Fox in the Penalty Area

When Ricardo Balia stepped onto the pitch, he glanced at the stadium screen.

The score was 0:1, and Tramed, who was a guest, took the lead.

This goal is what he scored.

It was also his first goal in the Premier League.

For him, the goal came a little late...but better than never.

As a super genius who has been followed by Portuguese fans and the media, Barea has enjoyed the treatment of stars since he was a child.

When he was in Portugal, he played in the first team of Alvara, a traditional giant in Portugal, before he was sixteen years old, breaking the record of the youngest player in the history of Portuguese football to play in the top domestic league.

He played for the Portuguese national team when he was less than seventeen years old. He is only 21 years old now, but he has already played 36 times for the national team.

When the Portuguese national youth team won the U19 European Youth Championship, this team was hailed by the Portuguese media and fans as the new golden generation of Portugal, shouldering the mission of re-emerging Portuguese football.

At that time, Barea, the number one star and shooter in that team, was the representative of this golden generation. He not only won the championship of that European Youth Championship, but also won the top scorer and best player of the European Youth Championship, integrating the three most important honors.

Such a player has attracted much attention since his debut. After winning the European Youth Championship, everyone speculated that he would leave Alvara and go to the giants of the five major leagues. In fact, there are indeed many wealthy teams who have offered him an olive branch.

But Barea made a decision that surprised everyone—he renewed his contract with Alvara for three years, and continued to play for two seasons in this Portuguese domestic giants team, helping Alvara Achieved three consecutive championships in the domestic league.

Then this year, he transferred to Tramed, a Premier League giant who is no longer in its heyday, for a worth of 65 million pounds.

Many people were surprised and puzzled by his choice.

Obviously there are better options, such as Stan Park Rangers and Manchester Athletic are pursuing him. In addition to the Premier League, the giants of the Bundesliga and La Liga can also choose.

Why choose a somewhat inferior Tramed?

At the ceremony of joining Tramed, Barea expressed his ambition: "I have been a fan of Tramed since I was a child, and I chose Tramed because I hope I can help her return to the right. In terms of position, I hope to engrave my name on the outer wall of the Red Roof Stadium forever."

Tramed has a tradition,

There is an area on the outer wall of the Red Roof Stadium. Only those legendary figures who have played for Tramed and made important contributions to the club are eligible to engrave their names on it for future generations to pay tribute to. For every player who plays at Tramed, this is the highest honor and what they strive for.

At first it sounded like his words sounded loud.

But looking back now, it is inevitable that Barea himself will blush a little.

Because of the high expectations of everyone, the Portuguese super genius who uttered big words at the joining ceremony played all the previous three Premier League games, but didn't even score a single goal.

Fortunately, he finally scored a goal in today's game against Leeds City, breaking the scoring drought and regaining his confidence.

It veered a bit, but eventually I was back on track.

In Barea's heart, Leeds City is indeed a very suitable opponent for him to show his ability and ambition.

He has done some research and knows that this team is not strong and has an aggressive style. Even when facing an opponent who is far stronger than them, it seems that they don't know what "shrinking defense" is. Play against attack.

Generally speaking, teams that do this will have a lot of space behind the defense, which is just right for them to take advantage of their speed.

If Leeds City presses out against Tramed in the second half, maybe this game will turn into a massacre, and I should be able to score a few more goals...

Thinking of this, Barea clenched his fists.

Just use this game to tell the world that I, Ricardo Balia, are no worse than Meli of the King of Madrid and Kabanka of Manchester Athletic!

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After the start of the second half of the game, as Barea expected, Leeds City, who were playing at home, were unwilling to lose to Tramed, and began to press out and actively seek offense.

This leaves a space behind them...

This is really... a big gift package delivered to your door!

Barea looked left and right as Leeds pushed forward along the right flank.

Leeds City right-back Toby Isherwood has moved up to join the attack, leaving a huge gap behind him...

And if Leeds City's attack fails this time and their right back cannot return to the defense in time... this is their chance!

So he didn't return to defense, but slowly moved from the middle to the other side, waiting for his teammates to pass the ball to him. The reason why he didn't directly raise his hand to ask for the ball was that he was afraid of arousing Leeds City's defensive reaction in advance.

He believes that with the ability and vision of his teammates, when he sees himself in that place, he will definitely pass the football over.

Sure enough, Leeds City's attack failed this time. Trammed's left back Joseph Rogers stole the ball and passed the football horizontally to the captain Connor Kirk who retreated to support him.

Kirk looked up and saw Barea standing on the front line, so he sent the football with a big kick and a long pass.

But Barea didn't get the quick counterattack he imagined, because when the football flew in front of him, it was pushed out of the sideline by a figure!

"Jay Adams!" Cox exclaimed, "He made a key defense! If Barea receives the ball, Leeds City's defense line will be empty!"

Tony Clark on the sidelines shrugged at coach Sam Randyll: "This is the benefit of switching from an organizational midfielder to a defensive midfielder. Jay has insight into the intention and route of Tramed's attack. .”

As early as when Barea sneaked closer to the sideline, Jay Adams, who was originally in the middle, noticed his movement and moved there in advance to shorten the distance between the two.

When Kirk made a long pass, he decisively accelerated and rushed forward, pushing the football out of the sideline before Barea. It defuses Tramed's potentially threatening attack this time.

At this time, full-back Isherwood ran back and extended his palm to Adams.

Adams, who returned to the field from the outside, reached out to give him a high five and returned the defense zone to his teammates.

Although he had just completed a successful defense and won the applause of the Leeds City fans in the stands, Adams's face was calm, and there was no look of complacency, not even a smile.

He just calmly returned to his defensive position.

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Barea was a little annoyed that he failed to make a sneak attack this time, but he was relieved quickly-the second half had just begun, and he had plenty of time and opportunities.

What's more, if he doesn't have time to take advantage of his speed, can't he score goals?

This time the clearance ball was thrown, Barea and his teammate made a two-pass and one-hit cooperation, received a pass from his teammate when he turned and moved forward, and faced Leeds City's defensive player Charlie Porter, using a change in rhythm, First poke the football away, shake the opponent away, and then take a long shot directly outside the penalty area.

This time he failed to hit the goal frame, and the ball flew directly over the crossbar and over the baseline.

Even so, the commentator Cox also praised his performance: "Barea was in good form after the goal, and he seemed very active at the beginning of the second half. The previous attack almost made him beat him, and now he is far away. Shooting is also quite threatening!"

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Camara received the ball from the wing, but he doesn't have the same conditions as Barea. Tramed's defensive recovery was quite fast this time. After he received the ball, he didn't actually give him the same space as Barea.

If it was the former him, he wouldn't care what the situation was, and it would be over if he went up recklessly. He fully believed in the skills of his feet, and tried to use dazzling skills to pass all the people who stood in front of him.

But in fact... Most of the time he did this and the result was losing the ball, and the opponent didn't foul.

Facing Tramed's players who were waiting in full force this time, Kamara saw that he had no chance to show his strengths, so he passed the football sideways to Jay Adams who came up to meet him.

It was up to Adams to transition the football to Pete Williams and reorganize the offense.

Kamara, on the other hand, moves forward, looking for opportunities.

In the end, Leeds City did not pass the football back to his feet in this attack. Pete Williams divided the football to the right, and Charlie Porter completed the cross.

Captain Lorenzo scrambled for a header in the penalty area. Although he grabbed a point, the football was pushed out of the crossbar by Lorenzo under the personal interference of Tramed central defender Steco Wilson.

Seeing the end of the attack, Kamara turned around and ran back, ready to defend.

When he played in Flanders, he considered himself the protagonist of the team and he had to be involved in every attack. It's not because he likes to show off, but because his teammates are so useless, if he doesn't participate, then there is no way to create a threat.

But now in Leeds City, he knows very well that he is not the only one in this team. He also has some equally powerful teammates. It is impossible to play around him in offense, and he is not the core of the team's tactics. For example, in the last round of the league, he was replaced midway, and Leeds City finally defeated Abion, who was fifth in the league, 2-0.

Reality reminded him again and again that on the stage of the Premier League, he was far from being the protagonist...

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Leeds City's offense is over, and it's Tramed's turn.

The two teams just came and went, playing against each other.

The pace of the game was fast, and exciting scenes often appeared, which caused the fans of both sides in the stands to cheer continuously.

But the score was still 1:0, with Tramed leading.

This scene is quite a bit "thunder but not rain".

Kamara was closely defended by Tramede on the left side he is accustomed to-although he only played a good game in one game after the start of the league, and did not play very well in the remaining two games, but Tramede Germany's coach Kevin Locke did not relax his vigilance against him. After he came on the field, he specifically asked Tramed defender Joseva Iglesias on the right to strengthen his defense against Kamara.

In addition, Leeds City originally had Quinn who was good at putting in assists, so Locke asked the team to shift their defensive focus to this side before the game. This time comes in handy.

Clark off the court saw that Kamara had little room to play after he came on the court, so he simply asked Kamara and Charlie Potter to change positions and go to the right.

Anyway, Kamara is an all-around player with both left and right feet. He can play on both sides, and there is no discomfort in switching to the right.

On the contrary, Charlie Potter will not be used to this pure right foot going to the left. But at this time, Clark naturally didn't expect him to provide any help in the offense. He only needed him to help other teammates maintain their formation, help defend, and support Quinn.

Barea glanced at the No. 22 Leeds City player who had been transferred here, and then looked away.

He doesn't care who is here, anyway, no one can stop him.

What he cares more about is that he has only scored one goal so far.

Seeing that the second half started almost 20 minutes...he still only scored one goal.

He is a little anxious.