It was Barcelona's corner kick.
The corner kick was precious for Barcelona, who had not been able to break through the situation.
Puyol and Oleg both came up to compete for the header. The defenders were important offensive players in the fight for the header for the set piece.
If Márquez was still on the field, he would also be an important player in the attack for the corner kicks. The Mexican was good at headers.
Sporting de Gijón's captain, Hierro, was directing the deployment of the defense. Sporting de Gijón's main defensive targets were Puyol and Oleg, as well as Larsson.
Although Eto 'o was marked, it was not the most important.
Before the game, Li Ang had commented on Eto 'o when he analyzed the characteristics of the Barcelona players for the whole team. The Cameroonian was fast and had good shooting skills, but headers were obviously not Eto' o's strength.
The corner kick was launched. It was a tactical corner kick.
Harvey kicked the football to Iniesta, who knocked the football back with his heel. Decaux made a transition in the middle and Ronaldinho rubbed the football into the penalty area.
Sure enough, the target was Puyol in the penalty area.
Puyol had just taken off when he felt the pressure on his side. Pepe showed his excellent aerial control and jumping ability to head the football out before Puyol.
*****
"Be careful of their counterattack!" Rijkaard shouted on the sidelines. After the team got the corner kick, Rijkaard had a hunch that Sporting de Gijón might take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack. So, he signaled the two full backs, Belletti and van Bronckhorst, to be ready at the back.
Sure enough, as Rijkaard expected, Sporting de Gijón launched a quick counterattack.
Barcelona was already deeply afraid of Sporting de Gijón's counterattack. Belletti went up immediately.
Di Natale made a feint with his foot in an attempt to pass the ball to Ribéry, who had plugged in. However, this move was seen through by Barcelona. Deco, who was desperately running back to defend, took the lead and poked the ball with his foot. Then, he continued to run hard to catch up with the ball.
Barcelona immediately switched from defense to offense.
Decaux handed the football to Harvey, who passed the ball directly to Ronaldinho.
Ronaldinho took the ball with his back, and Carlos firmly blocked his position behind, not allowing Ronaldinho to turn around. He did not expect Ronaldinho to swipe the football past him as he received the ball. At the same time, Ronaldinho turned around in an unusually cool manner to complete the breakthrough.
Carlos did not expect the Brazilian to be so skillful. He completed the stop, turn, and breakthrough so easily.
Carlos did not dare to be negligent. He quickly turned around and sped up to catch up. He saw the ball under Ronaldinho's feet and made a very decisive slide tackle.
Ronaldinho seemed to have eyes at the back of his head. He jumped up nimbly, and at the same time, before he took off, he stabbed the football out first. His target was Iniesta, who was plugging in.
*****
"Beautiful! Beautiful! This is the real Ronaldinho! This was the real him! The omnipotent Brazilian we are most familiar with is back! "
Iniesta stopped the ball beautifully, pulled the ball, and avoided Grosso's scramble. Then he dribbled the ball directly horizontally and pretended to do a long shot. He tricked Pepe into jumping up to block, and then he deftly turned the football back. He took advantage of the momentum and was about to charge into the penalty area!
Marcos had been staring at Iniesta. At this critical moment, he directly fell to the ground to tackle the ball, and then people saw Iniesta roll to the ground with a loud crash.
"Penalty kick!" Camp Nou roared angrily.
"Penalty kick, my foot!" This was the Sporting de Gijón manager on the sidelines cursing in a low voice. He was still rational and did not dare to curse loudly. Otherwise, the referee would find trouble with him.
Barcelona's players came up and surrounded the referee. They were furious, as if they had been wronged. In fact, the referee had not made a decision yet.
"What a long tradition." Li Ang sneered on the sidelines.
The referee, who was surrounded by Barcelona's players, seemed to hesitate for more than ten seconds. Then he walked towards Marcos, who had just got up from the ground, and took out a yellow card from his pocket at the same time.
"Bastard!" Li Ang scolded. He could see that the referee did not intend to play the card at first. After being surrounded by Barcelona's players and protesting, he decided to play the card.
*****
"The referee showed a yellow card to Marcos. This is not good news for Sporting de Gijón. Marcos has to pay attention to his subsequent defensive moves," Dagestino said.
Barcelona's players were still unwilling to give up. Obviously, they were not satisfied with the yellow card decision. In their opinion, the referee had better take out a red card and send off Marcos directly.
Li Ang stopped scolding and sneered on the sidelines.
At the same time, the live television broadcast replayed Marcos's defense. Marcos's tackle looked fierce, but he did tackle the football first. It was just that his action was bigger, and the inertia that followed brought down Iniesta, who was dribbling the ball to break through.
Strictly speaking, it was not even a foul. Of course, considering that Barcelona's home ground and Marcos's foul action was bigger, the referee had no problem whistling for a foul. However, the yellow card was a little too harsh.
"The yellow card is a little harsh," González said. "A verbal warning to Marcos to pay attention to his actions would be enough."
*****
Barcelona's free kick.
Ronaldinho stood in front of the football. He was Barcelona's first free kick taker in such a direct free kick opportunity.
"It's closer to the goal. It's not easy for the Brazilian to score a goal," Scotti comforted Li Ang. However, it looked more like he was comforting himself. After all, Ronaldinho's ability was too strong and he was famous.
Li Ang stared at the field and looked at the "ugly but cute" Brazilian. He suddenly had a bad feeling.
The referee blew the whistle.
Ronaldinho ran up and shot!
The human wall jumped!
"Oh no!" Hierro, who had already jumped, changed his expression.
Ronaldinho did not pick up the football. Instead, he chose to shoot low!
It was a low shot.
The football was close to the ground and rolled quickly. It swept under the human wall and flew straight to the front of the goal.
Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper, Valencia, was focused in the air. Then, when the whistle sounded, he did not see the football in the air and realized that something was wrong. He looked down and saw that the football was already in front of him. He subconsciously stretched out his leg to intercept it, but because his movements were stiff, he sat on the ground.
The football continued to sweep past him and went straight into the net.
*****
“Goooool！”
"One to two! We've recovered a goal! The great Ronaldinho! The omnipotent Ronaldinho! At the crucial moment, it's still up to him! A beautiful and smart goal! Ronaldinho!! Ronaldinho — "Catalonia's commentator shouted himself hoarse. He was so excited that he kept shouting," This is just the beginning! This is just the beginning!! We still have a chance to make a comeback. The Gijón people can't stop us!! "
After the goal, Ronaldinho rushed in front of the goal. He fished the ball out of the net and ran toward the center circle with the football in his arms. The camera was focused on the Brazilian football wizard. There was a happy smile on his face and his famous buck teeth. At this moment, the smile was so charming …
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