Chapter 43: Equalized by São Paulo

The game restarted and Costa's instructions were passed on to the field and had an effect. Sao Paulo was clearly more defensive, and did not press all the way up when attacking, but also tried to keep three lines apart when attacking.

The two major holes in São Paulo's defence, one is Vargas's disposition and the other is Leonardo's stamina. Now that it has all been remedied, Vargas has been reminded by the head coach that he does not dare to press it easily. And after Leonardo was passed by Lu Feng once, he no longer refused Corinth's help.

On Santos's side, with a goal in hand, he was not in a hurry, anyway, he was ahead, and the offensive rhythm slowed down.

For a while, the game scene was quite dull, neither side attacked with full strength, and there were no great opportunities.

It wasn't until the 40th minute that Sao Paulo managed to equalize.

With Bemi's assist, Vargas scored the ball, and this time, Vargas's insertion was not a hole in the defense.

This goal is completely a reflection of Bemi's unparalleled individual ability. Passing through the crotch past Valrazula, Sammy, who came up to make up for the defense, was deceived by Bemi's dunk, and in the face of Alex and Luis's two-man attack, he passed the ball to Vargas, who was completely empty.

Vargas didn't miss the chance and fired a blast to get the ball into the net before Gulidev.

Lu Feng witnessed the whole process of Bemi from passing to finally delivering an assist. Bemi's skills are so much better than his own, his speed is not fast, but the football is like life at his feet. Several times I thought the ball would be broken, but it wasn't. No wonder, it will be the demon player in the player master.

Yourself, it seems that in addition to being a little faster, other skills still need to be improved. Lu Feng looked at Beimi with envy, if he had such good skills as him, combined with his speed, wouldn't it be like playing, and he could live as he wanted.

Passing people and riding alone is Lu Feng's favorite thing to do, and he often plays like this in the domestic arena. It's a pity that after arriving in Brazil, the increase in the strength of the opponent made Lu Feng dare not play like this, it turned out that in the youth team game, Lu Feng still played several times and scored the ball with several defenders with the goalkeeper.

Since participating in the official competition, Lu Feng has not played like this at all. The opponent's strength is not half a star, and playing like this is looking for death. Many defenders are even better at their feet. Let's just say that Leonardo, who just ate with his speed, if the other party is 2 years younger, Lu Feng will definitely not be able to pass the other party.

After Sao Paulo equalised, they took advantage of the morale boost to launch a fierce offensive against Santos. However, Santos almost took advantage of the opposition to press the attack to take the lead again.

In the 44th minute, Sami Land Wind teamed up to defend Kodovar, and after breaking the ball from Kodoval's feet, Sami ran all the way to the front of the penalty area with the ball. In the face of Leonardo, Sami tried to pass the opponent, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful, and Sami had to hand the ball to Lu Feng.

After Lu Feng received the ball, he looked at the opponent's back line to remain intact, and forced his breakthrough to have little effect, so he chose to shoot directly from a distance. Although Lu Feng's shot was not in a big arc, it was full of power, and Lolitz couldn't take the ball directly, so he chose to knock the ball out with a single fist.

Lewells, who was inserted in the back, grabbed in front of Collins and got the ball, and in the face of half an empty goal, because of the interference of Collins behind him, Lewells actually knocked the ball away.

For the remainder of the first half, neither Sao Paulo nor Santos had other good chances. In this way, the two sides scored one goal each in the first half of the game, and the game was temporarily tied 1-1.

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Back in the locker room, Curry criticized the team's performance, focusing on the team's performance after taking the lead. He believes that after the team scored on Leonardo, they should continue to chase and play hard, and should not give the opponent a chance to breathe.

Curry didn't say much about the conceded shot in the first half. Because this is the personal brilliance of the star, one person has almost passed the entire defense of his own side, the players will be unhappy, and it will be counterproductive to criticize again.

On top of that, in the first half, Santos actually limited Sao Paulo quite well, and Valazula defended very successfully against Bemi. Most of the time it has limited Bemi's playmaking and has yet to receive a yellow card.

Curry made a change, replacing Revels, who had been mediocre in the first half, with Silva. Sammy is still a bit lacking in organisational skills, and he is the kind of midfielder who likes to use his individual ability to break through and attract opposition defences to create chances for his team-mates. Silva, on the other hand, is a midfielder's brain, with a very strong ability to read the game and organise attacks.

Lewells was replaced, and he was very helpless, and he already had the idea of leaving the team. Santos already has a lot of players up front, and after top scorer Pardew was injured, Lewells thought he had a chance to be a regular player. But the rise of Lu Feng made Lewells completely understand that he no longer had the main position in the team, and he was in his playing years, and it was impossible to accept the substitute position. Since you can't play the main team in Santos, it's good to change to a team that can only play the main team.

On the other side, in the dressing room of Sao Paulo, Leonardo took the initiative to communicate with Costa and applied to be taken off. He also knows that Costa does not dare to replace himself easily, rather than embarrassing the head coach and being a hidden danger on the field, it is better to get off the field by himself, which is good for himself and the team.

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In the second half, Santos and Sao Paulo made personnel changes at the same time. For Sao Paulo, captain Leonardo was replaced by Sao Paulo academy youngster Lambert. For Santos, Leves was replaced by Silva.

In the 41st minute, not long after the start of the second half, Lu Feng received a yellow card, which was also the first yellow card of the game. Bemi continued his excellent form in the first half, smashing past Valrazula and accelerating towards the Santos penalty area.

At this time, because of the pressure of Benjamin and Sammy, there was a big gap in front of Bemi. For the sake of conservatism, Lu Feng, who rushed to make up for the defense, couldn't break the Bemi ball, so he had to pull down Bemi.

The referee quickly rushed to Lu Feng, who did not hesitate to show a yellow card and awarded Sao Paulo a free kick in front.

Lu Feng pulled down Bemi, but he still pulled Bemi up amicably.

Unexpectedly, Bemi didn't appreciate it, but asked coldly.

"You think if you pull me down, I won't be able to score?"