Chapter 61: Dreams
In the 29th minute, the Lyon team won a corner kick on the right side of the front, Di Maria took the penalty, this corner kick was actually grabbed by Lyon's 1.79 meters tall central defender Lemeu grabbed the first point, he shook his head to attack the goal, the ball flew straight to the dead corner, Cabanas standing at the left post subconsciously waved his hand, blocked the ball out of the goal, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, and showed a yellow card to Cabanas. Pen & Fun &www.biquge.info Di Maria scored the penalty kick to open the scoring for Lyon.
Ralph lamented: "Today it should be said that so far Gossau have been better and they have had more chances, but now it is Lyon who are leading and football is like that, if you play well, you don't necessarily score. However, we must also see that Lyon is indeed more experienced than Gosau. ”
After conceding the goal, Xiao Yang did not panic, he knew that the players were watching him, if he didn't have confidence, they would have even less confidence. He walked to the sideline calmly and waved his players to continue playing according to the tactics he had set.
In the 40th minute, the old and spicy Lyon scored another goal in the counterattack. Pjanic received a long pass from the back and cleared the ball along the right wing, Kufre did not have time to return to the defense after the assist, Pjanic dribbled the ball to the bottom line near the penalty area and crossed a low ball, followed by Gomi easily pushed the ball into the goal, Lyon led Gossau 2:0.
Gosau's players were a little stunned, they looked at Xiao Yang at a loss, Xiao Yang stood up from the coach's bench and walked to the sidelines, he signaled the players to steady, don't worry, the players' mood slowly stabilized, and stabilized their positions under the leadership of Avanzini, Cabanas, and Kufre, and did not concede any more goals in the first half, and entered the locker room with a score of 0:2.
In the locker room, Xiao Yang looked at the players who were a little uneasy, and he smiled: "Why are you looking at me like this?" Yes, we were behind in the first half, but I don't think you played badly, you had a lot of good chances, it's just that their goalkeeper played at a super level today, but he's just a goalkeeper, he's not a god, he can't beat us alone. Now Lyon's defenders and midfielders are tired and we continued to put pressure on them in the second half to break them down. I said before this game that I was going to lead Gossau to victory for Switzerland, do you want me to be slapped in the face as soon as I say that? ”
The morale of the players in Gossau was immediately boosted, and for the sake of the manager's honour and our own honour, we can't lose this game, so let's start fighting back in the second half.
Ralph said with a little apprehension: "The second half started and in the first half, Gossau created a lot of chances but didn't take them, and Lyon's goalkeeper Lloris was in really good shape. Now that Lyon are 2-0 up to Gosau, will Gossau be able to withstand that pressure? ”
Shortly after Ralph's words, Gugelmann broke the ball at the back and pushed it directly to the feet of Horensten in front, Horensten took two steps and then rolled the ball diagonally to Kautinhoe from the right rib, Kauttenho burst into the box and fired a low shot, and the unprepared Lloris failed to save the team again this time, and the ball hit the left post and went into the net.
“goooooooooooooool! Kautinhoe's goal, 1:2, Gosau has hope again, and now they have an away goal, and it is not unacceptable for Gossau to keep that scoreline. ”
Lyon's manager, Puel, also seemed to find the score acceptable, and he did not make any changes to the line-up and tactics on the pitch. Xiao Yang waved his hand after Ge Shao scored a goal, and no longer easily inserted assists, Gosau's current offensive tactics are mainly two wingers frequent crosses, and no longer require to go down, often near the midfield is a 45-degree oblique long pass, and then, let the two tall forwards grab the point. This style of play suddenly made Lyon's two central defenders miserable, they are 30-year-old veterans, and the height is not high, and two strong men with a height of more than 1.9 meters compete for the header, it really costs their old life, in the first half, Gosau's attack often plays ground balls, they can often successfully defend with their own card positions and experience, and now Gossau plays this simple and rough football, but it hits their weakness.
Puel also gradually saw the problem, his two central defenders now have to desperately squeeze each ball, grab points, and after a while, he was out of breath, he was hesitating whether to make a substitution, Gossau scored, in the 60th minute, Avandzini took a corner kick from the right, Eggman jumped up and grabbed the point from behind, Lemeu tried his best and didn't squeeze him, he didn't pull it, Eggman hit the ball with his head, the ball changed direction after touching his forehead, and quickly drilled into the upper left corner, Lloris only had time to wave his handand saw the ball spinning in the net.
“goooooooooooooool! Gossau went against the grain and played a simple and rough long pass, but it worked wonders, and Lyon's two veteran defenders were experienced, but they were not very tall, and it was their weakness to deal with this style of play. Now Gosau have made it 2-2 and Lyon have to worry that if they continue like this, they will concede more goals, and the initiative has returned to Gosau's side. ”
Puel couldn't sit still anymore, he replaced two tall central defenders in a row, one is the 29-year-old central defender Bodmeier, he is 1.90 meters tall, but he had a small injury before the game, out of caution, Puel did not send him to start, the other is the 19-year-old Algerian central defender Boke Hari, he is 1.94 meters tall, is a very potential central defender, but now he has too little game experience, is a standard rookie, but at this time, He was clearly more useful than the two old centre-backs.
After replacing two tall central defenders, Lyon's backfield air defense ability has finally improved, after the backfield stabilized, their front field Di Maria and Pjanic began to be active again, Xiao Yang saw that it was good, replaced Coldinjo and Lima, replaced Meyer and Ivanovic, after that, the competition between the two sides was mainly concentrated in the midfield, you can often see the players on both sides in the midfield were shoveled upside down, the referee's whistle also sounded frequently, the game was often interrupted, and finally, the game was over in 90 minutes, The two sides shook hands 2:2.
However, judging from the expressions of the two head coaches after the game, Xiao Yang was obviously satisfied with the result, while Puel's brows were furrowed.
The Swiss media unanimously applauded Gosau this time, believing that Gosau, who drew 2:2 away from home, has already stepped into the next round of knockout rounds. Xiao Yang was not so optimistic, he said in an interview with reporters: "I don't think we will definitely qualify, Lyon is a great opponent, we have to go all out when we go back to home to have a chance to eliminate them." ”
On March 11, Gossau returned to their home stadium to face third-placed St. Gallen, who are now six points behind Gossau and three points behind Zurich, so they can still retain their hopes of winning the title as long as they win this game, on the contrary, if they lose to Gosau, they will basically be out of contention. Molinini healed his scars and forgot the pain, and he began to provoke Gossau again: "Gossau is tired now, they have dropped a lot of points in a row recently, so in this game, the Saint-Gallen team will definitely beat Gossau and crush their dream of winning the title." ”