Knowing that he was the first Chinese to start in La Liga, Zhao Yang was also very excited and even felt a sense of sacredness.
However, this feeling soon disappeared and was replaced by heavy pressure.
Like the second half of the previous game, Zhao Yang was closely monitored.
If you get the ball, someone will double-team you. If you get out of the defense, you will get a rough foul.
The on-site commentator was speechless and said: "Is this treating Zhao Yang as Messi to defend? No, at least Valencia is also a powerful team second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Zhao Yang is just a Spanish player who has just signed up for La Liga.
Player C.”
Obviously, Valencia's head coach Nuno does not consider this. Zhao Yang has become the winner of the Spaniard's two games. He must strangle this point, no matter what tactics are adopted.
Fortunately, after experiencing the tight surveillance from their opponents in the previous game, the Espanyol team also specially designed tactics for Zhao Yang, allowing Zhao Yang to hold the ball less, move more without the ball, and only make the final blow.
Zhao Yang has poor passing skills, poor awareness, and average physical fitness. He is good at breaking through and shooting. This tactic is suitable for Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang is being targeted, but the Espanyol team still has a breakthrough player, and that is Asensio.
No matter how strong a team's defense is, it cannot guard two players.
Asensio also has strong breakthrough ability, and Asensio's passing and vision are better, making him more difficult to mark than Zhao Yang.
In the fifth minute of the game, Asensio broke through in the middle and caused a foul on the opponent's midfielder Danilo.
Then Asensio took a free kick. Zhao Yang tried to header the ball in the penalty area, but was suppressed by two defenders and barely touched the ball.
Valencia is stronger.
In the eighth minute of the game, Valencia quickly counterattacked. Rodrigo passed the ball in the middle. Winger Barkley hit the goal directly at a 45-degree angle, but the ball bounced off the goal post.
Espanyol escaped disaster.
Then the two sides continued to struggle in the midfield, denying their opponents an easy chance to shoot.
In the 15th minute, Danilo passed through the middle and found forward Rodrigo.
Rodrigo took the ball with his back, leaned against the defender, turned around and shot.
Rodrigo didn't look at the goal at all, the shot was all based on the shooter's intuition.
The ball roared straight towards the goal.
Espanyol goalkeeper Paul's line of sight was blocked by his teammates. He didn't notice it until the ball flew out, but by this time it was already too late.
Paul saved the ball without touching it. Fortunately, the goalpost helped Paul again and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.
This is Valencia's second goal of the game.
When Rodrigo saw the ball pop out, he couldn't help but hold his head with both hands. The ball was already at his best, and the goalkeeper was powerless, but it was rejected by the goalpost.
Head coach Nuno was so angry that he almost smashed the windshield.
Without the goalpost, Valencia would now be two goals ahead.
Thinking about the draws in the previous rounds, Valencia mostly had the advantage but failed to score, and it looks like it will repeat the same mistake this time.
The on-site commentator was also surprised, "The game was a bit strange! Valencia hit two goalposts in the 16th minute. Isn't God prepared to let Valencia win?"
"In the past ten minutes, Zhao Yang has been a little quiet. He has neither passed nor shot. It seems that starting is a curse. Maybe for Zhao Yang, being a substitute is the best. Not being noticed by others is the key.
It’s time to kill with one blow.”
Zhao Yang was indeed a little quiet, but this was intentional.
The commentator was right about one thing. Zhao Yang's technical characteristics are actually suitable for breaking out suddenly without being noticed by the opponent and catching the opponent by surprise.
During this period, Zhao Yang did not break through from the midfield like before.
There was no way to do this at that time. If he didn't seize every minute and second to perform, Zhao Yang would have no chance to play. But now, Zhao Yang has basically locked in a starting spot. In addition to creating scoring opportunities, he also
Also avoid injury.
In fact, although Zhao Yang has made fewer breakthroughs with the ball, he has attracted a lot of troops, and his opponents dare not relax at all against him.
If the original Zhao Yang was a warrior who charged into battle, then the current Zhao Yang is more like a killer who never moves but delivers a fatal blow whenever he moves.
After hitting two goal posts in a row, Valencia's players were a little unstable.
Both offense and defense are a bit impatient.
When attacking, the number of coordination decreases, and the number of individual breakthroughs and shots increases.
When defending, players move faster and make bigger movements, almost all of which are quasi-fouls.
In the 18th minute of the game, while Zhao Yang was roaming in the frontcourt, he suddenly received a pass from Asensio.
When Zhao Yang caught the ball, he pulled and hooked the ball, and the ball reached the other side of his body.
Valencia player Barkley came up to steal the ball and missed it.
When Barkley saw that the ball was gone, without saying a word, he reached out decisively and grabbed Zhao Yang's jersey.
Zhao Yang deceived the defensive player and was about to rush to the penalty area, but was pulled down by Barkley.
The referee immediately blew his whistle and pointed to the location of the foul, indicating that this was a direct free kick.
This free kick is in a good position, less than thirty meters away from the goal, so it can be shot directly.
After Zhao Yang got up, he did not stand in front of the penalty spot. He looked at Asensio, meaning, this time you do it.
Asensio looked at the goal, then at the penalty spot, pondered for a moment, and said: "Zhao Yang, you better do it. This distance is not suitable for me."
Zhao Yang was a little surprised. He and Asensio had practiced free kicks together, and this shot was within Asensio's range.
However, since Asensio asked him to take the free kick, Zhao Yang did not delay it. He asked Asensio to make a fake move of running over the ball with him to deceive the goalkeeper.
Zhao Yang stood at the penalty spot, backed up, counted his steps, and waited for the referee's whistle.
When the whistle sounded, Zhao Yang quickly ran towards the ball. When Zhao Yang was close to the ball, Asensio also quickly ran past the ball.
This cross-running tactic is a very common tactic, but Valencia goalkeeper Domenech was a little confused. He didn't know who should take the penalty for this ball.
Domenico didn't have time to think. As soon as Asensio passed the ball, Zhao Yang volleyed hard and kicked a ground ball.
This is what Zhao Yang considered before taking the free throw.
Now almost all goalkeepers know that he can only kick the ball and are ready to wait for him. If he wants to score goals, he cannot rely on the system alone. He must catch his opponent by surprise.
Sure enough, the wall jumped high and the ball flew right under the wall.
When Zhao Yang kicked off, goalkeeper Domenech started to move, waiting for the ball to fly before making any moves.
When Domenech saw the ball flying from under the wall, it was too late to save it, and the ball flew straight into the net against the turf.
1:0
Zhao Yang took an unexpected free kick and broke through the door of the Bat Legion.