After Modric took the ball, he did a half turn. It was a delicate move that just avoided Harvey's advance.
Then, the Croatian passed a long pass directly, passing the football over the head of the rushing Ronaldinho to Juan Arango, who plugged in.
"Beautiful pass!" Dagestino applauded.
Sporting de Gijón switched from defense to offense. Barcelona was building a defensive line and the field looked chaotic. However, Modric's pass simply made people jump up and applaud. It went straight past the defensive line that Barcelona was building and into their hinterland!
Arango was plugging forward at high speed. He beautifully unloaded the football that flew from behind. Van Bronckhorst's turn was a little slow and he was blocked behind him. Marquis came up.
Arango knew that he did not have much time to control the ball. He did not pose to make a feint. Instead, he was very decisive and directly passed the football into the penalty area. His left foot hooked in an arc.
Diego Milito was running. Puyol was beside him. The latter was aware of the danger and wanted to entangle Milito. However, the Argentine's strong body played a key role. He squeezed Puyol away and then threw himself out!
A diving header!
*****
Before the commentator had time to finish reading the lineup of both sides, Barcelona's pass from the kick-off was intercepted. Sporting de Gijón's counterattack came and the home team's first shot had already appeared.
Sporting de Gijón's quick and beautiful coordination put Barcelona's goal in an instant in danger.
Some Barcelona fans had already stood up in panic.
Barcelona's goalkeeper, Valdés, proved his strength to everyone. He made a move almost at the same time as Milito, who dived for the header. Milito dived for the header, and he threw his body out. The football was pushed out by his single punch!
"A great save! Valdés made his first save of the game. He saved Barcelona's goal! " The Barcelona commentator roared excitedly. He spoke very quickly, but his voice suddenly rose by dozens of decibels. "Oh — danger …"
When Diego Milito snatched the ball in front of the goal, Ribéry appeared like a shadow behind the side of Diego Milito. Diego Milito attracted the attention of the Barcelona captain, Puyol. Then, Milito's header made the Barcelona goalkeeper, Valdés, focus all his attention on him. So much so that no one noticed Ribéry, who was not very tall.
Valdés dived and the football was knocked out of the goal.
Originally, the football could have been hit out of the penalty area. However, an accident occurred. Barcelona's center back, Marquis, and their right back, Belletti, desperately returned to defend. When they saw that the football was saved by their own goalkeeper, Marquis made a slightly "flashy" and difficult clearance move.
He used a barb to break the siege.
However, he made a mistake. After the football was touched by the tip of his foot, it changed direction and hit the chest of Belletti, who was returning to defend. The ball bounced back.
After Milito's shot was saved, Ribéry intended to make up for it. However, Marquis was one step ahead and cleared the ball. Before Ribéry had time to be upset, he saw that the football had returned. He was surprised and ecstatic. However, his movements were not slow at all. He directly fell to the ground and swept the ball.
Barcelona's goalkeeper, Valdés, had just gotten up when he saw Ribéry's rebound shot. He was shocked and fell to the ground to pounce on the ball. However, this time, he was powerless. Before his body's center of gravity completely fell, the football had already swept under his body and flew into the goal behind him!
*****
“Goooool！”
"Marquis came to the rescue! God! The football bounced back! Ribéry! He made up for it! It went in! It went in! A goal has appeared! It's incredible! The game has just started and a goal has appeared! Sporting de Gijón's first attack and they scored with their second shot! One to zero! They're leading at home! "
"Ah!" Li Ang, who was off the field, held his head in his hands and looked at the scene that had just happened in front of Barcelona's goal in disbelief. When the goal came, he did not celebrate wildly this time. Instead, he looked as if he could not believe his eyes. The goal came too suddenly. He did not expect Sporting de Gijón to intercept the ball at the beginning of the game to be able to get a chance to counterattack and get such a good chance to shoot. Then, he did not expect Valdés to be able to block the shot that was close at hand. This made Li Ang feel very regretful. Then, his regret was still on his face. Barcelona's player actually sent the football to Ribéry's feet, and Ribéry got a great chance to shoot. The ball went in!
Before the match, Li Ang had come up with several or even more than a dozen possible scenarios for this match. However, the possibility of scoring a goal in less than a minute of the match had never crossed his mind. That was because Sporting Gihon had focused on defense in the first half of the match. There were not many opportunities for them to counterattack, and there were not many opportunities for them to shoot. Scoring a goal was even more difficult.
But now, they intercepted the ball once, counterattacked once, and shot twice to break through Barcelona's goal!
Banderas and Skrtel also widened their eyes. They could not believe that the ball had gone in. Then, they saw the Barcelona goalkeeper, Valdés, angrily scooping the football out of the net and kicking it out. Only then did they believe that the goal had been scored. Then, the two old men hugged each other, jumping, jumping, and screaming.
On the Sporting de Gijón's bench, the players were also shocked. Then, they realized that they had scored a goal and rushed out of the bench to celebrate.
On the field, the Sporting de Gijón players were also stunned. Even the most optimistic Sporting de Gijón players did not expect their counterattack to succeed.
Then, the players who reacted began to celebrate wildly. Ribéry was screaming and running. Then, he was hugged by Diego Milito. He hugged Ribéry's waist and rolled down. After rolling a few times on the ground, the Argentine even kissed the French scar-faced player's forehead.
This caused a crazy chain reaction among the other players.
Someone leaned down and kissed Ribéry's face.
Sporting de Gijón's goal scorer, who was excitedly celebrating the goal, reacted. He turned over, buried his face in the ground, and raised his butt. If you don't want to kiss my face, kiss my butt if you dare. Then, his butt was slapped by someone. It was Carlos. He shouted, "Well done! Frenchman! "
*****
"What kind of defense is this? What are you doing?! Bastards! " After Valdés vented his anger by kicking the football to the front field, he was still furious. He shouted at his teammates. This goal concede was really inexplicable!
Marquis, who had completed the "reverse hook to break the siege," was still sitting on the ground. He could not believe that his kick to break the siege had been flawed. Then, his teammate's "own goal assist" was given to the Frenchman from Sporting de Gijón, which directly caused the goal concede!
Belletti was also stunned. He was annoyed, and then felt unlucky and wronged. He actively covered the defense, but who would have thought that Marquis would use the reverse hook to break the siege? He even missed the kick. The distance was too close, and he could not avoid it even if he wanted to.
"The Barcelona players must be feeling helpless and aggrieved now. This goal concede came too quickly," González said. "Sporting de Gijón's counterattack was too fast. Milito's first shot could have scored a goal. Valdés made a wonderful save, but he could not make up for the subsequent assist provided by Marquis and Belletti!"
"Even though the goal was scored by Ribery, the previous excellent header was by Milito, and the pass was by Arango, I still have to give the praise to Modric!" Dagestino was a little emotional and shouted excitedly, "His pass was so beautiful, so wonderful! The entire Barcelona defense was directly torn apart! The Croatian found the only way to quickly pass through the midfield! "
Li Ang had already returned to the technical area and sat down with a smug look on his face.
Rijkaard's expression was bitter. As smart as he was, he immediately understood Li Ang's tactics from this goal concede. To be precise, he at least understood Modric's role in this attack …
Fifty-nine seconds into the game, Sporting de Gijón scored. Li Ang VS Rijkaard. First round, Li Ang wins!
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