When Hu Lai stood in the center circle for the third time, with the football under his feet preparing to kick off, he heard Tonini calling him.

"Pass the ball to me, Hu!"

Tonini gestured to him.

In fact, Hu Lai knew very well what would happen after he passed the ball - Vesuvius' players would definitely catch up like a hunting dog chasing a rabbit.

He believed that Toni himself knew this very well.

But Hu Lai still nodded to Toni.

Seeing Hu Lai nodding, Toni had a smile on his face and thanked him with a thumbs up.

After the crisp whistle, accompanied by the cheers of Vesuvius fans, Hu Lai turned around and passed the football hard to Tonini who was standing in the midfielder position.

As he expected, after the football was played, Vesuvius' forward Merlin Ulrich quickly passed by him and rushed straight towards Toni.

After Toni received the ball, he did not pass the football immediately.

Instead, when Ulrich rushed in front of him and stretched out his foot to steal the ball, he gently moved the football to the left with his right foot, then knocked the ball forward with his left foot, and at the same time, he sidestepped away.

Ulrich rushes.

“Beautiful fried meatballs!”

After passing Ulrich with a fried ball, Tonini passed the football to Vukovich who stepped forward to meet him.

At the same time, he also reached out and made a "steady" gesture to the Serbian midfielder.

Be steady, don't rush to attack after conceding two goals in a row, control the rhythm first, slow down, and don't let the game fall into the rhythm that Vesuvius wants.

There is no need for the head coach to remind them. As experienced players, they themselves know exactly what to do.

Vukovich passed the ball directly back to the feet of center back Danny Drew.

Drew then passed the ball to left back Yin Weng Martinez and pointed to the far right side.

Yin Weng made a long diagonal pass with his big foot and passed the ball in the direction Drew pointed to right back Ettore Navarro.

As soon as Navarro caught the ball, Vesuvius' players rushed up to press him.

But before receiving the ball, Navarro had already seen Joaquin Vela who came to meet him, so he passed the football directly back to Joaquin Vela in the center.

Vela received the ball and passed it back to goalkeeper Hewel.

The Madrid Pirates just moved back and forth in the midfield and backfield.

In response to the Pirates' ball control behavior, Vesuvius' countermeasure was to press high.

Their players seem to be tireless.

This kind of pressing did create some trouble for Madrid Pirates' goal.

As the number of consecutive passes increased, mistakes would always occur. Vesuvius seized one of the opportunities and launched an attack in the frontcourt.

They passed a low ball from the right side of the penalty area to the center.

Merlin Ulrich, who was outflanking in the middle, failed to get a chance to shoot due to the personal interference of Tony Nijoaquin Vela. He could only watch the football pass in front of his eyes and roll back!

The Vesuvius fans in the stands became excited - because although Ulrich failed to get a chance to kick, he deceived goalkeeper Hewel into the middle. Now the goal is empty!

Another forward of Vesuvius, Valerio Betra, rushed to the back point and stabbed with his foot!

At the same time, the center back Riva Moreno, who was supposed to be guarding him, slipped and fell to the ground at the critical moment!

The Madrid Pirates fans in front of the TV were so shocked that they broke into a cold sweat!

Fortunately, Toni arrived in time and put down a shovel to intercept!

The football was blocked by him in front of the goal line!

Betra wanted to make a follow-up shot, but this time he and Vukovich exchanged a kick. The football bounced and flew outside the penalty area, and was completely messed up and cleared.

"Wow! It's so dangerous! It's so dangerous!"

Spanish commentator Sanchez let out a sigh of relief.

The Italian commentator put his head in his hands: "Vesuvius missed an opportunity to extend the score to 3:0! Betra's two consecutive shots were blocked by Madrid Pirates players in front of the goal line twice!

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But he quickly changed the subject: "However, the dangers in front of Madrid Pirates' goal show that their defense can no longer withstand the pressure. Moreno's sudden slip is strong evidence! Under Vesuvius' high pressure,

The pressure on the players of Madrid Pirates will increase... That's it! Keep applying pressure, and under heavy pressure, the Pirates will inevitably collapse!"

The Italian commentator was right, and Vesuvius fans thought so too.

Moreno suddenly slipped in front of the goal, which is simply a microcosm of the busy situation of the Madrid Pirates.

However, the next scene that appeared on the live TV screen made many people frown.

After Riva Moreno got up from the ground after making a mistake, he actually smiled at Tonini.

Tonini, who wiped his butt for him, did not complain to Moreno who made the mistake. Instead, he waved his hands with a smile on his face, as if he did not take the danger in front of the door to heart at all...

This is very puzzling.

You almost lost the ball just now!

And this is clearly Moreno's own mistake.

Don’t you all criticize and self-criticize?

Even if I don’t criticize myself, I’m still smiling!

Especially Moreno, he made a mistake and the team almost conceded a goal, but he still had a smile!

What's so funny?

what's so funny?!

Simply baffling!

We Vesuvius fans can’t stand it any longer and we feel sorry for the Madrid Pirates fans!

Such a shameless, irresponsible and shameless group of players, no wonder Madrid Pirates have performed so poorly this season!

In fact, it's not just Vesuvius fans who find it incredible.

Farias on the court was also a bit incredible.

He saw with his own eyes Toni and Moreno smiling at each other.

Then I got messy too:

Why laugh?

One just made a mistake and almost caused the team to concede a goal, while the other had already caused the team to concede a goal due to his own negligence.

There were dangers in front of the Pirates of Madrid, and Farias's heart was beating wildly. The two people who should be afraid of the most actually laughed at each other...

Farias looked at other teammates and found that most of them turned a blind eye to this. They were not as surprised as he was, and no one criticized them.

Goalkeeper Hywell is directing the players to position themselves for defense.

On the field, captain Joaquin Vela was clapping his hands to encourage everyone.

He looked at Hu Lai again, who not only did not criticize Tonini and Moreno, but gave them a thumbs up!

Noticing Farias' doubtful eyes, Hu Lai turned around, smiled at him as well, and then told him with gestures and mouth movements:

Stay still and don't panic, it's no big deal.

Farias suddenly realized that this might be the old guys' "not alarmed by changes"?

In the past six or seven seasons, these people have experienced many "famous scenes" together. Especially during the three consecutive Champions League seasons, every championship was hard-won and was won through stumbling.

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There are many situations like this where one is forced into a desperate situation by the opponent.

Not to mention, in the recent second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, didn't the team fall behind by three goals in the game?

So maybe in their eyes, the "danger" in front of the door just now is really not that big of a deal...

Thinking about it this way, Farias felt that it was really not a big deal.

We can come back from being behind by three goals, but what does it mean to be behind by two goals?

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Farias saw calmness and hope in the smiles between Moreno and Tonini.

The fans of Vesuvius also saw hope - the hope that Vesuvius would score more goals and end the two-round suspense in one round.

After the game resumed, Vesuvius stepped up its offensive and put further pressure.

However, the panic they hoped to see from the Madrid Pirates players did not appear.

The Madrid Pirates players not only withstood Vesuvius' offensive, but were also able to launch threatening counterattacks.

In the 20th minute of the game, Hu Lai got a chance to kick outside the penalty area.

He first pretended to pass the football to Farias, and then suddenly moved the football forward to create enough space for his feet, and then quickly shot with his legs!
To be continued...