Is this infuriating or what?
"Keep running, we still have a chance, we still have a chance!" Enriquez shouted excitedly to his teammates.
His teammates suddenly awakened.
Yes, there’s still a chance!
Enriquez was godlike today, he could score one or two goals, so why not a third?
What Eastern Lu could do, Enriquez surely can too!
Because Enriquez is the best young footballer in the world!
Soon, Spain launched an attack, they wanted to score another goal before regular time ended!
But reality is often cruel.
In the eighty-fourth minute, Enriquez was knocked down head-on by Lu Yang while attempting a breakthrough.
The referee blew his whistle and gave Lu Yang a yellow card.
Two minutes later, Enriquez returned with determination, but this time Morici, whom he had passed, immediately grabbed his jersey, running three to four meters, forcing Enriquez into submission.
Enriquez waved his hands angrily, stopped his breakthrough, and turned around to slap Morici’s hand away.
Morici helplessly spread his hands, as if to say, "I can’t help it, brother, you’re just too fast!"
The main referee ran over again and issued Morici a yellow card.
The main referee was also quite helpless.
In the final moments of the match, Italy Team was deliberately trying to get yellow cards to waste time. While a bit unscrupulous, it’s allowed within the rules.
Even making substitutions one by one to waste time is reasonable right now.
War is not only about bravado, there’s also cunning!
Victory lies in strategy, combining strength and flexibility for greatness.
Just after the whistle blew, two minutes later, Italy Team capitalized on Spain’s eagerness to attack, launching a successful counter-attack.
Lu Yang received Morici’s pass in the frontcourt.
This time he dribbled superbly past the defender, looking very stylish.
But Spain’s number eight wouldn’t let him through, because if Lu Yang passed, he would have a very threatening shot opportunity.
Spain’s number eight executed a sliding tackle from behind to bring Lu Yang down!
Lu Yang rolled to the ground, thankfully uninjured, but had to admire the decisiveness of his opponent.
Indeed, at this moment, no one fears receiving cards in the pursuit of victory.
If Italy can do it, Spain naturally can too.
Beep!
The referee rushed over and directly pulled a red card from the back pocket, as it was a dangerous move and hindered a very threatening attack.
Spain’s midfield number eight covered his face in agony.
He knew he was in trouble after the tackle, but he had no other means to stop Lu Yang.
Enriquez and others rushed over to try to persuade the main referee to retract the decision, but the cards issued by the main referee are never retracted!
The main referee put the red card back into his pocket, indicating that there was nothing more to discuss.
Lu Yang had nothing else to say, this is just how competition is, even if he’s unharmed, the opponent’s move was worthy of a red card, and nothing can change that.
Lu Yang walked over to Spain’s number eight, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "You did your best, you guys are very strong. It’s an honor to compete on the same field with you."
Spain’s number eight looked at Lu Yang with a complex expression, sighed, and left the field dejectedly.
At this moment, the entire Spain U-21 National Team shattered completely.
Their midfield core was gone.
With less than five minutes left in the match, they had to fight with ten men.
This...
Even though Italy played with ten men against England during the group stage and created a comeback miracle.
But that was Italy.
The team that made that miracle happen wasn’t Spain, but the Italy facing Spain right now.
The player responsible for that miracle wasn’t Enriquez, but Lu Yang, who outshone Enriquez in this match!
In the third minute of stoppage time, the very last minute.
Enriquez attempted continuous dribbles past defenders.
He almost achieved an amazing one-on-three feat.
But in the end, Lu Yang’s appearance thwarted his efforts.
Lu Yang successfully intercepted and quickly passed the ball to Morici.
Morici, having already read the game perfectly, didn’t need to look ahead to know where to send the ball.
Bang!
A long pass.
Pompey raced for the ball upfield and got it smoothly.
Spain had already committed fully to the attack, leaving only one player at the back, and he was quite a distance from Pompey.
Pompey cut inside with the ball, it was almost a solo chance.
Facing the charging goalkeeper, he wasn’t nervous because Italy was currently leading.
He had ample time to observe the goalkeeper’s move.
While Spain’s goalkeeper didn’t have that luxury.
So, when Pompey slightly raised his right foot, Spain’s goalkeeper went down.
However, Pompey then shifted directions with a deft touch, bypassing the goalkeeper and easily slotting the ball into the empty net!
Five to three!
Italy scored again!
Pompey, sealing the match!
"Pompey! Pompey scores! It’s over! The match is over! Spain has no more chances!"
"A beautiful long pass and solo effort! The Italians didn’t give the Spanish any chance!"
"Spanish players hid their faces in despair, even the previously spirited Enriquez stood staring blankly ahead."
"Enriquez didn’t lose, today he was almost the second best player on the field! But alas, he faced Lu Yang, who had three goals and an assist today’s match!"
"The main referee signaled that the goal was valid and directly blew the final whistle to end the game!"