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Chptr 20's.

September 5, 2017,

Arouca and the staff are already in the dressing room of Estadio do Mar. It is the stadium of the Leixoes team.

Arouca today held an away match. Sean is still on the big list, but he is not the starting line-up because the coach trusts veteran players for the start of the game.

The player who fills the void of Osei is Kuca, he is also the same veteran as Osei, aged 31 years.

Sean is also not a problem because he can not directly starter.

The players who were in the dressing room were listening to the coach's instructions for today's game.

Leixoes are a team that finished 8th last season, 1st place behind Arouca.

"We play at the opponent's house, so as well as possible do your best not to concede early, otherwise we will find it difficult to equalise."

"Don't underestimate the opponent, even though the opponent suffered a defeat in the first game, it's because they have to fight Nacional who is now ranked 1 let alone they compete away."

"They definitely want to make a full 3 points since they have already lost, they will also utilize their status as hosts in order to get 3 points."

"Okay, now do it." Reveal the coach who has finished giving instructions.

The official staff has also told players to immediately go to the players aisle.

Sean and the other players who did not enter the starting line-up walked off the field first and sat on the bench.

The audience and the audience have spoken a lot.

The stadium is bigger than Arouca. Estadio do Mar has a capacity of 6700 spectators, while Estadio Municipal Arouca only 5000.

With the entry of the players from the hallway to the field, commentators immediately informed the starting line-up of both teams.

Soon, the kick off begins.

Kick off at the start with a Roberto touch that kicked the ball backwards.

The match had just started and Leixoes had pressed straight away with his aggressive pressing.

They don't want to lose at home.

The match that took place was also very intense, Arouca players were really struggling even though the match had just started.

Usually when the game starts, the players always make a lot of mistakes. Maybe Leixoes rely on this in order to score quickly.

Leixoes hopes the Arouca players make mistakes.

On the field, Valente who is in control of the ball can only pass back and forth between the middle and rear regions.

Sometimes the midfielders of the Arouca team make a back pass up to the goalkeeper, trying to attract Leixoes players to come out more forward.

but the Leixoes players remain patient and only press aggressively in the zone that has been instructed by the coach.

Santos is also an innovative and intelligent midfielder who asks for the ball and can only immediately return it again because he is directly pressed by his opponent.

Circumstances continue to go back and forth, sometimes Leixoes also get the ball and they immediately launch an attack does not waste a long time.

The attack launched by Leixoes is indeed very dangerous, but because of the riot they have not been able to score goals.

20 Minutes have passed, the match is still 0 0, but the chances for Leixoes are more compared to Arouca's team.

With the instruction of the coach, the players of Arouca started playing out actively and freely.

They had dared to casually attack but did not forget also they remained focused on defense for fear Leixoes arrived to get the ball and counterattack quickly.

35 Minutes have passed, Roberto who plays as the striker of the Arouca team is really difficult.

In 35 minutes, Roberto only got 6 touches because he was in control with tight until turned around hard.

But despite being closely guarded, Roberto was not upset and did not lose his sanity until he had to foul, he remained patient.

Perhaps this is what is called experience, they can understand and not be provoked.

Patiently Roberto also tried to find space.

The game continued, attack after attack by both teams but no one has managed to score.

The Arouca team had already attacked but the attack had not produced the results they had expected.

Leixoes also feel the difficulty because they intend that at the beginning of the game they must score in order to lower the morale of the opposing player.

But the reality is different, they are very difficult.

Coach Joao Henrique who is Leixoes coach was on the sidelines and gave instructions with hand gestures that waved down several times.

Hinted that the players should be calm do not riot.

The game also changed, although still aggressive in pressing, Leixoes team did attack regularly not rush like at the beginning.

They do not immediately make a quick attack, but mastering the ball first intends to attract the players Arouca to get out of his territory and make the territory which is the firing zone of the forwards empty.

But the patience of the Arouca players is also not inferior to the patience of the Leixoes team, the Arouca players defend strongly.

Reaching 44 minutes, 1 minute before extra time, the Leixoes, who had the ball and half the field, gave a breakthrough pass arrived at their centre-forward.

The centre-forward of the Leixoes team who had a quick run immediately chased the ball, it also became a wild ball in the penalty box.

Team goalkeeper Arouca felt he had to go forward but hesitated because there were still defenders who were trying to catch up with him and stop him.

Seeing that the centre-forward was about to shoot and his defenders were still a few steps behind, goalkeeper Arouca stepped up slightly to keep his space closed and Leixoes' attacking team didn't have much of a gap.

With such a calculation, the middle attack that his origin would shoot saw that movement and immediately glanced a glance to his left, giving him a glance, where the left winger Leixoes team is running and also followed by the defending team Arouca.

Because seeing is still being followed, the attacker did not pass it and chose to execute directly.

With a hard kick, the ball slid towards the goal, goalkeeper Arouca who is ready to try to catch or brush the ball that goes to the pole away from the position of the attacker.

With a lot of effort the ball was finally touched, but only touched slightly and the ball returned wild in the penalty box area to the left.

The left winger from Leixoes' running team also accelerated his speed in order to reach the ball, but the goalkeeper also did not sit still anymore and tried to catch the ball that thought was still 3 meters away from him.

A duel between the goalkeeper and the left winger of the Leixoes team ensued. With a lot of effort and a tense face, goalkeeper Arouca reached out his hand to grab the ball.

But when his hand was about to touch the ball, the ball seemed to be away from the reach of the goalkeeper's hand.

The goalkeeper immediately covered the space to his right because the ball he was about to touch was now at the foot of the left winger of the Leixoes team who were preparing to fire the ball directly after grabbing the ball and controlling ball.