Chapter 23 Adjusting Under Pressure

Chapter 23 Adjusting Under Pressure

In the 63rd minute, after receiving a goal from Guerrero, Echeberia forced a pass from the bottom. Urces temporarily shook off Nino by running, and then immediately headed towards the goal!

"Guerrero...Echeberia...Urces!" The on-site commentator yelled: "Header!"

The ball, which was forced to change direction, quickly flew to the upper right corner of the goal. Just as the fans of Athletic Bilbao were waiting to give a burst of cheers, a big hand changed everything!

After quickly moving one step sideways, Franco jumped up vigorously. After the jump, he stretched out his right hand, saw the ball coming, swung it upwards, the ball spun around, and then flew out of the baseline by rubbing against the crossbar...

"Oh! Wonderful save! Franco saved Mallorca! Like Tristan, Franco is also one of the young players that Jose insisted on using after taking office. He also performed as well as Tristan! Although big Sometimes he is very silent, but every game can always make one or two key saves! Perhaps this is the biggest difference between Franco and his predecessor Boggs. Boggs rarely makes exciting saves. Basically no mistakes, but it is difficult for him to save a wonderful shot, but Franco is different! Sometimes such a wonderful save can change the outcome of a game in a game, and this is where the goalkeeper's value lies. !"

National TV's Hidalgo praised Franco's save, and Bones didn't challenge him this time, but nodded: "Yes, this save is really beautiful. In the past three games, Franco made a big save in every game. There are also one or two key saves, which are already rare for a young goalkeeper. Jose is at least good in using young people's vision. If Franco and Tristan use them well, Mallorca will be at least a few years old. There is no need to worry about the two key positions of goalkeeper and center."

"But Tristan just missed a penalty, the young striker may be too excited." Hidalgo said.

"It's possible that he's been in a good state recently. I hope that the missed penalty will not be missed along with his state..."

The two commentators who were chatting did not expect that Franco asked them to praise Franco again just after praising Franco...

Echeberia stood on the corner and saw the chaos in Mallorca's penalty area, so the Spanish national team winger did not pass the ball directly into the penalty area-even though Bilba E has the high point of Urces, but in terms of the height of the defense, Mallorca is also one of the best. Nino and Nadal, two central defenders who are over 1.85 meters tall, have enough air defense capabilities...

Echeberia took the kick and passed the ball directly to the front of the penalty area!

There, the unguarded Guerrero volleyed directly against the falling ball without stopping the ball!

The ball flew to the upper left corner of the goal quickly, and Franco, who was concentrating on it, made another beautiful save. He moved his feet quickly, and then flew to hold the ball tightly in his arms, without even giving the opponent any follow-up shot Chance!

"Oh, another beautiful save!" The two commentators began to praise Franco again, and the Athletic Bilbao fans above the stands regretted and booed Franco loudly ...

However, although Franco made two beautiful saves in a row, the momentum of Athletic Bilbao has not weakened in the slightest.

The sudden explosion of several main offensive players began to make Bilbao's offensive threat even greater, and Mallorca's defense was not as solid as in the first half-if the game is divided into three stages, the current game has entered the final stage It's been a while, even though the game is played once a week, the Mallorca veterans who are not physically outstanding can no longer fully concentrate on defense, and the feeling of weakness in their bodies is constantly affecting their attention... …

Especially Mallorca's left back Olesola - his task in this game is actually the most difficult, marking the opponent's national team level winger Echeberia, Soler marking Guerrero and Ngonga With constant help, Nino is dealing with Urseys, and Nadal is also constantly making up for him, but he can only fight alone.

Relying on experience before, Olesola did a good job of marking Echeberia, but now that his physical fitness has declined, he has begun to be less and less able to mark this fast and agile winger.

Jose discovered this, and after looking at the bench, he called out to the twenty-five-year-old left back Armando: "Alvarez, go warm up!"

Armando ran out, he didn't have many opportunities this season, but because Olesola was older, he also got some opportunities-at least he was young enough.

However, before Armando was able to complete the warm-up, Bilbao launched another onslaught!

Echeberia obviously found that the old guy in front of him couldn't run anymore. After he asked for the ball, he began to forcefully break through Olesola's defense along the sidewalk!

After the breakthrough, Echeberia did not pass the ball, but turned along the bottom line to the penalty area and forcibly cut inside!

Although Olesola was freed, he was not completely freed. When Echeberia was about to cut inside, he planned to foul. However, when he was about to foul, Olesola suddenly felt exhausted. La moved a step slower, and Echeberia had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area!

Now Olesola doesn't dare to foul anymore. The young defender may do something reckless in a flash, but a veteran like him will choose a more favorable way to defend even if he is too embarrassed by the sudden - although it seems Not passionate, but calm enough!

Following Echeberia's ass, he chased after Olesola while eating gray, no matter what, he had to interfere with him from behind, and he couldn't let him make any moves at will, while Nadal from the front He approached cautiously. In the narrow restricted area, the opponent's speed advantage has been reduced to a minimum. Mallorca's danger is not particularly great.

Urcez and another striker, Esquero, began to run back and forth in the penalty area to try to run out of space, while Guerrero and another midfielder, Javier Gonzalez, also rushed into the penalty area to prepare to respond. In addition to Mallorca's defenders and midfielders returning to defense, there are more than a dozen people running back and forth in the small penalty area, which is chaotic!

Franco opened his eyes wide and looked at the situation in the penalty area. In this case, he could only stand on the goal line, ready to meet the ball that came at an unknown time...

Echeberia passed the ball, and the penalty area was immediately turned upside down...

Among the chaotic army, someone stabbed the ball, and the ball jumped up like a naughty elf. When everyone rushed towards the ball, Guerrero shot sideways and half-volleyed in front of everyone!

The ball flew into the goal without a doubt, and Franco didn't even have time to react!

"One to one tie!" The live commentator at the San Mames Stadium roared across the sky, and all the Bilbao fans in the stands yelled with him: "Our golden boy scored the goal, Hullen - Guerrero!"

Countless fans of Athletic Bilbao raised their arms high and cheered to the figure in the center of the court who opened his arms to celebrate. Although it was only a draw, Bilbao's outstanding performance during this period Let them firmly believe that in the next time, Bilbao will definitely win this game!

Fernandez on the sidelines let out a long sigh of relief. After replacing Guerrero in a row before, Fernandez originally planned to replace Guerrero after his poor performance in the first half of the game. However, before Bilba The protests of the Athletic fans and Guerrero's initiative to stand up and express his support made Fernandez hesitate, and finally decided to let Guerrero play all the games, and Guerrero immediately returned his favor with a goal. trust!

"Maybe, I was really wrong before... Guerrero hasn't lost his motivation!" Fernandez thought to himself.

After thinking of this, Fernandez was determined to use Guerrero resolutely in the future, while Jose on the other side was lost in thought!

Obviously, at this time, Athletic Bilbao has begun to show an excellent state. If the fight continues, the situation will definitely develop to a disadvantageous place for Mallorca. At this time, it is time to show courage When fighting spirit...

Mallorca asked for a substitution! This time, there are two changes-full-back Armando replaced Olesola, who had already begun to run out of stamina, and Eto'o replaced Carlos!

And when the two of them came on the field, the instructions they brought were to attack in an all-round way, and start a confrontation with Athletic Bilbao!

When Eto'o ran onto the pitch, his heart was filled with a strong desire to score goals.

This is the third game he played for Mallorca, and he came off the bench for three consecutive games. Eto'o knew that Jose was using him carefully, and gradually let him adapt to the rhythm of the game and increase his tacit understanding with his teammates. degree...

However, in addition to contributing a direct assist for the first time off the bench, he got more time in the next game, almost the entire second half, but his performance was mediocre. Facing the defense of Real Sociedad, he failed to gain much. such an opportunity.

Although Jose never blamed him or expressed any dissatisfaction with him, Eto'o was very dissatisfied with himself - he wanted to score, he wanted to play, he wanted to run freely on the pitch !

Jose didn't impose any restrictions on him tactically. Before he went on the field, he just pulled him and said: "Respond to the pass from your teammates and then launch an attack... Whether you cooperate with your teammates or do it alone, it's up to you. You, as long as you hit the ball into their gate, it is victory!"

That's right! What Eto'o wants is just this feeling!

Break through after receiving the ball, use your own skills and speed to tear apart the opponent's defense, and then create opportunities-this is what Eto'o wants to do now, and this desire has made him almost explode-this makes him in the direction of When the teammates communicated Jose's offensive order, even a black face showed a strong emotion of gnashing their teeth...

Even Tristan, who was a little depressed because of the missed penalty kick, was shocked when he saw Eto'o: "Samuel, what's wrong with you?"

Eto'o grinned at him, black and white: "Diego, don't you want to beat those guys back? Let's attack and make their stands quiet again! I want to enjoy this too What a pleasure!"

Tristan froze for a moment, feeling the strong fighting spirit emanating from Eto'o, Tristan's somewhat decadent mood began to become hot again!

"You're right, let's go and make their stands quiet again!" Tristan said loudly after patting Eto'o on the shoulder.

The game restarted, and Mallorca's offensive was significantly strengthened!

Despite the need to strengthen the offense, Jose still did not give up the defense on the back line. He allowed the whole team to participate in the offense more, but only allowed Armando, who was just playing, to make more forward assists, or let the right side No matter what, the two central defenders and midfielder Soler can't attack. Firstly, their speed is not fast, and secondly, their offensive ability is not very good. It's useless - the quality of the offense is more important than the quantity, and it is not possible to double the offensive power by piling up offensive players...

At least after adding one more Eto'o, Mallorca's offensive ability in the frontcourt has been strengthened a lot, enough to compete with Bilbao!