“Goooool！”
"Diego Milito! He scored for Sporting de Gijón! This is the goal that broke the deadlock! The away team, who had been in a passive position, scored a goal! "
Li Ang and the Sporting de Gijón players were cheering the goal.
The Sporting de Gijón fans in the away team's stands were also cheering excitedly for the goal. Their team had been in a passive position all this time, but they did not expect to score a goal in such a difficult situation.
Sporting de Gijón's side was jubilant, but in the home team's technical area, Deportivo La Coruña's manager, Irueta, was hopping mad. His face was full of annoyance. He really did not expect Sporting de Gijón to score a goal in their counterattack.
It was not that he was not worried about Sporting de Gijón's counterattack, but Irueta was more confident. He had some confidence in his team and believed that the first to score a goal, the straw that broke the camel's back would be his Deportivo …
But he miscalculated.
He did not expect Sporting de Gijón to seize their first real opportunity to counterattack!
The Sporting de Gijón fans in the corner of the stands burst into loud cheers, temporarily suppressing the boos of the home team fans.
Diego Milito, who had scored the goal, ran over and hugged Modric, who had assisted him. A group of people behind him came up and surrounded them, excitedly celebrating the goal.
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Milito's goal gave Sporting de Gijón the lead in the score. At the same time, it also had a huge impact on the morale of both teams. Deportivo La Coruña had been bombarding for more than 20 minutes, but they had not scored a goal. Sporting de Gijón's second attack, which was a real threat, had scored a goal. Sporting de Gijón's low morale, which had been in a passive situation, had been boosted. As for Deportivo La Coruña, it was naturally the opposite.
This was a big blow to the home team's morale. It was no wonder that Irueta lost his composure after seeing the goal conceded. At this moment, Irueta's face was dark.
The television screen replayed the goal over and over again. The commentator was full of praise for Milito's running position and the final header. "… His running position got rid of Martin César, and César didn't follow him at all! Di Natale's positioning was also very smart. His forward cut attracted the attention of the other defenders. When Modric was about to pass, Milito rushed to the goal like a leopard. he chose to head the ball downwards. That was the most correct way to shoot. It was beautiful! Of course, Modric's pass! Sporting de Gijón displayed the quality of the pass and the premeditated positioning of the pass in this attack. It was the key to the goal, but Milito's ability to seize the opportunity in front of the goal is also worthy of praise … "
Since Diego Milito's transfer to Sporting de Gijón, the Argentine had slowly begun to integrate into the team and Li Ang's tactics after experiencing some discomfort in the opening stages of the league tournament. So far, Milito was Sporting de Gijón's leading scorer. The Argentine had also begun to attract the attention of the Spanish media, who had a lot of good things about him.
Diego Milito had also become a favorite player of Sporting de Gijón's fans.
The place where Milito celebrated the goal was just below the visiting team's stands. A group of people shouted, "Diego! Diego! "This made the Argentine striker very excited. He liked this feeling. In La Liga, he scored a goal against a strong team like Deportivo de La Coruña and listened to the fans shouting his name. This was the kind of passion that he could not achieve when he was in Serie B with Genoa.
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After celebrating the goal, the players ran past the front of the technical area and returned to their positions. Li Ang was there shouting, "Well done! Good job, guys! "
For the players, nothing could make them happier than such praise from the manager.
Li Ang pulled the team's midfield commander, Albertini, to his side and quickly instructed, "Pay attention to Deportivo's counterattack. Keep an eye on Bellerón! The whole team has to be more alert! If we intercept their ball, give me a direct long pass to the two flanks. We'll counterattack and try to score another goal in the first half! Especially the left flank. Tell Ribéry that he's not active enough. Tell him to always be on the lookout for opportunities to counterattack. "
Albertini nodded and turned to run onto the field. Then he conveyed the manager's tactical intentions to his teammates.
After listening to the vice-captain's words, Ribéry subconsciously looked at the sidelines, but saw that Li Ang was drinking water and did not look over. Scarface was relieved. He patted his chest to Li Ang and said that he would have fun messing up Deportivo's right flank. In the end, he did not make any contribution, which made the French youth feel a little ashamed.
After doing all this, Li Ang turned and walked back to the technical area to sit down and drink water.
"We're in the lead. We have to be careful of Deportivo's counterattack," Banderas said to Li Ang.
Scotteri nodded in agreement. Deportivo's offense was one of the best in the whole of Spanish football. Even in the European arena, many powerhouses were deeply afraid of them.
Last season, Deportivo La Coruña slaughtered AC Milan, one of the Serie A giants, with a score of 4: 0 in the away game, which shocked the whole of Europe. It was an important benchmark for Deportivo La Coruña's powerful offensive strength!
"Yes, their offense is very strong. This is indeed a great challenge." Li Ang tightened the bottle of mineral water and nodded. "But for the team, this is also an opportunity. If we can seize the opportunity to counterattack again, we'll have the upper hand in this game."
From Li Ang's point of view, a 1-0 lead over a strong opponent like Deportivo did not mean that they had the upper hand. A one-goal lead was really insignificant. However, what if they had a two-goal lead in the first half of the game?
At the same time, Li Ang corrected his tactical mistakes before the game. Now, he understood the situation clearly and firmly played defensive counterattack.
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After losing the goal, Deportivo did launch a crazy counterattack against Sporting de Gijón, almost completely abandoning defense. They were infuriated. They had the absolute advantage, but they could not win after a long time. Then, the opponent's sneak attack succeeded. This made them very angry.
With Li Ang's special instructions and instructions after the goal, Sporting de Gijón was prepared for the difficulties they might face after the goal.
Sporting de Gijón was very calm. First, they set up a defensive formation and handled the ball calmly. Modric temporarily sacrificed the offense and focused on helping the defense. Now, his position could be considered as a defensive midfielder. With two defensive midfielders, Modric and Marcos, in addition to Albertini's command, Sporting de Gijón did not panic. Their defense was better than before the goal.
Li Ang nodded in the technical area. They defended against the opponent's attack. Very good!
Then, the next step was to counterattack.
Sporting de Gijón was best at this.
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Chapter 330: World Wave
Deportivo La Coruña bombarded Sporting de Gijón's goal again, but they could not really threaten Sporting de Gijón's goal.
When a team was determined to defend to the death, it was easier said than done to break through the dense defense.
"Coward!" Irueta, the coach of Deportivo de La Coruña, gnashed his teeth in anger. In fact, in La Liga, Irueta was definitely the most famous and experienced manager. He had coached Deportivo de La Coruña for seven years and had single-handedly created Super Laco, which shocked Europe. This made Irueta a world-famous manager. He had his pride. It was true that Irueta did not take Sporting de Gijón, a newly promoted team, seriously. He also did not take Li Ang, a young China manager, seriously.
Because of this, Irueta was even more upset that Sporting de Gijón's sneak attack had succeeded.
Now, only by scoring a goal, equalizing the score as soon as possible, and then overtaking the score, could the anger in the heart of the famous La Liga manager be appeased.
Unfortunately, in the face of Sporting de Gijón's dense defense, the powerful Deportivo de La Coruña did not have a good solution.
Deportivo de La Coruña was anxious!
Li Ang pursed his lips. This was a good sign. When the lion was angry, it was more threatening, but it also meant that the chances of making a mistake were greater.
However, Deportivo's next attack gave Li Ang a fright.
This was Juan Bellerón, who was continuously passing and cutting with his teammates outside the penalty area, but he could not find a suitable route for the ball. At this time, the talented Spanish national player suddenly moved the ball, creating a very small gap, and directly shot!
"Bellerón! Long shot! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! "The commentator exclaimed.
Bellerón's long shot was very sudden. Although it was not very powerful, the quality was excellent. The ball drew a beautiful arc and flew straight to the top left corner of the goal. Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper, Valencia, barely touched the ball with his fingertips and pushed the ball out of the crossbar!
"Valencia! He stopped a very exciting goal! "
Li Ang was so frightened by Bellerón's shot that his butt left his seat. When he saw the ball being pushed out, he sat down. His whole back was a little cold. This was because he was scared.
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Deportivo's corner kick!
Bellerón ran to the corner kick. Their two center backs, Andrade and Martín César, also came up. Center backs were generally better at headers, and were an important part of the attack in place kicks.
Pandiani and Pepe pulled each other, and the referee had to verbally warn the two of them.
Bellerón kicked the corner kick out.
Luque headed the ball to the goal. Under Hierro's interference, he did not head the ball in the right place. This caused chaos in Sporting de Gijón's penalty area.
In the chaos, someone headed the ball out, and it just happened to land at the top of the penalty area arc.
Mauro Silva was there. Sporting de Gijón's players only paid attention to the goal and forgot about Mauro Silva outside the penalty area.
Mauro Silva made a decisive judgment. This ball was suitable for a direct volley. He immediately adjusted his body and turned his body sideways to the goal. Then, using one leg as a support, he swung the other leg, intending to volley in the air!
Albertini was very experienced. He quickly closed in. He did not make any other unnecessary movements. He just leaned his body very stealthily and used a little strength in his shoulders.
This immediately caused Bellerón to stagger and slip.
Then, Bellerón's swinging calf came into contact with the ball and completed the shot. However, the quality of the shot could not be guaranteed.
The ball flew up without much power and flew towards the goal.
This kind of shot did not pose any threat to the goalkeeper. Valencia attacked and took the ball out of the air.
Then, Valencia ran directly to the edge of the penalty area and threw the ball forward with great force!
The goalkeeper threw the ball with great force to launch a counterattack! This was the most common way to counterattack!
Li Ang suddenly stood up from the technical area and leaned forward to look at the field. This was a good chance to counterattack!
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Valencia's strong hand threw the ball to Modric.
Modric passed the ball to Albertini, and the Italian veteran would launch the counterattack.
Albertini immediately passed the ball to Di Natale, who was already running diagonally to the right. At the same time, Modric ran forward along the middle. He and Di Natale changed positions, while Ribéry began to accelerate along the left side of the road.
Deportivo La Coruña's left back, Capdreira, rushed towards Di Natale.
The ball rolled forward. Di Natale beautifully received the ball and controlled it.
At the same time, Capdreira also rushed up.
He slid to the ground!
Di Natale did not take advantage of the momentum to dribble the ball forward. Instead, he suddenly braked, stepped on the ball with his right foot, and pulled back!
Capdrera, who had already made a sliding tackle, did not expect Di Natale to do so. The Spanish national footballer, who was sliding on the turf, could only watch helplessly as he slid past the football. At that time, Capdrera really wanted to reach out and kick the football out of the sidelines.
The beautiful sudden stop allowed Di Natale to slip past Capdreira. Di Natale looked up at the middle.
Modric in the middle ran past.
However, Ribéry, who was on the left side, glanced over and immediately began to run towards the middle.
Di Natale's heart skipped a beat. He pushed with his foot and sent the ball out.
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The ball rolled.
Ribéry was extremely fast. He did not slow down at all.
Instead, he sped up again.
It was like when taking a free kick, he sped up again at the last step!
Ribéry rushed to the front of the ball and swung his thick right leg. Then, he kicked the ball hard with his outer instep!
Sporting de Gijón's counterattack was very fast this time. There were a total of five passes, and then the shot came!
All the Deportivo de La Coruña players were stunned as they looked at the ball flying in the air!
The ball first flew in the direction outside the goal post. It looked like it was going to deviate from the post. However, it suddenly turned in the middle, turned inward, and drilled straight into the top corner of the far end of the goal!
"Ribéry's long shot!!"
Deportivo de La Coruña's goalkeeper, Molina, reacted very quickly. He tried his best to throw his body out and extend his arms as far as possible to reach the ball.
Did he touch the ball?!
In the air, Molina felt the ball spin around his fingertips. Then, it left his fingers and continued to fly toward the goal!
Deportivo de La Coruña's goalkeeper's body began to fall in the air. However, his eyes were still following the ball. He wanted to see if the ball would go in or not.
Under his gaze, the ball almost stuck to the junction between the goal post and the crossbar. It suddenly drilled into the goal and sent the net flying high.
PS: Two in One Chapter.
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