After coming on the field, Michael Pihra went straight to Mata. The 35-year-old veteran told the 17-year-old Mata, "The boss wants you to try to break through more."
Mata nodded, then lifted his jersey to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
At this time, there was some noise in the stands of the Bernabéu. It was some fans shouting, "35-year-old amateur, are you here to travel?"
Mata glanced at Michael Pihra.
Michael Pihra patted Mata on the shoulder. "It's okay, I'm used to it!"
Mata nodded his head. However, he noticed that when McGurl turned around to leave, his fists were clenched tightly.
"Come on, Michael Pihra!" Mata shouted.
The latter did not look back. He just raised his right arm and waved.
*****
Figo's goal made Real Madrid "arrogant." They continued to put pressure on Sporting de Gijón, hoping to score again. Before the game, they received an "imperative suggestion" from the top: Mr. President wanted to see a big victory in this game!
Two minutes later, Real Madrid's attack came again. The one who dribbled the ball was Guti.
He dribbled the ball directly to Carlos.
After Zidane was sent off with a red card, Guti looked at Carlos with a rather unfriendly gaze. Guti had a good relationship with the Frenchman. He was quite upset that the Gijón people had used a small trick to plot against Zidane. He wanted to get back at them for his good friend.
Seeing Guti dribbling the ball directly towards him, Carlos's expression was gloomy. He was ready to fight.
Guti changed direction several times in a row, but Carlos remained unmoved. The former then buckled the football back and switched his feet, intending to find a way from the other side, but he did not control his strength and the football bounced slightly.
This momentary mistake allowed the quick-witted Carlos to rush up and intercept the ball!
"Beautiful! In the face of Guti, Carlos is as calm as an iceberg! "Dagestino exclaimed.
Carlos, who had intercepted the ball, stayed in position to protect the ball. He did not kick it out, but leaned against Guti, who was harassing him from behind.
Carlos was observing the situation around him, and then he saw Mata waving to request, and then pushed the football out.
"Not bad!" Li Ang nodded secretly on the sidelines. Just now, Carlos did not rush to pass the ball immediately, but controlled it a little before he sent the ball out. This showed that the kid was becoming more mature and confident, daring to control the ball under his feet.
Mata stretched out his leg to receive the ball, but the football suddenly bounced up just as it was about to reach him.
"Damn the turf!" Mata was shocked. This was an accident caused caused by the slightly uneven turf.
Beckham saw the football bouncing up and affecting Mata's stop. He immediately came up to take the opportunity to intercept the ball!
But he did not expect that just as he ran up, Mata did not stop the ball. Instead, he used the inside of his ankle to press the football down, and then followed up with a move to push the ball to the sideline. Seeing that the football was about to go out of bounds, he stepped on it with his foot and gently sent it forward. The football rolled along the sideline from the side of Beckham, who rushed up, to the back of the Englishman.
Beckham's scramble was very swift, and the result was that his center of gravity was very fierce … The inertia made it impossible for him to stop in time. He could only watch as Mata turned around very quickly, overtook him outside the field, and bypassed him at the same time!
*****
"Oh, oh, oh, oh! Mata! Mata! What a trick he's played! "cried Dagestino.
In the chairman's box, the Real Madrid chairman, Mr. Florentino, looked much better now. The team was still leading Sporting de Gijón by three goals to one, even though they were one player short. This showed a strong dominance, which made the chairman feel much better.
At this time, Mr. Florentino looked at the 'guest' sitting in the box, Sporting de Gijón's chairman, Mr. Manuel Arango, and his expression was much more pleasant and gentlemanly.
"What a beautiful breakthrough," Florentino said to Arango Sr., "This kid is quite good."
Arango Sr. was a little disappointed. Although he knew that the possibility of Sporting de Gijón defeating Real Madrid was very small, Li Ang had promised him a big surprise, so Arango Sr. was still looking forward to it. However, at this moment, in the face of the score of one to three, Arango Sr. knew that there was nothing he could do. They were two points behind Real Madrid at the Bernabéu Stadium, and it was very difficult to make a comeback. Even though Real Madrid had one less player on the field, the huge gap between Real Madrid and Sporting de Gijón made the difference of one less player not as big as imagined.
Therefore, when he heard Florentino's' friendly 'praise of his team's player, Arango Sr. was still unhappy. As a result, he did not forget to provoke the Real Madrid chairman.
"He is indeed a very good kid," Arango Sr. said. Arango Sr. said, "Coach Li Ang tried his best to recommend Mata to us, and I have confidence in his judgment. Then, we used 300,000 Euros and a player to get this kid."
Florentino seemed to be very interested in Mata. He asked with great interest, "Haha, Gihon really got a good deal. This kid is a gem."
"Yes, yes." Arango Sr. laughed, "Speaking of which, I really have to thank Real Madrid."
Why are you thanking us? Florentino was confused. He really did not know that Juan Mata was from Real Madrid. For a player from Real Madrid's under-17 youth team, he was far from being qualified for the honorable chairman to know his name.
"We got Mata from Real Madrid." Arango Sr. pretended to be surprised, "Don't you know? I thought you knew. "
The smile on Florentino's face froze … He felt like a fool just now.
The chairman forced a smile, but his heart was burning with anger. Who was it? Who was the one who traded away such a talented player? He wanted to get to the bottom of this matter!!!
Of course, Real Madrid had lost a lot of talents. The chairman might not care about this matter, but he cared that this matter had embarrassed him!
*****
At this time, Mata continued to dribble the ball in the field after breaking through Beckham's interception.
When the full-back Jeffery saw Mata dribbling the ball forward, he immediately ran forward. He did not run along the side, but toward the middle. This attracted the full-back of Real Madrid, Salgado, to follow him. As a result, the side of Real Madrid was immediately empty!
Mata continued to dribble the ball along the sideline.
At this time, Paven realized that something was wrong. He quickly left Maiquel Pihra in the penalty area and rushed toward Mata.
Mata seemed to be waiting for Paven to pounce on him. He stopped and turned around, with his back facing Paven. Just when Paven thought that his tackle had forced Mata to stop dribbling the ball, Mata suddenly used his heel to knock the football between Paven's legs!
Paven did not see this scene, but he saw Mata in front of him suddenly flash and then disappear!
The defensive wall of Real Madrid's full-back, the focal point of the day, fell again with a loud bang.
*****
"A breakthrough from the heel! Beautiful! Beautiful! Mata, he played with Paven! " González was stimulated by the series of breakthroughs of the seventeen-year-old young player. He stood up and cheered loudly.
"Good boy!" Li Ang applauded Mata's breakthrough on the sidelines.
Then he saw Mata catch up with the football and pretend to cut inside. He attracted Salgado to abandon Jeffrey and rush toward him. Mata pretended to pass the ball to Jeffrey, which tricked Salgado into jumping up to block. At the same time, Real Madrid's other center back, Helguera's gaze was also attracted to this side in the penalty area.
Mata once again buckled the football back and directly flicked his ankle to kick the football into the penalty area!
Then people saw Maiquel Pihra, the veteran player, jump high. Beside him was a stunned Helguera, who watched with his eyes wide open as Gihon's veteran player forcefully threw his head and smashed it into the football in the air!
The football suddenly changed direction and flew toward the goal. Like an arrow, it shot through the fingers of the Real Madrid goalkeeper, Casillas, who was already in the air!
Casillas turned his head in despair in the air and saw the football roll up the snow-white net.
Maiquel Pihra, who had completed the header attack, fell together with Helguera when he landed. The 35-year-old veteran pushed Helguera, who was on top of him, away, got up, and began to run.
As he ran, he looked into Real Madrid's goal!
As he ran, he looked!
Like three eyes!
He was sure that he had scored. He had broken through Real Madrid's goal. He had broken through the goal of Spain's greatest club in the Copa del Rey final!
The veteran ran. As he ran, he slapped his head hard!
His tears poured out uncontrollably!
Behind him were his teammates who were also running wildly.
Finally, Maiquel Pihra stopped running. He ran to the side of the stands.
Facing the 100,000 people in the stands, the veteran roared:
Now, do you know what we are here for?!
The veteran general of Xihong Athletic let out a furious roar!
PS: Second update.
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