Before the start of the second half, Leganés requested a substitution.
Their midfielder, Victor, was replaced by a small, skinny player.
Cladios Ravi, 19 years old, was used to playing as a left midfielder. He could also play as a left winger. He was fast and had good footwork.
The player's information immediately appeared in Li Ang's mind. Li Ang had done his homework on his opponent.
Were they going to make a fuss on the flank?! Li Ang thought.
Sure enough, after Ravi came on as a substitute, he immediately began to stir up trouble on the flank.
He first took the ball on the flank. The small player's footwork was very fast. He easily bypassed Javier Blanco and then used his speed to go all the way to the bottom.
He dared to lob the football into the penalty area before Jeffrey could block it. However, Leganés' striker, Lopez, headed the football directly into the stands. Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper, Valencia, did not even need to make a save.
However, this did not mean that Leganés' attack was not threatening.
Li Ang immediately sensed the intention of Leganés' head coach, Esparde. He wanted to focus on attacking Sporting de Gijón's left flank.
On Sporting de Gijón's left flank, the left midfielder, Javier Blanco, was heavy on offense and light on defense. The full back, Jeffrey, faced the agile Ravi, would also be under pressure. At the same time, it also limited Javier and Jeffrey's ability to plug in and assist.
Sure enough, in the next few minutes, Ravi's footwork was excellent. His body was small and agile, and his speed was undeniable.
Javier Blanco could not stop this overly active small player. Twice in a row, Marcos came to fill in the position to block Ravi's breakthrough.
However, once Marcos was moved to the flank, the defense in the middle began to show gaps. Leganés' midfielder, Kongo, began to show his ability to dispatch and pass the ball in the midfield.
Ravi took the ball again. This time, Javier Blanco shoveled and brought down Ravi along with the ball. The referee ruled that Javier had committed a foul and showed the young player a yellow card.
*****
Li Rui came to the sidelines and shouted Carlos's name. "Carlos!"
The latter heard the coach's shout and ran over.
"Switch places with Javier. You keep an eye on that kid," Li Ang said.
Carlos nodded, indicating that he understood. However, he raised a question. "What if that little rabbit also switches to the other side?"
"Little rabbit?" Li Ang was stunned. Wasn't he a little rabbit? This little player was as active as a rabbit. This kid's metaphor was really vivid. "Then you follow him. In short, your task is to freeze him."
"Understood." Carlos grinned. Just now, Ravi had broken through several times, and Javier was in a sorry state. Carlos had been itching for a long time.
After the game started again, Ravi found that there was a bodyguard beside him. Wherever he went, the bodyguard would follow him.
He recognized that this guy was the kid named Carlos. He knew that this Carlos was very popular now, and he even had the nickname 'Gihon's Gattuso'.
This made Ravi very unhappy. He wanted to let this kid have a taste of his own power.
"Kid, you can't stop me," Ravi said to Carlos.
"Idiot." Carlos glanced at the man and said coldly.
Ravi's face was red, and he was angry.
Leganés' midfielder, Kongo, passed a diagonal pass, and Ravi ran to the football. He began to show off his footwork.
Ravi pretended to stop the ball, but he knocked the football with his heel and then turned around.
"Beautiful! Ravi's performance is quite good. His footwork is great! "Dagestino applauded.
Ravi was proud. He thought that his action must have deceived Carlos.
Then he was about to dribble the ball to the middle. Then he felt a force intercepting him, and he saw Gihon's night sky.
*****
"Oh oh oh oh! Beautiful tackle! "Gonzalez shouted.
"That's it, kid!" Li Ang cheered for Carlos's defense on the sidelines.
He saw very clearly that Ravi's footwork was indeed gorgeous. His fake action just now had indeed deceived Carlos. To be exact, he had deceived Carlos's first move. However, Carlos's reaction was very fast. He braked and stopped his center of gravity leaning forward. At the same time, he turned his body sideways and dragged his leg. He swept the football out of the sidelines first, and then he did not retract his foot and put Ravi to the ground.
"Foul!" Leganés's manager, Alder, shouted.
"Beautiful defense!" Li Ang shouted deliberately.
Leganés's players also surrounded the referee to protest. They thought it was a foul.
However, the referee waved his hand, meaning that there was no foul.
The action looked fierce, but it was indeed directed at the ball. As for Ravi being put down, it was because he could not retract his foot, and there was no injury. There was indeed no foul!
"What a beautiful defense." Dagestino also praised. "Carlos's body is so flexible!"
"Carlos's physical fitness is so good." Assistant manager Scott Terry was also full of praise.
Li Ang nodded. This kid's physical fitness was indescribable. Just now, he stopped his center of gravity leaning forward. At the same time, he twisted his waist and locked his position again. His feet were not careless, and he decisively shoveled down!
And Ravi thought that he had successfully deceived Carlos. He was not mentally prepared for his opponent's interception.
*****
Ravi was extremely upset.
He did not expect Carlos to be able to stop him in that situation.
However, he thought it was just an accident. As long as he was careful, he would definitely be able to get rid of Carlos.
However, in the following match, Ravi was extremely irritated because no matter how he tried to get rid of him, Carlos followed him like a sticky candy and was always able to intercept him at the most critical moment to prevent him from breaking through.
Moreover, it was obvious that Alder wanted to make a fuss on this flank when he brought on Ravi. He asked the whole team to pass the football to Ravi and use Ravi's speed and skills to threaten Sporting de Gijón's goal.
The Leganés players on the field faithfully executed the manager's tactical intentions. The whole team came to support Ravi, which led to a result: Ravi was now successfully frozen by Carlos, and Leganés's attack was successfully contained.
And with Carlos and Ravi entangling, time passed quickly. When Leganés's manager, Alder, began to realize that Ravi's play was ineffective, the game had already gone on for 70 minutes.
"Damn it!" Alder glanced at Sporting de Gijón's technical area. Ravi was his secret weapon. He sent Ravi to catch Sporting de Gijón off guard, hoping to help the team open up an offensive situation and score before Sporting de Gijón could react!
He did not expect Li Ang to react so quickly. A few minutes after Ravi came on the field, Li Ang made a targeted arrangement. Then he did not have time to respond again. Instead, the game time was wasted in vain.
"Cunning Chinese." Alder sighed helplessly.
He looked at the game time and his heart sank. There was not much time left in the game, and the team was still behind by 2: 0. The Chinese changed his tactics once again, successfully contained his tactics, and unknowingly consumed the game time …
There was a loud bang.
Eskind punched the awning of the coach's seat.
"Jesús." Li Ang glanced over there and said to Scott, "Write it down. After the game, ask someone to check the awning. If it is damaged, they will have to compensate."
Scoterie glanced at Li Ang with a strange look. He held back his laughter and agreed.
PS: First update. Sincere thanks to the Guardian of Stars for the reward.
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