195. Chapter 195 The audience is pressing VS iron barrel formation (2)
The intermission went by very quickly and passed in the blink of an eye.
Players from both sides returned to the court and continued the game.
At the beginning of the second half, the Spaniards did not make much adjustments to their tactics, nor did they make any substitutions. They still relied on defensive counterattacks.
Sevilla did not make substitution adjustments because Emery did not know whether the Spaniard would adjust his tactics in the second half. He preferred to play for a while in the second half before making substitutions.
After the game started, Sevilla still had the ball and they surrounded Espanyol in the half.
However, the Spaniards did not shrink as much as they did in the first half, and their defense expanded slightly.
Although the Iron Barrel Formation can make the opponent uncomfortable, it also affects the attack speed of one's side.
The Spaniard is not without any ambitions in the away game.
The two sides fought back and forth for almost ten minutes before Emery finally decided to make a substitution.
Although Emery looked polite, his substitutions were very bold. In the 55th and 605th minutes of the game, he replaced forward Gameiro and high center forward Lute, respectively, while starting forward Immobile did not come off.
Sevilla changed the formation into a 433, with veteran center Lue Lunte in the middle.
With the high center as the fulcrum and Gameiro and Immobile as two flexible point-grabbing players, Sevilla gave up the short passing penetration they were good at and played long passes and crosses from the wing.
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This style of play is simple and crude, but when dealing with the Iron Barrel Formation, this simple and crude style of play is the most practical.
In the 65th minute of the game, Sevilla midfielder Banega passed the ball directly into the penalty area. Llorente jumped high and beat Alvaro with a header.
There was nothing sudden about Sevilla's cross. Alvaro and Roco were also in their defensive positions. However, Llorente was too tall, 1.93 meters tall, and he was particularly good at heading the ball. Alvaro
Luo tried his best to get stuck but could not prevent Llorente from grabbing the spot.
Fortunately, Alvaro's blocking also interfered with Llorente. Llorente was unable to fully exert his strength and the ball was confiscated by goalkeeper Paulo Lopez.
Although this attack did not work, the Sevillans saw the dawn of breaking the opponent's iron barrel formation.
Sevilla has the ball in hand and has a lot of opportunities for crosses from the wing. Even if Llorente cannot grab the landing spot, he can put great pressure on the defender and prevent the player from passing the ball to his goalkeeper.
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Llorente's biggest threat is his header pass, which allows Sevilla to cooperate near the Spaniard's penalty area.
With Sevilla's ability to pass and cut, allowing them to cooperate calmly, it would be difficult for the Spaniards to defend.
In the 70th minute of the game, Sevilla broke through from the wing and passed in. Llorente headed the ball towards the goal, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.
Gameiro grabbed the spot and shot a header, but the ball was cleared by the defender on the goal line.
Sevilla gets a corner kick.
Banega took a corner kick, Llorente headed the ball over, and Immobile followed up to grab the point and hit the ball towards the goal with his chest.
Defender Alvaro used his body to block the ball again.
Sevilla's continuous attacks frightened the Spaniards.
Seeing that the intensive defense could no longer be defended, Sergio was very decisive this time. He immediately asked the players to give up the intensive defense and expand the defense line to prevent the opponent from passing the ball easily and no longer give the ball to the opponent.
This is almost the style of play at the beginning of the first half.
But now the Sevilla people have no way to press the whole game.
Because Llorente is a high center forward, he is 30 years old, and he does not have the physical ability to press the opponent's defender.
Moreover, the game lasted seventy minutes, and players on both sides felt tired. At this time, it is very difficult to press with high intensity.
Emery stood on the sidelines and saw his opponent expanding again, and secretly cursed Sergio for being cunning and shameless.
But Emery can't replace Llorente at this time, because given the shamelessness of the opponent, if Llorente is replaced, maybe they will continue to set up the iron barrel formation.
However, as long as the opponent does not set up a steel barrel formation, Emery is not afraid no matter how he fights. He believes in the abilities of his players.
The only thing that worries Emery is Zhao Yang and Asensio, both of whom can change the situation of the game with their own personal abilities.
The on-site commentator He Wei also laughed and said: "Sergio is not an excellent coach, but he changed his mind very quickly. Emery couldn't do anything about him."
The game continues.
At the 75th minute, the score was still tied at 2:2.
At this time, Sergio also had the idea of winning. He waved his hand and asked Moreno to come on, replacing midfielder Sanchez, and played a 433 formation with three forwards.
Sergio was taking a risk, but he took the risk. The team is still 3 points ahead of fourth place Celta Vigo. Even if they lose, the Spaniard can sit firmly in the fourth position in the league.
Moreno is simply a lucky star for the Spaniards.
When he came on the field, his opponent Sevilla was serving a touchline ball.
The ball was sent over, but was destroyed by a kick from the Spaniard's defender, and was caught by Moreno who was about to step onto the court.
There was no one around Moreno for seven or eight meters. Moreno stopped the ball and saw Zhao Yang running towards the Sevilla half from the center circle. He immediately passed the ball across to find the core of the team's offense.
Zhao Yang was the first to predict that Moreno would get the ball, and he was also the first to run forward.
However, he was not sure that Moreno would definitely pass the ball to him. When he saw Moreno actually passing the ball, Zhao Yang took the lead and habitually scanned the whole field, but found that goalkeeper Rico was positioned a little forward, maybe because of his teammates.
They were all attacking, and most of the players were in the opponent's half. Rico's position was also moved forward because he didn't expect that the ball that was almost out of bounds would be saved.
Zhao Yang almost subconsciously thought of a lob.
Yes, this is a good opportunity for a lob.
You can't stop the ball! If you stop the ball, you have no chance!
It was too late, but it was too soon. This thought took only a moment, and Zhao Yang made a decision.
When the ball passed in front of Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang had already adjusted his approach point. He volleyed the ball in the air, and the ball flew like a meteor through the sky, drawing a high and far parabola, and flew towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Rico was standing on the line of the penalty area, still observing his teammates' attack. When the opponent destroyed the ball, he looked at the wing and regretted that there was no one of his own.
At this time, he saw the substitute player rushing to the field to stop the ball with his chest and stopped the ball.
Rico was still considering whether the ball violated the rules, when Moreno passed the ball.
Rico took a look and saw that it was passed to Zhao Yang.
Rico was frightened this time. Zhao Yang had used an elusive lob to break through his door before. Will the devil still lob this time?