Chapter 81: Ecuador's Overlord, Quito (2)
Seeing that an attack ended in failure, the Boca players were not discouraged, and they did not stop there while retreating from formation, but kept looking for opportunities.
The huge home advantage has made almost all previous Boca managers face an irresistible temptation, that is, to grab the start. With the advantage of home field and Boca's own sharp attack, the opening three-board axe to establish the advantage, and dragging the game into garbage time early is indeed a huge temptation, and the current coach Ischea will naturally not turn it away. Boca has taken this trait almost to the extreme in his games, which has allowed every team against Boca to be prepared to deal with the three axes before the game.
Quito was no exception, and in the attack launched by Riquelme, they managed to contain Palacio and leave the Boca people in vain.
But the Boca players didn't care, they were used to this kind of script, and if it didn't work once, they would do it a second time.
So when the players of Quito launched a counterattack, most of the Boca players turned back and put themselves into the defense, they did not rush to grab, but stabilized the line under the mobilization of Riquelme, relying on the formation to defend, so that the Quito players had no way to start.
At this time, except for Palamo and Palacio who were cruising in the front, the other eight players were always in formation, especially Santtiago, who was diligent on the left side of the defense and helped this first line of defense a lot.
Coincidentally, Universidad de Deportatorio de Quito also adopted a 4-4-2 formation for this match, which made them unwittingly pressed in a difficult situation to open up, giving Boca Juniors a great chance.
In the 10th minute of the game, Guito striker Viele broke through to no avail, and could only pass the ball back to the midfielder Bolanos behind him, and the 18-year-old Ecuadorian genius couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw that his side had not opened the situation for a long time. While receiving the ball, he carefully observed the positions of the Boca players around him, constantly looking for opportunities, but unexpectedly a Boca player wearing the number 28 jersey suddenly appeared from his flank, San Tiago.
Previously, since the failure of the attack, the Boca people have been firmly guarding the defensive line, and there are not many active grabs, which invisibly made the players of Quito relax their vigilance, especially the side of Santilago, whose tackling ability is not strong, and simply gave up the grabs and honestly stuck to the defensive line. Therefore, when Saintie suddenly rushed out, Bolanos never expected that when he reacted, Saint-Tiago was already in front of him.
"Fast pass!! Bolanos, pass it to me!! ”
Hearing the shouts of his teammates, in the face of Santiago's scramble, Bolanos was extremely determined after a slight hesitation in his eyes, he wanted to have a few tricks with this player who had played in Milan! With this in mind, Bolanos slammed the ball with his left foot, and then flicked it out, and he rushed straight towards Santiago!
Get past him! Get past him!!
There is a frenzied roar in his heart that constantly drives Bolanos forward, past Santiago, as long as he passes him, he can open up the situation for the team and prove his strength! To all Argentines!
Seeing Bolanos' retreat, the Ecuadorian fans who came from afar gave a huge cheer, they liked Bolanos's temper! This is the real Quito sports boy! Real Ecuadorian boys! They are not afraid of anyone! What about playing for Milan, what about Olympic champions, what about being a member of the national team! Ecuadorians are not afraid of any star!
Monzon, who was behind Santiago, saw this scene and immediately followed, he wanted to help Santiago, because Monzon knew that if Santiago missed someone, such a move would cause unforeseen pressure on the Boca defense!
However, at this time, Santiago was already excited, he opened his eyes wide to capture every move of Bolanos, this is the best opportunity, he will not give up without fighting once! In essence, Santhiago has never been a decent player, he dares to fight! As for the cost, that's what only losers will consider!
Santhiago was well aware of his strengths and weaknesses, and he didn't break the ball at the first time, but clung to Bolanos like a piece of kraft candy, so that he couldn't shake himself off. This move first ushered in Bolanos's disdainful laughter, but after continuous shaking, when Bolanos found that Santianos was still clinging to him, he couldn't help but have some slingers and didn't dare to pass the ball at will.
It seems that there is no danger to himself, but he has to let himself be on guard at any time, but he can't get rid of it, this feeling is simply terrible.
Of course, Santhiago didn't let Bolanos wait too long, and when Bolanos showed a little distraction, he was immediately captured by Santi next to him, and he suddenly stretched out his foot to hit Bolanos by surprise again, and cut the ball off the feet of Bolanos!
The Ecuadorian fans in the stands were in an uproar, and although it seemed like centuries for Bolanos, he was constantly dribbling in search of opportunities, but he couldn't get rid of Santtiago. But how can it not be surprising that Ecuador's proud talent was cut off the ball in just a dozen seconds for the fans in the stands?
Ecuadorian fans exclaimed, but fortunately, another veteran midfielder, Reasco, reacted quickly, and when Bolanos was dribbling the ball, he had already leaned in advance to prevent accidents, and rushed up as soon as he saw this.
The Ecuadorian was expecting him to complete the counter-attack, but with the reversal of the offensive and defensive momentum, it was not so easy to stop Santhiago.
San Tiago first pulled the ball back with his left foot, dodged Reasco's first counter-attack, and then immediately changed his leg and used his right foot to point the ball and pull back again, completely avoiding Reasco's close position with him, and finally used the outside of his left foot to pull the ball away from it suddenly.
Reasco's textbook back-of-the-foot pull action stunned Reasco, and he could only stabilize his body and watch San Tiago leave.
'Santiago didn't keep the ball at his feet after making a tackle in his own half and getting away from pressure with ease, he split the ball wide!! Olympic teammate Monzon followed, and the speed of the wide cut forward was !! He's like a running impala!! ”
The ball was at Monzon's feet, and the Quito players were caught off guard by this quick counter-attack, as they had just sent out their players to intercept Monzon, but Monzon had already made contact with Riquelme in front of him at the first time!! Riquelme took the ball and cut inside to shoot!! ”
"Wow!! It was a beautiful save and it was saved by the goalkeeper of Universidad de Deportivo de Quito!! The ball is out of the line and it will be a corner!! It has to be said that Boca's quick passing opportunities this time were all in the opponent's third line, and they took the Ecuadorian's seven inches in the second attack of the game! Santtiago's ability to read the game is really commendable, and if he had just crossed Riquelme, maybe there would not have been such a good opportunity!! ”
Boca fans let out a huge sigh when they saw the ball blocked by the brave Cevalos, who at 1.83m did have a strong advantage when saving such a powerful burst, but the sigh turned into a roar of joy just a minute later.
Riquelme took a corner and visiting centre-back Arauyo made a mistake and was stabbed home by Palacio in the confusion!! 1:0!!!