Yes, the soccer ball is round, and on the soccer field, you never know what will happen in the next second!

In the twenty-second minute, Valencia had the ball. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Valencia's No. 7 Jonas entered Deportivo Half, with a football on the right side of the pitch, and No. 24 Marchena immediately picked up the field.

Instead of making a personal breakthrough, Jonas turned around and leaned on Marchena and pushed diagonally towards the heart of A Coruña.

At this time, Zhang Xu saw that Marchena could not effectively intercept Jonas, so he quickly pressed towards Jonas.

After more than 20 minutes of competition in the first 20 minutes, plus the head coach has already explained that this Chinese kid's defensive ability is relatively strong, so when Jonas saw Zhang Xu coming over, he immediately thought of passing.

He looked left and right and saw that Gago was in front of him on the left, so he poked the tip of his left foot and the ball rolled towards Gago.

And this is exactly what Zhang Xu wanted to see, he immediately turned around, exploded his speed in full swing, and chased after the football that rolled towards Gago at high speed.

Jia Ge didn't care much about it originally, but when he saw that Zhang Xu was going to get the football before him, he was taken aback and hurriedly ran towards the football.

Both sides are rapidly approaching the football, after all, Zhang Xu is turning halfway, the speed is a little slower, seeing that the football is about to be controlled by Gago, Zhang Xu immediately decisively fell to the ground and tackled.

Gago's heart couldn't help but be happy when he saw the football that was about to fall under his feet, but the moment his foot touched the football, another toe suddenly came out and stabbed the football before him.

Nice steal!

After head coach Ortra saw Zhang Xu's steal, he immediately jumped up excitedly and praised loudly.

However, the next scene left him dumbfounded.

Zhang Xu's football poked out was not picked up by the answering Belleron, Belleron's start was half a beat slower, and the football was lost to the opponent's No. 24 Tino. Costa got it first.

After Tino got the football, he grabbed the ball before Belleron intercepted it and bowed with his right foot!

The ball passed through the right side of Belleron's body, through the gap between the two Deportivo defenders, and suddenly appeared on the left edge of the penalty area.

"Watch your back!! Watch out for that damn number 17!! At this time, Zhang Xu had already seen the danger, and it was too late to defend, so he could only remind his teammates loudly.

However, his reminder was still a bit late.

Valencia's striker Guardado has bypassed the slightly inattentive No. 2 Pablo and successfully countered offside to the left rear of the football.

Guardado touched the ball with his left foot, then ran two steps and slammed it directly into the back of the ball.

Shot!

The power of the shot was so great that the ball appeared like a bolt of lightning in the bottom left corner of the goal.

Zhang Xu's teammate, goalkeeper Aranzubia, saw that the football was already rolling in the net before he could make a move!

The ball is in!

Halfway through the first half, Valencia broke the door for Deportivo with an anti-offside attack! 1-0 lead!

Zhang Xu looked at the football lying in the net with hatred, and felt a sense of loss in his heart. Although this goal is not directly related to him, he is the organizer of the defense after all, and as long as he concedes a goal, it is his responsibility.

Well, it's just a ball that has been conceded, and it's still a long time, so I don't believe I can't get it back! Valencia, we'll see!

Zhang Xu left the sense of loss in his heart behind, clenched his fists, looked firmly at the Valencia players celebrating the goal, and secretly made up his mind.

Just when he was ambitious to equalize or even overtake, another unexpected situation happened, confirming an old Chinese saying: disaster does not go alone.

In the 29th minute of the game, Deportivo LaCoruna's attack had been thoroughly led by Zhang Xu and Belleron, and if nothing else, the equalizer was only a matter of time.

However, it was at this time that something happened that made all Deportivo fans despair.

It was purely an accident. Valencia's Tino. After Costa was entangled by Zhang Xu in the front court, he couldn't form an effective breakthrough at all, and in desperation, he could only kick the football forward very casually.

He was lucky that the football was actually won by his team-mates.

No. 9 Soldado was still dangling in front of him, but he didn't expect a football to fall from the sky and fall at his feet in a flash.

Surprised, he quickly took control of the ball, then quickly turned around and advanced towards the middle of the penalty area.

Immediately after entering the penalty area, Soldado was targeted by No. 3 Eivaldo, an experienced defender who used his body to carry Soldado and interfered with Soldado with small movements from time to time.

If it continues like this, Valencia will not have any chance at all.

However, at this time, Eivaldo, who has always been calm, noticed that Soldado was a bit too big when he dribbled the ball, so he rashly stretched out his right foot and tried to poke the football away.

His idea was good, but the actual effect was a kick to Soldado's right foot.

At this time, Soldado's right foot happened to be his supporting foot, and Evadordo's kick suddenly made him feel a sharp pain, so he consciously covered his right foot and fell to the grass.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle at the right time, ran over quickly, checked on Soldado who had fallen on the grass, and then mercilessly pulled out the bright red card from his arms and flashed it to Eivaldo.

Then, the referee ran to the place where the penalty was taken, pointed to the penalty spot, and signaled that the penalty would be imposed - penalty!

This moment immediately blinded all the Deportivo players, and they all gathered around and pleaded to the referee.

Zhang Xu was the first to run up, and said with a sincere pleading: "Hello, sir, he really didn't mean to, he just didn't stop his foot and kicked the opponent's foot, do you think you can give a slightly lighter penalty?" ”

"Yes, yes, sir, I really didn't mean to kick people on purpose! Please, give me a chance! Evaldo also stepped in, with an innocent expression.

"No way, I'll be punished if you foul!" The head coach didn't back down in the slightest, he said with a blank face.

"Sir, we have no intention of challenging your majesty, but please give us a chance to mend our ways for the sake of him not intending to!" Belleron squeezed in and said to the referee.

"Impossible, Belleron, you're a veteran in football, how could I turn a blind eye to such an obvious foul? Besides, I've already made a penalty, do you want me to take it back and make it a laughing thing in the refereeing world? "For Belleron, the referee is still very respectful, and he specially explained.

"Okay!" Belleron sighed and pulled his team members apart helplessly.

Coach Altra is going crazy, just give a penalty and send off the team's main central defender, if this ball is not lost, it will be a miracle!

At the beginning, he immediately ran to the fourth referee on the sidelines of the field and loudly pleaded for his players and the team, but after a few roars, he found that he could not change the outcome in the slightest, and finally could only return to the front of the coach's box in a huff and signal the assistant coach to arrange a substitution.

He called Zhang Xu to the sidelines and asked with a serious face: "Zhang, now I can only rely on you, you tell me, can I trust you?" ”

"Yes! Boss, if I can do it, you can leave it to me! Zhang Xu nodded fiercely and replied categorically.

"Okay, I'll arrange for Belleron to go off the field immediately, you as the team's organizational back, take on the core responsibilities of the team, and we will play a single-core tactic as we have practiced in the past." Ortra patted Zhang Xu on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Zhang, I know that your task is very heavy, most of the defensive tasks are pressed on you, and at the same time, you have to shoulder the burden of organizing the attack in such adversity, I hope you can carry it down and don't let me down, okay?" ”

"Don't worry, boss!" Zhang Xu's face was firm: "You can take a good look!" I won't let you down! Because we are the 'Super Laco'! Never-say-die 'Super Laco'! ”

"That's right, we're the never-say-die 'Super Laco'!" Ortra nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand to Zhang Xu and said, "Go, good boy!" I look forward to seeing what you bring! ”

After Zhang Xu left, the assistant coach said softly: "Mr. Ortra, are you putting too much pressure on him like this?" It's too much pressure to have to withstand Valencia's strong attacking pressure and look for every opportunity to create goals! If he can't bear it, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to his growth! ”

"Well, I don't know that, but now, what can I do?" Ortra sighed and said, "I can only hope that he with a big heart can bring us a little hope!" ”

"Alas, that's all I can hope for!" The assistant coach looked at Zhang Xu, who was organizing his teammates to prepare for the opponent's penalty, and muttered.

In the twenty-fourth minute of the game, Deportivo made a substitution, with Belleron down, No. 10 Thomas up, No. 9 Pizzi down, and No. 4 Alex on.

No.4 Alex took Eivaldo's place, with Thomas behind No.11 Ricky, acting as both a shadow striker and a midfielder.

And Zhang Xu stood in the position of the former Belleron and held the command of the team in his hands.

Moreover, the captain's armband, which used to be worn on Belleron's arm, was very conspicuously worn on his arm!