Dorado passed the ball and Maikol Pihra scored with a header!
The El Molinon Stadium, which had been very noisy just a moment ago, quietened down. Then, there was a sudden burst of loud cheers!
"An unbelievable goal! Maikol Pihra! The veteran who was discovered by Li Ang has done a great job once again! He scored his eleventh goal for Sporting de Gijón! Beautiful! "
"Sporting de Gijón equalized the score! This goal is too important for Sporting de Gijón! "
What Dagestino said was absolutely correct. This goal was too important for Sporting de Gijón!
Although the score was 2: 2, it still meant that Cadiz would still be in the promotion playoffs. However, now that the score was equalized, Sporting de Gijón only needed one more goal to change their fate!
This was a very delicate situation!
Sporting de Gijón's players rushed towards Maikol Pihra, who had scored. This was a very morale-boosting goal, not only because they had equalized the score, but more importantly, because this goal gave Sporting de Gijón hope! As for their opponent, Cadiz, after conceding this goal, the situation suddenly became a little tense. For their opponent, this was also a blow to their morale. Just look at their opponent's depressed and helpless expression after this goal!
Li Ang rushed out of the technical area and waved his arms vigorously. This was the moment he had been waiting for! This goal was too crucial! Although he had confidence in the effect of his' encouragement 'and his players, his heart was naturally empty when the goal did not come. Now that the goal had equalized the score, his heart immediately felt a lot more at ease.
They had equalized the score!
Would it be too far to reverse the score?!
In Cadiz's technical area, their manager, Stekelenberg, was in a very good mood. His team had scored two goals in the final stages of the first half after being down 0: 1. This made him very proud and pleased. His team had used their actual performance to give that annoying Chinese a slap in the face!
With a score of 2: 1, Cadiz only needed a draw to enter the promotion playoffs. It could be said that they had double insurance.
However, his good mood came to an abrupt end with this goal.
Now! The goal of Sporting de Gijón's 35-year-old veteran pulled him back from his fantasy to the cruel reality. The game was not over yet, and the team was not completely guaranteed to qualify for the promotion play-offs. He could not celebrate in advance now.
Stekelenberg glanced at Li Ang who was celebrating his goal not far away and snorted. Chinese, isn't it too early for you to be happy? Right now, it's only a draw, and the one in the lead is still our Cadiz!
*****
Maikol Pihra's goal equalized the score for his team, which boosted Sporting de Gijón's morale. In the following match, Sporting de Gijón seemed to be besieging Cadiz's goal.
At one point, Cadiz's goal was in jeopardy. If it were not for their good luck that the crossbar blocked Maikol Kobas' shot, Sporting de Gijón would have scored again.
Seeing that his team was extremely passive on the field, Cadiz's manager, Stekelenberg, had no choice but to adapt. In the 66th minute of the game, Stekelenberg made his first adjustment in the game. He replaced Cortés, who was not good at defense in the midfield, with the 19-year-old Spanish native player, Alexis.
When Li Ang saw the young man wearing the number 26 jersey on the field, the player's information began to appear in his mind.
Alexis, 19 years old this year, could play in many positions such as center back and defensive midfielder.
This player was now a member of Spain's national youth team. He was a teammate of Albiol, who later transferred to Real Madrid. Of course, Albiol was still in Valencia's B team. Valencia's B team was currently the main supplier of players to Spain's national youth team. In addition to Albiol, Maikol Gavilan, who played for Valencia's B team, was also in Valencia's B team. Silva and Gavilan were Alexis' teammates in Spain's national youth football team.
Li Ang's impression of Alexis was that he later transferred to Valencia, and his performance was quite good. Later, Real Madrid wanted to sign Alexis, but in the end, Real Madrid decided to sign a center back who had the advantage of height and headers. Therefore, they eventually gave up on Alexis and chose the German national player, Metzelder, instead of Alexis, who later performed well in Valencia.
Seeing that Li Ang kept staring at Alexis, who was on the field, assistant manager Martin Skrtel thought that he did not know the player, so he explained, "Alexis is a player from Real Zaragoza. He is on loan to Cadiz."
Li Ang nodded and turned to Skrtel. "Tell the players to focus on Alexis. Destroy him for me!"
"Understood!" Skrtel nodded. Taking advantage of the dead ball, he conveyed Li Ang's tactical intentions to the players.
Li Ang's impression of Alexis was that his performance at the beginning was quite unstable. Although he occasionally had amazing performances, he was also beaten by his opponents in many games.
In the football world, there was a saying that top defensive players were beaten by their opponents all the way, and they slowly grew up by absorbing experience!
Li Ang did not know why Stekelenburg would bring on this 19-year-old player when Cadiz was in such a passive situation. Did this gentleman trust that such a young player could withstand Sporting de Gijón's attack?!
Li Ang was too lazy to pay attention to his opponent's thoughts. He was only keenly aware that this young man could open up Sporting de Gijón's next goal account!
*****
After receiving Li Ang's tactical instructions, Sporting de Gijón's players on the field faithfully carried out the manager's tactical intentions. They launched a fierce attack on the young Alexis's defensive point!
Li Ang watched the game attentively from the sidelines. Alexis's first defense was decent. Although he did not stop Mata, he delayed Mata's dribbling speed and gave his teammates a chance to come up and assist in the defense.
However, the young man did not have time to catch his breath before Sporting de Gijón's next attack came one after another, and it broke through his defensive zone again.
This time, Alexis clearly did not expect the opponent's attack to be so fierce. He was a little flustered, and in the end, he used a foul to stop Javier Blanco's breakthrough. The referee did not play a card. He only gave Alexis a verbal warning.
Then, just two minutes later, Sporting de Gijón came again. This time, Alexis was a little flustered. In a situation where his teammates came to help in the defense, he paid the price of a yellow card to stop Mata's breakthrough.
Seeing the referee show a yellow card to Alexis, and the young man's face was a little flustered, Li Ang clenched his fists on the sidelines. It's about time!
*****
It was not that Cadiz's other players did not see Sporting de Gijón's main attack on Alexis's position. It was not that they did not come to help, but Sporting de Gijón seemed determined to attack Alexis's position and did not care about anything else. This made Cadiz a little flustered for a moment.
The situation was a little obvious. Alexis was a little unable to withstand the opponent's fierce attacks, especially after receiving a yellow card. Alexis was even more flustered.
In the 76th minute of the game, Sporting de Gijón's indiscriminate bombardment finally paid off.
Miguel Kobas dribbled the ball. He sent a diagonal pass. After Mata received the ball, he directly pounced on Alexis.
His skillful footwork made Alexis hesitate to shoot the rat for fear of breaking the vases. He did not dare to make a move.
Then, Mata suddenly spiked the ball. After tricking Alexis into losing his center of gravity, he dribbled the ball past the player's side.
And because Alexis, his teammate, was a weak point in the defense, the other Cadiz players had to come over to fill the gap.
This time, Heffron and Els had to rush out. The two of them together filled the gap after Alexis's loss.
Instead, after the opponent's center back, Els, and midfielder, Heffron were lured out by him, Mata suddenly passed a diagonal pass.
Miguel Kobas plugged in at high speed. He was not offside!
"Block his shot …" Cadiz's goalkeeper, Kadani, shouted.
Before his voice died away, Miguel Kobas passed the ball!
It was an extremely fast horizontal pass that stuck close to the turf!
The football flew past Cadiz's penalty area.
Cadiz's defenders did not dare to touch the ball for fear of an own goal. They looked at the football with their eyes wide open, hoping that the football would safely pass through the penalty area!
"Juan Mata!"
The huge cheers at El Molinón Stadium told everyone the answer.
After the pass, he began to move. At this time, after he plugged in, Juan Mata, who was unmarked, swept the football into the empty goal.
The last shot was not difficult. It could be said to be very easy. However, the goal was so crucial and so important. A goal worth remembering was born amidst the crazy cheers of the entire stadium!
PS: Thank you to the great chief of The Great Escape in the Snow for the generous reward.
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