Just as Li Ang expected, in the second half of the game, Getafe could be said to have staked everything on one throw and launched a desperate offensive.
Given that the team was caught in Sporting de Gijón's stranglehold in the midfield in the first half of the game, Getafe had to raise the flag of long balls high in the second half of the game.
This was exactly what Li Ang wanted. He could see very clearly that Getafe, like many Spanish clubs, were good at organizing and coordinating on the ground. Now, they had to play the style of English football that the Spanish looked down on. This showed that Getafe was anxious and had the intention of turning to any doctor in their desperation.
Long balls were not what Getafe was good at, and this was also the manifestation of Li Ang's tactical intention. He had said before that he wanted to force Getafe to play high balls. Now, his goal had been achieved.
Getafe was not afraid of high balls. His two center backs, Iago and Isma, were tall and strong defenders. Their slow turning was the shortcoming of these two defenders. They might be at a disadvantage when facing technical players, but they were not afraid of high balls!
"I feel like I'm watching an English Premier League game." Dagestino shook his head and said.
Getafe insisted on playing defensive counterattack, and once they got a chance to counterattack, they did not go through the midfield. Instead, they mainly passed from the side. Now Getafe was forced by Sporting de Gijón to play long balls. It was just as he said, like two English football clubs playing a game.
"Getafe has no chance," González said. He saw clearly that Getafe's offense would not be effective. As time passed, Getafe would become more and more anxious.
*****
In the 71st minute of the game, Sporting de Gijón took advantage of the gap behind Getafe's large-scale pressing and scored another goal with a sharp defensive counterattack!
The player who scored this time was Mata. During the counterattack, he dribbled the ball for more than 40 meters, passed two opposing defenders, and then passed the ball into the penalty area. Maikol Pihela's header was saved by Getafe's goalkeeper, Brotto.
The football fell to the feet of Mata, who had completed the pass and penetrated into the middle.
After Mata stopped the ball, he directly volleyed the ball in the air.
The football bypassed the goalkeeper's fingers and flew into the net!
Three to zero!
"Goooool!" Dagstino stood up and roared as he applauded the goal. "Beautiful! Beautiful! So beautiful! Juan Mata! He scored a rebound shot! A beautiful volley shot! A seventeen-year-old lad had scored an extraordinary goal! It can be said that this ball has completely destroyed the hope of the Hertafe people! "
Just as Dagestino said, Mata's goal made the Getafe players despair.
When the score was 0: 2, they still had the courage to stake everything on a single throw. But now, they still couldn't score a goal. Instead, the opponent's counterattack widened the gap once again … This was a heavy blow to the head!
*****
"The ball is in! He's in! He's in! Mata! Mata! We're leading by three goals! Now, no one can stop us from returning to La Liga! Long live! Gihón! "The commentator of Gihón's local radio station roared hysterically. He roared until his voice was hoarse!
It was as if a tsunami had occurred in the El Molinon Stadium. Everyone stood up at once, shouting desperately, stamping their feet desperately. They hugged their friends, acquaintances and strangers, enthusiastically.
The white-haired old fans' tears blurred their wrinkled faces.
The ten-year-old fans jumped and jumped in excitement.
The young and strong fans waved their arms and waved vigorously, shouting and roaring!
The entire El Molinon Stadium was like a landslide at this moment!
Juan Mata, who scored the goal, spread his arms and flew on the field. Behind him, in front of him. Sporting de Gijón's players swarmed around him from all directions. They hugged Juan Mata. Then, they pulled the young player to the ground and a group of people pressed on him.
This goal completely ignited the emotions of the players on the field. Three to zero. The total score was four to zero. They knew that the outcome was set!
Three to zero!
The total score was four to zero!
Four goals ahead.
The game had gone on for seventy-one minutes!
If Getafe wanted to make a comeback, they had to score four goals in the remaining twenty minutes!
Not to mention whether the Getafe players had the fighting spirit to continue fighting, Sporting de Gijón would not give them a chance!
This goal meant that Sporting de Gijón was only a matter of time away from La Liga!
*****
After the start of the second half, Escedra, who had been roaring and waving on the sidelines to direct the team's attack, was silent at this moment. He stood stiffly on the sidelines like a fossil.
He knew that everything was over.
It's over!
That was the only thought in his mind. His brain had completely lost its ability to think.
He knew that even though the game was not over, Getafe's road to promotion was completely over!
Getafe's performance this season was outstanding. They were only behind Numancia by two points. They did not get the promotion spot for second place in the league and were forced to play the promotion playoffs. Getafe were very confident. They thought that the final winner of the promotion playoffs would be them. They would be the last team to get the promotion spot!
But now, everything was over!
Getafe was defeated by Sporting de Gijón, who had staged a comeback of the season!
In the chairman's box at the El Molinon Stadium, Sporting de Gijón's chairman, Manuel Arango, was so excited that his face turned red. He rushed to the floor-to-ceiling window and shouted excitedly. The old Arango knew what this goal meant: no one could take away their La Liga spot!
Behind him was the dejected Getafe chairman, Mr. Torres. The chairman, who had mocked Sporting de Gijón when the promotion playoffs had just come out, was now so dispirited. He could not accept that his team had failed to promote, and it was defeated at the feet of Sporting de Gijón!
The local commentator of Sporting de Gijón continued shouting, "Three nil! Three nil! The total score is four nil! Four nil! We are leading Getafe by four nil! This score has forced Getafe into a dead end! There is not much time left. The Madridistas have to score four goals in a row in the remaining twenty minutes … They can't do it at all. Even scoring has become difficult for them! We won! We won! "
Amid the shouts of the commentator, the city of Sporting de Gijón was in a frenzy. Everyone was waiting, waiting for the passage of time, waiting for the final whistle of the game to sound, waiting for the arrival of that great moment!
*****
The game had gone on for eighty-nine minutes, and Getafe's goal finally arrived.
Perhaps it was because of the huge lead that made Sporting de Gijón's players a little lax at the last moment. De la Red, whose hands and feet had been entangled by Sporting de Gijón's pressing, finally showed his talent. He sent a beautiful overhead pass, and Getafe's striker, Breton, scored with a low shot.
However, this goal came too late. For Getafe, it did nothing except save a little bit of face.
Even Li Ang, who was strict in his management, did not pay attention to his own players' lax attitude. He understood the players. These players had fought hard for the whole game and the whole season. It was understandable and forgivable for them to be lax at the last moment.
Even Li Ang himself was unusually excited now. He could not even pay attention to the game. He was also waiting for the whistle of the end of the game.
In the stands, the Sporting de Gijón fans had already stood up to watch the game. They were applauding and cheering. Even if the opponent scored, it did not affect the excitement of the Sporting de Gijón fans at all, because they did not care. They knew that this goal concede would not change anything …
*****
The injury stoppage time was two minutes.
These two minutes felt extremely long to the people of Sporting de Gijón.
Li Ang felt that it was extremely long!
Three minutes later, when the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the game, the entire El Molinon Stadium was in a state of madness.
Some of the Sporting de Gijón players were running wildly to celebrate. Some of them were kneeling on the team, shouting with tears streaming down their faces. Some of them were shouting hysterically.
The fans in the stands went crazy. The whole stadium went crazy.
Li Ang was immediately saved by his assistant, Scotteri, who was next to him. Then Banderas, the fitness coach, Mr. Vachidra, and the team doctor all rushed up and surrounded Li Ang.
"We, we are back in La Liga!" Scotteri hugged Li Ang. This middle-aged man in his forties, Sporting de Gijón's old official, cried like a child.
The other coaches and staff could not help but tear up.
Li Ang was very excited, but he still had to comfort Scotteri. "This is a good thing, a good thing. Don't cry, Jesús."
The latter wiped away his tears, and then … the tears could not stop. Sporting de Gijón had been in La Liga for more than ten years. Li Ang could not understand his emotions.
*****
The players on the substitutes' bench had already run away. The moment the final whistle sounded, they rushed onto the field to celebrate with their teammates.
Everyone was releasing their emotions to their hearts' content.
The players were celebrating wildly.
Then, the veteran player, Maiquel Pihra, shouted, and the players all ran to the sidelines. They snatched their manager from the coaches' encirclement and threw their manager high into the air …
"Ah, ah, ah, ah! Hold on tight!" Li Ang shouted in horror.
The live broadcast sounded. It was the commentator shouting at the top of his lungs, "Promotion! Promotion! Promotion! La Liga! La Liga! La Liga! La Liga! We're back! Sporting de Gijón is back! The Red and White Army is back! The King of the North is back! "
"We're back!" The 30,000 fans now shouted crazily.
*****
The celebration and revelry continued.
The live broadcast showed a panoramic close-up of the entire stadium. The excited Sporting de Gijón fans jumped off the stands and rushed onto the field. Then, more and more fans rushed up. Like a flood breaking through a dam, the red Sporting de Gijón fans rushed onto the field from all directions. They ran towards the celebrating Sporting de Gijón players.
They hugged the players and snatched the players' jerseys.
The players who were "attacked" by the fans panicked and abandoned their manager, running everywhere.
Li Ang was in a mess. He scolded these guys who abandoned their manager and ran for their lives.
He looked at the crazy crowd and his heart was full of pride. La Liga, I'm coming!
Then, he was targeted by the crazy fans. They rushed to the manager of the team. He was the hero of the team's great season.
Then, the fans of all of Spain saw this scene.
Sporting de Gijón's meritorious manager was running wildly. He was as fast as a rabbit. Behind him, thousands of crazy fans were chasing after him …
The live broadcast was still shouting crazily, "La Liga, we're coming, we're coming … Catch Li Ang, we've caught him …"
That night, Xi Hong was sleepless!
La Liga, Li Ang and his team are back!
The tycoons of Iberia, are you ready?
PS: La Liga, Li Ang is coming! The magnificent stage, Li Ang is coming!
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