Chapter 41, the Woe to the Wall
Seeing his team's repeated dangers in front of goal, Agusli made a steady gesture to his players, and with the score leading, he hoped that his team would increase their control of the ball. However, it looked like it backfired, presumably because the premature lead had dampened the players' morale, and the Real Sociedad players began to drag on the pitch, and several missed shots led to mistakes.
In the 45th minute, after intercepting the ball from Ladoa to Orellana, Qu Jing handed the ball to Prieto on the left, Prieto made a beautiful juggling move with his heel and passed to Zaldo, who was on the edge of the set, and quickly broke into the ribs, but Zaldo, who faced Maro's defense, did not pay attention to Prieto's gesture to ask for the ball, but chose to break through one-on-one, but unfortunately Zaldo, who ran from the back to the front, slipped under his feet when he made a move, allowing Maro to break the ball with a sliding tackle.
Prieto spread his hands angrily and yelled at Zaldo to express his dissatisfaction with his delay in the fighter, but the deaf Zaldo did not say anything, but turned his head and slowly walked to his defensive position.
Cameras in the stadium caught footage of Prieto's displeasure, with the Real Sociedad veteran captain catching up with Zaldo and complaining beside him. The young and vigorous Zaldo did not remain silent this time, but chose to fight back.
The quarrel between the two did not suspend the game.
Taking advantage of Zaldo's lack of reset, Ladoia, Voss and Orellana made quick passes in a small area, which made Qu Jing and Gonzalez a little stretched to the defense, and when Zaldo and Prieto realized the danger and quickly joined the defense, Orellana, who broke through to the near baseline, hoisted the ball into the box, and Aspas, who was close to Martinez, jumped high and scored with a powerful header.
Aspas, who was not very tall, was so excited after scoring that he ran to the stands of his own fans, jumped on the guardrail, raised his hands in celebration, and the fans who saw hope also excitedly stepped forward to grab him, hugged and shouted with the players who ran over to celebrate.
Martinez quickly ran to the referee and signaled that Aspas had held his hand down on the jump, but the referee obviously would not change the result of the penalty because of this small action that often appeared on the players, and immediately blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
Qu Jing was furious by the goal that should have been avoided, and he kicked the ball that rolled out of the net into it, venting his emotions, Canales shook his head and patted him, but did not speak.
"Stupid to the extreme," Qu Jing glanced up at the iron-faced Agusli and walked back to the locker room with Canales.
"** Don't pass the ball, bring it to a fart?" Prieto, who had been chattering, pointed at Zaldo and scolded.
Not to be outdone, Zaldo immediately shot back: "How else can I pass the ball, you can't run at all, it's like a bookcase." ”
Prieto immediately stood up and kicked Zaldo: "**Who are you talking about", Zaldo dodged back, Prieto's kick was immediately empty, which increased his anger, if it weren't for Canales holding him from behind, the angry old captain would definitely be a flying leg again.
Seeing that the two were getting stiffer and stiffer, Bella, as the captain of the game, stood between the two and gestured to the two and said: "Don't quarrel, don't argue, we still have to play the second half." ”
Prieto snorted coldly: "Second half? The devil knows if he can play the second half! You deserve to lose this game and show you idiots how stupid you are! ”
"That's enough, if you don't want to play, ask the coach to get off the field, but don't discredit the effort we put in", Qu Jing said to Prietto, ignoring the hint in Canales' eyes.
"What the fuck is you talking about here, you hillbilly, believe it or not I'm going to beat you up?" Prieto struggled to break free of Canales, and yelled angrily at the Qu Jing.
"Enough Xavi, even if you're not satisfied, there's no need to use this way", Agusli, who had been watching from the sidelines, spoke at this time, and at this time, he looked like a manager.
"I'm just not satisfied", Prieto, who had been foul-mouthed, was a little restrained, and the sentence was not said in the same tone as before.
"Sergio, you can let him go", Agusli waved at Canales, stared at Prieto again and said: "If you are not satisfied, you can talk to me, instead of creating chaos in the dressing room, you can rest, Ruben will play the second half." ”
Agusli certainly knew the resentment in Prieto's heart.
The veteran has been with the team since making his debut in 2003 and has been a mainstay of the team for many years, scoring a hat-trick at the Bernabeu. As captain, Prieto was scrappy and conscientious, and he also made a number of achievements in the midfield position. But the years are not forgiving, and Prieto, who has clearly passed the peak of his career, no longer has his original running, let alone his original spirituality, and all that remains is complaining and impulsive.
It's a question that Agusli ponders over and over again: the senior players are experienced, while the younger players are full of energy. Considering the situation of the club that is not strong, it is necessary not only to allow young players to grow quickly, but also to be able to top up to the senior players at critical moments.
This made him feel very difficult when arranging the lineup, and it was inevitable that the players who could not play would complain. So he hopes that the team will stabilize soon, so that he can rest assured that he can implement the rotation.
After kick-off in the second half, the Real Sociedad players were still affected by the dressing room, and even the usual consistent play of Qujing made two mistakes, while Zaldo was even more outrageous, in addition to being easily broken by Voss and Orellana on a few occasions, and even stopped the goalkeeper's hand in the stands on one occasion.
Zaldo's poor performance drew a wave of exclamations from the fans, and the Celta players also recognized his weakness and frequently chose to break through with him. This left Pardo and Qu Jing on the left flank to keep filling in for him, but the increasingly courageous Celta players still found a gap on this side.
In the 51st minute, after cooperating with Aspas, in the face of Zaldo, who rushed up, Voss broke through easily with a light ball, and then cut inside into the ribs of the penalty area. Fortunately, Qu Jing saw his intentions and cut the ball into the box to prevent goalkeeper Rulli from being tested again.
After taking the ball, Qu Jing quickly distributed the ball to the feet of Zaldo, who was in the gap on the left side, but Zaldo seemed to be immobilized, not only did not quickly transfer the ball to Bella, who was in front of the right side, but let Orellana, who quickly stepped forward to steal it, and then hoisted into the penalty area.