Chapter 61: Stalemate
Villarreal's changes quickly paid off.
Their aggressive running and pressing still caused mistakes for Bergara and Berziche, and they immediately organized a counter-attack, and although there was still not much room to attack, the overall strength of the players still allowed them to create a lot of subtle combinations in small areas.
In particular, Soldado, a former Real Madrid veteran, can not only break through on his own with the ball, but also repeatedly threaten Real Sociedad's goal with the ball for his teammates.
Qu Jing noticed that Soldado had successfully broken through Gonzalez twice and formed a very threatening shot, if it weren't for Zaldo's timely defense and Rulli's brave play, I am afraid that the score would have been rewritten.
What's more, Soldado also set up a cannon for Bakab on the front line as many as 3 times.
The Congolese striker was surprisingly physical, and in one-on-one confrontations with Ilya Ramendi and Martinez, he completely had the upper hand, but Bakab's shooting level was surprisingly poor, and the poor were ...... It's time to catch up with Aguirreche.
In view of this, Qu Jing consciously retreated to the right side, began to vigorously compress Soldado's space to get the ball, and tried to block the opposing player's pass to Soldado.
As for Bakab, as long as he is not too close to the goal area, he can ...... casually! And handing the ball to such a "rotten" player, it turns out, is more conducive to the side to get the ball back.
After effectively containing Soldado's side, the situation on the pitch of Real Sociedad really improved. The back line, which had been repeatedly attacked just now, could finally take a few breaths and try to organize a counterattack.
In the 27th minute, Berziche made a tackle on the left and handed the ball to Ilia Ramendi, who wanted to pass the ball directly to Canaras on the left, but Bruno's defense had to cross it to Qu Jing, who retreated to respond.
In Qu Jing's opinion, whether it is handed over to Canales or himself, it is not a very good choice.
Canales will still be in a siege even after getting the ball, and he has been in Suarez's close defense, with Bruno, Suarez, Marion and Bailly on the side, they can easily form multiple defensive triangles to cut themselves.
It made him feel very uncomfortable with the ball.
The high integrity of the opponent's defensive formation makes it difficult to penetrate through the ball, and the disadvantage in the number of receivers on this side makes it difficult to open up the attacking space, and it seems that there is no other way but to break through strongly.
Qu Jing while protecting the ball with his back under Suarez's interference, while signaling Zaldo and Bergara to step forward, and after the two of them pulled out the gap, Qu Jing suddenly a Cruyff turned around and deceived Suarez, and moved to the left, and when Suarez realized that he was deceived and pounced again, Qu Jing slammed the ball with the outside instep, and then quickly wiped it outward.
This escape, which does not have too many fancy skills, is due to the just right change of rhythm, and because it is too realistic, so that Suarez, who has changed direction twice in a row, suddenly loses his center of gravity!
The shot of Qu Jing glancing sideways at Suarez who fell to the ground in embarrassment was switched to the big screen, which caused a long exclamation from the fans in the stands, Qu Jing continued to rush forward with the ball, and Suarez quickly got up from the ground.
Suarez was a little annoyed by the fall, but it also made him calm down quickly. The young man, who became the main player of the team at the age of 21, put away his contempt for Qu Jing and hurried to catch up with him from behind.
In attack, the addition of Bergado and Zaldo up front gave Real Sociedad a 6v7 contrast with Villarreal up front. In order to pursue the success rate, Qu Jing did not use the rough play of a long diagonal pass to the penalty area at 45°, but stuffed the ball to Zardo on the right side.
Zaldo didn't rush the ball into the box under Costa's marking, he wanted to try to break through Costa and cut to the bottom line, and then disrupt the opponent's camp with an inverted triangle pass or a direct shot, but Costa's calm defense looked impeccable, which made him lose confidence a little and pass the ball back to the curve.
Qu Jing, who was still clinging to Suarez, chose to deliberately miss again, conceded the ball to Bergara in the back, and then quickly crossed positions with Vela in the middle.
This sudden change of pace made the defenders a little stunned, but unfortunately they did not form enough tacit understanding with Bergara, and by the time Bergara realized it, the three of them had missed the best time to pass.
I don't know if it's because of the impact of the upcoming Christmas, Vergara looked obviously a little careless, he tried to transfer the ball to Canales on the left, but Bruno, who defended him, made a steal and immediately handed it to Dos Santos on the left.
After being cut off by the opponent, Zaldo was still waiting for an opportunity on the right side near the baseline, allowing him to temporarily form a huge gap on the left side. And Dos Santos, who has rarely been involved in defense since the beginning of the game, seems to have been waiting for this kind of opportunity, and after he got the ball, he began to rush quickly along the left side!
Iljaramendi started at about the same time as Dos Santos in the left-sided midfield position, but the Mexican, who dribbled the ball at high speed, didn't give the latter a chance to fill in, and he easily brushed Ilyaramendi through a nice change of direction and deftly avoided a tactical foul he wanted to delay the time.
In an instant, dos Santos, Soldado, and Bakab in attack formed a 3v3 with Berziche, Martinez, and Gonzalez in defense.
After Ilia Ramendi was broken, Gonzalez had to step forward to intercept dos Santos, but the Mexican did not continue to stick to the ball, it was a direct pass!
The astute Soldado was clearly more in tune with his team-mates, and he ran to the ball before Martinez, who was marking him, but just as he was about to take the ball from the left side of the penalty area, a blue figure suddenly appeared in front of him!
From Bruno's snatching of the ball at the feet of Bergara and the rapid retreat began!
Illiaramendi's failed defence still bought time for Qu Jing to run back, allowing him to arrive in time when Soldado tried to get on the ball.
And Qu Jing, who came back from a long run, didn't take the ball, he just stuck his position steadily, and protected the ball out of the bottom line in the entanglement with Soldado.
His wonderful performance once again sparked applause from the fans and touched Sanz on the bench.
From the Real Sociedad B team, the two often played as double midfielders, at that time, Qu Jing's super ability to switch from defense to attack has made Sans envious, he envies Qu Jing's overall view, and also envies Qu Jing's ability to control the situation, but now, his super running ability is even more shocking to him!
What the hell is going on?!
He remembered that Qu Jing's physical fitness three months ago was not as outstanding as it is now!
The two were promoted from the B team to the first team by Agusli at the same time, but now, Qu Jing has long become the absolute main force of the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and on the other hand, he is still struggling for the opportunity to be a substitute.
It seems that it is time to find an opportunity to learn from this scripture.