This is a La Liga team, even defenders have the ability to score goals.
After the goal, the Espanyol players only celebrated briefly and then continued to participate in the game.
Obviously, scoring the St. Andrew's goal did not give the Espanyol much pleasure.
Now they just want to overtake the score quickly and teach the St. Andrew's team a lesson to let them understand the gap between La Liga B and La Liga.
The St. Andrew's team defended intensively and completely gave the ball to the Spanish team.
Facing a strong team like Espanyol, this is the wisest approach.
If they want to steal the ball, they are likely to give their opponents more space.
Breaking through dense defense is a worldwide problem. Even for a team like Segunda B, if 11 people are placed around the penalty area, it will be difficult for the Espanyol team to find a chance to score.
The Spanish team attacked continuously for more than ten minutes, beating the St. Andrew's team like a small boat in the sea, which could capsize at any time, but they could never break the goal.
It seems that the St. Andrew's team is getting more experienced and more confident the more they defend. The Espanyol team suddenly changed their rhythm, retracted their formation, and the pressure was not so tight.
The St. Andrew's team had been pressed for so long and suddenly got the ball. They didn't realize that their opponent had given the ball to them, and they subconsciously took the ball and attacked forward.
The organizer of the offense is Verano, and Zhao Yang is the sharp sword that tears apart the defense.
The St. Andrew team passed the ball continuously in the midfield and back, and the ball was passed to the feet of Verano. Seeing that Zhao Yang was unguarded, Verano immediately passed the ball diagonally to Zhao Yang.
Verano didn't expect it to be a trap.
Espanyol midfielder Seville deliberately left Zhao Yang open and was actually staring at the passing line between Verano and Zhao Yang.
As soon as the ball left Villano's feet, Sevelli flew and shoveled the ball to his teammate Sanchez.
As soon as Sanchez stopped and passed, the ball reached the feet of forward Moreno.
Moreno kicked his heel and passed the ball to his teammate Burgi who was running behind him.
The St. Andrew's center back fell to the ground to make a tackle and did not touch the ball.
Burgi received the ball and broke into the penalty area, flicked the ball past the attacking goalkeeper.
However, in order to avoid the goalkeeper, Burgi's stroke was a bit wide. Burgi caught up with the ball and the angle was already very small.
Burgi reluctantly pushed the ball, and the ball flew out of the baseline near the goal post.
A huge exclamation came from the scene.
The St. Andrew's fans were shocked, but luckily the shot missed.
If the Spanish team takes the lead, the game will be lost.
"Good defense!"
"The attack was timely!"
"Be careful, your opponent is trying to lure the snake out of its hole!"
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The St. Andrew's players gave high fives to cheer themselves and their teammates up.
In the face of powerful opponents, if you want to win dignity, you must unite as one.
The St. Andrew's team learned the lesson just now. After taking the goal kick, they still didn't get out of the hole. They just passed the ball in their own half and did not take the initiative to attack.
The Spaniards gave up the high-pressure press and saw that the St. Andrew's team was still not attacking. After they recovered some strength, they launched a second round of violent attacks.
This round of offense lasted another ten minutes, and St. Andrew's defense was still very embarrassing, but until the end of the first half, the St. Andrew's team did not concede another goal.
Tang Duo, who was commentating at the scene, said in surprise: "A team from La Liga B was attacked by a La Liga team for half an hour without conceding a goal. This can be considered a miracle!"
Li Huidao: "Dense defense is difficult to break. The St. Andrew team also used their experience and confidence to defend."
Don Duo said: "It's okay to defend for thirty minutes, but the key is whether you can defend for ninety minutes? Once the Spanish team scores, I'm afraid it will collapse."
Li Hui said with a smile: "Maybe the St. Andrew's team will score another goal. Just kidding, in fact, for the St. Andrew's team, if they lose a few goals, they will win. The most important thing is the tickets."
Don Duo said: "Indeed, these 10,000 tickets were sold, and the price was twice as expensive as usual. The St. Andrew's team made a lot of money, and I don't know why the Spanish team wanted to warm up with the St. Andrew's team."
Li Hui smiled and said: "If Zhao Yang performs well, maybe after this game, the Espanyol team will take a liking to him."
Tang Duo smiled and said: "It's hard to say this. Zhao Yang performed well today and even scored a goal. Boss Chen of the Espanyol team is also in the stands. If Boss Chen takes a fancy to him, Zhao Yang will skyrocket.
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At halftime, the St. Andrew's players returned to their humble locker room.
Head coach Pablo was already waiting in the locker room. When he saw the players arriving, he praised: "We played well in the first half and we got a good start. I want to thank everyone for their efforts."
Then he arranged the tasks for the second half, "In the second half, we are still defensive and counterattack. Try our best to keep the score of 1:1, the opponent will definitely counterattack wildly, we must hold on, there is no need to invest too many personnel in the counterattack, mainly Zhao Yang and Santiago
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The players were also very excited. They tied with Espanyol at halftime and even broke through Espanyol's goal. This was something they never dreamed of before the game.
It can be said that even if they conceded a goal in the second half, as long as it was not a huge defeat, their performance was worthy of the 10,000 fans who supported them.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Espanyol team made no substitutions, and the substitutes who took a fifteen-minute break continued to attack with full force.
In the first minute of the second half, the Espanyol team completed its first shot.
This was a cross from the defender. After the goalkeeper punched it out, midfielder Seville stopped the ball with his chest and kicked it towards the goal.
Not only was this shot too straight, it was also weak and weak.
The St. Andrew's goalkeeper easily caught the ball without having to tackle it.
The goalkeeper drove the ball forward with a big kick.
The Spanish center back successfully competed with Santiago and pushed the ball back.
Zhao Yang was lucky, the ball hit him.
The ball stopped with his chest and fell. Zhao Yang stepped on the ball, moved it smoothly from the heel of his left foot to his other side, and then dribbled the ball forward to the left.
Zhao Yang's habitual "Cruyff turn" happened to avoid the Espanyol midfielder's attack.
Santiago and Zhao Yang cooperated tacitly, and he quickly pulled away and took away a defender.
Zhao Yang rushed to the thirty-meter area and suddenly shot a "tiger style" shot.
The ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal like a meteor and lightning.
This is a new skill that Zhao Yang signed during the holidays. Espanyol goalkeeper Baldi was unprepared and thought Zhao Yang was not good at long shots.
When Zhao Yang started to take off, Baldi moved and flew sideways.
Baldi is the substitute goalkeeper in La Liga. He has quick reactions and quick movements. His prediction was a little late and he still touched the ball.
But Zhao Yang's shot was too tricky. Baldi's fingertips touched the ball, and the ball still hit the post and bounced into the net.
2:1
Zhao Yang's cold shot helped St. Andrew's team take the lead again.