Chapter 1045

Mane's goal ignited cheers from the visiting stands of the Bayer Athletic Stadium.

In the two rounds of the knockout round, for the guest side, the first record and the away goal were scored. This is definitely a good start worthy of celebration.

Fang Jue patted Mane on the shoulder happily, "Good job, Sadio."

The players on the field of Aston Villa also gathered around to celebrate the goal warmly.

Aston Villa is celebrating here, and on the Leverkusen side, their coach Schmidt is slightly frowning.

He was mentally prepared to be scored by Aston Villa, but the conceded goal came earlier than he expected.

Schmidt knew that at this time, Leverkusen must stabilize and must not be affected by this conceded goal.

He came to the sidelines, shouted the name of the team's veteran striker Keasling, and signaled the team to stabilize and not panic.

Kisling expressed that he understood. He clapped, applauded, and shouted on the field to encourage the fighting spirit of his teammates.

"It's not long since the game started, it's just a ball, we just need to get it back."

"Guys, we've been preparing for this game for so long, surrendering is not our style."

This big man with a height of 191cm is a veteran star in this Leverkusen team and is deeply respected by the players.

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Fang Jue originally thought that this conceded goal would cause Leverkusen chaos for a period of time, and this period of chaos was an excellent opportunity for Aston Villa to expand their score advantage.

However, he soon noticed that Leverkusen was calm and calm. It cannot be said that conceding the ball has no impact on the home team's players, but this impact is within a controllable range.

"Schmidt's team is well prepared," Ceballos said.

Fang Jue nodded. This should be the change that Schmidt brought to this Leverkusen team.

You know, this team was bloodbathed by Barcelona 7-1 two years ago, and the Bayer people have not always been so tenacious.

In the 31st minute of the game, Bella Rabbi passed the ball from the side. Keasling leaned against Stones outside the penalty area. He carried the young England defender and successfully hit the football. He headed back .

Pogba came up to defend, he tried to sweep the football away, it hit Castro's calf and bounced off.

Calhanoglu came up, he ran towards the ball and kicked it straight to the goal!

"Calhanoglu - beautiful!"

"Long shot... did the ball go in?"

When the commentator saw the Turkish international rushing forward in the broadcast booth, he shot a burst, and the football hit Aston Villa's goal like a cannonball.

Ter Stegen dived sideways and tried his best to reach the ball.

He failed to touch the football.

The net behind him shook.

Some commentators were even on the verge of yelling 'GOAL' before it turned out that the goal hadn't been scored as the ball went around the keeper's hands, went slightly wide of the post and hit the side netting, causing the net to vibrate.

Ter Stegen lay on the ground. He glanced at the football that bounced back and landed on the edge of the billboard after being blocked by the side net. He let out a long sigh of relief and lay on the ground.

Seeing the football hit the side net, Charhanoglu waved his hand a little annoyed. The ball felt quite good when it was shot.

On the sidelines, Fang Jue was so startled that he almost jumped up. From his perspective, seeing the shaking of the net, he almost thought he had lost the ball.

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However, after only five minutes, Aston Villa's goal finally fell.

Leverkusen's threatening attack still comes from Turkish international Calhanoglu. This is his free kick that was saved by goalkeeper Ter Stegen. Veteran Kisling's long legs are about to pass the baseline. Sweeping back, Leverkusen's central defender Papadopoulos grabbed a point in front of the goal and scored a successful tackle, hitting the football into the net.

"Goooooooooooooooal!"

"Papadopoulos! The goal was scored, he scored in front of the goal, one to one, and the tenacious Leverkusen tied the score."

"This is Schmidt's Leverkusen, they played very tenaciously, very organized and did a good job."

"The biggest contributor to this goal is Charhanoglu, he is the most threatening one in the Leverkusen team."

Fang Jue shook his head helplessly. The conceded goal made him very depressed. He didn't know who to scold if he wanted to. Strictly speaking, there were no obvious loopholes in Aston Villa's defense.

If the only thing to blame, De Bruyne's previous foul on Kisling was questionable, which gave Calhanoglu the opportunity to play his excellent free-kick footwork.

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After conceding the ball, Aston Villa launched a wave-like offensive towards Leverkusen's goal.

In the 41st minute of the game, Modric sent a beautiful slash ball. After Sanchez smashed the ball continuously on the edge of the penalty area, he pretended to break into the penalty area, but suddenly disappointed the football at the top of the penalty area.

De Bruyne poked with his toe, and Lewandowski in front of the goal held Spasic, turned around and volleyed.

"Beautiful! Leno!"

"World class saves!"

The commentator was full of praise for Leno's save. He sank and hit the football with his raised right hand.

Wendell kicked the football directly towards Aston Villa's half.

The football was pushed back by Senderos.

Aston Villa made a comeback and launched a second attack.

Pogba split sides and passed the football to Mane.

Mane dribbles the ball down the wing.

Guarding him was Bella Rabbi.

The German star is very smart. He didn't shoot blindly. Instead, he fought and retreated, and at the same time blocked Mane's line. He intends to continue to force Mane to the bottom line, preferably the opponent Knocking the football out of the sideline or the bottom line by yourself is a very successful defense.

Unexpectedly, Mane hooked his foot and stabbed it from between Bella Rabbi's legs when the football was about to go out of bounds.

Then, before Bellarabi could complete his turn, Mane passed by himself from the other side, successfully bypassed the defender, and chased after the football.

"Beautiful, the ball is passed by the crotch." The commentator Lineker shouted happily, "The Senegalese are in very good form today."

Mane, who passed Bellarabi, planned to go straight to the goal.

Papadopoulos came to intercept, he stretched out his foot to block, knocked the ball out of the baseline, and Mane also fell to the ground after contact.

The referee points to the corner.

Fang Jue raised his arms high in protest on the sidelines. He thought it should be a penalty.

"Mane fell in the penalty area and the referee awarded a corner kick. Is this a penalty kick or a corner kick?"

"Penalty kick? No, no, no, the referee indicated that this is a corner kick." The commentator also talked about the penalty.

The slow-motion playback showed that Papadopoulos did touch the football first. Although the Greeks made a relatively large defensive move, it was indeed a penalty.

"Corner, Aston Villa get a corner. It's their chance," said John Mortensen.