Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2017: Stay steady and don’t panic

At first, no one realized that a long pass like Danny Drew's big foot clearance could lead to an assist.

After all, the success rate of such a simple and crude counterattack is often not high.

Because it is difficult to stop a lob, and it is even more difficult to stop a lob while running at high speed. If you stop a lob while running at high speed and there is physical confrontation, the chance of failure is very, very high.

I'm afraid even Drew himself didn't think that way.

Until Hu Lai unloaded his pass in front of him very beautifully, the distance was not too close, not too far, just right.

He suddenly became excited and shouted in the backcourt: "Go ahead, Hu! Don't waste my assist!"

Of course, Hu Lai did not waste it. He successfully converted Drew's ordinary pass into a goal.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Spanish commentator Alexis Sanchez suddenly let out a scream after the ball flew into the goal.

"This is the ability of a top forward! A pass that was 50 to 60 meters long was actually stopped by him so lightly. And it wasn't just as simple as stopping. He also stopped perfectly, just enough to prevent him from slowing down. He rushed forward, kept the rhythm of sprinting, and withstood Fortune's interference! Beautiful! Hu! So beautiful! Whether it's stopping the ball or shooting, it's all beautiful!"

He Feng was also very excited, but he was not excited about how beautiful the ball was, but he was excited that the point difference between the two sides was only one ball!

"Only one goal! 2:3! Madrid Pirates are only one goal behind Catalonia! It is now the 76th minute of the game. Not counting injury time, there are still fourteen minutes left in the game. Ten In four minutes, it’s completely possible to score another goal!”

At this time, He Feng didn't care about "saving his character" anymore. He was so excited that if he didn't speak out, he would probably explode.

From the despair of being three goals behind, to the cautious excitement when Hywell saved the penalty kick, to the looming glimmer of hope when Hu Lai got the first goal back...

That illusory hope condensed from the illusion into reality bit by bit, becoming more and more obvious and clear, and finally it could even be touched with one's own hands.

At this time, asking him to stay calm is really too much.

Although he is a professional commentator, professional commentators are also human beings and have emotions and desires. No matter how objective and neutral they are, they still have a stand.

His position is to always stand with his country.

In this game, Catalonia superstars gathered together, and they were domineering, but there was not a single Chinese player. Madrid Pirates own Chinese player Hu Lai, and of course he supports Madrid Pirates.

Not to mention that even without Hulay, as a neutral commentator, I saw that the Madrid Pirates, who were three goals behind, had the opportunity to catch up goal by goal.

How could you not be excited about the wonderful drama of completing a comeback?

He Feng was excited, and so were the countless Chinese fans in front of the TV.

The Pirates fans in the stands were even more excited.

As the football flew into the goal, the cheers were so deafening that it was almost impossible to hear anything else.

The Catalan United fans, who were still triumphant in the first half, fell into silence amidst the storm of cheers from the Pirates fans.

When they conceded the first goal, they were actually quite calm - it was just that the lead changed from three goals to two goals, but two goals were enough.

They even hope that the Madrid Pirates will attack more fiercely, so that Catalonia United can take the opportunity to counterattack.

As they wished, the Madrid Pirates' offensive was indeed more intense... but Catalonia United failed to hold on!

Leading by two goals is quite safe... Leading by one ball feels completely different!

Madrid Pirates only need to score one more goal to equalize the total score.

Moreover, in the current Champions League knockout rounds, there is no away goal advantage rule. When the total score is 3:3, even if Catalonia has an away goal, they can only play 30 minutes of overtime with Madrid Pirates. .

They came back to the away game with a two-goal lead. They scored another goal in the first half and even got a penalty kick. However, in the end, the Madrid Pirates dragged the game into overtime. The mentality of the Catalan United players would be different. Will it collapse?

Anyway, the mentality of Catalan United fans is going to collapse.

The person who originally expressed no concern about Kabangka's missed penalty kick during the halftime break and said magnanimously, "It's okay, even if the penalty kick is missed, it won't affect the final result" is now filled with regret.

I wanted to rush down from the stands, run onto the court and ask Kabangka face to face:

If you can't score a penalty kick, what else can you do? !

Those so-called "gentlemanly manners" are actually all based on a sense of superiority.

If you no longer have a sense of superiority, why would the ghost talk to you about "gentlemanly behavior" and "Fairy Play". It is conceivable that if Catalonia United is really eliminated in this game, what kind of scolding will Kabangca get after the game...

Also beginning to panic were the Catalan United players.

After conceding the first goal, they were able to manage the expressions on their faces very well. When this ball is thrown, many people put on the "pain mask".

"What the hell!"

Head coach Riley Vicente, who saw this scene on the sidelines, immediately realized what was most important now.

He rushed to the sidelines and yelled at his players.

But all his voice was drowned in the deafening cheers.

He could only call the nearest Catalan United player, left back Nunez Pereira, and ask him to deliver a message to his teammates on the field.

"Tell them not to panic! Why panic? We even considered the worst case scenario. We were one person less than them and were tied by them. Now at least we are neither less than them nor tied by them!" There are still ten minutes left in the game, so we must shrink our defense and withstand their attack. If the ball is at our feet, don’t rush forward, pass as many passes as possible, and use our advantage in possession to consume the game time. Slow down the pace of the game! Do you understand?"

Pereira nodded repeatedly: "I understand. Don't panic, shrink your defense and control the ball more."

Seeing that Pereira was able to condense what he said without changing the main idea, Vicente was sure that Pereira had really listened to what he just said.

He patted the Portuguese international on the back with satisfaction: "Go ahead and tell everyone this."

Looking at the back of Pereira running up, Reilly Vicente regained confidence in the next game.

There is one thing to say, Hu Lai's ball is very beautiful, and it has once again confirmed that the nickname of "Mr. Scored Twice" is not for nothing.

If your team fails to score in the away game, it will really be forced into a panic by Hu Lai's two goals.

Fortunately, they scored a goal on the road.

but……

Thinking of this, Vicente couldn't help but think of the penalty kick that Kabangka missed.

Unfortunately, they only scored one goal.

If Kabangka scored that goal, would all the Madrid Pirates' thoughts of counterattack be completely extinguished?

The second half may really become garbage time.

How could the Madrid Pirates be able to chase two goals in a row?

Vicente suddenly realized that his idea was dangerous-he was actually blaming his core players.

In any case, Kabangka would not be willing to miss a penalty kick.

It was an accident.

When he missed the penalty kick, didn't he look as calm as "sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai"?

He himself didn't take the missed penalty kick too seriously.

How is it possible to complain now that Kabangka did not score a penalty kick, causing the team to become passive?

Maybe those fans and media can even make fun of this, but as the head coach of Kabangka, I absolutely cannot do this. Otherwise, there will be no hope for the two to cooperate in the future.

It was not easy to see that the Madrid Pirates dynasty was coming to an end, and I was able to keep the clouds clear and see the moon. No matter what, I should create a dynasty belonging to the Catalan United with Cabangca, who has the same goal.

Just like the combination of Hu Lai and Parotti, he also wants to form the same master-disciple combination with Kabangka.

Just as thoughts were swirling in Vicente's mind, he saw Pereira go up to find his teammates one by one and convey his words to them.

While relaying this to Kabangka, the latter turned his head and glanced in his direction.

Vicente raised his finger and pointed at his temple, indicating that Kabangka, as the brain core of the team, must stay calm at this time and never direct his thoughts in the direction of not scoring the penalty kick like he did just now. …

After giving the reminder, Vicente was not really worried about Cabangka.

After all, this Brazilian doesn’t look like the Brazilian we all know at all. In spirit, he looks like an old-school German...

Tenacious and tenacious.

It seemed that no difficulty could defeat him completely.

This may have something to do with his experiences in the past few years.

Before leading the Brazilian team to win the 2030 Spanish-Portuguese World Cup, he actually experienced many failures.

And it's still a critical failure.

For example, the failure in the World Cup final, the failure in the Champions League final - the failure in the Champions League final came twice - for a time these failures made him a mockery of the fans.

But Vicente knew very well that those failures were important "components" that shaped the Kabangka that it is today.

Without the repeated beatings of failure, his spirit cannot become as tough as steel.

Nowadays, there is a saying that when you talk about the failures and pain you have experienced, which have made you a better self, it seems to be praising suffering...

Singing praises is nothing more than stating a fact. How humble and sensitive does one have to be to regard stating facts as "singing praises"?

What people have experienced is what they have experienced, and everyone is shaped by everything they have experienced.

Why must the suffering he has experienced be dug up and thrown away?

You can’t change what you’ve experienced. Since you can’t change those experiences of failure, why can’t you gain something positive from them?

Otherwise, wouldn’t the famous saying “Failure is the mother of success” also become a praising of suffering?

For Kabangka, what he has experienced is certainly not something he wants to experience actively. But from an objective fact perspective, it was precisely because of those experiences that he led the Brazilian team to the finals in the 2030 World Cup. In the finals, he withstood the tremendous pressure from all over the world and the "defeatist" fatalism, completed his revenge on fate, and gave all those who ridiculed him a resounding slap in the face.

You must know that before that final, almost the whole world wanted the Dutch team led by Carey to win.

Because this is the first time for Kyrie to play in the World Cup, and it is also the last time for the 35-year-old Kyrie to play in the World Cup.

He and Caesar are both the last afterglow of the "Four Heavenly Kings" era, the twilight of the gods.

Caesar and Carey met in the semi-finals. After the Dutch team eliminated Italy, the scene when the two exchanged jerseys moved many people.

So everyone hopes that God can reward Kaili with a World Cup to complete the best farewell to that era.

Based on such simple values, everyone in the world except Brazilian fans sided with the Dutch team.

Any unfavorable news about the Brazilian team before the game can quickly spread throughout the Internet.

Any positive reports about the Dutch team will receive countless praise and attention.

Others viciously mocked Kabangka: "He is a complete defeatist. I remind everyone to think about this season's Champions League final. How ambitious was Catalonia United to reach the final? What was the result? A fragile defeat! Completely defeated. I was stunned by the pirates! This is completely unreasonable. Why did this happen? After thinking about it, I finally felt that it should be Kabangca. It was his 'defeatist' aura that affected Catalonia. The whole team united, so that they were pushed to the ground and blasted by the Pirates who lost their main midfielder and captain Ramirez in the final..."

That makes sense, right?

Kabangka became synonymous with "failure" for a while.

Even the head coach of the Brazilian team said in an interview before the game: "I know the whole world wants us to lose..."

When he said these words, he couldn't show anger, because that would make the outside world think that he had no grace, so he could only smile helplessly.

In this case, Kabangka said nothing.

He just scored a goal in the final to help Brazil defeat the "anticipated" Netherlands team and win the World Cup.

He also became the first player among the new generation of "Three Heroes" to win this top honor.

For a time, the Champions League honors of Melly and Hulay seemed to be a little insufficient in front of the World Cup...

Without winning the Champions League, his popularity surpassed that of Melli and Hulay, and also helped him win the 2030 World Footballer.

At the year-end award ceremony, facing the camera and the world, he said:

"I want to thank myself for not giving up when I experienced failure again and again...Who said failure is meaningless?"

He pointed to the World Player of the Year trophy in his hand and that was the answer.