The score was not big, only one goal difference, but Valencia's mentality collapsed.
This collapse was not entirely due to the failure in the first half, but more to the accumulation of the failure in the last four rounds.
Valencia's players feel that they have been abandoned by God, otherwise why are they always memorizing words recently?
Once their mentality collapsed, the Valencians' offense became disorganized, and the quality of their shots also dropped significantly.
Although the Espanyol team is weaker than Valencia, they have a good mentality, lead the score, and can defend and counterattack with ease.
Valencia coach Nuno's mentality was actually broken. He yelled on the sidelines to ask the players to calm down and play high-quality offense.
Obviously, Nuno himself can't calm down, so how can he make his players calm down?
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. After all, Valencia's strength is still there. Even if the game is a bit chaotic, it will not be easy for the Espanyol to break their goal.
After a melee, the first half of the game was over soon. Except for the free kick scored by Zhao Yang, neither side scored another goal.
During the halftime break, the head coaches of both teams made tactical adjustments and substitutions.
After the half-time battle, the Espanyol team also saw Valencia's weakness and weakness. It was not easy for them to break through Valencia's gate. They took advantage of the one-goal lead and defended their counterattacks. If they could, they would score. If they couldn't, they would score.
Even if he scores a goal, this has become the best choice for the Espanyol team.
So Sergio replaced defensive midfielder Diop to strengthen the midfielder's thickness and interception ability.
Valencia coach Nuno has no other choice but to attack and attack again until he wins.
The midfielder was replaced by the extremely aggressive Parejo, and the striker was replaced by Paco.
Nuno changed two people in one breath, showing his extreme desire to win.
Parejo and Paco are both better offensive players than defensive players. When they play, Valencia will not be able to play defense.
Nuno's midfield adjustments are still effective.
After the kick-off, Valencia aggressively attacked, without the hesitation and sluggishness of the first half.
Valencia stepped up their offense and their backcourt was much emptier.
This is most beneficial to offensive geniuses like Zhao Yang and Asensio.
Zhao Yang is becoming more and more active. He has been roaming around Valencia's offensive third line, looking for suitable offensive opportunities.
After adding Paco and Parejo, Valencia's offense was different from the first half.
Although it is still a combination of wing and center, the ball is often given to the wing, and the full-back and full-midfielder work together to cross the ball and find Paco to grab the spot.
But they also often give the ball directly to Parejo and Paco, allowing Parejo and Paco to break through the opponent's defense.
The second half started less than ten minutes ago.
Parejo and Danilo cooperated, and Parejo made a pass, looking for Paco.
Espanyol central defender Gonzalez did not dare to underestimate the opponent. He followed Paco and jumped at the same time to fight for the landing spot.
Paco failed to reach his right position due to interference from the Spanish defender, and goalkeeper Paul reached out to hold the ball in his arms.
Now is not the time to waste time. After Paul got the ball, he quickly looked for his teammates in the frontcourt.
Because they often train together, Paul has become familiar with Zhao Yang and Asensio's movements and habits. He quickly glanced at the front court and drove over with a big kick.
The arc of this big-footed ball was flat and fast! It went straight to Zhao Yang in the frontcourt.
Paul is actually more familiar with Asensio.
But Zhao Yang's body is stronger, his header is stronger, and he doesn't suffer when fighting for headers.
So Paul passed the ball to Zhao Yang.
Goalkeeper Paul's big kick was so fast that no one else could react. At this time, Zhao Yang started, jumped high, and stopped the ball with his chest! With a slight pick, he passed the ball to the forward.
Asensio.
Asensio immediately rushed towards Valencia's penalty area!
At this moment, the entire Valencia team is in a panic. They have realized how powerful Asensio and Zhao Yang are!
The offensive players in the frontcourt desperately chased back,
The defenders came to intercept and surround Asensio.
Valencia midfielder Fueg moved from the side in a few steps and stopped in front of Asensio!
Almost at the same time, another extremely fast full-back Jaya also came over to flank Asensio.
Asensio continued to dribble the ball, seemingly rushing towards the enemy's circle.
Coach Sergio on the sidelines was a little anxious. Zhao Yang was right next to him and there was no one to defend him. Why didn't he pass the ball?
Sergio shouted to the court, asking Asensio to pass the ball quickly, otherwise he would be easily surrounded by the defense when his speed slowed down.
However, Asensio did not pass the ball. Even Zhao Yang did not stay at Asensio's side to respond, but wanted to run forward.
Obviously Sergio is not familiar with Asensio or Zhao Yang yet.
Just when the players surrounding Asensio were about to arrive, Asensio passed the ball.
The ball passed right through the gap between the defensive players.
This is called the boldness of a skilled person.
At this time, the defensive players were almost at Asensio's side, and of course there was no way to go back to defend Zhao Yang.
One of the players became angry and saw that Asensio was still running to meet Zhao Yang. He stretched out his foot and tackled Asensio to the ground without the ball.
Asensio attracted two defensive players away, and the defensive players in the frontcourt could not come back.
There are two defenders left in front of Zhao Yang, Alderan and Abramovich.
Having reached this position, it was impossible to organize anymore. Zhao Yang rushed towards Alderan and Abu without hesitation.
Alderan and Abu were a little timid, fighting and retreating, waiting for the opportunity to step forward to steal.
Zhao Yang made a gesture to shoot.
Adlan was very afraid of Zhao Yang's shot! Seeing it, he quickly came up to block it!
Zhao Yang saw that the shooting angle was blocked, and Caicedo on one side of the penalty area was unmarked!
After Zhao Yang made a fake shot to attract the opponent's center of gravity, Zhao Yang dunked the ball with his heel, made a Cruyff turn, and then switched to his right foot to pass the ball.
The football passed through the Valencia defense and found Caicedo in the gap!
As long as you catch this ball, you will definitely score!
But Caicedo didn't expect that Zhao Yang would pass the ball suddenly. Zhao Yang's passing skills were average, and Caicedo didn't expect that he could pass the ball.
Caicedo started a beat too late and could only watch the ball pass in front of him and go out of the baseline!
"ah!"
Valencia fans hugged their heads and exclaimed!
Later, when Caicedo missed the goal, the Valencia fans breathed a sigh of relief.
Caicedo was so upset that he missed the chance to score a goal that he covered his face and sat on the ground!
If this goal is scored, the victory is sealed.
Now that Zhao Yang has successfully taken over, Moreno is eyeing the game on the bench, and Caicedo's starting position is in jeopardy. Unfortunately, he missed the goal that sealed the victory again.
At this time, Zhao Yang came over, patted Caicedo on the shoulder, and pulled him up.
Caicedo just wanted to defend himself for missing the opportunity.
But Zhao Yang smiled and said: "We don't cooperate very well. If it were me, I might not be able to catch the ball."
Caicedo was a straight-headed person, and he felt hot in his heart and said, "I am not prepared enough."
Zhao Yang stretched out his hand and said: "There is still a chance, come on."
Caicedo held Zhao Yang's hand and said, "Let's work together to win the game."