Chapter 69: Hard-hitting

Castile's players had maintained extremely high morale and super concentration, but after two controversial decisions in a row, their mentality was completely unbalanced. After Garland scored the penalty to rewrite the score of the two teams, facing the situation that even if they tried their best to fight or fall behind, the boys were very angry at the unfairness on the one hand, and had a strong sense of confusion on the other hand, feeling that if they continued to play like this, there was no hope of winning.

As a result, after the restart, the players of Castilla completely lost their previous competitive form, and the team coordination suddenly became jerky, and the individual technical movements also lost their former flexibility, and they continued to make mistakes in passing and control. The Royal United seized the moment and made several dangerous attacks in quick succession.

In the 59th minute, Alvaro's dribbling on the right side was cleanly intercepted under the bag of two players on the opposing side, and then left-back Mosilo played a one-two with Alonso and Garland in a row, and successfully crossed directly near the bottom line, and Mgaka, who followed up in the middle, pressed Leon and smashed the ball to the goal with his head. Goalkeeper Abad had already raised his hand in surrender due to the proximity, but the ball did not get into the net, but hit the top edge of the crossbar and flew off the bottom line, and the fans and the home team all held their heads and sighed that this great opportunity was lost.

Three minutes later, the Royal United made a comeback. Muñoz's through ball line up front was spotted, Rodra intercepted the ball and passed it to Alonso, who played a long ball straight into the front with a passing skill that was not inferior to his brother's, and the Castile backline was directly penetrated by this accurate pass because of the attack just now. Garland successfully countered offside and dribbled directly to the visitors' goal, at which point only Manu and Fambas struggled to chase back.

Although there is little difference between Manu and Garland in terms of speed ability, the latter is carrying the ball after all, so on the line of the penalty area, Castile's young centre-back still rushed behind the opponent. At this point, facing the goalkeeper who abandoned the goal, the home striker strode the ball directly to his right front after making a small feint, trying to get an angle to shoot into the empty goal.

However, Abad did not let himself lose his center of gravity when he came out to block, and was still able to move quickly, and when he saw that his opponent wanted to use his speed to pass him, he immediately pounced on the side with both legs, and his two long arms stretched out to try to destroy Garland before he could catch up with the ball. But because he already had a yellow card on his body before, and he was still apprehensive about the referee's penalty scale, he was a little timid when he made this fall to the ground and didn't dare to use all his strength, which caused Garland to take the lead in touching the football when he was seriously disturbed.

I saw the Real United striker stretch out his right foot and poke it lightly, kicking the ball near the baseline for a distance again, and then immediately adjusted his center of gravity and ran to the next landing point.

When he hurried to catch up, the ball was less than two meters from the bottom line, and the distance between it and the goalpost on this side was six or seven meters, which meant that the angle of the shot was already very small. Goalkeeper Abad was still struggling to get up behind him to make a final distraction, but Manu had already rushed to the distance with a fierce face, and if he was making adjustments, he would probably miss the opportunity to open the net. So even though the angle is small and the angle and distance between the ball and his right leg are a little awkward, Garland, who is extremely confident in his shooting skills, still swings his leg at the first time and knocks the ball towards the opponent's goal with the front and inside of his right foot.

Seeing this scene, Manu, who didn't have time to make other hindering movements, threw his body out directly, and stretched his legs straight to try to block the trajectory of the ball. Although the young man is not tall and his legs are not long, his luck is really not bad. The arch of his left foot that he was flying above in the air actually grazed the football, further slowing down the already slow ball speed, and the flight trajectory changed from a straight line to a parabola with a high arc, slowly flying towards the unguarded goal.

Both Manu and Abad, who had just stood up, were staring at the football, and endless despair was already leaking from their eyes. Although the ball rubbed against the former's foot, it still flew towards the inside of the goal post, and in the blink of an eye, it would be a goal, and the score of 1-3 would be the death knell for Castile in this game.

Just before the ball crossed the visitors' goal line, a foot popped up from underneath it and bounced up at breakneck speed, hooking the ball out. It was not someone else who pulled the team back from the death line, it was the captain of the field, Fabas, who has been trying his best to defend and never give up! The Real United fans, who were ready to cheer and celebrate, were dumbfounded, and after a brief silence, the loudest boos and shouts of the game broke out to complain to the referee that the ball had crossed the goal line and that it was a valid goal.

It's a pity that the Spanish Football League in this season, did not adopt the baseline referee system that has been established in various international competitions, at that moment, the referee just ran to the line of the big penalty area, and the position of the linesman was not good, and he did not see the specific position of the ball and the goal line 100%, but judged by experience that the ball should not have crossed completely, so he did not decisively signal that the goal was valid.

While the referee was still weighing in his mind whether he should do anything about the controversial ball, Castile's danger was not completely over. The ball was hooked off the goal line by Febas but it was not strong enough and it flew near the penalty spot and began to fall, with the home striker Mgaka, who was following up, waiting in a position in the box. At this time, in the penalty area, in addition to Garland, Manu and Fabas, who were still on the ground, only Abad who was just about to run towards his goal was left. The visiting goalkeeper turned to follow the trajectory of the ball and saw Mgaka raise his right foot to shoot. His heart rose to his throat again, and he struggled to make a save while the opponent vigorously blasted the ball over.

Because of the attack just now, Abad was not on the goal line at this time, so he and Mgaka were very close to the starting position. However, even in such unfavorable conditions, the young goalkeeper on loan from Tenerife showed superhuman reflexes in an instant, touching the extremely fast football with his fingertips, causing it to change the direction of travel slightly. He ignored the sharp pain in his fingers, and kept his eyes fixed on the ball flying behind him as he fell, so nervous that he stopped breathing.

And he was not the only one who suspended all life activities at this moment, and the fans, athletes and coaches in the stadium were waiting for the results.

The goddess of fate once again favored Li Mudi and his team, and the ball slammed into the post on the other side after changing direction, bounced back into the field, and smashed on the back of Abad, who had just landed and was still looking back, and bounced in the direction of the goal again, this time the ball speed slowed down a lot. After a series of rebounds, he finally managed to score - this classic goal did not happen, and Febas, who was still lying on the ground and could not get up in time, reversed his position, hooked the ball with his right foot, and then used his left foot to pull the ball out of the touchline on the right side of his side.

Castilla struggled and were unable to allow their opponents to stretch the score further.

After the ball went off the touchline, there were deafening boos and protests from the fans outside the stadium again, still trying to pressure the referee to try to make the previous goal-line controversy a valid goal. But the referee, Isturiz Latore, who had missed the best opportunity to change the decision, looked at the linesman on this side and did not get any strong support from there, and after a little thought, raised his hand to indicate that it was the home team's touchline ball, which caused a flood of boos and insults, and he finally tasted the curse of 5,000 people.

The Castilla players who escaped death suddenly gained momentum, and the previous negative emotions were swept away, and everyone ran together to cheer each other on, and the team that had been very effective before the two decisions in the second half finally returned again. Coupled with the fact that the referee no longer seemed to be deliberately pursuing the favour of the home whistle, the visitors gradually leveled the game and caused a lot of problems for their opponents at both ends of the pitch.

It's hard to say how much of a difference a single escape can bring to a player, but the Castilian player at this time is like a complete transformation. Several players who were still afraid of getting a second yellow card and were sent off before dared to confront their opponents without fear; The tactical routine of making mistakes in passing and running several times in a row has also become extremely smooth. Lack of concentration in thought, frequent mistakes turned into the royal alliance that almost wanted to win the opponent in one go.

In the 69th minute, Alonso had to pass the ball back to the defender Rodra behind him under the sandwich of the opponent, and the successful siege of Fabas and Toro did not recover, and after Muñoz took over the task of guarding Alonso, they continued to work together to put pressure on the home team players who took the ball. With the cooperation of several team-mates up front, Rodra was able to control most of Rodela's lanes, but the home side highlighted their weakness after the previous substitution, which was the lack of reliable possession in midfield. Rodra, whose defensive ability is quite outstanding, is a complete rough brother in attack, and when he was surrounded and suppressed by many opponents, he immediately panicked. Seeing the Castilla players approaching step by step, there were no seemingly easy passing lines around, and the moment Febas grabbed the force, he had to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper in the distance with great force.

However, because he was too nervous and his footwork was really poor enough, the ball flew quickly towards the upper right corner of his goal, which frightened the Royal Co-goalkeeper Tanner, who was still near the penalty spot and was about to pick up his teammates, immediately retreated in a hurry, and then struggled to jump backwards and raise his arms to try to hit the ball.

However, Lady Luck seemed to really caress Li Mudi's cheek, and the most exciting own goal in the Spanish professional league this season was born: Rodela pierced his teammate Tanner's ten fingers with a perfect "long-range lob" about 40 meters from his goal, and the score was rewritten to 2-2, and the 5,000 Royal United fans in the stadium were dumbfounded, and then broke out again into unbearable boos. It was a powerful response to the Castilla coach who was on the sidelines to record the moment with a camera.

However, Li Mudi, who has adapted to this noise pollution, obviously no longer pays attention to this, and he made a gesture of clapping his hands to praise the players on the field, and then signaled them to keep up the good work, not to relax because of the equaliser, and to strive for a better ending.

In the 72nd minute, the Castilla coach replaced his compatriot who did not perform well with Cederes, and replaced Leon and Muñoz, who had yellow cards, with Senna and Grau, and played all the cards in his hand at once with 20 minutes left in the game.