Three minutes later, Sporting de Gijón made their second substitution of the game. Diego Milito was brought off and Marcos came on as a substitute.
Sporting de Gijón's intentions were self-evident by bringing off the team's center forward and bringing in a purely defensive midfielder.
Not long after Marcos came on, he completed a crucial block.
After Baptista's shot was blocked, Navas made a follow-up shot, but Marcos blocked the ball on the goal line.
"Marcos! He made a contribution! "
"Sevilla's offense is getting stronger!"
"Sporting de Gijón is in a bad situation now."
Sevilla got another chance for a corner kick.
Sevilla did not continue with their tactical corner kick. Instead, they continued to change their corner kick tactics.
This time, it was a direct long pass and the ball was kicked to the top of the arc of the penalty area.
Then, the people saw the Brazilian defender, Alves, shoot directly.
The ball was pressed very well and the ball was almost close to the crossbar and out of the end line.
"Just a little bit. If the ball was a few centimeters lower, it would have been a wonderful shot," Dagestino said regretfully for the Brazilian's shot.
"This is a corner kick tactic that Sevilla has designed long ago! There are a lot of changes in their corner kick tactics today. "
Li Ang was on the sidelines, looking at this scene thoughtfully. Although the Sevillans had yet to score from a corner kick, their ever-changing corner kick tactics still made Li Ang's eyes light up, and he was moved by it.
*****
Navas sent the ball over the top.
Baptista stopped the ball with his chest and dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area.
Vermaelen wanted to reach out to pull the ball, but he suddenly remembered that this position was near the penalty area. It was too dangerous to foul in this position, so he could only give up.
Baptista directly spiked the ball and after tricking Vermaelen into moving, he followed up with a long shot.
Vermaelen showed people his defensive talent at this time. In the case of being deceived to lose his center of gravity, his dragging leg still succeeded in blocking the shot, which reduced the power of the shot. Valencia easily held the football.
Valencia immediately ran to the edge of the penalty area and directly threw the ball to launch a counterattack.
"Sporting de Gijón's counterattack is coming!"
Valencia threw the ball to Carlos, who went straight to Sporting de Gijón's captain to send out a long pass. Then, people saw the football in the air, while Ribéry ran wildly on the ground. This was one of Sporting de Gijón's classic counterattack routines.
Ribéry caught up with the football. He dribbled the ball along the flank. When he approached the penalty area, he faced Navarro, who was defending him. He feinted to pass the ball to Di Natale, who was following him. In fact, he suddenly hooked the football and darted past Navarro's side!
After Ribéry broke into the penalty area, he tangled with Castedo and both of them fell to the ground.
*****
The Piss Juan Stadium was in an uproar. The entire stadium was as noisy as the roar of an airplane.
The Sporting de Gijón players raised their hands and cheered. They thought that Castedo had committed a foul and should be given a penalty kick.
The Sevilla players kept waving their hands and rushed to the referee. They insisted that Ribéry had dived and should be given a yellow card. It should be known that Ribéry had already received a yellow card when he committed a tactical foul in defense. If he received another yellow card, it would be two yellow cards and one red, and he would be kicked out immediately. In that case, Sporting de Gijón would be playing with nine people.
Li Ang was a little angry off the field because the referee did not award a penalty kick to Sporting de Gijón in the end. However, the controversial referee also did not give Ribéry a yellow card. He let the Sevilla goalkeeper, Esteban, kick the ball into the goal. There was no foul, no penalty kick, and no diving. Nothing counted.
The Sevilla manager, Caparos, was also very angry. He thought that Ribéry had dived and should be kicked out with a second yellow card. In that case, his team would be playing eleven against nine. At this stage of the game, the advantage in numbers had turned into a huge advantage in physical fitness. It would be the last straw that would crush Sporting de Gijón. Unfortunately, the referee did not listen to him.
*****
No one would have thought that the game between the second place team and the fourth place team in the league would be followed by a very rare dramatic scene.
The Sevilla goalkeeper, Esteban, kicked the ball into the goal, but his foot slipped and he missed the ball. The ball was half a high ball and did not go far.
The Sevilla defender, Castedo, had just escaped a suspected penalty kick and was walking forward with lingering fear when he felt something hit his back. He subconsciously turned his head to look and saw a scene that made all the Sevilla players stunned and desperate.
The ball hit Castedo's back and bounced back, landing right in front of Ribéry, who was walking back.
At this time, Ribéry did not have a single defender beside him. He was behind all the Sevilla players. Behind him was the Sevilla goalkeeper and the goal.
In a sense, Ribéry was in an offside position.
However, this time, Ribéry was not in an offside position.
Ribéry was shocked at first, but then the French youth reacted quickly. He pulled the ball and turned around, charging towards the goal. A few meters behind him was the panicked Castedo who rushed back.
"He's not in an offside position! He's not in an offside position! Ribéry is not in an offside position! "
"The ball was kicked by Esteban and bounced back from his own defender. It was not passed by a Sporting de Gijón player, so Ribéry is not offside!"
*****
This dramatic scene was simply too unexpected. Li Ang saw the situation on the sidelines and was stunned at first, then ecstatic. Of course, he knew that Ribéry was not in an offside position. As a manager, he was very familiar with the rules. At this time, Li Ang was even worried that the referee was not familiar with the rules and would mistakenly call Ribéry offside. In his memory, in the Asian Champions League, there was a West Asian referee who blew away such a counterattack opportunity by a Chinese Super League team.
Fortunately, the situation that Li Ang was worried about did not happen. Although the referee on duty, Gomes, was suspected of being biased towards the home team, in the face of such obvious rules, he did not make a low-level mistake.
Next, everyone saw Ribéry dribble the ball into the penalty area. Facing the Sevilla goalkeeper, Esteban, who was attacking in a flurry, he beautifully knocked the goalkeeper and shot into the empty goal. The Sevilla center back, Castedo, who was desperately trying to defend, only slid into the net with the ball. He was not able to prevent the goal from being lost.
PS: Second update.
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