"Viewers, welcome to watch this quarter-final match of the UEFA Cup in the 2004/2005 season! The two sides are Sporting Gijon from Spain and Parma from Italy. The former is playing again after nearly thirty years.
Returning to the quarter-finals of the European competition, the latter is the former European Cup Winners Cup champion Parma. This is a contest between the super dark horses of La Liga and the established strong teams of Serie A. Parma's current form is a bit bad, and the team's next home has always been
There is no certainty, and they are now deep in the relegation zone. However, the heritage of this team is still there. It will not be easy for Sporting Gijon to withdraw from the Tartini Stadium." Spanish commentator D'Agosti
Nuo said.
"When Italian clubs face Spanish clubs, most Italian clubs advance in the end. At this point, Parma has a huge psychological advantage. As long as Parma shows their form last season,
There is great hope of winning against Sporting Gijon, and the charm of the knockout rounds is that as long as you perform well in this game, you can win the game," said Italian commentator Viviano.
However, at the press conference before the game, when asked about the psychological advantage of Italian football clubs against Spanish clubs, Sporting Gijon’s head coach Liang flatly denied this kind of bullshit psychological disadvantage. He didn’t think so at all.
He doesn’t believe in the so-called psychological advantage. The reason is very simple. Even if the Spanish club lost more than the Italian club before, does this have anything to do with him? Regardless of the long history, Monaco won the French Ligue 1 as a newly promoted team.
League championship, and the Miracle of Ipswich and Nottingham Forest in the English First Division era. Apart from the Miracle of Kaiserslautern, there is no example of a newly promoted team winning the top league championship in the entire European football world in recent years. However,
, isn’t Sporting Gijón currently on the road to creating miracles? Li Ang does not believe in historical results, only in his feet.
Facing the down-and-out Parma, Li Ang was very confident.
In this game, Li Ang's request to the team is to take the initiative and control the rhythm at their own feet. Facing the Italian team, if you are brought into a slow rhythm by the opponent, then you are waiting to be worn to death.
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Parma won the right to pick the side and Sporting Gijon won the right to kick off, which satisfied Liang and meant that the football was at their feet from the beginning of the game.
Sporting Gijon took advantage of the convenience of their kick-off location and resolutely played offensive football from the beginning, especially on the two wings. Today, Liang gave Mata and Ribery important tasks, allowing them to use their speed and technical advantages.
Play big on the wing.
In the 6th minute, Sporting Gijon played a dazzling combination. Di Natale came out to respond. After attracting the attention of many Parma defenders with the ball, the sides suddenly separated.
Franck Ribery suddenly stepped in, took the ball near the baseline, and swept the football towards the goal with his left foot.
This caused chaos in the Parma penalty area. Benzema fell to the ground and tackled the ball. After the ball bounced up, it hit Cannavaro's leg and changed direction. It went straight to the near corner of the goal. Fortunately, Parma's goalkeeper Frei
Before he could move his position, he subconsciously stretched his legs to block the ball. After blocking the ball for a while, the ball went out of the baseline.
"Ah!" Benzema looked very frustrated. He held his head with his hands and was filled with regret. If this goal had been scored, Sporting Gijon would have broken the deadlock early and the game would have been much easier to play.
Li Ang also spread his hands regretfully on the sidelines.
Sporting Gijon gets a corner kick.
Mata drove the football into the penalty area. Ivanovic squeezed away Bovo who was defending him and headed the ball towards the goal. After being touched by Fore, the football went over the crossbar, shocking the Parma fans in the stands.
Breathe air conditioning.
Or a corner kick.
This time, it was Sporting Gijon's tactical corner kick. After passing the football several times, Di Natale passed the football into the penalty area. Modric's header was firmly held in his arms by Frey.
There was a burst of applause in the stands of the Tardini Stadium, which was dedicated to goalkeeper Frey. After the game started, the Frenchman became the busiest Parma player.
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Li Ang shook his head on the sidelines. Frei's condition today is surprisingly good. This is not good news for Sporting Gijon. Sometimes in the game, the goalkeeper who is most afraid of encountering his opponent will explode. At this time, the goalkeeper is like a god.
, no matter how hard you save, what’s more, Frey is by no means an unknown person. This French goalkeeper is definitely one of the top five goalkeepers in Serie A.
In fact, if you only look at Parma's starting lineup today, it is quite good. The goalkeeper is the French Frey, the defense is the center back partner of Cannavaro Jr. and Bovo, the left back is Contini, and the right back is Bo
Nella, at this time Bonera is not yet the striker Nella he was at AC Milan. At this time, Bonera is a popular player and is considered by the Italian media to be Nesta's successor.
In the midfield, there are Simplicio and Vignaroli, as well as the Australian star Bresciano. In addition, on the front line, there is the best striker of Italy's new generation, Gilardino, the 22-year-old Italian striker.
, is considered by the Italian media and fans to be the best striker of this age group in Italy, and giants including AC Milan and Juventus are eyeing Gilardino.
To put it bluntly, Parma's current lineup on paper is stronger than Sporting Gijon, at least in the eyes of many people.
Therefore, it is really disappointing that such a "luxurious team" is now ranked third from the bottom in Serie A.
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Sporting Gijon firmly occupied the initiative on the field, and they increased their attack intensity.
In the 19th minute, after receiving a pass from Carlos, Ribery forced a breakthrough from the ribs and shot. The shot was of good quality, but it was still saved by Frey.
Sporting Gijon's corner kick, the football entered the penalty area, and Frey was attacked and punched out of the penalty area.
Sporting Gijon once again launched an offensive. Ribery controlled the ball at the top of the penalty area. After making a move to cut in laterally, he suddenly separated. Grosso, who had inserted himself, received the ball from Ribery and made some adjustments.
, kicking the ball in and passing the ball.
The football passed over the penalty area and was pushed back by Benzema at the back point. Di Natale wanted to attack again, but unfortunately he was not tall enough. Frei struck decisively and took the football off Di Natale's head.
Parma intercepted the ball and counterattacked.
"The game has been going on for twenty minutes, and what we saw was a battle between Sporting Gijon's offensive players and Frey..." D'Agostino described it in a slightly exaggerated way.
"Fre! He picked up the ball steadily. He used his outstanding state to tell the Gijon people that this road is dead." Italian commentator Viviano shouted excitedly.
On the sidelines, Li Ang touched his chin and stared at the court in deep thought. He encountered a goalkeeper with an explosive talent. It was troublesome.
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