Chapter 43: The Paradox Contest
Canales shrugged and pouted, "Then you seem to have removed the elated expression on your face." ”
Qu Jing smiled at him and patted his teammate who was getting more and more in tune with him: "Sergio, thank you for your wonderful pass, it feels amazing." ”
Canales spread his hands, then pointed at Bella and continued, "It seems like there's something missing, or maybe you or Carlos should complete the hat-trick." ”
Bella said with a serious face: "Shouldn't we keep a low profile, looking at the coach of Celta, I can't bear to be happy." ”
Although he was very accustomed to Bella's habits, his serious and funny style still drew Qu Jing out loud, and he waved to the fans who were celebrating like a holiday, and glanced at Berizzo on the sidelines.
The star-studded Celta coach clasped his arms to his chest at this time, his face was confused, and seemed to be full of sadness, probably just tied and overtaken made him a little overwhelmed, he did not show his body movements as frequently as in previous games, just stood quietly next to the coach's seat, thinking.
Berizzo then made a change to his team, bringing on Martinda to replace Ladoa, who had been in the shadow of the warp throughout the game. And Martinda has been inseparable from Qu Jing since the moment he came on the court. However, to Berizzo's frustration, the result of the substitution did not seem to be any different: sending only one player to defend seemed to be far from limiting the warp.
In the 67th minute, Qu Jing retreated in the Celta half, and under Martinda's close interference, he gently picked up the ball with his left foot when receiving Berziche's pass, stopped the ball on the left side of his body, and then turned to a volley.
This shot not only made Martinda behind him powerless, but also caught goalkeeper Alvarez off guard, the ball quickly made a peak-to-valley curve in the air and then fell sharply at the goal, and then smashed firmly on the crossbar and bounced off the pitch with a "bang".
There was a burst of regret in the stands, and the big screen in the stadium showed Alvarez the look of attention when he gave up the shot, and then cut to the bench, and Sans gestured to the curve of the shot again.
In the 71st minute, Zurutusa's cross from the right side was cleared by Fontas to the top of the penalty area, and Qu Jing looked at the incoming ball and made a gesture to the left, this seemingly extremely realistic feint perfectly confused Martinda, who came up to mark the defense, so that Martinda's body instantly moved out nearly two meters, so that the extremely open Qu Jing in front of him was a very threatening long shot.
Seeing that the team's situation on the pitch was not reversed, Berizzo made a second adjustment of the game, replacing right midfielder Voss with striker Goody.
This substitution also made Qu Jing a little puzzled.
As the saying goes, "whoever gets the midfielder gets the world", because of the 4-3-3 formation, Celta's midfield thickness is already weaker than Real Sociedad, and now replacing a midfielder with a striker is equivalent to completely abandoning the central hinterland and the deep area.
But as the game progressed, Qu Jing quickly saw Berizzo's intentions: Celta abandoned the middle and left the midfield completely empty. It is equivalent to blowing a huge bubble, wrapping the heavily guarded Real Sociedad team in the middle from all sides, and when the Real Sociedad team has the ball from the advance, they will immediately retreat across the line, compressing the penalty area like an iron wall with almost no gaps. And when they attack, they don't need to transition in the middle at all, they often start directly from the back, and then control the ball through the aerial battle.
This tactic of doing the opposite paid off in a matter of minutes. Real Sociedad's defensive weakness in the air has put goalkeeper Rulli to the test frequently, but only because the threat posed by such unskilled attacks is limited.
This makes Qu Jing have a sense of confusion.
If Celta are ahead, this tactical arrangement is not a delaying method, but trying to open up the situation in this way when they are behind can be a bit XJBT.
Qu Jing took the initiative to retreat his position and began to pass and receive the ball frequently in the midfield. Their slow pace of possession also made Celta players extremely awkward on the pitch: pressing was not only physically demanding, but also caused the formation to separate, and Real Sociedad's change of pace could create a killing chance. If you don't grab it, you can only accept a loss.
In the ensuing period, Celta players repeatedly failed in their seemingly aggressive but inefficient attacks, while Real Sociedad, who were not in a hurry to attack, rarely pushed the ball into Celta's heart easily.
This creates a very strange situation: when Celta attack, the ball will fly in the air; And when Real Sociedad get the ball, the ball will be passed around in the middle and back. The two teams didn't seem to intersect, but more like a tacit understanding, and ended the game in such a paradoxical "fight".
Compared with the ups and downs of the first 60 minutes of the game, the second 30 minutes of the game were a little dull, especially the tactical arrangement of Berizzo in the second half of the game, which has also become a problem for the media to figure out.
Speaking to a reporter from the newspaper "As" after the game, Berizzo replied: "We were in a terrible situation at the beginning, I almost gave up, but our players were very good, they played a great game in difficult situations and then did the impossible. But alas, then the opponent scored another goal, and then, as you asked, we started flying around like we'd hung Wia", and then he was silent for a moment before continuing: "Well, I can't make it up. In fact, it was the opposition midfield who put us under a lot of pressure and made me feel like if we had been organising the attack in a systematic way, we would have conceded more goals. So, you see, if we're lucky, we can get a point, don't we? ”
Berrizo's dejected stance contrasted sharply with his pre-match ambitions, which led the media to rehash the old story, and when the media also mentioned the problems of Prieto and Zaldo, Agusli told the media seriously: "The players are working hard, and so is the manager. It's no surprise that anything can happen to the players in such a tight game. Celta de Vigo were a respectable opponent with sharp attacks, good goals and a fighting spirit throughout the game. I'm sure the result will soon be forgotten and the spirit of the team will live on", before pausing again, he continued: "Our players have no problem, they work together perfectly on the pitch and that's what drives us forward. ”