208 Spirituality
After the game restarted, the trailing Tottenham team launched a ferocious counterattack, but unfortunately there was not much time left for them in the first half.
With Chen Xi's shot over the crossbar after cutting inside, the first half ended with Tottenham going into the dressing room with a 1-2 scoreline.
In the home team's dressing room, Hoddle expressed his displeasure with the goal he had conceded in the opening stages. He reminded the players that they should maintain a high level of concentration from the first minute to the last minute of the game!
On top of that, Hoddle also encouraged his players to keep attacking. In his opinion, as a Premier League team, the defense is not as good as the Serie A team, but the attack must not lose to them!
The idea was also enthusiastically responded to by the players. After all, offense is their favorite thing to do!
After the fifteen-minute break, the players of both teams returned to the field and changed sides to fight again.
As soon as the game began, Tottenham attacked on serve.
After Chen Xi attracted the defense with the ball on the left side, he knocked the ball to the middle, and after Redknapp received the ball, he hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area.
The ball was sent to Robbie Keane and the Irish striker used the pace to get away from Mihajlovic.
In the face of Redknapp's slightly larger pass, he could only raise his right arm, ready to use the junction of his chest and upper arm to catch the ball.
After successfully unloading the ball, he didn't make any further adjustments, and directly got up with his right foot and slotted the ball into the far corner.
Peruzzi made a save but couldn't touch the ball, which flew straight into the net.
Boom~~~ The stands erupted in cheers from Tottenham fans.
Robbie Keane is also ready to celebrate the goal.
But at this time, the Lazio players raised their hands one after another, signaling the handball.
The referee also ruled that the goal was invalid and awarded Lazio a set-piece at the back!
Shh
Robbie Keane also walked to the referee dissatisfied, pointed to his chest near his arm and said: "Referee, I used it to stop the ball here, how can it be handball?" ”
"I can see very clearly, you used your arm to stop the ball, it's a handball!" The referee explained.
At this time, the slow motion of the ball just now was also played on the TV screen, and after the camera was slowed down and magnified, what happened just now was shown very clearly!
"We saw that Robbie Keane did use his arm to help stop the ball and the referee's decision was very accurate!"
A goal was blown away by the referee at the beginning, and the mood of the Tottenham players was somewhat affected.
The Lazio team took advantage of this time to launch several waves of attacks!
First of all, it was still a combination from the right side, and Stankovic, who tasted the sweetness in the first half, once again caught the right side.
It was he who played a brilliant triangle with Fiore and Chiesa on the right flank, and in the end, Fiore sent a through ball to the right.
Chiesa cut in at high speed, got rid of Ziggy's defense and passed the ball directly into the box!
Corradi flanked in the middle and was defended by Richards and headed the ball towards goal with a difficult step-back header.
"Corradi's header!"
"Oh~~ The top of this ball is too positive, and it is directly in Keller's arms."
"Is Keller's embrace so appealing to football? Today, Lazio has had many shots that went straight to his arms! ”
As if to confirm the commentator's words, in the ensuing attack, the Lazio team played a series of wonderful combinations, and finally Corradi, who received the ball in the box, turned and shot the goal again in the arms of Keller.
Mancini on the sidelines waved his hand helplessly, as one of the most powerful strikers in Serie A during this player period, there were 10,000 ways to send the ball into the opponent's goal. But his players' shots today couldn't please him!
He is also a little dissatisfied with the situation on the field, what he wants is not endless shooting, but efficient attack!
Despite being a striker as a player, Mancini's style of coaching is not one to pursue an attacking style of play. He also inherited the style of Italian football, that is, while doing a good job of defense, to seize the opportunity to counterattack, pay attention to offensive efficiency!
Now this situation of being incomprehensible is quite dangerous in his opinion!
Sure enough, when Lazio failed to attack again, Tottenham suddenly launched a counterattack!
Right-back Karl broke the ball and gave the ball to Redknapp in the middle.
The Tottenham captain drove the ball a few metres forward and went straight to the wing, only this time he didn't give the ball to the left, but instead passed it to Simon Davies on the right.
"Oh~~~ Lazio's defense is obviously a little right-leaning, and their left side looks empty, giving Simon Davies a chance!"
The Lazio players were clearly aware of this, too, and they quickly moved the whole formation to the left and defended towards the right side of Tottenham!
After Simon Davis dribbled the ball to the vicinity of the penalty area, in the face of Favalli, he could not find a breakthrough flaw, so he could only pass the ball back, and Karl had already inserted it into the frontcourt!
After Karl received the ball, he rubbed the ball up directly, but instead of passing into the penalty area, it moved to the left!
It turned out that after the Lazio team's defense line moved to the left, Chen Xi on the right side was in a state of unguarded at this time!
Tottenham Hotspur were clearly successful in mobilizing the Lazio defence.
"Right-back Stephen Karl has a very wide field of vision, and his long pass is exactly the right way to Edison on the left!"
The ball flew across the entire half to Chen Xi's feet, and when the ball flew, it also gave the Lazio players a chance to make up for the defense.
When Chen Xi stopped the ball and was about to move forward, Otto and Gianni Keda came towards him from the front and the right side respectively!
Chen Xi still had no fear in the face of the defense of the two, and the ball rushed towards the bottom line, as if it was about to break through.
Otto and Gianni Kaida didn't dare to slack off, and quickly posted at him!
After successfully attracting the two defenders, Chen Xi suddenly stepped on the ball, and with a turn, he pushed the ball to Redknapp near the penalty line.
Seeing that Redknapp was about to receive the ball and was unguarded, Stankovic, who was originally attracted to the left side, ran hard!
I saw that Redknapp was about to catch the ball and go to the penalty area, but after attracting Stankovic's attention, he put one leg and let the ball leak under his crotch, and he quickly turned around and ran towards the middle!
This omission fully shows Redknapp's spirit surname at his peak, and he also successfully deceived Stankovic!
This time, what Redknapp had to do was to catch up with the ball, and then directly picked up his right leg and volleyed vigorously into the far corner!
Peruzzi in front of the goal was obviously shaken by Redknapp just now, and when Redknapp made a shot and he saved, it was too late, and he could only watch the ball fly into the goal!
“it~a~gooooooooooooooal!!! Jamie ~~~~ Redknapp !! Tottenham's captain stepped up at a crucial moment! His goal just now reminded people of England's most powerful midfielder back then! It seems that a long injury has not completely destroyed his creativity, and as he is about to turn 30, Redknapp is reaching another peak in his career! His brilliant long-range strike helped Tottenham equalise and put them ahead on aggregate again! ”
Boom~~~ The Tottenham fans in the stands can finally send their cheers without reservation this time. That goal was blown just now, and they were teased once. This time, the referee has nothing to say, right?
They gave their cheers to captain Redknapp. As Tottenham mainly play on the wings, Redknapp in the middle is usually not conspicuous, he is more often used as a transit point for the ball transition, and he even has to act as a sapper when defending. But when locked in, when faced with opportunities, this iron-blooded captain will not be weak!
Hoddle on the sidelines was also very excited at this time, he was not only happy for the goal, but also happy for Redknapp's performance just now. As a midfielder as a player, he admired Redknapp, who was very similar to his own type, and it was he who brought Redknapp, who could not play a regular role for the Reds, to White Hart Lane last season. It's just that Redknapp, who has been plagued by injuries, has not been able to show his strength. This season, Redknapp not only has fewer injuries, but also has a significant improvement in form, which makes Hoddle very happy for him!
After the goal, Redknapp did not celebrate excessively, but rushed to Chen Xi. Just now it was Chen Xi who attracted the pass after the defense and gave him this opportunity!
In fact, this season, Redknapp's goals have mostly been like this, with Chen Xi tapping the ball across the flank to create a long-range shot after attracting the defender on the flank. It can be said that Chen Xi has a great contribution to his recovery!
"Well done, Captain!" Chen Xi also sincerely expressed his respect for Redknapp. When he came to tryout, the Tottenham captain was the first team to welcome him!
"Haha, it's you who pass beautifully!" Redknapp replied with a smile.
"Hey, captain, you were so handsome just now, that black man was so shaken by you that you couldn't find the north!" Robbie Keane also ran over at the right time and slapped a sycophant!
While the Tottenham players were celebrating happily, Mancini was seizing the time to make arrangements for the players. It's already the second half of the game and there's not much time left for them to squander. There is only one way left for them, and that is to attack with all their might!
(To be continued)