21 Granada vs Rayo Vallecano 3

During the 15-minute break at halftime, the players from both sides returned to the dressing room for a short rest.

As soon as Leo got off the court, he took the water bottle handed by the staff and poured it violently, which was the most expensive game for him, and the distance he ran in the first half alone was close to the whole game before. Besides, physical fitness is his shortcoming, and he didn't do a good job of distributing it in the first half, and the second half will be a huge test for him.

Although Marx's knee was not fractured, the soft tissue injury seemed to be a little severe, and the area around the patella was swollen, and the team doctor had been holding an ice pack to cool him down. Gonzalez stood on the sidelines with a frown, and if he lost another midfielder after falling two goals down, the second half would be even more difficult for Granada.

"How is his injury, can he still hold on?" Gonzalez asks the team doctor.

The team doctor's face was solemn, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head: "It seems that I can't hold on, the tissues around the knee joint are very swollen, and my movement is restricted, I'm afraid you need to make personnel adjustments." ”

Marx immediately said: "Can I persevere, won't I play a few minutes later in the first half?" ”

Gonzalez groaned for a long time and gently patted the captain's shoulder twice: "You can recuperate from your injuries with peace of mind, and I will arrange the game." ”

Córdoba sat next to Leo, and the two of them had been whispering something.

Gonzalez tapped the tactics board with the marker in his hand: "I don't want to investigate why we were scored twice in a row by the opponent in 7 minutes at this time, and we waited until after the game to go back and do post-match analysis." In the second half, I hope that our backline will not make more low-level mistakes, strengthen the midfield control and scramble, and create chances for the forward line as much as possible. His sharp eyes swept over the team members, "Do you understand?" ”

"Understood."

Gonzalez's eyes fell on the captain and said regretfully: "Marx has a knee injury, we need to replace a midfielder." I have two options here, one is that Leo retreats to the midfield position, Pitty comes on the field to play as a striker, and the second is that Leo continues to be active in the forward line, and Pitty and Marx make counter-substitutions. I'd like to hear what you two think? ”

Leo turned his head and made a brief eye contact with his senior, and Pitty said to Gonzalez: "Let Leo play as a striker, we are now behind in the score, and he has more scoring ability." ”

Gonzalez nodded, and the second half began immediately, and he finally said: "At the moment we have one more person on the field, it seems that we have the advantage, but the opponent is stubborn, and the pressing will will only be more aggressive than in the first half, and the defense will be tighter." I hope that when the team is facing difficulties, someone will be brave enough to step up and break the deadlock. ”

As he said his last words, his eyes looked in Leo's direction. The latter looked at him without flinching and nodded slightly.

At the start of the second half, Granada made a personnel change, replacing No. 8 captain Marx with No. 10 Pitti, and took over the captain's armband as the leader on the field.

Rayo Vallecano continued their first-half style of play, with fierce scrambles and frequent fouls. The players on both sides are full of gunpowder, pulling, pulling, pushing, pushing and shoving.

In just five minutes, Rayo Vallecano committed a whopping five fouls and a yellow card.

The away fans in the stands and the fans who came to play soy sauce booed the foul behavior of the home players, and the home fans were not to be outdone, and used shouts and songs to overpower each other's voices.

In the live broadcast room, his old friend Mendoza was still dutiful and kept commenting on the game on the field: "Captain Pitty of the No. 10 field, who has just come on the pitch, won a free kick in front of Granada, located outside the penalty area. Peati and Fernandes were on the penalty spot, and it was up to who would take the ball...... There were some clashes between the players of both sides in the penalty area for positions, and the referee was mediating. ”

After a brief discussion with Peaty, the free-kick in the perfect position was taken by Leo. He looked at the position and distance between the human wall and the goalkeeper, and after the run, he hit an elevator ball with the instep of his instep, and the ball suddenly fell quickly in front of the goal after crossing the human wall.

Mendoza was so excited that he got up from his chair and was about to blurt out a gooooal sentence when the ball hit the crossbar in the process of falling quickly. Poor Sports Channel's veteran football commentator, Mr. Mendoza, almost didn't catch his breath: "MyGod! The ball actually hit the crossbar, and it seems that Lady Luck did not choose to favor the beautiful boy today. ”

Leo was very unhappy with the result of the free-kick, whether it was due to luck or the slightest deviation from the kick, but he thought that if the ball had been punished by his father or Cristiano Ronaldo, it would not have been the result. But he didn't dwell too much and quietly retreated to his place.

The Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper kicked the ball towards Granada, and Leo jumped up to scramble for it after accurately judging where the ball would land, but collided with the opposing player. When the two of them landed, he stood firmly, but the other party fell to the ground, and the referee was blocked by the other players, and after a moment of hesitation, he blew Leo for a foul.

Rayo Vallecano No. 8 player Baena passed the ball to No. 14 P Hernandez, P Hernandez dribbled the ball horizontally past Granada's No. 2 defender Lomban, and the ball was stuffed straight to No. 10 Terasoas outside the penalty area, and Tlasoas fired a right-footed shot straight into the top right corner of the goal, but unfortunately the ball was off the frame.

With 70 minutes played, Rayo Vallecano's fouls and yellow cards continued to grow, and Granada was unable to convert the advantage into a goal with one man over.

"Now it's Granada's No. 10 Pitti who gets the ball, he's watching his teammate's position, the long pass goes to the left, it's No. 20 Perez who carries the ball, he sends the ball behind the opposing defender, and Fernandes has a tacit understanding to get the ball in front @." Mendoza's voice suddenly raised: "This is the first time he has shown amazing starting speed in this game, none of the Rayo Vallecano defenders can keep up, only left wing-back No. 15 Latt in front of him, he suddenly stretched his leg in front of Fernandez, and he used his body to block the attacking route when the opponent was running at such high speed." Oh my god, he's going to get hurt. ”

If it were another player, with such a fast speed and such a short reaction time, he would definitely kick the opponent's calf hard because of inertia. If this kick is really kicked, the opponent has only one result: being carried out of the field on a stretcher and sent directly to the hospital.

However, Leo's muscle reflexes were much higher than usual, and he jumped off the opponent's outstretched leg the moment he made a move, and the ball was broken out of the sideline in time by the opponent's supporters.

Rattle was still lying on the ground, his eyes closed, and he looked ready to end up badly injured. The expected pain did not come, and when he opened his eyes, Leo was already far away.

Leo quickly drove the throw-in, Pitty took the ball and handed it to Córdoba, who came to respond, Cordoba passed the ball to the unmarked Perez, the three of them cooperated with a series of short passes, the ball had come to the vicinity of the penalty area, Pitty took the ball again and suddenly raised the ball high over the heads of the opponent's two defenders, Leo saw the opportunity to quickly step forward at the moment he got up, there was no offside at all, and the judgment of the landing point of the ball was also very accurate, just raised his foot and lightly padd, and the ball grazed the goalkeeper's shoulder and flew into the goal.

“goooooooal！ It's No. 5 Fernandez again, which is fantastic, and he really deserves to be the son of Zizou, and he still maintains the normal performance of the previous rounds despite the overall sluggish form of the team. With 78 minutes played, Granada pulled a goal back through No.5 Fernandes to make it 2-1, and with little time left, it remains to be seen whether Granada will be able to beat Barcelona in the last minute. ”