In the president's box at the El Molinon Stadium, Sporting de Gijón's president, Manuel Arango, jumped up from his seat and waved his fist excitedly to celebrate the goal.
The old Arango did not care about the displeasure and anger on the face of Torres, the president of Getafe, who was sitting next to him.
Or, it could be understood that the old Arango did it on purpose. After all, the two of them had a war of words before the game.
In the technical area on the sidelines, Li Ang saw Maikel Pihra head the ball in. The manager opened his arms and rushed out of the technical area.
Li Ang applauded vigorously and cheered for the players' wonderful performance.
To be honest, even as the manager, Li Ang did not expect the start of the game to be so smooth. He did not expect the team's side tactics to work so quickly.
This was Sporting de Gijón's first attack. They scored in one minute and twelve seconds. It was a dream start!
Maikel Pihra rushed to Javier Blanco, who passed the ball for him. The 35-year-old veteran hugged the 18-year-old tightly. Then, more Sporting de Gijón players surrounded them. They were jumping and jumping excitedly. Even the goalkeeper, Valencia, ran up from behind. It was obvious how excited the Sporting de Gijón players were.
Yes, they were very excited because this goal was too important. They won the away game with a score of 1-0. Now, they were the first to score at home. This gave Sporting de Gijón the upper hand. Now, they were confident.
If not for this goal, the Sporting de Gijón players would be more or less nervous. This was because Getafe only needed one goal to equalize the overall score. At the same time, they also got an away goal. In that case, Sporting de Gijón would be under a lot of pressure.
Now, Sporting de Gijón scored first and changed the overall score to 2-0. It could be said that the situation was great!
*****
"Getafe's defense was completely out of control from the midfield!" Dagstino said, "After Vivito and Vival lost their defense in the midfield, Mata broke through the flanks like he was invincible. Getafe's defensive line was like a piece of paper, it was broken with one poke!"
"Sporting de Gijón's flanks coordinated with each other. Getafe's defense was completely led by the nose …" González added.
At this time, in the chairman's box at the El Molinon Stadium, Arango returned to his seat triumphantly after his celebration. Then, he seemed to have just noticed the away team chairman, Torres, who was sitting there with an embarrassed and angry face.
"Arango, I'm sorry. Old Arango said embarrassedly, "The goal was too beautiful. I couldn't help myself."
What could Torres say? He could only chuckle. Of course, he knew that the other party was doing it on purpose, but he could only endure it. Mr. Torres gritted his teeth and swore that when his team scored, he would definitely get back at them.
*****
After Li Ang rushed out of the technical area to celebrate, he applauded the field again and gave a thumbs up. Then, he turned and returned to his seat.
Banderas and Scottley came over to hug him. Everyone's eyes were full of excitement and anticipation.
"This goal was too important," Scottley said.
"Yes." Banderas also said excitedly, "Now, we are more confident!"
Li Ang nodded and said with a little pride, "Scoring so early will completely disrupt Getafe's tactical deployment! They are in big trouble now! "
Yes, as Li Ang said, Sporting de Gijón scored so early. Getafe was in big trouble!
Originally, Getafe came to this stadium with a 0: 1 score in the first leg. In this game, Getafe's ideal progression was to score early to equalize the total score. At the same time, they had to try their best to avoid conceding a goal. In this way, Getafe only needed two goals. The result they were looking forward to was a 2: 0 comeback!
Even if it was a difficult situation, like the first leg where they could not score, as long as they did not concede a goal, Getafe's players were still very confident. This was because they only needed one goal to equalize the total score. At the very least, after 90 minutes of the game, they would have the opportunity to go into overtime.
The prerequisite for all of this was not conceding a goal!
Now, the game had only started for a little more than a minute, and they had already conceded a goal!
This meant that Sporting de Gijón had more confidence, and it would be more difficult for Getafe to make a comeback.
And this goal concede also meant that Getafe had to stake everything on a single goal. The sharpness of Sporting de Gijón's counterattack was obvious to all. They attacked recklessly, so they had to be wary of the opponent's counterattack at all times. Just like the goal concede just now, if they did not have the courage to go all out, then it would seem that they were playing right into Sporting de Gijón's hands. With a 2: 0 score in their hands, Sporting de Gijón did not mind the slow passage of time. This was the reason why Getafe was so aggrieved.
After a fantastic start at home, the entire El Molinón Stadium was a sea of cheers.
*****
The game continued. Getafe's morale could not be boosted by the cheers of Sporting de Gijón's fans. They wanted to attack, but they found themselves trapped in a quagmire of Sporting de Gijón's strangulation in the midfield. Carlos's sweep and Marcos's defense in the middle made it impossible for Getafe to pass through the midfield comfortably.
More importantly, Getafe seemed to lack the experience to deal with this kind of situation. Perhaps their manager, Essedra, had made all kinds of tactical arrangements and ideas for them before the game, but their manager certainly could not have told them before the game how to play in a situation where they had conceded a goal in the first minute.
At this time, the problem arose. In a situation where they had conceded a goal at the start of the game, should they continue to attack according to the original plan, or should they withdraw a little and pay attention to defense?
The players were at a loss.
After the game restarted, Getafe's front and back were clearly a little disconnected. The entire front and middle pressed forward too much in order to score a goal as soon as possible to equalize the score. The backfield players were obviously affected by the loss of the goal and did not dare to press forward too much, especially on the two flanks.
"Do you feel that this scene is a little familiar?" Dagestino asked his commentary partner, González.
"The game between Sporting de Gijón and Aravés!" González said.
"That's right!" Dagestino nodded.
In the first leg of the semi-finals of the promotion playoffs, Sporting de Gijón had defeated Aravés at home. In that game, Sporting de Gijón had scored less than ten minutes into the game. Then, the whole game entered Sporting de Gijón's rhythm. Aravés' front and back were disconnected, and Sporting de Gijón seized the opportunity to score a second goal. This goal was fatal to Aravés. Then, Sporting de Gijón completely took over the game …
Now, the game with Getafe was very similar to the start of that game. For Getafe, the start was even worse than Aravés' because Getafe had conceded a goal earlier. Getafe had previously lost to Sporting de Gijón at home by a score of 0: 1.
Now, Getafe was facing the same situation as Aravés. They urgently needed to equalize the score as soon as possible, but they also had to be careful of continuing to concede goals.
Now, the Getafe manager, Escedra, was faced with a very big problem that required him to make a decision as soon as possible. Should he continue to attack fiercely, or should he stake everything on one throw to find a goal? Or should he temporarily shrink the formation, avoid the enemy's edge, and avoid Sporting de Gijón's wave of offensive first?!
Escedra had not made a decision yet, but Sporting de Gijón helped him complete the answer to this multiple-choice question.
*****
In the sixth minute of the game, Sporting de Gijón once again launched a counterattack from the flank.
After Mata dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area arc from the left flank, he looked like he was going to cut inside, and then suddenly split to the side. Jeffrey plugged in and lobbed the football into the penalty area.
This offensive routine was similar to the previous goal routine, except that last time it was from the left flank to the right flank. This time, it was from the left flank, and Jeffrey suddenly plugged in from the flank to the bottom.
This time, Getafe was very alert to Sporting de Gijón's defense from the flank.
Their center back, Muslera, rushed in front of Michael Pihra and headed the football out of the penalty area.
Outside the penalty area, Carlos headed the football back again.
Carlos's poor heading ability was exposed at this time. The football he headed out flew straight up.
Originally, such an attack would not be a threat to Getafe.
However, when the football fell, Getafe's defender, Moya, actually missed his kick when he tried to break the siege.
Moya brushed against the football, but the football did not fly out of the penalty area. Instead, it strangely flew backward and landed directly in front of the goal.
At this time, in front of the goal, Sporting de Gijón's striker, Matt Bilic, looked at the football that fell in front of him. Out of his instinct as a striker, he almost subconsciously lifted his foot to shoot.
The football went into the net!
Getafe's goalkeeper, Brotto, did not have time to react. He did not understand the situation at all.
Just like that, Matt Bilic subconsciously completed the shot. After seeing the football enter the net, Matt Bilic subconsciously looked at the referee. He knew that he was in an offside position, so Bilic felt guilty. He did not know if the goal would be blown off … Moreover, he felt that there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that it would be blown off. His offside position was too obvious.
However, what Matt Bilic did not expect was that the referee's gesture was very clear: the referee pointed to the center circle. The goal was valid!
And the assistant referee did not have the intention to raise the flag.
Then, Matt Bilic, who was a little confused, was hugged by an excited Michael Pihra. "What are you spacing out for? Hahaha! It was their defender who kicked the football back to you! "
Hearing this, Matt Bilic understood. Then, he was ecstatic!
More Sporting de Gijón players gathered around and excitedly celebrated the goal.
On the other hand, the Getafe players were dumbfounded. They were stunned on the spot. Some raised their hands to signal that the goal scorer was offside, and some were stunned …
*****
“Goooool！”
"2: 0! There was no problem with Sporting de Gijón's goal. Even though Matt Bilic was in an offside position, it was a mistake by the Getafe defender to clear the ball and pass it to Bilic. Therefore, according to the rules, it was not an offside position! "Dagestino shouted." Sporting de Gijón is leading Getafe by two goals! This is a situation we did not expect before the game … Six minutes into the game, Sporting de Gijón is leading by two goals! Listen to the cheers in the El Molinon Stadium — this is the sound of footsteps in La Liga … "
As he spoke, the commentator took off his headset and raised it to the stands behind him. In the huge stands, the cheers shook the sky. The people were shouting wildly with their mouths wide open and their feet crazily …
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