Chapter 303: The Death of the Striker (First Update)
Just two minutes after Sporting Gijón made that passive substitution, Espanyol coach Lotina also made a change. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Serrano, a lackluster striker in today's game, was substituted and the team's No.11 Maxi Rodriguez came on as a substitute.
Leon looked at the player who ran into the field with an excited face, and his eyes flashed.
Maxi Rodriguez.
Leon knew the 23-year-old Argentine attacker, and to be exact, he became familiar with the player at the World Cup in Germany two years later.
It was the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Germany, the Argentine team faced the Central and North American powerhouse Mexico, the two sides played to extra time, the score was still 0-0, at the critical moment, who can help the Argentine team get out of the quagmire? God gave an unexpected answer: Maxi Rodriguez! Argentine fans have never seen much hope before, however, in the 8th minute of the first half of extra time, a long pass, Maxi stopped the ball on the right chest outside the big penalty area, volleyed with his left foot, and the ball drew a domineering arc into the net from the far corner, an absolute earth-shattering world wave!
Who is Maxi and a fringe figure of the Argentine national team. On the pitch, although Maxi Rodriguez is still more trusted by Argentine coach Pekerman, people still can't remember the mediocre and even a little ugly player. Argentine fans are following Riquelme, Messi and Tevez, and Maxi Rodriguez is really not much of a concern.
In fact, before that kick of the world wave, Leon before the rebirth did not pay attention to this Argentine player, it was this kick of the world wave, Maxi Rodriguez became an Argentine hero, and he became famous all of a sudden.
Leon came out of his memories, and he took advantage of a dead ball to call the team's captain Hierro to the sidelines, "Fernando, be careful of that eleven." ”
Hierro was stunned, he didn't see anything special about the player who had just come on as a substitute, but he still nodded, indicating that he would pay attention.
"That Argentine is good?" asked assistant coach Banderas.
"A player with a big scene. Leon said with a smile.
Banderas shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.
Leon ignored Banderas and watched the pitch as Espanyol coach Lottina replaced Maxi Rodriguez at this time, apparently to further improve the attack, which made him not pay attention. He wanted to see what had changed in the Spaniards.
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The Spaniards have changed.
Previously, De La Pena was the heart of their midfield, and the players habitually put the football at the feet of De La Pena, and De La Pena was defended by Carlos with few chances, but now, after Maxi Rodriguez came on the pitch, Leon was keenly aware that the Spaniard's possession of the ball in midfield had changed, and Maxi Rodriguez began to take over possession to a certain extent.
"Dual-core?" Leon frowned, he hadn't heard of the Spaniards being dual-core before.
Not far away, Lotina also looked nervously at the field, yes, the Spaniards did not adopt a dual-core tactic in the game before, however, this does not mean that they will not use, this is actually an alternative for the Spaniards, when De La Pena is restricted, Maxi Rodriguez will take over the ball, but in the previous three La Liga games, the Spaniards did not encounter any tests, De La Pena played well, naturally there is no need to adopt any dual-core tactics, after all, this tactic will disperse the attack to a certain extent.
Now, the Spaniard can be said to have been forced by Sporting Gijón to use this 'secret weapon'.
Leon was a little worried and a little hesitant, he didn't know whether to let Carlos take care of Maxi Rodriguez, but De La Pena was obviously also a dangerous person, if Carlos was taken away by Maxi Rodríguez, Leon was sure that De La Pena would immediately come alive, this Spanish star who was as famous as Raul back then, was indeed very good at two brushes.
Maxi Rodriguez picked up the ball up front and got away with ease in the face of Ribery, who came over to harass him.
Ribery only made a symbolic defense, after all, defense is not his specialty.
"Fabio!" Hierro called full-back Grosso's name.
Grosso immediately pounced on Maxi Rodriguez.
At this time, Tamudo, who had been almost invisible throughout the game, withdrew from the penalty area, and then Maxi Rodriguez was seen knocking the ball to Tamudo.
Tamudo then turned and swept the ball wide of the flank, while Maxi Rodriguez had already interspersed to catch the ball after the pass.
"Hit the wall!" Gonzalez shouted, "and after Rodriguez came on, the Spaniards went on the attack. ”
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De la Pena began to weave his way in front of goal, Carlos followed the man closely, he was successful in defending this man today, and he would not allow this man to show anything suddenly at this time.
Combined with Tamudo's wall-to-wall link-up to break through Sporting Gijón's full-back Grosso, Maxi Rodriguez did not mean to pass the ball and continued to burst in, which caused Sporting Gijon's defence to become confused.
Pepe quickly threw down Tamudo and came to make up for it, Maxi Rodriguez pedaled a fast bike and turned the ball to the baseline, Pepe was not fooled, he just pasted it and didn't let him get close to the inside.
Maxi Rodriguez, with his back to Pepe, suddenly knocked the ball between Pepe's legs with his heel, followed by him using Pepe as the axis, turned 180 degrees, and slipped in near the baseline!
Pepe was shocked, he knew what the consequences would be if he was pushed in by this Argentine, and the panicked Pepe almost subconsciously stretched out his foot to hook the ball, and then, Pepe was dumbfounded, he saw that the football was walked away by Maxi Rodriguez, and his leg was hooked to Maxi Rodriguez's foot......
The next thing you can do with your knees is what to expect.
Pepe's heart was cold.
Maxi Rodriguez screamed and fell to the ground.
Sporting Gijón's goalkeeper Valencia came out and hugged the football, but he also heard the referee's whistle.
"Penalty!" exclaimed the Barcelona commentator excitedly, and the Spaniards, who had been passive throughout the game, began to pick up after Maxi Rodriguez came on and successfully exploited a breakthrough to score a goal.
The Espanyol players on the pitch were just as excited, rushing up to Maxi Rodriguez to hug, pat him on the head and beat him on the chest.
In this game, they were very passive, everyone knew that this penalty was not easy to come by, they were too excited.
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"Well done!" said Espanyol coach Lotina with an excited punch as his substitution worked. Then, Lotina also looked at the coach's bench next to him, and sure enough, he saw his colleague angry, and Lotina grinned: Chinese, you are still tender!
Leon was indeed angry, he was not angry with Pepe's foul in the penalty area, he was angry with himself, he was obviously aware of the danger that Maxi Rodriguez's play might bring, but he did not make up his mind to make adjustments in time. Ribery has no defensive ability, if he makes a substitution earlier, replacing Modric or even directly replacing Marcos, it will form a certain defensive pressure on Maxi Rodriguez, at least the opponent will not break through so easily this time.
"Fuck!" Leon scolded.
Pepe tripped Maxi Rodriguez in the box and the referee awarded a penalty and showed Pepe a yellow card.
Li Ang looked at this scene with a pale face.
Espanyol striker Tamudo stood at the penalty spot.
"Tamudo's penalty!shot!goal scored!!" shouted Dagstino, "Valencia misjudged the direction!"
"Maybe, maybe, Coach Leon should have brought on Robert to save the penalty. Gonzalez teased, which made Dagstino laugh too.
Of course, it is impossible for Leon to change Roberto to save the penalty again, such an attempt can only be one, not again, otherwise, this is also a damage to the main goalkeeper Valencia, such an anxious game, he can't change the goalkeeper so willfully. Besides, Roberto only has a higher penalty saving attribute, but he doesn't necessarily save a penalty.
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Sixty-five minutes into the game, the Spaniards equalized with Tamudo's penalty, 1-1!
Tamudo scored the penalty, and the Espanyol players on the field were very excited, hugging each other one by one, and it was almost another Arhat.
Leon looked at the Spaniard, who turned his head to look at the visitors' dugout, where Lotina was clapping in celebration.
"What now?" asked assistant coach Scottry.
What else can I do, I can only continue to attack!
In this game, Leon was unwilling to accept the result of the draw, and now, he can only attack, but the Spaniards' offensive has also risen, and now it depends on who can seize the opportunity first and then score.
However, after only five minutes, Leon was grinning with his teeth, he was in a hurry.
Macoul Pihra is injured.
The referee cards the Espanyol player for a foul.
The foul was committed by Maxi Lodregus, the Argentinian who was very active after coming on the pitch, not only in attack, but also in defence, this time with a big flying tackle that brought down Macoul Pihla.
Team doctor Mr. Rotalo ran into the field again.
Leon looked nervously at the court, he hoped that Rotalo could tell him the good news, but he was disappointed, he saw Rotalo make a gesture to him, "Change the gesture!"
"Damn!" Li Ang scolded hatefully.
He's got a headache, Milito is injured, Magur Pihra comes off the bench and now, Macoul is also injured, two strikers in one game, it's fucking unlucky.
Now, the big question is: Leon turned his head to look at the bench, he has no striker to replace!
Benzema?
Li Ang really didn't plan to send Benzema out so early, he was too young, and Benzema's condition in training was very average.
But, now, apart from Benzema, he really doesn't have any other strikers.
ps: First update. Ask for a commuter pass. (To be continued.) )