Chapter 17: Hallucinations (Recommended Votes~)
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To be led by such a nonsensical goal is completely unacceptable for Botafogo.
So after the restart, they launched a fierce attack on the Sao Paulo goal, hoping to equalize as soon as possible.
It can be said that Glory's goal angered them and made them lose their minds.
And it's not just Botafogo's players who have lost their minds, but also Botafogo's head coach Levi Kupi.
His pre-match tactical arrangements were very in place, as can be seen from the fact that Sao Paulo did not have a very good way to score in the first 20 minutes of the game.
In particular, it curbed the longitudinal breakthrough of Glory and relieved a lot of defensive pressure on the team's goal.
In the first half of the tournament in Rio-São Paulo, their team also managed to defend the glory. He believes that he has a successful experience in containing the rookie of Rongguang, and it is not necessary to "rack his brains" to find a strategy to deal with him.
He has a whole set of mature and perfect methods to deal with this rookie.
But what he never expected was that this rookie actually tore apart Botafogo's defense with a shitty pass, breaking his carefully constructed defensive strategy!
He thought of all possibilities, but he didn't think of luck!
Maybe it's because he didn't expect that Rongguang, a rookie, would be so favored by the goddess of luck......
If such shit luck proves that his efforts are in vain, and his countermeasures are all jokes, he absolutely cannot accept it!
So at this moment, even he himself lost his mind.
Be sure to give that bastard rookie some color and let him know that he can't go far on the court with shit luck!
At this time, he completely forgot what this rookie is best at......
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The team emblem is a black shield with a white five-pointed star in Botafogo, which is also a traditional powerhouse in the state of Rio. A five-minute offensive completely pinned down São Paulo.
The Botafogo fans, who followed the team to the Molumbi Stadium, also let out loud shouts to cheer for their team.
The team's performance gave them hope of a quick equaliser.
This made them shout extra hard.
The situation is very good!
But in this good situation, there is a hidden crisis......
In the 27th minute, Botafogo won a corner with two consecutive shots on goal.
Two shots in quick succession were threatening, leaving the Botafogo fans in the stands in an all-time high. This corner also made them make a lot of noise.
It seemed as if they could have equalised from this corner.
The corner was quickly kicked off.
Just as the Botafogo fans watched the flying football with anticipation, hoping to finally see it in the Sao Paulo goal, the ball was punched out by goalkeeper Cheney!
After seeing the football fly outside the penalty area, Botafogo coach Levi Couppi, who was on the sidelines, finally came to his senses! Isn't that the São Paulo's best at quick counter-attacks?
The speed of that rookie......
So he hurriedly rushed to the sidelines, waving his arms desperately towards the field and shouting: "Back - defend——!! Fast! ”
The Botafogo players on the pitch also reacted.
Cheney hit the ball and flew to Ricardinho, Botafogo's player Tuglio hurriedly pasted it, not letting Ricardinho turn around easily, or calmly pass the football out, the best result is of course to break the ball down and attack directly, but this hope is very slim, so as long as you can force Ricardinho to pass back, it will be considered a complete task.
At the same time, the rest of the Botafogo players are running back in recklessness - they are coming back!
They all remembered that there was a track and field athlete on this field!
Isn't the huge space in the back field specially prepared for him?
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Seeing Botafogo's players returning to defend like a low tide, Cafurey nodded approvingly: "Botafogo's players haven't lost their minds yet. At the very least, they didn't rush to press, but quickly returned to defend – and that was the right thing to do. Because Sao Paulo has Rong, Rong's speed is too suitable for this kind of counterattack after set-pieces! Now that their defenders have quickly dropped back into the half, Sao Paulo will not be able to get up quickly if they want to play a quick counter-attack. ”
Ricardinho, under the pressure of Tulio, still took the football out, and the whole team of Sao Paulo pushed forward.
But Botafogo was quick to defend this time around – they almost ran back with all their might, and everyone pushed their speed to the limit.
Eventually, they retreated before St. Paul's attack.
By the time Sao Paulo's players advanced into the centre circle, the overwhelming majority of Botafogo players were already in their own defensive positions.
Seeing that there was no big and fast counterattack, Ricardinho was in no hurry to pass forward with the ball.
Just reorganize the attack and slowly advance forward. If you don't have a chance, you will return the pass, and you will never take any risks.
Anyway, it is they who are leading now, and they have no reason to rush at all.
He saw Glory retreat slightly from the midfield position, looking for himself for the ball.
He passed the ball over.
Despite the luck of Glory's kick, the assist allowed him to regain the trust of his team-mates, and Ricardinho was naturally willing to pass the football to him.
Football fell to the feet of glory.
Rongguang faced the rolling football, and did not pick it up, but turned around the football, so that he did not have to stop the ball and turn around, and directly completed the action of turning and adjusting.
Now he is in possession of the ball in the offensive direction.
His gaze naturally fell on Botafogo's goal, thirty-eight meters away.
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Seeing that Rongguang was forced to turn around to receive the ball, he turned around to face three complete lines of defense.
Botafogo's head coach Levi Couppi has a relaxed smile again.
If it was a little later and let Rongguang receive the ball, it would definitely not be the situation now.
You won't be able to laugh like that.
Thankfully, there's no threat to Glory now - Levi Couppi definitely doesn't believe Glory can do another shit luck.
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In fact, Rong Guang didn't think about assisting again at all.
Two assists are equal to a goal, such a simple addition and subtraction, even if you only have a primary school education, Rongguang can be calculated.
Assists are definitely not as much as the money you get for goals!
He's going to score!
In order to avoid another "accident" just now, Rongguang does not plan to pass the football to Fabiano this time.
He now has to face a whole whole backline on his own, and he has to do it alone without the strength of his team-mates.
He dribbled towards Botafogo's defenders.
He's fast, unabated!
If it goes on like this, he will soon meet Botafogo's defenders.
Will he pass the ball, or will he try to do it himself?
Will that scalpel-sharp ball still appear?
Many people in the stands and in front of the TV suddenly became nervous.
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The first man to defend the glory head-on was Edgar.
But he didn't rush to pounce. To deal with glory, each of them has his place. Just defend within this position, and don't pounce too early, otherwise he'll take advantage of the space behind him.
Isn't that what the first goal conceded is? The small space behind Fernando was used by Glory...... However, Edgar still doesn't believe that this is deliberately done by Glory, and it should be just a coincidence. He was in a hurry by the two of them, and stabbed him casually, originally wanting to have a personal ball, but he didn't expect Fabiano to appear there.
The cautious Edgar did not go up, but waited in his place.
Head coach Levi Kupi, who saw the scene from the sidelines, nodded, pleased with his players' performance.
Before the game, he analyzed Rongguang's sharpest vertical breakthrough for everyone, and told them that Rongguang's biggest weakness is that he can only break through vertically, which means that although his breakthrough speed is fast, it is only a straight line. By analyzing all the goal videos of Rongguang, it can be seen very clearly that all of them are in a straight line, and there is basically no change of direction in the middle.
What does this mean?
It shows that Rongguang will no longer change direction in the high-speed dribble!
So as long as he gets stuck in his path and doesn't give him enough depth to break through, then the glorious breakthrough will hit a wall and come to an abrupt end!
Coupi was very confident in his arrangement.
He believes his players know what to do.
He was now waiting for the glory to crash into the invisible wall in front of the Botafogo penalty area.
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Seeing that the distance between the glory and himself is getting closer and closer, there is still no intention of slowing down.
Edgar lowered his center of gravity, his eyes fixed on Glory and the soccer ball at his feet, waiting for it.
The big deal is to bump into him head-on!
Absolutely can't let him score anyway!
Edgar did his best to prepare, and the two met.
Here it comes!
He whispered in his heart.
Suddenly, he saw Glory's body shake for a moment.
Or rather, the upper body shook a little.
He saw the glorious right shoulder sink!
As a player with a lot of defensive experience, Edgar barely had to think about it to know what this action meant - when a player wants to change direction, which way he changes direction, his body will lean in which way, this is a natural body reaction, this is a centripetal force.
Without thinking, he shifted his center of gravity, and after Eiko made this heavy shoulder movement, his body naturally reacted. It's the body's own instinct.
But at the same time, his mind reflected - this kid won't change direction! So how could he do a change of direction with the ball? Is it a feint?
No!
In the next second, he saw that Rongguang's left foot would be on the left side of the football!
He even flashed the ball to the left, which is Edgar's right!
Edgar still maintained a left-leaning posture, because the inertia could not react at all, and he could only turn his head and watch the glory escape from him!
This...... How can it be?!
His eyes were still on Glory, who he saw as Glory flickered and moved in front of another Botafogo defender, centre-back Regis.
This idiot! What a self-defeating trap! Regis is a strong frontal defender, boy!
Having been overwhelmed by the glory, he thought angrily.
But the next scene made his eyes bulge.
He saw Rongguang's upper body shake again, this time with his left shoulder sinking and his right foot plucking the ball!
That rookie just flashed in front of Regis!
And Regis, who has a strong frontal defensive ability, did not react at all in the face of this change of direction breakthrough of Glory! He looks like a wax figure!
Edgar was shocked - it must be a hallucination!
He heard the roar of the collapse of his inner cognitive realm......