Alves' manager, Olić, glanced at Sporting de Gijón's technical area. His eyes did not hide his contempt for his Chinese counterpart.
"What's up with the kid they brought in?" Olić turned his head and asked his assistant manager.
Assistant manager Tsamoto flipped through the information in his hands. "Seventeen years old, midfielder."
"That's it?" Olić asked with some dissatisfaction. How did they prepare before the game?
"He's a player from Team B. This is the kid's first time representing the First Team in a game." Tsamoto shrugged. It was not that they did not do a good job, it was just because he was a rookie from Team B.
Hearing Tsamoto's words, Olić almost laughed out loud. The Chinese player had been replaced by a rookie from Team B. A rookie manager and a rookie player. Hahaha.
Assistant manager Tsamoto glanced at Olić and laughed. He also felt that the Chinese manager's substitution was really childish. However, out of habit, he still asked manager Olić, "Do we need to make adjustments to deal with it?"
"Deal with what?" Olić asked in return.
He was not the least bit wary of Li Ang's substitution. He was only worried about one thing now. When could the team break through Sporting de Gijón's tortoise shell and score a goal?
*****
The second half of the game began.
The visiting team, Alves, kicked off first.
Their players were now holding their breath. They had not been able to score in the first half of the game. They had been stopped from scoring by an opponent that they used to be able to kill at will. It was unacceptable.
Alves' striker, Navarro, knocked the football to his strike partner, Ivan Alonso, and ran forward himself.
The latter continued to pass the football back and then ran forward as well.
The midfielder, Natexo, who received the ball, knocked the football horizontally to his teammate, De Sio, and ran forward himself.
De Sio did not continue to pass the ball. Instead, he pulled the ball horizontally and dribbled the ball directly forward.
Almost at the same time, the entire Alves players in the middle and front field were like athletes who had heard the starting gun. They all rushed out!
To be precise, as these people rushed out, their entire defensive line also rushed out. Two full backs pressed across the half of the field, and a center back also went out of the penalty area line.
Only one center back was still in the penalty area, but he looked eager to give it a try.
During the halftime interval, their manager, Olić, scolded their opponent's manager. He scolded Li Ang's despicable tactics and also scolded his own players.
Then, this bad-tempered manager gave an order to the entire team: within ten minutes of the start of the second half, they must score!
The Aravis players, who were already feeling aggrieved because they did not score in the first half of the game, were also scolded by the manager. At this time, they were like enraged bulls with their horns raised. They could not wait to knock Sporting de Gijón to the ground!
They went all out just to score as soon as possible.
As for what would happen to the defensive line after they pressed on?
Ha, what's there to worry about?
His opponent only knew how to hide and defend. He didn't have the guts to attack!
Li Ang was about to return to the technical area, but when he saw this scene, he immediately stopped.
The Aravis players really couldn't wait to score!
Aravis played traditional Spanish football. They passed the ball smoothly and quickly pressed Sporting de Gijón near the penalty area line. Sporting de Gijón's formation was pressed flat!
At this moment, there was only one player in Aravis' half of the field. It was the center back, Trota!
The other center back had also passed the half of the field. As he plugged forward, he raised his hand as if to say: Guys, I'm coming too! I want to score too!
How arrogant!
Li Ang sneered.
However, the opponent's unscrupulous and unguarded attack was exactly what he wanted to see!
*****
Alves' striker, Navarro, took the ball and beautifully dunked it past Sporting de Gijón's defender, Isma.
There was an ear-piercing hiss in the stands at El Molinón.
Sporting de Gijón's fans hated the Aravis striker. It was this man who scored four goals in the previous game against Sporting de Gijón. After the goal, he made an arrogant and provocative gesture to the Sporting de Gijón fans.
In today's game, as long as Navarro took the ball, the Sporting de Gijón fans would boo.
Navarro listened to the boos. Not only was he not afraid, but he was very proud. For a striker, it was very satisfying to be booed by the opponent's fans because of fear.
Aravis' full-back, Edu Alfonso, who plugged in, raised his hand to ask for the ball. However, Navarro, who was playing excitedly, ignored him. He planned to continue dribbling the ball. He looked forward to the Sporting de Gijón fans' "cute" boos after the next opponent.
Just as Navarro was feeling proud, Marcos saw the opportunity and suddenly plugged in, directly poking the ball out of Navarro's feet!
FUCK！
The Aravis striker, who was feeling proud of himself, was annoyed when the ball was intercepted. He cursed hatefully but did not have the slightest intention of counter-snatching.
After Marcos poked the football away, he did not stop. Instead, he took two steps forward and threw his back to the Aravis striker to prevent the opponent from counter-snatching. Then he began to observe the surroundings.
Marcos did not feel the pressure behind him. The opponent did not counter-snatch. He was not surprised at this time. In today's game, this kind of situation had happened more than once or twice. The Aravis players were not active in counter-snatching. This made Marcos, who was used to Li Ang's request that the whole team must counter-snatch in time, feel strange at first. Later, he was used to it.
*****
After Marcos intercepted the ball, he looked to the front and directly sent the football out.
Then people saw Javier, who had retreated to his own half to help the defense, get the ball.
After getting the ball, Javier did not say a word. After a little adjustment, he directly dribbled the ball forward.
Then people saw the young player, who was wearing a large number eighty jersey, desperately dribbling the ball and plugging in at high speed!
And the moment Javier received the ball, Mata, who was "hidden" among his own team's defensive players and seemed to want to participate in the defense, also spread his feet and ran forward desperately!
Seeing this scene, the first reaction of the Aravis players was not to chase back. They were stunned for a second. They did not expect the opponent's counterattack at all!
On the other side of the technical area, the Aravis manager, Olić, was unscrewing a bottle of water and drinking. He did not look at the field at all, while his assistant manager was chatting with the team doctor next to him. The two of them were talking happily.
Only the Aravis players on the substitutes' bench saw the scene, and their expressions were equally stunned.
Even the commentator in the commentary box, the reporters in the media box, and the visiting fans in the stands were instantly stunned.
Everyone was stunned.
In the entire first half of the game, Sporting promoted and did not press out at all. Even when the ball was intercepted in the backfield, they did not rush out. This was also ridiculed by the reporters in the media box, saying that Sporting de Gijón was determined to be a coward!
Therefore, at this moment, Sporting de Gijón suddenly pressed out for the first time in the game today. The rapid counterattack stunned everyone!
Even some of the Sporting de Gijón players were stunned for a moment. They had been desperately defending the entire first half. Although they had practiced offensive tactics for two days, they had only just started. At this moment, at this moment, they had not formed a "conditioned reflex."
Only Marcos, who had intercepted the ball, was not stunned.
Javier, who had dribbled the ball, and Mata, who had cut in between, were not stunned!
When they were in Team B, after intercepting the ball, they would quickly launch a quick counterattack. Two to three players would desperately press forward, using the shortest amount of time and the fastest tempo to tear apart the opponent's defensive line. This was the essence of Li Ang's tactics, and Javier and Mata could not be more familiar with it!
The live broadcast showed a long shot. It was very shocking.
In the huge stadium, there were 22 players on the field.
More than half of them were stunned there.
Two players wearing red and white jerseys rushed toward the Aravis goal as fast as lightning.
They were aggressive!
Like the wind!
Like fire!
Attack! Attack! Attack!
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