30. Chapter 30
I have to say that most of the teams in the A-League play very wildly. Although Independiente were already two goals behind, they did not give up, and manager Garneiro also brought on two new strikers to strengthen the attack again in the hope of turning the tide in the second half. But from the first half to the second half, their luck was as bad as ever. The shot either missed the post or was saved by the brave Carrizo, and Rafael shook his head as he watched, if this opportunity was given to him......
River Plate seems to be starting to humble as well, you don't score? Okay, wow, I won't score.
Although there were no goals on both sides, the scene was still hot, because of the weak body, as soon as Lanzini got the ball, he was directly knocked to the ground by the opponent's midfielder, but the referee did not say that until the later scene was a little controlling, three yellow cards were issued in a row, two for the independent team, and Bonanott also ate one for a defensive foul.
Capa frowned, he actually wanted to replace Lanzini, but he was still too immature, too sticky to the ball, and he couldn't please the ball under the physical confrontation, and he couldn't protect the ball. It's better to replace him with Mauro Diaz, Maury has been fighting for so long, you can also let him come down and rest for a while, and let Rafael play. (His back was to the bench, but the burning gaze of one of them was about to pierce his back...... )
But he remembered the scene in the passage before...... Rafael has yet to play with Lanzini other than in training matches.
However, the Independiente team is not a weak team, and there have been many big-name stars, such as the now hot Atletico Madrid striker Aguero, who is from Independiente. River Plate, Boca and Independiente are the only three teams in the Argentine Pro League that have never been relegated since the inception of the Argentine Pro League, and Independiente have also won 14 Argentine domestic titles, second only to River Plate Boca, and finished fourth in the table last season.
Any obstacle that stands in the way of the championship is an opponent. Independiente is the team of La Plata, Ben and River Plate have no grievances, but the more championships the other side has won, it means that River Plate has lost more competition, and over time it has become a mortal enemy. Not only was the stadium full of fans, but the club's president, Passarella, also came, which shows the importance River Plate attaches to this game.
He didn't want to be overturned with a two-goal lead.
He thought for a moment and beckoned Raphael over.
"The coaches on both sides of the pitch looked ready to make a change, Independiente's Cabrera was warming up, and Capa was talking to Rafael, was this to make him play? However, the competition is so intense, it is not a safe choice to replace him at this time. The commentator Carroll was a little worried, he was very optimistic about Rafael's prospects, but the opponent's fragile small body was not easy for him to reassure.
The female fans who saw Rafael start to warm up and became agitated also began to worry when they heard this.
"What kind of man is it if you're afraid of confrontation, get on, Raphael, use your speed to knock them over!" the male fans waved their fists and shouted to cheer him on.
Independiente head coach Garneiro had a solemn face, turned his head sideways and covered the corners of his mouth to explain to Cabrera: "If River Plate 27 is on the field, you, as well as Fernando and Federico, pay attention to the joint defense, don't give him space to let him run, once the opponent catches the ball, he will immediately break it for me." ”
Cabrera grinned: "Don't worry, coach." But he was very disapproving, with such a small body as No. 27, he was afraid that he would accidentally hit the referee and take out his cards.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, the two teams raised their cards to make substitutions.
Independiente Cabrera replaced midfielder Fredes and River Plate's Rafael Yun replaced striker Murray. ”
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Rafael jumped and jumped on the sidelines, impatient. Compared with the substitutions that the indie team completed in a hurry, Maury is much more leisurely, walking down slowly, looking like I'm so tired, I'm tired, so I can't walk, and I'm about to get angry when I go, and the angry independent player stares.
The game will be over in fifteen minutes at most, and of course River Plate has to kill time when he is ahead of Morry, and it is best to finish the remaining time directly, but when he saw Raphael looking at him, with a look of Are you a turtle, why do you walk so slowly, or else it would be a stretcher, and it hurt a little, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.
River Plate fans applauded Murray's two goals in the first half, thanked him for his wonderful performance, and when the two finished hugging, Rafael happily rushed onto the field, and the applause in the stadium turned into cheers: "Raphael!"
Commentator Carroll smiled: "As River Plate's biggest surprise this season, Rafael has conquered many fans in just two games, and if he can have a good watch this time, River Plate fans will love him even more." ”
The independent fans who came with the team away from home have black faces, what is a good table? What do you want to do after it's 3:1? Don't go too far!
Waving to the fans, Raphael ran to Lanzini, and his friend gave him a big hug: "It's the first time we're on the pitch." ”
Raphael smiled and said in his ear: "The two of us switch positions, and when I get the ball, you remember to run in the gap, and be careful not to be offside." ”
Lanzini was surprised: "What does the coach mean?"
Raphael blinked: "You just remember anyway." ”
Separated from Lanzini, Rafael had quickly adjusted his form, all the cacophony of the pitch had disappeared from his world, and his calm gaze swept across the pitch to observe the situation.
"Independiente took the throw-in in their own half and the ball was passed to Godoy. ”
Godoy ran straight to River Plate with the ball, and Rafael went straight up to intercept.
Godoy is 20 years old this year, and the person who can start in the independent first team is not an unknown person, but since Rafael came out, even the news of Rafael Yun's Facebook post has to be published on the news page, so it is conceivable that he can also be called a genius, but he is far less unaccustomed to the other party's popularity. If you can't get used to it, you will unconsciously compare, and when you compare, you want to educate each other to be a good person.
Godoy wanted to dribble straight through the half-lap, and his speed was not bad!
But the reality is skinny.
When he dribbled the ball and kicked the ball, before he could think of how to leave the opponent behind, he saw No. 27, who was still jogging lazily just now, like a high-performance supercar, from starting to acceleration, the time was almost negligible. As soon as he got out of his control of the football that was less than 5 meters away, he disappeared with a "bang", and then he only saw a white figure farther and farther away from him.
Carroll shook her head: "How fast is Raphael? It seems that those sports evaluators should give an exact value, so as to dispel some people's unrealistic ideas, this trip is 5 meters away, Godoy effortlessly presented the ball to Raphael as a greeting gift." ”
The ball had not yet been taken out of midfield by Godoy, and most of the Independiente players were still piled up in their own half, hurriedly surrounding Raphael, hoping to snatch the football back.
When the opposition midfielder rushed towards him with great momentum, he didn't stick to the ball and passed it back to Bonanott.
'Rafael passed the ball back to Bonanott, smart choice. Bonanotte dribbled the ball, oh-no! Mancuero knocked down Rafael! what happened? ran too fast to close the momentum? Raphael got up on his own and looked fine. ”
Rafael passed the ball out, just wanted to run the gap to answer, before he could start, a strong force hit his body, caught off guard, Raphael took two steps back, and finally did not stand, with this force fell to the ground, he was a little stunned, the culprit staggered, quickly stood up straight, smiled at him friendly, and reached out to pull him up: "Didn't stop, I'm sorry!"
The referee took one look at the football and didn't blow the whistle.
Raphael ignored his hand, quickly got up on his own, stood up neatly, patted the grass clippings on his body, and looked at Mancuero, who shrugged his shoulders with an innocent face, and when he ran past him, the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked, revealing a shallow smile, and softly saying "It's okay".
Mancuiero was about to meet the opponent's angry gaze, and was stunned for a moment when he saw this, he just deliberately bumped into it, first, the ball is in the opponent's hands, and the referee will not blow the whistle nine times out of ten, and secondly, it is to arouse the fear of the opponent, the player who has just returned from injury, what is he most afraid of, the most afraid of being injured again. As a result, the referee did not blow the whistle, but the other party's reaction was not expected at all, he was not angry or afraid, and he smiled at him......?!
The 23-year-old Mancuero is in a delicate mood, and he actually has a sense of mental torture that he is too bad.
Facing the pressure of Independiente, Bonanot tried to resist with his body and stabbed the ball into the middle. Rafael arrived and took the football, the first to follow was the central defender Galeano, who pushed Rafael from behind and hit it hard, but to his surprise, Rafael only shook lightly this time and did not lose the control at his feet. Galeano pressed forward step by step, not letting the other man turn around. Raphael is on one side of his body and pushes his left foot forward.
Is it about passing, or is it about using speed to get rid of his defense?
Don't even think about it, Galeano quickly rushed forward, he wanted to grab the opponent and cut off the ball, and if he couldn't break it, he would destroy it directly.
His body rushed lightly in front of Raphael, but did not stop the football, because the football did not go forward at all, Raphael hooked the ball directly from behind him with his right foot, and then, easily, almost brushed his body to complete the turn, his flat expression was just revealed in front of him, he seemed to see his stunned look from the other party's black pupils.
Galeano knew he had been fooled and reached out to grab Rafael's jersey, but ...... He only caught air.
"Rafael grabbed Bonanott's pass, Galeano defended closely, a bit bad, Galeano's body is much stronger than Rafael's. Fortunately, Rafael was ready to pass the ball at the first time! Alas, Feint, Rafael did not pass, Galeano was deceived, Rafael completed the turn, and easily wiped him! This is ...... Cruyff turned! Raphael made such a beautiful move! Now he has the goal of Independiente in front of him!"
Carroll's voice suddenly rose high, and all the fans on the stadium began to make noise, River Plate fans cheered for Rafael, and Independiente fans used all their strength, hoping to make the other party go a little bit with curses and boos, but their number of less than 5,000 compared to 60,000 River Plate fans, the sound was directly drowned.
Rafael, who is not harassed, is like a Raptor, the defenders who fall behind him, don't even want to get close to him again when he sprints, in this world, there must be players who can compete with him, but it's a pity that this arena is ...... Not really!
The other Independiente defender rushed straight at him, and if he and Rafael were teammates, they would know that this choice was stupid. Rafael easily swept the other side through with just one stop.
"Beautiful! Raphael is as easy as going around a wooden man, there is only the goalkeeper left in front of the goal of the Independiente, a single knife! Another single knife, Raphael's efficiency is terrible!
Goalkeeper Gabarini can't sit still, and it is more difficult to save a penalty kick if he doesn't attack, because the opponent can kick anywhere, No. 27 raised his foot to shoot, and Gabarini, who was already in front of him, fell directly in front of him, intending to block the football with his body, but he was horrified to find that the opponent actually held the ball.
"Rafael shakes the goalkeeper, empty goal!Rafael GO - cross?!Lanzini GOOOOOOOOOOOAl!"
In the face of the empty goal, Rafael directly knocked the ball with his right foot and distributed the ball to the middle with a bocce ball, and Lanzini, who had always appeared in the gap closely, did not waste his big gift and pushed the empty goal to score.
River Plate fans, who had already rushed down from above as Rafael shook off the goalkeeper, roared in celebration and white and red ribbons filled the stands.
Lanzini kicked the ball out and didn't look at it anymore, he pounced directly on Rafael, hugged him whole in his arms, and then took him to the ground and kept rolling, his forehead against Raphael's, smiling, he didn't know what he said in this uproar, but he knew that it was his first goal, his first goal!
Raphael laughed in his ear: "Remember to bring it to me tomorrow, my beef jerky." ”
Lanzini: "......" excited or something...... Half disappeared in an instant.
Raphael: "Don't be reluctant. ”
Lanzini covered his mouth: "Shut up, you don't talk on the court!"