Chapter 109: The Decisive Battle (5)
With his head down, Bruno walked weakly and slowly towards the players' tunnel, feeling as if he had lost his entire world. At this time, Mourinho walked up to him, put his arms around his head, and whispered in his ear: "No one will blame your Vic, you just did your duty as best you could." Listen to the applause of the fans, they don't blame you, go to the tunnel and wait for us to win, trust your teammates. “
After being stunned for a moment because of the red card given by the referee, the Leiria fans in the stands spontaneously applauded and cheered for Victor, who was sent off. They didn't blame him, and some fans even shouted for Victor's name to cheer him on. Listening to the shouts of "Victor, Victor" in his ears, his eyes were a little moist, he raised his hands and applauded to thank the fans for their frenzy and support, and then slowly walked to the players' tunnel. Victor stood in the tunnel with his eyes fixed on the field, his fists clenched so tightly that his entire body trembled slightly. He said in his heart: "Rayma, everyone, it's up to you. Be sure to win. ”
Although the actions of Mourinho and Leiria fans have increased the mental strength of Leiria's players on the field, it is undeniable that Leiria on the field is indeed at a disadvantage at this time, except for the score. Jose Mourinho had to bring on Bruno Fernandes for a veteran defender who moved in a winter transfer window. The veteran defender, John, has not played a few times since arriving in Leiria. The veteran has spent his entire life wandering the professional leagues, and has not won individual or team accolades throughout his career. What he didn't expect was that Leiria, who was probably the last stop of his career, might be able to claim his first career heavyweight title.
After the restart, Sporting Lisbon was to take a free-kick created by Quaresma. The distance of 24 meters is a good distance for a good free-kick to hit the goal, and at this time Quaresma is standing in front of the football. His calf was fine, and he endured a slight pain and looked firmly at the goal that Lemato was guarding. For him, this is a good team to get a feel for his frustration in the second half, and he didn't appear in front of the camera for the entire second half, except when he was brought down by Lao Lei and broke the ball.
Quaresma has a good right foot, and he has the ability to take a free kick straight at goal. At this point, all of Leiria's players were back in the box, ready to defend the free-kick. With a "beep" whistle, Quaresma used the inside of his right foot to play a beautiful curved banana ball, and the ball hit very tricky. Lemato stretched his body as hard as he could, stretched out his hands and touched the ball with his fingertips, which had a slight line change.
With a "bang", the football hit the left post of the goal and bounced back into the penalty area, and the danger was not lifted. There was a chaotic battle in the penalty area, and Lao Lei and Ben worked together to block the route of Jardel's follow-up shot, holding hands and firmly blocking him behind him. Maybe it's because Jardel's attraction is so great that everyone forgets about Xiao Xiaoluo, who is inserted in the back row and soon arrives in front of the football, and it is a low shot at random.
Old Ray reacted quickly, and at this time he tried his best to stretch his long legs and touched the football with his toes. The soccer ball flew up, just in time for Jardel behind him. Faced with this unexpected gift, Jadel naturally smiled, shook his head hard, and the football flew into the door of Leiria for the second time. In the 87th minute, Sporting Lisbon finally equalized with a free kick against 10-man Leiria.
The stadium fell silent, with the shouts of Jadel and the cheers of Sporting Lisbon players echoing in the ears of the elder Ray. After sending off a man, the equaliser was immediately given, which was a big blow to Leiria's morale. However, Leiria did not reach the end of the cliff, because in the Portuguese Super League, when the points are the same, the first thing is to look at the relationship between the two teams, since Leiria won the first meeting, then if the game ends in a draw, it will still be Leiria who wins the championship.
The next plus stoppage time was about 6 or 7 minutes, which was a huge test for Leiria's defense, especially now that morale is low. Mourinho was annoyed by the goal, but he didn't have time to vent his temper and shouted at the players on the pitch: "Retreat, defend." Hold! “
Lao Lei also stood up immediately and helped Ben start to cheer for his teammates, after all, now is not the time to be sad, the next few minutes are the time to divide life and death. The game restarted in midfield for the seventh time, and Sporting Lisbon easily controlled possession and began to press the attack. At this time, the effect of "fanaticism" is in the past, but fortunately, Sporting Lisbon's physical fitness has also been problematic, and the offensive is obviously not so fierce.
But in the end, Sporting Lisbon had the advantage of one man, and their defence had pressed to the halfway line, pressing Leiria in the half, and the game became a half-time affair. The most nervous at this time is undoubtedly the fans of both sides, and this match could trigger a lot of new heart attacks. Sporting Lisbon, which has no more physical strength to score individual breakthroughs, frequently sends long-range shots on the periphery when it is difficult to play with teamwork under Leiria's dense defense, or directly to Jadel, hoping that Jardel, who has already scored twice, can show a miracle again and score a hat-trick.
Quaresma, Rodo and Jadel were the three players with the most time and shots on goal at Sporting Lisbon during this time, and their long-range shots and headers drew exclamations and exclamations from Leiria and half of Lisbon.
The game quickly passed 90 minutes of regular game time, and Lao Lei was finally freed from the state of the devil's muscles. Fatigue hit Lao Lei, but compared with the players on the field, Lao Lei's physical fitness is undoubtedly the best, but he has lost the bonus of strength and speed, and has become Lao Lei's own real level.
The referee gave a gesture for six minutes of stoppage time, much to the displeasure of Leiria's fans and Jose Mourinho. One booed the manager loudly, the other went to the fourth official, and even though it didn't work, they did it because it was their emotional release, and if they didn't do it they were afraid they would go crazy.
Sporting Lisbon's players are also starting to get nervous, and time is their worst enemy right now. Jose Mourinho used up his last substitution just after the 90 minutes, replacing Ugo and bringing on a centre-back to continue to strengthen the defence and delay the time.
Ugo also understood this, and finally under the urging of the referee, he slowly ran to the sidelines and completed the substitution. At this time, the players on the bench were already standing shoulder to shoulder, waiting for the final result of the game. In the second minute of stoppage time, Sporting Lisbon inadvertently got a good chance. Quaresma's long-range shot was denied by Carabar before bouncing off Jadel in the box.
Jadel leaned against Ben behind him and immediately fired a low shot. The ball was sudden, awkward, and the ball rolled under Lemato's crotch. Just as Jadel was about to celebrate his hat-trick and stunner, and just as half of Lisbon was about to ascend to heaven and Leiria was about to fall into hell, a bald head appeared.
John judged from his experience to run towards the goal first when Jadel received the ball. Seeing the ball roll under Lemato's crotch, John saw that he didn't have time to touch the football, and immediately made a leap and dive. With his bare head, on the goal line, he pushed the football out of the bottom line and hit the goal post himself.
"Danger! Dangerous!! .......... John, John 50, appeared where he should have been. His bald head pulled Sporting Lisbon out of Tamar's paradise and Leiria out of Tamar's hell! He saved Leiria!! The 34-year-old veteran, the veteran never dies, but fades away!! “
Before this rescue, the name John may have been unknown among Leiria fans, but now it has become the main theme of the entire Magalhayes Stadium. "John! John! ................" Lemato excitedly stepped forward and hugged John, who was standing up with his head covered, and kissed him fiercely. At this moment, I don't know how many more broken beer glasses and smashed TVs there are in Sporting Lisbon.
Lao Lei was full of the aftermath of the catastrophe, and hugged John excitedly, although Lao Lei didn't have much communication with him in normal times, and he was not familiar with him at all. But it doesn't prevent them from being part of the solidarity and camaraderie of the players on the field in Leiria.
"Reima, we're going to win the championship." This is what John said to Lao Lei, John's firm and hot eyes were deeply engraved in Lao Lei's mind, and a famous NBA quote in his previous life suddenly flashed, and he was far from underestimating the heart of a champion.
Relying on John's bald head, Leiria, who had returned to his life, immediately began to focus on defending Sporting Lisbon's corners, and the box was full of people. The first corner was won by Raio and he went out of the box, but not far from it. Quaresma, who was in the arc of the penalty area, wanted to shoot directly at the ball, but at this time, Lao Lei grabbed it, stretched out his foot, and the football flew over Quaresma's head.
Then Lao Lei himself immediately chased after him, Sporting Lisbon's defense was extremely empty, a good chance to counterattack, a good chance to kill the game.
Lao Lei rushed ahead of Xiao Xiao Luo again, and his right foot was another pad, and he picked the top of Xiao Xiao Luo's head again. At this time, Lao Lei suddenly felt that the movements of the people around him had slowed down, and he wanted to do whatever he wanted.
Then he chased forward again, and this is when the Sporting Lisbon centre-back pressed on. Lao Lei turned around smartly, leaned on the central defender, stretched out his foot at the football in the air, picked it behind him, and turned around with his left foot as the fulcrum, thus breaking through the central defender of Sporting Lisbon. The next thing in front of Lao Lei was an empty stadium, and only the goal of Sporting Lisbon was left in front of him.
At this time, the Magalhais Stadium was silent, the fans watching the game outside the stadium were silent, the roads were silent, the homes were silent, the commentary was silent, the bar was silent, the old Fudge listening to the radio was silent, the whole of Leiria was silent, only the sound of the heart pounding and the sound of raindrops falling to the ground.
The central defender of Sporting Lisbon behind him was chasing Lao Lei, at this time Lao Lei felt that his feet were a little weak, he lost consciousness, and when he bit the tip of his tongue, a smell of blood permeated his mouth. With this feeling, Lao Lei stubbornly picked up his speed again, leaving the defenders of Sporting Lisbon far behind.
Old Ray rushed into the penalty area with the football and faced Patricio directly. Lao Lei knew in his heart that this would be his last goal as a Leiria player on this field. He wanted to make a special memory.
He faced Patricio and made a feint to shoot, which Patricio could only pounce on. Then Lao Lei twisted his waist, flicked his right foot, and rushed to the right side of the ball with the ball. Patricio immediately supported his body with both hands, and then kicked with both feet, got up from the ground with his hands and feet and continued to pounce on the football at Lao Lei's feet, stretching his body to expand his defensive area. Patricio wants Ray to shoot at this time, so that there is still a good chance of blocking.
It's a pity that Lao Lei didn't, he bypassed him directly.
Lao Lei stopped the football on the goal line, turned around, stepped on the football, and looked at the stadium with deep eyes, these fans, these teammates, seemed to engrave them deeply in their minds.
Everyone held their breath and looked at the man on the goal line, their heads held high.
He threw his hands up in the air, slammed his heels, and the ball rolled into the net.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable! Unbelievable!! I have no words, no words. O our King!! O king!!! O king!!!! ”
The whole city of Leiria, because of this goal, suddenly boiled.
After a few seconds, "O King!!" O King!! The cry of .........." resounded throughout Leiria.
At this time, their king, who was holding his hands high, was obviously stunned after hearing the cheers of the fans, and some crystals welled up in his eyes.
Then suddenly, bow to the fans of Leiria in the Western Week.
They did not know that their young king, who had just ascended the throne, was leaving.