep this kid until forever. He can barely pass the ball...

But now there seems to be no other way.

Faced with such a dense defense, the offense has three options:

One is a long shot directly outside the penalty area, which is a gamble. And the chance of losing the bet is very high. After all, the goal rate of long-range shots is the lowest, and the chance of hitting the goal frame is also the lowest.

One is to force a cross from the wing. This method has been tried before. After the football was pushed out by the Catalan United defensive players, although the Madrid Pirates still controlled the second goal, the integrity of Catalan United's defense was not destroyed, and the dilemma faced by the Pirates when attacking remained unchanged.

The last one is to pass the ball to a player with particularly excellent dribbling ability, allowing him to penetrate the opponent's defense on his own.

At this time in the past, Vukovich would have passed the football to Kamara without hesitation.

But now Kamala is sitting in the stands... The TV broadcast just now gave him a close-up shot, which appeared on the big screen.

There's no way Vukovic can kick the football towards the big screen in the stadium, right?

So he can only pass it to Farias...

Although he felt very unhappy, as the core of the team's midfield, Vukovich did not lose his temper with Farias at this time and still passed the football to the Argentine.

After Farias received the ball, the situation he faced was actually no different from Vukovich.

But he has excellent foot skills and breakthrough ability.

So he didn't stop the ball at his feet, but moved the football forward while catching the ball, just enough to let his body move with it.

This will be more flexible and sudden than starting the football after stopping it, making it difficult for the opponent to guess his next move.

Seeing Farias taking the ball, the Catalan United players maintained their inherent defensive formation at first, allowing only the team's right back Giovanni Petrick to go forward.

But as soon as the two met, the Uruguay international was shaken away by Farias...

At that time, Farias made a move to go directly along the sideline. After tricking Petrick into moving his feet first, he used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football to the inside, and at the same time, he suddenly stopped and cut inside!

Petrik's reaction was quick enough. He turned around quickly and put down the shovel decisively!

But Farias's foot speed was faster than his. Before he tackled it, Farias had already used the outside instep of his right foot to get the football out.

When Petrick made the tackle, he almost completely lost the defensive target.

Farias shook off Petrik and chased the football.

When he passed Petrik, Catalonia's defensive focus began to shift towards him.

The team's defensive midfielder Dino Sosa rushed towards Farias.

The latter's kick speed once again exceeded Sosa's, and this time he dunked the football toward the baseline with his right foot!

Sousa also missed!

Deafening cheers filled the air above Pirates Park.

No matter how unhappy Farias was with his teammates, how could Pirates fans remain indifferent after seeing his beautiful continuous passing?

Amid huge cheers, Farias caught up with the football and entered the penalty area!

This time Catalan United rushed over with two players to defend him.

One is centre-back Paul Fortune and the other is Kabangka.

Paul Fortune intercepted from the front, and Kabangka formed a double-team from the side.

"Pass the ball!!"

Farias heard someone shouting, but he paid no attention to it.

He now only has the "gate" formed by the two Catalan United defensive players in front of him, and... a corner of the goal behind the gate!

His body suddenly stopped, and at the same time he leaned slightly to the left, raised his right foot, and pretended to go to the left, then used the outside instep of his right foot to move the ball, and then cut inside.

After causing Kabangka to brake suddenly and block the inside line, he flicked his right ankle behind the football and then dunked the ball to the left!

He wants to go down from the left!

Paul Fortune rushed to the baseline.

But the football was blocked by the inside of Farias' left foot!

Fried meatballs!

It’s not over yet!

The football that was blocked by the inside of his left foot was gently knocked forward by the inside of Farias' right foot, and it jumped between Paul Fortune and Kabangka!

And Farias himself broke through from the middle between the two men!

Because they were in the penalty area, Kabangka and Paul Fortune raised their arms and stopped their feet. They only dared to bump lightly with their bodies, but did not dare to use too much force, for fear that Farias would fall in the penalty area. , was awarded a penalty kick...

And their "show mercy" just gave Farias a chance!

He collided between the two people, but still managed to stumble out!

"Good shot!! Beautiful pass!" Spanish commentator Sanchez cheered loudly.

Chinese commentator He Feng shouted: "Pass the ball! The back point is empty!"

He has seen Hu Lai appear in the space at the back point without a single defensive player.

As long as Farias can pass the football at this time, Hulay will definitely be able to score...

But Farias still didn't pass the ball. He just used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football to the inside. After widening the angle, he shot!

"Shoot directly!"

Seeing Farias choose to shoot directly, Vukovich reflexively held his head in his hands - he had already guessed what would happen next.

It must have failed!

Sure enough, the Catalan United goalkeeper Toney Schulman, who was on guard for a long time, jumped out and blocked Farias' shot with one palm!

Although Farias's previous series of dribbles were very beautiful, his shot was too ordinary in comparison...

However, the Madrid Pirates' offense did not end there, because Schulman did not save the football from the bottom line!

The football flew to the back point!

Hu Lai, who was unmarked there, twisted his waist, shook his head and shot the ball in front of the flying football!

The football flew into the goal without any suspense!

Twelve minutes into the second half, Madrid Pirates finally got a goal back!

The score in a single game is 1:1, and the total score is 1:3.