After the equalizer, the Espanyol team's offensive became even more fierce.
Except for the two central defenders standing in the center circle, almost everyone else passed the half court.
When you have absolute possession of the ball, the offensive power of the striker becomes the decisive factor.
In the 80th minute of the game, Gonzalez passed the ball to Caicedo.
Caicedo used his body to lean on the defender and knocked the ball to Moreno. Moreno pushed the ball with the arch of his foot and the ball flew towards the goal from the gap in the turf.
The ball was not fast and the angle was not awkward, but there were people in the penalty area and the goalkeeper's line of sight was blocked. When he saw the ball, it was only a short distance away from the goal line.
The goalkeeper of the St. Andrew's team had no time to get down and could only stretch out his foot to block the ball. However, after the ball was blocked by his foot, it bounced high and still flew into the net.
3:2
It wasn't until the 80th minute that St. Andrew's team finally took the lead.
Moreno was so excited that he raised his hands in the air and ran towards the stands of the visiting team fans with an angry roar.
The Espanyol players' hearts finally relaxed, and they began to celebrate heartily, as if they wanted to vent their depression.
Seeing the Espanyol players and fans celebrating so enthusiastically, the home team fans gave up and booed the Espanyol team loudly.
On the contrary, the players of the St. Andrew's team were relatively calm. They could accept the result of a small loss by one goal. It didn't matter whether the scene was ugly or not. After all, it was two levels behind.
The good mentality allowed the St. Andrew's team to still play calmly after being overtaken by the score, without launching a counterattack and making no mistakes due to nervousness and panic.
The Espanyol team originally thought that this weak team was supported by a breath of energy. After being overtaken, they were discouraged and it would be much easier to fight again. Scoring two or three goals in ten minutes is not an unreachable thing.
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However, the facts surprised them. Their opponents played calmly and unhurriedly, without any opportunities to take advantage of them.
The head coach of the Espanyol team, Sergio, couldn't help but glance at Pablo not far away, and thought to himself, this team is really well trained by him, no wonder it can stand out from the Segunda C and advance to the Segunda B.
Seeing that the game was coming to an end, the Spanish team still did not give up the attack and continued to besiege the St. Andrew's penalty area.
But today's St. Andrew's team played very tenaciously and was very lucky.
In the last few minutes, the Espanyol team shot three times on the goal post, and one ball was pushed out by the defender on the goal line.
In the 90th minute, when Asensio made a pass from the wing and Moreno hit the crossbar again, the Espanyol team was finally discouraged. They thought maybe God didn't want them to score.
In three minutes of stoppage time, the Spanish team's desire to attack was greatly reduced, and the St. Andrew's team did not have the confidence or physical strength to counterattack. The game seemed to end with the Spanish team winning a small goal.
However, just when both sides were slacking off, Zhao Yang, who had been locked up for almost half the game, finally got the space to get the ball.
In the second half, after Zhao Yang scored, the Espanyol team conducted a tight defense against Zhao Yang. One-on-one and zone defense gave Zhao Yang very few opportunities to catch the ball, let alone talk and shoot.
Seeing that there was no chance to attack, Zhao Yang simply returned to his penalty area to help the team defend.
Zhao Yang got the ball in his own half, but the Espanyol team did not press immediately. When Zhao Yang approached the midline along the sideline, Asensio quickly chased back and intercepted.
In previous encounters, Asensio passed Zhao Yang twice. Now that the offense and defense are different, Zhao Yang is not polite.
Zhao Yang moved the ball between his feet and quickly approached Asensio.
"Fried socks!" Asensio laughed and thought, come on, I am familiar with this trick.
Zhao Yang approached Asensio within three meters, and suddenly his center of gravity tilted to the right. He seemed to want to break through from the right, but suddenly passed the ball under Asensio's crotch and broke through Asensio from the other side.
After getting rid of Asensio and rushing through the center circle, the St. Andrew's players immediately realized that the opportunity to counterattack was coming.
Because most of the Espanyol players are in the St. Andrew's half.
Santiago and another striker advanced at high speed, and Verano behind him also rushed forward desperately, waiting to meet Zhao Yang at any time.
Zhao Yang has been defending in his own half, and his physical fitness is not bad. He advanced to the opponent's 30-meter area at high speed. Zhao Yang saw that his teammates were still behind him, and immediately cut across from the side to the center, preparing to shoot by himself.
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Santiago and Zhao Yang already have a deep understanding. When he saw Zhao Yang cutting inside, he immediately ran to the wing, taking away the defender for Zhao Yang and opening up space.
Zhao Yang had previously scored with a long shot. Espanyol defender Lello didn't want to give Zhao Yang a chance to shoot. He rushed up and blocked Zhao Yang's shooting route.
Zhao Yang saw that Lei Luo was staring closely and was unable to take a long shot, so he made a prompt decision and immediately passed the ball to his teammate Santiago.
Santiago is the only arrowhead of the St. Andrew team. He is at the front. When Santiago received the ball, there was no one around him. Santiago quickly dribbled the ball down the field. He glanced at the penalty area and found that Zhao Yang was inserting into the penalty area. He immediately made a cross pass and passed the ball to the penalty area.
The ball was passed to the penalty area, looking for the forward point of Zhao Yang.
When Santiago passed the ball, Lello and the other central defender rushed into the penalty area in a tacit understanding, one to grab the point and the other to block Zhao Yang.
However, Zhao Yang had already charged forward. After rushing into the penalty area, he immediately bypassed the defender's interception, leaped high, waited for the ball to fly, hit the top of the ball and smashed the ball towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Baldi had already rushed out of the edge of the small penalty area. He also jumped up to pick up the ball, but Zhao Yang found the spot earlier. Before Baldi could jump up, Zhao Yang hit the ball.
The ball flew past Baldi and hit the net directly.
3:3
In injury time, Zhao Yang used a powerful header to help St. Andrew's team equalize the score.
After the goal, Zhao Yang and Baldi also bumped into each other.
Zhao Yang ignored the pain, got up, ran to the sideline with a roar, and kneeled down to the fans.
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Once again, there was a roar of applause from the stands.
"Hat trick! Zhao Yang! Scored a hat trick against Espanyol! The terrifying devil! Is this still a player from the second division?"
"My great devil! Zhao Yang single-handedly defeated the Spaniards."
The commentator also followed the fans and shouted wildly.
This game was full of twists and turns, it was so beautiful and exciting.
Espanyol players, fans and coaches were stunned.
Another goal lost at the last moment!
The score was evened!
The Spaniards ran out of time, which was equivalent to being killed.
Being tied by a Segunda B team is such a shame.
When the Espanyol players celebrated at St. Andrew's, they immediately approached the referee and demanded that the game be played quickly, otherwise the celebration time would be deducted.
The referee also gave the Spaniards face and added another minute of stoppage time when the game started again.
For more than a minute, the Espanyol team attacked wildly, but the time was too short. They failed to score again and had to accept the embarrassing result of being tied by St. Andrew's team.