Fox in the Penalty Area

"Penalty kick?! Penalty kick! Yes, that's right, it's a penalty kick! Only twelve minutes into the second half, Leeds City, who was playing away, suffered another blow! Quinn fouled Palacio in the penalty area... from slow It can be seen from the camera that his leg did trip over Palacio...the penalty is fine!"

Amidst the huge cheers, the Stan Park Rangers players rushed up to hug Palacio and celebrated the penalty kick.

The players of Leeds City went to surround the referee.

But this penalty is really no problem, even if they surround the referee, it will not help.

The head coach Tony Clark on the sidelines looked dignified.

During the intermission, he said so many words, I feel that this penalty kick is enough to make the effect of his words 50% off...

But so what?

Complain about the referee?

Slamming this as Stan Park Rangers' home field advantage?

Obviously, this is not the referee's problem, and his own player did commit a foul.

The Leeds City players on the field also quickly realized that nothing would be changed, and in the end they obediently exited the penalty area and accepted the result.

At this time, Bernard, the captain of the Stan Park Rangers, was already standing in front of the penalty spot with a football in his arms, ready to take the penalty.

The cheering over Stan Park died down a bit, giving Bernard peace of mind so he could focus on taking the penalty.

Soon, with a whistle, Bernard started running!

A kick of Bernard's signature forceful blast!

Although Leeds City goalkeeper van der Ven judged the right direction, he still failed to save a penalty because the football was flying too fast!

"GOOOOOOOAL!! Harry Bernard!! Final penalty! Stan Park Rangers lead for the third time in the game!"

After scoring the goal, Bernard did not run wildly to celebrate, but stood on the penalty spot and shook his fist vigorously to celebrate the goal.

His team-mates swarmed and hugged him as they celebrated with impunity in the Leeds penalty area.

Leeds goalkeeper van der Ven angrily picked up the football from the goal, threw it towards the center circle, and then looked helplessly at the Stan Park Rangers players who were celebrating wildly before his eyes.

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Brooks on the sidelines did not celebrate the goal with the coaches around him this time, but looked very calm.

He even said to the assistant coach beside him: "Don't be too happy, let's see if we will lose the ball immediately after scoring!"

It's no wonder he was so careful, it was really a bit of a shadow for Leeds City in the first half...

The Stan Park Rangers players finished celebrating, went back to their own half, and the game resumed.

Brooks raised his wrist and looked at his watch. Three minutes had passed since Bernard scored, and Leeds City failed to score this time.

After another three minutes, Brooks raised his wrist to look at his watch again, and the score was still 3:2.

Three minutes and six minutes, that's how long it took Leeds to equalize twice before.

And now none of them scored.

It was Stan Park Rangers who had the upper hand on the scene.

But Brooks was not completely relieved, he still stood on the sidelines with a dignified expression.

Until another four minutes passed, ten minutes after Bernard scored a penalty kick, the score was still 3:2, and Leeds City still failed to score.

Brooks was relieved.

Under high pressure, Leeds City can only rely on long passes or through balls to organize the offense, which greatly reduces their offensive success rate, and there are only a handful of opportunities to threaten the Stan Park Rangers' defense.

After stabilizing the lead, the next thing to do is to score another goal to extend the lead to two goals.

In this way, the pressure on the Stan Park Rangers players will be reduced a lot.

And Leeds City will also lose their fighting spirit. After all, they can still chase after one goal behind. How can they chase after two goals behind in an away game?

Thinking of this,

After Brooks yelled from the sidelines, he gestured to the players who were watching to continue to grab and press. Players are required not to relax after leading by one goal, but to continue to implement the tactics formulated before the game.

I believe that after the two conceded goals in the first half, the Stan Park Rangers players should also know that facing Leeds City, a one-goal lead is not safe.

Indeed, Leeds were constantly looking for chances to go forward, even when pressed high by Stan Park Rangers, although many times their passes looked like they were playing blindly...

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Ben Grist passed the football back to his own Pete Williams at the back.

Williams turned around after receiving the ball, and Kamara on the sideline immediately started to advance at high speed. Johnson Law turned around and retreated to catch up with Kamara.

Seeing this, Williams didn't pass the football over, but tried to drive the ball forward by himself. The midfielders of Stan Park Rangers immediately came up to surround him. This is the high pressing tactic of Stan Park Rangers.

The front midfielder Schneider turned and chased back, while the right midfielder David Conlon blocked Williams from the front.

While Williams was receiving the ball, Jay Adams who was nearby immediately started to run forward. He went around from the side and turned to the front of Williams.

After seeing his running position, Williams did not pass the ball immediately, but first made a gesture to rush to the middle, tricking David Conlon over, and at the same time fully exposed the space behind him.

Then he made a through kick and passed the football to Adams who ran forward.

At this time Adams is already in the open space where no one is defending.

Seeing this, Stan Park Rangers' central defender Zach Gordon hurried forward to press - because of Stan Park's high-position pressing strategy, their three lines are all pressed very high, and the central defenders are basically on the center line.

Jay Adams didn't pass the ball immediately after receiving it, even though winger Farrek Quinn was up.

He still took possession of the ball and waited, because Williams hadn't run to the position yet...

This time, let Gordon post it, he can only turn around to protect the football, it seems that there is no way out.

He then passed the football to Quinn who came in behind.

At the same time he yelled to Quinn: "Pass forward!"

Even though his back was facing the attacking direction, before he passed the ball just now, he had caught a glimpse of Williams advancing at high speed from the corner of his eye just now, and he was running in the gap after Gordon came up!

Since Kamara's forward drive took away the full-back Law, there is no need to worry about offside at this time.

After receiving the ball, Quinn pushed the football forward diagonally with one kick, which was the huge space behind Gordon!

"Nice fit!"

In the shouts of the commentator, Williams accelerated to chase the football.

Because Gordon has already pushed to the front, another central defender Jacobs can only fill in the ribs to defend Williams.

At the same time, Johnson Law, who was defending Kamara on the side, also decisively dropped Kamara and returned to the center, planning to pinch Williams back and forth with Jacobs.

Gordon sprinted hard to return to the defense, and the midfielder Bernard also accelerated back to the central defender line, acting as a temporary central defender, keeping an eye on... Hu Lai.

He didn't go with Lorenzo because in his opinion, Hu Lai, who had already scored twice in this game, was obviously a much greater threat than Lorenzo.

Seeing that their team's defense was in trouble, Leeds City's counterattack was quite threatening. The home fans in the stands immediately made noise with deafening boos, disrupting the attacking Leeds players.

When 55,000 fans booed collectively, the stadium instantly became a noise hell!

Pete Williams did not lose his composure during the booing. While chasing the football, he did not forget to turn his head to observe the situation in the middle.

The other players of the Stan Park Rangers are quickly returning to defense, one by one desperately running into the penalty area.

He glanced at Hu Lai again, and found that Hu Lai was following Bernard, and the synchronization rate between the two of them was almost 100%. In the past, nine times out of ten, the pass was also cut off by the opponent. The best result may be to be entangled. After the other players of the Stan Park Rangers returned to the defense, Leeds City also lost the best opportunity to attack.

He can also pass the football to the wing to Kamara.

But if you can go to the middle, why go to the side?

Williams remembers what the head coach made at halftime.

So after catching up with the football, he swung his left foot and swept the football sideways to the middle!

But instead of the pass to Holly in the middle, it was passed to Jay Adams who came in behind!

Jay Adams, who had previously served as a temporary fulcrum, charged forward after Quinn passed the ball.

Just running into position now!

"Adams!"

After receiving a pass from Pete Williams, he suddenly paused and stopped abruptly. Immediately after returning to defense, Stan Park Rangers midfielder Matthews Schneider flashed past him!

"nice shot!"

After Jay Adams swayed away from Schneider, he flicked the football forward, then swung his right leg and fired at the penalty area line!

The football sprinted forward against the turf of the Stan Park stadium, plowing a shallow gully.

Goalkeeper Victor Lemos threw himself on the ground and stretched his palm towards the lower left corner of the goal!

But before he could get it, the football went into the goal!

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh oh oh my god! It's unbelievable! Leeds equalized for the third time in the game! This ball Team... this team is amazing!" The commentator Cox screamed from the commentary booth. "So why are they able to rank second in the league? Is it purely because of luck? Of course not! Look at their performance in this game, how many teams can do this? Three times behind, three times Even! The Stan Park Rangers tried everything they could to kill them!"

Remos, who fell to the ground, turned his head and saw the football in the goal, his eyes widened.

Captain Bernard turned his head to look at the goal, and Hu Lai's cheers sounded in his ears. It was a Chinese sentence he couldn't understand...

Head coach Brooks jumped up when he saw the ball was lost: "Go to hell! Go to hell!! What's going on?!"

He asked his coaching bench angrily, but no one on the coaching bench opposite him could give an answer. Most of them are sitting on the bench chairs with their heads in their hands.

In fact, this time the Stan Park Rangers performed better than before. They held on for fifteen minutes after taking the lead, and then were tied again by Leeds City...

Tony Clark hugged Sam Randyll and yelled in his ear, "There's a show, Sam! We've got a show!! This is Stan Park, but we're not afraid of the Rangers!"