The King Returns
Remember in one second
"Damn it! Pereira you idiot, should have passed the ball to Wu Yu!"
After the Stars scored a penalty, the camera cut to Pereira, while the bearded man in the bar was loudly cursing. Other fans also cursed Pereira, seemingly agreeing with what the bearded man said.
"Pass the ball to Wu Yu!" Martins shouted loudly from the sidelines to the players on the field: "Organize everything for him, you have to trust him!"
Pereira still looked dejected, still rueing the penalty he had given away.
The match was restarted and within 10 minutes Wu Lei made his second kick-off, this time passing the ball directly to Pereira behind him.
Pereira gets the ball and knocks it wide to captain Brigel on the left flank.
The Stars' forwards pressed up quickly, and Briger could only pass the ball back to Perreira.
"Here! Pass me the ball!" Wu Yu ran out of position again and shouted loudly at Pereira.
"Give him the ball, you idiot!" The bearded man shouted again in Fonsal's bar. He was not alone in his shouting, as other fans present also joined in.
Pereira hesitated for a moment, then pushed off with his instep and passed the ball to Wu Yu in front of him.
Martins, who was tense on the sidelines, saw Pereira actively pass the ball to Wu Yu, and immediately let out a sigh of relief.
Due to Pereira's momentary hesitation, when Wu Yu got the ball, the opponent's rear waist had already pressed up. He didn't have space to turn around with the ball, so he could only tap it to the left to Artur and quickly turned around to run forward.
Artur tacitly understood and immediately made a wall pass with Wu Lei, passing the ball back to Wu Lei.
With the support of his teammates, Wu Yusen was like a dragon entering the sea, quickly breaking through to the opponent's front court. Quaresma on the left had already run out of space and he didn't hesitate to make an overhead pass, putting the ball at Quaresma's feet.
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Under Wu Yu's drive, Maridimo immediately launched a wave of offense.
Quaresma broke through two opponents on the left flank, dodged an empty space and shot with one foot, rubbing against the left post and flying out of bounds, almost equalizing the score for Marítimo.
Although they were unable to immediately tie the score, Wu Yu played an important role in this attack and his teammates felt that he seemed to be back in form.
In the following matches, including Pereira, teammates gradually regained trust in Wu Lei. Every time Wu Lei made a run and created space to receive the ball, they would pass it to his feet, allowing him to organize the offense.
Wu Yu did not disappoint his teammates' trust, and when he took the ball in midfield, he changed his poor state of the previous few games. Whether it was controlling the ball or passing, he completed them extremely well. He led Maridimo to launch wave after wave of attacks, launching a charge at the Stars' goal.
The home team took the lead in the first 10 minutes, but Wu Yu gradually regained control of the midfield through passing and organization, and possession also fell to Maridimo's feet.
"Oh! Wu Yu has another beautiful breakaway, his performance today is too outstanding, completely different from the poor state of the previous games. The South China Tiger from last season is back!" Christen couldn't help but exclaim after Wu Yu's breakthrough.
In the bars of Funchal, Marítimo fans also let out low gasps of amazement, but they didn't openly applaud Wu Lei, after all, they had just scolded him before the game.
Although Maridi still hasn't equalized the score, Martins' tightly furrowed eyebrows have already relaxed. Now that the game has been going on for 30 minutes, he can see that Wu Yu has come back to life and is helping the team fully control the midfield, so it's only a matter of time before they score again, therefore he is completely not anxious.
The star team's coach, however, was frowning, despite the team being ahead in score. Before the game, he knew that Wu Yus' condition was very poor and thought that Martins would be a knockout punch, which seemed to prove true for over 10 minutes at the start of the game.
It was unexpected that Maridimo's loss of the ball actually activated Wu Yu, allowing this young Chinese player who shone brightly in the Portuguese Super League last season and was pursued by major clubs during the summer transfer window to take control of the midfield, putting immense pressure on the team's backline.
Within 20 minutes after Ma Li's mistake, the team created several threatening offenses through Wu Yu, getting closer and closer to scoring.
The more it is at this time, the less anxious it should be.
Wu Yu took the ball in midfield and calmly told himself.
The team controlled the field and should have created the best scoring opportunities, rather than feeling frustrated and impatient due to missed chances.
He looked up and observed the front court, Dili held down an opponent's defender, two wingers also firmly suppressed the opponent's two back defenders. Only one defensive midfielder and one central defender blocked his way forward.
The opponent's back waist quickly pressed up, and there was also a star team player approaching from behind.
Wu Yu didn't panic, instead he took advantage of the opponent's rear waist attack, quickly pulling his foot back and then stepping forward, using the momentum to take down his opponent.
Obviously, the opponent did not expect Wu Yu's kick to be so fast. In the face of being pressed down, he had no way to turn around and block Wu Yu's advance.
"Damn it! Go and reinforce the defense, don't let him pass the ball!" The coach of Xingqi team said hastily. In the previous 20 minutes, Wu Yun had already made several threatening passes, giving Wu Yun space to handle the ball, which was equivalent to exposing his own goal to the firepower of Maritimo's forward.
Wu Yu has advanced to the 30-yard area, his eyes fixed on Quaresma's direction on the left road, his body slightly leaning to the right, and his left foot is about to pass the ball to Quaresma.
Quaresma inserted on the left side of the highway, and the opponent's right back could not stop him at all.
A central defender of the star team rushed over and fell to the ground with a flying tackle, trying to kill Wu Yu's pass in the cradle.
Wu Yu looked at the opponent's defender who had already fallen to the ground, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The left foot that was originally passing the ball lightly dodged the tackle from the Stars' central defender.
After passing through the opponent's flying shovel and coming to the central defender, Wu Yu had a large space in the penalty area, while the star team midfielder who was chasing back at least 5 meters away.
"Wu Yu has a comfortable opportunity to take the ball outside the penalty area, and Quaresma is already empty on the left side. Will he pass the ball to him?" Cristiano exclaimed after Wu Yu dunked over the Stars' central defender.
Wu Yu did not choose to pass the ball, and after that one kick was not passed, Quaresma was already in an offside position, let alone now having a large space in front of him, there is no need to rush to pass the ball.
He looked up at the opponent's gate and found that he was now in a straight line with another center back and goalkeeper of the star team, blocking the goalkeeper's line of sight.
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What a great opportunity!
Wu Yu took a step forward with the ball, then made some quick adjustments to his pace, his left foot firmly planted on the grass to the left of the ball, while his right leg swung high and back.
Draw the bow and shoot!
Bang!!!
Wu Yu's first shot attempt came nearly 30 minutes into the game, about 25 yards from goal, with a powerful right-footed strike.
The ball didn't rotate at all, along a straight line, rapidly rushing towards the upper left corner of the goal!
The goalkeeper of the Stars team was left helpless when the ball appeared in his vision, already lodged in the top left corner of the goal! He could only watch as the ball hit the net and deformed it before falling down powerlessly.
"I did it!" Wu Yu knew the ball would go into the net as soon as he kicked it.
He sprinted towards the Maridimo fans' stand, thumping his left chest to the scattered fans and shouting at them.
"I'm back!"
Maridiano equalized the score, 1-1!
Kwame quickly ran over and hugged Wu Yu to celebrate, while Martins on the sidelines was quite calm, as if this was within his expectations.
"WOW! What a fantastic long shot, the ball went straight to the top corner, and the opposing goalkeeper didn't have any reaction at all. Chinese kid Wu Yu helped Maridimo equalize the score, that magical kid from last season is back!" Cristin excitedly explained after the goal.
Inside the Fonte Nova Arena, Marítimo's fans were initially stunned after Wu Lei scored, then went wild in celebration, hugging each other and shouting "Well done!"
"See, I told you so! Wu Yu is coming back!" He hugged the bar owner beside him and excitedly said to the young bartender.
The first half ended 1-1, if the score remained like this, Marítimo would advance. Steaua Bucure?ti obviously didn't want to give up, they took off a defensive midfielder at halftime and replaced him with an attacking midfielder, trying to use offense to suppress Marítimo and score again.
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In this way, their offensive was indeed very strong, but Maridimo's counterattack opportunities were even more.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Rosario made a backcourt steal and passed the ball to Wu Yun, who quickly dribbled through the midfield, leading the team's counterattack.
After breaking through two opposing defenders in a row, Wu Yu suddenly passed the ball to Quaresma on the left flank who had already made a run into space, while he himself quickly made an overlapping run.
Quaresma, although already over 30 years old, still had an outstanding performance on the World Cup stage in the summer. After getting the ball, he rushed forward with lightning speed, carrying the ball all the way to the bottom line, and the opponent's right back could only desperately chase after him.
Khrais could not give the opponent a chance to intercept, he raised his head and looked at the central penalty area, left foot one kick, the ball curved out an arc and fell on the 12-yard point.
Di Li grabbed the front point, but the ball flew over his head. When he turned around, he found a white figure rushing up from outside the penalty area at high speed, it was Wu Yu!
Wu Yu sprinted all the way after stealing the ball, shaking off his opponent's back, and Quaresma's long pass happened to fall in front of him about two meters away.
If it's a regular shooting action, it definitely can't reach this skin ball.
Wu Yu had already had the idea when he was in Quaresma's transmission, and at this time, his feet used force to kick off, borrowing the inertia of rapid running, and the whole person flew up.
Fish leaping header!
Wu Yu's whole person flew in the air, like a collision bell, and topped the ball into the goal of the Burgas Star team. The opposing goalkeeper had no reaction again, watching the ball enter the net with wide eyes.
The stands were silent except for hundreds of Maridimo fans who were excitedly celebrating.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away at the Funchal Bar, Marítimo fans were in a frenzy and had already forgotten their pre-match curses against Wu Lei, who was now like a god to them.
On the TV in the bar, Kristin's excited voice came out:
"2-1, Wu Yun helps Maridimo reverse the score! The king returns!!!"
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