Chapter 356: Sabre Guard Ivan! (Big Chapter)

At the start of the second half, Sporting Gijón quickly opted for a counter-attacking tactic, which was quite pragmatic with a two-goal lead. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Real Madrid didn't have much to do against Sporting Gijón and the second half of the game quickly got bogged down.

Defence, turnovers, tackles, back-to-back flips – that was pretty much all the key words in the game, with Real Madrid's number of shots increasing twice since the start of the second half, one from Figo and one from Carlos' low cross, and Raul's header headed high, none of which threatened Sporting Gijón's goal.

Ronaldo had just received a pass from David Beckham in front of the pitch and was about to start when someone rushed over from the side and knocked him off, and at the same time he stumbled, the man kicked the ball away.

"Foul!" shouted the Real Madrid fan.

The referee's whistle was in his mouth and in the end it was not blown: no foul.

Hey?!

Li Ang sighed in the coach's seat, and the referee's penalty actually returned to the normal scale.

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'Ronaldo was completely restrained today. "The camera gave Ronaldo a close-up, the Brazilians were very quiet today, and for the 'aliens', Leon arranged the players to implement very tough defensive tactics, which made the Brazilians, who were afraid of injury, look a little mentally exhausted.

Sixty-one minutes into the game, the full-backs of the two teams had a fierce confrontation, with Robert Carlos bringing down Sporting Gijón's right wing-back Dorado in a sliding tackle.

Referee Marenco was aware of this time and warned the Brazilian left-back for a yellow card.

However, this could not appease Leon's anger, as Dorado was injured and the team doctor Marotta made a substitution gesture to Leon after entering the field for inspection.

Leon's gloomy face told Ivanovic to get up to warm up, and two minutes later, Sporting Gijón made a substitution, with young Serbian and Montenegro defender Ivanovic coming off the bench to replace the injured Dorado.

"It's a big loss!" Leon said stupidly on the sidelines, even if this game can win away against the mighty Real Madrid, but the team injured two players in one game, which is definitely a big blow to the team's thin squad Sporting Gijon.

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Both managers want to control the midfield, Real Madrid's midfield stars need the midfield to play on the stage, and Sporting Gijón focuses on the midfield to fight for defense, so the midfield has become the most intense zone of the war.

In the absence of Guti, Real Madrid suffered somewhat in the midfield confrontation.

In such circumstances, Real Madrid manager Luxemberg made his first substitution of the game, replacing David Beckham with Arbeloa.

Leon squinted his eyes on the sidelines, he didn't understand Luxemborg's substitution, in Leon's view, Beckham's pass will undoubtedly be a major weapon for Real Madrid, especially Beckham's full moon scimitar, once the opportunity to get a set-piece, it will be a good scoring opportunity for Real Madrid.

However, Luxemberg replaced David Beckham.

"Arbeloa, 21 years old, this is his debut in the first team of Real Madrid. Banderas said in Leon's ear.

Leon nodded, he was observing what kind of changes would be made to Real Madrid's formation and tactics after this substitution.

Then, Leon noticed that Arbeloa appeared at the team's right wing-back, and then, the original right wing-back Elgra moved forward to take on the role of midfielder.

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Obviously, in the case of Guti's dismissal, Real Madrid only has Beckham as a 'cameo' midfielder, who fell behind in the midfield confrontation, which directly led to Real Madrid's inability to put pressure on Sporting Gijón in the midfield, Luxemberg realized this, so there was such a substitution adjustment.

Leonde admits that Luxemberg's substitution has some justification, but that's about it. Because, for Real Madrid, what they need now is to attack and score goals, and it is clear that Elgra will not be able to help Real Madrid's attack significantly.

As Li Ang expected, then, for most of the game, the football was in the middle of the field, one moment at the feet of Sporting Gijón, and then to Real Madrid.

Because the two sides strangled together in midfield, the direct result was that the offensive efficiency of both sides was pitiful.

This was something that Leon was happy to see, and he wished that Zinedine Zidane and Figo would be locked in hand-to-hand combat.

So, Leon sat in the dugout, looking confident, while on the other side, Luxenberg walked out of the dugout.

Real Madrid are playing at home, this is at the Bernabeu, and Leon is happy with the current two-goal lead, he is not in a hurry. For Real Madrid coach Luxenburg, the game has been going on for more than 60 minutes, and they still haven't pulled a goal back, so Luxenberg is under a lot of pressure, and he must win this game. And time is ticking.

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Wearing a navy blue shirt, Luxenburg rolled up his sleeves to his elbow and was waving his arms vigorously to keep his team pressed forward while roaring into the field.

The team's attack was deadlocked, and he couldn't sit still, and in Luxenburg's plan, Real Madrid had to score at least one goal before the game 70 minutes before the game to win the game, but for now, Real Madrid are some distance away from scoring.

Leon glanced at Luxenburg, he hoped that Luxemberg's impatience would affect the whole Real Madrid team, if Real Madrid's players were also impatient and desperate to attack, this would be Sporting Gijon's counterattack opportunity.

Luxenburg paced back and forth on the sidelines, his expression gloomy, and finally, he made up his mind: replace Ronaldo, who had been inactive so far in the game!

In the 66th minute of the game, Real Madrid made a substitution, Ronaldo was replaced, and Morientes came on as a substitute.

There was a burst of cheers from the stands at the Bernabeu, and many fans of Real Madrid still prefer Morientes, which is a player cultivated by Real Madrid itself, although the club's top management actually does not look down on Morientes.

Li Ang looked at Morientes who ran into the field, and sighed with some emotion, this person is sincere to Real Madrid, but he has been repeatedly hurt by Real Madrid. In the past, this situation often occurred in Real Madrid games, the team could not open the situation, and sent on Morientes, who often scored goals to turn the tide, but it did not work, he was still a regular on the bench.

The media all knew that Sporting Gijón had unsuccessfully asked Real Madrid to buy Morientes in the summer, so the camera also gave Li Ang a close-up at this time.

Li Ang was sitting in his seat at this time, and he even crossed Erlang's legs, he seemed to know that the camera would be aimed at him, and he was deliberately angry with a certain big person in the VIP box.

He wasn't sure if Florentino would see it, but he did.

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After Morientes came on, Real Madrid's attack did not have an immediate effect, but it was a counter-attack by Sporting Gijón, Di Natale split the ball to the wing, Ribery dribbled past Arbeloa nimble and brilliantly, and then cut inside to shoot, and the ball was saved by Casillas.

Sporting Gijón wins a corner.

'Arbeloa is no match for Ribery. Scott said to Leon.

Li Ang nodded, although he is about the same age, and Arbeloa is a product of Real Madrid's youth academy, which is considered to be a famous family, but Ribery, who was born as an amateur player, is indeed able to complete Arbeloa.

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Leon's mouth, and it would be a big failure for Luxemberg to replace Arbeloa, and Ribery would only be more active.

Albertini, the number one choice for Sporting Gijón's set-piece, held the ball in the corner flag area before backing away and clinging to the billboard with Real Madrid's fan stands behind him.

"Milanese, you're going to slip. ”

"Old Italian fellow, look here, look here!"

The Real Madrid fans shouted like this, trying to stimulate Albertini with words, and the Italian veteran, who had experienced countless big scenes, had a calm face, and his deep eyes looked directly into the penalty area and observed the position of his teammates.

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Branislav Ivanovic stayed near the centre circle to prevent Real Madrid from counterattacking, but he soon heard Leon shouting from the sidelines: "Ivan, what are you doing in midfield?

Ivanovic is tall, with a height of 188cm, although after coming to Sporting Gijón, due to the relatively small number of appearances and other reasons, he has not contributed to the goal for Sporting Gijón, but Leon has the impression that the head of the Serbian and Montenegro defender is a must.

Ivanovic was stunned for a moment, looked at the head coach, and saw Leon waving his arm to signal him to step forward, he was happy in his heart, and immediately obediently ran to the goal of Real Madrid. Seeing Ivanovic's move, Juan Carlos consciously retreated to the center circle to protect his own half.

Albertini, who was already preparing to take the set-piece, noticed this, he bent down, picked up the football, rolled up his shirt and wiped it before slowly putting it back in place, delaying for a moment to wait for Ivanovic to come up.

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Seeing the tall Ivanovic running to the goalkeeper immediately made Casillas nervous.

He looked at the Sporting Gijón players in front of the goal, there were Diego Milito, and Pepe, as well as Grosso who was 191cm tall, and now there was a tall Ivanovic, which made Casillas a little panicked, he was just arranging his teammates to mark the players of Sporting Gijón, and just after arranging, Ivanovic ran up again, which caught him off guard.

"Look at him, look at him, don't let him jump...... Damn!" Casillas hadn't finished his sentence when the referee's whistle had already sounded, and the referee had already been impatient with the corner kick. On the contrary, this helped Sporting Gijón a lot and caught Real Madrid off guard.

As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Albertini kicked the ball out. He is very experienced, and he knows that Ivanovic will suddenly run up, which will catch Real Madrid a little off guard, and he will not give Real Madrid time to organize and defend at all.

As Albertini had expected, he quickly whipped in a corner, which left Real Madrid's corner defence deadly open.

Branislav Ivanovic suddenly rushed up, catching Real Madrid off guard, but he was still defended in the penalty area, who was this person? It was Robert Carlos!

This is still because Carlos and Ivanovic are in the opposite position, he saw Ivanovic running up and subconsciously followed.

In the high ball, Robert Carlos, who is 168cm tall, defends Ivanovic, who is 188cm tall, what will be the result?

Ivanovic jumped high, he jumped really high, and after jumping, his waist was already up to Carlos's neck!

Then, in the air, the Serbian and Montenegrin defenders scored with a nice flick of the head!

Casillas was helpless in the face of the close-range shot, and he watched as the ball flew into the goal!

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“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool!”

"Branikov Ivanovic! This is his first goal at Sporting Gijón! A defender at 20 years old! His first goal was scored at the Bernabeu, which is nothing short of wonderful!"

"Branislav Ivanovic! This is his third time coming off the bench this season, and he scored just after coming off the bench, and the strikers are ashamed of such a goal-scoring efficiency...... Very, very nice head-to-head strike!"

"Magical substitution, although this is a passive substitution that occurred because of the player's injury, but, we just noticed that Coach Li Ang suddenly asked Ivanovic to come up to participate in the corner kick attack, and then scored, Coach Li Ang's magic reappeared!

Far away in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, in the city of Gijón, there was a huge cheer.

"Well done!"

"Amazing Cypriots!"

"Lee, you're the best!"

At the Bernabeu, the fans of Real Madrid were temporarily silent, and the fans of Sporting Gijón were once again ignited by this goal.

"Gijón—" shouted fan leader Javi Gradero from the stands.

His brethren followed with a loud voice: "- King of the North!"

This is a tsunami, this is an earthquake, this is a volcanic eruption, and at this moment, the noble Bernabeu is occupied by this group of hillbillies from Gijón! There are only more than 2,000 Sporting Gijón fans, and the huge Bernabeu has only their roars!

This goal came suddenly, and Leon asked Ivanovic to go up to participate in the attack, which was also a whim, and he didn't expect much at all, and the result was also a surprise for Leon. When the ball rushed into the net, he jumped up, spun around in the air, and after landing, he flapped his arms vigorously.

"Well done!" he shouted through gritted teeth, "Well done beautifully!"

PS: More than 4,000 word chapters. (To be continued.) )