Pepe's long shot was like a cannonball, flying straight towards the goal.
When Esteban, the Sevilla goalkeeper, saw the flash of white light, he immediately leaped into the air and made a diving motion.
"Oh no!"
When he was in the air, Esteban had a bad feeling that he might not be able to stop the ball.
In fact, that was exactly what happened. The football went past his hands and continued to move forward. With unstoppable momentum, it crashed into the net behind him.
Pepe's long shot was far from the goal. The power of the shot was so great that the people in the stands only saw a flash of white light, and then the football crashed into the goal and swung the net.
It was an earth-shattering goal!
At that moment, the entire stadium was almost silent.
The first people to react were the Sporting de Gijón fans in the away team's stands. They jumped up from their seats with their hands in the air and shouted excitedly.
Then came the excited roar of the commentator. Dagestino's excited voice roared, "Goooool!" After shouting this excited word, he continued to shout, "God, this is crazy! In the last ten seconds before the end of the first half, a long shot thirty-six meters away from the goal scored! The goal came from Pepe, from the center back Pepe, a goal that people can't believe! "
There were two meanings to his words of disbelief. One was that there was such a super long shot just as the whistle was about to blow at the end of the first half. The other was that the goal was actually scored by the young center back Pepe!
Everyone was shocked by the goal. Even the Sporting de Gijón players on the field were shocked by the goal. Many people could not believe what they had seen. Logically speaking, after a teammate scored a goal, they should have gone up to celebrate together. However, they were first stunned. They were also stunned by the goal. After about a few seconds, they exploded and rushed towards Pepe, who had scored, to celebrate the goal crazily.
Vermaelen hugged Pepe and shouted enviously, "Man, you're amazing! You're amazing! "
"I knew I could score when I went up!"
Pepe laughed proudly. He did not know what it meant to be shy.
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"I don't believe that this goal was scored by Pepe! This is a goal that a center back can shoot! Even if he shoots like this a hundred times, he won't be able to score another goal! " Seville's commentator looked depressed. "But he scored a goal like that, and Sporting de Gijón took the lead … We were eleven against ten, and we even took the lead early on, but now we're two against one. That's not right."
"Pep! Pep! What an incredible goal! The timing of the goal, the way the goal was scored, and the person who scored the goal were all incredible! Well done! Pepe! "Gihon's commentator was so excited that he almost jumped up and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Sevilla's goalkeeper, Esteban, scooped the football out of the net and kicked it out as if he was venting. He was really depressed. Including this goal, the opponent only had four shots in the entire first half of the game. Three of them hit the goalpost, so there were two goals! Especially conceding a goal at the end of the first half of the game, it was simply too much of a blow.
The Sevilla manager, Caparos, stared blankly at the field. Then, he cursed. He wanted to scold someone, but he realized that he did not know who to scold. Scold the players? To be honest, the players were not responsible for this goal concede. Such a goal concede had little to do with the players. It was really not a crime.
Caparos sighed. His players had the advantage in numbers, and they were the first to score, but now they were two against one. Moreover, the one who scored such a wonderful goal was actually Pep, the center back. This was simply — f * * king dog!
On the other side, Li Ang rushed out of the technical area to celebrate the goal. Then, he high-fived and hugged his assistant to celebrate this' unplanned 'goal.
Yes, this was an 'unplanned' goal, a goal that even Li Ang did not expect. Li Ang's excitement was indescribable. He really did not expect Pep to score such a super long shot. It really stunned him.
"Little brat, this time I have to reconsider the tactics that I just thought of for the second half of the game," Li Ang scolded jokingly.
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The referee, Gomes, then blew the whistle to end the first half of the game. The first half of the game ended, and Sporting de Gijón temporarily led Sevilla by two to one in the away game.
Li Ang stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel and hugged every player in the starting lineup. The team had reversed the score with a player down, and these players deserved his praise.
Every player's face was filled with excitement and pride. It was not easy for them to play in this half of the game. To be able to get the current score and receive such courtesy from the manager, they should be proud.
The Sevilla players looked at this scene with complicated expressions. They quickly passed through the players' tunnel. They were stimulated by this scene and were hit by the goal concede at the last moment of the first half of the game.
Later, after returning to the away team's locker room, the team captain, Hierro, who had returned to the locker room early after being sent off, was also very excited. The Sporting de Gijón captain thanked his teammates for their hard work. When he learned that the team had reversed the score and led Sevilla by two to one, Hierro was very happy. His guilt from being sent off finally eased a little.
Li Ang praised the players again during halftime, praising their tenacious fighting spirit.
At the same time, for the second half of the game, Li Ang once again emphasized the team's tactics: defensive counterattack!
Now, Sevilla was behind in the score. Obviously, this was a score that the home team could not accept. In the second half of the game, Sevilla was bound to attack crazily. Under such circumstances, Sporting de Gijón, who were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, had no other choice but to use defensive counterattack.
"Defensive counterattack." Li Ang said, "The focus is on defense. We are down one player, so this requires more effort from everyone. You can retreat appropriately. Don't be entangled with them in the front field. Do well in the defense and protection of the 20-meter area in front of the penalty area."
It was the same defensive counterattack, but the details of Li Ang's arrangement this time were very different from before. He did not ask the players to press the defense all the time. This was because they were down one midfielder and were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. If they pressed the defense all the time, the players' physical energy consumption would be huge, and they might be exhausted. Therefore, Li Ang drew a line of defense for the team. Defend the penalty area, defend the 20-meter area in front of the penalty area. This could be said to be the true definition of a turtle's defense.
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Of course, they could not only defend, they also needed to attack.
"Don't forget to counterattack!"
"While defending well, sneak attack them when you have the chance."
"The purpose of defense is not to concede the goal. As time goes by, let the Sevilla players become impatient, and then it will be time for us to counterattack. What I want is efficiency and speed, the speed of counterattack, the efficiency of scoring goals! Teach the Sevilla players a good lesson and tell them that even if we are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, we can still beat them. "When he said this, the corners of Li Ang's mouth curled up, but it looked a little sinister.
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