Chapter 397: The Czechs Make a Comeback
Kuka's save rebounded into the field, and the Czech defender immediately kicked out! This save gave the Czechs back their strength, and they finally kept the goal alive, and although their fitness has decreased, they are still facing us with an advantage of 11 to 9 numbers, so this big kick will have a higher chance of being picked up by the Czech players. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Sure enough, the Czech team's forward Borg quickly got the ball, after he got the ball, he quickly rushed forward with the ball, in the case of the Czech team's overall physical condition declined, the Czechs obviously knew that at this time they can no longer rely on their own ability to attack, must rely on the whole, in order to be able to play the attack. Therefore, Borg beckoned the two midfielders Nedved to rush forward with Nemechek, and at the same time, the wing-backs Smitchell and Poposki on both sides also came up, and the five of them formed a small attacking team, through the attack of the five corners, various passes and control, broke our defense, and came to the danger zone in the first 30 meters of our penalty area.
At this point, our midfielder Boban has been gone, and we are only left with centre-back Simic and four men to assist in the central defence, including Stimachi, Marić and Stanić. Such a four-man defensive team, facing the Czech team's five-man offensive team, was the first to miss one person in defense. However, we have no other way, since the number is relatively small, then we will run at the risk of life to make up for this disadvantage in numbers!
And that's exactly what they did! Simic kept his eye on Kuka in the forward position, and the other three went to deal with the five-man attacking team. Among them, Stimac frantically went forward to face the ball in possession of Borg to press, Marić went to defend Smitchell on the wing, Poposki was controlled by Stanic, and the two midfielders, Nedved and Nemechek, could only take a let go. If the two men burst forward with the ball, then Marić and Stanic moved closer to the middle to press the two men, and once they passed the ball to the wings, Marić and Stanic returned to the wings to defend Smitchell and Poposki.
In the face of our solid defensive line-up, the Czechs attacked with a large number of players, but there was still nothing they could do with us. Their fitness had indeed dropped so much that by the first ten minutes of extra time, the Czechs were even less fit. At this time, they changed their tactics, no longer controlling the ball in front of our penalty area and besieging our goal through cross-cutting combinations, but started to try more long-range shots! This long-range shot was tried by Nemechek, his long-range shot was very hard, although it was not very accurate, but the quality of this shot was still quite high! The ball flew towards our goal, Radici made a flying save, but it didn't save, and the ball went just wide of the crossbar. We got a goal kick.
Radici kicked the goal kick out and the ball flew high, but we were undernumbered in the midfield, and it was difficult for the ball to fall to the ideal landing, so we could only play our physical advantage at this time, as well as the advantage of competing for the header, Prosinnetsky was in the midfield position with Nedved and Nemechek to compete with the two of them, Prosinetski's physical condition was relatively good, but under the pressure of the two, he was really very difficult. In the end, Prosinetski lost the header contest, and the ball was snatched by Nedved and headed at Poposky's feet.
After getting the ball, Popolski quickly started to break through from the wing, his physical condition is better in the Czech team, and he is also a speed player, without Jarni, he is the fastest player in the game. Poposki's breakthrough was very sharp, he quickly passed Stanic on our side, and suddenly an inside cut into our big penalty area! Is Popolsky going to solve the problem on his own? His physical condition seems to be able to support him in our penalty area, and his speed, on the current pitch, is a bug-like existence! Whether it's Simic, or Stanic, or Marić, or Stimachi, no one can compete with Poposki's speed! Poposki's speed has become a very important x-factor in extra time, and the Czech team has seen hope of winning again under his guidance!
Popolski quickly took the ball to our six-yard box and Simic rushed over to block his shot! But no matter which player it is, after entering the small penalty area, where is there any reason to give up shooting!
So Popolski swung his right foot and prepared to volley! At this moment, our goalkeeper Radici suddenly saved, and Poposki's volley was aimed at Radici's face!
"Wow!" Radici immediately screamed in pain! This heart-wrenching, painful cry made the hearts of every Croatian player twitch hard! Radici was our main goalkeeper and he was very good in this game! If he has to go off injured, won't it be a bigger loss for our Croatian team?!
But we have to thank him, if it weren't for his life-and-death save, we would have scored the Golden Goal by Popolsky! Radić used his life and body to extend the last life of our Croatian team!
I hurried back to the back line to take a look - I was stunned! Radici's face was bleeding profusely, and his face had been cracked several times, and he was almost no longer human! In the face of such a reality, it can be said that it is impossible for Radici to continue to keep goal......
So our Croatian team announced a substitution, with substitute goalkeeper Stich on the sideline, and the main goalkeeper Radici was carried on a stretcher!
Our substitute goalkeeper, Stich, is just one word different from Radici. But in terms of goalkeeping prowess, to be honest, Stich still can't compare to Latic. But since Radich can no longer continue to keep goal, we have to count on Steic's performance!
When Steic came on the pitch, he quickly ran to the goal. Because Poposki injured Matic's action was a shot, although it caused great damage to Matic, but in fact the ball was not a foul, on the contrary, this ball turned into a corner kick opportunity for the Czech team.