79 Peak Loop Road Turn

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  "1-1 is not enough, I need you to continue scoring and keep the pressure on Marítimo's defense!" In the home team's locker room, Benfica coach Quique Flores said seriously: "The first goal conceded in the first half was unacceptable, I don't want to see this situation again, you must mark Wu Lei tightly!"

  Flores looked at Gare, the defensive core of the team, and reminded him.

  Gale didn't say anything, he just nodded firmly.

  "Nicholas, you did a great job in the first half, there's no need to waste your energy on entanglements with Wu Yu. Our team's overall strength is stronger than theirs, and if we score another goal in the second half, they will collapse!" Flores turned to Gaitan.

  "Coach, I know what to do now. We'll help the team win this game, trust me!" Gaitan's gaze was firm and his body was full of confidence.

  ……

  In the second half, Benfica continued to dominate, Wu Yu wanted to compete with Gaitan for control of the midfield, but unfortunately, the team's tactics did not allow them to press in the midfield, and they had to give up possession to Benfica.

  Lost possession of the ball, can only under the premise of passive beating, strive for sporadic counterattack opportunities.

  In the 58th minute, Cardozo's header was picked up by Sasha, who immediately threw a handball that fell to Quaresma's feet as he retreated.

  "Ricardo, here!" Wu Yun swiftly inserted from outside the large penalty area.

  Kwame leaned against his opponent's defender and immediately passed the ball to Wu Yu who made a forward run.

  Wu Yus quickly dribbled forward, the opponent's rear waist had already pressed up, but Wu Yus body shook, and immediately shook past the opponent's rear waist.

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  For Wu Yu who has already started accelerating, the opponent's rear waist can't keep up at all. Soon, Wu Yu pressed over half of the court, and both Dili and Hailton were running in position ahead.

  The opponent's back line had only two centre-backs, and the right-back who was shaken off by Wu Yu was closely chasing.

  This is a good opportunity for counterattack.

  The 65,000 fans in the stands all stood up nervously, whether they were Benfica or Marítimo fans, and paid special attention to this attack.

  If Maridimo takes the lead again, it will undoubtedly be a very favorable situation and may have an irreversible impact on this game.

  "Wu Yu brought the ball forward, and it was 3 vs 2 in the front court. Hailton on the right and Dili on the left had already run out of space!" Kristin's voice rang out.

  "He didn't choose to pass the ball, but instead took it himself and made a breakthrough, with Benfica's players completely unable to keep up with his pace!"

  "Galley is up front defending, Dili on the left is empty!"

  "Wu Yu passes the ball over, Dili will get a single knife opportunity!"

  "Oh! Good heavens, Dili kicked the ball too long, Benfica goalkeeper Artur made a save and got the ball, Maritimo wasted an excellent opportunity, Dili is clearly also very regretful."

  "Damn it!" Martens cursed angrily on the sidelines. If this ball was scored, it would have likely killed the game, but Dili actually missed the ball at such a critical moment.

  But 60,000 Benfica fans breathed a sigh of relief, only to have their hearts skip a beat again as Benfica launched a counterattack!

  The ball quickly came to Maridimo's half court, and the person holding the ball was still Gaitan. In the second half, he completely controlled the pace of the game, and all Benfica's threatening offenses started from him.

  Pereira and young Dick had no way to stop him, Wu Yu was already at the opponent's penalty area due to counterattack, and there was no time to return to defense.

  Gaitán sprinted with the ball, changing his style of seeking combinations in the second half. From midfield, he broke into Marítimo's penalty area, continuously passing by Dicko and Perreira.

  。

  "Can Gaitan break through to the forbidden zone? He is being defended by Gao Wei, can he still break through?"

  "He passed Gao Wei and there was no space for a shot, his left foot dribbled into the middle of the road!"

  "Kartok and Rosario in the penalty area!"

  "What's with Cardoza's header?!"

  "Beautiful! Benfica scored! 2-1!"

  With Cristian's excited commentary, the ball went into the net, leaving only Rosario on the ground in the penalty area, Gaitán having overtaken him and Sasha standing on the goal line, without any reaction, they stared blankly at Cardozo and Gaitán as they wildly celebrated.

  The stadium shook again, and the deafening cheers echoed into the ears of Maridimo players, like a thunderstorm that made them tremble with fear.

  Benfica took the lead! Gaitán made a solo run from midfield, beating three Marítimo players in a row, and assisted Cardozo's header to score, helping Benfica take the lead again.

  If the match ends with this score, Marítimo will be overtaken by Benfica by 1 point, losing the third place in the league and the qualification for the Champions League. This is equivalent to losing millions of euros in broadcasting revenue share, and also depriving Wu Yu and others of a bigger stage to showcase themselves.

  Flores stormed towards Martins, shouting and waving his fists, apparently in a show of defiance against Martins.

  Martins was silent with a frown on his face, as if regretting his conservatism.

  Wu Yu, who had been chasing back from the opponent's half court, was now outside the penalty area, looking at his dejected teammates inside the penalty area, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

  "This match can't be lost! We must come back!" Wu Yu said to himself in his heart.

  "Get up, the game is not over yet, stand up like a man!" Quaresma's voice came from the other side, he walked into the penalty area, pulled up Rosario who fell to the ground, and patted Sasha and Gao Wei on the shoulder.

  "That's right, we need to tie the score and win this game. There is no way back now, we can only fight!" Brigel was also encouraging his teammates.

  "It doesn't matter"

  ！”

  ……

  Although Martins did not indicate, Maridimo's players still found a way to stand in adversity. In this season's matches against the three giants, they also fell behind many times, and finally, many times they were able to tie or reverse the game. Now Benfica is leading, it's actually letting them find back the rhythm of this season's match.

  "Will Maridimo be able to equalize the score after losing the ball? Their players seem to have even more morale, I'm surprised by the fighting spirit of Maridimo's players," said Kristin.

  "It's indeed unbelievable, perhaps this is the characteristic of their team. After leading in the first half, they became a bit conservative and didn't play football anymore, now that they're losing, with no way out, they've taken control of the game." Figo exclaimed.

  In the 60th minute of the game, Benfica took a 2-1 lead with Cardozo's header, but in the next 15 minutes, Maritimo regained control of the midfield under the crazy pressing of Wu Yun, Dikiao and Pereira, and launched wave after wave of attacks on Benfica's goal.

  Benfica's head coach Flores also intended to let his team shrink and wait for the counterattack.

  Wu Yun got the ball in the middle of the road, Gatan quickly pressed up, he had already retreated to defend outside his own penalty area.

  "I can take you down!" Wu Yu said quietly as he faced Gatan: "But I don't have to do that!"

  As soon as he made the move, he passed the ball to Dickau, who quickly pressed past Gatan, while Wu Yun ran a cross from behind Dickau.

  As soon as Dyego's cross came in, the opponent's defense line was disrupted. Garay was dragged to one side by Dili's run, while Quaresma also pulled the opponent's right back, creating a gap between Benfica's right center back and right back, just enough for Dyego to make a breakthrough!

  Everyone's attention is focused on Wu Yu, completely ignoring Maridimo and a young genius midfielder named Dicko.

  Galleh wanted to come over and defend, but it was too late. Dykeoh lightly lifted the ball, avoiding Galleh's tackle, and broke into the penalty area!

  Benfica's goalkeeper makes a quick dash!

  Both sides are in a stalemate. Dick Au raises his head to observe the goal, and finds that the shooting angle has been blocked by Artur.

  He remained extremely calm, lifted his right leg, made a fake shooting motion, and took advantage of Artur's loss of balance. He then pushed the ball to his left with his right foot and ran in that direction.

  Artur has been passed over! This will be a great opportunity.

  But Artur apparently didn't want to let Dykstra get the shot so easily, and as he fell to the ground, his right hand discreetly pulled on Dykstra's supporting leg.

  Dick stumbled, but he didn't fall. He put his hands on the ground and continued to run towards the ball.

  It was just a delay like that, Dyke already lost the shooting angle, and the ball was about to roll out of bounds!

  "Foul! That's a foul!" Martens shouted excitedly from the sidelines.

  In this flash of lightning, the referee had not made any indication, and Dyke was just before the ball rolled out of bounds, hooked it back, and passed it to the central penalty area!

  "This is mine!" Galle, who had been very focused, quickly returned after being overtaken by Dickau, and before Dili, he used the back of his head to knock the ball out.

  Artur thought the danger had been averted and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when a white figure quickly cut into the restricted area!

  It's Wu Yu!

  The ball cleared by Galley fell right on the edge of the penalty area, with no one defending him!

  Bang!

  With a loud thud, Wu Yu faced the incoming ball and kicked it into the air, easily shooting it into the empty goal.

  The ball took a strong spin and rolled several times inside the net before falling to the ground.

  The Stadium of Light was in a state of eerie silence, the red ocean now still, except for a small section of the stands behind one goal where Maritimo's fans were ecstatically celebrating. Though their cheers weren't enough to shake the stadium, they were more than enough to be deafening to the 60,000 Benfica fans in attendance.

  Wu Yu excitedly ran to the corner of the field, pumping his fist in celebration of this goal.

  "2-2! Wu Yun helps Maridimo equalize the score! The third place in the league has changed hands again, what a thrilling match!"

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