Chapter 285: First Win of the Season!
'It was Luka Modric's first goal for Sporting Gijón. www.biquge.info"It was even Modric's first touch of the ball after coming on and he scored with a shot, and Coach Leon's substitution had an immediate effect. ”
The camera showed that on the sidelines, Leon stood on the sidelines and applauded, cheering for his player's wonderful goal.
Assistant coach Scott Ferry excitedly shouted in Li Ang's ear: "Lee! I really admire your vision, the Croatian kid is so beautiful!"
Li Ang was slightly proud in his heart, Modric was the first batch of teams he introduced in the real sense as a head coach, watching this young boy begin to enter the stage of the mainstream European league under his command, and he had a sense of accomplishment as he progressed step by step.
Banderas stood beside Leon and said, "Lee, how did you get Ribery to pass the ball? ”
Leon looked at Ribery and Modric, who were celebrating with their teammates, and he smiled, "I just told him how to be a great player." ”
Banderas gave Leon a thumbs up, knowing how difficult it was to convince a player who played football alone.
The TV was replaying Modric's brilliant long-range shot. The replay started with Ribery's successive breaks, to Ribery's attempt to shoot but suddenly knocked back, and then Modric's shot on goal was scored!
D'Agostino's excited voice continued: "The previous cooperation between Ribery and Modric, who had just come on the field, the Frenchman's breakthrough was very sharp, his unexpected pass, and Modric inserted the shot with understanding!"
Gonzalez clearly admired Luka Modric's goals, with the goalscorer always the most eye-catching.
Gonzalez shouted, "Luka Modric! this is his second time coming off the bench, he has only played ten minutes for Sporting Gijón, no one knows about this Croatian kid, no one cares about him, but let me reintroduce you to you - ladies and gentlemen, this is Luka Modric! Coach Leon got a new baby from Croatia. ”
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Modric's goal was a big blow to the Olomouc team, which had been in full swing since the start of the second half.
Falling behind by one goal and being behind by two goals has a very different impact on the mentality of the laggard.
After the restart, the morale of the Olomouc team seemed to have taken a hit and there was a bit of panic at one point, while Sporting Gijón took advantage of the opportunity and began to put pressure on the Czech team's goal.
Leon stood on the sidelines, he stared intently at the field, the score of 3-1 made him feel a lot more settled, and now, he is concerned about what kind of offensive performance the team can have with Modric in the midfield.
The young Modric and the veteran Albertini have a certain degree of similarity in style, but there are different players, Albertini is best at midfield management, while Modric, his running is more aggressive, the coverage is larger, and the hardness of the midfield can also be improved a lot.
It was a counter-attack from Olomouc, as their midfielder Jeromy stopped the ball slightly wider and was cut off by Modric.
Leon nodded on the sidelines, and Modric's prediction was good.
After breaking the ball, Modric began to rush forward with the ball, and seeing Modric go up, Carlos hesitated and chose to stay in the midfield.
In Marcos' absence, Carlos is the most reliable defensive barrier in the Sporting Gijón midfield, and he himself is obviously aware of this and does not press easily.
Modric took two steps and passed straight to Mata.
It was a diagonal ball that didn't get to Mata's feet, but a lead that allowed him to play to his speed advantage.
Olomoucs' left wing-back Berdich rushed up and he fell straight to the ground and slid into the tackle.
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"Stupid!" Olomouts' head coach Pollack cursed on the sidelines, and the defenders easily threw their center of gravity out to tackle, which was completely a hammer deal, and it was good to be able to disrupt the opponent's attack, if it was not able to intercept, then it meant that the defense on their side was broken!
Sure enough, Juan Mata picked the ball up with ease, and he jumped himself to avoid Berdych's sliding tackle.
Then, the landed Mata cut in and then gestured to shoot with his left foot.
"Block him to shoot!" Olomouc goalkeeper Kolinski was shocked and commanded the team's defense.
Mata's shot was fake, but he passed the ball!
A boccia ball swept towards the goal.
Olomouc captain Kletinski did not dare to act rashly, so he could only use his body to desperately suppress Milito and prevent the Argentine from rushing.
Milito squeezed desperately, although he did not completely squeeze the opponent, but he still managed to stretch out a leg, but it was still a little bit close, his foot could not reach the football.
And Di Natale in the back did not play football in time.
The ball slid across the goal and across the sidelines.
Then, just when everyone thought the football was going to go out of the bottom line, on the left side, Ribery ran up, he met the rolling football, directly picked up his right foot, and swept the football back to the goal again.
The Olomouc players were shocked, they had just watched the football slide past the goal in horror, and before they could catch their breath, the football actually came back.
This time, Di Natale showed his characteristics to everyone.
He twisted his waist and deftly shook off the defender to the front point.
At this point, Di Natale had his back to the goal, it was too late to turn around, and then, everyone saw: the Italian's football talent blossomed at this moment, and he cleverly knocked it with his heel!
The ball immediately changed direction, jumped up and flew into the goal!
Olomoc's goalkeeper Kolinski had no time to react to such a shot.
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"Gooooooo
"Heel shot! Di Natale, this Italian is very witty, his clever shot makes the opponent's defense collapse in an instant!" shouted Dagustino with a fist, "his escape, his heel shot, it's just wonderful, Antonio Di Natale, the Italian who is about to turn 27, he showed us the beauty of football!"
Di Natale was clearly very pleased with such an imaginative goal, but for the Italian, who played for Empoli in Serie B last season, it was a UEFA Cup game and he was thrilled to score in his first European game.
Di Natale, who ran to celebrate, was chased and intercepted by his teammates, and then he was hugged and thrown to the ground by his compatriot Grosso, and Sporting Gijón fans saw their familiar Arhat celebration again after more than two months.
"Antonio is really strong. Banderas said with his mouth wide open on the sidelines.
Scott Tree also applauded and nodded in agreement.
Leon smiled, of course he knew that Di Natale was very strong, and it was not an ordinary wall, this Italian who was only slowly breaking into a little bit of fame at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, but the older he was, the more demonic he became.
He believes that in his team, Di Natale will score more and more goals, and this player is really useful.
Di Natale got up from the ravages of his teammates, and the happy Italian came up and hugged Ribery, who had assisted him, and I don't know if he was inspired by Modric just now, Di Natale also kissed Ribery on the forehead.
Ribery was stunned, and then, the French youth shouted at Di Natale angrily, "In the future, whoever kisses me again, I will not pass the ball!"
This caused his teammates to burst into laughter.
Ribery glared at Modric again, "Croatian boy, it's all you." ”
Modric blushed shyly, just now he couldn't help but kiss Ribery, and now he feels embarrassed when he thinks about it.
Four to one!
Di Natale's goal gave Sporting Gijón a three-goal lead over Olomouc.
In the two-legged knockout round, this score can already be said to be relatively safe.
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With three goals down, Olomouc coach Pollack made a desperate bet and immediately used his team's last substitution, replacing the team's midfield defender Jeromy with 191cm tall centre-forward Bunowski.
When Li Ang saw the opponent's substitution, he immediately made substitution adjustments.
He replaced Dorado with a young Ivanovic, who had a weak header, and replaced Ivanovic to strengthen the team's air defense.
At this time, Ivanovic was not the defender with a knife who galloped on the side later, in OFK Belgrade, Ivanovic often played as a cameo central defender, and his header ability was valued.
Leon's change was timely, with Branislav Ivanovic and Pepe coming to contain the tall Bunowski and the Czech centre-forward could hardly really threaten Sporting Gijon's goal.
In the end, Sporting Gijón defeated Czech Primera side Olomouc 4-1 at home to claim their first win in all competitions of the new season and lay the groundwork for the team to qualify for the third round of the UEFA Cup qualification.
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the cheers at the Ermolinnon Stadium shook the sky, and Leon raised his arms and cheered on the sidelines, the first victory of the new season, there was a reason to celebrate with football!
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Leon walked up to Olomouc coach Polak, he smiled and shook hands with the other party, praised the other party for a good performance, and the two sides gave a wonderful game together, the visiting coach was obviously not in the mood to say anything, his face was ugly, and after shaking hands, he turned and left.
Li Ang looked at the angry back of the opposing coach, took a deep breath, before the loss of Sporting Gijón, why not leave so depressed, leaving a lonely back and not the victor's triumphant 'blasphemy', now, after losing four games in a row, it feels good to win! )