Chapter 70: A Perfect Ending

The 2-2 scoreline was a perfectly acceptable result for Castile, with two away goals giving them the freedom to set up counter-attacking tactics when they return to home; But for Real United, this score is quite deadly, and if they fail to get a big enough advantage in the first home game in a two-legged elimination game, they want to put the decisive battlefield on the opponent's turf, which is something only the most daring gambler would do. So Zuleka went crazy, and then the players of the home team under his command and even the fans in the stadium went crazy.

Just a minute after Li Mudi made adjustments to the players on the field, the Real United coach also used up the two remaining substitutions at hand: left wing-back Baron came off the bench to replace the physically exhausted Ozkoidi, which was barely a counter-substitution; And the central midfielder Romo came on in a different meaning, he replaced not Rodra who had just made a big mistake, but left wing-back Mosilo. Zulaika reverted to the position of a midfielder without removing attacking players, handing over the entire attack and defense of his left side to the new Baron, which was a bit unexpected.

After more than 70 minutes of fierce battle, the two players on the right side of Castile, Álvaro and Ringhardt, are also close to empty blood in terms of physical strength, although they are still fully engaged in fighting their opponents due to the support of their mental will, but their physical instincts are still constantly reminding them to conserve energy moderately, and only explode when necessary. And such two people are still possible for Baron, who is full of physical strength, to fight one against two, which means that in the middle and left wing of the away team, Castilla is at a disadvantage in numbers, but fortunately, Cedres and Grau, who have also just played, also have an absolute advantage in physical fitness, and the two of them run with their lives so that the team is not at a big disadvantage.

With stoppage time and just 20 minutes left for Real United, they need at least one more goal and even a two-goal lead before going to Madrid if they want to increase their chances of promotion to more than 50 per cent. Without a 2-2 scoreline, it will be almost impossible for the players who have lost the home whistle to hold back a strong opponent at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium two weeks later, and the defending Fed Cup will be completely in vain.

The home players then rushed towards the opponent's goal like wolves that had not eaten for days. Li Mudi on the sidelines found that his opponent seemed to be excited. Fen. The agent suddenly burst out with powerful energy, and the players on this side were a little unable to keep up with the rhythm, and the physical confrontation that could barely form a balance of power before was gradually defeated, so he decisively commanded the young man to recycle the half, first focus all his energy on defense, and wait for the opportunity.

In the 78th minute, Baron's breakthrough on the left was met by a double from the visitors, and the ball was stabbed from under Alvaro's crotch to Alonso, who took a lateral step and lifted his foot to team-mate Elzmendi from 35 yards away. The Real United right winger gritted his teeth and accelerated past the ill-prepared Abner, before getting down and sending in a cross. The ball did not run in a high arc, but the speed was extremely fast, and Garland and Manu at the front point were entangled with each other, and there were some small movements in their hands, causing neither of them to jump in time, causing the ball to fly over their heads. Senna and Mgaka in the middle also pulled each other and jumped together, and finally the former successfully grabbed the landing point with his physical advantage and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

In the scramble for the second drop outside, Romo took advantage of his position to control the ball and pushed it sideways to Alonso after attracting Toro's tackle. The latter's powerful long-range shot hit the belly of Grau, who pounced on him, and knocked the young central midfielder of Castilla to the ground, and the rebounding ball was kicked off the touchline by the rushing Alvaro. The team doctor went on the field at the signal of the referee to check on Grau, who had been kneeling on the ground, and the young man slowed down for a while before he dared to get up and move. Because the process just now was too fast, most people couldn't see which part of the ball hit Grau's body, and some people speculated that it might be that important area, which shocked the team up and down in a cold sweat.

In the 83rd minute, Manu tripped Garland five metres from the top of the arc of his penalty area and gave his opponent a well-placed free-kick. Mike Alonso took a shot straight at the six-man wall and the ball made a beautiful arc towards the corner where the right post meets the crossbar on the right side of the visitors' goal. Abad pounced with all his strength, and his right hand stretched as much as he could, but he still couldn't touch it. But the ball didn't run into the net as the Royal United wanted, but flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post. The whole stadium suddenly resounded with a huge cry of regret, and the players of the home team hugged their heads with regretful expressions. The Castile goalkeeper hit the post with his right arm because of this desperate save, and he couldn't get up in pain. Once again, the team doctor was given the opportunity to make a debut, while the home team's players and fans vented their frustration at the referee, believing that Castilla was deliberately faking injury and delaying the game.

Because of these two injuries, the time was consumed by another three or four minutes, and the previous time it was good to say that the players could be sent to the sidelines for treatment and immediately resumed the game. But this time it was the goalkeeper who was injured, and he couldn't let the opponent stay in an empty state to play with you, so although Zulaika and his players had been protesting to the referees, and the 5,000 fans at the scene were also booing them to pressure them, the game was still ushered in injury time in Li Mudi's "cheap" smile.

When the fourth official held up an electronic card indicating five minutes of stoppage time, the man who "acted" was replaced by the Castile manager. I saw Li Mudi walk up to the referee who had just put down the sign with an angry expression, and asked loudly how this time was calculated, whether it was interfered with by the home team's fans and increased the time.

The fourth official, who had been embarrassed by the coaches of the two teams and the fans on the scene before, was already crazy at this time, and scolded all the relatives of the Celestial Empire coach in his heart, but fortunately, his professionalism was not counted, and he only warned Li Mudi sternly verbally, and did not make more outrageous actions. However, in the post-game report of this game, he will inevitably make another note of Xiao Li's provocative behavior, but it seems that there are a lot of things that need to be recorded before, and there is not enough paper.

As the game progressed from regular time to stoppage time, the anxiety of the home team's players on the pitch became even more urgent, and the tactical style of play had completely changed to high for time and fitness reasons. The two wingers of Real United received the ball and barely said a word to cross with their feet, and the two forwards seemed to live in the away team's penalty area, constantly battling the opposing defenders for the spot. Alonso and Romo were on the outside of the box, waiting for the ball to be pushed out, and then either shot from distance or split again.

Castile's players are also exhausted, relying on tenacious willpower to fight hard, vowing to withstand the onslaught of the opponent and try to go home with a draw.

As the ball continued to fly in the air, the time finally came to the ninety-fourth minute and twenty seconds, Baron's cross from the left wing was pushed out of the box by Senna for the Nth time, this time the ball was a little fast, and after bouncing off the ground, he jumped forward with the slippery turf, which caught Romo off guard and leaked the ball. The ball rolled down to a half-time distance of about 10 metres from the centre circle and came to a halt, with Fambas and Rodra rushing towards the landing point in opposite directions at the same time, trying to regain possession.

The captain of Castile, who was struggling at both ends of the pitch throughout the game, was obviously not as physically fit as the full-time defender, so it was reasonable for him to be pulled down by Rodra in terms of speed. But just when everyone thought that the home team would immediately launch another attack, the defender, who had previously completed his career masterpiece, once again contributed a major topic to the media: he ran with all his might on the slippery turf, but he couldn't control his balance well, slipped at the moment of the stop, and it was a perfect sliding tackle, and he actually touched the ball directly to the Fabas in front of him.

After the captain of Castilla subconsciously stopped the ball at his feet, he was obviously stunned for a moment, surprised by the opponent's "cooperation". But in the end, it was a good guy with excellent psychological quality, and he instantly relieved himself and drove directly to the depths of the opponent's half with a big kick.

Rivero, who has been playing offside games with the opponent's two central defenders, was in an excellent position, and actually controlled the ball under the opponent's pressure, and then dribbled the ball directly to the right side near the bottom line against the interference of central defender Esnaola. By this time, Cedeles on the left had already flanked into the box, and only the home team's other centre-back Aymar was marked.

Rivero didn't care about what footwork to use, picked up his right foot and sent a powerful cross, and the ball flew quickly to the middle of the road to entangle the two people who ran to the landing point. However, in the fight for the header in the end is still a professional, Aimar stuck in the position and directly shook his head to push the cross to the penalty area near the line, and Cedras, who also struggled to jump behind him, because of too much force, has fallen directly into the small penalty area when he landed, at this time, the Royal United central defender only needs to stand firm after falling, and then rush to the second drop point to pass the ball to the teammates who come back to receive the task to complete the task.

But just as he raised his head and was about to step forward to pass the ball to Romo who ran back, a person suddenly jumped out of the water world in front of him when the rain gradually increased, he was very short, his jersey was already dirty and covered in mud, and he couldn't see the original color at all, but when everyone was almost unable to stand, he could still run at a speed like a 100-meter sprint.

At this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the sky, so that the face that had been covered by the heavy rain was completely revealed in Aimar's pupils, and it was none other than Castilla's captain on the field, only 171cm, 64kg Fabas. At this moment, the Royal United central defender stood straight in place as if he had been pointed, his face full of incredulity. Febas, on the other hand, had a painful expression of excitement and physical exhaustion, only to see him run to the line of the big penalty area, stop the ball with his chest, and directly volley his right leg into the middle of the ball. The black-and-white ball flew at an unimaginable speed towards the other side of the goal behind Aimar, as if it had been fitted with a nitrogen accelerator.

Although the home goalkeeper Tanner made a save, he still couldn't touch the ball because the shot was too sudden and the conditions for it to be realized were not good. As he flew towards this side of the post, he heard the sound of a football hitting the net.

The entire Stadium Gal fell silent for a few seconds before shouts of celebration from all the people inside and outside the stadium of Castilla were heard, followed by referee Istúriz LaTorre's whistle for the end of the match.

In the daze of all the Real United coaches, players and 5,000 fans, Li Mudi's side won a magical 3-2 away win over new rivals Real United thanks to a goal from Febas in the final seconds of stoppage time, and they had already secured their ticket to the final with one hand.