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It was Ruben Ferreira, the left back. He teamed up with Quaresma and quickly pressed into the penalty area. The opposing defender had no time to follow him. He had a lot of space for passing the ball!

Deeley ran forward quickly, and the right winger Heldon also inserted into the center of the penalty area at high speed, forming a two-point outflank with Deely.

But Ferreira did not choose to pass the goal, but grounded the ball to the 12-yard point.

Xia Ze appeared there, no one was marking him!

The Maritimo fans immediately rose to their feet, clamoring and preparing to witness the goal.

boom! ! !

Xia Ze met the ball and pushed it with the arch of his foot. After borrowing the power, the ball quickly rushed to the upper right corner of the goal!

At a distance of 12 yards, Braga's goalkeeper had no time to react, and the ball went into the net under his gaze.

1 to 0! Maritimo off to a fantastic start!

The Dos Barreiros stadium boiled instantly, and the Maritimo fans couldn't believe that the jersey took the lead so quickly!

After Xia Ze scored the goal, he quickly ran to the corner kick area, knelt down on both feet, and made a gesture of skating grass in celebration.

Quaresma, Arthur, Ferreira and others behind him all came to hug Xia Ze to celebrate the goal.

"This is dedicated to you!" Xia Ze patted the team badge on his chest after high-fiving his teammates, and then blew kisses to the fans in the stands.

With such actions, he expressed his love for Maritimo and the fans here.

"This is a beautiful goal. Xia Ze scored for the team in just 5 minutes in his last game representing Maritimo. He is obviously very excited about today's game!" Christine said excitedly .

In just 5 minutes of the game, Maritimo took the lead, which allowed them to play more smoothly and relaxed in the next game.

However, Braga is still a strong team in the Portuguese Super League, and its strength is not much worse than Maritimo.

After conceding the ball in the opening minutes, they slowly found their feet and began to build up a dangerous attack.

The competition was also very intense. Although Maritimo took the lead, the advantage was not large. Once any changes occurred, it was possible to reverse the outcome of this match.

The stalemate between the two sides was maintained until the final stage of the first half.

In the 45th minute of the game, the Braga team organized an attack in the frontcourt. After a multi-legged pass, they broke into Maritimo's penalty area and were cleared by Rosario at the critical moment.

And this clearance ball also fell at the feet of Xia Ze who returned to defense.

Xia Ze, who got the ball in the yard area of ​​his own half, quickly turned around, wiped the opponent's midfielder with a feint, and pushed the ball forward with his right foot, quickly advancing, leading the team to a quick counterattack.

The first half has entered stoppage time, but the referee didn't mean to whistle, obviously to give Maritimo a chance to finish this counterattack.

Helton on the right has already plugged in at high speed and ran out of the open space.

Xia Ze made a diagonal pass and put the ball at Heldon's feet, while he quickly advanced forward.

Heldon got the ball, and Deeley in the middle stretched out his hand to him.

He stepped forward and pressed into the opponent's yard area. Passing the ball during the counterattack was the way to penetrate the opponent's penalty area. He pushed the arch of his right foot and passed it across to Deeley in the middle.

Deeley rushed forward quickly, ready to catch the ball, and the opponent's defender was also clinging to him, preventing him from catching the ball easily.

But Deely didn't catch the ball. Instead, he straddled his feet and let the ball slip through between his legs.

The opponent's defender obviously didn't expect that Deeley would take the initiative to leak the ball, and could only watch helplessly as the ball was leaked to the top of the penalty area.

It was Xia Ze who appeared in front of the ball again!

He received the ball from Deeley knowingly, and there were no Braga defenders in front of him.

He took the ball forward and brought it into the penalty area, and the opponent's goalkeeper also quickly attacked, ready to fall to the ground and hug the ball.

But Xia Ze was one step faster than him. With a flick of his right foot, the ball passed the opponent's goalkeeper and flew towards the gate. And he himself jumped up lightly, avoiding the opponent's body.

"2 to 0! It's Xia Ze again, with a classic quick counterattack and a clever volley. Xia Ze used today's second goal to help Maritimo seal the victory!" Christine's voice was excited again sounded.

The surrounding stands were boiling again. This time, Xia Ze did not run to the corner to celebrate, but rushed to the coach's bench, pointed at the head coach Martins while running, and said excitedly:

"Coach, this ball is for you!"

Then he and Martins had a big hug, almost throwing Martins to the ground.

With two goals, Xia Ze helped Maritimo extend its lead before half-time, and they can enter the dressing room with more confidence.

In the second half of the game, Braga's head coach was obviously not reconciled to the failure. He replaced an attacking midfielder at halftime, and wanted to use offense to suppress Maritimo and try to equalize the score.

But Maritimo sits at home and is leading 2-0. How could it be possible for you to tie the score?

In the loud and never-ending cheering songs of the fans in the audience, Maritimo became more and more courageous in the battle. Although he had a 2-0 lead, his offensive remained undiminished.

The goal of the team is the same, to help Xia Ze complete a hat-trick.

But Xia Ze seemed to have used up all his luck in scoring goals in the first half. The two opportunities created by his teammates were not able to grasp, and he was still unable to score the third goal.

In the 65th minute of the game, Maritimo's offense continued, with Quaresma on the left taking the ball.

Today, there are not many pictures of Quaresma breaking through with the ball. Most of him passed the ball to Ferreira who came up from the edge.

But this time he took the ball on the left side, and Ferreira also tirelessly assisted. The opponent's right back had already moved towards the baseline to prevent Quaresma from passing the ball to Ferreira.

Quaresma raised his right foot slightly, but instead of passing the ball, he made a fake move, turned his left foot and slammed past the opponent's right back, breaking into the penalty area.

Braga's right back was obviously not reconciled to letting Quaresma break through like this. He quickly turned around to catch up, using both hands and feet, trying to intercept the ball.

But he underestimated the flexibility of Quaresma's feet. When he tackled the ball, Quaresma had already pushed the ball aside, but his feet hooked Quaresma.

Quaresma fell to the ground.

Beep! !

The referee blows the whistle, a penalty kick!

The Braga defender was holding his head in chagrin, clearly regretting his stupidity.

Quaresma quickly got up and picked up the ball. He was the first penalty shooter in Maritimo's formation.

But Quaresma didn't run to the penalty spot. He ran to Xia Ze in front of the penalty area, stuffed the ball into Xia Ze's arms, and whispered:

"Shoot him in!"

Xia Ze did not refuse his teammates' kindness, took the ball and nodded resolutely.

He walked slowly towards the penalty spot, stepped on the turf next to the penalty spot with his left foot, and after stabilizing the ball, he slowly retreated to the edge of the penalty area.

He looked at the goal in front of him and the opponent's goalkeeper, took a deep breath, and quickly adjusted his breathing.

The Maritimo fans in the stands were eager to give Xia Ze the biggest cheer after performing a hat-trick.

The referee whistled, Xia Ze ran up, swung his legs, and hit the ball!

bump!

Unsurprisingly, Braga's goalkeeper swung in the wrong direction and the ball went into the net from the bottom left corner of the goal.

hat trick!

Xia Ze pointed to the sky with both hands, with a bright smile on his face: "Dad, Grandpa, this ball is for you!"