After the game against Roma the players had to take a trip to Liverpool in England, as their next opponent was Merseyside Blue (Everton).
When they were on the plane, the players weren't talking, as usual, this game was a big game, no one could improve the atmosphere in the place.
Some were nervous, others were worried and some of them were depressed, it becomes a burden on the team, not being able to do anything positive on the field, this game could be the last for them in this tournament, in this competition.
The one who was most apprehensive was Usman, his facial expressions always changed, it was as if he was constantly simulating what would happen on the field and couldn't find a winning answer, they were the first placed team in the national championship and were winning clean (with a good difference in points), but when it comes to knock-out matches, one game decides everything, the atmosphere on the field, the tactics and strategies were totally different and dangerous on several levels.
Sofia this time was also participating in the trip with the team alongside her husband, but for the first time she had to comfort him as much as possible.
She pulled his head and placed it on her lap, after that she started straightening his hair, the funny thing about Usman is that he had blue hair and the team he would face was blue, yet he left his hair color just as the championship began.
Love are you OK? (Claudia)
I can't say if I'm ok, I can't say if I'll be ok, or even when I'll be ok, this time the responsibility of leading the team on the field is mine, and in my career this is the most important match to date. (Radja Nainggolan)
They arrived in Liverpool and none of the players were able to remain sane during their training, they looked away from each other, they were training or forcing d+ or they were acting soft, they went from stress to lack of concentration in a shot at goal.
Ivo called the players every time they lost focus in training, this time due to his failure he brought a mixed team, losing Cossu, Agazzi and Pisano.
In their place are Ruzittu, Danilo Avelar and Cepellini.
They realized that their best chance to showcase their skills was also their worst chance to showcase their skills, the team was feeling pressure as they were playing at the opponent's home ground when at home they were unable to gain an advantage.
For some of them the despair had already caught up with them and they were just trying not to show it.
At that moment Sofia spoke to Usman.
You don't have to make that face, you are not the one who will make the team win just by being the attacker, the team is a team, a group, a set of people with varied skills, if the team loses it won't be your fault, so just relax and play as always giving your best đ. (Sofia)
The soft expression on Sofia's face improved Wilian's thoughts a lot, he stopped stressing about it, he is still not someone who can move the world, he had no skill or ability to play for his country's national team, because he could change the team by himself to win a continental cup, that wasn't something he had to worry about now that he was still considered a rookie.
Give my best, give my best. Whispers (Usman)
Usman closed his eyes, took a deep breath and turned his face to the heavens.
Ivo was watching his star and thinking about what he was going to do, what this boy was doing.
Let's do our best!!! (Usman)
Let's do our best!!! (Usman)
We are the ones dominating the championship, we are the ones dominating the Italian competition, we are the ones who should put the fear in!!!
Rhau! (Nainggolan)
Rhau! (Dessena)
Rhau! (Continued)
We will win!!!! (Usman)
Rhau!!! (Nainggolan / Dessena / Astori / Agostini/ Avelar / Cepellini / NenĂȘ...)
Looks like I don't need to pry. (Ivo)
Ivo smiled with his lips closed.
Cagliari Calcio team
GK Ruzittu 12
CB Ariaudo 3 Astori 13 LB Avelar 8 RB Agostini 31
DMF Conti 5 CMF Nainggolan 4© Dessena 21 AMF Cepellini 32
CF NenĂȘ 18 and Usman 10
And the banks
GK Agazzi 1 CB Rossettini 15 Camilleri 2 SB G. Perico 24 Pisano 14 CMF Slot 11 AMF Cossu 7 CF Sau 27 Larrivey 9 Pinilla 51 SMF Piredda 33 Murru 29
The strange thing is that even though he never played he had the chance to be selected as a substitute on the bench, this showed Ivo's consideration or concern that he was losing badly and replacing the best players.
After Usman's speech, the team's morale and condition were up there, with the exception of Conti and SaĂș who said they were not feeling well.
The Everton team was lined up with:
GK Howard
CB Heitinga and Distin RB Coleman LB Baines
DMF P. Neville © CMF Barkley LMF Semioli RMF Gibson AMF Pienaar
CF Mirallas
It was a sunny day, but there was a good chance it would rain and it would be sunny, Everton fans were excited to see their team, they were making so much noise that it was impossible to hear if there were Cagliari fans.
The players entered the field and greeted each other, there was no animosity, as they had none, nor hostility as the two teams were seeing each other as equals, two small clubs nowadays.
The match begins Mirallas has the first touch of the ball, Pienaar receives and passes the ball to Barkley.
Barkley takes the ball slowly and makes the pass to Gibson on the right side, Gibson receives it and takes it calmly down the side, Gibson finds himself facing Dessena, Dessena allows him to pass to the side, making Gibson calmly take the ball in a straight path until you reach the side of the area.
Gibson tries to find a way to build the play, he pulls the ball back and passes it to Barkley, Barkley dominates and tries to slowly enter the area, Dessena retreats towards the center and manages to steal it.
The ball leaves Barkley's feet and stops at Astori's feet, Astori protects while carrying the ball and passes it to Conti, Conti dominates the ball, turns towards Everton's field and makes the pass to Usman, Usman receives the pass and tries a backheel pass to NenĂȘ, the pass is weak and the ball ends up at Neville's feet.
Neville passes it to Heitinga, Heitinga ends up letting the ball go past him and chases it because of Neville's passing error, Heitinga manages to catch the ball before Usman, Heitinga takes the ball across the Cagliari field and tries to make a high ball, the his shot comes out weak, as the ball hits Dessena who was in the path of his pass and the ball goes up.
The ball goes down and Usman and Dessena try to head it, the two get in the way and the ball falls to the ground, Usman accelerates towards it and manages to catch it, Usman pulls it to the right and leads it away, he manages to dribble past Pienaar and Gibson on the way, he tries to hit the ball to NenĂȘ and it hits Barkley and goes back towards Cepellini who manages to catch it.
Cepellini passes to Agostini on the right wing, Agostini takes the ball forward and makes a pass to Usman who is in the center of the field, Usman dominates the ball, takes it diagonally and makes the pass to Cepellini after his pass, Cepellini receives and plays for NenĂȘ.
NenĂȘ dominates the ball and tries to pass Distin to enter the area, Distin manages to defend and touch the ball sending it to Barkley, Barkley dominates and turns quickly which causes him to lose the ball to Usman who stole the ball at his moment of stabilization.
Usman leads to the right, and passes the ball to Cepellini, Cepellini passes to Nainggolan, Nainggolan dominates and takes the ball diagonally to the left, he dribbles past Baines, is chased by Neville and loses the ball to Barkley.
Barkley passes the ball back to Baines, Baines takes the ball and tries to pass to Barkley and misses the pass, the ball goes to Usman, Usman dominates the ball and faces Barkley in a straight line towards the goal.
Usman pulls the ball to the left and accelerates, he passes Barkley, runs past Heitinga and finishes on goal with a straight shot into the left corner of the goal, where Howard was positioned, this time Howard's decision not to jump saved him, as he managed to hold Usman's shot.
Howard gets up, looks at his teammates and sends the ball into Cagliari's field with a strong shot, the ball goes down and is contested by Mirallas and Nainggolan, Nainggolan even tries to block Mirallas, but Mirallas jumps higher and heads the ball. ball by deflecting it.
After he heads it he manages to reach it first and makes the pass to Pienaar, Pienaar took the ball and played it to Gibson on the right flank, Gibson missed the control and delayed the advance of the attack.
Gibson manages to recover the ball and makes the pass to Barkley in the center, Barkley takes the ball and continues slowly across the Cagliari field, Barkley slows down so much that he ends up being surrounded by three players, he tries to escape the encirclement by dribbling Dessena, but fails miserably.
The ball goes to Usman who retreats on the field to take part in the defensive play, Usman dominates the ball and tries to lead the attack, he is calmly stopped by Neville who marks him, the ball goes to Gibson who passes the ball back to Coleman, Coleman plays for Neville, regaining Everton's possession.
Usman, who had possession of the ball stolen by Neville, sees a chance to return the play, he chases him and takes the ball back, Usman turns and touches it to the center of the Everton field where Nainggolan was located, Nainggolan dominates and follows leading the ball where he is marked by Distin who stepped forward to make the mark.
Nainggolan had two options: either dribble him or play the ball to NenĂȘ, as only the two of them were in the attacking field.
Nainggolan manages to make the pass at the last moment and ends up getting stepped on his leg, even though he tried to dodge, the ball goes diagonally to the right wing, but NenĂȘ's reaction was slower than Baines, Baines manages to catch the ball managing to make a great defensive play.
Baines passes to Distin, Distin passes to Neville, Neville makes the pass to Semioli on the left flank, Semioli advances down the flank and manages to get out of Agostini's marking using his speed, Semioli approaches the penalty area and makes a closed cross in the 2nd off the post, Mirallas receives this cross and hits the ball first time, sending a volley into the goal.
Goal, it's goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!! (Jim Beglin)
What we have today is unbelievable, the home team takes the lead with a beautiful volley goal. (Jim Beglin)
It was a goal worthy of Puskas, the cross came out after he had taken a hit and completely dodged the defending player, he pulled back and sent a closed cross after which the player Mirallas, it was decisive, balanced, cold, he raised his leg above the waist and shot it first time at the goal, the ball curved diagonally and entered the corner, even if the goalkeeper reacted it would be very difficult for him to get the ball out of her way. (Jom Champion)
Everton 1 x 0 Cagliari Calcio
Mirallas scores the first goal of the game in the 17th minute, which greatly discourages the Cagliari players, but they still have their heads held high.
Part 2
The game resumes NenĂȘ makes the first touch with the ball, Usman passes it back to Cepellini, Cepellini takes the ball, follows and touches it to the right to Nainggolan, Nainggolan receives it and passes it back to Cepellini, Cepellini holds it and touches it on the right wing to Agostini, Agostini takes the ball forward and passes it to Nainggolan, Nainggolan dominates and protects the ball against Baines and Neville.
Nainggolan moves away from the marking and passes the ball back to Conti, Conti passes it to Usman, Usman tries to dribble Heitinga and fails, losing possession of the ball, the ball falls to Conti who advanced after the pass and he manages to dominate and advance leading to enter the area, Conti tries to get closer to the goal.
Pienaar appears and manages to remove the ball from Conti's foot with his speed, the ball hits Heitinga and he manages to catch it, Heitinga takes no chances and sends the ball away as quickly as possible, the ball goes down and is hit by Astori from first that causes the ball to fly so high that it goes over the Everton goal line.
Howard restarts the game by kicking the ball away and it lands in the center of midfield where Barkley competes with Cepellini.
Barkley wins and kills the ball on his chest, Barkley takes it to the right and finds a way to pass it to Pienaar, Pienaar fakes the advance and returns back dribbling Nainggolan, Pienaar pulls the ball to the left and touches Mirallas.
Mirallas receives, guides the ball, dribbles Astori, cutting the ball to the right, continues advancing past Ariaudo using the explosion of acceleration, speed and agility in driving, enters the area and meets Ruzittu who comes out of the goal to make the save.
Mirallas looks in the right corner and finishes, the ball passes the goalkeeper's left side and enters the goal.
Goal, Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!! It's him, he scores again! (Jim)
5 minutes after the first goal the second comes out, we see the home team saying I'm in charge here, it's my home!
He is having a sensational game so far, the two goals are worth his skill, even though he received a pass and an assist before scoring the goal, the first he had to know how to finish, the second he managed to dribble both and shoot correctly in the corner of the goal next to the goalkeeper that's what made him a great football player Jim. (Jon)
The Cagliari players started to put their heads in their hands, they were already depressed after conceding the first goal, now they don't know if they managed to recover in the game.
Usman closed his eyes and began to breathe heavily and slowly, inhaling as much as possible and then exhaling it all while whispering.
The Game only ends when it ends. (Usman)
*Entering the zone*
When he opened his eyes his determination was renewed.
Part 3
The game restarted with the 2nd in the center of midfield, NenĂȘ passed to Usman, Usman passed to Cepellini.
Cepellini takes the ball and passes it to Usman, Usman receives it and passes it to Dessena, Dessena passes it to Conti.
The pass comes out slowly, as soon as Conti receives it, it is marked by Mirallas who chases him in the center of midfield.
Mirallas steals the ball and tries to attack alone, he loses the ball to
Ariaudo, the ball is recovered by Dessena, Dessena makes the pass to Agostini on the right wing.
Agostini takes the ball forward towards the Everton field and makes the pass to Nainggolan, Nainggolan takes the ball to the center, attracting Semioli, removing him from his original position and then returning the ball to Agostini, Agostini dominates the ball and makes a pass over the top for Usman.
Usman dominates the ball, pulls it to the left and touches Dessena, Dessena continues leading and tries to enter the area, he is marked by Coleman and loses possession of the ball, the ball goes towards Gibson who retreated to help in the defense, Gibson led the ball back in his field as he was being chased by Usman who was coming after him like a tractor on the farm.
Gibson manages to turn the ball away, the ball goes towards Barkley, but he is unable to control it as it is intercepted by Avelar.
Avelar leads it and makes the pass to Usman, Usman dominates and takes the ball across the Everton field, he pulls the ball to the left and advances into the penalty area, he looks to the right and sees Cepellini entering the penalty line in the center of the goal , Usman makes the pass to Cepellini.
Cepellini is in front of Howard and finishes the ball with a shot, the ball cannot be deflected enough and hits Howard's legs before rising, Cepellini even tries to enter the dispute to head the ball, but Howard gets up quickly and catches the ball safely.
Howard looks at the field as a whole and throws the ball very far on the left side, Semioli receives the ball, killing it in the chest and placing it on the ground, he spins, takes the ball advancing across the Cagliari field, Nainggolan manages to reach him and puts it in. if between him and the ball he managed to steal it.
Nainggolan passes the ball back to Agostini, the pass is intercepted by Mirallas who plays the ball to Barkley, the pass is intercepted by Conti who plays the ball to Nainggolan, Nainggolan takes the ball and tries to pass by Semioli, he fails, but Semioli falls with the crashed.
Nainggolan returns and manages to recover the ball and passes it back to Agostini, Agostini leads and passes the ball to Ariaudo, Ariaudo passes it to Nainggolan on the right wing, Nainggolan struggles to prevent the ball from going out, Nainggolan tries to pass over the top to Usman, the pass is intercepted by Neville who heads the ball to Mirallas.
Mirallas dominates the ball and pulls it to the right, playing it to Pienaar, Pienaar passes it back to Mirallas, Mirallas retreats to Neville, Neville is in danger of almost losing possession of the ball and desperately passes it forward, the ball ends up at Conti's feet, Conti pulls the ball to the right and passes it to Usman, the pass is intercepted by Neville who manages to take the lead.
Neville makes a high throw to the left wing, Semioli receives the throw and manages to drive the ball, Semioli pulls the ball towards the center and makes a cross, the ball goes down to the first post of the post where Mirallas heads it, lowering his head, at that moment Ariaudo puts his leg in the path of the ball, saving the team from conceding the 3rd goal.
WU! (Everton fans)
Heeee! (Cagliari fans)
Attack! Bum Bum bum! Attack! Bum Bum bum! (Cagliari fans).
Cagliari fans began to push the team for a quick counterattack.
The ball taken away is won with a header by Barkley and dominated by Distin, Distin takes the ball and loses it to Usman after tackling him 3 times.
Even so, the Everton team maintained possession of the ball, as Neville was next to him, who managed to catch the ball and pass it forward.
The pass goes wrong and the ball stops at Dessena's feet, Dessena takes the ball and sees Usman's run, who is further in front of him and free.
Dessena makes the pass to Usman, Usman dominates the ball and moves it forward across the field, he tries to put speed in a straight line and manages to overtake Heitinga, but at that moment Coleman manages to cover his teammate and stay in front of Usman.
Usman at this moment drives with his left leg, then right, and then left again, cutting to the right and dribbling Coleman, Usman runs diagonally while heading to the center and manages to enter the area following a straight line in front of the goal.
Usman waits for Howard to leave and finishes with a low shot crossed into the right corner.
Goa! Goal! The visitors reduce the score, magnificent. (Jim)
It was a sensational move, he took the ball from the outside, pulled it inside, dribbling two, entered the area and finished with a well-aimed shot, I can't say it wasn't incredible. (Jon)
Usman scores Cagliari's first goal in the 38th minute of the game towards the end of the first half.
Everton 2 x 1 Cagliari Calcio.
Woah! (Cagliari fans)
Come on love, you can do it! (Sofia)
Come on love, you can do it! (Claudia)
They could very well be in the VIP room or in the box, but they like to enjoy the crowd by being in the front row to cheer for their husbands.
Usman didn't go to the touchline to celebrate the goal, he simply caught the ball in the net and then ran towards the center of the field with his clenched fist raised.
Mirallas restarted the game, Pienaar made the pass to Barkley, Barkley dominated the ball and made the pass to Neville, the pass was intercepted by NenĂȘ, NenĂȘ passed forward and the ball was between Usman and Cepellini.
Usman continues running, attracting Barkley and Cepellini manages to control the ball calmly, Cepellini had the opportunity to make a low throw behind the Everton players, leaving Usman alone, but he was unable to take advantage of it due to his control of the ball.
Cepellini pulls to the right, leads and touches Conti who arrived at that moment, Conti touched the ball NenĂȘ, NenĂȘ finished first with a low shot at the goal.
The ball comes out weakly and ends up in Howard's hands, who calmly grabs the ball.
Howard kicks the ball away and it goes down and is contested by Mirallas and Ariaudo, Ariaudo heads it towards the Everton field and the ball is caught by Conti, Conti hits the ball with his torso and then makes the pass to Usman.
Usman dominates the ball and pretends to go to the right and goes to the left, running around the outside, following close to the left wing, he passes Coleman, Usman continues to carry the ball and tries to enter the area, he manages to dribble at Neville, but the ball It is caught by Heitinga who came to mark him along with Neville.
Heitinga makes the pass to Bairnes, Baines removes the ball from the Everton area with a strong shot sending it away.
The ball goes down in the center of the midfield and is contested by Conti and Pienaar, Conti wins the header and sends the ball towards Cepellini, Cepellini dominates the ball and begins another round of attack.
Cepellini tries a throw into the box, but the ball is intercepted by Distin in the air.
The ball is headed towards Nainggolan, Nainggolan heads the ball towards NenĂȘ. NenĂȘ heads the ball into the center of the area, Usman manages to get close to the ball, but cannot control it because it is too high, Distin takes advantage of this height and heads the ball away again.
The ball goes to Pienaar, Pienaar dominates and plays it to the left flank on the way back, the pass goes wrong and ends up at NenĂȘ's feet, NenĂȘ takes the ball along the right and enters the area he sees no way to shoot or pass the ball to The center moves the ball back towards Conti, Conti dominates the ball and risks a shot from 23 meters away, the ball goes up and arcs, but he doesn't go down enough and goes over the goal.
Pih!!!! The referee whistles the end of the first half.
Both teams leave the field with neutral expressions, one team was happy to be winning at home but was being pressured, the other was unhappy to start losing and was starting to get excited about the opportunity to score one more and tie the game and until the score turns around.
The thing is, they had two opportunities and in both of them they scored goals. (Ivo)
You had 6 chances, 3 of which were for the goal, but only one of them went in, do you know what I want from you?! (Ivo)
That... (NenĂȘ)
No, nothing like that!
I want you to continue taking risks as much as you can, we are now in command on the field, those who are scared, press, press and press until the goal comes and we still have 45 minutes, now go back there and make me proud boys. (Ivo)
Part 4
The second half begins and NenĂȘ makes the first touch with the ball, Usman passes the ball to Cepellini.
Cepellini leads and passes it to Usman, Usman passes it to Dessena, Dessena tries a pass to Nainggolan the ball hits Pienaar and returns to his feet, Dessena drives it to the right and makes the pass again, Nainggolan receives the pass and passes it to Usman, Usman dominates and leads after pulling to the left, he manages to escape Barkley and Heitinga, but loses the ball to Coleman.
Coleman drives the ball away from Usman and passes it to Distin, Distin takes a direct shot away, the ball is headed by Cepellini and sent to NenĂȘ, NenĂȘ wins the header against Heitinga and sends the ball to Usman, Usman dominates the ball and takes it towards the Everton area.
Usman tries to move closer to the goal on the left, but is blocked by Coleman, Usman manages to pull the ball to the right and run to the center again, he pulls it to his right leg and risks a shot at the goal.
The shot comes out and hits Heitinga who blocks the shot, the ball goes to the left of the area, Dessena who came from the left wing manages to regain possession of the ball, Dessena takes advantage of the defensive opening and sends a cross into the area the ball lands on the second post of the post where NenĂȘ heads it hard, sending it into the stands.
Howard restarts the game by placing the ball in Cagliari's field, the ball is contested by Barkley and Dessena, Dessena heads the ball into Everton's field and the ball ends up at Usman's feet, Usman dominates the ball sent and takes it forward across the field he tries to dribble Heitinga and loses possession of the ball, Heitinga manages to steal the ball and play it to Barkley, Barkley plays it to Pienaar, Pienaar passes it back to Barkley, Barkley plays it on the right to Gibson.
Gibson dominates the ball and makes a throw to the center, Astori advances and intercepts the throw, touching the ball and sending it to Usman, Usman dominates the ball and takes it forward towards the Everton field.
Usman uses his breath and speed to pass between Heitinga and Coleman and then shoot alone towards the goal, Usman takes the ball into the area and shoots across the top right corner.
Howard jumps towards the shot and tries to save, but no matter how much he stretches, the ball comes out strong and true and goes into the goal.
Goal, Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!! (Jim)
They draw!! (Jim)
When the game was over! he called responsibility! He said I'm here! I am here!! He went there and did the first, got the ball and called his teammates responsible, in the second he started a counterattack after the defender intercepted the pass, he advanced halfway across the field and put the ball in the goal! (Jim)
It's really Jim, for me this game had already ended in the first 30 minutes, the difference in determination, strength, mentality, tranquility, cooperation, group work, looking at the two starting teams and looking at the two teams, now I say that just one of them was playing the other was thinking how to play Jim. (Jon)
We are back to 0-0, everything is the same here in Liverpool, England. (Jim)
Usman ran to the edge of the field and jumped over the advertising boards, he got close to the fans and kissed Sofia.
It was a very quick and lively kiss, then he raised his hand to the crowd and shouted.
Woah!!!!
His companions came up behind him and grabbed him.
Victory! Lalaia lalaia! Victory! Lalaia lalaia! (Cagliari fans)
The game was resuming in the center after the 4th goal of the match.
Mirallas plays the ball to Pienaar, Pienaar plays the ball to Barkley, Barkley plays the ball to Neville, the pass comes out slow and NenĂȘ intercepts the pass, NenĂȘ plays the ball to Usman, Usman dominates and takes the ball advancing across the Everton field. pulls to the left and follows then pulls to the right and dribbles past Barkley and Neville, he touches the ball to Conti who is close to the half-moon.
Conti is unable to control the ball, he hits it, the ball runs towards the half-moon and Usman, who was positioned in this race, meets it, Usman tries to lead it, but it hits his foot and runs, Heitinga takes the lead and shoots the ball to the left side of the area, sending it to the wing.
Avelar charges the full-back, throwing the ball to Dessena, Dessena dominates the ball and tries to make a cross, the cross hits Coleman and the ball goes to Avelar, Avelar leads and passes it to Cepellini, Cepellini protects against Neville waits for Dessena to arrive and passes it to him, Dessena, who entered the area on the left, notices Conti's arrival in the center, Conti receives the pass and is unable to control the ball to shoot it quickly enough before Howard throws himself at his feet.
Wuuuuuuu! (Cagliari fans)
The ball is still inside the area NenĂȘ approaches trying to push it into the goal.
Baines, who was closest, manages to kick her away, removing her from the danger zone.
The ball stops at Avelar's feet, Avelar makes the pass over the top to Cepellini, Cepellini pulls it to the left and makes a pass to Dessena on the left wing, Dessena makes a pass to NenĂȘ who is inside the area, NenĂȘ dominates the ball and hits she in goal.
As it was in the air he ends up catching the ball underneath and sending it upwards, the ball goes over the goal.
Howard takes the goal kick sending the ball to Pienaar in the Cagliari field, the ball is contested by Pienaar and Nainggolan, Nainggolan jumps higher than Pienaar, but mistimes the ball and misses the header, the ball hits his neck and goes down behind him, Pienaar, who was closest to the ball at that moment, manages to catch it, Pienaar makes the pass to Mirallas, Mirallas passes it to Gibson on the right side.
The pass is intercepted by Avelar who makes the first pass to Usman in the middle of the field, Usman dominates the ball and takes it towards the left wing, he is unable to open space against Coleman and ends up pulling it to the center and passing it to Ariaudo who made the pass, Ariaudo dominates the ball and almost ends up losing it to Neville, he enters into a hand-to-hand fight to keep the ball.
Ariaudo wins and tries to continue leading, but Heitinga arrives and manages to catch the ball from him, Heitinga kicks the ball to the left flank of the Cagliari field, Mirallas, who was closest, runs and catches the ball.
Mirallas drives and tries to enter the area on the left side, he is marked heavily by Dessena who stops in front of him and manages to make a clear shot, Dessena makes the pass to Usman who returns to the defensive zone to help with the defense, Usman passes it to Avelar who was positioned closer to the center, Avelar made the pass to Cepellini who was in the Everton field.
Cepellini passes the ball back to Usman who is on the left wing, Usman is unable to control it and the ball stops at Gibson's feet, Gibson advances leading then turns to the center and makes a pass high up, Astori intercepts the pass by jumping and heading the ball. ball to the center of midfield.
The ball is at Nainggolan's feet, Nainggolan drives it and then makes a throw into the Everton area hoping that NenĂȘ could reach it, Baines wins the race and kicks the ball away, even though his back is to the Cagliari field the ball falls right on Semioli's feet, who manages to calmly dominate her.
Semioli pulls towards the center and tries to dribble past Agostini, Agostini repositions himself and manages to steal the ball from Semioli, Agostini sends the ball to NenĂȘ with a pass, NenĂȘ runs towards the ball so it doesn't get intercepted by Distin.
Distin wins and plays the ball to Baines, Baines dominates and sends her a shot away, the ball goes down the Cagliari field and is caught by Astori, Astori holds it, spins it and sends it to the center of the midfield, the ball goes down at the foot of Barkley who sends it to Mirallas first time, the pass is intercepted by Conti, Conti passes it to Avelar.
Avelar makes the pass over the top to the other side of the field for Agostini, Agostini touches Conti in the center, Conti passes it to Nainggolan, Nainggolan passes to Usman, the line is broken by Heitinga who deflects the ball and sends it to Pienaar in the center of the field. midfield, Pienaar is unable to dominate as Conti deflects the ball to Nainggolan, Nainggolan wins with speed and body, protecting the ball against Neville.
Nainggolan pulls to the right and makes the pass to Agostini on the right wing, Agostini dominates and takes the ball from the wing, Agostini finds Usman inside the area close to the right side, Usman receives the pass from Agostini, looks to the left side of the area and sends the ball.
Dessena appears and touches the ball, finishing it towards the goal.
 The ball hits Howard who, to save the goal, arrives towards the left side of the goal, but the shot just deflects off him and heads towards the right side of the goal, the ball slowly goes in while the defenders run desperately to get it out of that place. .
Goal.
Goal! Goal! Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!! (Jim)
They turn the score around in the 74th minute of the game, they score the 3rd and are ahead for the first time in both games! (Jim)
It really is a game where you have to leave the stadium and pay for the ticket again, I'm not believing what my eyes saw or what my ears heard, if you tell me that this happened I'll say it's a lie, the team It really showed who is in charge of the Italian championship, today they are dominating this gladiator, he really is a scary young man, I wonder if we will see more games from him at this level. (Jon)
Everton 2 x 3 Cagliari Calcio.
The players didn't hold back and went close to the fans again, this time they hugged the fans without going through the wall, so as not to get carded.
Ivo was impressed and ran onto the field to hug Dessena who scored the 3rd goal.
Not even he could believe what just happened, this is out of reality, if you told him it was a dream he would say he was dead, because not even in his dreams would he believe that his team would concede two goals to score three.
Part 5
David William Moyes, the Everton coach, started to get desperate after conceding the 3rd goal and ended up taking Gibson off and putting on Fellani.
The game resumes Mirallas takes the first touch, Fellani makes the pass to Barkley, Barkley dominates and takes the ball, he is marked by Usman who manages to take the ball away from him, the ball goes towards Coleman who takes it in the direction the ball came from and ends up getting into a dispute for the ball against Usman, Coleman manages to survive this dispute and passes the ball to Barkley, Barkley receives it and passes the ball to Neville.
Neville pulls to the left and touches Semioli, Semioli dominates and runs to the side, Semioli sees Baines who has advanced in position and makes the pass, Baines dominates, takes the ball to the side of the Cagliari area and crosses the ball inside.
The cross makes an open arc away from the goal and reaches Mirallas' head, Mirallas heads the ball diagonally towards the left corner of the goal, Agazzi jumps and tries to defend the shot, but the ball goes past him because of his vision .
The ball goes diagonally and passes the outside of the post.
I don't believe! (Jim)
She didn't go in! (Jim)
As always Jim Mirallas is a dangerous guy. (Jon)
Fuuuuu the Cagliari players breathed a sigh of relief, the ball almost went in, this bastard almost scored for the third time and his header came from the half-moon.
David makes a new substitution to play the end of the match, he takes off Neville and puts Jevalic on the field.
Ivo responds by removing Agostini and placing Pisano to breathe new life into the defensive zone.
Ruzittu takes the goal kick sending the ball into the Everton field, the ball is competed between Nainggolan and Semioli, Nainggolan manages to send it further into the Everton field, the ball is competed by NenĂȘ and Distin, the two manage to head the ball ball and it stays in the air.
The ball goes down again and is headed by NenĂȘ, the ball is contested by Heitinga and Cepellini this time Cepellini misses the header and as he goes down he falls to the ground.
Heitinga takes advantage and kicks the ball away, the ball is headed by Jelavic to Fellani, Fellani dominates and passes the ball to Mirallas, Mirallas makes the pass to Semioli on the left flank, Semioli manages to take the ball to the edge of the area and crosses the ball inside, the ball hits one of the Cagliari players before the first post and goes out along the baseline, giving Everton a corner.
With the ball gone, Ivo made another substitution in the 81st minute of the game, removing Cepellini and putting Cossu on the field.
Baines takes the corner sending the ball towards the second post, among the 10 players inside the area, 6 of them were from Cagliari, 4 of them were from Everton, 1 of them was protecting the goalkeeper's right corner.
With all the positioning tactics involved, the ball still finds Mirallas at the second post who heads the ball into the goalkeeper's right corner.
Ruzittu jumps and scores the 3rd goal of the match and the goal came from him.
Goal! Goal!!! They tie the game again it's his! Mirallas, the hero of Everton, the owner of the stadium, the owner of the ball, the lord of the day, he scores a fantastic hat-trick in this match! (Jim)
Everton 3 x 3 Cagliari Calcio
I'm impressed Jim. (Jon)
They really put on a huge battle for a round of 16 knockout match.
This time it was Mirallas' chance to take the ball and run into midfield, boosting his team's morale.
For Cagliari's players this was clearly a defensive failure on their part, the game was already won and now they were tied in the last 10 minutes of the game, they would have had to go all out, otherwise there would be a risk of them failing to progress to the next stage and the risk of being eliminated. would increase.
NenĂȘ restarts the game playing to Usman, Usman plays to Cossu, Cossu takes the ball and plays to Usman, Usman dominates and cuts to the right using his creativity he makes the pass to Nainggolan on his right side, Nainggolan takes the ball and tries to advance to inside the area dribbling past defenders, he ends up managing to remain free for a certain amount of time, but ends up getting trapped by Distin and Bairnes and losing possession of the ball.
The ball falls to Barley's feet, Barley passes it to Semioli, Semioli passes it to Fellani in the center of midfield, Fellani passes it to Mirallas, Mirallas decides not to risk it and passes it back to Fellani, Fellani passes it forward to Distin, Distin chases the ball and passes it to Semioli on the left flank, Semioli tries to drive along the touchline, but loses the ball to Nainggolan, Nainggolan tries a direct pass to
Usman and the ball is intercepted by Baines.
Baines passes to Barkley, Barkley makes the pass to Fellani, Fellani leads, attracting the defense and passes it back to Barkley, Barkley takes the ball and makes a throw over the top into the area, the throw comes out very hard and the ball goes over the baseline.
In the 88th minute, with the ball gone, Ivo removed Usman from the field, putting Slot in his place and changing the tactical formation to 4-4-1-1, after conceding the 3rd goal, he could no longer maintain the formation.
Ruzittu restarts the game sending the ball into the center of the midfield, the ball is contested by Cossu and Barkley, Barkley wins and heads the ball to Fellani, Fellani holds the ball with his chest and puts it on the ground, Fellani passes to Semioli on the wing On the left side of the field, Semioli dominates and takes the ball forward across the Cagliari field. He sees himself marked and returns the ball to Fellani.
Fellani receives pulls to the right and touches the ball to Pienaar, the pass is intercepted by Avelar, Avelar passes the ball back to Ariaudo inside the area, Ariaudo kicks the ball away and it lands on the head of Coleman who heads towards Fellani, Fellani scored by Dessena manages to head the ball to Jevalic, Jevalic was being marked by Ariaudo and heads the ball to Semioli who was, oddly enough, positioned in the center of Cagliari's field out of his position.
Semioli dominates the ball, runs diagonally to the right and tries to enter the area, his tactic fails he pulls the ball back, moving away from the defense and touching Pienaar on the right side, Pienaar free receives the pass, dominates the ball and leads the way right side of the area, he tries to find a gap in the defense to pass inside.
Pienaar manages to find the perfect gap and crosses into the free Mirallas area, jumping and heading the ball, this time the header goes straight and goes to the right side of the goal.
With the ball out, the game was over.
Going back to the time Usman was replaced:
Usman was replaced by Ivo and sat on the benches.
He greeted his teammates sat down on the bench chair and put his head down.
Rha, rhan, rham, sniff (breathing), rhan, rhan, rhan, (cried softly)
Cepellini, who was next to him, stroked his head and let Usman cry, the team had just turned the game around and just kept the advantage, but no one expected that last goal to come.
The game ended 3-3.
Extra
Hello.
Hello. (Sofia)
Am I talking to Sofia? (Chaniya)
Yes, it's me, did something happen Grandma Chaniya? (Sofia)
Well, I called you because I couldn't speak to Wilian. (Chaniya)
Why are you taking so much time to talk, tell her straight away. (Alika)
Well, you wouldn't be able to call him, because he's already entered the stadium and the players' phones are turned off before the game. (Sofia)
It's important news and I'm not going to talk to her like I'm throwing zucchinis in the air. (Chaniya)
Well, we're in the hospital and. (Chaniya)
Are you guys okay? (Sofia)
Yes, we are, we called to tell you that Aliyu is going into labor. (Chaniya)
This is wonderful news, I will inform his coach, he will definitely give us an opportunity to travel so that Wilian can see his newborn daughter. (Sofia)
So I hope you can come see her, especially since you are going to be parents. (Chaniya)
Yes grandma, as soon as today's game is over I will talk to the coach so we can go back to Nigeria for a day or two to see our daughter. (Sofia)
So I won't take up your time anymore, be careful daughter. (Chaniya)
What it was? Who was? (Claudia)
Family. (Sofia)
I have great news, no matter what the score of today's game is, there's no way he can be sad. (Sofia)
News? Which? Any tips? (Claudia)
Well, we will be mother and father. (Sofia)
Good, congratulations! (Claudia)
Wait a minute, you're going to be a mother and he's a father? You're not pregnant, are you going to adopt someone? (Claudia)
No, I'm his second wife and the first is in labor today. (Sofia)
Claudia in shock.
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Don't make that face, it's not something strange or strange, I will also have my opportunity in the future, I just haven't done it yet because I haven't achieved my goal. (Sofia)
What!? What is which objective?! (Claudia)
A contract with famous companies Worldwide, something Nike, Adidas, Puma, Apple, Samsung these brands in themselves. (Sofia)
The way he plays he should be very close so be prepared. (Claudia)
I know it's close, but I want a long lasting 5 year contract. (Sofia)