Chapter 71: Conceding a Goal

When Melkan attacked for the second time, he used the flexibility of his body to make continuous feints, trying to deceive Li Huan, he didn't know that Li Huan had fought with him many times in his previous life, and he knew him well, when Merkan was about to leave with the ball, Li Huan seemed to have predicted it in advance, and stretched out his foot to poke the ball from Melkan's feet. Martins, who had been following Li Huan all the time, just got the ball, and he immediately dribbled forward quickly, and Li Huan also ran forward. Martins didn't stick the ball, he passed the ball directly to Li Huan, almost didn't look at it, raised his foot and passed, Li Huan kicked out a small arc with his right foot and passed diagonally behind the Higan defender, the opportunity must not be lost and not come again, Li Huan can't wait at this moment, no matter whether his teammates run in place or not, he must pass this ball, Karlsruhe has never relied on short passes to penetrate the team, this counterattack must be played quickly, and they will be given a fatal blow while Higan is a little confused.

But Karlsruhe's forward position is a bit problematic, Capalani's position is too close to Li Huan, Dundee's speed is too slow, Ferres's position is too far, although Li Huan's pass is a curved ball, goalkeeper Mark did not dare to come out to take it, but the three strikers did not grab it, and were kicked out by Higan's defenders.

Although the goal did not go in, but Karlsruhe created a chance to score, Dundee if replaced by Ferres, this goal is difficult to say, in less than five minutes, Karlsruhe scored a goal, creating a very dangerous attacking opportunity, Higan's players were calmed, they strengthened their determination to defend solidly, it is not yet the final stage of the game, Higan's players still hope to be able to wait for the opponent to make a little mistake in defense, So they only put in more attacking players when they had a chance to counter-attack, and they still focused on defending when they were in positional battles.

After 1-0, the opponent still played cautiously, Karlsruhe did not expand the score as quickly as in the first round, the score of 1-0 remained for more than ten minutes, Higan, who should have been anxious, did not show much impatience, but the leading Karlsruhe players became a little anxious, the score of 1-0 made them feel unsure, because the opponent only needed to use one opportunity to equalize, people are not machines, anyone can make mistakes, they are in a hurry to score the second goal, and then enjoy the game. This mentality is mainly due to the fact that Karlsruhe played too smoothly in the first half, and the continuous wins made the players feel more confident when they also had a coquettish mood, and the mood was a little impetuous, and they couldn't see it when they met strong teams like Bielefeld and Freiburg, but in the face of a weak team like Higan, when they didn't play the score that the players wanted, the players' mentality became a little impetuous, under the leadership of Madisinis, the frontcourt players dribbled and shot more, and the players no longer patiently cooperated with their teammates. They are all more committed to solving problems on their own.

Although Higan was a little more attacking than he was in the opening game, had fewer defenders than before the goal, and dared to press on the counter-attack, Karlsruhe's attack was not as threatening as it was in the opening game. Higan, who was almost no threat in the attack, actually had two shots that hit the woodwork.

Except for Li Huan's corner kick when Becker stood up and cheered, he sat most of the time, but now Becker is a little unable to sit still, how the opponent plays, in Becker's view is not the most important, what he values most is how his team plays, with the current situation in Karlsruhe, not only is it difficult to expand the score, but it is also difficult to keep the current lead, you can't let Li Huan do everything, Higan is already very cautious about their defense on the left, Li Huan doesn't get many opportunities, Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to score from corners. However, the opponent blocked his right flank, and Masdinis on the left liked to play alone. Coordination can't pull away the opponent's defence, and Mastinis doesn't have the skills of the world's top players, and his personal breakthrough doesn't play a big role.

Becker looked at the score and time on the electronic scoreboard, 1-0, 30 minutes, substitutions are a bit too hurtful to the player's self-confidence, Masdinis is the kind of player with great self-esteem, at this time to replace him, he will definitely be furious, Becker still decided not to change for the time being, the opponent's current offensive is still difficult to score, unless they have good luck. Becker waved his hand to the players, signaling them to retract it, since the offense can't be played, it is better to use Li Huan's speed and passing to counterattack directly in the backcourt.

Although Karlsruhe's players are a little impetuous, but their offense suppresses Higan's attack, they intercept and organize in the midfield so that Hiegan can hardly threaten Karlsruhe's defense, but their active retraction gives Higan the opportunity to directly threaten their backline, now the form of the stadium is completely different from Karlsruhe before the goal, before the goal Higan wanted to hold the tie situation, did not dare to attack, but now they are behind, they must attack, take risks and attack, Karlsruhe gave up the opportunity to attack to Higan, and Higan's players and coaches naturally couldn't ask for it.

Higan's original offense was not too weak, in the cheering of the home fans, Higan launched the most fierce offensive since the opening, they are typical German style of play, wide open and close, side and middle combination, pay attention to the header and grab point in the middle, once the goal is lost, launch a counter-robbery in the front court, attack on the spot if you can grab it, and foul if you can't grab it, especially for Li Huan.

Karlsruhe fell into a situation of being beaten passively, this is their cocoon, the situation on the field is ever-changing, once it is passive, it is very difficult to reverse, Becker frowned and couldn't stop looking at the time, he only has three hopes for the current Karlsruhe, one is that the forty-five minutes of the first half will pass quickly, and he will adjust it at halftime; The second is to hope that Li Huan's right side can once again use the opportunity to counterattack to score and stabilize the current situation. The third is that the Higan team is not too lucky, don't score in the first half.

However, Karlsruhe's luck is obviously not too good, look at the end of the first half of the game, Karlsruhe's back line appeared a collective surname wandering, Higan's central defender Sterling suddenly from the back sent a strong straight ball, the ball crossed the back Aduber's interception just passed to the feet of Higan's striker Green, Green stopped the ball and turned around, at this time Boden stepped forward to block, but he had already let Green turn around, Green got up to shoot, Borden pounced too fiercely in a hurry, Shaken by Green's fake shot and smash the ball, Stoll had no choice but to give up marking another striker Pekerman to defend Green, Green pushed the ball in the direction of the side, Pekerman shot angrily at the ball before Eschner came up to make up the defense, this was the best chance he got in this game, and it was also the last chance he could get in the first half, this kick Pekman hit hard and accurately, and went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal. Pekerman's shot was almost on the line of the penalty area, so close, and without any interference, it was not much different from the penalty kick, Karlsruhe's goalkeeper Miller attacked at the moment of Green's pass, but his attack was a little late, Pekerman did not dribble the ball, but shot directly, it was still a flat ball, Miller fell to the ground and pounced on the ball but did not touch it, and the ball went straight to the bottom of the net from his ribs.

At 1-1, Higan levelled the scores just before half-time, their first goal after six goals were scored by Karlsruhe.

After the goal, Pekerman was clearly in a state of madness, and he ran frantically to the stands of his fans, waving his arms and shouting: goal! Regardless of the win or defeat, they scored at least one goal against the opponent and that's progress.

The Higan fans in the stands were also furious, and when Higan was down by a goal, they were almost desperate, and who didn't expect their strikers to equalize the score at the end of the first half. The opponent is a team at the top of the table, more than a dozen places above them, more than 20 points higher, a team that may be promoted to the Bundesliga soon. The Rheinbra Stadium is small, the stands are close to the stadium, and the fans' shouts make the whole stadium no longer accommodate other voices, it is Higan! Heegen! And goals! Goal! These two words.

Higan's head coach Mai also jumped up from the dugout with a shout, he arranged the same tactic twice, and it took 135 minutes to score the first goal, and while there is no guarantee of a point for Higan at this time, it will undoubtedly give the players a lot of confidence.

And Karlsruhe's head coach Becker sat on the chair depressed, Li Huan easily tore open the opponent's door with a wonderful corner kick, but the backline once again collectively let the opponent equalize, and Karlsruhe still had to face the opponent's dense defense in the second half or continue to attack. Why can't he hold on for the last few tens of seconds, Becker slammed the water bottle on the ground.

However, the most uncomfortable is the Karlsruhe backline, which is a problem for the captain and big brother Boden, they did not detect the opponent's defender's pass in time, nor did they prevent the opponent's striker from turning at the first time, and the goal behind it was naturally impossible to prevent, of course, the responsibility of the defender Adubo is not small. All three of them are veterans, and the other players can't say anything, so they can only shrug their shoulders helplessly, and only Miller slams the ball on the ground to vent the anger in his heart.

(To be continued)