Chapter 1046 The Overall Situation Has Been Decided

"Fang Jue was very angry. He was complaining to the fourth official. He thought that Papadopoulos brought Mane down. This should be a penalty."

"Slow motion shows that the penalty of the corner kick is relatively accurate."

"Senderos appeared in the penalty area of ​​the Leverkusen team. The Swiss veteran's header ability is quite good..."

The referee's whistle blew, and De Bruyne took the corner kick directly to Senderos' head.

"Senderos! Head swing - Papadopoulos! Papadopoulos at the near post blocked Senderos' header on the goal line! Leverkusen escaped a… Goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal!"

After the ball was blocked by Papadopoulos on the goal line, Castro pushed the ball out.

Modric gave the football to Pogba.

The French teenager volleyed the football.

The football drew a beautiful arc, crossed the people in the penalty area, and hung straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

"The ball is scored! A super world wave!"

"Pogba! He has a long shot from outside the box."

"Beautiful long shot, Modric assisted Pogba to score a long shot, two to one! Aston Villa surpassed the score again before the end of the first half."

"Aston Villa's offense has paid off, 2-1, they are ahead of Leverkusen again, and they have already scored two away goals."

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When he saw Pogba hit a beautiful banana ball and the football went straight into the net, Fang Jue raised his arms and cheered on the sidelines.

Many players on the Aston Villa bench also made the same celebration with him.

This goal came at the right time. Entering the intermission with a score of 1 to 1 or a score of 2 to 1, these are two completely different mentalities, and the impact on the confidence of the players to win this game Also huge.

Aston Villa celebrating a goal.

Leverkusen coach Schmidt spread his hands helplessly.

Conceding the ball near the end of the first half, this conceding point is really hurting morale.

Schmidt was very angry, not just angry, but more helpless.

What can he say if such a world wave loses the ball? Can a player be blamed?

Such a conceded goal is simply impossible to guard against.

If you have to find out where the performance is not good enough in the process of conceding the ball, it is that there is no player in Leverkusen who can block Pogba's shot in the first place, or to be precise, Pogba should not be given to the goal without Chances of finishing a shot against a defender.

In the end, at the end of the first half, Aston Villa temporarily led Leverkusen 2-1 at the Bayer Athletic Stadium.

During the intermission, Fang Jue praised the players for their excellent performance in the first half of the game.

He especially praised Paul Pogba.

The young French player who received the compliment was very happy.

Compared with the laughter in the locker room where Aston Villa is located, the atmosphere in the locker room of the home team Leverkusen is slightly dignified.

To be honest, Leverkusen is not bad today.

Facing the only "Miracle Team" in European football this season who has maintained a complete victory in all competitions, they were able to tie the score at 1-1 when they fell behind 0-1 in the first half, which is quite good show:

Even if they lost the ball again in the final stage of the first half and fell behind 1-2, such a half-time score and performance can be said to be relatively good.

However, precisely because of this, knowing that their side played well and tried their best, they still fell behind at halftime and were scored two away goals by their opponents.

This will instead have a negative psychological effect on the players:

We did our best to do our best, but we still fell behind at halftime-such Aston Villa is too strong, and we can't win at all.

Although Schmidt cheered on the players at halftime and cheered them on.

However, even Schmidt himself is not sure about the specific effect.

There is only one thing that Schmidt knows very well. In the second half of the game, there must be no more conceded goals. Once Aston Villa seizes the opportunity to score the third goal and rewrite the score to 3 to 1, then Leverkusen Today's game is really difficult to make a difference.

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They all said what to worry about.

Five minutes into the second half.

Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno made a low-level error. Facing Aston Villa's oppressive press, Leno panicked and kicked the ball directly, but kicked the football directly to Aston Villa's left back Milner, the latter immediately made a long pass to Sanchez in front.

The Chilean drove the ball into the penalty area, and after attracting the attention of Leverkusen's defenders, he chose to cross the goal.

Lewandowski fell to the ground in front of the goal and shoveled the football into the net.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Lewandowski, Rowandowski, Robert Lewandowski, three to one, Aston Villa extend their lead to two goals."

"Leverkusen's goalkeeper Leno bears the unshirkable responsibility for this goal. He directly kicked the football to Aston Villa's Milner."

"Aston Villa's counterattack speed can also be fully seen from this scoring process. Leverkusen has no time to organize the defense at all."

Aston Villa is celebrating the goal excitedly.

On the other side, the Leverkusen people were dumbfounded.

In a one-to-two match, it still allows them to retain a glimmer of hope for an equalizer or even a comeback.

However, in a one-to-three match, it can be said that there is some confusion psychologically, and some players will gradually lose their fighting spirit and confidence.

Especially when the conceded goal is inseparable from the mistake of one's own goalkeeper, the impact will be even worse.

When the team needed goals and encouragement the most, this low-level mistake by the goalkeeper directly gave the opponent a goal, allowing Aston Villa to extend their lead to two goals. In other words, it was a huge blow to morale.

Leverkusen coach Schmidt was furious on the sidelines first, and then helpless.

No one thought that the goalkeeper would make such a basic mistake. To a certain extent, this low-level mistake basically 'destroyed' Leverkusen's hope of a comeback.

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"One to three! Leverkusen's game is very difficult to come back." Lineker said, "Leno's mistake is fatal, and it has dealt a huge blow to the morale of the team. The players of Leverkusen It’s all a little frustrating.”

Now Schmidt no longer expects his own achievement to equalize the score. His goal has become one goal ahead, narrowing the point difference as much as possible, and at the same time defending well, so as not to lose the ball again.

If they can only lose one goal at home, there should be hope for the second leg at the new Villa Park Stadium... right.