Chapter 15: Dominance in numbers
After the 2-0 win over Sabadell, some of the Santa Málaga players did swell, forgetting the difficulty of the game and only remembering the final score.
Captain Pablo's words made them sober up that they themselves were only one of the lowest teams in Spain, and that they were now playing against a second division team.
In this case, shouldn't Alcorcon be the one who feels lost?
In Santa Málaga, which has been put back in its position, the fighting spirit and morale have returned.
After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the second half began.
Santa Mara, who took the lead in serving, did not rush to transfer the ball to the opponent's half to attack, but patiently reversed the ball in the middle and back.
Alcorcon immediately launched a frontcourt press in the midfield, and the competition on the field became fierce in an instant.
The Santa Malaga players did not panic under the pressure of the opponent, but cooperated very smoothly, showing the characteristics of Spanish football to the fullest.
As time went on, the Alcorcón players became impatient and moved bigger, and the Santa Málaga players were frequently brought down.
Antonio did not direct his team to rush into attack, still directing the team to reverse the ball in central midfield, and the home fans booed loudly.
In the fifteenth minute of the first half, Pablo, who took the ball in the hinterland, suddenly made a long pass and launched the first attack in the second half!
The ball flew into the heart of Alcorcon and Liag was unable to win the battle with the opposing centre-back, who was pushed back into midfield.
"Rob! ……”
Liag wanted to rest, but Antonio shouted loudly from the sidelines.
The tactics that Santa Malaga often practiced, in addition to defensive counterattacks, are high pressing, and Antonio hopes to strangle the opponent's attack in the cradle through high pressing.
Liag immediately dropped back into midfield to counter-attack with his team-mates.
Through a collective effort, Santa Malaga once again made a football steal!
Damn it!
Coach Alcorcón was still on the bench, and with the second half going on for ten minutes, Alcorcón not only failed to show a decent attack, but the football was firmly controlled by Santa Malaga.
If this continues, it will be extremely detrimental to Alcorcon.
Under the shouts of the coach, Alcorcon's formation pressed forward collectively, and more and more players participated in the midfield pressing, and the two sides launched a fierce battle near the midfield.
As the pressure mounted, Santa Málaga, who were outnumbered overall, began to make more mistakes, but they kept the game evenly matched through aggressive pressing.
After Alcorcón completed the steal, there was no way to attack comfortably, and the two sides fell into chaos.
Coach Alcorcoon, who was standing in the command area, had an ugly face and yelled more and more often.
Evenly matched with this D-tier team on the field?!
The impatient mentality of the Alcorcón player emerges.
In the twenty-seventh minute of the second half, when Pablo stole the football from the opponent's feet, he was taken to the ground.
It was a nasty foul and the opponent kicked Pablo in the right leg and the court was immediately chaotic.
Players on both sides gathered around and spitted and pushed and pulled, and there was a tendency to "fight if they disagreed".
The referee rushed to the centre of the incident and used a yellow card to stop the situation from getting worse.
In the ensuing match, the action of the two sides became bigger and bigger, and the game turned into hand-to-hand combat, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
In the 31st minute of the second half, there was a scuffle near midfield, and Pablo seized the opportunity to kick the football forward with a big kick.
Under Liag's interference, the Alcorcón centre-back's header was deflected wide and flew towards the right.
The football landing point is more than ten meters away from Li Chuanqi!
But Li Chuanqi did not give up and rushed towards football!
Two dragons play with pearls.
Rushing towards football, in addition to Li Chuanqi, there is also Alcorcón left-back Paris.
In the rush, Li Chuanqi showed his advantage in speed and gradually left Paris behind!
Paris didn't give up, he didn't use tactical fouls, and even if a D player can hold the football, what can he do?
When he was still two meters away from the football, Li Chuanqi jumped up and stretched out his right foot in the air to unload the football!
It was a perfect stoppage.
Paris was surprised and immediately returned to normal, closing in quickly, using the opportunity to close the gap between the two.
After Li Chuanqi landed, he quickly adjusted his center of gravity and started at high speed again!
"Chance!"
The Santa Malaga bench saw hope, Antonio clenched his fists and boss Juan's trembling fat hand covered his mouth.
Damn it!
Paris cursed in his mind as he quickly observed the entire line.
He found that once Li Chuanqi advanced at high speed, he would be able to break through their entire defense line!
Shovel!
The thought immediately crossed Paris's mind.
Then take immediate action, drop your center of gravity, and fly towards the football shovel!
"Oops!"
Coach Alcorco, who was standing in the command area, had a strong sense of foreboding in his heart.
"Ahh ……”
Sure enough, his ominous premonition came true, and Paris's kick did not touch the football, but shoveled into Li Chuanqi's left instep.
Li Chuanqi let out a scream and fell to the ground.
"Red card!"
Liag, who was about to answer in the middle, watched Li Chuanqi roll on the turf in pain, and rushed to the referee and yelled.
Damn, this one should have been a red card, it was a bad back-tackle!
If he doesn't foul, we can create offensive chances, even one-on-one chances!
Santa Malaga was so excited that the Alcorcón players realised the danger and challenged the referee.
Because Paris already has a yellow card on him.
If you take another one, two yellows and one red, it will be troublesome......
The referee ran to the centre of the incident and gave Paris a yellow card, followed by a red card.
Red!
Coach Alcorco's face was gloomy, which was the last thing he wanted to see, and his players suddenly changed their mood in the second half, and they committed fouls frequently, and now the consequences were presented before his eyes.
Damn, I told you at halftime to stay calm no matter what the situation, what do you see you guys doing?
The fans in the stands opened their mouths slightly and were sent off?
That means we're going to play eleven out of ten in the next game?!
Playing a low-level team, all playing like this?!
Whatever the outcome of this game, this red card will definitely be magnified by the media.
The second division team plays against the D division team, and the second division team still has to use the red card to stop the opponent's attack?!
Damn it!
The home fans frowned and were in a depressed mood.