Levi sat on the bench and crossed his arms to look at Tamudo, who was guessing on the side.

Because he was put on the bench, Tamudo was the captain of the field for the game.

Before the start of the match, Espanyol fans prepared a huge tifo with great anticipation, hoping to impress the rising star who has brought them countless miracles during this time.

No one expected Pochettino, a chicken thief, to leave the suspense until the opening of the game.

Levi, who was originally in the starting line-up, was replaced due to 'temporary health problems', so he had to get up and bow near the bench to thank the fans for their enthusiasm.

"You're in trouble, I'm fine." Diego Costa muttered.

He saw that Levi was so popular with the fans, and his heart was a little sour, especially those excited female fans, who were still wearing so cool clothes in October, twisting their waists as if dancing enthusiastic tango.

It's as hot as the sun in Barcelona.

"I didn't expect that model to be quite powerful, did you fight again last night..."

Diego Costa looked at Levi's face and began to make preconceived assumptions.

"Well, your eyes do look a little blue, and your spirit is a little sluggish."

Levi grinned his teeth.

Do you understand the gold content of my self-discipline boy?

With the referee's whistle.

The competition has officially begun.

Villarreal, who kicked off first, organized the attack in midfield.

Robert Pires, who once played for the unbeaten Arsenal side and one of the representatives of France's 98 golden generation, is now playing for Villarreal.

The talented veteran uses his vast experience and technical mastery.

Orchestrating the rhythm of Villarreal, they launched round after round of attacks towards the Espanyol defence.

But in the face of the Spaniards who compressed the formation as a whole, Villarreal had no good way to break through the defense directly, and could only keep turning their feet on the outside to find opportunities.

But transmission control is not something that anyone can play if they want to.

They lacked the same metronome as Barcelona and struggled to keep the ball under control, and sometimes the Spaniards had to pass the ball back to reorganise when they launched a cold press up front.

Pellegrini gritted his teeth, it wasn't what he wanted to see.

His original idea was to use Gonzalo Rodriguez and Godin's solid defense, as well as Bruno Soriano, who was directly exchanging one-on-one with Levi.

Abolish the core of Espanyol's frontcourt playmaking.

At the same time, he saw the opportunity to plan a defensive counterattack with Pires as the core, and as long as he stole a goal, he immediately settled in the overall position for intensive defense.

Chilean engineers are not coaching a big team.

If you want to win La Liga, you must try to bite the game in the safest way.

I'm afraid of losing, I don't dare to wave a point, and it's nothing shameless to want to win.

Not far away, Pochettino was stroking his thick chin and smiling meaningfully.

Pellegrini never thought this man was more shameless than him.

Directly rotated a lot of core players, and then even the forward position was behind the center circle?

After breaking the ball, he was completely unorganized, and directly played a counterattack with a long pass in front.

When the counterattack fails, it falls back to the defense.

Where are your wingbacks flying on both wings? Why don't you go up?

Don't you have a playmaker like Levi in your squad? Why not send it in?

Manuel Pellegrini couldn't believe that something would suddenly go wrong with Levi, who had scored a hat-trick a few days ago, and that decision was hanging like a knife over his head at the moment.

"This Spaniard player is obviously super strong but overly cautious"

Villarreal, on the other hand, had to fight hard, constantly dispatching the ball to find opportunities.

Pires alone at the end of his career couldn't have played such a tactic.

In Pellegrini's opinion, his team is completely engaged in tactics that they are not familiar with at the moment.

"Pires! Pires! The veteran is very active on the field! He passed Ferran Colominas and a feint to deduct Moises Hurtado, who came to press! ”

Halfway through the half, Pires' jersey was already soaked with sweat as he tried to pass forward after connecting two people.

But there was still a dense blue-and-white formation ahead, with Villarreal's players struggling to weave it through.

He didn't have Campbell, Toure behind him...

There is no Vieira by his side, no Ljungberg...

There's no Bergkamp ahead, no Henry, no Reyes...

Llorente and Rossi struggled to get the ball on the ball and could only end it with a long-range shot from outside the box that went over the crossbar.

"I think I'm going to fall asleep."

Die-hard fan Beagle muttered as he patted his daughter's little head.

The little girl with her golden braid staggered forward, but her father was quick to hold her up.

"Hmm... Did Levi play? ”

Brooklyn opened her confused eyes and glanced at the field, but there was no such agile and dexterous figure.

"I don't know, I thought I was watching Sevilla."

A fan next to him commented.

In this era, Simeone is still coaching the old giants River Plate in the Argentine league, and Atletico Madrid is not the most defensive-minded team in La Liga.

It was Sevilla coach Marono Jimenez who really took the bucket formation to the extreme.

On the field, Tamudo received a pass from Riera and shot from the side of the box, which was blocked by Godin, who tackled sideways.

He wiped his sweat and Tamudo, who was tackled to the ground, complained to the referee.

But it was the ball that did come first.

Godin's body is actually a bit thin compared to some of the centre-backs.

But he is always good at analyzing the characteristics of each opponent, adjusting the timing of the position and the foot according to their characteristics, and judging the sense of position.

Before the match, he carefully studied the video of Levi's recent match and made plenty of preparation.

This kid has made football-famous centre-backs such as Puyol and Cannavaro his backdrop.

He didn't want to be next.

Responsible, calm and iron-blooded, steely willpower, this is Godin.

Forty-four minutes into the game, a forward pass in front of the Villarreal penalty area, Roman Martinez, who was eager to cut off the ball, cut in too haste, and instead lost a large space.

Villarreal midfielder Senna slices the ball straight to Capdevilla, who is inserted.

Capdevilla and Pires combined to complete a wall-to-wall combination.

After getting past Laroux, Pires dribbled straight to the bottom line, and Torrejón tried to stop Pires from getting down to cross.

But the old and demonic Pires deftly stepped on the ball near the baseline and turned around, taking advantage of the situation.

Got past Torrejon and swept the ball into the box.

Center forward Rossi immediately understood, inserted in front of goal and burst into the goal, which was blocked by Bravo.

"It's amazing, Bravo is the savior of the Espanyol in this game! If it had been scored, I don't know what the Spaniard would have done next. ”

"The yellow submarines that are ahead of the curve will surely dive deep into the deep sea under the leadership of their captain Manuel Pellegrini, and they will never find their weaknesses again."

Andres Montes seems to have been buffed with a speed limit today, and he didn't have a chance to show it.

Pochettino stood on the sidelines, his palm on his forehead, and he almost got out of the way.

With the current attention of this team in China, it is estimated that fans in Guangdong Province should give him the nickname Bo Hi many years in advance.

Villarreal get a corner.

"Pires takes a corner kick and the ball falls to the back of the side of the penalty area, and the landing is quite dangerous."

Players from both sides wrestled in the box, waiting for the moment when the ball crashed into the box.

Torrejón was engaged in a grappling battle with the opposition's centre-back, the Uruguayan kid named Godin, who felt that the opponent's body was a little thinner than him.

But this central defender can just rely on him firmly and can't squeeze it out.

"Look at this opportunity! Who can grab it! ”

Andrés Montes speaks at a rapid pace, with a smooth tongue flick.

"Godin !!"

The camera zooms in suddenly, and a leaping figure cuts off the space in front of the goal.

The leaping Bravo tried to stop the tricky falling bouncing ball, but to no avail.

Forty-five minutes, Uruguayan centre-back Godin headed the ball into the net.

Espanyol are 1-0 down at home.

The excited Villarreal players hugged each other and celebrated the great goal.

Annoyed and disappointed, the Espanyol fans let out a barrage of boos and shouts.

Manuel Pellegrini smiled with satisfaction

In the second half, Villarreal will start to defend tightly and win the three points safely.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the half.

...

Pochettino sighed, he felt like he was out of the game.

The Espanyol players who walked off the field looked at Levi on the bench.

There seem to be four words written in the eyes: team danger, return quickly!

"You replaced Ferran Kolominas in the second half."

As soon as he walked into the dressing room, Pochettino couldn't wait.

This family still can't live without Levi, whether he is on the court, whether it is scoring or retreating to receive the ball, and transferring the dispatch.

The rest of the players are playing very comfortably and just have to do their part.

Possession is not only a right, but also a pressure.

"The second half was about to start and we saw the Spaniard make a substitution, with Levy, who had been on the bench, coming on for Ferran Kolominas. Originally, he was declared to be unwell, but now the team that is behind by a goal obviously needs his rescue. ”

Andres Montes said in surprise when he saw the substitution adjustments.

At this moment, the Mozu Xi Stadium, which had been silent for the entire half, broke out again into jubilant noise, and die-hard fans waved the flags in their hands.

"Oh my God!"

Beagle closed his eyes and clasped his hands to his chest, smiling with delight.

Levi came, and the goal was there.

When Levi came, the Mozuxi Stadium was too peaceful.

"Be sure to guard against him!"

Pellegrini brought the players together and told him repeatedly.

'Hold on for 45 minutes and we're going to take the three points away from this game.'