Chapter 129 Counterattack

When the game is not played well, the set piece is the best means to change the situation.

After Gao Xiaodong made a corner kick, Elvis yelled at his teammates with his eyes wide open: "I can't hold it in these ten minutes! I'm going to shoot! Anyone who has the ability to shoot should try to attack!"

Guimaraes' 22-year-old central defender Jeromele scored a goal, and 18-year-old midfielder Gao Xiaodong took another beautiful long shot. Under the call of captain Eves, he is good at heading and grabbing points All the players rushed into Guimaraes' penalty area with fists waving.

Lopez took a corner kick, and Ives, who was determined to vent, really grabbed the spot, but he was too impatient, and he was defended by Guimaraes' central defender Jeromel. It was already good for Eves to grab the point. It is impossible to shoot comfortably. His ball was too straight, and it hit the goalkeeper's body directly, and was punched out by goalkeeper Nelson.

The Guimarães fans were taken aback. They were still clamoring, but now they were silent.

Rexos fans continued to applaud and shout, cheering for their players.

The current situation of Rexos has become very dangerous. If they lose, Rexos may even be overtaken by the third Santa Clara and lose the promotion to the Portuguese Super League. This extremely dangerous situation may make people lose resistance The courage of others may also make people burst into greater potential.

After Gao Xiaodong and Captain Elvis made two consecutive courageous attacks, the morale of the Rexos players gradually improved, and the idea of ​​a Jedi counterattack gained the upper hand.

The starting left back of Rexos today is Maxxis. In such a crucial game, the veteran Philip's physical fitness can support half the time at most. Angulo is too young, and the head coach Oliveira has no better choice. , can only send Maggis, who is strong in offense and weak in defense, to resist for a while.

The offensive combination of Maggis and Nice is the key area of ​​the opponent's attack today. In the first ten minutes, with Gao Xiaodong's frequent defense, Guimarães' goal broke through from this area.

After the ball was cleared by the goalkeeper Nelson with both fists, it happened to fall at the feet of Guimarães right forward Favio. Favio tasted the sweetness, took the ball and ran along the sidewalk to attack Magxis. short board.

Seeing Favio attack Maggis again, Gao Xiaodong was worried, and ran to the side to snatch Favio.

Favio played very cunningly, not recklessly. Seeing Gao Xiaodong approaching, he tapped his heel back to the full-back Montoya who was following up quickly. Immediately formed a good situation with striker Milian and two people attacking Zener alone.

This situation has happened many times. Some teams have dealt with Rexos like this before, but their passing quality is too poor. Rexos has enough time to assist and defend, and Guimaraes is the leader. , and fully targeted training in advance, the pass was fast and accurate, Robert and Lopez were too slow to return to defense, unable to defend and insert players, only Gao Xiaodong could be counted on.

At this moment, Gao Xiaodong has just arrived on the wing, and he can't fly back, unless he doesn't help defend Maxxis on the wing, but if he doesn't help defend Maxxis, Maxxis will be broken by the opponent again. In the case of insufficient defensive ability, the midfielder is actually in a dilemma.

Even if Zener was killed, he couldn't defend against two people. He was easily broken by his opponent.

However, because Guimaraes beat him badly in front, when his teammates ran near the opponent's penalty area, the starting right midfielder Lantino stayed behind. Seeing that the opponents were dealing with Zener, he quickly returned to defense up.

When Milian broke through Zener and drove the ball into the penalty area, Landino quickly slid from behind,

Struggling to tackle the ball to the goalkeeper Bai Lier.

After the goalkeeper Baillier got the ball, he didn't make a big long pass, because the opponent's Jeromeel has a strong ability to dominate the air. Neither Robert nor Brandy can compete with him. The long pass is almost equal to giving the opponent the ball. Look at Lopez coming back, Baileyer throws the ball to Lopez.

After Lopez got the ball, he didn't make a long pass. He dribbled forward. Gao Xiaodong and Zener quickly put in the assists one after the other. One responded to Lopez and the other protected Lopez.

Guimaraes' forwards and midfielders counterattacked on the spot in the frontcourt, slowing down the speed of Rexos' counterattack.

Under the interference of the opponent, after Rexos passed the ball to the frontcourt, Guimaraes' defense line was already in position, and Rexos' counterattack turned into a positional battle again.

It is very difficult to play positional warfare, and the personnel stand densely. Soon, the ball was intercepted by Guimaraes' defenders and counterattacked.

Gao Xiaodong and Zener had to run desperately to defend their own penalty area and both sides of the penalty area.

If the fight continues like this, the two defensive midfielders and full-backs will suffer the most. Even if they are exhausted, it will be difficult to balance both offense and defense.

Yang Fan in the stands watched anxiously, and kept yelling at the pitch: "What a shame! Why did the striker return to the defense so slowly! Do you only rely on the midfielder and the defender to defend?"

Alexander of the Red Mafia was also chanting: "Back to defense! Forward back to defense!"

Members of the Red Mafia also chanted along with the leader.

The commentator Wen Kela asked anxiously: "What's the matter with Oliveira? Why don't you make adjustments, don't change players, and let them retreat a bit? If this continues, even if the opponent can't score, Gao Xiaodong and Zener will also be tired died."

Oliveira is not a simple person, he has already seen the crux of the problem, in fact, this has always been the lifeline of Rexos, but the opponents in front are too weak to grasp this lifeline. .

Rexos' frontcourt trio is not good at defending. Robert is limited to physical fitness, Lopez is limited to physical conditions, and Brandy is not good at defense. They can't improve their defensive quality just by shouting from fans.

Oliveira had no choice but to stand on the sidelines and call Robert, Lopez and Brandy to take tactical fouls, and use yellow cards to prevent opponents from counterattacking.

Now that the head coach said so, in such a dangerous situation, Robert, Lopez and Brandy also worked hard. They ran with all their strength, using their bodies and fouls to block Guimaraes' quick counterattack.

Guimarães is in a good situation, with an advantage in points, and the referee is also a human being, so his mentality is inevitably inclined to the backward side, so the less obvious fouls of the Rexos forwards are not called.

Rexos' first line of defense in the frontcourt slowed down the opponent's attack, and the defensive pressure at the back was lighter, and Rexos's offensive gradually came up.

However, Guimarães coach Kahuda not only found the shortcomings of Rexos' defense, but also prepared well for the offense against Rexos. Their three midfielders lined up to help defend from the side. There is also protection in the middle. At the center back position, Jeromel is tall and flexible, and has advantages over Robert and Brandy. Rexos almost always plays more with less in every attack, which is very awkward.

Rexos's offensive became more and more fierce, and the formation was pushed too far forward in the attack, and Guimaraes gained a lot of space to counterattack.

In the 35th minute, Guimaraes central defender Jeromeel cleverly blocked Lopez's pass to Roberto in the backcourt. Then the Brazilian defender showed good offensive ability and vision. He saw teammate Milian start Running horizontally, he immediately made a long pass over the head of Rexos center back Ives, giving striker Milian a chance to go to the meeting alone.

Elvis is tall and big, but he turned slowly. He didn't turn around until Milian ran horizontally and turned into a straight line. When he started to speed up, Gao Xiaodong, who was returning to defense at halftime, ran in front of him.

The fans of the home team Guimaraes watched the ball nervously and did not dare to breathe.

Half of the fans of the visiting team were praying, and half were shouting desperately: "Hurry up! High!"

"Run, Elvis!"

"Chasing! Can't give up!"

The reporter's camera and camera closely chased the striker Millian with the ball, for fear of missing the moment of scoring.

Feeling that there was no one behind him, Milian played very relaxed. Facing the fast-attacking Rexos goalkeeper Bailier, he made a sharp change in the penalty area and passed Bailier, because he was worried that Bailier would pounce. The ball went a little too far, but after catching up with the ball, the angle was still there, and Milian pushed the ball to the far corner of the goal from a small angle.

The Rexos fans almost closed their eyes. They fell into despair ahead of time. If the opponent leads 2-0, then not only the championship is gone, but the chance of promotion may also be gone.

Almost everyone thought that the goal was sure to be scored, but no one expected that Gao Xiaodong, who never gave up, rushed to the goal line and shoveled the ball out of the baseline. He ran too fast, and due to inertia, he His body also hit the goal post.

There was an exclamation of "ahhhhhh" in the stands.

"God! None of this is in!"

"that's too regretful!"

"Missed the opportunity to seal the victory!"

Fans of Guimaraes were talking.

The fans of Rexos, who escaped from death, were ecstatic. They jumped up and applauded almost at the same time, and shouted:

"Good job! Tall!"

"Do it like Gao!"

"Don't give up!"

"We still have a chance!"

"This is our 100th birthday! You must win!"

"Remember today's day!"

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When Millian was facing the goalkeeper Bailier, the chairman Carus also closed his eyes, not daring to look. He heard the scream, opened his eyes, and found that Gao Xiaodong was lying in the goal, and the ball was out of sight. In, he clapped his hands ecstatically.

The president of the Portuguese Football Association also secretly nodded for Gao Xiaodong's perseverance.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong hit the goal post after tackled the ball, the shocked Rexos goalkeeper Bai Lier hurried over to help him up.

Wenkla, who came to the Alfonso Enrique Stadium to explain, exclaimed: "This is a return defense with a distance of 40 to 50 meters. Gao Xiaodong saved the team. Without his rescue on the goal line, It's over for Rexos."

Xiao Le, Yang Fan, Chen Qiang and others in the stands were more concerned about whether Gao Xiaodong was injured when he hit him. They didn't feel relieved until Gao Xiaodong limped up with the support of the goalkeeper.