If Zhang Qinghuan knew that when he was squeaking from exhaustion on the court, Hu Lai was sitting at home, holding Li Qingqing in his arms and plotting to inform their head coach, he would definitely blurt out his catchphrase.
Fortunately, he didn't really know what was going on in that room in Madrid, so he was able to concentrate on the game.
This game is crucial for Sarria.
Entering the 25th round of the league this season, Saria is ranked ninth with 32 points.
Relegation should be no problem.
If in the end we are just content with staying relegated in the league, it doesn't seem to be that interesting.
Saria just participated in the Europa League a season ago and reached the knockout stages.
The European war has a very profound impact and impression on every player.
So why not try to play in the Europa League again?
This is one reason.
On the other hand, for a mid-tier team like Saria, it is extremely difficult to win the league championship.
Today's football is no longer the same as it was forty or fifty years ago, when there was not much difference between the giants and mid-tier teams.
In the past, it was possible for a small team to win the league championship, but now it is almost impossible.
Especially the La Liga, which is dominated by the three major players in the Spanish Super League, is even more difficult.
In the Premier League, there are also civilian teams like Leeds City that perform miracles.
What about La Liga?
After entering the 21st century, the league championships are all monopolized by three teams: Kings of Madrid, Madrid Pirates and Catalonia United.
The last time a team other than the top three of the Spanish Super League won the league championship was back in the 1998-1999 season. Valentia overcame many obstacles and finally won the cup.
But Valentia is actually a "pseudo-rich club". Like Navigators, they have always been a traditional strong team in La Liga. They are definitely not a "civilian team".
During the time when they won the championship, they were able to overthrow the three giants of Madrid Kings, Catalan United and Madrid Pirates.
And once reached the Champions League final.
It was a pity that they lost to the Bundesliga giant Ruhr Rheinland in the end, and thus achieved the other side's only Champions League championship.
Otherwise, maybe Valentia can rely on that Champions League victory to become a real giant, giving Spanish football a "fourth pole" besides the Kings, Pirates and Catalonia.
A team like Valentia can still dream of winning the league title.
A team like Sarria, which has never won a top league title since its establishment, is a civilian team through and through.
Barcelona, a city that pursues independence and freedom, already has Catalan United, a team that represents their spirit of independence and freedom, and does not really need another team to usurp the title.
Therefore, Saria has always been trying to survive under the pressure and cracks of Catalonia.
The team is not located in the main city of Barcelona, but in a town called Sarria near Barcelona.
So strictly speaking, Saria is not a team from Barcelona.
If Barcelona people also have strong regional discrimination, then Saria can even be expelled from Barcelona.
The biggest goal of such a team every season is first to avoid relegation, and secondly to strive for good results on the basis of avoiding relegation.
If you are lucky and can participate in the European war, that would be even better.
If you want to win the championship honors, you basically can only count on the domestic cup competition.
Because relatively speaking, domestic cup competitions are not taken seriously by wealthy teams.
But even so, it is difficult to win the championship. Because although the giants don't care about the Copa del Rey, the second-tier giants like Sporting Vizcaya, Valentia, and Sevilla Navigator are the king.
The cup is regarded as forbidden.
Saria tried his best this season and relied on good luck to finally reach the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.
In the first round of the semi-finals, they relied on their tenacious defense to force a 0:0 draw in the away game.
Returning to their home court, they decided to finish their work in one game, eliminating Sporting Vizcaya and reaching the Copa del Rey final.
Although they knew before the game that even if they reached the Copa del Rey final, they would still face the powerful Madrid Pirates.
But this is not a reason for Sarria's team to give up their efforts.
If they reach the finals and face a wealthy team, they may lose.
But if they can't even advance to the finals, they won't even be qualified to lose to the giants.
You always have to compete openly and squarely with a wealthy team in the finals, so that the other team can look at you in a positive light and treat you as an equal opponent.
From the beginning of this game, Saria, who returned home, did not place a bus in front of his goal.
They chose to actively press out and attack.
This was completely unexpected by Sporting Vizcaya.
It's just that although Sarria had the advantage on the field, they have never been able to convert the advantage into goals.
So the score is still 0:0.
Zhang Qinghuan knew very well that this score could not be maintained forever. Regardless of Saria's current advantage, if he failed to score for a long time, danger would ensue.
The development of the football match situation is dynamic and always changing.
The team that had the advantage one minute cannot always have the advantage. Maybe it will concede the goal one minute later?
There are many reasons for losing the ball. It may be that the opponent's tactics are more sophisticated, or it may be a defensive error, or the team that lost the ball may have done everything better than the opponent, but it was just a little unlucky and lost the ball...
…The situation was immediately reversed.
So be prepared for danger in times of peace.
Just because we have the upper hand now doesn't mean the team will definitely win.
As the team's brain and offensive organizer, Zhang Qinghuan's task is to think about these problems and solve them.
In fact, Zhang Qinghuan was very tired in this game because the players of Sporting Vizcaya were very strict on his defense.
He always has to keep running, running from one place to another, asking for the ball from his teammates, catching the ball, and then passing the ball out.
At the same time, he also had to compete with Sporting Vizcaya players in the process.
These will greatly increase his physical energy consumption.
Although he has played in La Liga for three seasons, he has somewhat adapted to the rhythm of the game.
However, Sporting Vizcaya is slightly different. This is a very combative team. To put it bluntly, it has a rough style of play and a lot of moves.
So wrestling with them is a real wrestling. Competing with them is also a literal wrestling.
Physical energy consumption will naturally be greater than usual.
As the game time went by, Sporting Vizcaya also found a feeling and gradually began to exert force. The defensive pressure faced by Zhang Qinghuan became more and more intense.
But Zhang Qinghuan doesn't think this is a bad thing, on the contrary, he thinks it is a good thing.
As for the offensive side, they always hope that the game will change, because the offense is the active side and pursues adventure and change. The defensive side is the passive side, and they prefer the game to remain unchanged.
Atlético Vizcaya is quiet but eager to move, wanting to change the situation on the field.
This change means that they have to turn from the original "negative" to "positive". In this process, some loopholes and opportunities will easily appear.
This is from a macro level, but if it's from details, that's why the ball is most likely to be lost when transitioning between offense and defense.
Zhang Qinghuan believes that this is the stage he wants to catch.
When Sporting Vizcaya loses the ball, Saria must immediately attack the opponent's most lethal area.
This requires him to pay attention to the situation on the field in real time and memorize the positions and running routes of the players on both sides.
In this way, when the ball possession transition occurs, he can make the correct judgment in the shortest possible time.
Instead of waiting to get the ball before observing and making decisions.
Now he is on the court constantly observing the situation.
Not only those around him, but also places further away.
He even has to use observation to judge when and in what areas a swap of ball rights is likely to occur.
In the past, whether in Tenglong in the capital or in Anton Shining Star, Zhang Qinghuan actually didn't need to do so much. He only needed to get the ball and then pass it out, or get rid of the defensive player and pass the ball. He could even receive it.
It’s okay to stop the ball after the ball and then take the lead to observe, because the pace of the Chinese Super League is slow and he has far less time to make decisions on the court than now.
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Sarria once again aggressively attacked, but this time they were stopped by the opponent when they reached the 30-meter area of Sporting Vizcaya.
After stealing the ball, Sporting Vizcaya quickly launched a counterattack.
It is common sense that problems tend to occur when the ball is transferred. Sporting Vizcaya also wants to take advantage of Sarria's loopholes in the transition phase of offense and defense to create scoring opportunities.
Zhang Qinghuan went up to intercept him regardless of his own safety.
Although he failed to block the ball, he forced the opponent to not counterattack directly forward and could only pass the ball to the side.
At the same time, due to the temporary shift to the wing, the passing of the Sporting Biscay players was slightly less accurate.
The ball simply passed directly to the foot of Sarria's pressing right back Eneco Arango!
A huge cheer erupted above the Parrot Stadium.
What was originally a counterattack opportunity for Sporting Vizcaya has now become an offensive opportunity for Sarria!
Seeing Arango steal the ball, Zhang Qinghuan quickly turned his head and glanced behind him in the direction of the Atlético Vizcaya penalty area to confirm the positions of the players on both sides.
He noticed that the opponent's defensive formation had not yet had time to take shape due to the sudden change, and there were many gaps between them that could be exploited.
It's a pity that Sarria's offensive players were not ready either.
Faced with this sudden opportunity, they chose to stand still and wait and watch, instead of rushing forward to find an opening near the penalty area.
Only Carlos Torado was actively involved.
So Zhang Qinghuan immediately made a gesture and shouted loudly, signaling Alange to pass the ball to him.
But Alange didn't know whether he didn't hear it or didn't think about it.
The opponent passed the ball directly to his feet, like pie falling from the sky, and he lost his calm judgment and thinking for a while.
After you get the ball, take it forward!
Hu Lai, who saw this scene in front of the TV, shouted regretfully: "Oh! What a fool! Pass it to Brother Huan!"
As a spectator, with his God's perspective, he also saw the opening. As long as Arango passes the ball to Brother Huan in time, he believes that with Huan's ability, he will be able to send the football to the opening and hand it to Torado.
In this way, Saria can directly threaten Sporting Biscay's goal and even score!
But in the Arango area, this possibility is completely gone.
Opportunities in the game are fleeting, and the gaps in the defense will soon be filled. It is impossible for Torado to continue running - if he runs again, he will be offside.
In this case, the best result is actually to re-circulate and control the situation, stabilize the situation, and then change from a sneak attack to a positional battle.
Waiting for the next opportunity that will come up and I don’t know when.