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Xiao Yang doesn't care about these remarks, if Real Madrid is really unstable, it will be a good thing for him, but even if they are very stable and have high morale, Xiao Yang is not afraid, and they will fight hard if it's a big deal. The Gosho team's current hard power is not weaker than Real Madrid's, and the second leg of the game is still played at the home stadium of the Gosau team, so it should be the Real Madrid team that is afraid.
And whether Barcelona was taken care of by UEFA in the draw, Xiao Yang also felt that it didn't matter, they were taken care of by UEFA, and they did not win the UEFA Champions League in these seasons, which shows that the football game ultimately depends on the strength and state of the team.
Returning to Switzerland, the Gossau team went to the away team to challenge the Neuchâtel team on March 2 for the 23rd round of the league, facing a not strong opponent, Xiao Yang rotated several main players, but the Gossau team still won the opponent 3:0, Eggman, Lima, and Caudijö contributed to the team respectively.
After this round of matches, Gossau has 19 wins, 4 draws and 61 points from 23 rounds of games, and is already 20 points ahead of the second-placed Zurich team, which is already a very huge advantage with 13 rounds left in the league, and it can be said that it is only a matter of time before Gossau wins the league.
In fact, many teams in the Swiss Super League have increased their investment this season, and their strength is far stronger than last season, but now Gossau has surpassed the points of the same period last season, and the gap with the second place is also significantly higher than the same period last season.
This strange issue has been discussed in the Swiss media, and most believe that the result shows that the Gosau team has also improved significantly compared to last season, or that the Gosau team has been more consistent than last season, as evidenced by the fact that they are unbeaten so far this season.
The other teams in the Swiss Super League have increased their strength, so the other strong teams can no longer face the middle and lower teams as in the previous season, this season with the weak to beat the strong far more than in previous seasons, these points loss and several teams between each other, resulting in their points far lower than the same period last season, but also widened the gap with the Gosho team.
Of course, this phenomenon will only be temporary, as the strength of the league team becomes stronger, and the advantage of the Gosho team in the league will only become smaller and smaller in the future. In fact, there are signs of this season, with Gossau only beating by one or two goals against some teams in the lower middle and lower tiers, and it is rare to see a game in which last season won by more than four goals. This also shows that the advantage of the Gosau team is shrinking.
On 8 March, Gossau hosted second-placed FC Zurich in another eye-catching battle for the top spot.
Of course, at this time, this battle for the top spot is no longer as suspenseful as at the beginning of the season, and the points advantage of the Gosho team gives them every capital to squander; However, it will be a crucial game for Zurich, who are now only two points separating the third-placed youth team from them, and they cannot afford to lose to Gossau if they are to retain their second place.
Zurich head coach Char Landers fielded a defensive lineup of 451 in this game, counter-attacking against Gosau.
Xiao Yang continued to adhere to the rotation policy, of course, he also hoped to beat the Zurich team in this game and continue to expand the points advantage, but the Zurich team's defense was indeed very tough, and Shaqiri and Lewandowski's counterattacks from time to time made the Gosau team fearful, and in the end, the game ended in 90 minutes without a goal, and the two teams ended 0:0 with a scoreless.
It should be said that the score is acceptable to both teams, with Gosau continuing to hold a 20-point advantage with one less round of league games, and Zurich will not be unhappy if they can draw away from a strong Gosau side, and they have also retained their second place in the table and met their pre-match goal.
On March 15, in the last league match before the second leg against Real Madrid, Gossau took on derby rivals St. Gallen away.
St. Gallen have performed well in previous seasons, qualifying for the Europa League for two consecutive seasons, and this season due to the return of the traditional powerhouse Zurich Grasshopper to the Swiss Super League, plus Neuchâtel, Sion and other teams have also performed quite well this season, so the St. Gallen team is now only in eighth place in the league standings, just one step away from the relegation zone.
However, despite the recent poor situation, the head coach of the Saint-Gallen team, Moulinini, was still very angry against the Gossau team, and he shouted the slogan of sniping the Gossau team before the game. In his opinion, now is a good opportunity to overcome their opponents while Gosau is distracted by the Champions League. If the St. Gallen team can win against Gossau in this game, they may not be unable to finish in the top six of the league and continue to participate in next season's Europa League with a boost in morale.
Molinini's wishful thinking almost became a reality, the Gosau team that sent most of the main squad was in a slump in today's game, several players were distracted, after the start of the game, the St. Gallen team got two good shots in a row within ten minutes, fortunately Gosau goalkeeper Ceccarelli was not one of the inattentive players today, he was in very good shape, and continued to make high and low blocks, keeping the shots of the St. Gallen team out of the goal.
In the 16th minute of the game, St. Gallen striker Mustafa burst into the penalty area after receiving a direct pass from a teammate, and then easily shook Cevali, just as he was about to shoot with his feet, Chevali tripped him to the ground, and the referee on duty Studel blew the whistle without hesitation, ran to the place of the incident, pointed to the penalty spot with his right hand, and then showed a yellow card to Chevalli.
Chevali walked out of the penalty area with his head down, looking very depressed, he didn't dare to look at Xiao Yang's face outside the field, he knew that Xiao Yang's face must be very bad now, in fact, he himself was very dissatisfied with his performance.
The rest of Gosau's squad also retreated outside the box, with the exception of Cicarelly, bouncing on the goal line with his hands in place, ready to face the St Gallen penalty taker.
The Schlen team was taken by Argentine central defender Dudal to take the penalty, he carefully arranged the ball on the penalty spot, after the referee whistled that he could take the penalty, he began to run, when he ran to the ball, he kicked the ball with his right foot to the bottom left corner of the goal, but when he just got up, Cchicarelli had already made a save, his movement was very stretched, at the moment when the ball was about to fly over the goal line, his right hand touched the ball, and then his fingers forced, flicked the ball out, and the ball flew out of the line.
Dudale hugged his head in disbelief, he was very confident before the penalty, and he felt good at the moment of the kick, thinking that the ball was there. In fact, the quality of his free throw is really good, the angle is very awkward, and it is not a half-high ball, the only drawback is that the power is a little lighter, which is also because he is too stable and afraid of sending the ball away. Unexpectedly, the ball was saved by Ceccarelli.
The St. Gallen fans, who had been holding their breath watching the penalty, let out a long sigh en masse, while the Gessau fans burst into loud cheers from the stands. These Gossau fans have been suppressed for a long time, and it is only now that the performance of the Gossau team has given them a reason to cheer.
Molinini's face changed rapidly, from sunny to cloudy, and it seemed that a light rain would fall in a little while.
Xiao Yang, on the other hand, stood on the sidelines with his hands folded and watched his players' poor performance coldly, until Cicarelli saved the penalty, and he gave a few applause. In the whole team, only Cicarelli's performance can satisfy Xiao Yang.
After being forcibly straightened by Xiao Yang as the main goalkeeper, Cicarelli quickly showed his potential to become a top goalkeeper, he is tall, has solid basic skills, quick reflexes, and often has the kind of saves that make people who are admirable. Now, as he becomes more and more experienced, his mental quality is getting better and better, and his performance is becoming more and more consistent. With him starting and a good substitute for Reiter, the current goalkeeper position is no longer the weakness of the Gosau team.
After the game restarted, the corner kick taken by the St. Gallen team was also taken directly from the air by Ceccarelli, and then Ceccarelli threw the ball to launch a counterattack, but Ivanovic's long pass was directly cut off by the defenders of the St. Gallen team.
Cicarelli's heroic performance did not inspire the morale of the Gossau players, who continued to be lackluster in the game, and the game remained dominated by the St. Gallen team.
In the 30th minute of the game, St. Gallen's Brazilian striker Edu received a pass from a teammate and pulled a cross to the left, Mustafa shook off all defenders in a flexible run, and nodded the ball less than two meters from the goal, this header left Cicarelli powerless, although he made a save, but such a close-range shot was beyond the limits of human reaction, and he watched the ball go into the net.
Mustafa rushed to the sidelines to celebrate after scoring the goal, while Moulinini danced with emotion as if they had won the game.
However, it is no wonder that the St. Gallen team basically lost the game against the Gossau team, and even the draw was pitiful, let alone the victory over the Gossau team. Today's game is the only game that the Saint-Gallen team can suppress the opponent and take the lead since the rise of the Gossau team, judging from the current state of the Gosau players, the Saint-Gallen team is entirely likely to win this game, which makes him not excited?
The players of the Gosho team secretly looked at Xiao Yang and found that there did not seem to be any angry expression on his face, he still held his hands and looked at the court coldly, which made the players even more uneasy.
In the subsequent games of the first half, the Gosho team still made frequent mistakes, and the St. Gallen team adhered to the principle of "take advantage of your illness, take your life", launched a tidal wave of offensive to the door of the Gosau team, fortunately Antunovic and Salihovic began to play normally, coupled with Checarelli in front of the goal, the state of ten thousand people, the St. Gallen team finally failed to expand the score advantage in the first half, and the two sides entered the halftime with a score of 1:0.
As soon as the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Xiao Yang immediately turned around and walked into the away team's locker room expressionlessly, and the players of the Gosho team looked at each other one by one, looked at each other for a while, and then lowered their heads, and walked into the locker room one by one at the greeting of assistant coach Caktas.
After entering the locker room, the players honestly stood in a row in front of Xiao Yang one by one, waiting for Xiao Yang's lecture.
Xiao Yang glanced at the players and didn't speak for a few minutes, which made the players even more uneasy.
Xiao Yang finally spoke: "Presumably you yourself are not satisfied with your performance today, right?" ”
The players lowered their heads and remained silent, and Xiao Yang continued: "Actually, I know that there is a reason why you didn't perform well today. Your hearts are all on the way to the next game against Real Madrid, and the domestic game in Switzerland is no longer on your mind. Yes, how good you are, you can win the championship in a domestic competition in Switzerland, what is the point of this kind of competition? No one looked at it, and he couldn't show his big face. How exciting was the game against Real Madrid? That's against the Galaxy team, there are a lot of people watching, you can show a big face, if you have a good performance, maybe just like Zlatke (Antunovic) in the last game, let the whole world know you, how good is this kind of deal? ”
Xiao Yang's voice became more and more stern at this time: "But I want to tell you, the league is our foundation, if we can't even play well in the league, how can we still play in European games?" ”
"I'm telling you now, in the first half you played like a piece of, no, yes it's a piece of, with your performance today, let alone playing in the Champions League, even playing in the challenge league is not qualified! If it weren't for Giuseppe (Checarelli) wiping your ass, I guess you'd be 0:3, 0:4 by now. ”
"I won't make any more substitutions in the second half, you can rest assured, but I'll watch from the sidelines, if you know the shame, in the second half you can turn the situation back on your own, if it's still like the first half, then I don't mind replacing you all in the game against Real Madrid, even if it is against Real Madrid, I will not hesitate to do it!" Speaking of which, Xiao Yang was already full of voice, and after finishing speaking, he threw down the players and walked out of the locker room alone. Caktas looked at the players, shook his head, sighed and followed out of the locker room.
The Gosau players, who rarely saw Xiao Yang so angry, looked at each other one by one, and after a while, Avanzini stood up: "Guys, I have to admit that our performance in the first half was really, including myself. As the captain, I would like to apologize to everyone. From now on, let's put aside all distractions and win this game steadily, otherwise, we really don't deserve to play in the Champions League! ”
The players all puffed up their chests and thundered in agreement, then followed Avandzini out of the dressing room.
At the start of the second half, the St Gallen players were horrified to find that the same team that had given them nightmares had returned, and they had become more focused and aggressive than they had been in the first half.
After Gossau put their minds fully on this game, they finally showed their quality and immediately suppressed the St. Gallen team back into their own half-court spree, and the St. Gallen team completely lost the wind and water of the first half, their front of goal was full of noise, and their defence looked like it could collapse at any moment.
In the 55th minute, Ivanovic made a precise long pass in the backfield and sent the ball to Horensten who was rushing at high speed on the right side, and after Horensten dribbled the ball near the bottom line, in the face of the defenders of the St. Gallen team, Horensten made a sharp stop, pulled the ball back, and then immediately crossed with his left foot. Gosau's two wingers are left-handed and left-footed, so they are difficult to defend, and their crosses and cuts inside are very dangerous.
Horensten's left-footed cross was also of great quality, and Kautingho headed in a powerful header from the post that smashed into the St Gallen net.
Cardinhoe didn't celebrate at all after his goal, he rushed straight into the net, fished the ball out of the net, and then raced to the centre circle and set the ball on the tee-off, signaling the St. Gallen players to hurry up.
Caudienhoe's move angered the St. Gallen fans, who let out huge boos. However, the St Gallen players seemed to be completely overwhelmed by the momentum of the Gosau team, and without saying a word, they went to the centre circle and sent the ball out.
Kautinho's goal equalized the score for Gosau, but Xiao Yang was not happy on the sidelines, still maintaining a posture of holding his hands on his chest, looking at the court expressionlessly. But the players of the Gosau team can no longer care about Xiao Yang, and their whole mind is on this game, and they will redouble their efforts to redeem the shame of the first half.
St. Gallen sent the ball over the halfway line and were forced by Gosau and soon made a mistake in their passing and handed possession to their opponents. They looked at the first half in frustration and were still lazy, but now they are like wolves and tigers.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Molinini hurriedly replaced two defensive midfielders, hoping to strengthen the hardness of the midfield through substitutions and adjustments, so as to curb the momentum of the Gossau team and stabilize the situation on the field. He didn't expect to win this match, but at least he couldn't lose.
But it didn't take long for Molinini to discover that even just wanting to hold on to a draw was a luxury in front of a full-fledged Gossau side.
In the 65th minute, Antunovic disrupted the St. Gallen defence with a sudden forward attack, and after passing three defenders in a row, he sent a through ball at the edge of the penalty area, which Egerman understood and successfully countered offside, and then fired a furious shot that slotted the ball over the head of the St. Gallen goalkeeper.
The goalkeeper of the St. Gallen team just subconsciously raised his hands, leaned back, and made a save, and then he could no longer stand unsteadily, and slowly fell to the ground, as if he could not surrender and fell to the ground with a shot.
Eggman didn't celebrate, and like Cowdinghoe, he ran into the goal, picked up the ball in the net, and ran to the midfield to put it down.
The St. Gallen fans booed loudly again, but the Gossau players turned a deaf ear and ran back to their own half one by one, waiting for the St. Gallen team to send a goal kick.
Intimidated by Gosau's momentum, the St Gallen players are now a little cowering from serving the ball from the halfway line. Sure enough, as soon as they sent the ball to the halfway point, the ball changed hands again under the frantic pressure of the Gosau players.
Molinini's several yelling at his players failed to boost their morale, and he had completely lost control of the game. He looked at the players of the Gossau team who were like chickens, full of depression, and wanted to tear his hair with both hands, why was it supposed to be a turnaround battle between St. Gallen and Gossau, but in the second half, it evolved like this?
Don't they know that there is an even bigger Champions League game in three days? Why do they run so desperately? Xiao Yang doesn't seem to be such an impulsive coach? Doesn't he know the importance of accumulating character?
Thinking of this, Molinini looked at Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang's posture has not changed since the second half, he is still standing on the sidelines, holding his chest with his hands, without any expression on his face, looking at his players coldly. Molinini scolded in his heart, do you think this pose is cool? You are purely pretending to be forced, pretending to be struck by lightning.
At this moment, Molinini heard another loud cheer from the fans in the stands of Gossau, and the fans of the St. Gallen team were silent in the stands, and he couldn't help but look at the pitch, only to see the referee's right hand pointing to the halfway line, and the players of the Gosau team were already celebrating the goal.
It turned out that after the players of the Gosho team grabbed the ball just now, after a few inverted feet near the midfield, Ivanovic distributed the ball to the feet of Avannzini on the left, at this time the morale of the players of the Saint-Gallen team was very low, and the defensive formation was relatively scattered.
Avandzini dribbled the ball along the left wing at high speed, and after reaching the area of thirty meters in front, Avandzini shook off the opponent's right back, cut in decisively, and reached the corner of the penalty area, at this time, Egerman's running had led the central defenders of the Saint-Gallen team away, Avandzini had a huge gap in front of him, he looked up at the goal, and then pulled his foot and shot angrily, the ball flew into the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball, poor Saint-Gallen goalkeeper, this time the ball flew from his head into the goal again, Once again, he fell to the ground with his hands raised.