As Armero waited to come on, AZ Alkmaar kept pressing. Martens received the ball again and tried to slip a pass through to Benjamin, but Basta stepped in and cleared it.
The ball fell to Badu, who took one look upfield and immediately launched it forward to Muriel again.
The Udinese forward sprinted into space, with only Johansson between him and Alvarado.
Johansson backpedaled, knowing he couldn't match Muriel's speed. The Colombian sized him up, feinted left, then burst to the right.
And suddenly, he was in.
[This could be it, Marco! Muriel's through on goal!]
Alvarado rushed off his line, desperate to close the angle. Muriel lifted his head, saw the gap, and dinked the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper.
For a second, the entire stadium held its breath.
But fortunately and unfortunately, he ball dropped… just wide of the post.
[HE MISSED! MURIEL HAS MISSED!]
[David, how?! That was the game, right there! Udinese could have wrapped it up!]
