At this time, Real Sociedad was fully engaged in defense, and a corner kick opportunity was extremely valuable.
Seville, the set kick taker, left, and Asensio, the second taker, took the corner kick.
Asensio knew that Zhao Yang had a good header, so he said to Zhao Yang: "My ball has a higher arc and spins outward. You can rush in from the penalty area."
Asensio is arrogant, but his footwork is really good. Zhao Yang believed in him, so he nodded and went to the penalty area to ambush, waiting for the opportunity to rush.
Sure enough, Asensio kicked a beautiful arcing ball. The arc was a little high. The players who were fighting for the top did not jump high enough and did not hit the ball.
Zhao Yang ambushed on the line of the penalty area. When Asensio passed the ball, he started to rush into the small penalty area.
When Zhao Yang jumped to the highest point, he just happened to find the ball, and then he hit the ball hard towards the goal.
The arc of Asensio's pass was indeed a bit high. Zhao Yang's hit was uncomfortable, and the ball flew against the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
Although the ball did not hit the goal, goalkeeper Lu Li was still frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
Luli shouted at his teammates, "Who can keep an eye on this guy and let him shoot so easily?"
Pardo spread his hands helplessly, "I didn't follow him."
The two minutes Zhao Yang and Diop played caused several problems for Real Sociedad.
When the goal kick was taken, goalkeeper Lu Li was not so fast and wanted to waste some time to end the first half of the game quickly.
Sergio on the sidelines kept looking at his watch. The situation on the court was good, but if he didn't score, it would be zero.
Seeing his opponent wasting time, Sergio shouted angrily and signaled the Spanish players to press forward boldly to prevent their opponent from wasting time.
Real Sociedad is not a delicate team to begin with, nor is it good at playing from the back.
Pressed by the Spaniard at a high position, Real Sociedad's defender was quickly forced to kick the ball away.
The ball was taken by Diop.
It was almost the end of the first half and there was no time to organize patiently. Diop made a long pass forward to find forward Moreno.
Moreno and center back Della Bella grabbed the ball together, but neither of them touched the ball.
Zhao Yang took off and competed with Pardo for the top position. Pardo was not as fast as Zhao Yang and could not bounce well, so Zhao Yang grabbed the landing spot.
With defensive players around him, Zhao Yang couldn't get the ball himself and could only pass it to Asensio.
After Zhao Yang came on the field, he stole the limelight. Asensio was very unhappy. He didn't want Zhao Yang to be the best and dribble the ball into the penalty area.
Moreno and Caicedo smartly pulled to the side, driving the defender away, leaving Asensio room to break through.
Reyes is defending Asensio. Facing Asensio, Reyes fights and retreats, waiting for opportunities to attack and destroy.
Asensio kept passing the ball between his feet, and suddenly a fried ball passed by Reyes who was defending him.
Reyes was not deceived by Asensio's fake moves, but his body's explosive power was far inferior to Asensio's. As soon as Asensio accelerated, he was thrown away.
However, La Liga defenders are not that easy to break through. As soon as Asensio broke through Reyes, de la Bella made up the defense.
Asensio is indeed a talent that Real Madrid values. As Della Bella had just made up for it, Asensio suddenly made a spin in Marseille, passed Della Bella, and entered the penalty area.
Goalkeeper Luli saw that when Asensio was spinning back from Marseille, the ball was a bit too big, so he immediately attacked quickly and grabbed the ball from Asensio's feet.
It was impossible for Asensio to get rid of the goalkeeper. He extended his foot to poke the ball forward and shot directly.
Goalkeeper Luli pounced very quickly, and the ball hit goalkeeper Luli's face and bounced out.
At this moment, the two forwards Moreno and Caicedo had moved to the side. Only Zhao Yang was still in the middle. The ball bounced out and fell right in front of Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang didn't hesitate, he volleyed the ball and shot.
Goalkeeper Lu Li fell to the ground. Zhao Yang thought he was hitting an empty goal and did not choose an angle or use his full strength. Unexpectedly, Lu Li reacted very quickly. He got up from the ground and used his body to block Zhao Yang's shot again.
The ball bounced in front of Zhao Yang again. The ball bounced a little too fast and was not right. Zhao Yang had no way to shoot and could only stop the ball.
Zhao Yang made a gesture to shoot, and Pardo stretched out his foot to intercept. Zhao Yang made a "Cruyff turn", got rid of Pardo, and dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area.
Pardo was teased by Zhao Yang and became angry. In addition, due to the urgent situation, he lost his mind and shoveled from the side and behind.
Zhao Yang didn't have any eyes behind him, so he couldn't see Pardo's movements and was still taking the ball toward the penalty area.
Pardo happened to tackle Zhao Yang's left foot.
Zhao Yang felt a strong force coming towards him, causing severe pain in his left foot, and then he lay down in the penalty area.
This was a tackle from behind, and it was in the penalty area.
According to any rules, this is also a red dot package.
The team's only hope was violently tackled, and the Espanyol fans in the stands gave up. What was this? Are they deliberately trying to destroy people?
"Red card! Red card! Red card!"
"Too dirty! Punish him!"
"Penalty kick, penalty kick, penalty kick..."
Espanyol fans shouted and put pressure on referee Pedro.
Diop also rushed to Pardo immediately, pointed at him and asked why he committed such a murderous act.
Diop took the lead, and other players also came to question Pardo and put pressure on the referee.
The referee Pedro did not show mercy to Pardo who fouled because this was the home ground of Real Sociedad. He quickly came over, separated everyone, directly took out the red card, sent Pardo off, and then pointed to the penalty spot.
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The head coach Sergio on the sidelines was overjoyed. He originally wanted to score a goal.
Unexpectedly, not only could they get a goal back, but one of their opponents was sent off, which was very beneficial to the Espanyol team.
Of course, it also depends on whether the penalty kick can be scored. If the penalty is not scored, it is hard to say. Even if the opponent only has 10 people, if they insist on counterattack, the advantage of three goals is not small.
Although he was happy to get the penalty kick, Zhao Yang was still lying on the turf.
If Zhao Yang is injured, then the loss cannot be compensated by Red Dot.
The team doctor rushed to the scene and examined Zhao Yang. Fortunately, Zhao Yang only had a skin injury and no injuries to his muscles or bones.
Seeing Zhao Yang standing up limping, Asensio came over and asked: "Are you okay?"
Zhao Yang smiled bitterly and said: "It's okay, I won't die."
Asensio smiled, "Can a penalty kick be awarded? You created it, and I won't argue with you."
Zhao Yang shook his head and said: "You are the set kick taker in the team, so come on. I can't break the rules. Besides, you also deserve credit for this penalty kick."
Asensio gave a thumbs up and said: "Okay, since you said so, then I will take the penalty. If I create a penalty next time, I will give it to you."
Although Asensio was a bit arrogant, Zhao Yang admired his skills and was determined to make friends with him, so he said: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
Asensio stood in front of the penalty spot. Facing Luli, he made a fake move and easily pushed the shot into the far corner. Luli misjudged the direction and the ball flew past him into the net.
At 1:3, Asensio got a goal back for the Espanyol team.