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Chapter 29 First Half

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! Oh my God! Beautiful goal! No one expected that just one minute of the game started, a goal was generated in this game! This was the fastest goal in the League Cup this season! Simeone! Simeone! After receiving the pass from Galado, the Italian veteran shot and scored! Mallorca is in trouble now!"

Simeone turned around and hugged Galado, who assisted him, and the Mallorca fans in the stands were stunned.

Espn, who broadcast this game, quickly released the previous slow motion - Galado quickly broke through Soler and Ngongga, and then sent a beautiful straight pass. Pursau attracted Nadal's defense, and Simeone quickly shot at the penalty spot before Nino could even force it. Although Franco saved the ball, he could not stop the ball from flying into the goal.

The goal was conceded one minute at the beginning, and it was undoubtedly a serious blow. Conceding a goal in two rounds of home games is basically equivalent to falling behind by two goals.

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

The players in Mallorca were also a little stunned - the goal was lost so quickly, but it was not in their plan.

Until a roar woke them up.

"What are you doing when you stand there? Have you forgotten what I said before the game? Offense! Attacking no matter what situation you have to attack! Didn't I tell you that you might lose the ball in the game? Don't forget your identities, you are professional players! You have to play calmly under any circumstances! Bastard!"

Jose jumped and scolded on the sidelines, and even the fans in the stands heard his roar. At first, the fans were a little stunned and suddenly, they didn't know who took the lead, and a loud applause began to sound in the stands!

"That's right, Jose is right! Just throw a ball away, just pull it back immediately!" A fan shouted loudly in a loud voice, and his shout immediately resonated with the surrounding Mallorca fans!

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

The captain on the field Engongjia clapped his face and said loudly.

On the other side, Puel, who has been paying attention to Jose after the celebration, sneered: "The ability to mobilize the whole team's emotions is not bad... But young people, just yours, the riddled defense line wants to block our fast attack? Don't joke..."

The goal was scored at the beginning of the offense, which allowed Puel to determine his judgment, that is, Mallorca's defense line was indeed very poor.

Puel was still a little confused. Last season, Mallorca, who won the third place in La Liga by relying on a strong defense that averaged less than one goal in an average game, why did the defense line seem so inexperienced in the last game? However, this goal dispelled his doubts - from third place in La Liga last season to second-last in La Liga this season, perhaps it was because of this young head coach's random deterioration that the strength of the defense line declined, which made him fall to this point.

Not doing enough intelligence information makes Puel even unaware of Mallorca's change of head coach in the middle. He wishfully thought that it was because Jose, the young head coach, was young and energetic, and rashly adopted offensive tactics to cause Mallorca's performance to decline this season. In fact, to some extent, his judgment was correct, but in fact, the rash use of offensive tactics caused Mallorca's performance to decline, and there are other people.

This wrong judgment also laid the foreshadowing of Monaco's subsequent defeat.

When the game started again, Mallorca immediately launched a crazy attack!

Ngonga dribbled into Monaco's penalty area and immediately passed the ball to Ibagasa after being blocked. Ibagasa quickly made a cross from the bottom, and Tristan's goal scored slightly higher.

Immediately afterwards, Mallorca pressed fiercely in the midfield, Soler cut off Galado's pass, and then quickly passed it to Stankovic. Stankovic did not force a breakthrough, but directly handed it to Etoo who pulled out of the penalty area. After Etoo received the ball, he did not pass the ball, but forced himself to break into the penalty area!

The unexpectedly guarded Monaco's midfielder was thrown away by Etoo. Facing the approaching Christenval, Etoo fully utilized his speed advantage and forced a breakthrough again!

Christaval turned around and pulled Etoo down, and a huge boo sounded immediately in the stands!

The whistle of the referee Aisel from Slovakia sounded. He went up and warned Kristanvar, and then awarded Mallorca a free kick thirty meters away from the goal.

This free kick did not create a threat, but next, Mallorca's midfielder Soler used an equally fierce foul to knock down Galado who dribbled through the ball on his shoulder in the midfield - this is also a warning to them - don't think that only you will foul, we will do so!

A smile appeared on Jose's face. Sometimes his fouls can easily make the opponent's defender angry, and Monaco's several defensive backbones are not good people.

In the following game, after getting the ball, Mallorca's players began to forcibly break through to Monaco's penalty area. What was not unexpected to Jose, Monaco's players did arouse anger because of Soler's previous foul!

Etoo, Tristan, Stankovic and Ibagasa all took turns to get the ball in the middle and forced a breakthrough. Even captain Ngongga kept forcibly driving the ball. Their breakthrough was not only to create opportunities, but also to lure the opponent's defender into a foul!

And the players in Monaco were easily fooled.

It's not that they are brainless. The most important thing is that before the game, Puel arranged defensive counterattack tactics. It is very necessary to use fouls outside the penalty area in the defense, which can interrupt the rhythm of the opponent's continuous offense. At the same time, several defensive players in Monaco are players with excellent physical fitness and relatively large defensive actions. They are used to using this method to stop the opponent's attack. The lead before was taken at the beginning, which inevitably made Monaco players look down on Mallorca.

So in the next game, amid the shouts of more than 20,000 Mallorca fans on the scene, the Mallorca players gave up all tactical cooperation, that is, after several players in the frontcourt got the ball, they rushed into the opponent's penalty area and rushed rumblingly, while the Monaco defenders began to use fouls to stop the Mallorca players from moving forward. For a moment, in the half of Monaco, they were overwhelmed.

In the 16th minute, Monaco central defender Marquis forced Tristan down in defense and received a yellow card.

In the 23rd minute, Monaco midfielder Farnellurud fouled Etoo's tackle and received a yellow card.

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

The French national team's main goalkeeper Battz is constantly bombarded by Mallorca players. In addition to breaking through, Mallorca players shoot whenever they have the chance, regardless of whether they are long shots or in the penalty area, which makes Battz fumbling.

Puel began to feel something was wrong. Mallorca's crazy and somewhat messy offense was indeed as expected. However, after the opening goal, Monaco failed to create any good scoring opportunities, which made him feel a little bad. After all, the scene I saw in that game was that although La Coruña was pressed by Mallorca, almost every counterattack could create a threat. Now, Monaco's offense was almost blocked in the midfield, and a long pass attack would be directly cut off by two tall central defenders on the opponent. Although Simeone and Pursau's ability to grab points is not bad, the advantage of long passes in the backcourt is always on the front-facing side of the defender.

After looking at the watch, Puel saw that forty minutes had passed, and his mind calmed down. At this time, it was unlikely that he would suppress the opponent's attack. He had to wait until the second half began to adjust his tactics to ensure the advantage of away goals.

At this time, Puel had already regretted his defensive counterattack tactics. It was obvious that after replacing half of the main force and even the entire defense line, Mallorca's defense was not as fragile as he thought.

However, at this moment, Mallorca scored a goal!

Tristan once again forced a breakthrough and was knocked to the ground by Marquis. The booing in the stands was like the sky collapsed and the fans of Mallorca were putting pressure on the referee.

Perhaps because of the reason why he saw a yellow card on Marquez, the referee Aceel did not show Marquez another yellow card, but just called him to warn him a few times. Marquez nodded and stepped back, but his eyes stared at Tristan - this center who was about the same age almost completely suppressed him in terms of strength and confrontation. How could he not make the Mexican, who had a hot temper, look very high in self-esteem, angry?

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

Stankovic and Ngonga stood in front of the ball. Their free kick styles were the best in Mallorca's team. Stankovic basically took over Mallorca's frontcourt set-pieces. Ngonga's long pass ability is excellent, and the level of free kicks for such a player is generally not bad.

However, these two people can only be regarded as generals from the shorts. Mallorca's use of set pieces this season makes people feel sad when watching it. There are only five goals scored in total through set pieces, including two penalty kicks, three corner kicks, and none of them have any free kicks in the frontcourt.

Stankovic stood in front of the ball. He was not a talented set player, he was just proficient. However, he had not scored a direct free kick in more than half a season, which also made Stankovic feel embarrassed.

"I must score in such a good position!" Stankovic stared at Badz behind the wall, thinking like gritting his teeth.

Bald goalkeeper Badz, who was commanding the wall, suddenly felt a little chilled. He looked up and didn't notice anything abnormal. After loudly commanding the wall to block the near point tightly, he stood at the far point and waited for the free kick to be fired.

At this time, Battz was still very relaxed. Although he made many saves before, Mallorca's shooting was not too high, and this first half was quite easy for him.

The referee blew a whistle that could take the penalty, Stankovic began to run, and then he pushed the ball out with the inside of his left foot!

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

The ball rose from the ground, drew a beautiful arc in the air, flew past the jumping Monaco wall, and then directly rotated toward the dead corner of the goal!

Badz felt the danger instinctively, and he quickly moved his foot, then rushed towards the near corner of the goal, and then stretched his right hand in the air.

However, he only caught a ball of air!

The ball flew past his hand and plunged into the goal with a strong rotation!
Chapter completed!
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