Chapter 51: Two goals

Baldo's burst of effort was blocked by the crossbar, but it sparked Levante's desire to attack.

In the time that followed, they launched a tidal attack on Santa Málaga.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Levante took advantage of a passing error near the midfield of San Mlaga to steal the football and immediately launched a quick counterattack.

Javi Torres made a penetrating through ball and Baldo met the ball with a beautiful change of direction to get rid of Zucullini's close defense and shoot from outside the box!

It's a pity that he couldn't control his footwork when shooting and put an anti-aircraft gun.

Two minutes later they came back and attacked from the left, Venta crossed the ball into the box near the touchline and Pedro López fired it in front of him!

The football was blocked by Baris Addo's brave outstretched foot!

Levante wins a corner, full-back Juanfran threatens by sending the ball into the box, and Bardo forces Baris Addo to head home!

MiG is like a divine help, thrillingly lifting the football off the crossbar!

Levante won another corner, but this time they couldn't get a direct shot on goal and Zukulini headed the ball out of the box!

Farinos from outside the box shoots from distance, and the ball goes over the crossbar again!

Shortly after the restart, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Santa Maraga's relief finally came.

The Málaga TV commentator said: "Levante launched a tidal wave of attacks towards Santa Málaga after falling behind in the scoreline, creating successive shots and putting a lot of pressure on the San Málaga goal, which was in jeopardy.

However, Santo Malaga finally withstood the pressure and kept the goal alive!

Levante showed that they were fourth in La Liga in the final stretch of the first half, and if they were given a few more minutes, they might be able to break through the goal of Santa Malaga!

At the end of the first half, Santa Málaga took advantage of one of their best counter-attacks and scored with the help of teenager Lee's individual ability.

Youngster Lee lived up to the expectations of his supporters by sending the ball into Levante's goal to give Santa Malaga the lead!

Looking at the first half of the game, Santa Malaga gave us too many surprises.

They changed their conservative tactics in the Copa del Rey and fought against Levante, and they were once evenly matched on the field!

This was a big surprise.

Although there were not many wonderful images in the first half, we can't deny that it was a good matchup, and hopefully Santa Malaga will surprise us in the second half! ”

The crowd of reporters on the sidelines watched the players from both sides exit the pitch and return to the locker room, and a lively discussion began.

"Do you think there will be a miracle in Santa Malaga tonight?"

"I think...... Difficult! It was clear from the final stages of the first half that Santa Malaga was powerless, and Levante had the advantage after all.

Over time, this advantage will grow and eventually turn into a win. ”

'Levante had bad luck tonight to miss a single shot and hit the crossbar, but I think they should have been better in the second half. Santa Málaga wants to work miracles again...... Unlikely! ”

"Santa Maraga has consumed a lot of physical energy in the first half of the game, after all, they are only a D team, they can't keep up with the physical strength in the second half, how can they fight with Levante?"

The group of reporters is still confident in Levante.

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The atmosphere in the home team's dressing room was lively, and it was their most hearty half of the Copa del Rey.

Santa Málaga redefined the strategy for the second half - defensive counterattacks, based on the situation in the first half

The atmosphere in the away dressing room was a bit oppressive.

Head coach Ignacio Martinez cheered his players up: "Stick to our style of play and I'm sure we'll have a good result. ”

Ignacio Martinez continued to work on the players' minds: "We created a lot of chances in the last stages of the first half, and if we were given a little more time, I believe we would have scored against them! ”

The heart of the midfield, Javi Torres, looked at his teammates and said: "The coach has a point, can't we even win against a D team?" ”

The players thought about it and thought it made sense, yes, we're a top league team, we're just a D team, and we're going to be all in the squad tonight.

You can beat them by just fighting.

After the psychological problem was solved, the atmosphere in the locker room became relaxed.

Ignacio Martínez saw that the psychological problem was solved, and immediately fine-tuned the tactics: "The most powerful part of the opponent is the rapid counterattack, especially their vanguard, the speed is very fast, we must be careful, it is best to solve the problem at the first landing point......"

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After a fifteen-minute break, players from both sides returned to the pitch and neither manager made any changes to the lineup.

"Tick! ……”

As the referee's whistle blew, the game began, and Levante, who was the first to serve, moved the ball to the backcourt.

The Santa Malaga fans in the stands let out a loud shout: "San Málaga! ”

"San Malaga!"

"San Malaga!"

Amid the shouts of supporters, three strikers immediately rushed across the half court to press.

The Levante defenders did not panic and patiently reversed the ball at the back, and they wanted to lure Santa Malaga out.

The three strikers of Santa Malaga pressed desperately and forced the opposition to move the football to the midfield.

I don't know if it was because the field was slippery and Farinos fell while receiving a pass from a teammate!

Where would Pablo miss such an opportunity to take two steps forward to take control of the ball.

The reporters on the sidelines were dumbfounded, Levante made such an amateur mistake?!

The three strikers of Santa Malaga immediately moved into position, Li Chuanqi moved to the wing, and Liag moved to the middle.

The Málaga TV commentator exclaimed: "The opportunity for a quick counterattack from Santa Málaga has arrived!"

Captain Pablo takes control of the ball and the three forwards are moving their positions quickly! ”

"Smack! ……”

Pablo immediately kicked a through ball, and the ball flew straight to Liag, who was moving towards the middle!

Li Chuanqi once again had a strong premonition: Liag will not stop the ball this time, and will pass the ball directly to him.

And it's a big pass in advance!

So he immediately responded and began to thrust forward at high speed.

"Smack! ……”

The next moment, Liag really didn't stop the ball!

With a small diagonal shot with his right foot, the ball penetrated between Levante's left wing-back and left-centre-back!

The football flew in front of Li Chuanqi, who was inserted forward at high speed!

Nima, such a strong sense of tacit understanding?

The crowd of reporters on the sidelines was excited, could it be that they were going to score again?!

Li Chuanqi started to gallop like a wild horse that had escaped the reins, taking advantage of the early start, and overtook Levante's left fullback Juan Fran in two steps, stretching out his right foot to control the football!

Levante's left centre-back Ballesteros immediately stepped up the defense.

Li Chuanqi buckled with his right foot, buckled the Ballesteros who was making up the defense, and then pushed the football forward with the inside of his left foot!

Ballesteros, who lost his center of gravity, fell on the slippery turf!

"It's poured! Poured! ”

Li Xiaofeng pointed to Ballesteros who fell to the ground and said in surprise: "My brother shook him down!" ”

"Beautiful!"

"Wonderful!"

Li Chuanqi's whole movement was very coherent, and the football seemed to stick to his feet, causing a burst of cheers from supporters.

The Málaga TV commentator exclaimed: "Lee!

It's Lee again!

He broke through the bollard Ballesteros!

It was a brilliant breakthrough that sharply tore through Levante's last line of defense! ”

Single Knife!

It's a single knife again!

Santa Málaga's chance to extend the score has come! ”

There was a dead silence on the Levante bench, and head coach Ignacio Martinez's eyes widened, wouldn't it......

When did our defenses become so vulnerable?!

On the field, Li Chuanqi followed the football into the penalty area, and calmly pushed the shot with his left foot in the face of the attacking!

This time he didn't hit the goalkeeper because the gap on the right side of the opponent was too obvious.

The ball passes through the right side of Munua and then flies towards the left side of the goal on the turf!

The Santa Málaga supporters in the stands began to inhale sharply, and they were brewing a big storm.

As the ball rolls across the goal line and into the net, the Rose Garden pitch boils.

The Málaga TV commentator shouted: "Lee!

Plum!

Plum!

The ball is in!

The ball is in!

Entered!

Entered!

Entered! ……”

Two to zero!

Santa Malaga extends its lead!

It was a lightning goal, and just two minutes into the second half, Santa Malaga played a brilliant quick counter-attack!

This counterattack started in midfield and was launched by captain Pablo!

Pablo took control of the ball and immediately launched a counterattack with a through pass!

Liag's direct pass made Santa Malaga's counterattack even faster!

His wonderful pass directly tore through Levante's defense!

Youngster Lee used his speed advantage to get rid of Juanfran and then shook Ballesteros and pushed the ball into the penalty area to form a killing chance!

His calm push made Munua look at the ball and sigh!

It's a counterattack again!

In this game, Santa Málaga perfectly presented their tactical characteristics to the world!

Regardless of the outcome of tonight's game, they have shocked the world! ”

Li Chuanqi did not celebrate after the goal, but pointed to Liag who gave him a wonderful pass.

Then the two hugged each other, and Liag slapped Li Chuanqi on the back fiercely: "Good job!" That's it, them! ”

At the beginning of the second half, they were already two goals behind, and the pressure was on Levante.