"Benzema is completely suppressed by Luobo. The French boy can't pose any threat to RCD Espanyol's goal. I don't understand why Manager Li Ang brought him on. Is this to boost the confidence of the opponent's center back?" González said sarcastically. Although he often praised Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón in his commentaries, his mouth was also very vicious when it came to insulting others.
The camera panned to Sporting de Gijón's manager, Li Ang, who was on the sidelines.
Li Ang's face was calm. He did not care about the scene just now. It was important to know that it was mainly a competition between Benzema's body and the opponent's body. The 16-year-old Benzema naturally could not compete with the strong Luobo. At this time, Benzema's role on the field was his speed and impact! Li Ang did not send Benzema to fight the opponent hand-to-hand.
"Karim Benzema has been on the field for seven or eight minutes. The French boy seems to have disappeared. His threat to RCD Espanyol's goal is close to zero," González said, shaking his head.
As he spoke, Benzema finally got the ball in the front field. It was Dinatale who knocked it back to Benzema. Then he ran forward, as if he wanted to coordinate with Benzema.
After Benzema received the ball, he was slightly slower by half a beat. RCD Espanyol's center back, Luobo, came up and fiercely tackled the ball, knocking Benzema down with the ball.
Then, Luobo glared fiercely at Benzema, who was lying on the ground, as a warning.
Benzema looked at the guy who knocked him down with a fierce gaze. He bit his lip. At first, he was a little afraid. Then, he told himself not to be afraid, he could not be afraid. The young French boy stared back without fear. Luobo laughed and walked away. He did not care at all and was not afraid of this little kid.
Li Ang was furious on the sidelines. The tackle by RCD Espanyol's center back on Benzema had scared him. Today's game had already injured two strikers. If Benzema was injured again, Li Ang would have the heart to kill.
Fortunately, he saw Benzema get up and seemed to be fine. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
*****
Benzema's appearance on the field did little to help Sporting de Gijón's offense. Benzema's lack of coordination with the other players affected the quality of Sporting de Gijón's offense.
Seeing this situation, RCD Espanyol's manager, Lautina, made a prompt decision and gave his players the tactical command to launch a fierce attack on Sporting de Gijón.
If they could score another goal and get three points in this away game, that would be great.
Maxi Rodriguez took the ball on the flank this time. He got rid of Dorado's entanglement and then chose to cross!
This was a ground ball!
The football quickly swept to the front of the goal.
Hierro did not dare to act rashly. The Spanish veteran could only use his body to press down on the Espanyol striker, Tamudo, to prevent this dangerous figure from rushing up.
This time, Hierro's experience played a crucial role. He had positioned himself in advance, and Tamudo was firmly squeezed behind him.
And under Carlos's close defense, De La Pena was unable to kick the football in time. Everyone just watched as the football quickly slipped past the goal and rolled out of the end line.
"That was close! Valencia must have been in a cold sweat just now. It's chaos in front of his goal. RCD Espanyol is on the offensive! "Dagestino said.
Yes, as he said, RCD Espanyol was on the offensive.
At the 89th minute of the game, De La Pena, who had been silent for the entire game, suddenly broke out. He beautifully cycled continuously, and then pretended to break through to the left. After attracting Carlos's movement, he hooked the football back. Carlos forcibly pulled his center of gravity back, but De La Pena still had a trick up his sleeve. He dragged his heel to knock the ball, and was about to break through from Carlos.
Then, De La Pena was rushed from the side by Mata and pulled to the ground.
The referee's whistle sounded and showed a yellow card to Mata, who had fouled.
Carlos then rushed up excitedly and hugged Mata tightly.
Carlos had a yellow card on him. He did not dare to make a tactical foul just now. Mata rushing up was tantamount to making a foul for him and blocking a disaster for him. Otherwise, Carlos might have had to risk a red card to make a foul. Anyway, he would not have allowed De La Pena to break in.
*****
RCD Espanyol's free kick in the front field.
RCD Espanyol's defensive line was getting closer and closer. Many people rushed up and participated in the attack. They seemed to have completely forgotten that their opponent was a team that was particularly good at counterattacking. Now, RCD Espanyol was on the rise. Their minds were full of how to score and win the game.
De La Pena's free kick was kicked out. The football was headed out by Pepe, and then Tamudo headed the football back to De La Pena. The other RCD Espanyol players saw that they could launch a second attack at this time. Those who had intended to return to defend stayed in the front field.
However, soon after, De La Pena's pass was intercepted. The RCD Espanyol defenders still did not return to defend. They were waiting for their own midfielders to intercept the ball and then continue to attack.
The one who intercepted the ball was Carlos, and then he immediately passed the football to Albertini.
Albertini directly made a long pass in the backfield. A red figure swept past the RCD Espanyol's rear defensive line and caught up with the pass that fell from the sky.
"Karim Benzema?" Even the commentator was surprised. He used a questioning tone.
Benzema looked back at the RCD Espanyol defenders behind him, and then turned his head to look at the assistant referee. He had to determine whether he was offside.
The assistant referee did not say anything and just followed him to run to the end line.
Benzema looked forward again. RCD Espanyol's goalkeeper, Kameni, was hesitating whether to attack or retreat.
Benzema did not hesitate this time. The French boy withdrew his gaze and poked the football forward!
There was a huge burst of cheers in the stands. At this moment, everyone was cheering for Benzema. The Sporting de Gijón fans forgot Benzema's age at this moment. They forgot that the boy was almost invisible after he came on the field.
"Karim Benzema … He's dribbling the ball … He's not offside … He's single-handed …" González shouted loudly. His mouth was like a machine gun firing bullets!
In the entire RCD Espanyol's rear defensive line, only the center back, Luobo, was in position. He went up to meet him.
He did not think much of the French kid.
Then, Luobo was horrified to see that Benzema had directly spiked the ball over him!
"Beautiful!" The commentator roared. "It's a straightforward pass!"
Benzema's speed was very fast. After Luobo's pass, he was very decisive and straightforward.
This surprised the RCD Espanyol's goalkeeper, Kameni. He decided to attack because Benzema was about to enter the penalty area.
He had just rushed out when he saw the running Benzema's right foot gently rub …
The football passed over his head and fell into the goal behind him.
“Goooool！”
"Next, please allow me to grandly introduce this player. Our French boy, Karim —" The live broadcast went wild. "— Benzema!"
"Benzema! Benzema! Benzema! "A voice in the stands of the El Molinon Stadium rang through the clouds.
In the midst of the crazy cheers, the sixteen-year-old Benzema ran on the field to his heart's content with open arms. The cool wind blew on his face. He felt as if he had grown wings and was flying freely between heaven and earth.
PS: Second Update, the first anti-piracy. Look at the effect. The subscriptions are dropping rapidly. It's a tragic sight. The actual word count of this chapter is about 2500. It's more than the total number shown. I'll make it up to those who subscribe to the original version.
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