Chapter 106: Advancing Firmly
Levante's equaliser so quickly made Lasarte very unhappy. He shouted to Martinez and De la Bella to do more on the wing.
Of course, Eslutondo and Prieto were no less yelled, and the head coach hopes that the defensive pressure will be resolved in midfield.
Real Sociedad, who had lost the ball, was temporarily demoralized, and Guan Xiaolong picked up the ball and walked towards the center circle. Levante was naturally overjoyed, their simple and rough style of play took effect quickly.
"Don't think about it anymore, no matter how high I was 20 centimeters above the ball just now, I couldn't touch it!" Thinking of this, Guan Xiaolong didn't blame himself.
Since becoming a fixed city pillar of the social team, Guan Xiaolong has always faced tests and blows like this. Whether the ball comes from the door or flies over the top of your brain and makes you helpless, you really don't know what to say.
Hehe, there's a kind of coming to my face! Make me a savior!
"Come on, come on!" As the gloom of conceding the goal cleared, Prieto also regained morale on the pitch.
The ball was restarted and the Sociedad team reorganized the attack. Levante had just scored the goal and was more excited overall. It would be a mistake to imagine them as a team that simply plays defensive counter-attacks.
Counter-attacking is a fundamental tactic for Levante, but their regular offensive tactics should not be overlooked. The high-intensity strangulation in the middle made the opponent have to turn his attention to the wing. And the side road is the beginning of Levante's simple and rough way. When you think about it, Levante is actually a terrible team. If you hit it, you will be just front, and if you can't beat it, the midfield will hang you and fight back.
Sure enough, after the restart, Real Sociedad did not have much of an advantage. Instead, Levante's offense came in waves.
"Smack!"
Bravo flew sideways and saved a long-range shot from the opposing striker.
Bravo was busy enough today, and he had to go out to pick up the ball from time to time, and Leng Buding was shocked by such a sudden cold arrow. Thankfully, Bravo has been doing well so far!
The weakness on the scene made Lassarte irritable. Today's performance of the players was a bit aberration, the barrier effect of the midfield was equal to nothing, and Levante was always able to play through the midfield defense in a short period of time and directly threaten the backfield.
Just as the manager was struggling, something worse went on the pitch for Real Sociedad.
Eluston was stepped on by his opponent in a scramble. The opponent stepped on his ankle as he stepped on it, and Elustondo had little room to defend himself, and his ankle was slightly deformed.
At that time, Elustondo was lying on the ground and howling, saying that he could not keep the game going.
Although Levante's scramble was ruthless, but stepping on the ankle was not a matter of raising the soles of the feet to shine the spikes, and both sides were grabbing the ball, so the referee did not say anything.
But Eluston was miserable, suffering a severe ankle sprain and unable to continue the game. Lasart was furious and yelled at the fourth official, if it weren't for the assistant coach, he might have to take the cards.
"Appeal !!"
For the referee's inaction, the fans at the scene gave shrill @sharp boos, and even scolded the referee.
Real Sociedad suffered a big loss, thinking that it was some bad luck today, and the referee was completely out of shape! You don't need to be at the home whistle, you can take care of it a little! I really forgot to look at the yellow calendar when I went out... Well, Spain doesn't seem to have a yellow calendar.
In desperation, Lasarte replaced Bergara to maintain the defensive depth of the midfield.
For so long, Guan Xiaolong has been walking blindly in the front court. Except for the good ball passed by Ilia Ramendi, Guan Xiaolong never got any good opportunities.
He and Antoine Griezmann have little support up front, as the midfield is being strangled.
Nearly forty minutes into the first half, the situation on the pitch of Real Sociedad changed.
Bergara did a good job of defending Eloistondo, and were able to form a playmaker at the back, making good passes. This largely relieved the pressure on Prieto and allowed him to push up to the front.
This was followed by the liberation of Real Sociedad's entire offensive line. Bergara's performance made Elolaston, who was hiding his face sad off the field, embarrassed. The other party is really a brute, and I'm afraid this sprain won't get better in two months.
Bergara has always been his substitute and now he has a chance to perform. Eluston is more concerned about his future at the moment than the home team's situation on the pitch, let alone how bad it is.
The excellent performance of Bergara made Real Sociedad's situation on the pitch much better.
First, Griezmann received a through ball from Prieto, but after getting past the defender, he shot the ball wide. The home fans lamented and felt sorry for the team.
Soon Illia Ramendi got a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and a heavy shot was deflected wide of the goal, which surprised Levante goalkeeper Juhua three tightly.
The home team is more aggressive, and the fans naturally have to give it their way. With neat slogans, everyone was looking forward to overtaking the score before the end of the first half.
The game went 45 minutes with 2 minutes of stoppage time. Guan Xiaolong retreated to the midfield to receive the ball with his back. During this time, he and Griezmann dropped back frequently, which was the tactical arrangement of the coach and the result of their reading of the situation on the field.
However, Guan Xiaolong didn't pass back, he pushed the ball back, and the arch of his foot buckled the ball. This is a small trick commonly used by Guan Xiaolong, when receiving the ball, he "turned" the ball to the other side, so that the opponent was caught off guard.
The opponent was shaken, but after all, he was still attacking in the position, Guan Xiaolong had no speed this time, and the two of them each had half of the ball.
Guan Xiaolong slammed it in, shook his left foot a little, and shook it to the right side.
This completely deceived the players who defended him to the center of gravity, and the other party was rushed like this, thinking that Guan Xiaolong was coming here. Who would have thought that he dared to make such a move!
Guan Xiaolong took some effort, got rid of the defenders, and attacked Levante in the half.
Up front, Antoine Griezmann, Ilya Ramendi and Prieto all pushed forward quickly.
Everyone knows Guan Xiaolong's speed, once this guy breaks through, the outflanking players may not be able to keep up.
Levante's midfield has always been iron-blooded, or violent. But they didn't expect the young player of the social team to easily break through their own midfield, so the defenders rushed back to the half to defend.
Guan Xiaolong rushed to the penalty area, this time also feinted, and he passed the ball to Griezmann. The two made a one-two, and Levante's back was also broken. But he quickly fell into the siege of Levante's defenders, and the ball was always in the middle, so Guan Xiaolong faced the bag of the opposing central defenders.
"This kid is quite passable!"
"Now look where you're going!"
The Levante defenders are ready to come and close the ball.
Guan Xiaolong didn't mean to stop at all, but the ball was gone.
"Huh!?"
The defender was shocked, does this kid have eyes behind his back?
Guan Xiaolong knocked on his heel and passed the ball to Prieto who was in the back row!