At this point, Zaragoza have a difficult choice to make: do they continue to attack and seek to continue to extend their lead, or retreat into the half-court and limit their opponents' attacks by defending?
If it was last year's Laco, this choice would be simple, just retreat.For an older, more competitive team, the younger and younger Zaragoza can threaten their opponents in defense at the expense of physical strength and injury, limiting the creativity of the opponent's midfield, so as to lose the opponent in the dense defense of their own side.However, there was a youngster younger than them, Rey under 17 years old, who was active in the Laco squad, so the Zaragoza coaching staff hesitated and did not make timely adjustments.But after hesitating for a few minutes, Laco actually scored again!
This time it was Victor and Pablo on the right who combined to attack, and after they advanced to the right side of the front court in a row, they did not continue to go down the bottom but passed horizontally along the penalty area line to the slightly empty middle.At this time, Wang Ai on the left side saw the opportunity and began to run to the bottom line with the opposing defender, trying to open the gap in the cross.Just two threatening balls made Zaragoza very wary of Wang Ai's cross, his move, he drove the opposing players to follow the bottom line, so, just received Victor's cross, Belleron, unexpectedly unmarked, he pushed the ball with the arch of his foot, across the penalty area line, at this time his speed has risen, the pace has been adjusted in place, the final result is self-evident: Laco in the 9th minute of the second half, equalized the score, Belleron scored two goals.The excited Belleron jumped up and pounced on Victor, Pablo and the others, and then hugged Wang Ai who ran over.Although Wang Ai did not touch the ball this time, he used his off-ball run to mobilize the opponent's formation and create an opportunity for Belleron to attack in the middle.The current Belleron doesn't care much about what the national team coach thinks of him, with his thin body to become a stumbling forward, at least in the short term, he is almost 30 years old......
Rather than painfully entering the impossible and successful self-transformation, it is better to give full play to your own advantages and play your own characteristics.If you really don't want the national team, you can't help it.Belleron thought very clearly, if he sacrificed his own characteristics, even if he entered the national team, he could only be a substitute, but he would give full play to his own characteristics, and there was the possibility of being used as a surprise soldier.Of Laco's teammates, Rey's experience is the best proof of this.He has no physical advantage, but he can stand on the national team, and even on Laco, a strong team in La Liga, with not the "warrior spirit" required by the Basques, but his specialty, and the "forced" head coach has to use him.David Villa looked blankly at Belleron in the celebratory crowd and then at his own coach's bench.Originally, this was supposed to be a conversation between young people, why did the old guy jump out unwillingly?
What do we do next?
Go on the offensive?
This time, Zaragoza no longer hesitated.Seeing Laco's morale boost, playing against us again could allow the opposition to start scoring on us.So, with a wave of the manager's hand, Zaragoza fully retreated, and their purpose was to drag the young and older guys into extra time!
Irueta also saw this, and frequently issued instructions to the team from the sidelines, asking the players to resolutely settle the battle within 90 minutes.Laco attacked in a big way, and even stepped forward to attack without worries, because the "gourd" of the opponent's sharpest arrow figure had retreated to the half court to participate in the defense.The inexperience of Zaragoza's youth army was also exposed, and instead of laying mines in Laco's backfield, the experienced veterans could concentrate on attacking with confidence.The battle of attack and defense at half-time became the theme of the last half hour of the Copa del Rey final, Zaragoza was in the middle of the smoke, people turned on their backs, but fortunately, the young people of Zaragoza moved relatively cleanly, and the stars of Laco were not too angry, so they were almost not shown red and yellow cards.The two sides were a wrestling between organization and destruction, attack and defense, relying on young health and strong fighting spirit, Zaragoza dragged the draw until the 40th minute of the second half.During this time, Wang Ai's performance was a little relaxed, compared to the sweaty Hornet, he didn't even sweat much, and after coming to the ball, he worked hard to make the ball for his teammates or transition directly, and did not show a strong desire to attack.Seeing that the game was coming to an end, Zaragoza's delaying strategy was about to succeed, and the fatigue of the players was coming up like a tidal wave, Wang Ai knew under the hint of Bellerón: the time had come!
In the 41st minute of the second half, Belleron took the ball with his back at the front of the penalty area, this time he resisted the collision of the opponent behind him strongly, although he stumbled a little, but still did not lose the ball, at this time Wang Ai, who had been "invisible" on the left side of the court, suddenly ran sideways to respond, Belleron pushed the ball and was rushed to the right side by Wang Ai, who was running at high speed.Wang Ai's sudden run out of the lineup attracted the defenders behind Belleron, just at the moment when his body moved and loosened the pressure on Belleron, Wang Ai twisted his body to pass back behind him in the run, Belleron took the first step, and in the face of another central defender's forward interception, he did not stop the ball and passed to the right side again, and was picked up by Wang Ai who stepped forward.At the same time, Belleron did not stop, after the football was passed, he stepped directly to the side of the opponent's central defender, and at this time, Wang Ai, who received his pass, did not stop the ball and pushed the cross with the arch of his right foot, and the football was in place.Belleron met the ball on tiptoe, and the smile on his face had already bloomed before the ball had crossed the goal line.Thousands of Laco fans on the pitch shouted "ah" in unison, accompanied by the referee's whistle for the goal, almost simultaneously.Bellerón pounced on Wang Ai with open arms, and the two jumped up excitedly and hugged in mid-air, which was a wonderful cooperation between the two most creative players in the front of Deportivo LaCoruna, in less than ten seconds, continuous passes, from outside the penalty area to the front of the goal line, the dense defense of Zaragoza's back line was as if it were nothing, especially the three or four defenders in the middle of them, who were simply dizzy by the two fluent and frequent passes from the ball to non-stop.Dense defense?
Swing the bus?
It only takes two players with superb footwork and tacit cooperation to suffice!
On the sidelines, Irueta held his chest high with his hands behind his back.In the last few minutes, Zaragoza launched a frantic counterattack, and the lost young people vented their attacks, but just as they were showing their fangs, Rakko smashed it back with a stick.It's Wang Ai again, it's Belleron again, and it's another exquisite cooperation between the two, almost replicating the scene of the last attack, only this time, the opponent's lineup is more sparse.Although the player marking Wang Ai knocked down the 16-year-old, he had already completed his cross before he fell.After passing the ball, he simply didn't even look at it, laughing and looking up at the Spanish night sky, and then the shouts of the fans, the referee's whistle and the footsteps of Bellerón came to his ears.()