Amid the cheers of Espanyol fans, Zhao Yang stepped into the Vallecas Stadium again. There was no response from the check-in system. Zhao Yang determined that the stadium did not have enough football.
It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t sign new skills. Zhao Yang already has a lot of skills now. Rayo Vallecano only achieved 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the first eight rounds of this season, ranking 15th in the league. Zhao Yang doesn’t think they can
What a threat it poses to the Espanyol team.
Not only Zhao Yang thinks so, everyone in the Espanyol team is full of confidence in this game.
A team that focuses on offense. In the summer, Bueno, who scored 16 goals, Baptisto, who scored 7 goals, and Kakuta, who scored 5 goals but had 7 assists, were transferred in the summer.
The field is still complete, and there is still some strength left.
It can be said that Rayo Vallecano's record this season is in line with their strength.
If you don't have the confidence to win against such a team, the Spaniard may be in danger of relegation this season.
After experiencing three consecutive defeats, Rayo Vallecano seemed to have recognized the reality. He lined up a 451 lineup for this game, preparing to compete with the Spanish team in the midfield.
Goalkeeper:25-Tonio
Four defenders: 2-Tito, 27-Llorente, 18-Castro, 15-Late
Five midfielders: 8-Baena, 10-Trasoras, 19-Bangura, 20-Albert, 21-Hosabed
Single forward: 24-Gerra
Zhang Dong sat on the bench as expected.
Seeing that high center Manucho, who scored 5 goals last season, did not start, the on-site commentator was a little strange. He joked: "Vallecano coach Gamez is a well-known character coach in La Liga and often makes tactical innovations."
In the last game, Gamez unexpectedly had a fierce battle with Barcelona at the Nou Camp, and finally lost 2:5. This game was hidden from Manucho. No one knew what kind of play he wanted to play.
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The Spaniard still has a 442 formation, goalkeeper: 13-López, four backs: 6-Rocco, 18-Fuentes, 22-Gonzalez, 23-Albila; four midfielders, 4-Sanchez,
The difference from the past is that Zhao Yang was moved to the forward position and partnered with Caicedo.
After the game started, the Spaniard turned away and launched an attack on Rayo Vallecano from the first minute.
Although Rayo Vallecano arranged a 451 formation, the offensive consciousness engraved in the players' bones will not be lost. They launched a fierce competition with the Spaniard in the midfield.
In the 5th minute of the game, Rayo Vallecano relied on his numerical advantage to complete the steal in the midfield.
Albert split the ball, and Batra dribbled the ball from the wing to the baseline.
Rayo Vallecano's counterattack was decisive, and the players advanced fiercely. Before the Spaniard had time to organize his defense, Bartra passed the ball across the penalty area.
Fortunately, Guerra was the only one in the center of Vallecano to grab the ball, and the ball was headed out by defender Gonzalez.
Gonzalez only made a hasty clearance, but the ball fell right in front of captain Victor Sanchez who was returning to defense. Sanchez headed the ball and passed it to Asensio.
After scoring a hat-trick of assists in the last game, Asensio seemed to have opened up the two channels of Ren and Du. Facing the incoming ball, he didn't stop and directly volleyed the ball towards the frontcourt.
After eight rounds of the league, Caicedo and Asensio also had some tacit understanding. He suddenly accelerated, threw away the defender, and entered the meeting alone.
Goalkeeper Tonio made a quick attack and rushed out of the penalty area to block Caicedo's one-on-one goal.
The goalkeeper struck too quickly and the angle for Caicedo's shot was too small. Caicedo moved the ball horizontally, intending to pass Tonio.
Tonio was about to pounce on the ball at Caicedo's feet, but this time he just missed him.
However, Caicedo's ball was a little too big. Bangura, who was back on defense from Rayo Vallecano, arrived at high speed and shoveled the ball out of the sideline.
The Espanyol fans thought it was a dream start, but they didn't expect it to be a wild rejoicing, and they couldn't help but sigh. Caicedo was still a bit rough, and Zhao Yang would probably have scored.
Rayo Vallecano, who had lost three games in a row, obviously didn't want to get just one point at home. They started five midfielders just to control the Spaniard's offensive starting point. In the 9th minute, Rayo Vallecano full-back Tito was
A super long pass was passed behind the ball, and the ball was passed directly to the feet of full-back Albert.
Albert stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it across to his forward Guerra.
Guerra quickly followed up and shot the ball without stopping.
Guerra overestimated his shooting skills, and his volley shot flew high over the top of the goal.
Goalkeeper Lopez took the goal kick with a big kick, crossed the midfield and went directly to his forward.
Rayo Vallecano's defender grabbed the spot and pushed the ball back.
The ball was grabbed by Spanish defender Gonzalez, who tipped the ball to Perez.
Perez stopped the ball with his chest, flicked the ball past the defender, and passed the ball to Asensio.
Asensio makes a long pass to find Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang was closely guarded by Rayo Vallecano and had difficulty controlling the ball, so he could only header the ball to Caicedo.
Caicedo was also surrounded by Rayo Vallecano players and could not find a chance to shoot. He saw his midfielder Alvarez coming in from the wing and immediately pushed to the wing to find Alvarez.
Alvarez went down at high speed and passed the ball back to Zhao Yang who was following.
Zhao Yang was blinded by interference from the defender, and he hit the ball with a blast.
The ball roared straight towards the goal.
Rayo Vallecano's goalkeeper flew to save the ball, but did not touch the ball.
Just when the Espanyol fans were about to cheer, the ball hit the crossbar hard and bounced out.
"well!"
The Spanish fans at the scene let out a huge sigh.
It was another great opportunity to score, but Zhao Yang's ball handling was a bit poor.
If you don’t take what God has given you, you will suffer backlash.
At this moment, Espanyol fans are worried that if the Spaniard fails to seize the opportunity, will he be counterattacked by Rayo Vallecano?
Soon the Spaniard felt that his worries were unnecessary. Two minutes later, Rayo Vallecano made a pass from the wing. Forward Guerra failed to stop the ball in the penalty area due to the interference of Spanish defender Gonzalez. Albert grabbed the ball.
At the second point, he shot from the small penalty area line, and the ball hit the post and bounced out.
Guerra grabbed the spot and shot again, but the ball missed and flew directly out of the baseline.
The on-site commentator said humorously: "The players on both sides are too polite. No one wants to score first."
After the game started, both sides had opportunities, but neither took them. Then, the game entered a stalemate stage, with both sides fighting in the midfield. Except for set kicks, it was difficult for them to directly threaten the opponent's goal.
Regarding the difficulty of the game, the Spaniard was obviously not as well prepared as Rayo Vallecano. They were unable to score for a long time and the players were a little impatient.
In the 30th minute, Zhao Yang broke through and was knocked down, winning a free kick in the frontcourt.
Asensio's cross almost resulted in an own goal from Rayo Vallecano's defender.
Immediately after Vallecano launched a counterattack, the defender passed the ball diagonally from the left over the top. Albert stepped in for offside, and without stopping the ball, he directly volleyed sideways and pushed the ball towards the center. Forward Guerra followed up in the center to grab the shot.
Spanish defender Rocco reached out in desperation and pulled Guerra down.
Beep!
The referee ran over and showed Rocco a yellow card and awarded a penalty kick.