Chapter 247: The Second Half of the Decisive Battle (Medium)

Fernandes and several of his teammates moved around the warm-up area, but their eyes were still glued to the situation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Successive leads and consecutive equalisers are really a big blow to morale, and it is easy for players to have the discouraged idea that no matter how hard we try, the opponent will equalize in the next moment. After all, they work so hard, but they always can't escape the fate of being equalized, so what's the point of them insisting on working hard?

Fernandes also sees the bad situation in his team at the moment, and now Villarreal has gradually fallen into the upper hand in the attack, and if this is not changed, then the opponent is likely to score again.

So it's imperative to adjust and change!

And now, Pellegrini is preparing them for the adjustment by sending them off the bench.

"Actually, I think it's long overdue to make substitution adjustments."

Fernandes retracted his gaze and said to his friend Rossi, who was warming up together, "Today our two wings played very averagely, and the support for the forward line was not enough, and more often it was Roman who came up from the midfield to create more chances. I think we should change a little bit and add some other ways to attack. ”

Rossi glanced at him, then at Fan Bizhuang on the field, and said with a smile: "Matthias, you shouldn't be ironizing Fan's poor performance, right?" ”

Fernandez shrugged his shoulders and admitted frankly: "He's really not playing well, compared to the right side, Santiago has contributed more than he has contributed to the team. ”

"Matthias, you're my friend, but Van is also my friend and I don't want to hear questions about my friends, especially between my teammates. Van has helped me and I'm very grateful to him, he's a very good professional and as long as he's on the pitch, no one is upset. So, if you still consider me a friend, take back your doubts! ”

Rossi directly let go of the "cruel words" and ran away to warm up, obviously angry at Fernandes' "criticism" of Fan Bizhuang.

"Don't you need to be angry, even if he's your friend, I'm just talking about things......"

Fernandez muttered a few words, and a pair of large hands suddenly slapped on his head. The old captain Hosiko greeted him loudly.

"Stop talking nonsense, Matthias, follow up and get your body alive!"

Fernandez answered, raised his feet and prepared to move forward. At this time, Hosiko suddenly spoke again.

"Sometimes it's not just about the obvious contribution on the pitch, a lot of the players help the team in a subtle way, maybe not so obviously, but not to be ignored. For example, Leo, as a defensive midfielder, how many goals can he score? How many assists can you have? Very little, very little. But do you say the team doesn't need such a player who can't score goals or assist? Without a midfielder to build a barrier in front of the backline, the consequences are devastating. ”

"It's the same with Fan, you just see that he doesn't have a lot of good play, but you don't see that it is because of his involvement and attraction that the opponent looks stretched on other defensive surfaces, which gives us more space and opportunities to attack."

"A team, 11 people, each with their own responsibilities and a sense of existence. Since he stays on the field, he has a role to play. Matthias, observe and feel with your heart, and I hope you can really adapt to this place and integrate into it. ”

After dropping these few words, Hosiko gradually ran away, while Fernandez looked at the owner of the No. 23 shirt on the field and fell into deep thought.

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The game is still going on, the attack is still going on, the two teams have been completely opened, no one is afraid, a draw is not the result they want, they vow to knock one side down completely, and they will not give up.

Valencia's momentum is like a rainbow, and they are becoming more and more confident in the attack.

Although Villarreal is also actively looking for attacking opportunities, the midfield is a little unable to keep up, and the three lines are gradually becoming disjointed. The impact of successive equalizers on the mentality is slowly revealed.

More seriously, the team's midfield defense has gradually become unstoppable.

The starting midfielder of the match was Frenchman Leao. Ma Wuba, before the transfer, Ma Wuba was a famous beast waist in the French league, with accurate card positions, fast defense, and a positive coverage of sweeps, and he was not afraid of physical confrontation.

But when any player is faced with a new environment, there will be a period of adaptation, the difference is only in the length of the adaptation stage.

It stands to reason that Mavuba must have to run in for a period of time in order to gradually increase the game time, but in this position, Villarreal's candidates are stretched, Senna is in the recovery period, the original substitute Pena is transferred and left in the winter, and the veteran Hosiko has to be ordered to carry the banner of the team's midfield defense in this time period.

The introduction of Ma Wuba is to see the weakness of the team in this link and make targeted reinforcements.

As a result, two days before the game, Hosiko suddenly suffered discomfort in his right ankle during training, and although the team doctor showed that there was no big problem, it was only caused by fatigue, but for safety reasons, Pellegrini decided to put Hosiko on the bench. After all, he is already a veteran close to 36 years old, and at this advanced age, he has to follow the team to fight continuously in the east and west, and the test of physical fitness is indeed greater.

Therefore, Mavuba became the starting midfielder in the derby.

Maybe it's because of nervousness, or maybe it's because the cooperation with his teammates is not tacit enough, in short, Ma Wuba's performance is very average, can't say good, can't say bad, just decent, when the ball comes, immediately transfer the ball to his teammates, when he needs to defend, he is also very active forward.

His attitude is fine, but because he and his teammates are not in place, many times his positivity is more like a headless fly.

And today he looks a little weak, doing extremely "gentle" movements, in the first half of the home team when many players are yellow, his dirty defensive back is unharmed, which is really incredible.

It's not a good thing to get a card, but it's also a rare thing for a midfielder not to get a card, especially when other teammates get cards frequently.

This is enough to prove that Mavuba is very substandard.

And this weak link has also become a breakthrough in Valencia's onslaught at this time. Previously, the two teams were evenly matched, and Villarreal was able to cover up this shortcoming with attack, but as the opponent's attack intensified, this shortcoming was infinitely magnified.

In the 75th minute, Baraja broke through with the ball in midfield, and he easily deceived Mavuba with an easy smash to face the home team's backline.

Arces shouted anxiously, "What is Mavuba doing? Is he a pig? Even a pig should know what dangerous consequences will be if you let your opponent go like this! Damn it, shovel him, shovel him, put him down! The back waist is not fouled, what is it called the back waist! ”

The next moment, Arces screamed again: "Fan! Van rushed back to make a fill-in and made a tackle...... Baraha fell! This...... It should have been a clean tackle, no problem! ”

On the other side, Correa shouted the same: "Foul! It was a clear foul! For those who commit fouls, they must be punished severely! Number 23 should be sent off! He's guilty of sabotaging an attack that has a high chance of a goal! ”

On the field, when Baraja faced the direction of the goal and was about to continue to advance, Fan Bizhuang returned to the defense in place, and a sliding tackle on the ground rushed in, and when the football was kicked away, Baraja also fell to the ground.

The hearts of all the fans were tightened, and they all looked nervously at the field, Fan Bizhuang already had a yellow card on his body, if it was determined to be a tackle foul this time, and then he got a yellow card, two yellows turned into one red, and his fate was only for reason to be expelled from the field.

Baraja also knew this, so he kept rolling on the ground, showing extreme pain, hoping to get the referee's sympathy.

Fan Bizhuang got up from the ground, raised his hands high, and signaled that he tackled the ball first, and then took the opponent down.

Moments later, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the referee signaled that the ball was fine, a clean defense, and urged Baraja to hurry up.

Of course, he did not forget to warn Fan Bizhuang.

"Boy, be small, if your behavior does hurt others, next time, I will give you cards of different colors."

Fan Bizhuang nodded, turned around and yelled at Ma Wuba: "Cheer up, Leo, defend a little tougher." Don't be soft, don't be afraid of fouls, even if you get a card, don't let your opponent go easily! ”

This was said in front of the referee, and in front of the black-clothed judge, he instigated his teammates to use fouls to block the attack, and Fan Bizhuang's courage was really not ordinary.

The referee's face was not very good-looking, and Fan Bizhuang saw that the situation was not good, and threw a sentence at Ma Wuba, "Remember, men have to be tough!" He ran away with a puff of smoke.

The visitors' attack was in vain, and they only got a throw-in, because the rhythm of the attack was interrupted, and after the throw-in was re-issued, the home team's defense was all in place, and they had no chance to take advantage of it, so they could only hastily shoot from a distance and deal with the problem.

Manuel Pellegrini was a little disappointed with Mavuba's poor performance, and he was a little frightened by Van Bizhuang's tackle back. He realised that he had to make a change now, otherwise there was a good chance that his team would lose a lot of players as a result.

He was worried that Fan Bizhuang would get a second yellow card for assisting in the defense, which would lead to being sent off, and he had called back Hosiko and was ready to let him come on as a substitute, but he didn't expect that when he explained to Hosico, Mavuba, who had been weak, suddenly "broke out", and his outburst also brought a huge disaster to the team.