"Goooool!" The commentator's excitement did not subside. "Two to zero! Two to zero! Sporting de Gijón widened the score at the thirty-first minute of the game! Two to zero! They are now leading Real Madrid by two to zero in this away game! "
"Albertini! Albertini! The Italian veteran used his trademark falling ball to break through the goal guarded by Casillas! "
"Two to zero! Albertini's falling ball bloomed in the Bernabéu Stadium! " The Central TV commentator, Liu Jianhong, roared excitedly. "He is no longer wearing a red and black striped shirt. He is now wearing a red and white battle robe, but the power of the falling ball is still the same! As time went by, we missed Albertini at San Siro dearly. We loved Albertini at Gijón so much. He came to Gijón, to the port city of Spain. He was a player under Li Ang. He scored a goal here, and he shone the last brilliance of his career here! Congratulations to Demetrio, congratulations to Li Ang, and congratulations to Sporting de Gijón. They are leading Galácticos Real Madrid by two goals at the Bernabéu Stadium! "
"Incredible! Incredible! " A commentator from a country in the Middle East shook his head and said. He could not believe his eyes. "The newly promoted Sporting de Gijón is leading Galácticos by two to zero in this away game! Sporting de Gijón's two goals are so beautiful. Di Natale's hanging goal and Albertini's falling ball. Two Italian goals! "
The Italian commentator was even more excited. They were shouting, "Di Natale! Albertini! Di Natale from the Serie B team Empoli and Demetrio from AC Milan. Two Italians have conquered the Bernabéu Stadium! "
In 2004, the Serie A Championship was still considered a mini World Cup. The Italians were very proud, and their words showed their pride. One was Di Natale, who transferred from the Serie B team Empoli to Sporting de Gijón, and the other was the veteran Albertini, who was exiled by AC Milan. These two players were showing off at Real Madrid's home ground. Of course, they felt very proud.
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The cheers and celebrations of the visiting fans in the stands of the Bernabéu continued. The game had resumed, and the disgruntled boos of the Real Madrid fans rang out again.
The camera zoomed in on the president's box at the Bernabéu Stadium. After the match started, the president of Real Madrid, Mr. Florentino, who was chatting happily with the rich and famous people around him, no longer had a smile on his face. He looked at the field with a gloomy expression.
"Obviously, Mr. Florentino is very unhappy." "Two goals behind Sporting de Gijón at home is unacceptable to the people of Real Madrid."
"What's even more unacceptable to Florentino is that their manager is Li Ang," González added.
Sporting de Gijón had increased the score once again. Luxemburgo walked to the sidelines with a grim look on his face. It was clear that his team was in trouble and he had to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible.
Li Ang glanced at his Brazilian counterpart, who had a lot of experience. He admitted that this person was very famous and was a big shot. However, at the very least, from the start of the first half of the game until now, his own tactical setup and on-the-spot adjustments were better than his!
Luxemburgo's cards were much better than Li Ang's. Now, the one who was in the lead was Li Ang!
This made the young Li Ang feel slightly proud.
The game continued. Real Madrid, who were two goals behind, felt greatly humiliated. All the players now only had one thought in their minds, and that was to score goals. They wanted to narrow the gap with their goals and wash away the shame!
Real Madrid's offensive looked very fierce.
However, to describe it in one sentence, it was all bark and no bite!
Luxemburgo quickly saw the changes in Sporting de Gijón's two-goal lead. At this time, Sporting de Gijón showed even more of their conservative tactics. They even left only one player, Di Natale, in the front. The rest of the players had to retreat to the penalty area to defend. Sometimes, Di Natale even retreated to his own side of the field to participate in the defense.
"They want to defend the 2-0 score!" Luxemburgo's assistant manager said beside him.
Luxemburgo nodded and frowned. It was clear that the Chinese manager of Sporting de Gijón was very pragmatic. He made another adjustment. The whole team was on the defense. The goal was to defend the two-goal lead.
Although he saw Sporting de Gijón's tactical adjustment, Luxemburgo did not have a good solution for the time being. Facing a team that was determined to defend, it was not easy to find a solution to the problem in a short time.
In particular, this team's defensive counterattack was so sharp. Although it seemed that Di Natale had started to come back to participate in the defense and Sporting de Gijón did not keep any offensive players in the front field, Luxemburgo had no doubt that as long as there was a chance to counterattack, this opponent would show their offensive fangs again!
Sporting de Gijón's two goals came from counterattacks. Sharp counterattacks!
The first goal was scored directly from a counterattack. The second goal was scored by Sporting de Gijón from a set piece during the counterattack.
If Luxemburgo had looked down on Sporting de Gijón and Li Ang before, now, Sporting de Gijón's two sharp counterattacks made Luxemburgo deeply aware of how difficult this opponent was to deal with!
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Moreover, Sporting de Gijón's defense was not the kind of defense where the whole team retreated to their own penalty area and allowed the opponent to besiege them.
Sporting de Gijón's first line of defense was placed in the middle and front field. They started to harass from the front field and then strangled Real Madrid in the midfield to cut off the passing of the ball. This defensive chain provided protection for the penalty area.
In the face of Sporting de Gijón's tough and active defense, Real Madrid's star players could not do anything to Sporting de Gijón for a while even though they were impatient and wanted to score.
The players from both sides temporarily entered a stalemate. They competed in the midfield, the front field, and the backfield. They were caught in a quagmire of fighting for the ball.
Ribéry and Di Natale were also actively fighting for the ball according to Li Ang's request. Milito was a powerful addition to Sporting de Gijón's penalty area to defend against high balls!
Li Ang sat in the technical area. He was satisfied with the performance of the players, not only because of the score of 2-0, but also because of the players' attitude in the game. For example, Ribéry played very hard. He constantly counterattacked in the front field, which caught Real Madrid's defenders a little off guard.
Real Madrid's star players were a little uncomfortable with such a fight at first. They were superstars, the top star players on the planet. Could you imagine Zidane and Figo falling to the ground to tackle their opponents?
However, Sporting de Gijón's players did not care so much. They did not have the slightest bit of leniency just because their opponents' value was ten times or even dozens of times higher than theirs.
In fact, this also had a lot to do with Guti. Guti's previous bad foul caused Mata to leave the field with an injury, but he was only given a yellow card warning. This angered the Sporting de Gijón's players. They were not polite to Real Madrid's star players at all!
The unrestrained fighting of the Sporting de Gijón's players provoked anger. Real Madrid's defensive players, under Guti's leadership, became more and more aggressive. Even David Beckham began to tackle. Zidane also began to make small moves in the fight. The movements of the two sides were somewhat more intense than the confrontation of an ordinary game.
Carlos made a beautiful tackle outside the penalty area and intercepted the ball from Figo's feet. Then he directly passed the ball to Javier Blanco. The latter pulled the ball and turned around. He was about to accelerate when he was pushed down by Guti from behind.
The referee, Malenco, only gave Guti a verbal warning.
Li Ang was furious on the sidelines. Although Guti's foul seemed to have changed his temperament and his movements were not big, this foul directly interrupted Sporting de Gijón's good counterattack opportunity. According to convention, under such circumstances, the referee could definitely show a yellow card.
However, considering that Guti already had a yellow card on him, the referee was merciful again this time.
Li Ang's face was extremely gloomy.
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Soon, two minutes later, Real Madrid's attack came. Carlos went to mark Zidane. The latter, under Carlos' close pressure, chose to pass the ball this time. There was no one guarding beside Guti, who received the ball. The blonde Wolf King pulled the ball easily and turned around. Then he looked up to observe, ready to find a way out of the ball. Then, he was thrown to the ground by what appeared to be a flying tackle!
"Albertini! His movements are a little big this time! "
"Oh, oh, oh! Sporting de Gijón's vice-tackle, Real Madrid's vice-tackle! Albertini's flying tackle! "
The referee, Malenco, whistled. As he ran over, he took out a card from his pocket.
Yellow card!
Albertini was given a yellow card as a warning!
"Hmph!" Li Ang sneered on the sidelines. He was not targeting the yellow card this time. Albertini's foul this time could be given a yellow card, but according to the referee's rules, Guti should have been shown at least one red card and three yellow cards. He should have been sent off twice.
The referee's performance today was obviously biased towards the home team. Moreover, the Spanish golden whistle obviously did not expect the game to be so intense. His favoritism and care for the home team obviously angered the Sporting de Gijón players even more.
The game had been going on for forty-one minutes. The current score was faithfully recorded on the Bernabéu scoreboard: 0: 2!
Real Madrid 0: 2 Sporting de Gijón!
At this time, Figo took the ball and was pulled to the ground by Ribéry. For some reason, the referee only gave a verbal warning to Ribéry this time and did not give a card in the end. This caused the Real Madrid players to be dissatisfied. Guti loudly questioned the referee. Obviously, in his opinion, according to the referee's previous judgment of the visiting team, Ribéry should also be given a yellow card.
The referee's face was livid. He verbally warned Guti to not challenge the authority of the referee.
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"Haha!" Li Ang sneered on the sidelines. He dared to bet that if it were a Sporting de Gijón player who dared to question and contradict the referee, the referee would not hesitate at all and directly give a card.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Real Madrid players were expressing their dissatisfaction to the referee, Li Ang called Albertini to the sidelines.
"Attack!" Li Ang's expression was grim. "In the last few minutes of the first half, catch them off guard!"
Albertini nodded.
"Also!" Li Ang stared into Albertini's eyes. The way he gritted his teeth made Albertini shudder.
"If it's possible, tell Guti to get lost!" Li Ang almost squeezed the words out of his teeth.
Albertini did not speak. He glanced at Li Ang and nodded.
Seeing that Albertini had received the order to return to the field, Li Ang clenched his fists. He gave the order not only because of his resentment of Guti's tackle on Mata, but also because through the observation of this half of the game, Li Ang saw one thing clearly. This Galácticos, these eleven Real Madrid star players on the field, the real soul of the team, or rather the fighting heart of Real Madrid, was Guti!
Although Guti had a bad temper, he was Real Madrid's vice-captain. Compared with Raúl's humility, Guti was arrogant. A player with such a character had a strong sense of responsibility. He only had his own team in his eyes and only wanted to win the game. He was a real fighter! As long as he could win the game, he was willing to do anything!
The players from both sides fought in the midfield. Guti was leading the Real Madrid side. Without Guti, it was believed that the fighting spirit of the other Real Madrid players would definitely drop by a level. Guti could shovel down ungracefully and even use sneak kicks, but it would be difficult for Zidane and Figo to do so.
*****
Sporting de Gijón suddenly launched an attack, which caught Real Madrid off guard.
Carlos, with the help of Pepe, worked together to steal the ball from Ronaldo's feet. The team immediately launched a counterattack!
"Sporting de Gijón counterattack! Their attack is very fast! Real Madrid is returning to defend, but the defenders are a beat slower! Ribéry cut inside and shot, but it was blocked! Di Natale passed the football diagonally to Blanco. Beautiful! Carlos has been bypassed! He passed it! Diego Milito! A header —! Beautiful! Casillas has the football firmly in his hands! "
Carlos was bypassed by Javier Blanco's pulling and spiking of the ball, which almost caused a fumble.
Casillas was a little dissatisfied with the performance of the Brazilian veteran, but the young Casillas could not say anything.
On the other hand, Real Madrid's Brazilian manager, Luxemburgo, shouted Guti's name on the sidelines.
Luxemburgo saw it more clearly. This time, Guti was unable to keep up with Javier Blanco, giving Blanco a chance to challenge Carlos one-on-one.
"You almost gave this 18-year-old a chance to make a name for himself at the Bernabéu!" Luxemburgo shouted to Guti. Then he made a gesture of crossing his hands. "Keep an eye on him!"
*****
Guti walked back to the field with an unfriendly expression. His eyes were fixed on Javier Blanco.
The 18-year-old Javier Blanco felt the deep malice. The young man looked at Guti without fear.
There seemed to be flames in the eyes of both sides.
Guti snorted and walked away. He wanted to teach this kid who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson.
Blanco spat on the ground. This action was seen by Guti. The latter's eyes were full of murderous intent.
Blanco spat another mouthful of saliva on the ground. Then he left with his head held high. He looked at the sidelines. The smile on the boss's face flashed and disappeared …
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