novelhk Chapter 222
Chapter 222
What? No one! ? Isn't the captain of Barcelona following me all the time! ?
This was Torres' first thought after he received the pass and turned his body sideways. He never expected that Puyol, who had been following him since the start of the game, suddenly disappeared.
At this time, the closest person to Torres, who had turned half of his body, was Motta behind him, and after seeing Torres had the ball, he also rushed over and tried to keep the ball in the midfield.
Puyol, who was supposed to be marking Torres, stopped after seeing Torres retreat to the center line. Now he is standing outside the center circle with another central defender Marcos, about two or three meters away from Torres.
Torres looked up and immediately judged the loophole in Barcelona's defense! There is a gap of about 1 meter between Marcos and Puyol! If he can catch it, he might be able to get through them!
So he tried to take a step forward with the ball.
Seeing Torres's move, the experienced Puyol knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he took a step towards Torres, ready to take the ball from the front.
And Torres seemed to have already calculated Puyol's intention. The moment he rushed up, he changed his tactics instantly! Then he slapped the ball hard with the outside of his right foot, sending the ball to a position about four or five meters behind Puyol and Marcos.
The next second, after sending the ball, Torres completely showed what absolute speed is in front of more than 90,000 fans at Camp Nou!
He exerted force on his legs, stepped heavily on the ground with his studs, and stepped on the grass to fly, and then drove at full speed, instantly passing through the gap between Puyol and Marcos who had not yet reacted!
After passing the two central defenders, Thomas had a clear path in front of him, without any Barcelona players except Valdes. When he brought the ball into the penalty area, Valdes had just rushed to the penalty spot.
The Barcelona goalkeeper was embarrassed at this time. He had actually chosen to attack after Torres passed Puyol, but Torres' speed was too fast. After catching up with the football, he just dribbled again and then rushed directly into the penalty area.
Faced with this situation, Valdes was also struggling in his heart, whether to continue rushing forward to intercept the ball or to fall directly to the ground to expand his defensive area.
After hesitating for half a second, Valdes made a choice.
He rushed towards Torres, who consciously slowed down a little after receiving the ball again.
But Torres now is not the Torres who can kick the empty goal at Chelsea a few years later. He did not dribble the ball with his head down. When he ran to the top of the penalty area, the Spanish golden boy was already observing Valdes' position. When he saw Valdes choose to rush towards him, he knew that the opportunity had come!
So when Valdes was about two meters away from him, Torres decisively kicked the ball!
In fact, Valdes was a little far away from the goal he was guarding at this time. If Torres chose to lob the ball, he would have a great chance to score, but the young man did not. He chose a very sneaky push shot!
The football flew towards the goal of Barcelona along the grass, and the route was not far from Valdes!
But most goalkeepers would find it very difficult to save such a shot!
Perhaps most goalkeepers are most afraid of saving the ground ball suddenly kicked by the opponent in such a high-speed sprint, and the distance between the ball and their bodies is also quite ambiguous.
Even though the Barcelona goalkeeper's reaction was very fast, when the ball passed by him, Valdes only had time to make a sideways fall, but his body did not touch the ball at all.
The next second, Valdes, who could only hope that Torres's aim was not good, turned his head and looked behind him after falling to the ground.
But what awaited him was to watch the football gently roll into the goal he was guarding!
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"gooooooooooooooooooooooool~~~~~~" Jon hasn't reacted yet, but Lineker has jumped up from his seat, screaming, "24 seconds!!! Only 24 seconds into the game!!! Fernando Torres helped Leeds United take the lead away from home!!!"
"Hahahahaha, who said Leeds United will be slaughtered by Barcelona tonight after the draw!? Who said that Li will be pressed to the ground and rubbed repeatedly by Rijkaard!? Who said that Torres and Ibrahimovic are weaklings in the Champions League knockout stage!? I don't know if it's Zlatan, after all, he hasn't played today! But Torres, absolutely! No! It's!”
Although Jon was not as excited as Lineker, it was the English team that scored the first goal. He also took over Lineker's words with a smile on his face: "Yes! Since Rivaldo passed the ball to Torres, Leeds United spent 25 million euros to bring the Spanish Holy Child from Atletico Madrid to show the world an extremely rich personal hero's goal! He broke through the defense of the defending champion alone! Just 24 seconds after the start of the game, Barcelona fell behind 0:1 at home! "
"That's right!" Lineker has not stopped his celebration, still dancing in the studio, "Lee once again proved to us his vision of people! Leeds United once again proved to us that football is round, and everything is possible in 90 minutes! And I just received a reminder from the director that Torres' goal is enough to rank fourth in the fastest goal record in the history of the Champions League! ”
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The Camp Nou, which was bustling with people just a second ago, fell into a brief silence after the ball rolled into its own gate. Now more than 90,000 fans, including the live commentator sitting at the top, were stunned by Leeds United's quick attack.
The Barcelona players on the field were not much better. After Torres scored, they all stood there with a bewildered look on their faces.
This is too much of a mentality. The game has just started, and who knows that Leeds United, which was originally regarded as a weakling, has scored a goal first...
But the players of Leeds United don't care about these stunned opponents.
After Torres scored, he had already run from the penalty area of Barcelona to the bench of Leeds United. His teammates also rushed over. After rushing over, Rivaldo directly hugged Li Shiguang and kept shouting in his ear.
"Boss! Boss! We are ahead! Although the process is different from what we planned before the start, the result is the same! And I actually gave Fernando an assist...hahahaha..."