This Is How Football Should Be Played
Chapter 413

Nightmarish Start: Ten Straight Premier League Defeats?

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"Beautiful! Lu Yang calmly converted the penalty."

"Five-nil! Newcastle have completely opened up today. This is the sheer dominance of a Premier League side!"

The pace of the match quickened.

Newcastle attacked down both flanks, unleashing a relentless bombardment.

Tallinn Spring God had completely retreated into their shell and could no longer produce any organized attacks.

Because once Boyle and Reece pushed forward, Newcastle's frontcourt pressing became even more intense.

Even if Tallinn Spring God won the ball by dispossessing Newcastle, they were immediately surrounded and forced to hoof it away, surrendering possession and waiting for Newcastle's next wave of attack.

The statistics all showed that Newcastle's advantage over Tallinn Spring God in the second half was far greater than it had been in the first. Their possession rate in the second half reached a staggering seventy-five percent!

In the seventieth minute, Bridge played the ball back, and Lu Yang sent a first-time through ball straight down the flank without stopping it.

Boyle, who had surged toward the byline, did not receive Bridge's pass. Instead, he received Lu Yang's.

With no one marking him, he looked up at the penalty area and swung in a cross.

Mandzukovic was locked in a physical battle with his opponent, but he had the upper hand and rose high into the air.

Bang!

The ball flew precisely into the opposition net.

This was no difficult task for Mandzukovic.

Tallinn Spring God's level of physicality was far below that of Serie A, La Liga, or the Premier League.

"Six-nil! A hat-trick! Mandzukovic has scored his first hat-trick for Newcastle!"

"It has been a full four years since his last hat-trick!"

"Who would have thought that a center forward discarded by Atlético Madrid could find new life at Newcastle?"

"Mandzukovic immediately ran toward Boyle. After high-fiving

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