When there is not much difference in strength, falling behind by two goals is almost equal to losing.
Of course, the biggest fear is that the opponent continues to score goals. If something tragic happens again like the last time we played against Real Madrid, then Sergio's coaching position will not be stable.
"Press up! Attack! Attack!"
Sergio came to the sidelines and shouted at the players on the court.
Unlike playing against Real Madrid, Sergio still has the confidence and determination to fight back against Real Sociedad.
This is an unexpected situation, but it is easy to deal with this accident. They are two goals behind. The Espanyol team has no baggage and can just attack aggressively. After all, losing two goals is a loss, and losing three goals is also a loss.
After the kick-off in the center circle, the Spaniard's attack started from Asensio.
Asensio is on loan to Espanyol from Real Madrid for training. After one year, he will return to Real Madrid.
In other words, Asensio is from Real Madrid.
But this does not mean that Asensio will play soy sauce in the Espanyol team.
If Asensio does not perform well at Espanyol, maybe he will continue to stay here and train.
When the team falls behind, Asensio is more motivated than other players.
Asensio took the ball in the middle and attracted the defense. He patiently divided the ball to the side, allowing his teammates to organize the attack on the side.
When the ball was passed from the side, Asensio saw that the player in the center had not come back yet, so he drove the ball straight into the penalty area.
Prieto came up to intercept, but Asensio pushed him past him.
Prieto grabbed Asensio's jersey from behind, and Asensio was pulled directly onto his back.
The referee Pedro blew the whistle decisively and gave Prieto a yellow card.
Espanyol gets a free kick in the frontcourt.
Seville and Asensio both stood in front of the ball. They discussed it and Seville gave Asensio the right to take the penalty.
After a long run-up, Asensio kicked a banana ball, bypassing the wall and going straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
Real Sociedad's goalkeeper Luli was already prepared. He moved quickly, jumped and hit the ball past the baseline with one palm.
The on-site commentator sighed: "The arc of this ball is perfect, but the power is a little smaller and the speed is a little slower. But Asensio is still very young now. As his strength increases, his free kicks will improve."
Espanyol gets a corner kick.
It was Seville who took the corner kick.
Seville hit half a high ball and found his teammate Sanchez at the front point. Sanchez headed the ball back and found his teammate Rocco who was waiting in the back point.
The corner kick tactics this time were very successful, and every step was taken. However, Sanchez's header was too close to the goal. When Rocco got the ball, the angle of the shot was very small, and Roco headed the ball.
On the doorpost.
The scene was filled with exclamations, and Real Sociedad fans covered their heads and shouted God bless them.
Continuous hits on the goalpost cast a shadow on the psychology of the Spaniard players.
If you don’t take what God has given you, there will be disaster.
There are many examples in football matches where a certain goal is missed and then the opponent scores a counterattack.
The Spanish team doesn't want this to happen to them.
Fortunately, after the ball hit the goalpost and bounced out, it was picked up by Espanyol forward Caicedo.
Caicedo was a little impatient and took the ball with a powerful long-range shot.
However, Caicedo's long-range shooting ability was limited and the ball missed the baseline.
This wave of continuous attacks by the Espanyol team shocked Real Sociedad.
Real Sociedad is not a team that is good at defense. Their defense relies on the midfielder's fighting and interception. Head coach Moyes only came to Real Sociedad from Everton in the middle of last season and did not build a good team for this team.
Come up with a defensive system.
Being attacked continuously by their opponents and hitting the goalposts, Real Sociedad also felt guilty. They did not dare to let the Espanyol team attack like this. Moyes asked the players to attack out, fight hard in the midfield, and attack the opponent to reduce the number of shots the opponent took.
Real Sociedad is good at physical combat in the midfield. After they increased the intensity of the midfield, the rhythm of the game immediately dropped, and the momentum of the Spaniard's counterattack was curbed.
Looking at the 40 minutes of the first half, Real Sociedad recovered the midfield and reduced the attack. It seemed that they were preparing to hold on to the 2-goal victory in the first half.
The Spaniards are still attacking, hoping to get a goal back and make the second half a little less difficult.
But today the Spaniard's luck was really bad. Asensio passed a cross ball to the opponent, and then Real Sociedad launched a quick counterattack with a long pass.
Forward Jonatas grabbed the header, passed it to the midfielder Iliamendi who came in.
Iliamendi and Jonatas cooperated tacitly, and when the ball came to the player, Iliamendi removed the ball from the instep of his right foot, moved forward, and entered the Espanyol penalty area.
Before the defender could turn around, goalkeeper Paul could only attack quickly to block Iliamendi's shot angle.
Although Iliamendi is a midfielder, he shoots decisively. He entered the penalty area, pushed the ball with the arch of his foot, and flew the ball from the feet of goalkeeper Paul into the net.
3:0
Real Sociedad almost sealed the victory.
There were thunderous cheers at the scene, and the fans of Real Sociedad celebrated passionately and prepared to welcome the first victory of the new season.
The Spaniards were in dire straits.
Espanyol head coach Sergio squatted on the sidelines holding his head. He did not expect to fall behind by three goals before halftime.
If this fight continues, it will probably be another tragedy.
Zhao Yang sat on the bench and watched the team go from conceding one goal to conceding three goals. He felt extremely depressed. The game was basically lost before he even came on the field.
Why did I come out in the second half? It would be an honor to come out despite losing? Just like against Real Madrid.
Diop, who was sitting next to Zhao Yang, said unhappily: "It's fine if I can't be in the starting lineup, but you performed so well in the last game, why did you hide it? You really don't want to win!"
Zhao Yang smiled bitterly and said: "I guess the coach didn't expect to concede so many goals."
Diop said angrily: "To strike first, we must send all the main forces to strive for a good start. Now we are in a desperate situation, can we reverse the situation by sending you up? If you go, you will probably take the blame.
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Zhao Yang said: "There is still time. If our teammates can score in the last few minutes, we will still have hope in the second half."
Diop said full of resentment: "With these people on the field, losing one more will be enough."
While Zhao Yang and Diop were talking, Serbian coach came to them and asked them to go out to warm up and prepare to play.
Are you going to play now?
Zhao Yang and Diop looked surprised. They didn't know what the coach meant. It was less than five minutes, so what could they do?
The coach was fooled?
Zhao Yang and Diop were thinking wildly while quickly going out to make preparations.