Inside the Espanyol dressing room

Leading by two goals in the opening 20 minutes didn't give all the players the motivation to be happy at half-time, and now that the team is one man down, the second half will only get harder and harder to play with only one goal ahead.

"What are you doing? Dejected, have we already lost? Hu Xuefei was very dissatisfied with the lifeless locker room, and shouted angrily, waking up all the players present.

"Coach, you don't have to change the sides to keep the midfield defensive, we need their impact on both sides." The all-round midfielder Rocca did not affirm the tactical decision made by Hu Xuefei just now, and continued: "You can completely replace me for Luiz, and you don't need Piati and Pérez to play at all. ”

questioned Hu Xuefei's decision, but Hu Xuefei was not angry. Roca is a Spaniard youth training, but also under Hu Xuefei has been in the diary of the previous life, Roca's desire for tactical knowledge, just like the human body's need for water, the previous life asked Roca how to continue after the end of his career, and Roca said without hesitation: "To be a head coach, becoming a head coach is my lifelong dream." ”

When I heard this, I thought of my own ideals, when I was in the academy in my previous life, I liked to discuss tactics with Roka, which is why Roca dares to discuss the substitution decision with Hu Xuefei in the locker room now.

Hu Xuefei frowned, although Luo Ka was one of his favorite disciples in his previous life, but the locker room questioned the replacement decision on the spot, which still made Hu Xuefei a little awkward.

"We have the lead, our midfielders are better than their players in terms of tackling and tackling, not to mention that they are not diverse in attack, so cutting off all the attacking combinations that can be done in the middle, compressing the space for them to attack in the middle, so that when they only attack on the wings, they will only cross, that's what I think.

Moreover, Piatti's performance was not as good as I wanted, so why did he still let him on the field, since there was no one attacking on the left, then I simply changed the right side to strengthen the attacking ability in the middle. ”

Hu Xuefei explained to Roca one by one, although Roca always felt that something was wrong when he heard it, and felt that Hu Xuefei's substitution was a bit arbitrary, but since his head coach had already solved his doubts, if he continued to ask, he would only waste the time of halftime, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Hu Xuefei saw that Roca didn't mean to continue asking, so he continued to say: "Now that there is one less person to fight, I need you to concentrate, be more concentrated, more concentrated, and not have the slightest relaxation, what we need is a victory, not a draw or defeat, understand?" ”

"Understood!" The players shouted in unison.

"Well, let's move on with the second half." Hu Xuefei saw that after the players had taken a break, he was refreshed by the discussion between Roca and Hu Xuefei just now, and immediately started his tactical arrangement in the second half.

"Well, dear spectators and friends, the half-time break is over soon, the players on both sides have returned to the pitch, the second half is kicked off by Getafe, I wonder how their manager Jose will set up his tactics in the dressing room?

Now that they are one man ahead, it can be very advantageous on the pitch, but what will the young manager of the Spaniard do?

In the second half, let's wait and see, the second half officially begins! ”

As the referee's second-half whistle sounded, the second half of the match between Espanyol and Getafe officially began.

Getafe kicked off, Iglesias and Granero immediately stepped forward to press, although the number of people in the front court was small, but Hu Xuefei emphasized the pressing in the front court at halftime. Iglesias's defensive task is mainly on the front court, and Granero has just come on the field, and has experienced a halftime break, full of physical strength, Hu Xuefei let him have tasks in the midfield pressing and front court pressing, anyway, there are many people in the midfield, Hu Xuefei is not worried that Getafe will be able to get space and opportunities in the midfield because of Granello's grabbing.

Espanyol's adjustment, Getafe coach Jose saw it all, in the second half he distributed the offensive firepower on both sides, trying to press the Spaniard's two full-backs.

The Spaniards were a disadvantage after all, with the midfield four increasing the coverage of the defence, but there were still opportunities for Getafe's pull.

In the 48th minute, after midfielder Markle stole the pass from Granero to Iglesias, he played back and forth with Diene and Maksimovic in the right midfield.

Granero stepped forward to grab Markle, and after finding that the three of them did not have the idea of advancing with the ball, they drummed up to let their teammates come forward to press, Roca and Iglesias did not hesitate at all, and used their bodies to squeeze each other against Maksimovich, who is now holding the ball.

Unable to turn around, Maksimovic had to pass back to Diene again.

While being pressed by the Spaniard's midfield, Getafe could not advance on the right flank, and Diene had to plan to split the side with a big foot and divert the direction of the attack.

Diené turned his head to see where Antunes was on the other side, and when he was ready, he bowed with his left foot, pulled the string with his right foot, brushed and fell.

Diene didn't expect to wrestle, and the ball kicked with his right foot in a strange arc, over the heads of all the Spaniard's midfielders and defenders, and appeared behind Ermerso, on the edge of the penalty area.

One of the first to react to a sudden turn of events was Diego López, who had to kick the ball out before the arrival of the opposing striker Mata.

Getafe striker Juan Mata reacted instantly at the same time as Diego started, along with Ermerso, who realised he had to turn and save the ball as the ball went over his head.

The two started at the same time, but Elmerso still needed to turn around, and in an instant, Mata shook off Elmerso's defense, and Elmerso didn't even have time to pull the jersey.

Juan Mata picked up his right wing-back's erroneous overhead pass and took it straight to goalkeeper Diego Lopez, who was also on the move.

Diego lowered his hands and tried his best to expand his defence, staring at the menacing Mata with a grim expression.

Mata looked at the goalkeeper in front of him, and his coach's advice flashed in his mind, "If you have a single knife and try to get past the goalkeeper, their Diego Lopez is old, his speed and turn are not as good as before, and he is 196 tall, with your skills, you can get past him and then shoot." ”

Mata made a quick decision, facing the oncoming Diego Lopez defence, Mata shook his upper body slightly and faked a shot with his right foot. Sure enough, Diego was confused by Mata's shot, and immediately moved his center of gravity to the right, but unexpectedly, Mata shook the ball with his right foot, pushed again, and continued to take the baseline.

Diego watched Mata rush in front of him, trying to get up again to block the remaining angle, but there was no way, Mata shook off Diego, and there was a blank space in front of him, without a single Espanyol player's goal, and with a push of his instep, the ball rolled into the goal.

Just three minutes into the second half, when Getafe was wrestling at his full-back Diene, Mata received this bizarre pass and went on his own to shake the goalkeeper and shoot into the empty net.

Espanyol 2:2 Getafe and the two sides were tied.

Mata swooped over the billboard and went straight to the visitors' fans, blaming off on his goal.

"Ouch, what's going on? Can this be done? Compared with the joy on the bench of the away team, the Spaniards were silent, and Hu Xuefei was speechless about this attack, waved his hand, and reluctantly transferred to his bench.

"Now, the Espanyol who are playing at home are beaten by the head of the away game Getafe, and they are not lightly beaten, while fighting with one less person, Getafe scored a goal at the beginning of the second half, and Getafe will definitely go all out to win the rest of the time, and the Spaniards are not optimistic in the second half." Torres was deflated and worried about the situation with the Spaniards on the pitch.

"You can't lose! It's still our home turf! Hu Xuefei beat confidence in his heart, and clapped his hands to the players on the field, don't relax, and improve concentration.