Chapter 1872 is tougher than thought

"Tognini's cross from the wing... Hu Lai! Oops! The header is too high!"

With a roar from the commentator He Feng, the football went above the crossbar.

It didn't take long for the Madrid Pirates to make a comeback. This time, Hou Lai's diagonal penetration in the middle attracted the attention of the Ruhr Rhein defenders, and then missed the football to Camara, who was in the back.

After Kamara used his chest to unload the football flying in the air, there was no time to adjust. Because Ruhr Rhine's full-back Cobb rushed up. If he adjusts again, he will lose his chance to shoot.

So Kamara shot directly without waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

But under Cobb's interference, he hit the plane...

A loud sigh erupted from the sky above Pirates Park.

Kamara himself was very sorry. He put his head in his hands and raised his head to the sky and yelled.

At the same time, Ruhr Rhein coach Leroy Kuhn sat on the sidelines with a calm expression, not even moving his buttocks.

Regardless of the fierce offensive of the Madrid Pirates during this period, they got consecutive shots.

But Kuhn isn't really worried.

Because he can see that it is difficult for the Madrid Pirates' offense to really create a threat within the 30-meter area, and most of them still have to pass from the side to the goal.

As long as Hou Lai is marked to death, the offensive threat of the Madrid Pirates will be greatly reduced.

Just like the last two attacks.

Once, Hou Lai headed the goal in the penalty area, but was interfered by the central defender Jose Amorim, so it ended up over the crossbar.

The second time, Hu Lai had no chance to shoot under the defense of Amorim, and could only pass the football to Kamara behind him.

It seems to be a very smart choice, but it is actually a very helpless approach-if the opportunity is good, how can Hu Lai give the ball to others? Definitely come by yourself!

So these two offenses seem to be quite dangerous, but in Kuhn's understanding, the situation is still completely controllable, indicating that the team's defense is doing well.

Nothing to worry about.

This is actually a chain reaction after Ramirez was injured-injured a main midfielder, and it turned out that the defense was not the most affected, but the offense.

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After withstood the offensive of the Madrid Pirates, Ruhr Rhine began to counterattack more actively.

In the 23rd minute, Edman faithfully implemented the tactical requirements of the head coach to press high, relying on tireless running and counter-attacking in the frontcourt, forcing the left back of the Madrid Pirates, Olaf Brynjörsson, to misuse the ball .

Originally, he wanted to pass it to his teammates, but he used too much force and almost turned it into a pass for Ruhrlein.

Fortunately, Danny Drew in the middle was very focused and headed the ball out.

But the second landing point was still controlled by Ruhr-Rhein-the Ruhr-Rhein left midfielder Aylmer Van Oyen who rushed up jumped to the top and pushed the football to the center before Kamara.

After John Setter received the ball in the middle, he observed it for a while, and suddenly kicked a pass!

The football went over Riva Moreno's head and flew into the space behind him!

There, Edman, who returned to the middle, ran to the football landing point, then turned and volleyed directly!

He had barely pulled the ball away before Danny Drew's feet arrived - had he stopped and adjusted, the shot would have been lost.

Fortunately, in front of the Madrid Pirates, there is the "Belgian father" Heywell who is worthy of everyone's trust. He blocked Edman's powerful shot from the bottom line.

However, others were also beaten backwards and fell to the ground, which shows how powerful Edman's kick is-general goalkeepers take the initiative to throw it out, so they will fall to the side.

And Haiweier's save this time was completely subconsciously raising his hand, standing still. Because Edman is not an "ordinary striker", the average striker will turn around and chase a few steps, and adjust his steps to shoot. Relying on his height and long legs, Edman turned around and volleyed!

It was very sudden.

If it wasn't for Hewell's high concentration and Edman himself shooting a little bit more squarely, the goal might have been scored.

In the end, the football was successfully saved by Heywell, and he himself fell into the goal, looking very embarrassed.

"Edelman! Oh, that's right!"

The German narrator first yelled in regret, and then praised:

"But it doesn't matter, as long as you continue to play like this, there will definitely be opportunities! The Madrid Pirates want to equalize the total score as soon as possible, so they can only let their own defense have problems of one kind or another! For example, this one by Brynjoersson A cross from the foot... Ion's red card suspension has had a considerable impact on their defense... Brynjolfsson is definitely the weakness that Ruhr Rhine will focus on!"

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Brynjolfsson has indeed become a key target of Ruhr Rhine.

But Ruhr Rhine is definitely not only targeting Brynjoelsson.

Same goes for Joaquin Bella and Vukovic.

Because of the lack of Ramirez's protection, as long as the two of them lose the ball under the pressure of the Ruhr Rhine players, the Madrid Pirates' back line will be directly exposed to the Ruhr Rhine's offensive firepower.

Ruhr Rhine's press in the frontcourt created another chance three minutes later.

This time it was Ruhr-Rhein's normal attack, but after their attack was defended by the Madrid Pirates, the Ruhr-Rhein's players didn't retreat all of a sudden, but did the opposite - grab!

So Joaquin Bella was interfered by Ruhr Rhine's right forward Patrick Littmüller who came to the center, and the clearance did not go far, and it happened to fall at the feet of John Setter.

Although Vukovic quickly came up to defend, but still let the Norwegian midfielder take the lead and shoot the football to the goal!

Fortunately, the football ended up higher than the crossbar...

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"ah!"

After Seth shot, there was a burst of exclamation from the Madrid Pirates coach.

"Kuhn is really daring... After losing the ball, he insisted on pressing high..." second assistant coach Enzo Naher sighed. "Is he not afraid of being scored by us again?"

"But in fact, it should be us who are worried about being scored by Ruhr Rhein." First assistant coach Jesús Valentin said. "Their offensive was really fierce during this time."

Parotti next to him said softly: "It's okay, if you lose the ball, you will lose the ball. If you lose the ball, you will score again. We must not be shaken faster than our opponents."

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Three minutes after Ruhr Rhein created two scoring chances through consecutive counter-attacks, the Madrid Pirates also won a set-piece in the frontcourt again.

Ruhrlein learned his lesson this time, and no one in the team ran to discuss with the referee whether the action of Hu Lai lying on the ground with a miserable howl just now was a flop.

John Setter simply stood in front of the football to prevent another quick free kick from the Madrid Pirates.

The remaining Ruhr Rhein players quickly put up a wall.

However, the Madrid Pirates did not plan to repeat the same trick this time. After all, the same trick will not work against the Saint Seiya...unless the other party is stupid.

In the end, the free kick was taken by the Brazilian free kick master Tonini. The free kick he kicked bypassed the top of the wall, and then flew out of the bottom line by rubbing the top edge of the crossbar!

"Wow! Tonini! This ball is almost there!"

He Feng looked up to the sky and sighed, feeling very regretful.

Five minutes later, the Pirates of Madrid organized an offensive from the left.

The left back Brynjorsson took the ball on the sideline of the front field. He saw Hou Lai running horizontally between the Ruhr Rhein right back and the right center back, and immediately sent a through ball.

At the moment he passed the ball, Hu Lai, who was originally moving sideways, suddenly turned around and cut across!

"Beautiful through ball and movement! Hu Lai! Onside!"

After Hu Lai turned around and caught the football, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area!

At the same time the defenders of the Ruhr Rhein rushed towards him.

Goalkeeper Koenigs also abandoned the goal and rushed towards Hu Lai!

Hu Lai rubbed the football towards the goal behind him...

The football drew a parabola, passed the fallen goalkeeper Koenigs, and fell towards the goal behind him.

But when it fell, it hit the upper edge of the beam and popped out of the bottom line!

"Look at Hou Lai's shot from the penalty area... the crossbar!"

Koenigs turned around and saw this scene, got up from the ground, and yelled at the teammates who returned to defense: "What happened?! Keep an eye on him!"

After an initial sigh of regret, the Madrid Pirates fans in the stands applauded the attack.

Amidst the warm applause, there were Hu Lai who raised his head and grinned regretfully ~lightnovelpub.net~ and the Ruhr-Rhine players who were still in shock.

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Kuhn found that the situation was still a bit different from what he expected-he thought that after Ruhr Rhine showed toughness, the Madrid Pirates' offensive would weaken.

It is reasonable to think so, after all, the Madrid pirates will worry that they will be busy attacking and will be stolen by the Ruhr Rhine.

When the point difference is re-widened to two goals, it will be a heavy and fatal blow to the morale of the Madrid Pirates players.

As a result, looking at the current game, the Madrid Pirates are well aware of the hidden dangers in their defense, but they insist on not slowing down the offensive rhythm.

"It looks like they're tougher than we expected..." assistant coach Reiden also observed.

"To put it another way, Moritz, it also means that they are more anxious than we expected," Kuhn said. "This shows that they know that they have no way out. Hold on, whoever can hold on to the end will win."

After speaking, Kuhn sat on the coach's bench and continued to watch the game.

He clasped his arms around his chest to restrain his trembling hands.

(end of this chapter)