Bellerón successfully broke through the Italian left back, Grosso, who was defending him. He did not intend to pass the ball. Instead, he continued to break inside, which made Sporting de Gijón's defensive line chaotic.
Hierro hurriedly dropped Panterich to cover the defense. Bellerón made a quick move with his foot and kicked the football towards the end line. The experienced Hierro was not fooled. He just stuck close to him and did not let him cut inside.
Bellerón, who had his back to Hierro, suddenly used his heel to knock the football between the legs of the Spanish veteran. Then he used Hierro as an axis, turned 180 degrees, and slipped in from near the end line!
"Beautiful!" The commentator shouted.
Hierro, the former captain of Real Madrid, and Bellerón, the midfield brain of Super Laco. The confrontation between these two men had been one of the main themes of La Liga for the past ten years. Now, Hierro was already wearing Sporting de Gijón's red and white jersey. Watching the confrontation between the two men made people sigh. It was as if they had seen the lost memories through the river of time.
Hierro saw Bellerón's heel knock the ball and was about to charge into the penalty area. He subconsciously wanted to extend his foot to hook the ball. However, the moment he extended his foot, Hierro withdrew his foot. There was no reason. Perhaps it was just the intuition of an experienced veteran. He withdrew his foot.
And almost at the same time that Hierro withdrew his foot, Bellerón fell in the penalty area.
The Deportivo La Coruña player broke into the penalty area and suddenly fell in the penalty area during the opponent's defense.
Even if one used their knees to think, they could guess what would happen.
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"Penalty kick!" Deportivo La Coruña manager Irueta shouted.
"Dive!" Li Ang shouted angrily. From his angle, of course, he could not see what happened in the penalty area. However, he certainly had to shout that the opponent had dived.
At this time, everyone's eyes stopped on the referee, Esquerro.
The referee did not blow his whistle. He just waved his hand, which meant that there was no foul and no penalty kick. However, Esquerro did not give a yellow card to Bellerón, which meant that he did not punish the other side for diving. He took care of the home team for once. This time, the referee was in a good position. It could be said that he saw the incident clearly. He saw that Hierro withdrew his foot in time and did not touch Bellerón.
The main referee saw the entire process clearly.
However, the fans did not see it. Even if they replayed the scene in slow motion, they could only see Hierro kicking and then quickly retracting his foot. However, because of the angle of the camera, they could not see if Hierro had tripped Bellerón when he retracted his foot.
At this time, the broadcast cameras were not as developed as they would be ten years later. It was impossible to arrange for a dozen or even dozens of cameras to analyze from multiple angles.
Therefore, Deportivo's fans were angry. They believed that Bellerón had indeed been knocked down by Hierro and that it was a penalty kick!
The entire Riazo Stadium erupted in ear-piercing boos.
Deportivo de La Coruña's coach, Irueta, flew into a rage on the sidelines.
The Deportivo La Coruña players, including Mauro Silva and Pandiani, rushed to the referee, Esquerro, to protest the decision. They believed that the referee had blown away a penalty kick.
*****
At this time, the angry La Coruña people did not notice that the competition was still going on.
Belleron fell to the ground.
Hierro subconsciously looked at the referee, and then he saw the referee wave his hand. At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief. The experienced Spanish veteran passed the football directly.
Marcos got the ball. He did not let the football stay on his side. Instead, he passed the ball directly to Albertini.
On the sidelines, Li Ang's heart finally calmed down when he saw the referee wave his hand to indicate that there was no penalty kick. Then he widened his eyes and was ecstatic. He looked at the La Coruña people. Some of them rushed to the referee to protest angrily, some of them subconsciously looked at their manager on the sidelines, and some of them stood where they were.
This was the perfect opportunity to fight back!
Then, Li Ang saw the experienced Hierro pick the football out of the forest of penalty area without hesitation!
Counterattack!
This was the role of an experienced veteran. If it had been a young man, he might have hurriedly kicked the football out of the sidelines to cause a dead ball and relieve the pressure. However, Hierro keenly captured this good opportunity to counterattack and took action!
*****
Albertini received the pass from Marcos. He dribbled two steps and found that La Coruña's defensive system had not yet been established. It was very messy. Some people were assisting in the front, some were hurriedly returning to defend, and there were even people protesting around the referee.
Looking at it, La Coruña's backfield could be said to be countless gaps!
Albertini made a prompt decision. He did not choose to continue dribbling the ball. Instead, he diverted the ball to the flank.
There were no La Coruña defenders there.
It could be said to be a vast expanse of space!
Modric ran forward desperately. The Croatian youngster was not fast, but Albertini's pass was too comfortable. It directly tore apart La Coruña's middle defensive line. He did not need to compete with others in terms of speed. Moreover, the football was passed to the front of him, which was enough for him to run without the ball.
"Return to defend!" La Coruña's manager, Irueta's face changed dramatically. He rushed to the sidelines and roared.
"Hurry back to defend!" La Coruña's center back, Andrade, roared anxiously.
*****
Deportivo La Coruña's left back, Capdrella, was still in front and had not returned to his defensive position, so the ball had to be filled by the center back.
Anxiously, Andrade yelled for his teammates to return to defense. He continued to wave his teammates to return to defense as he strode to the side. Halfway through, Andrade gave up his attempt to directly grab the ball. He chose to run along the ball's route in a diagonal line. His goal was to block the inside line. With this choice, as long as he could successfully block Modrich and prevent him from breaking through, he would be able to do so. This could delay Sporting de Gijón's counterattack. It was a successful defense!
What he needed to do was to delay his opponent's attack!
Andrade and Carvalho were the main center backs of the Portuguese national team at this time. This player's strength and game experience were very rich. His choice this time was incomparably correct.
However, what Andrade didn't expect was that Modrich didn't even think about cutting into the penalty area because he knew that breaking through people wasn't his strong suit!
Modrich controlled the ball. He steadily let the football roll more than a meter in front of him. Then he made a feint to break through, causing Andrade to retreat a little. After making some space, he went around to the outside and directly raised his leg to pass the ball!
Modrich's pass was of an excellent standard. It brought out the best of the Croatian young player: the quality of his pass was excellent, the speed was fast, and the arc was obvious. The football almost flew close to the end line at first. It looked like it was going to the goal. Then, when it approached the goal, there was an obvious trajectory. The football bypassed the range of control of Deportivo La Coruña's goalkeeper, Molina in front of the goal, but flew to the back point.
Deportivo La Coruña's goalkeeper, Molina, was a little flustered by the change in the arc of the pass. He hurriedly moved to his right side and looked up at the same time. He saw a shadow coming from the sky!
*****
"Diego — Milito!" the commentator roared, dragging his voice.
The Argentine striker rushed to the goal. He squeezed away Martín César, who hurriedly turned around to defend against him. He exerted strength from his waist and abdomen and slammed his head down in the air!
Milito showed the instincts of a good striker: this was the most correct way to shoot. It was too close to the goal. The biggest result of swinging the head to attack the goal was to head the football high. Only by smashing the football down could it be possible to smash the football into the goal!
The football was smashed into the goal by Milito and pushed up the net.
Then, the Argentine striker collided with Deportivo La Coruña's goalkeeper, Molina, and fell into the goal together. Looking at the football in the goal, Milito's eyes were full of excitement. He pushed away Molina, who was on top of him, staggered up and began to run.
He ran with open arms!
On the sidelines, the Sporting de Gijón's manager, Li Ang, clenched a fist and waved it to the sky.
He waved it to the sky with force!
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