Chapter 417: First Round Victory
"I'm already 0:2 behind, it looks like I've got to do something!" Rui Costa looked at Zhang Cheng and said to himself.
"It's a win!" Becker stood on the sidelines clenching his fists with a look of excitement.
Since he took over as head coach in Karlsruhe, his results have gone from strength to strength over the years, and now he is relieved that he can perform so well in Europe.
With a two-goal lead, the absolute core Wu Feng is in good shape, and the opponent's hopes of equalizing or even overtaking have come to naught. The second leg also gave Becker confidence as he returned home to an equaliser at Benfica, and they only went into extra-time and a penalty shoot-out.
When it comes to penalty shoot-outs, no one has more confidence than him, knocking out Stuttgart and Schalke 04 with penalties in quick succession, and he is full of confidence that Wu Feng saves the penalty.
Benfica coach Alexis Sanchez did not give up his last hope, striding to the sidelines after Wu Feng's goal and making an all-out attacking gesture.
"Win or lose, I don't want to be beaten like this! Be sure to score a goal and leave a little suspense for the second leg! "When Benfica's players saw Sanchez's gesture, the last bit of fighting spirit in their hearts was aroused.
Benfica began to counterattack, and in the 81st minute, Rui Costa glanced up at the Karlsruhe half. He didn't continue to dwell with Zhang Cheng, and after taking two steps, he unexpectedly made a long pass that flew to the feet of Karagunis on the left.
The latter didn't stop at all, quickly breaking through the bottom and crossing. Nuno Gomez's tall body burst into the penalty area at the moment of Karagounis' pass, and jumped straight to head the ball into the goal as he ran.
It's a pity that Wu Feng reacted faster, and at the moment when Nuno Gomez attacked the goal, he rose into the air and directly grabbed the football that flew towards the goal with both hands.
Two minutes later, Benfica made a comeback, with Rui Costa and Petit combining to cut off Federico's football and launch a counter-attack. Rui Costa found Simão with a kick after breaking the ball, but the latter did not burst towards the baseline this time, but was ready to cut inside to do it himself.
Naturally, Eichner couldn't easily let Simão pass, so he put Simão directly.
Benfica were awarded a direct free-kick on the right side of the Karlsruhe penalty area, and it was already the 86th minute of the game.
Rui Costa stood in front of the football, and Benfica's teammates naturally knew about Rui Costa's free-kick skills.
Wu Feng naturally knew it, so he only discharged the human wall of two people as it was, and he didn't dare to be careless. Such a human wall can not only seal a certain angle, but also not block his view, so that he can react at the first time.
In the face of such a human wall, Rui Costa had already heard about it, and carefully observed the entire Karlsruhe defense line. Especially Wei Wufeng's position, Wu Feng performed very well in this game, and he also defeated Benfica.
And Wu Feng's reflexes and concentration are quite remarkable, not under all the world-class goalkeepers Rui Costa has ever seen.
As the referee's whistle blew, Rui Costa rang for action, running, pulling his legs, shooting, and the ball arced a banana and flew from the left side of the wall to the Karlsruhe goal.
Powerful and angled, Rui Costa laughed after the shot, he felt that the ball had a play.
"Whew!" The ball flew into the top corner of the goal.
"Bang!"
Wu Feng reacted faster, immediately jumped in depth, raised with one palm, and beautifully slapped this theoretically dead corner ball out of the bottom line.
"Uh...... Is that okay? Rui Costa couldn't help but be stunned, he hit the angle very awkwardly, but he was thrown out in this way, and he could only shake his head helplessly.
Wu Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead, this Portuguese veteran is different, and the angle goes directly to the theory. Fortunately, he didn't expel more people from the wall, otherwise the view would be blocked, and the ball might not be saved.
In the 85th minute, it was Rui Costa, who, in order to avoid a meeting with Zhang Cheng, broke through the defense of Karlsruhe left-back Jonas on the right flank and completed a cross on the wing. In the middle of the penalty area, Mikoli pressed Stoll and grabbed a header to shoot a high-quality shot.
In the face of the fast-flying football, Wu Feng jumped on the spot, leaped forward, and lifted the football off the crossbar with one palm.
“shit! You can pounce on it this way! Mikoli glared at Wu Lin fiercely and cursed secretly, he felt that he was not fighting with a person at all, this Chinese goalkeeper was simply a monster. Headers less than 5 meters. You can still react so quickly.
As time went on, Benfica's attack in the last few minutes completely overpowered Karlsruhe, and Zhang Cheng was also filling in the gaps.
In the 89th minute, it was Rui Costa's turn to shoot and test Wu Feng's defense for the last time. While defending his opponent's passes, Marc was exhausted and slipped unexpectedly. Rui Costa seized the momentary opportunity and immediately sent a through ball behind Stoll.
Mikoli didn't stop the ball and knocked it back as soon as possible, when Rui Costa arrived and the two worked together beautifully. Rui Costa was the first to rush to the space behind Stoll and take control of the ball first.
However, just as he was about to shoot with his feet, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. After accurately predicting Rui Costa's intentions, Wu Feng decisively chose to attack at the first time.
The moment Rui Costa received the ball, Wu Feng had already slapped the horse. He unceremoniously lunged and snatched the ball from Rui Costa's feet and knocked Rui Costa away.
This is Wu Feng's urgency to attack and defend, and add another football veteran to the list of players who crashed away.
"Ahh Rui Costa groaned as he fell on the turf, he couldn't remember how many years he hadn't experienced the sensation of being knocked off. Now that he is about to retire, he was still knocked out by a 20-year-old young man, which really makes him feel that the years have passed.
After Wu Feng kicked the ball out, he reached out to help Rui Costa up, although he respected the elderly, but they are now opponents, he can only say sorry to this senior.
“sorry! We are opponents, so ...... Hope you won't mind. Wu Feng said to Rui Costa with some apologies.
"It's okay, I understand, after all, we are opponents. You're strong, boy, but in the next round, I'll let you know I'm good. By the way, my compatriot has a good defense, and I'll return this in the next round! Rui Costa knows that this match is no longer in the way, and he admires the two young players, Wu Feng and Zhang Cheng, and agrees to see each other in the next round.
Soon, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, and Karlsruhe won 2-0 against the home team Benfica to win the first leg of the Europa League 1/16 final.
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