Chapter 80: The Great Reversal?
Just two minutes after Murphy's goal, Sunderland broke through Darlow's goal again, this time it was Liverpool veteran Borini who scored for the team, Zhang Xiuwei took a corner kick on the right side, Borini nodded the ball in front of him and rubbed it lightly, the ball drew a wonderful parabola around Darlow's fingertips and spun to the far post, teammate Koné got rid of the defender's marking and flanked the ball at the back post and easily headed the ball into the empty goal, Sunderland scored two goals in three minutes to chase the score to 2-4!
'Sunderland seemed to have rediscovered their attacking rhythm in the closing stages of the game, with the lack of concentration of the Newcastle players giving their opponents a chance to take advantage of them, and now there are only two goals left between the two teams, and a game that was already doomed is back in suspense!'
The home fans at the Stadium of Light also seemed to see hope of a comeback, and they erupted in a tsunami of celebration after Koné's goal, and the fans who had wanted to leave the stadium sat back and began to look forward to a shocking comeback from their beloved team!
Koné didn't celebrate after the goal, but took the ball out of his opponent's net as soon as possible and beckoned his teammates to hurry back to their positions and wait for the restart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The team's Cattermor also waved his arms and shouted loudly to ignite the enthusiasm of his teammates to fight back, his voice was almost hoarse, and his encouragement seemed to remind the fans of the shadow of Gerrard in Istanbul.
The smile on Benitez's face also disappeared after Koné's goal, and instead he kept shouting at the players on the pitch to re-tense their nerves; But anyone who has played football knows that once the emotions on the pitch have eased up, it can be very difficult to get them nervous again.
After 70 minutes of losing out on their home turf, Sunderland are finally starting to dominate the pitch, and the players are starting to respond to each other more than ever, and their passing seems to be more tacit than before.
Rafael Benitez made a personnel change in the 80th minute, replacing Atsu, who had scored a goal, with a midfielder, making it clear that he wanted to strengthen the defense and maintain the current advantage.
But it backfired, just a minute after Benitez's substitution, he was hit in the head by his opponent.
Cattermor split the ball down the middle and passed to Gucci on the left, who relied on his deft footwork to get away from the defenders who came up and sent the ball to the feet of left winger Murphy.
Murphy also regained some self-confidence after scoring the goal, so he began to dare to make moves when facing the defense of Newcastle right-back Yedlin next; This time he received Gucci's pass and was still facing Ye Delin's one-on-one defense, Murphy's eyes were staring at Ye Delin's body, and at the same time controlling the ball at his feet, Ye Delin knew that Murphy's speed was very fast, and he also had a certain ability to break through, so he did not choose to stretch his feet rashly, but left a certain amount of space for the opponent to make moves.
Murphy faced Yedrin on the left wing, and he had three options, one was to cut inside and go down the middle for a cross, and the third was to break through Yedlin's defence one-on-one; If he had stayed before the goal, he would have probably gone down because it was a safe choice to either threaten with a cross or create a corner or throw-in.
But this time he faced Ye Delin, and there was only one thought in his head, and that was to break through him; Young players have their inherent disadvantages, that is, the lack of ability to read the game, lack of game experience, one of the more obvious manifestations is that they cannot make reasonable choices at key points in time, such as Murphy at the moment, if the experienced players are behind in this kind of team and there is not much time left, they will choose to pass the ball to the opponent's penalty area to create chaos as much as possible, rather than being hot-headed and competing with the opponent, but sometimes this is also the advantage of young players, They have the courage and courage to look at death as if they were home, and they are often able to find a different way to bring something different to the team at the crucial moments of the game.
At this moment, Murphy brings hope for his own team!
He faced Ye Delin's defense, and after a few very coherent bicycle steps, he was about to get up and cross with his left foot, at which time Ye Delin saw the opportunity to stretch out a kick to destroy Murphy's pass, but Murphy didn't expect Murphy to fake a faux buckle this time, and lightly adjusted the ball to his left foot.
But Yedlin is not a fuel-efficient lamp either, and after finding that Murphy didn't get up and cross, he quickly retracted his defensive stance and quickly sealed the angle before Murphy's right-footed cross actually came.
However, what he didn't expect was that Murphy's second cross was still just a false move, but this time the center of gravity of his body could no longer be adjusted, and he could only watch Murphy dodge through the ball from his right side against the baseline.
Newcastle's right centre-back Las Sellis saw his team-mate out of position and hurriedly stepped forward to defend Murphy, but because he left his position, Borini on the edge of the penalty area was left unguarded.
Borini took another step forward after receiving a pass from a team-mate, but because he didn't notice the distance between the ball and his body, the kick was so wide that the ball was out of his control; Newcastle's other centre-back, Clarke, saw the opportunity and stepped forward decisively, intent on sliding to disrupt the opposition's dangerous attack.
However, Borini also took three steps and two steps to regain possession of the ball after the big trip, and finally relied on a decent explosiveness to make a touch of the ball before Clark cleared it; As he touched the ball, Clark's sliding tackle hit Borini's ankle.
"Referee Sam Allardyce pointed to the penalty spot, there was no problem with the decision, Clarke did kick Borini without touching the ball, it was a penalty without any doubt!"
'In the 82nd minute, Sunderland won a crucial penalty that was created by their Italian striker Borini, and of course, Danny Murphy's breakthrough on the flank was also very important.
Sunderland's captains Catmore, Larsson and Zhang Xiuwei all have the ability to take penalties, and after discussions between the three of them, it was finally decided to hand over the opportunity to the captain who is most sure of it.
Cattermor stood in front of the ball, aimed the ball at himself, then took four steps back to the left before standing still, with his hands on his hips, waiting for the referee's whistle.
'Cattermor came to take the penalty and Sam Allardyce was checking to see if the rest of the players were all standing outside the box.
"The referee stretched out his left hand and blew the whistle in his mouth, signaling that the player could start taking the penalty."
Cattermor looked at goalkeeper Darlow on the opposite side, his eyes moved to the ball, he moved very slowly, run, shoot!"