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Chapter 32 Hat Trick

"Mallorca completed the overtake... This goal happened in the sixth minute after the start of the second half. They played very well during this period! Although they were scored by Monaco in more than one minute of the game, they gained the upper hand during the next period, making Monaco useless power to fight back. They scored two goals in a row with two set pieces! However, the score of two-to-one leading now is not safe for Mallorca. Even if they finally won the game with this score, they will encounter more pressure on the away game."

"Even so, Mallorca's performance is amazing enough... Monaco is the current leader in Ligue 1, while Mallorca has just gotten rid of the bottom position in La Liga. It is quite difficult to be able to take the lead under difficult circumstances... But maybe we don't need to be surprised like this, because Mallorca had achieved exciting results in the European Cup of Winners last season. They reached the final of the Cup of Winners led by Cooper. Although Cooper is no longer in Mallorca this season, the newly appointed Jose seems to have regained their traditions. After consecutive league victories, Mallorca also restored their style last season in the League Cup!"

Puel frowned and watched the game restart on the court - now he is in a dilemma, continue to strengthen his defense? Mallorca's unreasonable offensive tactic of dribbling the ball and making a foul is almost the natural enemy of Monaco's defense. Both central defenders are brave and the midfielder is not tough enough, so continuing to defend can only make you more and more tired.

But if he pressed on the offense, Mallorca might launch a counterattack. In that case, Monaco's defense line faced the opponent's rapid counterattack would be a headache - Etoo, the performance in the first half, had already let Puel know the personal abilities of the opponent's black forward.

However, at this time, he had no choice.

"Press up! Attack, score as many goals as possible!" Puel stood up and shouted loudly from the sidelines.

Jose sat steadily in his position, without looking at Puel at all, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

So far, all the other party's reactions are in his predictions.

He made a gesture to Natal beside him calmly. Natal nodded understandingly, stood up and walked to the sidelines, and then made a recycling gesture to the field.

After seeing this gesture by Mallorca's players, they nodded in understanding, and then the entire Mallorca's tactics immediately changed drastically!

Collective recycling!

Five or six old guys in the backcourt began to walk back to the 30-meter area with their old arms and legs to start defending, and the attackers in the frontcourt also retreated deeply. In addition to the two forwards, one high and one fast, heading near the center circle, even Stankovic and Ibagasa began to retreat deeply, strengthening the defense of the two wings.

This change, which was a huge change compared to before, made Puel stunned for a moment.

Almost in an instant, Mallorca went from a team of Erlangzi who had to penetrate the opponent's heart, no matter how many times he got, to a turtle-type team that would be like no matter how you shout outside, and he was "a real man, and he couldn't tell you if you can't tell."

And it is obvious that Mallorca was just a half-baked team, but now Mallorca is a veteran turtle-type team that has been tested by time.

At this time, even if Puel is slow, he knows that he has been fooled - it turns out that Mallorca is still the Iron Army who uses defensive counterattacks all over Europe under Cooper!

But now, even if Puel discovers it, what can he do? He is still in a difficult situation now!

With Mallorca's defensive ability now, even if he wins 2-1 at home, he may be able to defend a zero-to-zero away game! With the new look that this team showed after the defensive counterattack began, Puel has no doubt that they can do this!

He can only count on the team's offense to score goals, try to get a goal-scoring draw away so that he can win after returning to home!

However, Mallorca's defense is unexpectedly solid - this is the greatest wealth Cooper left to Mallorca, at least at this stage.

Nadal and Nino stared at the two Monaco strikers Simeone and Pursau. Nino dealt with Pursau, Nadal dealt with Simeone, Old vs. Old vs. Middle Ages, Soler and Ngongga protected the penalty area to prevent Galado from inserting in the back row. After Stankovic retreated, Olesola was at ease when dealing with Jiuli - he didn't need to completely block Jiuli, he just needed to let Jiuli have no chance to cut inside and break through. With Olesola's experience and positioning ability, it was not difficult to do this.

Monaco attacked hard for seven or eight minutes, but failed to create any substantial opportunity to score. However, at this time, Mallorca's counterattack became more and more sharp!

In the 67th minute, Ngongga cut off Galado's pass from the backcourt and immediately made a long pass!

Tristan once again beat Marquis and pushed the ball to Etoo, and then rushed to the front court at high speed. Marquis gritted his teeth and chased Tristan hard.

After receiving the ball, Etoo's skills and speed were used to torture Christenval. Compared with Marquis, who was already blinded by anger, Christenval still maintained a calm mind. Although he was constantly thrown away by Etoo's speed, he still followed Etoo's tightly, not giving him the chance to break through alone.

He barely dribbled the ball and broke through within 30 meters, and Etoo was also a little annoyed by this black defender with good physical fitness. After taking a yellow card, Christenval obviously calmed down a lot. He no longer participated in the defense in a way that was easy to be freed, but kept sticking to Etoo, not seeking merit but seeking no mistakes.

Faced with such an opponent who almost didn't make much mistake, Etoo had no big choice. After turning around and controlling the ball, he saw that he had no chance to make a breakthrough directly. He raised his eyes and saw that Tristan just threw Marquis away through the sprint, and immediately raised his foot and passed the ball in front of Tristan.

Tristan chased the ball with a sprint, and then swung his right foot against the ball!

After tangling with Tristan all the way, Marquis's anger became more and more intense, and he was at a disadvantage after several physical contacts with Tristan, which made the feeling of depression in the hearts of the Mexicans really unable to vent.

At this time, Tristan swung his right foot on the stands. Marquis ignored anything and rushed directly from the back, then rushed into Tristan with one shoulder before Tristan shot!

Tristan, who was about to shoot with his right foot, did not defend himself at all. If he had been collide with Marquis, his height was about the same as Marquis and his physique had been stronger, he was not afraid of colliding with Marquis at all. However, at this time, the center of gravity was unstable and he had only one foot standing. After being hit by Marquis like this, Tristan immediately flew out to the side unsteadily, staggering and falling to the ground.

The boiling stands immediately became extremely quiet at that moment!

"Damn, this foul is too bad!"

Jose was the first to jump up from the coach's seat, roared loudly with his arms, and in the stands, huge insults and booed sounds immediately!

Mallorca's substitutes rushed out and shouted loudly at the field. On the field, the players from both sides quickly rushed to the location of the accident!

The whistle in the referee's mouth kept ringing, and he rushed to the scene of the accident at the first time, but it was obvious that what he was worried about did not become a fact. Although most of the Mallorca players rushed over immediately, they did not cause trouble for Marquis, but instead formed a group to accuse Marquis loudly and see how Tristan was doing now.

Seeing that there was no bad situation of fighting between the two sides, the referee felt relieved. He waved to Marquis and called him over, then took out a yellow card and lit up his eyes, and then took out a red card. The two yellows turned into one red, and the ended!

There is no doubt about this penalty. Tristan can already shoot without defense, and only Batterz is left in front of him. Even if such a foul is directly shown, it is not an exaggeration to show a red card. The current controversy is whether it is a penalty kick or a free kick.

"It's a penalty kick, Diego fell into the penalty area!" Ngonga said to the referee.

"Free kick, the foul is outside the penalty area!" Monaco's captain Jiuli said to the referee.

The fans in the stands began to yell in unison, "Penals! Penalties! Penalties!" to put pressure on the referee, but the Slovakian referee remained calm and pointed his hand at the top of the penalty area - a free kick!

A sigh came out of the stands, and Mallorca fans were a little disappointed, but Jose just shrugged his shoulders - the place where the foul was indeed outside the penalty area, and it was correct not to award a penalty. Besides, even if there is any dispute, the opponent has already been sent off. From various perspectives, the referee will not award a penalty in such a controversial situation.

There is still a long time before the end of the game. Now Mallorca has an absolute advantage. It depends on luck to expand the score!

Regarding this, Jose believes in "I do everything I can do, and as for luck, it's not something I can control..."

In the end, Stankovic failed to score the ball. The distance was too close and it was very difficult.

After one person was missing on Monaco, the situation immediately reversed again!

Puel replaced the veteran Simeone in the frontcourt with a substitute central defender. Mallorca's defense pressure was greatly reduced, and Ngongga could also devote himself to the offense. The one who made up behind him changed from Soler to Soler and Nadal, so that Ngongga could organize the offense with all his heart. When he devoted himself to the offense, Mallorca's offensive power increased completely in a geometric way!

What's more, although Marquez was defeated in front of Tristan before, he was able to control Tristan's performance to a large extent. Now, the new central defender who played was far from Tristan's opponent in terms of height and strength, and was tortured by Tristan for a while.

In the 72nd minute, Ngongga directly passed the ball in the midfield, Tristan beat the opponent's central defender and headed the ball. Etoo quickly inserted it and scored a single shot!

After receiving Tristan's pass in the penalty area, Etoo was about to shoot, but was knocked to the ground by Badz who quickly attacked. In the uproar in the stands, the referee's whistle sounded sharply again!

Puel covered his face. Badz's foul in the penalty area may also receive a red card in addition to giving the opponent a penalty kick.

But maybe the referee felt soft when he saw that Monaco had too many cards, and he just showed Badz a yellow card and warned him a few words.

Batz nodded obediently, turned around and left without arguing anything - he had made a lot of money without taking the red card.

Jose shook his head. Sometimes the referee's sympathy will be very rampant... But as long as this penalty is scored, the game will be almost meaningless.

Stankovic stood in front of the penalty spot again, and everyone recommended him to take the penalty - scoring this goal, he completed his first hat-trick in Mallorca. For Stankovic, this is the best birthday gift!

Although he escaped the fate of being sent off by a red card, Batz still failed to save the penalty. Stankovic calmly scored the ball into the lower right corner, three to one, and Mallorca expanded his lead!
Chapter completed!
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