The Croatian players were quickly equalized after taking the lead, which made them feel helpless, and they also lost the ball from a set-piece, which hit their morale.
But they soon recovered. Croatia was determined to win this game. They certainly would not be satisfied with a draw, so Croatia continued to attack.
This time it was the turn of the goalkeeper of the India National Youth Team to perform brilliantly. Goalkeeper Rohit Ramesh blocked the opponent's two threatening shots in succession.
Rohit may not be very talented, but he is a stable goalkeeper and is absolutely trustworthy.
Seeing the opponent's fierce attack, Neil couldn't help but become anxious, because Neil could see that Thapa was already showing signs of fatigue. After all, he had started in two consecutive games, and the intensity of each game was so high that even Thapa couldn't stand it.
But the team really cannot do without Thapa now. Now the Indian National Youth Team is in urgent need of a goal.
After the Croatian National Youth Team stepped up their attack, the back line was inevitably left empty, which gave the Indian team several chances. Unfortunately, their passes into the penalty area were average and they ultimately failed.
Neil made a substitution quickly because Thapa was under too much pressure. Neil currently hoped that Thapa would attack more and leave the defense to another midfielder as much as possible, so Neil replaced the tired MD Arbash with Gurnaj Singh.
Gurnaj's task was very simple, which was to defend and nothing else. Neil didn't even need Gurnaj to cross half court.
Time unknowingly came to the 80th minute, the score was still 1-1, and both teams were working hard for the second goal.
The India National Youth Team got a corner kick opportunity, which was undoubtedly a good opportunity for the India National Youth Team, because the India team has a center forward Gomez, and the central defender Kukreti with huge height is also threatening.
When Thapa took the corner kick, he had no one else in his eyes but Gomez. As a teammate who entered the national youth team at the same time, Thapa trusted Gomez very much.
Thapa's corner kick was directed to the front point, but there were two players around Gomez, and the angle of Gomez's attack was too small.
Moreover, Gomez's position was in front of the left side of the goal. When he headed the ball from this position, Gomez was facing sideways to the goal, so it was actually difficult to generate power from this angle.
Gomez rushed towards the football, which made his attacking angle more difficult. He saw that the football was just in front of him, so he jumped high.
All the fans watching the game were thinking that it was too difficult to header the ball at this spot and that this ball was doomed.
But after jumping up, Gomez actually turned 45 degrees in the air towards the goal, which made him face the goal. Moreover, because of this turn, Gomez actually had to exert force.
Although the speed of this header was not particularly fast, it was definitely not slow, and the football flew to the upper right corner of the goal.
Croatian national youth team goalkeeper Klich also thought that Gomez's header would not pose much of a threat.
So Klich was a beat slow, but he quickly reacted, flew towards the football, and even touched the football with his fingertips.
When Gomez saw that goalkeeper Klich actually touched the football, he felt a chill in his heart. Fortunately, Klich did not have much impact on the football, and the football still flew into the goal.
The Indian National Youth Team overtook the Croatian National Youth Team 2-1!
"The ball goes in! The goal was scored by Gomez!" Sanjay celebrated the goal excitedly.
The scene changed and began playing a slow-motion replay of Gomez's header.
"Wow! Gomez's header is so difficult! Not only did he catch the timing well, but he also turned in the air. His physical fitness is really excellent!" Sanjay exclaimed when he saw Tian Gomez's header.
"As expected, this Indian National Youth Team still has to rely on Thapa and Gomez. These two players are the backbone of the team."
"In the last game, Thapa scored first, and then Gomez scored two goals in a row. In this game, Thapa equalized the score first, and then Gomez took the lead."
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After scoring the goal, Gomez excitedly rushed to the sidelines and slid on his knees passionately as he liked this form of celebration very much. Gomez scored three goals in two games.
The Indian fans on the sidelines were already excited to see the India National Youth Team overtake the score. After seeing Gomez sliding on his knees to celebrate, they began to cheer Gomez's name.
Not all the people on the field were spectators. Among them were two scouts from various teams. They were from Chennaiyin FC and FC Goa respectively. Their purpose was to observe Thapa and Gomez.
They were very satisfied with this game and gave extremely high scores to the young player of their club.
When Neil saw Gomez's goal, he jumped up from his seat with joy.
"Beautiful! Well done Gomez!" Neil shouted excitedly.
At the same time, the coaching bench and the substitute bench were also boiling with excitement, all celebrating excitedly.
In contrast, the Croatian coaching bench was very quiet. The Croatian head coach had a grim look on his face and expressed his dissatisfaction to the players on the field.
At this time, Neil knew that it was time to make a substitution, so Neil replaced Thapa. He was too tired in this game, whether it was offense or defense, Thapa was there.
In this game, Thapa not only scored a goal to tie the game, but also provided an assist to overtake the score. In this game, He was definitely still the best player in the end.
After replacing Thapa, he replaced him with central defender Mahmad Sami. The intention was very clear: Neil was going to defend with all his strength.
In the 84th minute, Gomez was injured. Although it was only a strain, he would definitely not be able to continue the game. What Neil was most worried about was whether Gomez could participate in the last game.
So Neil had to make another substitution, replacing Gomez with Sumit Sharma a defender. After the substitution, the Indian National Youth Team had no one left on the front line.
Neil completely gave up attacking and just wanted to park the bus to keep the score.
The Croatian national youth team, which was lagging behind, launched fierce attacks again and again. Although Thapa and Gomez were both substituted, there was still a central defender, Adhikari, in the back line.
The Indian National Youth Team was able to defend against the opponent several times, and Adhikari played a big role in it. Adhikari also made a wonderful save in front of the goal.
Before he knew it, the regular time was over and the referee signaled for 3 minutes of overtime. Neil couldn't help but get nervous. These were the last three minutes and as long as he could hold on, he would win.
Croatia, on the other hand, gradually became anxious and its attack became disorganized.
In the end, the Croatian team never scored the second goal. The referee blew the whistle to end the game on time. The Indian National Youth Team defeated the Croatian National Youth Team 2-1!
The Indian National Youth Team won the second victory of this Evolution Cup!
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