Seeing Mendy come in, Lemar moved inward with a tacit understanding, inserted into the ribs, and gave up space on the wing to Mendy.
Right back Alvarez had just been broken through by Lemar. He was very annoyed when he saw Mendy attacking from his own way again, but he did not dare to attack easily and stepped back sideways to prevent Mendy from forcing a breakthrough with speed.
Mendy did not give up the breakthrough because Alvarez was on guard. He made a fake move, kicked the ball forward and passed it directly.
Alvarez quickly ran back, trying to get the ball before Mendy.
Mendy was extremely fast, but he was catching up with Alvarez just a dozen steps away.
When Alvarez saw that Mendy was about to overtake him, he immediately moved over, trying to challenge Mendy.
But as soon as he got closer, Alvarez felt something bad. It was like he hit a wall and was bounced to the side.
Mendy is indeed strong, but he staggered a little and immediately accelerated forward.
Everyone in the stands exclaimed, praising how strong this black guy was.
After knocking Alvarez away, Mendy's front was already clear. Center back Gonzalez, who was carrying a yellow card, did not dare to leave the penalty area to steal. He could only stand outside the penalty area to prevent Mendy from cutting inside.
Mendy saw that his teammates were already outflanking him, so he vigorously swept the ball towards the penalty area.
Lemar, Gilman, and Dilard, three players have already surrounded him.
The Espanyol players also returned to their defensive position.
At least six or seven players inside and outside the penalty area participated in this attack and defense.
Goalkeeper Diego Lopez saw that the ball was too fast and did not dare to intercept it, so he could only guard the penalty area line.
Gonzalez, who was at the previous point, was not touched.
Lemar was shaken in the ribs.
In the middle, Gilman and the two central defenders were pulled together, and no one was able to touch the ball.
Neither the defensive nor offensive players at the back point arrived, and Mendy's attack was ultimately in vain.
The ball boy at home was very smart and immediately changed the ball and handed it to the full-back Ruben who came to serve the throw-in.
Ruben quickly launched a counterattack with a throw-in.
The ball went to Jurado's feet.
Jurado wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Monaco players were unable to return to their position, so that they could lose their foothold, and he made a long pass to find Caicedo who was at the front.
Jurado's idea is good, but Caicedo's ability cannot support his idea.
Caicedo failed to confront the opponent's center back Glick, and the ball was headed back to the midfield by Glick.
When Monaco's Bakayoko in the center returned to defense, he tried to control the ball with his chest, but Zhao Yang unexpectedly came out from behind and headed the ball away.
Bakayoko was very annoyed and chased from behind, trying to intercept the ball again.
At this moment, Fabinho is also running back after assisting. Zhao Yang only has two central defenders in front of him.
This is a very rare opportunity to fight back.
Zhao Yang dribbled the ball straight into the penalty area with striding strides.
Caicedo very smartly inserted into the ribs to take away the defensive player for Zhao Yang.
Another forward, Moreno, who had just returned deeper than Zhao Yang, was also running forward along the wing desperately to meet Zhao Yang.
At this moment, in the middle, there are only two central defenders in front of Zhao Yang and Caicedo.
But this advantage was very short-lived. Bakayoko was right behind Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang dribbled the ball a little slower and he caught up.
In the stands, all the fans' eyes were fixed on Zhao Yang, and many fans even stood up involuntarily.
Caicedo took away Glick, and the one guarding Zhao Yang was Jamerson, another central defender.
Glick is 1.9cm tall and is good at aerial operations, while Jamerson is very fast. He mainly pursues and intercepts opponents' speed forwards.
Zhao Yang's name has now spread throughout Europe, and Jamerson certainly knows that Zhao Yang is good at personal breakthroughs.
Jamerson did not dare to attack, so he retreated sideways, trying to slow down Zhao Yang. Waiting for his teammate Bakayoko to catch up, the two of them flanked Zhao Yang.
This is the most reasonable defensive action. Without Messi's abnormal ability to not slow down, it would be very difficult to break through the defensive cage created by Jamerson.
Zhao Yang moved the ball laterally toward Jamerson's back.
Jamerson immediately turned around and faced Zhao Yang to prevent Zhao Yang from advancing and shooting.
Although this distance is a bit far, close to thirty meters from the goal, shooting seems impossible, but here in Zhao Yang, everything is possible.
Before Jamerson's body could completely turn around, Zhao Yang had already shot with his left foot.
Zhao Yang doesn't have Messi's abnormal extraordinary ability, but he has Ronaldo's ability to shoot with just a flick of the ball.
Jamerson raised his foot to block the ball and was a step too late. The ball went straight from his feet to the goal.
Zhao Yang didn't look at the door, and he didn't have time to look at the door. He shot this kick completely based on intuition.
Very powerful!
The ball is very fast!
The angle is not too awkward, but it goes to the right side of the goal.
Fortunately, Monaco goalkeeper Subasic was prepared in advance. He jumped up and barely hit the ball. The ball deflected at an angle and flew close to the goal post and flew out of the baseline.
"Ah! What a pity!"
“It would be better if the angle is a little more subtle.”
"It's so scary! It was so close!"
"The toe is so hard! This is the left foot!"
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There was thunderous applause in the stands, and the fans were talking a lot, some were regretful, some were afraid, and some were admiring.
Goalkeeper Subasic was simply afraid. If he had not carefully studied Zhao Yang before the game, this long shot might have scored.
Although the ball didn't go in, the shot boosted morale very much.
When Jurado took a corner kick, except for the players in the penalty area, other Spanish players boldly passed through the center circle.
Jurado took a quick corner kick and found Zhao Yang.
But after the shot just now, Monaco's defense against Zhao Yang became even tighter, and defender Jamerson almost hugged Zhao Yang in his arms.
The tall Glick grabbed the spot and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.
The clearance ball was grabbed by Spaniard midfielder Diop. Diop stopped the ball and took a few steps forward. After entering 30 meters, he suddenly shot a long shot.
Although the angle of the shot was correct, it was powerful and heavy. Goalkeeper Subasic was afraid of letting go and did not dare to hold the ball. He hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.
At this moment, most of the Spanish players were outside the penalty area, and the ball was grabbed by Piatti. He stopped the ball, saw Zhao Yang leaving the penalty area, and immediately passed the ball to Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang was followed by Bakayoko. He did not dare to stop the ball and directly knocked it to Diop, then turned sideways and faced the goal.
Diop and Zhao Yang were very familiar with each other and immediately handed the ball to Zhao Yang again.
At this moment, Monaco's players were back near their own penalty area. Bakayoko had no worries and took advantage of Zhao Yang to get the ball and suddenly attacked.
Bakayoko didn't think he could intercept the ball. He wanted to force Zhao Yang to pass the ball.
After all, the ball is too dangerous at Zhao Yang's feet.
Zhao Yang liked this kind of swooping player the most. He swung his upper body to the left, flicked the ball to the right, and passed Bakayoko cleanly.