Chapter 22

Chapter 22

The imposing Mallorca continued to fight with the home team Bilbao in the following time. After limiting the performance of several main players of the opponent to the greatest extent, Mallorca had an advantage in the offensive , but failed to expand the lead, and finally entered the intermission with a 1-0 lead.

After returning to the locker room, the Mallorca players were all in high spirits, and Tristan even rolled up his sleeves bragging in the locker room: "You don't know, when I smashed the ball into their goal When it was time, the whole stand became silent instantly... that feeling is really good!"

Jose smiled and watched Tristan playing tricks there. When dealing with young players, they should not be suppressed too much. Even on the court, they need to be given more freedom so that they can grow. The same is true in terms of personality. ——At least there is such a young forward who makes the locker room lively, which is good for the atmosphere of the entire team.

"In the second half, continue to play according to the current situation... When there is an opportunity to attack, you must seize the opportunity. On defense, keep an eye on their key offensive players, especially entangle Guerrero. His organization is Bill The source of Bao's offense. As long as we can do this, then the victory must belong to us!" After the locker room became quieter, Jose slapped his hands and said loudly.

Nadal, who had been seldom talking in the locker room, suddenly spoke: "Head...sir..."

He only said half of what he said, and there was laughter in the locker room. Obviously, Nadal planned to call Jose "the boss" like everyone else at the beginning, but Nadal, who was born in 1966, was born this year. He is almost thirty-four years old, nine years older than Jose, and being called "Boss" seems a bit embarrassing, so he changed his name to "Sir"...

Jose also laughed, and he waved his hand: "Miguel, just call me Jose... I don't mind people older than me calling my name... What's the matter?"

Nadal nodded: "So, Jose... Since the beginning of this season, Guerrero has always been replaced at halftime."

Another veteran captain Ngonga also nodded: "Yes, especially in the last few rounds, Guerrero was always replaced by Fernandez in midfield, which also caused dissatisfaction among Bilbao fans."

Jose laughed. The oldest players of these two clubs are indeed models of playing football with their brains. It is not easy for players to notice this. It seems that they can be enriched in the coaching staff in the future: "Miguel and Vicente are right... but I don't think Guerrero will be replaced in this game. As long as Fernandez has brains, he will not do such a thing, and the tactics will remain the same. Of course, if he If you are really stupid enough to replace Guerrero, then we will win easier, now, let's go!"

Jose waved his hand and did not explain why Fernandez would not replace Guerrero in the middle of the game-he hoped that Nadal and Ngonga could think about this issue by themselves.

The answer to this question is actually not complicated-after the Bilbao fans protested before, Guerrero took the initiative to stand up and support all the actions of the head coach. Thinking about it, he will not easily replace Guerrero anymore. Firstly, Guerrero actively expressed his support, and secondly, he must also consider the reaction of the fans-because Bilbao is a very special team. ! Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the managers of the club think more about the feelings of the fans, because the real managers of the entire club are all their members, not to mention that Bilbao is still a team that is completely Basque. team...

Guerrero is not a ball tyrant, but standing behind him are all Basques! This kind of power cannot be resisted by Fernandez alone-of course, the poor performance of Bilbao before is definitely not the fault of Guerrero alone...

For Jose, Bilbao's performance has nothing to do with him. As far as this game is concerned, although Bilbao's strength will not be worse than Mallorca's, Mallorca's winning percentage is still quite high Yes-especially when Mallorca's defense can restrain Bilbao to a large extent, and Bilbao's defense cannot contain Mallorca's offense very well, Mallorca Card also took the lead, and it will not be easy for Bilbao to come back...

The progress of the game was similar to what Jose expected.

After the start of the second half, Mallorca's advantage in the situation was still maintained, and Tristan, who was obviously in good condition, rushed back and forth in the frontcourt, causing great trouble for the Bilbao defense!

In the 60th minute of the game, Tristan received a direct pass from Ngonga within the 30-meter area. Instead of passing the ball quickly, he turned around suddenly and unexpectedly dribbled the ball into the penalty area. !

Tristan, who has always been grabbing points in the penalty area and rarely breaks through personally, suddenly came and hit Bilbao's defense line by surprise!

Like a rumbling tank, Tristan dribbled the ball into Bilbao's penalty area. Bilbao defender Ferreira saw that Tristan was about to take a shot, and stretched out his hand in a hurry. Tristan!

Tristan fell straight down like a felled tree, and there was a huge boo from the Bilbao fans in the stands-they thought Tristan was flopping! However, amidst the huge boos, the referee's whistle sounded, and he firmly ran into the penalty area, and then pointed to the penalty spot!

penalty! Mallorca got a chance to extend their lead in the second half!

When the more intense curses sounded from the stands, Tristan jumped up from the ground and hugged his teammates tightly! Jose waving his arm off the field violently. If this penalty is scored, then Bilbao basically has no ability to counterattack-you must know that they have only won one of the last five games! The recent bad results will definitely have a great impact on the team. At this time, gaining a two-goal lead may be able to crush the fighting spirit of the Bilbao players in one fell swoop!

The Bilbao players are still complaining around the referee, and the "golden boy" Guerrero, who is no longer young, has fulfilled his duties as the captain, constantly pleading to the referee-they also know in their hearts that the original I don't have an advantage on the field. If I lose this ball again, Bilbao may have no chance in this game...

However, the referee did not give the golden boy face, but resolutely waved away all the Bilbao players. He saw it very clearly. Ferreira almost brought Terry down with a hug. Stan, if this kind of action is not a foul, it is simply unreasonable...

The Bilbao players walked out of the penalty area helplessly, and Tristan picked up the football after celebrating, walked into the penalty area and bent down to put the ball on the penalty spot.

Tristan straightened up and looked at the opponent's goalkeeper La Fuente. La Fuente stared nervously at Tristan. In front of him was a striker who had scored double-digit goals in La Liga...

Tristan is full of confidence. The opponent has only gradually become the main goalkeeper this season. Twenty-four years old is not a mature age for a goalkeeper...

But Tristan decided to play it safe - he was confident in his footwork - and hit the upper right corner...

After taking a few steps back, the referee blew the whistle to take a penalty kick. Tristan quickly started to run, and then immediately kicked up and shot vigorously!

La Fuente jumped, but failed to touch the ball!

A second later, Jose's smile froze on his face - Tristan's penalty shot bypassed the opponent's goalkeeper's finger, but it also bypassed the far post - the ball went out of the baseline against the right post !

Penalty shot!

The audience was quiet again, but this time it did not bring any pleasure to Tristan. He looked at the ball that had flown behind the goal in disbelief, and hugged his head with both hands...

This season he has already taken a penalty kick and hit it easily, but he didn't expect to take the penalty kick for the second time and it flew away...

Jose shook his head helplessly, and then shouted towards the field: "It's okay, play well, continue like before!"

In Jose's view, it's a pity that the penalty was missed, but it's nothing. Mallorca still has the advantage. As long as the team is not affected by the missed penalty, Mallorca will still have no problems. !

However, it is obvious that the missed penalty has a great impact on both sides...

Mallorca's influence may not be too great. After all, they are mainly veterans. Except for Tristan, who was originally in good condition, who seemed a little quiet because he missed a penalty kick, there are no other players in Mallorca. Affected too much-but for Bilbao, this missed penalty brought them more excitement!

The ebb and flow on the football field is often a very mysterious thing. Escaping the situation of falling behind by two goals has boosted the morale of the Bilbao players!

Originally, although Mallorca had an advantage on the field, the advantage was not too great. It was entirely because of the low morale caused by Bilbao's recent poor state, and Mallorca was in a rising stage, so it seemed that Mallorca The advantage of being stuck on the field is obvious, but now, because the Bilbao players escaped the situation of conceding another goal, they began to use their best state to meet the next game!

Within three minutes after the penalty kick flew, Athletic Bilbao completed two extremely threatening shots in a row-you must know that in the previous game, they only had one or two really threatening shots !