Chapter 433: Away Horror

Not long after the start of the second half, even some ordinary fans felt the embarrassment of the Red Bull Salzburg players and coaches.

Whenever they tried to press the siege with all their might, Torino were able to threaten the goal of Valker's goal with one or two counter-attacks; Once the home team was able to protect their defence, the visitors began to retreat and use their numerical advantage to completely seal off the danger zone, making it difficult for Red Bull's attack to organise effectively. The Austrian hegemon led by Marco Ross was in a dilemma for a while, and they fell into the rhythm of the other party.

And while the situation on the field is repeated, the two forms continue to alternate, and the game time is constantly passing, and every minute that passes is reducing the likelihood of the Salzburgers completing the comeback. If you go all out, you are likely to concede a goal and lose this knockout round by a larger margin of score; and continuing to maintain a measured attack, sitting back and watching time run out bit by bit, and finally being eliminated in this humiliating way - of these two choices, the 41-year-old young marshal Marco Ross naturally did not admit it, and he immediately gave the order for a general attack when he had nothing to lose.

From the 53rd minute onwards, the home side were no longer concerned with whether the backline could be solid, and they once again opted for a big bar, leaving only two centre-backs in their own half. As many as eight players were involved in the attack, creating a big threat to Torino's defence. However, just when the home team's supporters were expecting the team to score a goal as soon as possible, the Red Bulls suddenly used a classic counter-attack tactic to take the lead in rewriting the score on the court, putting a heavy weight on the balance of promotion.

In the 56th minute, the home team's passing on the right side was met with a stubborn interception by the Torino players, and after continuous high-intensity pressing, Tulalang finally made a steal with the cooperation of his teammates. Behind the halfway line, Febas sent a scalpel-like through ball from the left flank, cutting straight through the Red Bull defence, and after a few big strides into the box, Mobile stepped forward to counter offside. In the face of the half-attacking goalkeeper Valc, the Italian national team is printing the forward to adjust the pace, and then full force to kick an inside instep shot, the ball cleanly hung in the upper right corner of the home team's goal, making the aggregate score 1-5, Torino four goals ahead.

In addition to extending the lead to the Red Bulls, it also equalled the away goal that Red Bull Salzburg scored on the road, making it necessary for the latter to score at least four goals in a row to equalise the aggregate score if they want to not be eliminated in regulation time, so as to win the possibility of going to extra time or even a penalty shootout.

It can be felt from the desperate expressions of the fans after the goal was scored, as well as the confused eyes of some of the players of the home team, that their confidence in being able to complete the comeback is seriously insufficient. Even Li Mudi, who was standing in the way of their advance, felt that if he were the head coach of Red Bulls, he would probably feel a little overwhelmed. Because the decision to attack has just been made, the goal is declared lost because of the weakening of the defensive strength, and there is no enough tenacious nerve, it is difficult to get rid of the interference of the demons who made the wrong judgment in time, and the person with almost the psychological endurance may collapse directly.

However, this young coach in the world who is little known in the world except for Germany and Austria has fully demonstrated his coaching ability to the outside world in this season's Europa League, and when the team encounters a very dangerous situation, he still unswervingly directs the players to continue to attack, seemingly completely undisturbed by the goal just conceded, which can't help but make some professionals evaluate it again.

His bold gamble proved to be very successful afterwards, as Mobile's goal eased the players' mindset while giving Torino a good chance of qualifying, and the score was levelised less than two minutes after the restart.

In the 58th minute, Dabur retreated to the forward line to win the ball, causing confusion in the determination of the responsibility of the visiting defenders, the Israeli striker burst forward from the area on the right side of the center after receiving a pass from Yapo, rushed into the box after shaking off three Torino players in succession, and then immediately fired his foot into the box. The shot hit Bonifaczi's calf and deflected off the calf, leaving Casillas, who had already shifted his centre of gravity to make a save, unable to recover, and the ball crashed into the net from his left side, making it three consecutive clean sheets in European competition.

After the goal was scored, before the Torino players could recover their senses, Dabur, who had done half of the celebration, rushed into the goal, fished out the ball and led his teammates to run to the midfield circle, expressing his determination to score again in a race against time.

However, the game could not be resumed as soon as the home team had hoped, as Bonifaczi's own goal tackle also brought team-mate Diego Llorente to the ground, who suffered an ankle injury and delayed the resumption of the game for a minute.

After a long period of hard work to finally score a goal, Red Bull Salzburg's morale has also been greatly improved to make up for the negative impact of the goal conceded a few minutes earlier, and their players have begun to exert themselves to attack the visitors' defence, and the atmosphere in the stadium has gradually been pushed to a higher level. Tide.

There was no time to blame the lack of concentration of his own players at that moment, Li Mudi came to the sidelines and realized that his side should also strengthen the investment in counterattacks, as long as he can score another goal, he can take the initiative in the number of away goals, which will basically crush the opponent's hope of trying to complete the reversal.

Less than three minutes after the restart, Torino almost replicated the entire process of the previous goal. Berissa's pass was wrong again, and this time it was replaced by teenager Pellegri who took the ball, but he didn't have enough confidence in his long-distance pass, so he chose to dribble over the halfway line before sending a through ball. Immobile's quick start shook off the home team's two centre-backs and drove into the box along almost the same lines as the previous attack, sending a right-footed instep effort into the far corner.

But before he could celebrate, the referee poured a basin of cold water on him with a dense whistle. It turned out that shortly after Immobile accelerated past the home team's defence, the linesman's flag signaling that he was offside had been raised, but the subsequent whistle was muffled by the cheering of the fans, and the Torino shooter did not hear it, so he mistook it for a good goal. It was precisely because of this objective reason that the referee ignored the protests of the Red Bull players and refused to show Immobile a yellow card on the grounds that he still shot after the whistle was blown.

Through the slow-motion replay of the broadcaster, it is easy to see that at the moment of Pellegrí's pass, the Torino 10 did lean forward with an extra shoulder, and the linesman's judgment was not problematic. But in Li Mudi's eyes, if Pellegri could pass the ball early as he did before Fabas, there would be no offside at the back. The potential star, who has just celebrated his 17th birthday for a month, is good enough, but his shortcomings are also very obvious, and he needs more hard work and continuous training to develop into a world-class star.

Back in the game, the two teams were already in a frenzied battle for the next goal. The visitors have just mentioned that they hope to get an away goal advantage to kill the suspense of the game; For their part, the hosts will need to score a second goal as soon as possible to ensure that there is enough time to score their third and fourth goals. So the pace of the game was suddenly added very fast, and the transition between attack and defense was often completed in an instant, and the ball often appeared in one side of the penalty area on the field, and less than twenty seconds later, there was a danger in front of the goal at the other end, which was very enjoyable to see the neutral fans.

In the 63rd minute, Tulalang received a cross from Immobile outside the penalty area and played tricks, he used an illusory feint of his upper body to shake the center of gravity of the opponent's back Schrager, and then burst into the penalty area and volleyed with his left foot into the far corner of the goal, but unfortunately he failed to master the footwork and missed the post. Two minutes later, Schrager, who had just been deflated at the defensive end, immediately returned the color, he also received a pass from a teammate on the edge of the penalty area, and suddenly fired a powerful long-range shot, only to hit the ball the right post, just a few centimeters away from the goal, causing the crowd to let out a huge sigh.

In terms of fitness, the Torino boss made two changes in quick succession in the 65th minute, with Farke and Musis coming on for Manuel Pellegri and Tulalang respectively. There are no major changes to the team's formation, but Falke will retreat a little, and the main area of activity is also wider, and the Spanish winger, who is better at forming breakthroughs on the wing, can help players open up more space for movement, and Li Mudi's idea is still to make a fuss on the offensive end.

In the 69th minute, Kimchi Country striker Hwang Hee-chan, who had not played any special before, finally won his first header of the game, but he squandered a good chance when he received a cross from the side of his teammate in the penalty area and headed it wide of the post. Eighty seconds later, the visitors were in a dangerous attack, with a midfield break giving them a chance to play a two-on-three up front, with Fabas distributing the ball to Falke. It's a pity that the latter has not been in the field for a long time, and the state has not been able to adjust well, and the volley from the right position in the penalty area was kicked directly into Valker's arms, so anxious that his teammates on the sideline bench scolded the street, and Immobile, who was ready to shoot on the other side, also had an ugly face and words in his mouth.

However, before the remorseful Falke could run back into his own half and prepare for the next chance that might come, the Salzburg players used a world wave to rewrite the score again, pushing the tension of this duel to the top of the game.

As soon as Valker made a successful save, he rushed forward and used his strong arm power to flick the ball towards Schrager near the halfway circle. The latter, after a number of quick passes with several team-mates, found an open space and passed the ball to Mali international Hajdala, who switched from the right to the middle. After the team's main right midfielder won the ball, he saw that there was no one within three meters of him to scramble to mark him, so he decisively flicked the ball forward, swung his right leg back vigorously, and shot directly from the away team's goal 30 meters away.

The ball went straight to the far post like a cannonball, and on the way it crossed the gap between the three players of the two teams, and bounced off the line of the six-yard box, causing Cassie's flying save to be slightly slower by half a beat, and the ball grazed the tip of his right finger and hit the inside of the post with precision and bounced into the net. 2-1, the home team took the lead in this game with just over 20 minutes of regular time remaining. The aggregate score was also 3-5, two goals short of the minimum standard they wanted to drag into extra time.

However, the Red Bull players didn't keep their supporters waiting too long, and just two minutes after the last goal, Mobile's unsuccessful breakthrough up front gave them the best reason to cheer wildly. Lamaljo finally showed his deep passing skills, he sent a precise long-range instep plug from 40 meters out at the back, and the five Torino defenders were suspected of making an offside error, all thinking that the ball was not a threat, and Cassie could easily get it, but unexpectedly, a yellow finch suddenly activated in their blind spot, forming a fatal move.

Hwang Hee-chan, a Kimchi striker born in 1996, stepped forward diagonally from the junction between Dickman and Bonifaczi on the left, and after running to the right position in the penalty area, he did not stop the ball and directly volleyed with his right foot in a very awkward position. The angle of the goal was not good, but because of the extreme suddenness of the attack, coupled with the fact that Diego Llorente came back from the defense, there was also a certain amount of interference, which made the experienced Casillas make a wrong judgment. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper thought that the opposing striker would shoot the ball into the far corner, so he made a save in advance, but I don't know if it was Huang Xichan's intention, the ball actually flew into the near corner, just under the feet of Cassie that had been lifted and flew into the goal.

3-1, 4-5 on aggregate, the Austrian league overlord scored three goals in just 16 minutes, and dragged the body that was about to fall to the bottom from the edge of the cliff again, and it was only one step away from them being able to completely escape death, which is magical!

However, this situation is definitely a huge surprise for the home team's supporters, but for those who are on Torino's side, it can only be a nightmare way to open, not to mention the players on the pitch who have been hit hard by successive goals, even the coaches are beating drums in their hearts. The usual calm assistant coach Kevin Samfield came to the boss of the team who stood on the sidelines after the second goal was conceded, and asked if he wanted to change the team's tactics and defend for a while to get through the toughest hurdle of the moment.

Li Mudi, who frowned, shook his head after thinking for a while, and while vetoing the assistant's proposal, he asked the other party to summon Belotti, who had been doing a warm-up activity for a while. The Torino coach decided to continue to strengthen the attack, and he was in a posture of not hitting the south wall and not looking back.