The halftime break passed quickly, and the second half began. As Neil had predicted, the New Zealand team began a fierce attack.
Not long after the game started, the New Zealand team launched an attack and quickly overwhelmed the Indian team outside the penalty area, and Horton came over to support.
Adhikari quickly came up and Neil specifically called his name during the halftime break, which made Adhikari very guilty. He made up his mind to use all his strength to defend in the second half.
Horton Dong used his back to hold Adhikari. Although Adhikari's physical confrontation was not top-notch, he fought very hard and had a fierce physical confrontation with Horton Dong.
Because of Adhikari's fierce leg stretching, it made it very difficult for Horton Dong, and he couldn't even pass the ball to his teammates.
At this time, Adhikari suddenly stretched out his left foot, trying to kick the football out. However, Horton Dong used his body to prevent Adhikari from stealing the ball. Adhikari suddenly had an idea, moved his body to the right, and stretched out his right leg to steal the ball.
This time, Adhikari really poked the football, although he didn't poke it too far. However, Horton Dong didn't expect Adhikari to actually poke the football out, so he was a beat slow to react.
In an instant, Adhikari moved towards the football, and soon Horton Dong also reacted and wanted to chase the football, but suddenly he found that he could not move.
It turned out that Adhikari moved before not to chase the football. He was very smart. He moved between the football and Horton Dong, then spread his arms and completely trapped Horton Dong.
Finally, Adhikari kicked the football and passed it to his teammate.
Neil took Adhikari's performance seriously. Seeing Adhikari's clever defense, Neil couldn't help but applaud him, and then gave Adhikari a thumbs up.
When Adhikari saw his head coach showing recognition for him, he couldn't help but feel proud.
"Beautiful! Adhikari wearing the No. 3 jersey is also good! Close, pressing, blocking, the whole set of defense is smooth and flowing. He is definitely a defensive player who plays football with his brain."
The commentator also understands football. He saw Adhikari's wonderful defense and his eyes lit up.
"I have to say there are still quite a few good young players in this Evolution Cup."
From Thapa to Gomez, and then Adhikari, they are all good players. The commentator did not expect to see three good young Indian players in this Evolution Cup.
The game continued. Because of the New Zealand team's attack, they pressed too far forward, so the New Zealand team's back line was very empty at this time.
After receiving the pass, Thapa made a slight adjustment and then made a long pass to the frontcourt. Thapa has the ability to make long passes, not to mention that the long pass was made without any defense, and the pass was quite accurate.
The football flew towards Gomez. Gomez had strong explosive power and he accelerated and shook off the opponent's defender. As expected, the football fell in front of Gomez.
Gomez jumped up, tapped the football with his chest, and then rushed towards the New Zealand team's penalty area with a strong force.
"Okay! Counterattack! Thapa's long pass accurately found Gomez!" The commentator saw Thapa's pass and explained excitedly.
Although Gomez started quickly, his speed with the ball is definitely slower than when he is not dribbling the ball. In addition, New Zealand's central defender Tai was not slow and successfully caught up with Gomez.
Gomez could actually pass the ball to Danny Meitei on the left, but Gomez was confident in his physical confrontation. He just carried Taiyi's defense and continued to rush forward.
Gomez's choice scared Taiyi. Taiyi didn't expect Gomez to be so tough. Then he felt humiliated, as if Gomez didn't take him seriously.
Of course Taiyi would not let Gomez continue running forward. Taiyi began to pull Gomez's clothes with his hands, but Gomez still dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Taiyi was instantly furious, and he subconsciously swept the tackle and knocked Gomez to the ground. After Gomez fell to the ground, he lay on the ground covering his ankle in pain.
When Neil saw Taiyi's serious foul, he rushed out from the coaching seat and protested angrily to the referee.
Of course the referee saw Taiyi's foul. He blew the whistle and then slowly walked towards Taiyi.
All the New Zealand players surrounded the referee and kept pleading for Tai.
Taiyi seemed to already know his fate and stood there with his head down. The referee came to Taiyi and without any hesitation, directly showed him a red card.
"Hey! What's going on? The referee blew the whistle! There's no doubt that this is a red card!" The commentator saw this serious foul and explained angrily.
"As expected, the referee gave a red card. There is nothing wrong with a red card for a tackle from behind. Hey! Is Gomez okay?"
Gomez stood up slowly, twisted his ankle, and then gestured to the sidelines. Neil breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this. Gomez meant that he was fine and could continue the game.
"Let's take a look at the replay of this red card. Wow! I have to say that Gomez's physical fitness is outstanding. He almost ran with the opponent's defender on his back!" The commentator exclaimed exaggeratedly.
Not only the commentators, but also the audience watching the live broadcast were shocked by Gomez this time. The visual effect was too strong.
This penalty was created by Gomez, and Gomez also has the trust of his teammates, so this penalty was given to him to take.
Gomez came to the penalty spot and looked at the opponent's goalkeeper. The New Zealand team's goalkeeper bounced back and forth. He looked at Gomez and pointed to the left. This was a psychological warfare.
Gomez saw the opponent's provocation with a blank expression on his face, and then started to run. He kicked the football with his right foot, and the opponent's goalkeeper rushed to the other direction he had pointed before.
He thought Gomez would definitely kick the ball towards the other side, but he underestimated Gomez's psychological quality. Gomez just kicked the ball towards the defense line pointed by the opponent's goalkeeper.
The Indian National Youth Team opened the score to 2-0! Gomez scored a penalty kick!
"No problem! In this psychological warfare, Gomez had the last laugh and scored the penalty kick! The Indian National Youth Team leads New Zealand 2-0!" the commentator announced the score.
The head coach of the New Zealand team looked very unhappy when he saw that his team had lost another goal. Moreover, the team was still one man short, so he had to make a substitution, replacing De Jong with central defender Taylor.
After scoring the goal, Gomez excitedly rushed to the sidelines and slid on his knees passionately just like Federico Chiesa did for Italy in the future.
Neil on the sidelines saw Gomez's celebration and breathed a sigh of relief again. It seemed that Gomez was indeed fine, so Neil felt relieved.
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