Chapter 1038: The Battle Against the Big Game
Mane's goal triggered cheers in the stands of the visiting team at Bayer Athletic Stadium.
In the two-round knockout match, for the visiting side, the first record and away goal were definitely a good start worth celebrating.
Fang Jue happily patted Mane on the shoulder, "Beautiful job, Sadio."
Aston Villa's players also gathered around to celebrate the goal warmly.
Aston Villa is celebrating, and on the side of Leverkusen, their head coach Schmidt frowned slightly.
He was mentally prepared for the goal being scored by Aston Villa, but the concealment came earlier than he expected.
Schmidt knew that at this time, Leverkusen must be stabilized and must not be affected by this goal concealment.
He came to the sidelines and shouted the name of the team's veteran forward Keslin, signaling the team to stay calm and not to panic.
Kislin said he understood that he clapped, clapped, shouted, and encouraged his teammates' fighting spirit.
"The game has only started for a while, just one goal, we'll just score it back."
"We have been preparing for this game for so long, and surrendering is not our style."
This big man with a height of 191m is a veteran star in this Leverkusen team and is highly respected by the players.
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Fang Jue originally thought that this concealment would cause Leverkusen to have some confusion for a while, and this confusing time was an excellent opportunity for Aston Villa to expand their score advantage.
However, he soon noticed that Leverkusen's calm performance was not to say that conceding the ball had no effect on the home team's players, but this impact was within a controllable range.
"Schmidt's team is well prepared," Sebalos said.
Fang Jue nodded. This should be the change that Schmidt brought to this Leverkusen.
You know, two years ago, this team was once washed away by Barcelona's seven-game one, and the Bayer people have always been so tenacious.
At 31 minutes after the game was played, Bellarabi passed the ball from the side, and Kisling leaned against Stones outside the penalty area. He withstood the young England defender and successfully reached the football. He headed the ball back.
Pogba came up to defend, and he tried to sweep the football out, and the football hit Castro's calf and bounced away.
Cialhanoglu rushed up, and he shot directly against the football while running!
“Calhanoglu is beautiful!”
"Has the ball entered the long shot?"
The commentator saw the Turkish international rushing up at the broadcast seat and shot, and the football hit Aston Villa's goal like a cannonball.
Terstegen jumped and rushed to the side, trying his best to get the ball.
He was unable to touch football.
The net behind him shook.
Some commentators were even ready to shout 'GOAL', and then they realized that the ball did not make the ball. The football bypassed the goalkeeper's hands and slightly off the post, and finally hit the side net, causing the ball net to shake.
Terstegen lay on the ground. He glanced at the football blocked by the side net and then bounced back to the billboard. He breathed a long sigh of relief and lay on the ground.
Watching the football hit the side net, Cialhanolu waved his hand a little annoyed. The ball felt very good when he shot. He felt that the ball was a chance, but he didn't expect it to be a little worse.
On the sidelines, Fang Jue was so shocked that he almost jumped up. Looking from his perspective, he almost thought he had lost the ball when he saw the net shaking.
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However, just five minutes later, Aston Villa's goal finally fell.
Leverkusen's threatening attack still comes from Turkey's international Cialhanoglu. After his free kick was saved by goalkeeper Ter Stegen, veteran Kislin's long legs swept back before the football was about to go out of the baseline. Leverkusen's central defender Papadopoulos scored a point in front of the goal and scored a goal, hitting the football into the net.
“Goooooooooooooooooooal!”
"Papadopoulos! The ball entered, and he scored a goal in front of the goal, one-to-one, and the tenacious Leverkusen tied the score."
"This is Schmidt's Leverkusen, they played very hard, very organized, and did a good job."
"The biggest contributor to this goal is Cialhanoglu, who is the most threatening one in Leverkusen."
Fang Jue shook his head helplessly. The loss of the ball made him very depressed. He didn't know who to scold someone. Strictly speaking, there was no obvious loophole in Aston Villa's defense line.
If the only thing to blame is that De Bruyne's previous foul location for Kislin is questionable, which gives Cialhanoglu the opportunity to play his excellent free kick style.
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After conceding the ball, Aston Villa launched a tide-like offensive towards Leverkusen's goal.
In the 41st minute of the game, Modric sent a beautiful diagonal ball. After Sanchez spiked continuously at the edge of the penalty area, he made a move to break into the penalty area, but suddenly defeated the football in the top of the penalty area.
De Bruyne poked with his toes, and Lewandowski in front of the goal withstood Spasic and turned around and shot.
"Beautiful! Leno!"
"World-class save!"
The commentator praised Leno's save, and his body sank, raised his right hand high and shot the ball out.
Wendel directly kicked the football big foot towards Aston Villa's halftime.
The football was pushed back by Sendros.
Aston Villa made a comeback and launched a second attack.
Pogba split the side and passed the football to Mane.
Mane dribbled along the sidelines.
The one who defended him was Bellabi.
This German star is very smart. He did not blindly make any moves, but while fighting and retreating, he stuck Manene's cutting line well. He planned to continue to force Manene toward the bottom line. It would be best if the opponent touched the football out of the sideline or bottom line by himself. This was a very successful defense.
However, he didn't expect that Mane hooked his feet and poked the football between Bellabi's legs when it was about to go out of bounds.
Then, while Bellabi was not able to turn around, Mane flew past the other side and successfully bypassed the defender and chased the football.
"Beautiful, the ball was scored by the crotch-piercing man." commentator Leinker shouted happily, "The Senegalese are in very good shape today."
Mane, who passed Bellarabi, planned to go directly to the front of the door.
Papadopoulos came to intercept him, and he stretched out his foot to block the ball and touched the ball out of the bottom line, and Mane also fell to the ground after contact.
The referee pointed to the corner point.
Fang Jue raised his arms high on the sidelines to protest, thinking that this should be a penalty kick.
"Mane fell in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a corner kick. Is it a penalty or a corner kick?"
"Is it a penalty kick? No, no, the referee signaled that this was a corner kick." The commentator also talked about the penalty.
Slow-motion replay shows that Papadopoulos did encounter football first. Although the Greeks' defensive moves are relatively large, this is indeed a penalty kick.
Chapter completed!