That's right. Sporting de Gijón's players on the field today were not as good as their main players. In addition, these players did not play much in the game and did not cooperate well with each other. This was indeed a loophole that Levante could exploit.
But. What Lopez did not expect was that Li Ang actually played a defensive tactic on his home ground!
Sporting de Gijón's starting eleven players today, except for David Lago. The others all had to return to the penalty area to participate in the defense when they were defending. Even the other striker, Pablo Barez, was mostly assisting in the defense in his own half of the field. He even appeared in the penalty area to block the shots.
With a striker blocking the shots in the penalty area, Sporting de Gijón's resolute defense was evident.
That's right. Li Ang had mentally given up on this game. However, his giving up meant that he could accept defeat, but it did not mean that he had surrendered.
Just in time for this game, Li Ang wanted to check the effect of the bus in Spanish football.
Levante was the leader of Segunda División. If there were no accidents, they would be promoted to La Liga. In other words, their opponent in this game was a team that was about to enter La Liga. Moreover, it was a La Liga team that was determined to win.
Li Ang wanted to test whether his substitutes could stop Levante from scoring if they were focused on the bus.
He chose this tactic after another consideration. He could accept defeat in this game, but it could not be a crushing defeat. The bus was used to avoid conceding too many goals. Moreover, if the bus was successful and they were lucky enough to hold on to a goalless draw, then they would get a point. Getting a point from the leader, Levante, was definitely a pleasant surprise.
Facing a strong opponent, they could not win the game, but not losing was still a pleasant surprise!
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Li Ang did not have confidence in the defensive line led by Isma and Diaz in this game, not to mention that the two fullbacks were just cameos.
Li Ang gave the heavy responsibility of restraining Levante's offense to the midfield, especially Juan Carlos and Rafael Sasstre. The two of them had a heavy responsibility of cleaning up the disruptors in the midfield. Not only did they have to form the first line of defense outside the forbidden zone, but they also had to form the first line of defense. He also had to return to the penalty area in time to act as a central defender. Even the scavenger.
Although Carlos was young, Li Ang was not worried. This kid did not have stage fright at all on the pitch. In addition, Carlos now had a few games of Segunda División and two games of the Copa del Rey knockout stages. In particular, he had defended very well against Saragossa's Sávio and Carney. This was crucial for this kid's confidence and accumulation of experience.
The only thing that Li Ang was a little worried about was Rafael Sastre. He was not a pure defensive midfielder. However, Li Ang had given Sastre the task of helping Carlos. He had to be on guard at all times and fill in the gaps when Carlos could not cope with it. With Rafael Sastre's experience and ability, he was qualified to do so. Rafael Sastre was a very good player.
Seeing that Levante was still unable to truly threaten the team's goal after more than twenty minutes of the game, Li Ang was relieved. He knew that Levante had definitely never encountered such a situation where they had to defend with all their might. Breaking through a dense defense was a world-class problem. Even a powerhouse club would find it difficult to tear apart a bus easily, let alone Levante. If they wanted to score, they had to work harder.
"Juan Carlos, this kid that Li Ang recruited from the slums, we can say that we have watched him grow up step by step. In less than four months, he went from Sporting de Gijón's reserve team to Sporting de Gijón's first team. He is constantly improving, and the speed of his improvement is amazing!" Dagestino did not hide his admiration for Carlos. He really liked this tough kid. "Carlos once again showed ability that does not match his age in today's game. He ran without any regard for his stamina and fiercely tackled. Together with Sasstre's help, they built an indestructible wall for Sporting de Gijón."
"That's right. If Levante wants to score, they must first find a way to get to the path behind Carlos!" González also said. At this time, Levante's speedy full-back, Diego Camacho, tried to break through Carlos with continuous changes of direction. Just as he thought that he had swayed Carlos's center of gravity, he followed up with a sudden cut inside. When he wanted to go over, he saw that Carlos, who was already staggering from swaying, directly made a precise slide tackle and shoved the football out of the sidelines.
"Beautiful! A clean tackle! Although the movement was a little big, it was definitely not a foul! "Dagestino slapped the table and applauded.
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Li Ang also applauded off the field. He was very satisfied with Carlos's successful defense. Diego Camacho was the most threatening player in Levante's midfield. Li Ang arranged for Carlos to guard this flank to contain Camacho. It was obvious that this kid had done a good job so far.
Diego Camacho was also brought to the ground by Carlos. He lay on the ground gloomily. He thought that he could successfully break through just now.
Just as Camacho was vexed, he saw the kid bend over and extend a hand.
Just as Camacho and the kid were about to express their goodwill, they heard Carlos say, "Savio is out for the season. Are you afraid?"
Camacho's face immediately changed. Was this kid threatening him? Saragossa's number one star player, Savio, was injured and left the field in the game against Sporting de Gijón. In the end, it was confirmed that he had to be out of action for three months. This was equivalent to announcing that he was out for the season. Camacho certainly heard about this. Now that this kid said this, it was simply a naked threat. Thinking of this kid's vicious tackle just now, he could not help but feel a little scared in addition to his anger.
The angry Camacho reached out and slapped away Carlos's outstretched hand. The latter was not angry. He turned and walked away. He did not want to pull Camacho up in the first place.
The Sporting de Gijón fans in the stands erupted in loud boos. They did not know about the verbal exchange between the two men. They saw Carlos expressing goodwill and taking the initiative to pull the other side up, but the other side did not appreciate it.
Li Ang narrowed his eyes. He knew Carlos the best. This kid seemed to have said something to Camacho, which seemed to have angered the opponent … It was probably some trash talk. This kid was scheming. However, thinking that Carlos came from the slums, Li Ang was not surprised at all.
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Carlos had achieved his goal. Of course, he would not maliciously tackle and injure Camacho. Furthermore, Savideo's injury was due to Savideo's vulnerable physique. It was not directly related to Carlos. His foul on Savideo was not a malicious foul … However, Camacho did not know that Carlos felt that it was okay to scare the other side. He knew that Li Ang did not want him to become a player who had the habit of brutalizing people. He certainly had to listen to the boss's words. However, the boss did not say that he could not use trash talk and threats.
Carlos knew that Li Ang had chosen to give up this game. However, he also knew that with Li Ang's character, deep down, he was not willing to give up any game. It was only because the team's strength was limited and the situation forced him to make a painful choice.
However, in this game, Li Ang arranged for him to start. He was the only main force on the field other than Isma!
When Carlos knew that he was going to start, he secretly made up his mind. In this game, he would risk his life and use all his means to help the team defend against Levante!
He was a defensive player!
Offense was not his forte!
Therefore, what he had to do was to prevent Levante from scoring!
He wanted to use this method to repay Li Ang, to thank the person who changed his fate.
The boss said that he hated failure and losing games!
Then, Sporting de Gijón's defensive line, leave it to me!
In this young player's heart, this game was his, Juan - Carlos's, match.
It was his, Juan - Carlos's, match!
Since you don't like to lose games!
I will protect the team's goal!
This was Carlos's simple psychological decision for this game!
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