Chapter 28 First Half

Chapter 28 First Half

"Oh oh oh oh! God! Beautiful goal! No one would have thought that a goal would be scored in this game just one minute into the game! This is the fastest goal in the UEFA Cup this season! Simon Ney! Simeone! The Italian veteran scores after receiving a pass from Gallardo! Mallorca is in trouble now!"

Simeone turned around and embraced Gallardo who assisted him, and the Mallorca fans in the stands were dumbfounded...

ESPN, which was broadcasting the game, quickly released the previous slow motion - Gallardo quickly broke through Soler and Ngonga, and then sent a beautiful through ball, Pursau attracted Nadal's defense , and Simeone quickly took a shot from the penalty spot before Nino came up. Although Franco saved the ball, he couldn't stop the ball from flying into the goal...

To concede a goal in the opening minute is, without a doubt, a serious blow, conceding a goal in a two-leg home game, conceding one is basically two goals behind...

Even if Mallorca can score two goals in a row to win, a 2-1 victory at home is not much better than a draw!

The Mallorca players were also a little dazed-it was not in their plan to concede the ball so quickly...

Until a roar woke them up.

"What are you doing standing still? Forget what I said before the game? Attack! Attack no matter what the situation! Didn't I tell you that you might concede the ball in the game? Don't forget who you are, you are professional players! What You have to play calmly under any circumstances! You bastard!"

Jose jumped on the sidelines and scolded bitterly. His roar was even heard by the fans in the stands. At first, the fans who were a little stupefied listened, but suddenly they didn't know who took the lead, and the stands started to sound A loud applause!

"That's right, Jose is right! It's just a missed goal, just get it back!" A fan yelled loudly, and his shout immediately aroused the surrounding Mallorca fans vibes!

"Come on, guys, let's go get the score back!"

The field captain Ngonga clapped his hands and said loudly.

On the other side, Puel, who had been paying attention to Jose after the celebration, sneered: "The ability to mobilize the emotions of the whole team is not bad...but young man, just your battered road. Defensive line trying to block our fast break? Stop kidding..."

Scored a goal in the opening attack, allowing Puel to confirm his own judgment, that is, Mallorca's defense is really poor...

At first, Puel was still a little confused. Last season, Mallorca, which won the third place in La Liga by relying on a strong defense that averaged less than one goal per game, why did the defense appear so inexperienced in the last game? This goal dispelled his doubts - from the third place in La Liga last season to the penultimate second in La Liga this season, perhaps it was because the young head coach messed around and made the defensive strength decline. It's down to this point...

The lack of intelligence and information made Puel even unaware that Mallorca had changed the head coach halfway through. He wishfully thought that it was because Jose, a young head coach, was young and aggressive, and he rashly adopted offensive tactics to make Mallorca the head coach. The performance of the season has dropped sharply-in fact, to a certain extent, his judgment is correct, but in fact, the rash use of offensive tactics has caused Mallorca's performance to decline, and there are others.

This kind of wrong judgment also laid the groundwork for a disastrous defeat for Monaco.

When the game restarted, Mallorca immediately launched a crazy attack!

Ngonga dribbled the ball into the Monaco penalty area, and immediately passed the ball to Ibagaza after being blocked. Ibagaza quickly made a cross from the bottom, and Tristan grabbed the spot in front of the goal slightly higher. .

Immediately afterwards, the Mallorca midfielder pressed fiercely. Soler intercepted Gallardo's pass and then quickly passed it to Stankovic. Stankovic did not force a breakthrough, but directly handed it to the puller Eto'o in the penalty area, Eto'o did not pass the ball after receiving the ball, but forcibly began to break through the penalty area!

Caught off guard, Monaco's midfielder was thrown away by Eto'o. Facing the oncoming Christian Val, Eto'o gave full play to his advantage in speed and forcibly broke through again!

Cristan Val turned around and pulled Eto'o down, and there was a huge booing in the stands!

The referee Esair from Slovakia blew his whistle. He went up to warn Kristan Wahl, and then awarded Mallorca a free kick 30 meters away from the goal.

This free kick did not create a threat, but then, Mallorca's midfielder Soler used an equally vicious foul to knock down Gallardo, who was breaking through with the ball, with a shoulder in the midfield-this is also an opportunity for them. Warning - don't think you're the only ones who commit fouls, we do too!

There was a smile on Jose's face. Sometimes his own fouls can easily provoke the anger of the opponent's defender, and the few defensive backbones of Monaco are not good people...

In the next game, after the Mallorca players took the ball, they began to forcefully break through into Monaco's penalty area. What did not surprise Jose was that the Monaco players did indeed because of Soler's previous performance. The second foul sparked the anger!

Eto'o, Tristan, Stankovic, and Ibagaza took turns to break through after taking the ball in the middle. Even the captain Ngonga continued to forcefully break through with the ball. Their breakthroughs were not only for To create opportunities, it is even more necessary to induce the opponent's defender to foul!

And the Monaco players were easily fooled...

It's not that they have no brains. The most important thing is that Puel arranged defensive counterattack tactics before the game. It is very necessary to use fouls outside the penalty area in defense, which can interrupt the rhythm of the opponent's continuous attack. At the same time, Monaco Several of the defensive players are players with excellent physical fitness and relatively large defensive movements. They are used to using this method to prevent the opponent's offense. And taking the lead at the beginning of the game before, it is inevitable that the Monaco players will feel contemptuous of Mallorca...

So in the next game, amid the shouts of more than 20,000 Mallorca fans, the Mallorca players gave up all tactical cooperation, that is, several players in the frontcourt rushed into the opponent's penalty area after taking the ball. , rumbling, and the Monaco defenders began to use fouls to stop the Mallorca players from advancing. Suddenly, in Monaco's half, everyone was on their backs...

In the 16th minute, Monaco central defender Marquez forcibly brought down Tristan in defense and received a yellow card.

In the 23rd minute, the Monaco midfielder Swede Farnerud fouled Eto'o with a tackle and received a yellow card.

In the 37th minute, Monaco left-back Prestan pulled the ball back to Stankovic and received a yellow card.

The main goalkeeper of the French national team, Barthez, is constantly being bombarded by the Mallorca players. In addition to breaking through, the Mallorca players shoot whenever they have the opportunity, no matter if it is a long shot or in the penalty area. , causing Baatezu to be in a hurry...

Puel began to feel that something was wrong. Mallorca's crazy and somewhat messy attack was indeed in his expectation. However, after the opening goal, Monaco even failed to create any good scoring chances. It made him feel a little bad. After all, what he saw in that game was that although Deportivo was pressed and beaten by Mallorca, almost every counterattack could create a threat. Now, Monaco's attack Almost all of them are intercepted in the midfield, but the long pass attack will be directly blocked by the opponent's two tall central defenders. Although Simeone and Pursau's ability to grab points is not bad, but the long pass from the backcourt always has the advantage. On the defender's side of the frontal defense.

Looking at his watch, Puel saw that 40 minutes had passed, and his heart settled down. At this time, it is impossible to suppress the opponent's attack, and he can only adjust after the second half begins. Tactics that guarantee away goal advantage too.

At this time, Puel already regretted his defensive counterattack tactics. Obviously, after replacing half of the main force or even the entire defense line, Mallorca's defense is not as fragile as he imagined...

However, at this moment, Mallorca scored!

Tristan broke through again and was knocked to the ground by Marquez. The boos in the stands were as if the sky was falling apart. The Mallorca fans were putting pressure on the referee...

Perhaps it was due to seeing Marquis having a yellow card. The referee Esair did not show Marquis another yellow card, but only asked him to warn him. Marquis nodded and stepped back, eyes But he stared at Tristan—this center forward, who was about his age, almost completely suppressed him in terms of strength and confrontation. How could he not make the Mexican who is hot-tempered and self-important feel angry... …

This is a direct free kick about 26 meters away from the goal, and it is also the best one among the several free kicks Mallorca got in the first half.

Stankovic and Ngonga stand in front of the ball. Their free kicks are the best in the Mallorca team. Jia's long passing ability is excellent, and the level of free kicks of this kind of players is generally not bad.

It's just that these two can only be regarded as generals among the dwarfs. The effect of Mallorca's use of set kicks this season makes people feel sad. Only five goals were scored through set kicks, of which penalty kicks Two, three corner kicks, none of the frontcourt free kicks...

Standing in front of the ball, Stankovic is not a talented set-player, he is just proficient. However, he has not scored a direct free kick in more than half a season, which also makes Stankovic feel ashamed.

"Such a good position, I must get in!" Stankovic fixed his eyes on Barthez behind the wall, thinking like gnashing his teeth.

The bald goalkeeper Barthez, who was directing the human wall, suddenly felt a little chilly on his body. He looked up, but didn't notice anything unusual. Only then stood at the far point, waiting for the free kick to be issued.

At this time, Barthez was still very relaxed. Although he made a lot of saves before, the threat of Mallorca's shots was not too high. This first half was still very easy for him.

The referee blew the whistle to take the penalty, Stankovic started a run-up, then turned sideways and kicked the ball powerfully with the inside of his left foot!

At the moment of touching the ball, Stankovic felt so good, the feeling of touching the ball, the feeling of exerting force...

The ball lifted off the ground, drew a beautiful arc in the air, flew over the jumping Monaco wall, and then spun directly to the dead corner of the goal!

Barthez instinctively sensed the danger, he quickly moved his footsteps, then rushed towards the near corner of the goal, and then stretched his right hand in the air...

However, he only caught a cloud of air!

The ball flew past his hand, with a strong spin, and headed into the goal!