Twenty-three promotion battle: a bolt from the blue!
Accompanied by the whistle of the referee, amidst the earth-shattering cheers of the 425 stadium, the decisive battle between Penafiel and Eluca officially began!
Both teams were very cautious after the start of the game.
Eluka set up the fence, Penafiel actively organized the offensive but only relied on the striker trident to test, the midfielders did not dare to press at the beginning of the game, after all, they were also afraid of Eluka's sharp counterattack .
If you don't count the offensive and defensive data of the Benfica B team, Eluca is the team in the Portuguese League second only to Beleneses in offensive firepower!
Eluka defended and counterattacked with the idea of being invincible, and Ye Yifeng's performance was the most eye-catching when Penafiel's side actively launched an offensive.
The frontcourt supports the ball with a kick, and quickly enters the penalty area when he has the opportunity. Regardless of whether there is a possibility of success in the end, he will make Aluka's defense feel nervous.
And after Eluka's successful defense, Ye Yifeng will immediately return to the midfield quickly. If the opponent pushes the attack from the right, he can even chase all the way to the backcourt!
His active defense can strengthen Penafiel's midfield defense. At least Eluka's right-sided offensive will fall into a dead end after entering the frontcourt. The effect of Ye Yifeng's pressing from the rear is clear at a glance.
After 15 minutes of the game, neither team could produce a single shot.
Most of the time, he is entangled in the midfield, and Penafiel's offensive will be efficiently surrounded by opponents when he comes to the dangerous area of the frontcourt attack.
Penafiel began to gradually speed up and exert strength. Midfielders Zizinho and Organista took turns to attack the front of the Eluka penalty area, which improved Penafiel's offensive continuation.
However, Eluka seemed to be very experienced. The back line retreated to the penalty area to compress the defensive space, and the five midfielders shrank the encirclement to the front of the penalty area.
The fouls of the two teams began to increase. Eluka was very decisive in defending in the backcourt, but fouled immediately if he was broken or a position failed to keep up with the opponent.
Fouls are committed as far as possible beyond the thirty-yard zone in front of the goal.
Penafiel is also restricting the opponent's quick counterattack, but he will foul decisively if the partial defense is placed alone!
It is difficult to present a wonderful picture in the game. It is unrealistic for the Portuguese League to expect the teams to play wide open and merge. If the technical and tactical strength does not have the confidence to determine the opponent, it will not actively expose the weakness of the defense.
After 30 minutes of the game, Penafiel focused on cross-bombing on both wings.
However, the cautiousness of the full-back assists led to the fact that no matter whether Ye Yifeng made a pass from the left or Robertson took the ball from the right, Rui Miguel was the only one who responded in the center, and the offensive was never successful.
After 40 minutes of the game, Gary Buell went to the frontcourt and played a quick pass and cut cooperation with Robertson, and then went down to the bottom line and made a cross.
At this time, Rui Miguel was grabbing a point in front of the goal, Robertson cut into the penalty area and also grabbed the front point, and Ye Yifeng quickly ran to the back of the penalty area to ambush!
Gary Buel's cross passed the front of the penalty area but was cleared with a header by the tall central defender Mika in the middle of the goal.
The Penafiel fans in the stands were slightly disappointed, but also hopeful.
But this time, after Eluka made a clearance in the penalty area, the midfielder quickly launched a counterattack with three passes and two downs. They did not play on the right. Luis Pinto was chasing from behind by Ye Yifeng several times and lost the ball. up!
However, Solares on the left took advantage of Gary Buel's failure to return to the defense in this counterattack and ran quickly to respond.
When he waded the ball to the front of the penalty area, Penafiel central defender Santos filled his position to defend him.
Solares kicked decisively and sent a diagonal pass close to the ground.
The football rolled into the left rib of the penalty area.
Clement, the strongest shooter in the Eluka team, was followed by Neves during the active movement.
At the moment of touching the ball, Clement made an emergency stop to smash the ball and changed to a crosscut.
Neves mistakenly thought that the opponent would shoot directly and blocked the opponent's front line, causing this shot to be directly wiped by the opponent!
When passing by each other, Neves looked terrified.
Ruined!
Clemente took a step towards the penalty spot in the penalty area. Goalkeeper Coelho just ran two steps when he saw Clemente push and shoot.
The football rolled to the lower right corner of the goal, the angle was tricky, and Coelho made a desperate save.
The moment the football rolled into Penafiel's goal, the 425 stadium erupted with cheers from the Aluca fans!
With a smile on his face, Clement opened his arms and rushed towards the fans' stands of the visiting team, enjoying the cheers of the fans!
Eluka coach Victor Oliveira gritted his teeth and clenched his hands heavily into fists and vibrated up and down a few times.
Steady!
Clement pushes in!
He calmly dunked Penafiel captain Neves!
Aluca leads Penafiel away!
The turbulent game suddenly thundered on the ground!
Eluka's first goal at the 425 Stadium seems to have secured their victory!
Unless they are reversed by Penafiel, they will definitely be promoted to the Portuguese Super League next season!
Has the miracle of Penafiel come to an end?
Are all their efforts in the first 9 rounds going to waste?
Miguel Reel seemed to be trying to hide his inner tension after losing the ball. He raised his hand and brushed his hair casually, but he didn't find his neat hairstyle messed up.
He clapped his hands to encourage the team to maintain a stable mentality and not lose their mentality due to losing the ball.
But his own unnatural expression clearly revealed the fear in his heart.
The Penafiel fans in the stands felt like a bolt from the blue, and the cheering stopped abruptly. It wasn’t that they didn’t expect the team to concede the goal first, but they were unwilling to think about the possibility that the probability was not low from the beginning to the end. !
What to do next?
They need to score at least 2 goals to come back from defeat!
But the team's performance seems to be unable to threaten the opponent's goal, how to score?
It's not that Penafiel performed poorly, but that Eluka's bus is airtight!
With Eluka's strength to place the bus, the entire Portuguese League can count the teams capable of destroying the bus with one slap.
It is a pity that among the teams that objectively evaluate the strength of the team, Penafiel is obviously not one of the teams that has the absolute ability to penetrate the Aluka bus.
Captain Neves has no problem with air defense, but he does have shortcomings against dexterous forwards. This time he was dunked and the opponent pushed and scored. He cannot absolve himself of the blame.
But he cheered up and raised his head to face the next game bravely.
There must be disappointment in the hearts of the Penafiel generals, but now is definitely not the time to give up.
The situation has gone from difficult to even more difficult!
The cheers of Penafiel fans came from the stands again!
They did not drop their support.
How can players on the field give up the fight?
After the kick-off, Penafiel's entire army still maintained high morale and tried to tear apart Eluka's defense, but with little success.
The referee blew his whistle to signal the end of the first half.
Penafiel's passion is about to die if he can't come up with a good solution or equalize the score as soon as possible in the face of Eluka's iron barrel formation.