During the stalemate, the Spanish defender made a mistake and gave his opponent a penalty kick. Of course, Rayo Vallecano would not miss such a good opportunity.
Captain Trasolas personally took the penalty kick.
Facing the Spanish goalkeeper Lopez, who was waiting for him, Terrazolas stepped up to the ball, made a light move, deceived Lopez, and scored with a push shot.
1:0
Rayo Vallecano took the lead.
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Suddenly, the Vallecas Stadium burst into applause and cheers.
Sergio covered his face, realizing that he had underestimated Rayo Vallecano.
This team of Rayo Vallecano is ambitious, fighting spirit and patient, and will never be easy to deal with. Maybe the Spaniard will capsize today.
Sergio quickly walked to the sidelines and shouted: "Be patient, be patient! Don't be anxious! Just cooperate."
However, the Espanyol players had just lost a goal and were so angry that they couldn't bear to calm down.
After kicking off again, the Spanish players played even more impetuously.
Zhao Yang made a cross, and Asensio shot from 30 meters away. The ball flew close to the goal post and flew out of the baseline.
In the 40th minute, the Spanish sideline ball was thrown directly into the penalty area. Zhao Yang shot with an upside-down golden hook, and the ball went higher than the goal frame again.
Seeing Zhao Yang and Asensio take turns shooting, Caicedo also tried a long shot outside the penalty area, but the shot hit the defender.
Then Rayo Vallecano took the ball and launched a counterattack. He passed three passes and two passes. The ball reached the frontcourt. Full-back Dito passed the ball into the penalty area. Forward Guerra headed the ball across. Bangura inserted from the corner of the penalty area and followed up with a kick.
The shot hit the goal post.
This was the last shot between the two sides in the first half. Rayo Vallecano missed the opportunity and could only rely on a penalty kick to temporarily lead the Espanyol 1:0.
Back in the locker room, the home team coach Gamez was still worried about the missed goal at the last moment. He said with regret: "It would have been better if Bangura had scored the goal, but now I always doubt that he will let the tiger go."
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In the visiting team's locker room, head coach Sergio was very dissatisfied with the performance of his players. He thought the players were playing too impatiently.
"Can't you pass more passes? Can't you cooperate more? Why do you have to shoot so urgently?"
"Vallecano is not as weak as we thought, and we are not as strong as we thought. They have suffered three consecutive defeats, and they want to sacrifice us. Come on, we don't want to become their victims."
Sergio encouraged the players before starting to plan the tactics for the second half.
The individual abilities of Rayo Vallecano's team are average, but the cooperation is very tacit. Sergio requires the players to stay in position and not follow the ball. If they are out of position, they will foul and not give Rayo Vallecano's players an opportunity to shoot easily.
The Spaniard's offense is on the contrary, with more cooperation in the midfield and backcourt, and more one-on-one opportunities for Zhao Yang and Asensio in the frontcourt, using their personal abilities to solve problems.
At the beginning of the second half, Rayo Vallecano suddenly changed his rhythm and style of play, launching a high-level press against the Espanyol defender.
The Espanyol team was caught off guard. The defender had no chance to pass the ball forward and was unwilling to take a big kick, so he could only pass the ball back to goalkeeper Lopez.
Rayo Vallecano's pressing in the frontcourt was too fierce. Goalkeeper Lopez made a hasty kick without kicking it, and the ball hit his own player's butt and bounced back.
Former Manchester United player Beibei, who came on as a substitute in the second half, grabbed the ball and quickly drove into the penalty area along the left wing.
Facing the central defender Fuentes who moved sideways to intercept, Beibei swept the ball towards the center of the penalty area.
Gonzalez, another center back of the Espanyol team, tried to kick the ball out, but Guerra, who came in at high speed, was one step faster, flew and shot, and shoveled the ball into the goal.
2:0
Less than a minute into the second half, Rayo Vallecano took the lead by two goals.
Guerra was so excited when he scored that he covered his ears and ran to the sidelines to ask for applause from the fans.
Vallecano's fans not only cheered, but also shouted Guerra's name desperately.
Head coach Gamez jumped up excitedly and punched the air continuously to celebrate this tactical victory.
After the on-site commentator shouted after the fans, he sighed: "This is Gamez's gamble. The Spaniard was really unprepared. The Spaniard's head coach Sergio obviously still lacks a little experience."
"Now the Espanyol team is in difficulty. They need to score three goals in the second half to win. From the perspective of time, it is enough, but from the perspective of strength, the Espanyol does not have the foundation to easily score three goals from Rayo Vallecano."
After being hit in the head by Rayo Vallecano, the Espanyol team woke up from a dream. The opponent was really ready to take all three points today.
They feel that their opponent Rayo Vallecano is very weak, and defeating Rayo Vallecano and getting three points is a sure thing.
Unexpectedly, Rayo Vallecano also felt that they were weak and was preparing to take advantage of the home court to defeat them and get out of the three-game losing streak.
Both sides regard their opponents as food on their own plates.
After realizing this, the Espanyol team quickly stopped underestimating the enemy and worked very hard to deal with Vallecano.
The Espanyol team is still stronger than Rayo Vallecano, especially the personal abilities of Zhao Yang and Asensio in the frontcourt are difficult for them to solve.
Before the last game, Zhao Yang and Asensio didn't cooperate much, and both liked to fight alone. But now that Asensio has opened up, the two have cooperated more, making it even more difficult for Rayo Vallecano to defend.
In the 50th minute of the game, Zhao Yang received a pass from Asensio, moved behind him lightly, passed through the crotch of Bangura who was closely guarding him, and turned around and wiped Bangura.
Zhao Yang went over and faced the defender directly.
Zhao Yang can shoot suddenly, but the defender has nothing to do against Zhao Yang.
Bangura had no choice but to reach out and pull Zhao Yang down.
Beep!
The referee ran over, showed Bangura a yellow card, and awarded a direct free kick in the frontcourt.
This free kick was more than thirty meters away from the goal. Neither Zhao Yang nor Asensio had such a long range.
Asensio passed the ball well and took the ball directly to the penalty spot.
Zhao Yang came to the penalty area and prepared to grab points.
After the whistle sounded, Asensio made a gesture to his teammates in the penalty area and passed a curve ball to the penalty area.
Zhao Yang was originally standing in the crowd, but when Asensio passed the ball, he suddenly rushed out, nodded the ball in front, and rubbed the ball to the back point.
Almost at the same time as Zhao Yang, full-back Rocco rushed from outside the penalty area to connect from behind.
This free kick tactic is not uncommon, but Rayo Vallecano's players originally thought that Zhao Yang was the main attacker, but they did not expect him to rush out to header the ball, nor did they expect Roco to rush into the penalty area to grab the point.
Now all the people being guarded were in confusion, and no one could find the person they were guarding.
The ball flies very fast. If it flies slower, it will be completely impossible to keep up.
The ball came to the player, and Rocco rushed to the top of the ball.
Rayo Vallecano's goalkeeper had already moved over as fast as he could, but he was still a step too slow. He could only watch helplessly as the ball flew into the net against the goal post.
1:2
Roco headed the ball over the top and got a goal back for the Spaniard.