Reyes' shooting skills were excellent, and this shot accurately hit the upper left corner of the goal.
Utrecht goalkeeper Pace was fully prepared and reacted quickly. He made a flying dive and saved the ball from the baseline with one hand.
The better the shot, the better the save!
There were cheers from fans from both sides in the stands.
The Spanish head coach Sergio on the sidelines shook his head slightly, but didn't say anything.
Sergio hopes Reyes can pass the ball to Zhao Yang.
This season, the Espanyol team has completely established Zhao Yang's core position, and these players were bought to assist Zhao Yang.
But Reyes' shot was indeed of high quality, and Sergio had nothing to say.
Reyes takes the corner kick.
Low ball!
The arc is not big and the ball speed is very fast.
Neither the Utrecht players nor the Espanyol players came into contact with each other.
Zhao Yang grabs points in the middle.
There are many people in this position, and it is difficult to grab a spot if you are not in good health. Even if you grab it, it will be difficult to exert your strength.
Zhao Yang's body is considered to be very good. He squeezed away the defensive players, jumped high, and faced the ball that was flying quickly.
However, some defensive player bumped into Zhao Yang from below. Zhao Yang stumbled and missed the ball that was coming at a rapid speed.
Perez grabbed the ball at the back point, but his shot from a small angle was blocked by the goalkeeper again.
Utrecht goalkeeper Pace wanted to counterattack quickly with a long pass, but Perez was experienced and quickly blocked goalkeeper Pace, preventing him from quickly serving the ball to counterattack.
By the time Pace found the opportunity to pass the long ball, the Spaniard's offensive players had almost returned to defense for half the game.
Pace did not insist on counterattack and just threw the ball to the defender.
The best opportunity has been missed, and the Utrecht players can only slowly advance forward and fight against the Spaniards.
Utrecht pressed too hard, and most of the Espanyol players were returned to their own half.
There are too many people at the front of the penalty area, and Utrecht is not a team with particularly delicate skills. They cannot cooperate at the front of the penalty area and can only attack the Spaniard's goal with crosses from the side and long shots.
Utrecht's best chance in the first half came from a clever combination at the front of the penalty area.
The Utrecht winger did not cross the ball into the penalty area, but hit the ball towards the front of the penalty area.
Today Utrecht played a 352 formation, with two forwards at the front of the penalty area.
The forward Dalmau gave the ball away, and the other forward Mahi used the inside of his foot to launch a beautiful curved ball straight to the lower right corner of the goal.
The Spanish goalkeeper was afraid that Renault would react quickly and fell to the ground to pounce on the ball.
The flight path of the ball was tricky, and I was afraid that Renault would not be able to touch the ball.
Almost all Utrecht fans stood up, ready to celebrate the goal.
Bang!
The ball hit the post and bounced out.
"well!"
The fans in the stands let out a huge sigh.
Such a great opportunity!
Very bad luck.
In the first half, Utrecht had the upper hand, but failed to score.
In the first warm-up match of the Espanyol team, the players were generally out of shape, four new players were added, and the cooperation was not tacit. Except for a few long-range shots, there were almost no chances to score goals in the first half.
During the halftime break, the Espanyol team made no personnel adjustments, but tactically, Sergio asked the players to pass the ball more and not to shoot casually if there was no good opportunity.
After the start of the second half, the Spaniard's condition was obviously much better than in the first half. The midfield gradually became more active and there was some cooperation in the frontcourt.
Utrecht ran a bit more in the first half and slowed down a bit in the second half.
Both sides exchanged offense and defense in the second half, and the game was evenly matched.
In the first half, the Spaniard was suppressed. There were many defenders at the front of the penalty area. Utrecht seemed to have the advantage, but in fact there were not many opportunities.
In the second half, the Spaniards attacked, and Utrecht's weak technical skills were covered up, and the advantages of tacit cooperation were revealed.
In the 50th minute of the game, Utrecht got a good opportunity.
After continuous wing cooperation, Utrecht's full-back Vandemar passed the ball across the center to find his forward.
At this time, Utrecht's winger Gustafsson on the other side had already inserted into the penalty area.
Utrecht forward Mahi did not take a shot. He received the ball and blocked it, and the ball reached Gustafsson's feet.
If he was a forward, he would most likely have shot directly, but Gustafsson was a little stuck. He took a step before shooting, adjusting more comfortably, but the ball was missed by Spaniard defender Alvarez who quickly returned to defense.
Blocked out.
The Spaniards were not always so lucky.
In the 60th minute of the game, the Spaniard's frontcourt cooperation was intercepted by opponent defender Vandemar.
Vandemar decisively passed the ball to his full-back Maher and launched a counterattack.
There were only three counterattack players in Utrecht's frontcourt, but they cooperated very well, and their continuous passing and cutting cooperation completely tore apart the Spaniard's three-man defense.
When the ball finally passed to the feet of forward Mahy, only goalkeeper Dreno was left in front of Mahy.
He was afraid that Renault had already attacked and blocked the opponent's shooting angle.
Mahi's shot was clean and neat, and he directly stabbed the ball in front of Renault. The ball flew from Renault's feet into the net.
1:0
Utrecht took the lead.
After taking the lead, Utrecht slowed down the offensive, replaced the substitutes, and began to practice defensive formations.
At this time, the Spaniard gained a larger offensive space, and the frontcourt also gradually cooperated.
In the 68th minute of the score, Zhao Yang, who had always been under the care of Utrecht, suddenly shot a cold arrow from 30 meters away. The ball hit the post and almost penetrated the Utrecht gate.
Zhao Yang's shot startled the Utrecht players, and they realized that they couldn't relax against Zhao Yang even from this distance.
Utrecht expanded the defensive scope against Zhao Yang, thinking that it could better restrict the popular player, but the expanded defense gave other players more room to cooperate.
In the 73rd minute of the game, Reyes turned around in the middle to get rid of a defensive player, and then distributed the ball to Jurado who came in.
Zhao Yang quickly moved forward and attracted a defensive player.
Baptisto immediately stepped aside and took away another defensive player.
With Utrecht's center empty, Jurado easily dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area and fired furiously.
The defender was a step too late to block the ball, and the ball flew straight to the left side of the net.
The Utrecht goalkeeper flew and pounced the ball to the wing.
The ball just rolled into the control area of Baptisto on the wing. Baptisto got rid of the defensive player, grabbed the ball, and passed it crosswise to the penalty area.
The Espanyol team only had Zhao Yang in the penalty area, so of course Baptista's kick was aimed at Zhao Yang.
When Zhao Yang saw Baptista grab the ball, he immediately accelerated to get rid of the defensive player and prepared to receive Baptista's pass.
When the ball came to the player, Zhao Yang jumped slightly, shook his head like a lion, and headed in the opposite direction of the Utrecht goalkeeper.
Utrecht goalkeeper Pace failed to react in time and the ball flew into the goal against the post.
1:1
Zhao Yang equalized the score for the Espanyol team.
After Zhao Yang scored, both Espanyol and Utrecht began to make substitutions, inspect new players, and adjust their lineups.
In the remaining ten minutes, neither side scored again, and in the end the two sides shook hands and settled for a draw at 1:1.