186 Advance to the finals!
The midfielder returned to the locker room to make adjustments. Braga is in high spirits and there is nothing to adjust in his playing style.
Just continue to defend and fight back.
As long as Valencia doesn't score two goals, Braga will be able to take the UEFA Cup final ticket home.
In the second half, the two sides returned to the court and changed sides and then fought again, Valencia made a passive substitution.
Victor Louis came on the field to replace the injured Ricardo Costa.
Valencia's defense line was adjusted, Rami and Victor Luis played as a center back, and Baragan moved to the right back position.
The atmosphere at Mestalia Stadium was a bit sluggish, and the home team fans either had expressionless expressions or frown as if they were sad.
Valencia naturally wanted to launch an active attack. Alba was still active on the left, but Braga surrounded the thirty-yard fan-shaped area in front of the goal, which made Valencia unable to break through their fortress on the outside.
In the 54th minute of the game, Braga's counterattack came again!
This time, Tang Hong came directly near the center circle. When he responded with his back, Alberda immediately stepped forward and pressed closely. Tang Hong knocked the ball back to Barbosa and immediately turned around and ran towards the frontcourt. Alberda turned around and followed the defense, and Barbosa passed the ball diagonally to the front of the right.
Viana shortly passed the ball to the right outside the penalty area, and Limala responded on the side to the right.
When Lima dribbled the ball from the bottom and sent the cross, Tang Hong rushed into the penalty area at a glance to grab the spot.
However, he ran a little too far, causing his shot to be unable to control the angle. He hit the football out of the baseline and he also fell to the ground to complete the shot.
Tang Hong, who stood up, gave Lima a thumbs up, and the other party passed it without any problem.
The Valencian generals were quite frightened.
Braga's quick counterattack made them unable to defend!
Valencia needs the hero to stand up, but Canales, who played today, performed poorly under intensive defense. In the 59th minute of the game, Canales tried to break through in front of the penalty area and was intercepted. Braga launched a counterattack fast attack again.
Barbosa passed the ball in the middle and divided the side. Eziyejile stepped forward and made a straight pass. Tang Hong stopped the ball from the left on the frontcourt and dribbled forward. Alberda dared not help too much in the defense on the side. The two goals lost in the first half were all due to his being led to the side and then returning to the penalty area. Because the distance was too long, Tang Hong completed the escape with his speed advantage.
When Tang Hong faced Balagan, he plucked the ball with his right foot and cut inward. He only touched the ball and ran two steps, but he ended up in front of the ball!
Balagan followed Tang Hong and moved to the middle lane, but when he noticed something was wrong, he found the ball behind Tang Hong!
Tang Hong made a quick stop and turned around and broke through from the outside. Balagan hurriedly turned back to the outside, but Tang Hong turned around and still walked into the inside, which made Balagan have a bad rhythm.
The moment when Baragan was passed, Valencia fans had a bad premonition again.
Braga fans were even more excited.
This is a show!
Tang Hong just brought it to the left side of the penalty area and encountered Alberda. The opponent did not assist in the defense on the sidelines, giving Tang Hong room to control the ball and break through, but now he has also played the role of curbing Tang Hong's foot in front of the penalty area.
Tang Hong did not forcefully and directly hit the ball across the middle of the penalty area.
Barbosa quickly followed up and shot the ball, but Parejo returned to defend and blocked it slowly but did not work.
The football flew straight to the upper left position in the middle, goalkeeper Alves flew to save and held the ball high above the crossbar with one hand!
Valencia fans were in a false alarm but couldn't calm down. The trend of this scene seems to be difficult for Valencia to equalize the score, not to mention the equalization of the score, it may be difficult for Valencia to hold on and not lose the ball!
Emery clapped his hands on the sidelines to encourage the team to improve their performance, but it didn't seem to work.
Five minutes later, Braga's fast break made a comeback. Viana made an accurate mid-long pass from the right backcourt. Lima knocked the ball back under Rami's close-knock. Tang Hong came to the middle to follow up and accelerated and got rid of Alberda. He just turned to the right in front of the penalty area and crossed Victor Luis. Parejo, who was in the right position, brought down Tang Hong from behind.
Tang Hong was pulled up by Lima, and he saw the referee showing Parejo a yellow card.
Braga directly had a free kick, and was on the right side of the penalty area. This was not a usual position for Tang Hong to shoot, but he still made a straight shot.
When he drove the ball out, he knocked the ball across, and Amorin, who was running up from behind, shot with a big shot!
Watching the football flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal, but in the end, he flew out of the bottom line through the outside of the post.
Amorin sighed, and Tang Hong raised his eyebrows and had nothing to regret.
Valencia had less than 25 minutes left in the game, Emery made a substitution and Yartim also made a substitution.
Mosolo and Salino came on the field to replace Lima and Viana.
Tang Hong stayed alone on the front line and retained the counterattack threat.
Valencia's offense is even more difficult. Braga is now laying down layers of defense to protect the goal. In addition, the influence of time has made Valencia's performance more anxious and the number of mistakes is increasing.
Tang Hong looked quite leisurely on the court. When Valencia attacked, he was walking from a tightly defended place to a relatively loose defense, and could form an area near the area where the attack was dangerous by turning directly and accelerating directly.
He will not start suddenly until Braga controls the ball.
Most of the balls sent by Braga in the backcourt were not allowed to be directly received, but this was enough to intimidate Valencia's defense.
After 75 minutes of the game, Valencia gradually increased its troops to the frontcourt.
Braga's counterattack threat is also increasing.
In the 78th minute of the game, when Salino passed the long pass to the frontcourt, Tang Hong was the first to touch the ball while running forward. As soon as he stopped the ball, he found Victor Luis stuck from behind. He turned around and knocked the ball forward with his heel.
When the football passed over Victor Louis's head, Tang Hong had already passed by him. Victor Louis turned around decisively and pushed Tang Hong hard on the back.
Tang Hong naturally fell to the ground, while Victor Louis innocently raised his hands after hearing the referee's whistle.
The referee walked up to Victor Louis and took out a dazzling red card!
The Valencia fans were shocked!
Victor Louis was also extremely surprised. He then pleaded with the referee for a long time, but could only see the referee's ruthless gesture pointing to the sidelines to signal him to leave the court!
In order not to waste Valencia's time to equalize the score, Victor Luis walked to the sidelines. When Emery came over to try to comfort him, Victor Luis shook his head at Emery with a sad face and said: "We can't limit the Chinese striker at all, we have paid the price now! Fuck it!"
What does it mean if Valencia can't equalize the score?
They will lose their tickets to the finals!
Because of this, Victor Louis's mentality naturally exploded.
"Victor Luis, who was replaced in the second half, was sent off by the referee for a red card for a foul on Tang Hong!
He pushed Tang Hong behind his back and forth, which was indeed a foul. After all, there was no reason to let the shovel, so he could only foul on his hands.
If Tang Hong runs two more steps to control the ball, it will be a one-on-one shot, so this is an excellent offensive opportunity, and there is no dispute over the referee's penalty.
Valencia has to play one less player now and is still behind in the score. If they can equalize the score, then a miracle will definitely happen!"
Anyone can see that Tang Hong is in good condition today, but the main thing is that he has a good mentality.
There is no visual impact of having to run to Valencia after possessing the ball, but this makes him seem to be easy to lift the heavyweights and manage the game very well.
There is a strong contrast compared to the huge fluctuations in the previous game.
A fight with one more person made Yartim feel relieved. Valencia did not substitute and then filled the gap in the back line. However, Yartim did not plan to attack again. As long as he defended the defense line and did not lose the ball, the team could win the final ticket. There was no need to create another wave at this time.
Tang Hong did not force his efforts to avoid putting pressure on the defense line after losing the ball.
If you hit one more person, Barbosa's position will be more prerequisite to assist Tang Hong in controlling the ball, and also allow Tang Hong to have a support point to better get rid of the opponent's siege and interception.
Valencia took a rush in the last 10 minutes of the game because the pass and cut cooperation could not penetrate Braga's penalty area.
While the results were minimal, as long as Braga controlled the ball, Tang Hong was able to delay time from the midfield with the assistance of Barbosa.
In the 87th minute of the game, when Tang Hong protected the ball from the right in the frontcourt, Alba rushed over to press him. Although Tang Hong did not have the advantage of confrontation and strength in front of many teammates, he still had a clear advantage in front of Xiao Kuailing Alba.
Alba failed to even pull and pull, let alone cut off his connection with football.
Finally, he kicked Tang Hong in anger.
Tang Hong was swept to the ground by the other party, and did not care about the pain in his calf. He stood up and looked down at Alba and scolded him angrily: "If you want to fight, I will accompany you after the game. Doing this on the court will only make you look dirty! Bastard!"
Alba retreated and left without entanglement with Tang Hong.
He was blocked by Barbosa again as soon as he turned around. Barbosa scolded Alba again. Of course, Barbosa would have more swear words that the other party could understand.
Alba pushed Barbosa away, the referee came to calm everyone down, and then showed Alba a yellow card.
Valencia's morale has fallen to the bottom now, and Braga's ball-holding delay was just pushing them on the edge of the cliff.
In addition, there are still 5 minutes to stoppage time in injury time. Valencia only had one effective attack during this short period of time and did not form an attack. Braga's time to control the ball will allow the game to move smoothly to the finish line.
When the referee blew the whistle and blew the whistle to the end of the game, the Braga generals raised their fists and roared wildly to celebrate their entry into the final of the UEFA Cup this season!
Chapter completed!