Chapter 118: Chess Opponent (Merry Christmas)

The opening 4 minutes were scored by Rexos, and Rio Ave's players were very unconvinced, they thought it was bad luck, and the goalkeeper was a little careless, otherwise he would not have conceded the goal so quickly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Rio Ave's players were originally happy about Gao Xiaodong's start, thinking that they could find a breakthrough from Gao Xiaodong, but they didn't expect that Gao Xiaodong not only destroyed the ball of the aggressive core Victor, but also launched an attack, and used a long-range shot to cause the goalkeeper's mistake, and Brandy scored a goal.

Before the game, the kid said that he was going to give Rio Ave a slap in the face, and he did it, and here O'Ave players are definitely a huge humiliation.

After kicking off again, the angry Rio Avi continued to attack from Gao Xiaodong's point in an attempt to regain some face.

First, the midfield core Victor and the striker Thomas played a two-on-two, trying to pass Gao Xiaodong and Zena, but Gao Xiaodong and Zener were very close to people, and Victor and Thomas's two-on-two did not succeed.

Then Victor broke through again in the face of Gao Xiaodong's defense, he passed the ball back to his teammates, Rio Ave's players felt that Gao Xiaodong was short, and wanted to rub the ball too high Xiaodong's top, but he didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to jump high and fast, and intercepted the ball again.

Then Rio Ave launched several attacks on Gao Xiaodong all failed, either broken by Gao Xiaodong, or cleared by Xena and Evis, they thought that Gao Xiaodong was Lexos's shortcoming, but they didn't expect to kick a few kicks on the steel plate.

In the end, even the head coach Petic couldn't stand it anymore, and he hurriedly stopped the Rio Ave players who still wanted to knock Gao Xiaodong to death, and asked them to play the side they were good at, instead of wasting time with Gao Xiaodong.

After switching to the wing, Rio Avey's attacking threat increased greatly, their right-back Coentrão was very fast, Gao Xiaodong and Ziner had to defend frequently, and in the run, they made more mistakes, especially experience, Gao Xiaodong, who has worse awareness and technique, is very uncomfortable in the face of the opponent's fast passing and cutting on the side, and he is not tacit with the left fullback Magis, and has been broken through several times in a row on the side, but fortunately, Rexos played a defensive counterattack after scoring a goal, and there were many defenders in the backfield, and Rio Avey's attack was not able to break through the ten fingers of goalkeeper Baylier.

Throughout the first half, most of the time, it was Rio Ave who had the advantage of attacking, but Lexus took the lead and contracted the defense, and the back line performed very well.

After the break, there were no substitutions between the two sides, and the original team continued to play each other.

Compared with the first half, Rio Ave in the second half was no longer entangled in the middle, and played the two wings of Lexus in the opening game, intending to use a large number of crosses to increase the success rate of the central point grabbers.

It's a bit stupid, but because Rio Ave has a big advantage on the wing, the stupid idea turns out.

In the second half, Rio Ave's wide break finally paid off, and in the 65th minute, Coentrão broke through the ball and full-back Magis tripped Victor and received a yellow card.

In the 70th minute, when Gao Xiaodong was on the side, his footing was not stable, and he was divided by Coentrão, and he had no choice but to pull down Coentrão and also received a yellow card.

The left wing-back and the left midfielder both received yellow cards, Lexus's left defense was useless, just when Oliveira was considering changing Gao Xiaodong or changing Magis, the opponent scored, Coentrão shook Margis down the side and did not pass to the goal, but passed to the penalty area, Rio Ave striker Thomas first stepped forward, then retreated, dodged Eavis, a dead man, and scored with a header, rewriting the score to a 1-1 draw.

After the goal, Thomas ran to the stands with open arms and shouted at the fans: "Applause, applause, brothers!"

The more than 2,000 Rio Avi who came to watch the battle all jumped up, raised their arms and shouted, and the crowd was excited.

More than 20,000 Rexos fans were stunned, and they sat in place, looking blank.

A one-to-one score is unacceptable to them, and as long as they want to take their destiny into their own hands, they must win.

After being stunned for a moment, the Rhexos fans immediately fought back and began to sing the team song of Lexus, instantly suppressing the cheers of Rio Ave.

The score is equalized, and the situation on the field must be changed, whether to change Gao Xiaodong or to change Magis, or both? Oliveira must make a decision immediately, and when the decisions continue, he will be disrupted.

After Gao Xiaodong received a yellow card, he didn't dare to make small moves or fouls, which had a great impact on Lexos' midfield defense, but Gao Xiaodong was the most active of the five people in Lexos' midfield.

After a little thought, Oliveira decisively replaced Magis, who was in poor form, and replaced the 35-year-old veteran Philip, leaving Gao Xiaodong on the field.

Oliveira made a correct decision, Gao Xiaodong is a very smart player, after he carried a yellow card, he immediately exchanged roles with Zena, he inserted more forwards, and Zinado defended.

Xena's assists are old and spicy, the timing is good, Gao Xiaodong's ability to assist is not as good as Xena, but he is very domineering, just like a bulldozer, the defender can't get stuck, and what's worse is that Gao Xiaodong has a long shot.

Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot does not pursue the angle, he hits the goal, he has great strength, once the goalkeeper gets rid of it, and Brandy, a point-grabbing striker who runs erratically, they cooperate and are very threatening.

Rio Ave midfielders have to put more energy on defense, which also affects their side attack, without the cooperation of the middle, it is difficult to kill the opponent on the side alone, and Oliveira replaced the fullback Philippe is very stable, the attack is a little worse, but the defense is very experienced, and when defending, pay attention to greet Gao Xiaodong, with him, Rio Ave's advantage on the right side quickly shrank a lot.

Seeing that the team gradually grasped the initiative, Oliveira breathed a sigh of relief, the substitution decision just now was too difficult to make, a mistake, it may be wiped out, and now it seems that he has made the right bet, and the fat man is indeed trustworthy.

Rexos have the advantage, but it is not enough, they need a goal, and the three points are what they need most.

However, after more than 70 minutes of competition, the offense and defense of both sides tended to be balanced, there was no explosion of stars, no mistakes in the stinky ball basket, and no new offensive growth points, and it was very difficult for anyone to break through the opponent's goal.

Almost inconsistently, Petic and Oliveira both began to make substitutions, replacing both attacking players, the difference is that Petic replaced striker Fogasa, and Oliveira replaced striker Bardis.

Nice was substituted, and the more physical Bardis continued to attack Rio Ave on the right, with left-back Filipe moving forward to assist and Lopes also moving to the left to attack this side.

Rio Ave did not blindly defend the right side with heavy troops, but tilted the overall formation to the right, compressed the space for attack, shortened the time for the defense, and waited for an opportunity to fight Lexos' counterattack.

Rio Ave was very sophisticated and did not allow his right side to become a breakthrough for his opponent, and the game remained anxious.

"Captain, is it time for us to score?" Gao Xiaodong said to Zina.

You are a midfielder, but now you really need to strengthen the attack, Ziner said: "Now it seems that it is probably very difficult to score goals in the front court alone, we will assist together, you go to the right side, wait for the opportunity to shoot, I go to the middle, so that when I retreat, I can return a little faster." ”

"Good. ”

Xena and Gao Xiaodong had already decided on a plan, so they immediately split up and attacked Rio Ave's penalty area.

Lexus midfield core Lopes has a very broad vision, as soon as Gao Xiaodong and Zina run, he immediately saw that the opponent's right side is not easy to open, he feels that he can't try the left side, and immediately makes a long pass to find his right forward Paul.

When Paul stopped the ball on his chest, Rio Ave's left-back also pressed over, Paul passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who was moving closer to the right, and he quickly walked to the bottom line, wanting to play a wall-hitting two-one-one with Gao Xiaodong.

This is the most basic tactical coordination, Gao Xiaodong did not hesitate to make a wall for Paul, and quickly inserted himself into the ribs of the penalty area.

This is a dangerous combination, once Paul gets the ball, the baseline cross or the return pass to Gao Xiaodong, it is possible to form a shot.

The defender of Rio Ave could not turn around, he committed a decisive foul, pulled down Paul, who was in front of him, and received a yellow card.

In the stalemate, set-pieces are a good opportunity to score, when Lopes takes a free kick, Eves, Zener, Robert and other headers are excellent, and players like Brandi who grab points are all in the penalty area, and Gao Xiaodong, who has a strong long-range shot, is waiting for an opportunity outside the penalty area.

Rio Ave's air defense is not weak, the ball was cleared by the defender, Philip took the ball and passed it to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong directly kicked it, but unfortunately this time there was no crosshair, and the ball was far off the post.

The time entered 80 minutes, and in the case of the decline in physical strength of both sides, the scramble on the field was more intense and the pace was faster, but the score still did not change at all, and it was still a 1:1 draw.