Chapter 185 The anxious La Liga rankings,
Then before the end of the first half, Valencia, who had escaped the danger, did not give Sevilla any more chances, but Valencia was unable to score any more goals, so at the end of the first half, Valencia entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0.
In the second half, Juan Ramos wanted to stay for another 15 minutes before replacing Li Qi and Alves to try to see if he could reverse the score. However, he did not expect that Joaquin, who had performed fairly well in the first half, directly dominated the game. In the 50th minute, a wave of attacks directly exhausted Sevilla and directly put an end to Juan Ramos' idea of reversing the score.
After returning in the second half, Joaquin was extremely active, frequently asking for the ball, making sharp breakthroughs, accurately distributing the ball, and making no mistakes at all, which immediately disrupted Sevilla's defense.
Just about 5 minutes into the second half, Joaquin received the ball on the right side of the midfield and began to launch an attack. Relying on his skillful technique, he swung left and right twice and shook off Duda on his opposite side. Then, when he went deep into Sevilla's defense, he made a nanny-like pass through the double-team of Marti and Renato, and directly stuffed the ball to Villa who was lurking in the corner of the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Villa immediately made a right angle fake and rushed to the middle, intending to dribble past Hinkle and shoot directly. But when Villa dribble past him, the latter didn't know whether he was slow to kick or subconsciously kicked out to intercept, anyway, he didn't touch the ball, but directly hooked Villa who was about to shoot...
The foul was clearly seen by the referee who was observing at the front of the penalty area. Although the foul was not very harmful, it was very annoying. So the referee thought about it for a moment and took out the ruby card to award a penalty kick.
This time, not only Hinkel, but the whole Sevilla team was stunned... and Hinkel, who had a rare chance to start, shed tears of regret and grievance as he walked towards the locker room accompanied by the assistant coach, and did not dare to stay to check the result of the penalty.
As the top scorer in La Liga in the future, Calabash Brothers' penalty kicks are still very reliable, at least much more reliable than Xiao Ma Ge; Villa scored the penalty kick in one fell swoop and scored twice in this game. This is also his 13th league goal this season, helping Valencia extend its lead to two goals.
As soon as the penalty was scored, Juan Ramos directly changed his substitution strategy and basically gave up on the game; Sevilla's situation was already hopeless in this game, with one man down and two goals behind, and with a busy schedule ahead, it would be unwise to fight hard.
Afterwards, after Navas once again broke through with his personal ability and shot wide from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, Juan Ramos began to gradually replace the main lineup and plan for the next game.
First, in the 60th minute, Osio replaced Navas and let Navarro play as right back. Then in the 65th minute, Adriano replaced Renato, Duda returned to the defensive midfielder position, and let Maresca play as the attacking midfielder. He could attack as he pleased and do whatever he wanted, as long as the defense was stable.
Finally, in the 75th minute, Sevilla used up all three substitutions, and Juan Ramos replaced Fabiano with Korzakov.
Since Sevilla basically gave up attacking and retreated to defense to avoid being blown up by Valencia with one less player, they let Maresca or Korzakov do whatever they wanted in counterattacks, delaying time as much as possible and shooting from far away as much as possible, as long as it didn't affect the defense and didn't lose the ball. Therefore, Valencia didn't have many good ways to deal with Sevilla for a while, and although Joaquin created some scoring opportunities, they missed them by a hair's breadth...
In the 67th minute, Morantes made a cross from the side, Villa headed the ball to the back post, but Joaquin headed it wide from 6 yards in front of the goal.
In the 70th minute, Marchena made a straight pass over the top, Joaquin stopped the ball on the wing and cut inside at high speed to the top of the penalty area, but his shot was slightly higher than the far corner.
In the 77th minute, Joaquin broke through two defenders on the wing and set up a shot for his teammates. Unfortunately, Viana's long shot from the edge of the penalty area was saved by Cobegno.
However, Valencia failed to score again, and head coach Flores did not force it. After all, the score of 2-0 was enough to win three points. So after 75 minutes, he replaced David Silva with Angulo, Joaquin with Jorg Lopez, and Morientes with Tavano, and also made plans for the next round of the league - after all, the next opponent is Real Madrid.
In the end, Valencia won consecutive games and returned to the top 4, while Sevilla, who had not won in 3 games, was 4 points behind Barcelona. They had not won in the last 5 away games.
In the post-match press conference, Flores praised Villa and Joaquin's performance: "They are the heroes of the team. Villa's performance is as good as ever, and Joaquin has finally integrated into the team and found his position after a difficult first half of the season."
However, when talking about the league prospects, Flores was still very low-key: "We just won a game, which doesn't help us much in our current situation."
However, Sevilla coach Juan Ramos also holds the same view on the future prospects of the league: "This is just a win or loss of a game. We are still second in the league and our confidence will not be shaken."
In other matches played earlier, league leader Barcelona beat Mallorca 1-0 at home. Valdés made up for his mistake in the first half by saving his own penalty kick; then in the second half, Saviola, who came on as a substitute, made an own goal by Mallorca's defender in the last minute of the game, winning Barcelona the crucial 3 points.
The other focus match was fought at the home stadium of Racing Santander, the Estadio Sardegna, where Real Madrid lost 1-2 to Racing Santander. Raul, the former golden boy, scored the first goal, but then Garay, the home team, scored twice from the penalty spot to overtake the score. In the second half, Helguera and Messia were sent off with red cards.
皇马的3连胜被终结，仍然1分的劣势排在塞维利亚后面，而桑坦德近8个联赛主场则取得了7胜1平的佳绩。
Sevilla didn’t have time to feel sad after losing the game. The coaching staff skipped the summary of the game and directly arranged the tactics for the next game, because in three days, Sevilla would go to La Coruna in northwest Spain to play in the semi-final of the King’s Cup...
Fortunately, Juan Ramos gave up decisively in the last game, allowing most of the main players to get enough rest. Therefore, Sevilla, who played with all the main players in this game, won the game cleanly even if they were away from home, laying a good foundation for the second round of the competition. They have basically made it half a foot into the final.
Fortunately, Eva was there to help relieve the pressure, otherwise Ricardo, who had been playing away games recently, might not even have time to reward himself. The recent game rhythm was too tight...
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Juan Ramos, who made a major rotation in the last game, was able to use an absolute 4-4-2 main lineup in this game.
The starting goalkeeper is still No. 13 Kobegno, and veteran goalkeeper Palop is still recovering from injury and is expected to return at the weekend.
The left and right backs of the back line are No. 4 Alves and No. 16 Puerta, and the double center backs are No. 14 Escude and captain No. 2 Navarro;
The midfield was restored to 4 midfielders, No. 7 Li Qi returned to the starting lineup as left midfielder, the right midfielder was No. 15 Navas who performed well in the last game and continued to start, the double midfielders were No. 8 Poulsen and No. 11 Renato;
The two forwards are No. 12 Kanoute and No. 9 Korzakov;
Marti, Fabiano, Maresca, Alfaro, Adriano and Osio were on the bench.
After the start of the game, Sevilla's starting main force burst out with unparalleled fighting power. It seems that although Juan Ramos' rotation strategy paid a price, it also reaped rewards, that is, the health and condition of the main players were guaranteed.
In the 11th minute of the game, Sevilla created a dangerous opportunity. Li Qi launched an attack from the left midfield and passed the ball diagonally to Korzakov at the top of the penalty area; the latter passed the ball directly to Kanoute who was ambushing near the corner of the penalty area.
After Kanoute stopped the ball, he did not wait for the defender to get close to him. He raised his foot and shot the ball into the only gap. The ball accurately passed the defender's interception and went straight into the bottom of the net in the far corner of the goal like a frightened rabbit. This was his 26th goal this season, helping Sevilla to open the scoring in an away game with a 1-0 victory.
Then 3 minutes later, Alves received a long diagonal pass from Li Qi on the right. He made a slight adjustment and pretended to make a high pass, tricking the defender to intercept the high ball, but he used a low ball directly into the right side of the penalty area!
Navas ran along the side of the penalty area like a civet cat, dribbling the ball diagonally into the penalty area. The defenders of Deportivo La Coruña were like wooden stakes and were bypassed by Navas in two steps. The latter made another dunk and changed direction near the small penalty area, dribbled past the goalkeeper, and pushed the ball into the empty goal at a small angle near the baseline, extending the score to 2-0.
It seemed that the entire La Coruna team, which was lagging behind, was caught in a dilemma. Some substitute players wanted to give it a try and fight back with all their might, but a small number of main players did not seem to want to advance blindly and just wanted to follow the coach's arrangements and continue to play steadily.
As a result, Deportivo La Coruña's formation was a bit fragmented, and the gaps between the front and back lines were a bit large; Li Qi was definitely going to take advantage of this, so the little bitch in the midfield began to stir up trouble in the gaps, either advancing with the ball and pretending to shoot from a distance, or threatening behind with a fake pass...
This made the defense of Deportivo La Coruna feel uncomfortable. The offense had no support and could not form a joint force. The defense had no organization and could not form a siege and was full of loopholes. If it weren't for Navas and Korzakov's Hong Kong foot, they could definitely beat Deportivo La Coruna in the first half.
Seeing that his teammates didn't like to eat cakes today, Li Qi decided to eat them himself. 3 minutes before the end of the first half, Li Qi once again intercepted the delivery of Deportivo La Coruna to the front court and launched a counterattack on the spot.
However, this time Li Qi did not pass the ball directly, but pretended to pass the ball, which made the midfielder De Guzman and the central defender Kolozini who were defending Li Qi's direct pass in the first half stagger. Then Li Qi came to the top of the penalty area and did not pass the ball again. While Kanoute and Korzakov helped to divert the defender, he shot directly into the lower right corner of the goal!
Li Qi didn't use a lot of force this time, but he hit the ball in a good position when shooting. The ball bounced slightly and stuck to the grass like a hawk, going straight to the 10-point corner of the goal. The angle was so tricky that Deportivo La Coruña's goalkeeper Ott couldn't make a save when he saw Li Qi kicking the ball. It was indeed a good shot, and the goalkeeper had no chance...
So Sevilla entered the halftime break with a score of 3-0, and throughout the first half they suppressed the home team, known as Super Laco, without any chance of fighting back.
When Juan Ramos saw that there was a high probability of winning this game, he immediately made adjustments in the midfield. Because there was another home league game in three days, the schedule was too tight, and they really couldn't afford to lose the league. If they lost again, they would have no chance of winning the championship.
This time, Juan Ramos first replaced Li Qi with Adriano, and then replaced Navas with Marti; as soon as we saw Sevilla's substitutions, we knew that Juan Ramos' tactics in the second half would undoubtedly focus more on defense.
Sevilla retreated and started to play a defensive counterattack, which naturally gave Deportivo La Coruna a chance to counterattack. So in the second half, Deportivo La Coruna, who played at home, had more possession of the ball, as if suppressing Sevilla in the half. However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Deportivo La Coruna was just making a lot of noise but not much action, and they were mostly fiddling around on the periphery, without many threatening attacks.
Although Deportivo failed to score, they still had two long shots from Juan Rodriguez and Bodipo, which really tested Sevilla's second goalkeeper Cobegno twice. Fortunately, Cobegno focused and withstood the test, saving two high-quality long shots from Deportivo.
However, in the second half, Laco had few chances except for two long shots. On the contrary, Sevilla, despite its defensive lineup, still made many high-quality counterattacks. Unfortunately, Adriano and Marti, who came on as substitutes in the second half, may not have warmed up enough and missed one-on-one chances. Until the game entered injury time...
When the game came to the 93rd minute, Renato made a half-high cross from the corner of the penalty area. La Coruna defender Andrade committed a handball foul in the penalty area and the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick. Fabiano, who came on as a substitute this time, did not take the penalty kick again, but scored it in one fell swoop, completely freezing the score at 4-0, making the second round of the contest completely meaningless!
In the end, Sevilla had a 4-goal advantage away from home and basically secured a spot in the final; in addition, Barcelona also defeated Getafe 5-2 in the first leg of the semi-final yesterday.
Although the second leg will be played on May 5, it seems to the public that the two teams are likely to meet in the final, repeating the story of the European Super Cup at the beginning of the season. I just don't know whether it will be a repeat of Sevilla's history of winning the trophy, or Barcelona will stage a new script of the prince's revenge...
Sevilla, which has played three consecutive away games, finally has a home league game this weekend and no longer has to travel to away games; and the next league game is also at home, although there is a UEFA Cup semi-final first leg in between, but even if it is an away game against Osasuna, at least they don't have to go abroad, right?
So even though Seville had entered the rainy season at the end of April and it rained heavily for two consecutive days, the psychological relaxation of the entire team from top to bottom after returning home was not affected by the weather. On the contrary, the bean-sized raindrops became a natural spiritual bath that washed away and cleansed the physical and mental fatigue of the entire Seville team!
Of course, Ricardo's physical and mental exhaustion was not only moistened by the rain, but also soothed by Chiara, who had not been seen for a long time and was more mature and charming - well, it was purple soothing...
Although Eva usually accompanies and takes care of him, as a healthy boy both physically and mentally, it is normal for Li to like to change his taste occasionally, not to mention the exciting feeling of being separated for a short time?
Ricardo suddenly discovered the secret to keeping couples fresh for a long time!
Well, being a scumbag is not good, but it is really happy!
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