The final meeting between Deportivo and Zaragoza was an "accident" in the Copa del Rey. The two sides only qualified for a head-to-head dialogue after they eliminated Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively. From this perspective, both sides can be considered equal in strength.
Judging from the scene of the game, Zaragoza indeed showed different courage and superb performance. During the halftime break, they actually returned to the locker room with 2 goals and a clean sheet against their opponents.
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Unlike the joyful atmosphere in Zaragoza's locker room, Depor's locker room was a bit dull. The teammates were all waiting for Irueta to turn on the hair dryer. After a moment, the door to the locker room was pushed open with a bang, and Irueta was in full swing.
into the locker room.
"I regret it very much! Why wasn't I included in the match list?" Irueta waved the notepad in his hand: "My dad is better than you in playing football!"
"Coach, I'm sorry!" Wang Ai stood up and bowed his head to admit his mistake: "My performance in the first half was really poor. I didn't have an assist or a shot."
Irueta looked at Wang Ai with a little doubt, then looked down at his performance statistics on the court, and then became furious: "Fart, I haven't sent you on the field yet!"
Uncontrollable laughter rang out in the locker room, and the old captain Fran stood up at this time: "Coach, the young people in Zaragoza are very excited and have a strong impact, but in the second half they don't have much physical fitness.
, let’s replace it with Rey. Judging from Rey’s relaxed mood, he should be in good condition?”
"Besides." Fran, with big eyelids and curly wool, shrugged his shoulders: "Rey cup."
There was another low laugh, and Wang Ai nodded to his teammates amidst the laughter.
Irueta moved his chin and snorted: "If you can't win the game, I will deprive you of the title of king!"
"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor!" Wang Ai took off his hat and saluted.
Irueta calmed down, and the cursing momentum that he had just accumulated has long since disappeared. Fortunately, after Wang Ai and Fran's teasing, the players were in good spirits: "In the second half, we need to take advantage of set pieces more, Rey
You and Juan, Victor, and Diego must work closely together, and Mauro must pay attention to restricting the opponent's No. 21. I can see that this 'Hulu' who has just arrived in La Liga is gaining favor with the giants from us, so get rid of him!
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Everyone nodded. In the first half, David Villa passed and shot, and his performance was extremely eye-catching. But in Wang Ai’s view, Zaragoza was making a desperate move, so the impact was very strong, but from the lineup,
In terms of coordination and other aspects, there is still a clear strength gap with Deportivo.
A professional team, unless it is a life-and-death game of a derby nature, will not easily put in its full effort because the schedule is too long and there are too many games. It must be evenly distributed to win the last laugh. For one game, the fatigue recovery period is ignored.
, it is obviously unwise to ignore the injury recovery period and the state recovery period, even if it is the King's Cup final. Even a giant like Real Madrid will not go all out 100% even when facing the Champions League final.
Unless you are facing Barcelona, a truly desperate "all-out" game is rare. But this is the case with your opponent Zaragoza. They are currently ranked 11th in the league, with no hope of winning the championship and no worries about relegation.
, with Champions League qualification in sight, the Copa del Rey can be their "last game" this season. And Deportivo, which must have two other competitions, the league and the Champions League, is not as good as its opponents in terms of investment level.
But when Irueta injected the special proposition of "Wang Ai's Cup" into this event, at least Wang Ai was not allowed to think more, especially when he frequently returned to China to compete, there was a kind of compensation.
Club ideas.
A few minutes later, the two sides lined up again, and Wang Ai replaced the old captain Fran on the left. But for some reason at the beginning, Zaragoza did not assign a special person to guard Wang Ai, but continued to attack fiercely.
Ko's goal seems to rely on offense instead of defense?
"But is it really okay for you to underestimate me so much?" Wang Ai was determined to teach his opponents a lesson for their contempt.
But in fact, it is not that Zaragoza underestimated Wang Ai, but because of their team style, they are more willing to defeat their opponents in offense to refresh their personal performance, rather than playing the role of offensive destroyer. In addition, in the recent period
Time Wang Ai is relatively "low-key". Except for the last game against Mallorca, he has not played in many games. Even though he had an amazing performance against Monaco in the Champions League group stage, he was not stable. Besides, the last game
The experience of playing almost the entire game made Zaragoza think there would be problems with Wang Ai's physical fitness.
When the opponent only stared at the Depor goal and launched a crazy offensive, trying to take down the "Super Depor", Wang Ai, who had just come on the field, quickly launched two threats. The first time was in the second half.
In the 3rd minute, after Zaragoza's Villa dribbled the ball and was intercepted by Mauro, Naibet found Belleron in the middle with a big kick. Belleron passed the ball diagonally to the left, and then Wang Ai didn't stop the ball.
The ball came as a wide arc pass. The tall center Tristan pressed the opponent's defender and headed the ball towards the goal, but unfortunately it was a little too high.
This attack was so sudden that the entire Zaragoza team did not even react.
The second threat occurred after the first attack failed and the opponent's goalkeeper took a goal kick. The opponent's goalkeeper was frightened and his body was a little weak, so this time the hand throw was not in a good position. Victor, the right midfielder, grabbed it.
There was a scramble for the opponent's defender when they stepped forward. Neither of the two had the ability to completely control the ball. The ball bounced and was caught by Tristan. He was pushed on the back by the opponent's defender and could not turn around, so he transitioned the ball to the left.
After the opponent's attention was attracted by Wang Ai's response, he immediately turned around and ran into the penalty area, raising his hands at the same time.
Just when he turned around and raised his hand, the football had already been passed by Wang Ai. This time it was a rapid half-high ball, with a large arc that almost went straight past the goal. Between the goalkeeper and several Zaragoza defenders,
After flying freely through the narrow passage between them, I accurately "found" Tristan at the rear point.
Tristan didn't even lower his arm. He bent down and pushed it. He wanted to use his forehead, but he only had time to rub his scalp. The ball changed its trajectory slightly, hit the goal post with a bang, and bounced back to the penalty area.
At this moment, the "lightweight" Belleron happened to "float", took the lead from the opponent's defender, and hit the target with a stab.
At this time, just in the fourth minute of the second half, Wang Ai took two shots and made two passes. With the cooperation of his teammates, he changed the score.
The Copa del Rey final inevitably began to tilt towards Depor, who had Rey.
