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Burnley's three attackers, who charged from the start, pressed Brentford's three defenders one-on-one. Behind them, Burnley's three midfielders pressed Brentford's three midfielders, creating a situation where all six players in the back and center were under intense one-on-one pressure.

Under Burnley's strong pressure, Brentford passed the ball among themselves precariously before hurriedly sending it out to the wing-backs on the left and right flanks, just as planned.

Then, Burnley's wingers, who had been waiting, created a 3-on-1 situation through cooperative defense with the midfielders and wingers who had run to provide support. They easily took the ball away from the opponent.

The stolen ball quickly went forward with a one-touch short pass that Burnley's players were increasingly getting accustomed to, leading to a counterattack.

"Okay! Good job!"

In the 11th minute of the first half, Burnley's right-back, Matt Lowton, won the ball from Brentford's left wing-back, Rico Henry, through a defensive partnership with defensive midfielder Jack Cork.

Hyungmin, who was standing in the technical area, applauded and encouraged the players.

Having successfully won the ball, Burnley's players quickly began their counterattack, executing the quick passes and movements they had been learning over the past two weeks.

As soon as he won the ball, Lowton wasted no time passing it to Burnley's central defender, James Tarkowski, who was approaching.

Tarkowski then swung his right foot and passed the ball to central midfielder Josh Brownhill, positioned in the center circle.

Five Brentford players who had been involved in the attack were ruled out of the game after just two passes.

Meanwhile, Brownhill, who received the pass, stabilized the ball with his right foot and rotated his body to scan the pitch. His eyes caught Burnley's left-back Dwight McNeil, who was waiting to advance down the left sideline, and Brownhill immediately passed the ball to his waiting teammate.

The ball traveled across the pitch from Burnley's right-back to Burnley's left-back in exactly four touches before the opposition could even react.

Brentford defenders Pontus Jansson and right wing-back Mads Roeslev rushed toward McNeil, who received the ball with his back to goal.

But McNeil ignored their approach and passed the ball to Burnley's left-back Charlie Taylor, who was running up the sideline to support him.

A moment of hesitation arose as Jansson and Roeslev ran between McNeil and the ball, wondering who would make the move.

McNeil turned and darted into the space between Jansson and Roeslev, who were rushing toward him.

"Ah!"

As Brentford manager Thomas Frank watched from the home team's technical area, Taylor sent the ball over McNeil's head as he raced toward the box.

McNeil sprinted into Brentford's penalty area, catching Taylor's exquisite pass that dipped over his head before moving forward and knocking the ball in front of him.

The moment McNeil's eyes caught sight of Brentford goalkeeper David Raya's frantic face, who had hurriedly run out to narrow the shooting angle in a one-on-one situation, McNeil suddenly collapsed to the ground after a heavy side impact.

"This kid!"

The referee's whistle blew.

Burnley players rushed toward the goal in anger after the rough foul on a teammate.

And the Brentford players cheered as they appealed to the referee, trying to stop them.

As McNeil lay on the grass recovering from the shock, all sorts of noises filled his ears.

Among them was Brentford defender Pontus Jansson, who clicked his tongue and muttered after the desperate chase to tackle an opposing attacker inside the penalty box.

"Oh, shit…"

It was only natural that the referee, after checking the VAR, would point to the penalty mark and pull a yellow card from his breast pocket.

Cheering Burnley players flocked to Brentford's penalty box.

Chris Wood, who received the ball from the referee, placed it on the penalty mark and began a staring contest with Brentford goalkeeper David Raya, who desperately tried to confuse him by waving his arms.

The distance from the penalty mark to the goal is 11 meters.

While the attacker holds the advantage, surprisingly, the probability of missing a penalty kick in professional soccer is as high as 23.6%.

This means that one in four penalty kicks are missed, and more than 70% of those misses are saved by the goalkeeper.

70% of 23.6% is 16.5% probability.

That means about 1 in 6 times the goalkeeper saves it.

However, at this moment, none of these complicated thoughts were in Burnley's New Zealand striker Chris Wood's mind.

As the referee blew his whistle again, confirming that Burnley and Brentford players had cleared the area, Chris Wood ran up and flicked the ball to the left of a flailing David Raya.

"Eww!"

Chris Wood ran to the corner flag, past the shaking goal net, pounding his chest and cheering.

As the Burnley players, who had been flocking to him, jumped on top of him and shared their joy with the cheering away fans, the number on the scoreboard changed from 0 to 1.

It was the 12th minute of the first half when Burnley took a one-goal lead over Brentford.

Even after the game resumed, the situation did not change much.

Brentford's three defenders—Pontus Jansson, Christopher Ajer, and Bruno Valdez—continued to circulate the ball around their defensive formation, looking for opportunities.

But Burnley's front three kept the ball firmly in the Brentford midfielders' hands, preventing them from getting the ball comfortably.

Ultimately, Brentford was forced to play long passes to Henry and Roeslev, who repeatedly tried to penetrate from the left or right.

Then, as if it were a well-written script, Burnley's players on the flanks cooperated with the midfielders in defense to win the ball back and launch a counterattack.

But what if Brentford's defenders couldn't stand the frustration and just threw long passes at the attackers?

Burnley's central defenders, James Tarkowski and Ben Mee, as well as defensive midfielder Jack Cork, who came down to provide support, surrounded Brentford's attackers Ivan Toni and Bryan Mbeumo as if they were hunting them down. They won the ball back through a heading contest and launched a counterattack.

In the 41st minute of the first half, as Brentford's frustrating attacking attempts and Burnley's counterattacks became more familiar through full-on pressure, the game reached another turning point.

Pressure, pressure, and more pressure.

The ball bounced around between Brentford's defense in a frustrating and dangerous manner, avoiding the approach of Burnley's attackers, who seemed ready to devour it.

Finally, the ball, which had not been passed from defense to midfield, was passed to the Brentford goalkeeper, the only one free from pressure.

As if trying to vent his rising anger and frustration, David Raya kicked the ball with all his might, sending it across the field and into the chest of Burnley's central defender, Ben Mee, who had already positioned himself.

Ben Mee lightly trapped the ball, then passed it short to Ashley Westwood, who had dropped down from the center to receive it.

Sensing Brentford midfielder Vitali Janelt chasing him from behind, Burnley's veteran midfielder, instead of stopping the ball, flicked it forward with his left foot and pushed it to the left, while also turning to the left at a right angle.

A short time passed until Vitali Janelt, who had been running toward him, regained his position.

Westwood passed the ball forward to Josh Brownhill, who was advancing just outside Brentford's penalty box.

Brownhill received the ball just in front of the penalty box and, just like against Everton, gently kicked the ball forward with the inside of his right foot.

The pass instantly fooled all three Brentford defenders, who were closing the distance quickly to prevent a shot from range, as well as the two midfielders closing in from behind.

The ball flew low and fast, landing at the feet of Jay Rodriguez, who was penetrating the open space on the right.

Just like against Everton, Jay Rodriguez received the ball on the right, with Brentford's defense completely shaken up.

What was different this time was that Rodriguez faced the goalkeeper one-on-one, unmolested, with no defensive interference.

The hapless David Raya, who had been given the chance to counterattack with one of his own long kicks, desperately jumped out to try to narrow the shooting angle once more.

But this time, there was no rough foul attempt from the defense to award a penalty kick, and Rodriguez lowered his left shoulder slightly and passed the ball to his right, easily beating the onrushing goalkeeper.

All that was left was to kick the ball into the empty goal.

It was the moment when the away team Burnley scored their second goal.

Next to the cheering Burnley players and wild away fans, the bewildered Brentford players and the distorted faces of the home fans vividly expressed their despair.