Sabadell launched an attack, and Santa Malaga prepared for it, deploying lines of defense in their backcourt, especially in the penalty area.
Set up the bus.
Santa Malaga set up a bus in the penalty area, which was a tactic arranged before the game.
In the seventh minute of the first half, Sabadell launched an attack from the left. The winger made a pass. Santa Malaga goalkeeper Miguel jumped high and punched the football out of the penalty area!
Rodriguez, the core of Sabadell's midfield, took the ball outside the penalty area and was about to take a long shot. Pablo flew forward to block it.
Seeing that he had lost his long-range shooting opportunity, Rodriguez dunked with his left foot, preparing to get rid of Pablo and look for a shooting opportunity.
Just when he dunked with his left foot, Pablo decisively stretched out his left foot and broke the football!
"pretty!"
Applause erupted from the Santa Malaga bench. The captain is indeed reliable!
After completing the steal, Pablo immediately looked up to the frontcourt, and then made a long pass.
Quick defensive counterattack!
The football drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew quickly towards Sabadell's half!
"ah!……"
There were exclamations in the stands.
I don’t know if the sun is too dazzling, but Sabadell’s central defender Delmonte missed the spot!
"Chance!"
The Santa Malaga bench became excited and looked expectantly at Liag, who was speeding towards the football. As long as he got the ball, it would be a one-shot!
If this attack succeeds, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to Sabadell!
The next moment, something shocking happened!
Without any resistance, Liage slipped and fell!
"Hahaha!……"
The home fans in the stands were stunned and then laughed happily.
"No!……"
The Santa Malaga bench screamed in pain, damn, what a great opportunity this is, as long as you can get the ball, it's a one-shot...
Antonio and Juan next to him looked at each other, their expressions ugly.
If Liag fell down during the warm-up, it was an accident, but now?
You must know that Liage is indeed a competitive player, which is very abnormal.
What does this mean?
The next game was just as the coaches of both teams predicted before the game. Sabadell dominated the attack and Santa Malaga set up a bus in the penalty area.
The guns roared at the entrance of Santa Malaga. With the tenacious efforts of goalkeeper Miguel and the defenders, the crisis in front of the goal was resolved time and time again.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Santa Malaga once again got a chance to counterattack. Captain Pablo kicked a ground ball about 30 meters long, and the football rolled directly towards Liag.
Liag knew this was his chance to regain face, and he showed off the skills he had learned at Real Madrid's youth academy.
I saw him move to meet the ball, take two steps forward, stretch out his right foot, touch the football with the inside of his foot and then move backward.
When the football just passed the left heel, the right ankle then gently pushed to the left!
Pull the ball with your back to change direction, turn around to get the ball, and accelerate the breakthrough!
Liage did not give the opponent's central defender a chance to steal the ball. He made several moves in one go, which was full of freedom and ease.
Coach Sabadell's face became serious. The rumors may be true. This person should be from the Real Madrid youth training camp!
Antonio breathed a sigh of relief, stood up excitedly, and shouted at Liag who was rushing on the court with the ball: "Push over!"
At this moment, Liage became the brightest star on the court. He broke through the central defender who was defending him, and then used a fake move to get rid of the other central defender who was covering him and went to the penalty area.
!
Sabadell's right back, who was on top of his defense, lowered his center of gravity, made a flying tackle, and flew towards the football with his right foot!
Liage suddenly stopped, his center of gravity moved slightly backward, his right foot lightly touched the football, and he quickly pulled it back.
The right foot stuck to the turf slid past the football and picked up tiny splashes of water!
After Liage pulled the football back, he immediately moved forward to the left, took a big step forward with his right foot, and raised his left foot at the same time!
"Shoot!..."
"The opportunity has come!..."
The Santa Malaga bench was filled with emotion.
The Sabadell bench fell into deathly silence, and the coach came up with the idea of contacting Liag after the game to see if he would like to come to Sabadell to play football.
The next moment, Liage surprised people again. He slipped once again...
"No!……"
The bench of Santa Malaga, full of hope, once again screamed in pain.
"Twice! Twice..."
Juan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his trembling fat hands.
"Yes, twice. Even if we seize one opportunity, we will not be so passive. Damn it, not to mention scoring, we didn't even complete the shot!"
Li Chuanqi, who was sitting on the bench, opened his mouth slightly and looked at Liage who fell on the turf. He secretly made up his mind that he would never touch a woman before the game.
He completely ignored the cruel fact that he didn't even have a girlfriend.
Women are tigers, who said this?
Li Chuanqi nodded silently in his heart, this sentence is correct.
In the rest of the game, Sabadell continued to put pressure on the Santa Malaga defense.
Although Liage was not strong, Santa Malaga's defense was still strong. They formed human walls inside and outside the penalty area, blocking the opponent's attacks time and time again.
Pablo, who was the most desperate, was hit in the face by the opponent's hard shot during a desperate block, causing his nose to bleed.
Pablo showed his iron-blooded side and continued to play after blocking his nostrils with cotton on the sidelines, which made Liag ashamed.
If he had seized one of these opportunities, the game might not have been so tragic.
Pablo's behavior inspired his teammates, who held on tenaciously in the first half, and the two sides could only end the first half with a score of 0-0.
Back in the locker room, Santa Malaga's morale was low. If they continued playing like this, their dream of shocking the whole of Spain in the Copa del Rey would probably come to nothing.
"There is no problem with our tactics."
Antonio encouraged the players: "We expect the opponent to attack aggressively. As long as we defend well and seize counterattack opportunities, we can defeat our opponents."
Liag's face turned pale while he was wiping his sweat on a stool. He blamed himself extremely. If he could control himself last night, then the current situation would be favorable to Santa Malaga and the morale would not be so low.
"In the second half, we stuck to the tactics we used in the first half. As long as we can keep the ball away for a long time, the opponent will become impatient and we will have more and more opportunities!"
Pablo carefully pulled out the cotton from his nostrils and found that his nose no longer bled, his breathing became smoother, and his whole body suddenly felt relaxed.
In this hot weather, it was already difficult to breathe, and two balls of cotton were stuffed in his nose, which made him very uncomfortable.
"What is the purpose of our hard training these two months?"
Pablo took on the responsibility of his captain and the soul of his team. He glanced at his teammates and said in a low voice: "I already said these things last night, but I still want to say them now!
We came here with a dream, we can’t just play one game and then call it a day and go home and live in the D-League!
We must have the determination and confidence to defeat our opponents!”
He turned to look at Liag, who noticed that the captain was staring at him, and his expression became serious.
"Liag, you have to press hard in the midfield in the second half!
Ten minutes! You just have to hold on for ten minutes!"
Liage understood what the captain meant, and he immediately expressed his stance: "Captain, I will risk my life in these ten minutes!"
Pablo turned his attention to other players, and finally set his sights on Li Chuanqi.
"After you play in the second half, just do it boldly. No matter what the result is, we will support you!"
The second half was about to come on, and Li Chuanqi nodded fiercely.
After a fifteen-minute intermission, the players from both sides walked out of the locker room.
