Zaragoza's corner kick.
"This corner kick is Zaragoza's chance," Dagestino said. "In a situation where we can't score in a mobile game, we need to seize the opportunity for a set piece."
At this time, no one noticed a subtle change in Sporting de Gijón's positioning when defending the corner kick. David Lago stood on the left outside the penalty area, Mata on the right, outside the arc of the penalty area. The team captain, Miguel Cobas, was at the front of the middle, behind him was Juan Carlos, and Marcos appeared in the penalty area.
González, the Zaragoza midfielder, stood at the corner kick point, ready to take the corner kick. He looked at the situation in the penalty area, raised his hand and pointed to the penalty area, complaining loudly to the referee.
In the penalty area, Isma and Villa were pulling and pulling, while Moreno was fighting for position with Yago. He was hit by the other side's buttocks and fell in the penalty area with an exaggerated scream.
The face of the main referee, Havilo, darkened. He called the four of them over and gave them a stern warning.
"Sporting de Gijón attaches great importance to defending this corner kick. They seem to be very nervous," the commentator, González, said.
"Villa and Moreno are both good at snatching points. Sporting de Gijón has to guard against them," Dagestino said.
Li Ang secretly praised them on the sidelines. He was very satisfied with the players' ability to comprehend. The more they paid attention to the defense of the corner kick in the penalty area and created some small conflicts, they could focus all of Zaragoza's attention on the offense. The lower the possibility of them discovering Sporting Gihon's intention to counterattack.
He looked at the positions of Mata, David Lago, Miguel Cobas, and Carlos. His eyes shone. This was the counterattack formation he had asked the team to practice many times during training. It was very layered. The players with fast speed were ready to plug in at any time, the players with good passing were ready to receive in the middle, and the players with good tackling ability were at the back.
If the positions of the players were connected by lines, it was like a bowstring that was being pulled, waiting for the arrow to be released. The football was the arrow!
In the penalty area, Isma and Villa were shoving each other again. Referee Harvey came up and warned them sternly, "Behave yourselves!"
Isma appeared to be very innocent, and Villa shrugged.
When the referee turned around and left, the two former teammates were entangled again. Both sides did not show any mercy.
Víctor Fernández, the head coach of Zaragoza, stood on the sidelines and kept making hand signals. He wanted the other players to squeeze into the penalty area and put pressure on Sporting de Gijón's defensive line. At the same time, he shared the pressure of Villa and Moreno.
Sporting de Gijón's assistant manager, Martin Skrtel, was sweating profusely. He was worried that his plan would backfire. It would be terrible if the opponent took advantage of the corner kick and scored.
Finally, the referee's whistle sounded and González drove the football into the penalty area.
*****
"Sporting de Gijón's formation …" Dagestino looked over from the side of the commentator's seat and saw David Lago, Juan Mata, and the others standing there. He was stunned for a moment as he spoke.
At that moment, González drove the football into the penalty area.
Villa jumped up at the front. He was unable to compete with Yago, but he also interfered with Yago, so that when Yago headed the football out, it did not go out of the danger zone.
Henerello beat Dorado to the ball and passed it to Kani.
The latter pulled the ball and pulled it horizontally. When he found a gap, he was about to do a long shot. Marcos blocked in front of him and used his body to block the hole.
The football was rebounded.
Marcos also staggered. He swayed but did not fall.
It was really unbearable to be blocked at such a close distance. He insisted on not falling because he was worried that if he fell, his teammates would think that he was injured and kick the football out of the sidelines to interrupt the game. That would waste the opportunity to counterattack. This kid was Li Ang's loyal believer and strictly followed any tactical instructions from the boss. When the boss said to counterattack and to use this opportunity to fight for a goal, he desperately helped to achieve the intention of the counterattack.
Li Ang nervously clenched his fists. He was really worried about losing the ball just now. Now, seeing the situation, he shouted from the sidelines, "Counterattack, counterattack!"
He was really afraid that the players would forget to counterattack.
Sporting de Gijón had to cherish every opportunity to attack. In the face of a strong opponent like Zaragoza, every attack and counterattack had to be cherished because this opportunity did not come easily.
*****
After the football bounced out, the full back Gabriel Milito, who came up from Zaragoza's flank to assist, got the ball. He intended to cross, but was immediately entangled by Juan Carlos. He could not get away for a moment.
Milito buckled the football back. His foot movement was slightly distorted and the football was a little further away from his feet. Carlos immediately used the tip of his foot to poke the football away. Then he turned around, locked his position, and controlled the football under his feet.
The ball was intercepted!
This was the chance to counterattack that Li Ang had been looking forward to!
Seeing Carlos intercept the ball, Miguel Kobas immediately came to support. He had just run over when Carlos's pass came.
Miguel Kobas controlled the ball at his feet and looked up. He did not follow up with a long pass to kick the football forward. Instead, he feinted to move forward to the flank and dribbled the ball out along the flank.
Gabriel Milito hurried back to defend. They planned to intercept Kobas on the way.
Just as he caught up with Kobas, the Sporting de Gijón captain stopped and turned around. He passed the football to Juan Carlos, who had plugged in again after passing the ball to him.
Then he ran forward himself. At the same time, David Lago, who was already prepared, and Juan Mata on the other side. The team's left midfielder Samuels, who was defending the corner kick in front of the goal, rushed up at this time. By the time Zaragoza reacted, Sporting de Gijón's fastest players, Lago and Mata, had already crossed the halfway line.
"Go back to defend! Quickly go back to defend! " Zaragoza's center back, César Jiménez, panicked in his own penalty area and shouted for his teammates to hurry back to defend.
"This is Sporting de Gijón's counterattack! This is their counterattack! " Dagestino shouted. He finally understood what was going on with Sporting de Gijón's formation that he had just seen. Sporting de Gijón had been prepared. Their purpose was to defend against this corner kick and take advantage of the opportunity when the Zaragoza people were eager to score and most of their forces were invested in attacking the corner kick. They took advantage of Zaragoza's empty defensive line and immediately launched a counterattack!
"Sporting de Gijón's counterattack! We saw their counterattack again. This is an important way for them to attack and score! Carlos is dribbling the ball. If he continues to dribble the ball, he will be in trouble! Dribbling the ball is not his strength! "González shouted.
Li Ang stood on the sidelines and kept waving his arms to make a pushing motion: Forward! Forward! Forward! Forward! Attack! Attack! Attack!
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