"Van Heuydunk! A header! It's too high! "The commentator roared.
"This is Fenerbahçe's third shot in less than ten minutes!"
"Fenerbahçe's offense is very fierce. Sporting de Gijón seems to be in a passive position!"
Li Ang sat in the technical area. He was quite calm except for the slight surprise of van Heuydunk's header. He stood up slightly to take a look.
Fenerbahçe's fierce attack was within his expectations. He was mentally prepared for the difficulty of this away game and had a response. There was nothing to worry about. Besides, it was useless to worry.
For Sporting de Gijón, as long as they did not concede a goal, it was good news!
Sporting de Gijón was not inexperienced. In fact, the Sporting de Gijón team had seen attacks more fierce than Fenerbahçe's many times. Not to mention other things, the attacking ability of powerhouses like Real Madrid and Barcelona was more than twice as strong as Fenerbahçe's. They had experienced it. Fenerbahçe's offense could not be compared to the two powerhouses. What really worried Li Ang was the fanatical atmosphere in Fenerbahçe's Saragioğlu Stadium and its impact on the game.
We often talk about the home advantage. Why do teams generally perform better at home than away games? It was because at home, they had tens of thousands of people supporting and cheering them on. For the away team, the enemy they faced was not only the opponents on the field, but also the tens of thousands of fans in the stands.
Generally speaking, the home team's fans would not keep booing the away team's players. There was another situation, that was, some home team's fans would only boo the opponent's important players.
However, the fanaticism of Fenerbahçe's fans was reflected in that as long as Sporting de Gijón's fans touched the ball, the boos would immediately be like a tsunami. Unless the ball was switched to Fenerbahçe's side, the boos would not stop.
The overwhelming boos and insults, playing in such an environment was simply torture for many players with poor psychological quality.
The Sporting de Gijón players on the substitutes' bench also had solemn expressions. Even on the substitutes' bench, they felt nervous. Every time Fenerbahçe attacked, the almost suffocating sound from the stands made their hearts beat faster. For the first time, they got to know what Turkey's devilish home court was like.
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Fenerbahçe's possession.
Aurelio took the ball and Ivanovic went up to snatch it. The former did not hesitate and flicked his foot to pass the football out.
Juan Carlos closely followed Fenerbahçe's Baqi as he ran towards the football. He made up his mind that if the other side stopped the ball, he would stick close to him and force him away from the goal. If the other side intended to shoot directly, he would use his foot to tackle.
However, what Carlos did not expect was that Baqi did not stop the ball or do a long shot. Instead, he directly passed the football out. His target was van Hoydunk in front of the goal.
The 193cm tall Dutch high school winger had his back to the goal. Such a big guy turned around very slowly, so it seemed that Fenerbahçe's attack was temporarily delayed here.
However, a scene that left the Gihon people dumbfounded appeared.
Van Hoydunk lifted his leg and faced the football. He looked like he was going to stop the ball, but he directly used his heel to knock the ball behind him!
"Heel knocking the ball!"
"I seem to see a giant playing the piano with his foot."
Tuncay, who followed up, faced the football and shot a cold shot!
The football almost brushed against the post and went out of the end line, hitting the side net.
Li Ang almost jumped up in shock. The football hit the side net and he almost thought that he had lost the ball. He had to admit that the Turkish team had some skills. The attack coordination this time was very beautiful: Fenerbahçe's advancing speed was very fast, Baqi's distribution of the ball was very timely, and the high school winger van Hoydunk's heel knock was very imaginative. In just a short while, Sporting de Gijón's seemingly stable defensive line had a slight gap. Then, Tuncay's impact was very strong and his cutting speed was very fast. Pepe could not keep up with Tuncay's footsteps. It was only because Tuncay was not calm enough that his shot was a little rushed. Otherwise, it would be dangerous.
Fenerbahçe's attack this time shocked all the Gihon people out of cold sweat. It also made their home ground cheer like a volcanic eruption for this attack.
Li Ang's back was cold. He was shocked.
The players were also taken aback.
The good news was that the game had already been going on for ten minutes. Although Fenerbahçe's attack was fierce, they had not been able to score a goal. The score on the field was still 0: 0!
Before the game, Manager Li Ang had emphasized to them that the ten minutes after the start of the game was the most dangerous. They must resolutely avoid losing the ball. After these ten minutes, the opponent's attack might be a little restrained and slow down the pace. Of course, this did not mean that there was no danger after ten minutes. It just meant that Sporting de Gijón had passed the most dangerous juncture after the start of the game!
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Attack and attack!
Goal, widen the score!
Fall behind, catch up!
Run and run. Be robbed, snatch it back. Use your own strength and fierceness. This was the characteristic of Turkish football.
They used their 'blood' and 'violence' to create their own football characteristics. In addition, Turkish football valued spiritual will.
Li Ang had been studying Fenerbahçe and Turkish football these days. This was his understanding of Turkish football.
He also found an interesting piece of news. During the 2002 World Cup, the manager of the Turkey national team, Terim, once recalled an incident when he was playing football. There was a game where they lost by only one goal. However, after the game, the team's manager, Devaal, taught Terim, who was playing as a center back, a lesson. There was only one reason. Devaal scolded Terim angrily and asked him why he did not press forward at the last moment of the game. Why did he not attack like a warrior?! After all, Trim was just a fullback!
This anecdote could be used as a reference to explore the characteristics of Turkish football.
Take Fenerbahçe as an example. This was a team that, even if it fell, it would fall on the road of charging forward!
Li Ang's attitude towards such a screaming and crazy attacking team was: I will not refuse anyone!
Although Fenerbahçe's offense made him nervous, in fact, for Li Ang, he liked such an opponent team too much!
Sporting de Gijón's efficient defensive counterattack was the nemesis of such a team!
This was also the reason why he had a certain amount of confidence in this game and the ideal result in this difficult away game. Of course, the prerequisite was that his players had to play at their normal level.
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