Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 120 The Fourth Goal

At the start of the second half, Atletico Madrid launched a fierce attack on Roma and tightened their marking on Shan Yongzhuo.

Domingos has proven to be unreliable, and this time the veteran will be the one to closely mark Shan Yongzhuo.

Perea is not tall, but he is very strong and has a lot of defensive experience. He also uses small tricks to interfere with Shan Yongzhuo.

But after a few minutes of defense, Pereja realized that his defense was not very effective.

Because Shan Yongzhuo was standing almost motionless outside the penalty area.

With the opponent standing still, there's not much Perea can do but block their position and cut off passing lanes.

However, he found that Shan Yongzhuo didn't care at all, acting as if he would just watch and let Shan defend him.

This really troubled Perea, as it was the first time he had encountered such a striker.

"Does he think he can't score?" Perea could only think to himself.

But soon, Perea realized that he was completely wrong.

Atletico Madrid launched several attacks, but to no avail.

In the 55th minute, Forlán's shot was caught by Sergio, who then quickly threw the ball to Motta.

Motta observed the situation in the attacking third and launched a long ball across the entire half, bringing it to the center.

Totti got the ball and rushed forward to try to get past Raul Garcia, but failed. In the end, he could only protect the ball and pass it back to De Rossi behind him.

De Rossi delivered a brilliant through ball, which passed between Raul Garcia and Asensang and found Shan Yongzhuo running towards him.

Shan Yongzhuo and Perea were playing football together, but Perea clearly had the advantage. He forcefully blocked the position, and Shan Yongzhuo had no way to stop him.

With a strength of 59 and a speed of 58, it seems like a lot of improvement, but such ability values ​​are barely enough to get by in some smaller European leagues. In reality, they are simply not good enough to stand out in the top five leagues, and naturally, they cannot compete with Perea.

Even though Perea wasn't particularly fast, Shan Yongzhuo still lost the confrontation.

"No, we need to think of a way!"

Shan Yongzhuo gritted his teeth and tried desperately to grab the ball, but he failed. Perea got the ball first.

However, just as Perea was about to clear the ball with a long kick, he suddenly missed!
what happened?

Perea was completely baffled, and then he noticed that Shan Yongzhuo had somehow stolen the ball and kicked it out.

"Impossible! Can he teleport? How did he steal the ball?"

Perea was filled with confusion, but didn't quite understand what was going on.

He vaguely remembered that when he was about to grab the ball, the force around him seemed to lighten, and then it seemed like a figure swept past him.
Perea didn't pay attention at the time; he was ready to just kick the ball out with a long kick.

But then he missed the target, and Shan Yongzhuo took the shot directly.

"This is too fast..."

Before Perea could even process what was happening, he saw the half-high ball pass right through De Gea's hands and into the goal.

"Goal!" "Shan Yongzhuo, the fourth goal!"

"This final is a goal-fest, but the main character is Shan Yongzhuo alone!"

"Atletico Madrid will probably be desperate, but Perea is responsible for this goal. He failed to mark Shan Yongzhuo, allowing Shan Yongzhuo to overtake him, win the ball first, and complete the shot."

"Pereja may have thought he did a good job defending, because in the first ten minutes of the second half, he didn't give Shan Yongzhuo a chance to touch the ball."

"But with just one moment of relaxation, Shan Yongzhuo scored. This goal taught the Atletico Madrid defenders a lesson. Against a super striker like Shan Yongzhuo who can seize any opportunity to score, you can't afford to relax even for a second!"

The commentator bluntly shifted the blame to Pereja.

However, in reality, Shan Yongzhuo was quite impressed with Perea's defense. If he hadn't used the Ghostly Catching Hand in time to take advantage of the time difference and get the ball first, there would have been no chance of scoring.

Now, Atletico Madrid must face the reality that they are down by two goals.

The score is now 4-2. What can they do to tie it?
After the match restarted, Atletico Madrid's players became somewhat impatient, eager to score and equalize.

However, their attack was met with a tenacious defense from Rome.

Reyes' performance worsened under Riise's aggressive defense, and Atletico Madrid's attack on the left flank was almost completely neutralized.

Their attack could only rely on Simão on the right wing, but against Motta's defense, Simão could do little more than repeatedly cross from the byline, unable to create any effective inside runs.

Time ticked by, and with 70 minutes played, Atletico Madrid still hadn't managed to score.

Moreover, due to their excessive pressing forward, their defense was constantly in danger.

In the 68th minute, Shan Yongzhuo had his chance, unleashing a powerful shot from 30 meters out that headed straight for the top corner. Fortunately, De Gea made a brilliant save, leaping high to tip the ball away and keeping the goal intact.
However, as time ticked by, the 80th minute soon arrived, and Atletico Madrid's hopes dwindled.

"Atletico Madrid is out of the question."

"Rome has basically been captured."

Many people have made this judgment.

The entire Roma team is also very excited, eagerly anticipating their first-ever Europa League title, which would also be the first Europa League title since the UEFA Cup was restructured.

The Italian media were also delighted.

To the proud Italian media, a Europa League title might not seem like much, but Inter Milan has also reached the Champions League final, and Serie A is very likely to sweep both the Champions League and Europa League titles this year, which is quite remarkable.

However, Roma's victory over Inter Milan in the Italian Cup and Serie A, securing a mini-treble, was seen as a pity by some Italian media outlets, who felt that a true Serie A triumph would have been achieved if Inter had won the grand treble.

Of course, the media and fans in Rome don't see it that way. They don't care about any of that. For them, the best result is Roma winning the treble. Even a minor treble is still a treble.

In the final ten minutes of the match, Atletico Madrid pressed forward relentlessly. They were in dire straits and had to get the ball up the pitch even if they didn't have a chance, so they could only focus on defending.

However, Roma's united and tenacious defense gave Atletico Madrid a headache, but they had to grit their teeth and push forward, as time was running out.

Under Atletico Madrid's relentless attack, Roma's defense looked precarious, but every Roma player was highly motivated because they were the leading side and could hold their ground firmly in defense.

When defense could win the game, Roma, who always preferred attacking football, fought desperately to defend until the very last minute.

(End of this chapter)