Chapter 41: This is the Derby (2)
Ai Huan didn't know that there was someone behind him who was gritting his teeth and calculating himself, in his opinion, this was just a very ordinary game, as for what kind of derby or something was just a reason, who could take it seriously?
But as soon as he stepped out of the tunnel and arrived on the pitch, he immediately knew how wrong he was. The stadium was packed, countless flags and slogans were overwhelming, and all kinds of strange fans were roaring wildly. He didn't recognize the words written on the slogan, but he could hear what they were shouting, "Elche, welcome to hell!" and "Teach these elche sissies a lesson!"
Estrada seemed to see Ai Huan's astonishment, and walked over and gently touched his shoulder, "How is it, are you nervous now?"
"Nervous?" Ai Huan sneered, "Shut them up later!, but what is written on the slogan, you know I don't know how to read." ”
"I think it's better that you don't know. There was some anger in Estrada's eyes.
"Tell me about it, are they afraid of people if they dare to write?"
"It's all swearing, it's pretty much the same. It's basically like we're sissies or something. You must teach them a good lesson in this scene and make them shut up completely. ”
"Don't worry, I'll leave it to me. ”
Elche served first, Estrada and Ai Huan stood in front of the ball, the two looked at each other, and immediately got ready, after this period of running-in, their cooperation became more and more proficient. With the referee's whistle, Ai Huan gently dialed the ball to Estrada, and then accelerated violently and rushed towards the left side of the opponent's loose defense, and Estrada seemed to have stopped deliberately, and then glanced at Ai Huan's running route, and was ready to drive the ball out.
But just as he was about to tee off, a red-blue figure with glittering spikes suddenly appeared in his sight, and the man was sliding at him, and the target was Estrada's supporting legs.
In an instant, Estrada's hairs stood on end, and he remembered that this was the case last year, and his supporting leg was broken at that time, but he didn't expect to face almost the same problem in this place a year later. In the flash of lightning, Estrada's body reacted on its own, and he jumped away to the other side, while at the same time his pass was not on target, and it went directly to the Levante player not far away.
The player slashed in front of him, leaving a deep scratch on the grass, but the referee, who was standing not far away, did not react at all, and he turned a blind eye to such a foul.
It was at this time that Baldo, who received the ball, quickly pushed forward and handed the ball to No. 10 Iborra. Iborra immediately raced to the left with the ball to face Elche's wing-back Menola.
Menora didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, they had already attacked him, and he couldn't help but hesitate slightly, that is, Ibora had already crossed quickly from his left, Menora immediately turned to chase after him, and made a very irrational tackle.
Unfortunately, Ibora had already predicted that he would do such a thing, so when he broke through, he paused slightly, and it was such a simple action that Menora crossed his side, and at this time there were no defenders in front of him, and he passed the ball with ease. Jolda, who was already ambushed in the penalty area, had already jumped high at this time, and his height of 1.9 meters allowed him to easily reach the football, and the ball flew into the goal like a cannonball.
1:0.
The stadium immediately seemed to explode, the fans shouted wildly, none of them thought that it would be such a simple thing to take the lead, you must know that Elche has won eight consecutive games before, and their record is very average, who would have thought that they would take the lead in only two minutes, isn't this the legendary dream start?
Elche tees off again, but this time Ai Huan didn't charge forward, but chose to push slowly and honestly. However, the goal just conceded and the frantic reaction of the fans at the scene made Elche's players look a little flustered, their passes began to make mistakes constantly, and the technical movements were often deformed, and there were several times when the pass was obviously very simple, which made Uribe, who was sitting in the coach's seat, frown.
The goal just now completely disrupted his previous set-up, but it wasn't the worst thing, the really bad thing was that he found his players stunned by the madness of the field. This is the derby, and a lot of times it's not the quality of the team or the ability of the players that determines the outcome of the game, but the mentality. Whoever has a better mental quality can hold on a little longer, and the opposite will cause a terrible collapse, and that collapse is devastating for any team.
Now Elche is already on the verge of collapse. His players are not simply anxious or deformed, it is a precursor to psychological collapse caused by too much pressure, but in the face of such a problem, Uribe seems helpless, he does not know what to do, and now he can only rely on the best players on the field, which means that at this time only the stars can change the situation.
The so-called star is not that he is usually played well by others and scores more goals than others, but that he can help the whole team stabilize his position at the most critical time and change the situation at the most critical time, which is what a star should do, and those who will only add to the cake are just players for the rest of their lives.
But who can be called a star in Elche now? Who can change the tide of the battle? His eyes were firmly fixed on Ai Huan's body, but he also knew very well that Ai Huan had no defensive ability, and his skills were very average, and the most important thing was that he was still too young, could he bear such a heavy burden?
But just when he was thinking nonsense, the score on the field was rewritten. It's Iborra again, the 1.9 meter forward midfielder's skills are amazing, this time it's still the left side he's best at, and it's Menola who is out of form today to face him.
It was like a teaching competition, and Menora didn't even have the ability to resist, but she was so dazed by Iborra's two consecutive feints that she tripped over herself.
This time Iborra didn't pass the ball again, he chose to shoot himself, and the ball was so easy to shoot into the goal, and it was less than 20 minutes into the net.