Chapter 14: Coming off the bench
Gulijeff actually didn't expect Anderson to be passed by Halich, so when he saw Halich rush out after passing Anderson, it was too late.
With a flick of his left foot, Halic made an arc past Gulidev's head and into the empty net.
"Gulidev attacked, Halic picked up, Gaol. scored and in the 52nd minute, Halic equalized for home team Guarani."
After Halic scored, he didn't celebrate, ran straight into Santos's goal and picked up the football, it seemed that he was not satisfied enough with the equaliser and wanted to score another goal.
Haliฤ's move drew cheers from the fans in the stadium.
After conceding the goal, the Santos players were all a little out of spirit. It's no wonder that the opponent has been besieging the opponent for so long without scoring a goal, and the opponent has scored a goal with a counterattack.
In the following games, Santos' players always looked timid when attacking, obviously scared by Guarani's counterattack. On the contrary, after Guarani equalized, the attack played well, and for a while, Santos's goalmouth was in a big way.
"Musca shoots from distance, high."
"Haliฤ's shot, Gulidev's good save."
'Bilica's header hit the crossbar. The beam saved Santos' life. โ
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Curry was so angry when the team lost the ball that he saw that the situation on the court was not right, and his teammate Valazula, who was sitting next to Lu Feng, was called by Curry to warm up. Lu Feng sighed, it seems that he really can't play in this game.
Santos made the first change of the game when Varazulla came on for Sammy. It was a defensive-leaning substitution, and it seems that Guarani's offense during this period has put Curry under pressure. โ
With Haliฤ's goal, Guarani was in high spirits and launched a wave of attacks in front of Santos' goal. Who would have imagined that Santos, who had been playing with Guarani throughout the game, was now pressed by Guarani in his own half and couldn't move.
Valazzula's play, to a certain extent, relieved Santos's defensive pressure, although it was still suppressed, but Santos's defense did quite well, Guarani couldn't find any opportunities, and the two sides gradually stalemate.
The game entered 70 minutes, and as the physical strength of Guarani's teammates decreased, Santos gradually pressed out, and during this time, the two sides came and went.
In the 74th minute, Santos Lucas hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Gil collided with Guarani defender Will and fell to the ground when he headed the ball.
"Gil heads the ball over, doesn't get it, Will heads the ball out."
"Jill fell to the ground, let's see what just happened."
Slow motion shows that at the moment of the header, Gill and Will collided with each other's heads. Strangely, Will didn't have anything to do with it, and Jill didn't seem to have been hit lightly. The referee stopped the game, called the team doctor and a stretcher, and it looked like the situation was not optimistic. โ
Seeing that Gill was injured, Curry cursed in a low voice, and Pedro asked who to replace on the court.
Curry glanced at Lu Feng, who was sitting on the bench, gritted his teeth and said.
"Call Lu Feng to warm up."
When he heard assistant coach Pedro call him to warm up, Lu Feng couldn't believe that he had a chance to play so soon. Lu Feng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly began to warm up.
Carrying Jill off the court on a stretcher, Curry asks about Jill's condition.
"It's bad, it's a little confused, it's a concussion, and this game is definitely not going to be played."
"Take it to the hospital." Curry cursed inwardly that he felt that his luck was really bad. First of all, the two main players of the team were injured, and now the hot form of Gil is also injured, and I don't know how long he will be sidelined.
Just as Gil was off injured and Santos was on the pitch with 10 men on the pitch, Guarani scored their second goal from a 28-yard free-kick through their captain Musca.
In the 75th minute, Guarani overtook the score 2-1.
No one expected that in the short period of time when Gil went down due to injury, the Guarani team actually overtook the score.
Curry was also stunned, the substitution adjustment here has not been completed, and the ball has already been lost on the court. Gritting his teeth, Curry made the decision to replace a guard and add a midfielder to strengthen the offense. Anyway, there is not much time, it is already behind, losing one goal is a loss, losing many goals is also a loss, it is better to give it a go, maybe you can even equalize.
"Davis, go warm up."
Curry's voice brought back Davis, who was looking at the court in a daze.
After the warm-up, Curry called Lu Feng and Davis to his side and pulled out a tactical board.
"Come on in a moment, Davis, you replace Luiz, and we'll play a back three. Lu Feng, after going up, you go to the front and tell Rodriguez to retreat and become 3421. Land Breeze, use your speed to tear through your opponent's defenses. Just hit the opponent Sicilio, his physical strength has reached the limit. Tell them, press up, attack up, understand? โ
Lu Feng and Davis replied together.
"Understood."
Lu Feng finally got his first senior appearance after more than a month after moving to Santos.
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"After the game restarted and Santos conceded the ball, head coach Curry made two personnel changes at once. Lu Feng, a teenager from China who has played well in the Asian Under-17 game, came off the bench to replace injured striker Gil. Davis, on the other hand, replaced Luis, who was very active throughout the game.
In this way, Santos becomes a back three. It can be seen that Curry's adjustment is still to strengthen the offense. Curry is absolutely unhappy with Santos' inability to score points from Guarani. โ
After Lu Feng and Davis came on the court, they conveyed the instructions of head coach Curry to their teammates on the court. It's just that after the Guarani team overtook the score, the overall morale soared, and they all played very hard, and the cheers of the home fans encouraged the Guarani players.
After coming on the field, Lu Feng had to participate in the team's defense again and again, and tragically found that he did not touch the ball once.
The game quickly entered the 80th minute and the Guarani team made one final change, with attacking midfielder Paul replaced by defensive midfielder Bruno. It can be seen that the Guarani team wants to hold on to this score until the end.
In the 81st minute, Lu Feng finally got the ball for the first time after coming on the field. But Lu Feng, who didn't take two steps with the ball, wanted to rely on his personal skills to get past the opponent's back Bruno, was cut off by the opponent, and launched an attack, almost breaking Santos's goal again.
Team dungeon Benjamin was very dissatisfied with Lu Feng's performance and yelled.
"Lu Feng, don't stick to the ball, pass more and run more."
Lu Feng also felt remorse for his actions, and nodded to indicate that he understood. However, in his heart, he has already remembered Bruno, and next time, he must teach him a hard lesson.
"The land breeze dribbles the ball and is cut off by Bruno. Bruno made a long pass and found Haliฤ, who fired a long-range shot and flew out of the bottom line against the post, so dangerous. โ
Benjamin seemed to be very dissatisfied with Lu Feng's performance, and yelled at Lu Feng. In fact, Lu Feng can't be completely blamed for this ball, after all, it is the first time for a young player to play, and it is understandable that he is inevitably a little nervous. It seems that with the score behind, Santos' players are a little out of balance. โ