Chapter 147: Hot Derby
The attitude of the players is fine, the scene is not a problem, the derby is so hot and intense, especially Villarreal and Valencia, the sworn enemies who don't like each other, in the game you go back and forth with each other, it is a normal thing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Pellegrini's concern is that Villarreal is behind in terms of two players who have already received yellow cards shortly after the start of the first half, while the opponent has not received a single yellow card.
In fact, with so many teams in La Liga, Valencia is the team that Pellegrini is most reluctant to face, and there is no one. It's very simple, there is no reason to talk about the derby in the same area, the two sides are either you die or I die, in this case, the strength of both sides is infinitely reduced, with just one breath, what will happen is not controllable at all.
No manager likes the pace of a game out of his control, but the derby is just out of control and the fans are still looking forward to their team, and they can't let the fans down, wanting to win, but not knowing how to win, which is a thankless task.
Therefore, Pellegrini is tired of playing against Valencia, but he has no choice but to hope that the players on the field can compete and bring a good result to the team and fans.
It's like now, the Chilean coach is hoping that his disciples can be smarter, at least lure the opponent with a few yellow cards on their backs, so that both sides have players with cards on their backs, which is considered to be on the same starting line, and there are not too many scruples. Otherwise, if one of your players is sent off due to an accident, the opponent will have an advantage in numbers, and the game will be even more difficult to play and difficult to control.
Manuel Pellegrini's hopes for a card didn't materialise, but another unexpected surprise awaited him.
In the twenty-first minute of the first half, his team was the first to score!
It is indeed surprising that in the past 20 minutes, the two sides have been more entangled in physical contact and touch, and the offense and defense seem to be a little disordered, as if the two teams are not coming up to play a professional match, but a wrestling tournament.
Without warning, Cazorla lobbed the ball into the box with a sudden diagonal cross from the flank, and found Van Bizhuang near the penalty spot. No one knows when Fan Bizhuang appeared there, or why he didn't have a defender around him. When the eyes of everyone in the audience noticed the penalty area, Fan Bizhuang had already made a head-swinging action, without any jump, just standing on the ground, like a relay in basketball, and smashed his head against the ball.
"It's more like a big wrestling match between the two teams on the pitch, that's the beauty of derby battles, where the attention of both players is not on the football......"
"Santiago received the ball on the wing, Albelda rushed up, and Santiago got a helpless kick-up cross - oh, honestly, his pass was completely helpless!"
“…… Wait a minute! The football flew into the penalty area! Fan! Van appears in the restricted area! There was no one around him! This is Van shot! It's Villarreal's chance! Fan! Fan! Fan - shook his head on the spot and attacked the goal - "
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! The Submarine Kings scored his eighteenth league goal of the season! That's an average of one goal per game! And that's when he didn't play or play the whole game in some games, which is a really frightening goalscoring efficiency! This season's Fan has been perfectly transformed from a cake feeding king to a cake eating king! …… GOAL! GOAL! Brilliant header! ”
"Once again, the Meal Card Combo proved their power to their opponents, with Santiago and Van teaming up to give the team the lead in the derby! The game will become even more exciting, and Valencia, who are behind, will not rest on their laurels! An even hotter battle is about to take place! ”
The commentators shouted unbridled from the commentators' seats, and the Mestalla Stadium erupted in sharper boos and yelling after a brief silence.
The home team players on the field were all scolding, unwilling and angry.
And Villarreal's players ran and cheered in celebration regardless of the mood of their sworn enemies.
However, as the commentator said, the backward Valencia were like enraged lions, and after the game restarted, they showed more aggressiveness and rudeness when they held their breath, and the away players were constantly knocked over, and the referee had to use the whistle to keep stopping the game.
Of course, Villarreal's side is also not to be outdone, or that sentence, there is no word "retreat" in the dictionary of derby battles, isn't it a fight, isn't it just a collision, who is afraid of whom!
The two sides faced each other fiercely on the field, and they didn't give an inch!
In the 25th minute, Fan Bizhuang received a stern warning from the referee again for pushing Villa from behind, and the Valencia players were very dissatisfied and surrounded the referee to ask for an explanation, thinking that Fan Bizhuang's behavior was enough to get a yellow card again, and the referee ignored it.
Two minutes later, Van Bizhuang was fouled by Del Horno for a retaliatory tackle and Valencia finally received the first yellow card of the game.
It's like Pandora's box was suddenly opened, and it can no longer be closed, in the following ten minutes of play, Albelda, Albiol, Baraja were all shown yellow card warnings by the referee, it is worth mentioning that the home team received a total of four yellow cards in the first half, three of which were made by Fan Bizhuang, after the goal, Fan Bizhuang became more and more active, his activity not only made the home team players feel pressure, but also extremely angry about it, under the focus of care, Although Fan Bizhuang was knocked to the ground from time to time, he allowed all three home team players to receive yellow cards.
This made the head coach Pellegrini look frightened off the field, and even had the idea of simply replacing Fan Bizhuang off the field, although the derby is very important, but the significance of Fan Bizhuang to the team is more indispensable, if in this real battle, Fan Bizhuang has any unexpected injury, then Villarreal's loss is really unacceptable.
However, in the end, Pellegrini did not make a substitution, or that sentence, derby is derby, if Van Bizhuang is replaced, even if this is not his initiative, it will inevitably be criticized, and there may even be doubts about "deserters".
Watching Fan Bizhuang constantly fall and be overturned on the field, Pellegrini's heart was like a roller coaster, seven up and eight like torment, he kept yelling on the sidelines to protest, and even ran to the side of the fourth official, pointing to the scene in the field to let him open his eyes and take a good look, so that he could understand how bad the opponent's rude behavior was!
Spent the rest of the first half in fear, and when Van Bizhuang came off the field, Pellegrini immediately greeted him, nervously swimming back and forth on Van Bizhuang's body. This made Fan Bizhuang's embarrassment almost off.
To Pellegrini's relief, although Van Bizhuang was embarrassed and even the back of his shirt was torn, there was no doubt that there was no problem with his body.
But Pellegrini still relentlessly found the fourth official again, and expressed his protest to him: "Look! See what this is? My players don't say that their noses are blue and their faces are swollen, it's almost the same! The jerseys are all torn! Damn, what are they trying to do? Is this still a game of football? No, it's a boxing match, and the bastards of Valencia are committing a crime! They want to ruin my players! I strongly protested and I hope the referee will give a harsher decision in the second half......"
The fourth official looked at the "reasonable" Pellegrini, his head was almost big, he glanced lightly at the slightly embarrassed Van Bizhuang not far away, and then his eyes drifted to the Valencia players who were walking towards the players' tunnel, and finally gave Pellegrini a roll of his eyes and kept silent - this meaning is obvious, that is, Mr. Manuel, please don't just look at your own players, okay? Look at your opponents, their jerseys are covered in mud and grass clippings, and their jerseys are messy and have torn strips of cloth......
It's all a group of "violent elements", and no one can say who is good? Valencia is rude, and your players are no better!
Pellegrini was "defeated" by the fourth official's look, at least with a look of surprise on his face, but his face was thick enough to express his dissatisfaction and protest again as if he hadn't seen anything, and then led his players to hurry away, still cheering up his players as he walked towards the entrance of the passage.
"Well done, boys!"
"That's it, in the second half, we have to make persistent efforts and be a little more ruthless!"
"Let's not be soft-footed, take out our best energy, and ruthlessly knock the group of people in the city on the opposite side to the ground!"
The fourth official couldn't help it, and rolled his eyes helplessly again, the image of the gentle and elegant engineer in his mind in the past was collapsing......
Fifteen minutes later, the players from both sides were back on the pitch, and most of the players on both teams had changed their jerseys, and some of the previous players had shredded their jerseys, some of which were so stained that they had to be replaced with a new one - although it was clear to everyone that there was not much difference between changing and not changing, because in the second half, it was almost impossible to keep the jersey clean and intact.
And that's exactly the case, at the beginning of the game, Valencia launched a fast attack with great momentum, but the home team's offensive was destroyed before it advanced to the dangerous zone of the away team, Cazorla kicked Villa directly over, and the two national team teammates had a bit of friendship, but in the derby, there was no affection at all.
There is no doubt that Cazorla also received a Topaz God of War card rewarded by the referee. Villarreal already have three players with yellow cards, and there is not much difference between them and their opponents' four.