Chapter 347: One foot to the semifinals

After walking out of the locker room, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that La Coruna had not substituted and was still eleven starting players in the first half on the court.

As long as La Coruna does not substitution, even if Irueta has the ability to dominate the game, he will not be able to restore La Coruna to his usual game style. Makai will still run alone in the frontcourt, and Dejaminha will still be entangled by Maclale in the midfield...

Now, these people on the field of La Coruña cannot do it even if they want to change their tactical style. After all, there are no versatile players in La Coruña. Players like Dejaminha and Ma Kai need to perform well in the environment they are familiar with. In Xiao Ming's opinion, Ma Kai is not suitable for playing a single forward. He is suitable for wing activities with relatively low defensive pressure, rather than directly facing the opponent's strong defender defense. In fact, after transferring to Bayern, Ma Kai is also in the double center system. As a center, he is not as qualified as Van Nie. So later in the Dutch national team, Van Nie was the first choice for center. Ma Kai only performed well when playing double centers. In many cases, he even served as the left winger.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, La Coruña continued to be firmly suppressed by Leiden East. Leiden East's block in the midfield made it difficult for Dejaminha to display his organizational ability. Dejaminha became an excellent midfielder with his strange dribbling skills and imaginative passes. However, to achieve this, he must have enough possession of the ball under his feet. He is familiar with such a front midfielder. In the Toyota Cup, he used to wove a huge net like a spider, which made Rikelme have very few opportunities to get the ball. Now he is also dealing with Dejaminha.

Dejaminha, who is slow, has been successfully intercepted by Marklele in advance in defense. His excellent prediction ability and ability to get stuck in advance are fully demonstrated in such defense. Every time he intercepts the ball, he can always pass the ball to his teammates to directly organize the attack from the midfield. Then, the defenders of Coruña have to run around to defend Leiden Dongfang's fierce attack...

"Strange, why is he still indifferent?" Xiao Ming looked at Iruetta. Now everyone can see the passiveness of A Coruna. Iruetta seems to be waiting for something, and he has no intention of making adjustments.

"This guy really doesn't look like an excellent head coach today." Xiao Ming thought to himself, and then he decided not to care. Since you are making a second, then we will score the second goal as soon as possible and let you go directly to the end. To be honest, facing a somewhat neurotic team like La Coruna, Xiao Ming feels that it would be not so reliable if he only wins one or two goals at home...

Figo broke through Romero's defense and then made a cross. The cross did not fly into the penalty area, but instead circled directly outside the penalty area on the other side of the court. Edmunddo turned sideways and volleyed the ball. The ball was blocked by Molina, who was sensitive to the responsiveness, and the ball was blocked from the baseline!

"The third shot! Leiden Oriental had another three-threatening shot after the second half, and La Coruna's shots were still zero!"

Figo ran to the other side of the court and was about to take the corner kick. Hepia and Deselli both ran up and attacked until this time, and they didn't score yet. They felt a little unreasonable.

Iruetta bit his lower lip tightly, but his eyes floated near the center circle. Makai was still cruising there. Both center backs in Leiden East were going up, and even left-back Ashley Cole rushed forward. Is the counterattack dawn that he had been waiting for is about to appear?

Figo placed the ball on the corner point, then took two steps back and looked at the situation in the penalty area.

The fans behind him reached out and patted Figo on the back, shouting in a mess: "Luis, come on, kick the ball into the goal! What's this? You can do it! You are the best player in Europe!"

Figo couldn't help laughing. The Premier League stadium stands are very close to the lawn, and they have their own advantages and destiny as well as Spain. These enthusiastic and innocent fans...

The referee's whistle sounded, and his hands clapped Figo from behind were immediately withdrawn. The owners of those hands also closed their mouths, fearing that they would interfere with Figo's free throw.

In the penalty area of ​​La Coruna, La Coruna's defenders followed his targets tightly, waiting for the ball to fly over and immediately started to grab the position.

Figo started running, but he did not directly drive the ball into the penalty area. Instead, he ran close to the ball and pushed the ball with a arch, passing the ball to Ashley Cole who ran up to assist!

Cole stopped the ball at his feet, and there was a chaos in La Coruña's penalty area. La Coruña's defenders ran forward one after another, trying to create an offside in Leiden East, while players close to Ashley Cole rushed towards Cole, trying to interfere with Cole's cross.

Cole didn't waste much time. After stopping the ball, he immediately stepped on his left foot and passed the ball into the penalty area!

After being with arc ball masters like Figo, Jinklaze, and Garney for so long, Cole's crossing skills are quite like the style of crossing Garney. The ball draws a leading inner arc in the air, bypassing the front point of the penalty area and the middle of the penalty area, and flies directly to the back point of the penalty area!

In the chaos just now, Fanny had quietly escaped from the guard who was keeping himself in a position to keep himself parallel to the last defender of the opponent. When Ashley Cole's pass flew out from his feet, Fanny immediately quickly stepped forward and walked out of the dense crowd!

The ball is here! After adapting to the game more in these games, Fanny's running position has shown the style of the super goal-front killer last season!

The ball began to fall, Molina in the middle ran to the back point and wanted to save it, and the defender Cesar, who was closest to Van Nie, turned around and rushed towards Van Nie, trying to stop Van Nie's shot.

But it was too late to do anything. Fanny jumped up against the falling ball. At the most comfortable height, he closed his belly and shook his head, and pushed the ball hard!

"gooooooooooooal - Luther - Van Nystruei! The third goal in the Champions League this season! A beautiful head-shot! The Dutchman is indeed a shooter born for the Champions League! Before the start of this game, Xiao Ming boldly put the team's top scorer and the young center Kloze who performed well in the league and Champions League on the bench, and activated Van Nie, who had only played less than two hundred minutes of playing time so far, and Van Nie quickly repaid Xiao Ming with a goal! Leiden Dongfang led two goals at his home court! Now it's in trouble for Coruña!"

Xiao Ming raised his hands and jumped up from the coach's seat. At the same time, a volcano erupted immediately in the stands at Brisbane Road Stadium!

Fanny ran around the goal and went to the left side of the court, then hugged Figo and Ashley Cole tightly, and then the other teammates rushed forward and cheered loudly!

Iruetta shook his head helplessly. He knew that his players had tried their best. Unfortunately, as long as he withstands for a while, he might have a chance to fight back...

Iruetta no longer hesitated and turned around and shouted at Belleron on the bench, asking him to warm up.

Belleron was poached from Atletico Madrid for $11 million before the start of this season. He often came on the bench as Dejaminha, but Irueta is not the kind of rigid coach. Belleron sometimes partnered with Dejaminha on the court. Two midfielders with excellent creativity and passing ability may cause congestion in the frontcourt offense, but in this case it is the best choice.

Dejaminha is now staring at Marklele. If Belleron replaces him, the outcome may be that he is staring at Marklele like Dejaminha, because Belleron's technical characteristics are similar to Dejaminha, both of which are extremely creative but physically compatible midfielders. Now he is replaced by him and Dejaminha, so when Dejaminha attracts Marklele's defensive attention, Belleron will become another source of vitality for the midfielder in La Coruna!

Unfortunately, Xiao Ming did not ignore this.

"Stephen, have you seen the guy who will be replaced there? That guy has excellent organizational skills. You will retreat a little later and stare at that guy... It doesn't matter at all. His ability to confront is average. As long as you don't foul in an overly dangerous place, you can just call Gerald, who had just finished celebrating and was about to return to his half, and said in his ear.

Gerald nodded. He led two goals and could really defend, so he should retreat a little by himself. Is he not strong in confrontational ability? Then it will be much easier to defend...

Before the game re-telection, La Coruna took the lead in substitution, Berellon replaced the midfielder Dusher, and La Coruna began to organize the attack on the two cores.

But soon, Iruetta found that his substitution seemed to be as expected by the opponent. After the kickoff, Gerald, another midfielder in Leiden East, moved his position backwards and directly matched Belleron. He was also quite shameless and did not compare his skills with the opponent. He still used his body and speed to bully Belleron, who was slow and weak...

You can't be shameless to this point...

Iruetta looked at the young colleague who was less than five meters away from him in depressedly, and blamed him for making mistakes in the tactical arrangement at the beginning. Now even if he wants to adjust, he is slower and slower. Every change falls into the other party's calculations.

While La Coruna's offense was still greatly affected, Leiden East's offense was still not relaxed, and it continued to attack through midfield steals. Although Gerald's position retreat rarely joined the attack, Leiden East's offense was not greatly affected...

In the 55th minute, Edmunddo, who pulled out of the penalty area, received a pass from Jinklaze outside the penalty area. He immediately raised his foot and cleverly rubbed a curve ball. Molina, who was standing in front, could not save it, but unfortunately the ball slightly missed the far post.

In the 57th minute, La Coruna defended in a dangerous area again. Figo's arc ball this time was quite threatening, and Molina was powerless. Unfortunately, the ball flew out of the baseline against the far post, and La Coruna escaped again.

After that, La Coruña finally regrouped and launched several threatening attacks, but Leiden East's defense calmly defended the opponent's counterattack. Emerson's long shot and Makai's header were both a little far from the goal. With the two organized midfielder being stared at by Leiden East, La Coruña did not create too many opportunities.

However, Leiden East also paid some price for defending the opponent's offense. Gerald tackled Belleron in the midfield and received a yellow card. However, Gerald was innocent before, and this yellow card could not affect his next game.

As time passed, Leiden East's defensive counterattack became more and more determined. Finally, in the 64th minute, Leiden East launched a quick counterattack again. Although Gerald's long pass was a bit big, Jin Kraze still kicked the ball to the opponent under the pressure of the opponent's defender and bounced out of the baseline and obtained a corner kick.

The first two goals, Leiden Oriental, relied on set pieces, and this time was no exception.

Figo took a corner kick, and Belleron, who returned to defense, made a mistake in clearing the ball at the front point. The ball hit his head and bounced back to the back point, causing Molina, who was attacking, to save a break. Deselli, who was ambushing there at the back point, easily headed the ball into the empty goal, three to zero, and Leiden East secured the victory!

"Three to zero! A great score! Leiden Oriental has entered the semi-finals of the Champions League with one foot! There are very few people in the history of the Champions League who were eliminated after leading three to zero at home. I have to check the information... But La Coruna is not without a chance. There are more than 20 minutes left before the end of the game. If they can score a goal in the next game, then they still have to play after returning to home..."

Others may think that Xiao Ming was too cautious at this time, because after Leiden East celebrated wildly, he shouted loudly on the sidelines to let the players focus and not reveal any flaws before the end of the game. However, Xiao Ming knew that he was not worried about it, because La Coruna's home court was a bit magical...

Iruetta made a desperate bet, and Tristan and Uruguayan shooter Pandiani played at the same time, replacing two full-backs Fran and Scaloni, wanting to save the defeat through high-altitude bombing, and replaced other teams. When facing such a center with three forces, speed and impact, there may be loopholes, but Leiden East is not afraid of this...

Xiao Ming adjusted his defense appropriately, Upson replaced Edmunddo to strengthen his high-altitude ball ability in the penalty area. At the same time, Glenshare, who was faster, replaced Jinklaze, whose physical fitness was declining, strengthened the speed of counterattack. Leiden East, who was ready to kill La Corunia, strangled wave after wave of attacks like a life-threatening attack.

In the face of Leiden East's stable defense, La Coruña did not get any chance. In the last twenty minutes, their most threatening attacks were all slightly worse. In the 83rd minute, Dejaminha shot directly with a free kick, and Yasquelen lost the ball, but Hypia successfully cleared the ball. In the 86th minute, Belleron dunked Gerrard on the edge of the penalty area and then took a long shot. The ball flew out of the baseline with a long shot. In the injury time, Pandiani's header almost scored a point for La Coruña, but under Upson's interference, his header still missed the post. The last shot of the game also came from Pandiani. The Uruguayan shoter was suppressed by Ashley Cole and Hypia, which was pressed together to almost parallel to the baseline, but he still forced his shot, but was easily saved by Yasquelenen, who was in good standing.

In the last twenty minutes of the game, La Coruna finally showed a little "crazy", but their condition came too late, and Leiden East's stable defense did not give them too many opportunities. When the final whistle sounded, huge cheers sounded in the stands!

Almost all Leiden Oriental fans believe that after this great victory, it will only be a matter of time for them to enter the semi-finals. Three goals in the home court were not given a goal away. Leiden Oriental scored one away game, and La Coruna had to score five before eliminating them. With Leiden Oriental's attack power, it is possible that no goal was scored? With Leiden Oriental's defense, it is possible that he would concede five goals? What a joke!

Espn's commentator also congratulated Leiden Oriental: "Let's bless Leiden Oriental in advance. Their advantage is too great... On Brisbane Road, the energy burst out from Leiden Oriental is indeed quite terrible! The La Liga champions were powerless in front of them last season! But think about the La Liga teams that fell at their feet in the past two seasons, Mallorca, Valencia, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid... What's surprising about the more than one more La Coruña? If Valencia eliminates Arsenal, then Leiden Oriental may be able to stage a myth of destroying the La Liga semi-finals in a season... Although it is not yet said that Leiden Oriental will definitely advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League, there is no doubt that they will be the team with the greatest chance of entering the semi-finals of the Champions League among the eight teams."

However, in the post-match press conference, Xiao Ming showed his caution: "There are 90 minutes left before the start of the semi-finals. It is too early to say whether we will enter the semi-finals... La Coruna is a great team. We performed perfectly today, but we may not be able to play perfectly in two weeks. Yes, we have a great advantage, but we still can't take it lightly. Our adventure journey is still far away. I hope we can keep being nervous and not be completely relaxed until the end of the season."
Chapter completed!