Chapter 13 Guarani

The 38,000-seat Campinas Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, is packed with enthusiasm for the upcoming São Paulo Rio de Janeiro tournament.

Although it was not the first time Lu Feng had seen this kind of picture, he was still shocked by the shouts of the Guarani fans. Compared with domestic stadiums, most stadiums in Brazil have no running tracks, and the fan stands are closer to football stadiums, and the shouts are more than a star and a half compared to domestic stadiums.

Thinking about the small number of spectators when he was playing in the youth team, and then looking at the number of full spectators here, Lu Feng sighed in his heart. It's a pity that I can't start today, and it's not certain whether I can play or not.

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As soon as the match began, Santos launched a fierce offensive towards Guarini, who was still lacking in strength compared to Santos. In this game, Guarini's strategy was also clear, defending and counterattacking. On Santos' side, it is to press the attack.

In the 7th minute, Santos organized an attack to the front, and the ball was cut off by Guarini. Guarani immediately launched a quick counter-attack, and if it wasn't for goalkeeper Gulidev's brave save, Santos would have been the first to concede.

Guarani's quick counter-attack, Left's long-range shot, was powerful. Gulidev, he made a world-class save and if Gulidev had been slower to react, the goal would have gone in. Guarani got a corner, the first of the game. ”

Curry was clearly unhappy with the team's performance, yelling and calling Sammy, the player closest to him, to his side.

"Organize a counter-attack as soon as you lose the ball, what kind of are you guys playing. Be patient and play two more wings. ”

Sammy nodded, and immediately conveyed Curry's words to the players on the court at Santos.

It was the first time Lu Feng had seen Curry scolding, and Curry on the training court gave Lu Feng the feeling of being gentle, even if a player made a mistake, he just said a few words.

In the 13th minute, Santos full-back Baker Luiz sent in a cross to the back post, which Silva stood. The header rubbed and flew out against the crossbar.

'Luiz's cross, Silva grabbed the back post and headed it in, but it's a pity, he's too focused on the angle, otherwise this goal would have been there.'

In the 17th minute, Sammy burst into the penalty area after passing Guarani defender Joyce at the edge of the penalty area, Joyce reached out and pulled Sammy in the box.

The referee's whistle blew and Joyce was shown the first yellow card of the game and a penalty was awarded. Suddenly, there was a huge boo at the Campinas Stadium. It's just that no matter how loud the fans' boos are, they can't change the referee's decision. What's more, it's an indisputable foul, and there's nothing wrong with awarding a penalty.

Santos' teammates handed the penalty to the team's second captain, John Benjamin.

As the whistle blew, Benjamin's calm left-footed shot was pushed into the bottom right corner of the fan.

Guarani's goalkeeper, George Gladstone, was on the right track, but Benjamin's penalty was too tricky to roll the ball in front of his fingertips even as he stretched his arms as far as he could.

Benjamin scored the penalty and didn't celebrate too much, just celebrated with a fist with his right hand. Excited Santos players gathered around and celebrated with Sammy and Benjamin, who had taken the penalty and scored it.

In the 17th minute, thanks to Benjamin's penalty goal, Santos temporarily led Guarani 0-1.

This conceded goal greatly affected the morale of Guarani's players, and in the rest of the first half, Guarani's entire team performed poorly, especially Joyce, who brought down Sammy, made frequent mistakes. Even the commentators in Brazil can't stand it.

"If I had to rate one player in the first half, a lot of Santos' players would have been selected. But for the worst player, I'm going to vote for Joyce. Too young, 23 years old, too young in the position of central defender, a mistake has made a huge change in his mentality, if the Guarani team still wants to win in the second half, the manager Fernandes must replace him. ”

Santos, on the other hand, is getting better and better, and if it weren't for Guarani's other central defender, Sicilio and goalkeeper Gladstone, the score would have become 0-3.

"Guarani fans have Gladstone to thank if it wasn't for his heroism, the suspense would have been lost."

Back in the locker room at halftime, Curry praised the team's performance and told everyone to continue to put pressure on Guarani's defense, without making any personnel changes. Lu Feng can still only sit on the bench and has no chance to play.

At the start of the second half, the Guarani team made two personnel changes, Will came on to replace the erratic central defender Joyce in the game, and the striker Pablo, who was largely invisible in the first half, was replaced by Halić.

"At the beginning of the second half, the Guarani team made two substitutions, Joyce, who performed poorly in the first half, was replaced, and Pablo, who basically did not touch the ball in the first half, was also replaced, but Pablo on the bench looked dissatisfied. Don't blame him, Guarani was very suppressed in the first half, and as a striker he certainly didn't have any decent chances. Fernandez put Halic on the pitch and clearly valued Halić's speed. “

Curry saw Guarani's substitution adjustments, and frowned and gave orders to Pedro every day.

"Tell them to be careful, don't get beaten in the back, Halich is very fast."

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The second half was similar to the first, with Santos firmly in control of the ball and pressing Guarani to play. The difference from the first half was that the two substitutions allowed the Guarani team to organize a decent counter-attack, and with Halic's pace, Guarani's several counter-attacks were very threatening.

In the 52nd minute, after Guarani broke the ball at the back, midfielder Eastwoods made a precise long pass and found Halic in front. At this time, due to the pressure of Santos' players, Santos's half of the field, there were only two central defenders left.

Seeing Halić receiving the ball, Alex pounced directly in front of Halic and went straight out to cut off the ball.

Although Halić is fast, it does not mean that his feet are bad. A simple feint that fooled Alex. At this time, from Santos's goal, only captain Anderson and goalkeeper Gulijeff were left.

"Eastwoods long pass, Halich, easy dunk, deducted Alex, Alex this grab is a bit reckless."

Anderson is much more experienced than Alex, facing Halić, keeping a defensive distance and constantly retreating.

Facing Anderson's defense, Halic took the simplest move, using speed to force Anderson. He took the ball forward and ran past Anderson. Anderson

"Beautiful, the ball is divided. The 19-year-old Halic faced the defense of Santos captain Anderson without the slightest timidity and used his best speed to pass Anderson. Now, in front of Halić, only goalkeeper Gulidev remains. ”