He arranged for Baraja to target Carlos and find a way to take Carlos off the field. Fortunately, Baraja himself was sent off.
At this moment, Ranieri thought of one word in his mind: defeat!
As the team's head coach, he is very aware of Baraja's role in the team. Now that such a key midfielder has been sent off, the impact on Valencia can be imagined.
Ranieri began to consider substitutions. His eyes swept around the bench, and finally landed on Fiore, who joined Valencia as a 'debt' that Lazio could not afford to repay Mendieta's transfer fee.
Fiore from West Asia still has Ranieri's trust.
"Stefano! Go warm up!" Ranieri shouted to Fiore, who quickly stood up, put on a yellow vest, and followed the assistant coach to warm up.
At this time, Baraja could only leave in frustration after his pleas failed.
Ranieri still showed his good-natured side at this time. He did not express his anger because Baraja failed to complete the task, but instead made things worse. He came up to shake hands with Baraja and even comforted Baraja.
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Li Ang saw this scene from the far side and couldn't help but curl his lips. The old man was quite good at winning people's hearts.
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Baraja was sent off with a red card, and Valencia had not yet had time to make personnel and tactical adjustments. This was a good opportunity for Sporting Gijon to launch a massive attack.
With Li Ang's big wave of his hand on the sidelines, the situation on the court was turbulent.
Sporting Gijon suddenly stepped up their offensive.
Albertini got the ball in the midfield, and Di Natale ran out of the penalty area and raised his hand to ask for the ball. Just when people thought Albertini was going to pass the ball to Di Natale, he suddenly passed a ball with a huge transfer range.
The diagonal ball was like a scalpel cutting through the curtain. With a stab, Valencia's defense was torn open.
The ball was passed to Modric. After he received the ball from the wing, there was a large blank area in front of him. He adjusted the ball diagonally and rushed towards the penalty area with the ball.
Navarro tried his best to fight back. He knew that the Croatian was not a very fast player and there was no hope of catching up with him.
Seeing Navarro catching up, Modric suddenly stopped and pulled the football to avoid Navarro's tackle!
Then, the Croatian young man looked up at the penalty area, kicked off, and passed in!
Diego Milito showed his true qualities as a goal-scorer. He was originally running towards the middle, but suddenly stopped midway, turned back, and ran towards the front point!
At this time, Modric's pass also arrived!
Milito fell to the ground and shot!
Valencia goalkeeper Canizares' reaction speed is amazing. Although there is usually a lot of criticism about this veteran goalkeeper, his performance at this moment is amazing.
He fell to the ground very quickly and threw himself sideways.
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Canizares caught the football!
Milito's shot didn't go in!
The Sporting Gijon players originally planned to raise their hands to cheer for the goal, but when they saw the football being saved, they lowered their raised hands in regret.
As for the Valencia fans in the visiting team's stands, when they saw the football being thrown out by Canizares, they shouted Canizares's name excitedly and saved the ball. This is almost equivalent to continuing to retain Valencia's goal.
The Lencians hope to equalize the score!
They prepared to chant Canizares's name, but just as the first syllable was spoken, the situation in front of the door suddenly changed.
Canizares tried very hard to catch the football for the first time. This was already his best effort. He had no energy left to shoot the football further, and the football fell in front of the goal. As a goalkeeper, Canizares naturally
Knowing that it is safest to completely control the football in his own hands, he almost rolled and crawled to throw the football under him.
Ribery was originally going to rush in to grab the spot in the middle. This would have caused him and Milito to rush to the middle at the same time, which would interfere with each other. However, Milito suddenly ran forward and completed the tackle shot very beautifully.
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Ribery was a little happy, but also a little regretful. He was happy that Milito was about to score. Unfortunately, the goal was not scored by himself. Then his unexpected shot did not go in, but was saved by Canizares.
What I didn't even expect was that the ball he saved happened to land not far from his feet!
God-given opportunity!
Ribery, who was about to shoot, already felt the shadow in front of him. It was goalkeeper Canizares coming towards him!
How could Ribery let the fat he got slip away?
He chose the safest way to shoot. He fell directly to the ground and scooped up the ball.
The football jumped up after being tackled by him, flew past the face of Canizares who was falling on the ground, and fell into the goal behind him. Ribery was knocked to the ground by Canizares.
However, the result is beyond doubt!
The ball went in!
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"Goooooooooooooooooooool!"
"Frank Ribery! He scored! He and goalkeeper Canizares fell together. Is this a foul for charging into the goalkeeper? No! The referee signaled that the goal was valid! Sporting Gijon expanded its lead at home
Advantage, they now lead Valencia three to one!"
"Oh oh oh oh! The goal is scored! Beautiful follow-up shot! Sporting Gijon leads the defending champion by two goals! Look! Look at Coach Li Ang's excitement on the sidelines, ha, it's like he is the one who scored the goal!
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"Sporting de Gijon rewrote the score to three to one! The defending champion is in big trouble, Ranieri is in big trouble, Baraja was sent off with a red card, and now, the third goal is conceded! Ranieri's team is facing
Can they overcome this difficulty? They don’t have much time, there are less than twenty minutes left in the game!!”
The camera showed a close-up of the two head coaches. In one shot, Li Ang pumped his fists into the sky, opened his mouth and roared. A little further away, Ranieri was standing on the sidelines, and the coach scratched his hair in pain... It seemed that he was worried about the current situation.
Situation: Nothing can be done!
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There is really nothing we can do.
Although Ranieri then replaced Rufete with Fiore, who had done little in today's game. Then he replaced Angulo with the 26-year-old Spanish striker Mista, but Valencia's attack
Still no improvement, but Sporting Gijon's counterattack was sharp. If it weren't for the outstanding performance of veteran goalkeeper Canizares, they might even continue to concede goals!
Li Ang looked at the time. It was already the ninety-minute mark of the game, and the regular time of the game had run out.
It’s time for injury time!
The fourth official walked to the sidelines and held up a sign indicating injury time - three minutes.
Ranieri anxiously waved his hands on the sidelines and asked the players to press forward and forget about defending. The score is still 1 to 3, and Valencia is two goals behind!
Ranieri was pacing the sidelines anxiously. He had realized that there was no way to save the game, but he still hoped that the team could score another goal. For the defending champion Valencia, they lost to the newly promoted team.
There is no difference in the result whether Sporting Gijon's score was 1 to 3 or 2 to 3, but in terms of details, it was more or less a saving grace.
Li Ang was also on the sidelines, but he did not roar or direct the team's defense. He seemed very quiet. He stood outside the sideline with his hands in his pockets, watching the game unusually quietly.
At this time, the coach basically has nothing to do. The adjustments that need to be made have been made long ago. Everyone knows what needs to be said. What's the use of yelling?!
Moreover, Li Ang knew that no matter how indiscriminately Valencia bombarded him, he believed that his team could hold on. Because, on the one hand, Valencia's offensive, with one less player, was loud and heavy, and did not really threaten Greece.
Hong Jingjing’s goal, and the other thing is that Li Ang knows that his players are eager to win the game. They want to complete the revenge of being double beaten by their opponents in the Spanish Super Cup before the season. They want to dedicate the victory to Mata who is recovering from injury. This group of people is better than
As a head coach, he will not allow the victory to slip away.
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Finally, three minutes of injury time arrived.
As Fiore dribbled the ball and was intercepted by Carlos, Valencia lost possession of the ball and the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
At this moment, the head coach of Sporting Gijon could no longer be quiet. He took his hands out of his trouser pockets, then ran with his arms open, and even jumped up and raised his arms vigorously in the air!
What he did was the other players and coaches who rushed out from the bench.
They were so happy!
The reason why they are so excited is not only because they won the game, defeated the defending champion, and avenged their double loss to their opponents in the Copa del Rey before the season.
Even more because, a minute ago, on another field, Sevilla was tied 1-1 by Mallorca at home!
what does that mean?!
This means that Sporting Gijon has obtained three points after winning Valencia. In this case, now:
They are second in the league!
PS: The 4th update, and the second guaranteed update.
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