28 Chapter 28: First Match in the Stade Brest 29 Team! And Lose... (2)
The match was continuing…
Although the Brest team scored goals, they were meeting their opponent on their own court.
They were still looking for a counter attack.
Manager Alex Dupont was watching the game calmly. He hadn't stood up since the match started.
In the 39th minute, Montpellier took a corner kick.
Helder's goal post did not leave.
Goalpost waited.
The defender Zebine and Gentiletti jumped.
But neither of them could hit the ball.
Between the two, Giroud headed the ball.
The ball was going to the left corner.
As with every corner kick, Helder told both his right and left that a teammate should stand there.
But what is that?
He didn't have a teammate there.
Helder jumped at the ball.
Fortunately, the ball was slow, and saved the ball with both hands.
He raised his head.
The ball was still in hand.
He started yelling.
"Didn't I say stop Makondo on my left?" Helder said.
Makondo didn't even listen to him ...
Helder launches the ball with his hand.
He threw the ball at Zebina.
Zebina was going to kick Makondo from the ground, but what is that?
Belhanda, the midfielder of the opponent team, pressed the ball at once and grabbed the ball.
Brest was left with very few people.
Belhanda made a great pass.
Giroud and Helder faced each other.
Giroud thought Helder would lie on the ground.
But Helder was standing, as usual, waiting for his opponent to shoot.
"Giroud! I'm on your right. " Belhanda shouted.
And Belhanda was empty...
Giroud threw the pass to Belhanda ...
Helder tried to close the right side with his strength.
Helder took two steps again and jumped.
Fortunately, Belhanda did not shoot a good shot.
Helder punched the ball at the last moment.
But there was Giroud where he punched the ball.
And it was empty ...
Helder bowed his head ...
Giroud hit the ball…
Gooooool...
Goooooooooolll...
Gooooooooooooolllll…
Brest 0 - Montpellier 2
Slow whistling started in the stands.
Brest started the match.
But they lost the ball again.
Their team was really weak.
Montpellier made a few more attacks, but fortunately, the first half was over by the referee's whistle.
Locker room…
Alex Dupont is here.
"Is that what you can do? Don't you want to avenge last week? Shame on you all! "
"Is this the family?" he thought. Helder.
The manager was angry with everyone.
Tactics had not been changed.
But there were things that Alex Dupont was good at, too.
Alex Dupont was training a lot of set balls for the team with their counter attacks.
They had tactics for corners, free kicks, and even throw-ins.
But the Brest team couldn't even go to the opponent's court.
"We will do our best and return the match." said Captain Zebina.
"Yes, captain." shouted the whole team.
***
Both teams came to the field.
And the second half started with the whistle of the referee.
The Montpellier team was a little calmer.
They were not pressing like in the first half.
This was another chance for Brest.
But the Brest team was passing so slowly ...
They could not find a kind of emptiness.
"It's like the slowest team in the world…" thought Helder.
It was now 70 minutes.
Zebina threw a long ball to the right.
Bedimo, the left-back of Montpellier, made a mistake.
Lesoimier, the right-winger of the Brest team, ran in an instant.
It was very fast.
He raised his head.
There was only the striker Roux inside.
Despite his speed, the opponent's defense had blocked his way.
He crosses a ball.
But the ball hit the opponent and it was a corner kick.
Zebina and Gentiletti came forward from the defense.
Licka takes the corner kick.
And yes they were trying the tactic they worked.
Zebina made a fake run to the front area.
Montpellier was defending man to man. And the price for that would also be heavy!
Seeing Zebina run away, the 2 Montpellier defenders went to his side.
Gentiletti was empty ...
He jumped and got a very comfortable header.
He jumped to the left of the opponent's goalkeeper but could not save.
Goooool….
Goooooooolll…
Gooooooooooooollll…
Brest scored a goal at the end ...
Brest 1- 2 Montpellier
They were happy like crazy.
"Hahaha how they were fooled into fake harnesses!" said Zebina.
"I didn't expect it to be that simple." Gentiletti said with a laugh.
They were always together in the joy of goals.
When Helder scored the goal, he put his hands in the air with a fist.
"I hope we can score another goal." he thought.
Montpellier attacked after a goal, but the Brest team was confident.
Brest wanted to press and win the ball as soon as possible.
The minutes passed like this ...
Both teams had feeble attacks ...
The goalkeepers of both teams performed well despite scoring.
It was 90 minutes now.
"I think we lost it." Helder thought.
Because the players of the Brest team were tired.
Even though they made a substitution 10 minutes ago, it was as if they were tired too.
They did not have the strength to run.
"I wonder if there is a problem with training? Why are they so tired? It was a slow game anyway… "Helder continued thinking.
At that time, Montpellier midfielder Estrada took a shot from distance.
Helder comfortably took control of the ball.
Helder threw the ball long with his foot.
"If we don't score now, we will lose the match." cried Helder.
He really didn't want to lose.
Roux, the striker of Brest, took the ball.
He threw the ball to Soumah on the right-wing.
Ben Basat, the new midfielder who entered the game, raised his hand.
It was just outside the penalty area.
Soumah passes him.
Ben Baset took a shot as soon as he got the ball on his feet and…
Was it going to be a goal?
It was a very hard and cornering shot…
Jourdren, the opposing team's goalkeeper, jumped and at the last moment, he hit a corner kick with his fingers.
4th referee had shown +3 extra minutes.
Maybe it was their last chance.
A corner kick was used.
But Jourdren jumped towards the ball and checked with both hands inside everyone.
As soon as he got the ball he threw himself on the ground.
He was spending time…
"Oh, today's goalkeepers…" Helder thought…
There were 2 minutes left for Brest…
But the Montpellier team was quietly passing and not losing the ball to the opponent.
In fact, Brest was pressing so far ahead that it left a lot of empty behinds.
Time was passing very fast ...
At that time, the Montpellier team got a counter-attack chance.
They played long.
The ball would come to Utaka.
But the referee blew the whistle…
And the match is over ...
Brest 1- Montpellier 2
It was the score of the match.
Helder was saddened.
"It really hurts to lose ..."
"I hate to lose ..."
Yes, Helder lost.
He thought about his dream.
Mark had told him to change.
"Could losing really be the key to winning?" he thought ...
Also, the future was really different.
Normally, Brest and Montpellier team drew 2-2.
But in the world where Helder was, Brest lost ...
Let's see what else would be different?
Helder Xerxes End-of-Match Statistics
Saves: 6
Goals Conceded: 2
Match rating: 7.1
