The green devil

At noon on the 20th, the game between Las Palmas and the Spaniard kicked off.

Now, Christmas is very close.

There is already a strong Christmas spirit in and around the El Prat stadium.

There were colorful Christmas lights everywhere, Christmas decorations everywhere, and even some fans put on Santa Claus clothes.

But the Espanyol players on the field did not have the joy and ease of Christmas at all.

Perhaps for Las Palmas players, winning or losing doesn't matter.

On the road, they have not won this season.

But for the Espanyol players, without victory, they will have a bitter Christmas.

The Spaniard formed a 433 attack lineup, while Las Palmas is still the 4231 formation they are used to and are good at.

Las Palmas relies on Vieira and Araujo to attack in the frontcourt, and relies on the accumulation of numbers in the midfield and backcourt defense.

This style of play sounds simple, but it is very effective in the game.

Vieira and Araujo are skilled and very flexible. The melee combat that the Spaniard is good at does not work well for the two of them, because they can hardly find opportunities to fight their bodies.

After the opening, Vieira gave the Spaniard a lesson.

The Las Palmas defender passes the ball towards Vieira.

The Spaniard midfielder Diop swooped over, trying to break or destroy the ball when Vieira touched it.

Vieira didn't stop the ball, the ball came over, he flicked it lightly, and the ball passed between Diop's legs.

Vieira turned around again and easily got rid of the collision of Diop's body.

Vieira got the ball, and Araujo had already inserted behind the defender at high speed.

Vieira immediately made a through ball and passed the ball between the two central defenders.

The two defenders saw Araujo's movement and immediately turned around to chase.

But slow.

Araujo started ahead of time, and the speed was fast, and the defender had to turn around, so there was no time.

Espanyol goalkeeper Lopez, anticipating the threat in advance, rushed into the penalty area and almost hugged the ball at Araujo's feet.

This attack did not form a shot, and the threat created was really not small.

If goalkeeper Lopez doesn't strike in time, it's a one-shot.

In the 8th minute of the game, Vieira and Araujo made consecutive passes in the frontcourt.

Araujo flashed an angle and shot suddenly.

This is a cold shot.

Simply goalkeeper Lopez concentrated his energy from the beginning, and he flew to save the ball out of the bottom line.

These two attacks by Las Palmas sounded the alarm for the Spaniard's defender.

The opponent's two attackers are too flexible, they can shoot and cooperate if given a chance.

If you underestimate such a team, you may suffer a big loss.

Espanyol's defense was tested as their attack was tackled strongly by Las Palmas' five-man midfield.

The Spaniard is not a technically delicate team, playing a 433 formation, their offense mainly relies on the wing.

Las Palmas' five-man midfield allowed them to cut off the connection between the Spaniard's midfield and the wings.

In this way, the Spaniard's winger can only rely on his own personal ability to break through and keep the opponent's defense.

Caicedo and Moreno on the wing have good skills, but neither is a pure winger. It is difficult for the two of them to take advantage of the opponent's full-back one-on-one on the wing.

In many cases, Caicedo and Moreno can only barely pass to the middle.

This kind of low-quality pass, even for Zhao Yang, it is difficult to complete the shot under the defense of the two central defenders.

After the opening, the Spaniard's full-backs did not have many assists. Seeing that the frontcourt attack was unfavorable, the Spaniard's two full-backs immediately increased the number of sideways insertions.

Full-back assists are the essence of the 433 formation. In Barcelona, ​​the role of the two full-backs is almost the same as that of the wingers.

When the full-back assisted, the Spaniard's wing changed a lot.

The full-back and the winger can cooperate, or they can break through alone.

Left-back Albila and Caicedo are old partners. Although they haven't played in a 433-[-]-[-] formation last season, it is no problem to play some cooperation on the wing.

In the 11th minute of the game, the Spaniard finally created a threatening attack on the left.

Albira and Caicedo played a wonderful two-for-one cooperation on the wing, and Albira rushed to the bottom line and passed the ball across the penalty area.

Crossing the ball from the baseline, it is very comfortable for the striker to grab the point, but it is uncomfortable for the defender to clear the siege, and maybe he will get an own goal.

Under the push and squeeze of two defenders, Zhao Yang grabbed the spot.

It was difficult to exert force, Zhao Yang could only head the ball as hard as he could, and put the ball within the goal range.

Las Palmas goalkeeper Barras reacted quickly. He leaped, stretched his arms, and held the ball in his arms.

Although the ball missed, it has already threatened the opponent's goal.

The Espanyol fans in the stands gave the players encouragement with warm applause.

Zhao Yang also gave a thumbs up to the winger, indicating that the pass was good.

This shot was like sounding the horn of attack, and the Spaniard immediately launched a violent counterattack.

Right back Rocco also assisted to the frontcourt to cooperate with Moreno.

Moreno has been out on loan and has never cooperated with Rocco.

Fortunately, Moreno has comprehensive skills and has played as a winger, and Rocco's personal ability is also stronger than Albila.

Both Moreno and Rocco can break through from the wing alone through the restraint of the other party.

In the 13th minute of the game, Moreno scored the ball and broke through the full-back of Las Palmas.

Before the ball completely crossed the baseline, Moreno caught up with the ball and passed it directly to the penalty area.

This time, the defender of Las Palmas thought the ball was out of bounds, and was stunned for a moment. At this moment, Zhao Yang threw off the defender, went straight into the small penalty area, and grabbed the ball's landing point.

Moreno's ability to catch up with the ball and pass it out is really surprising.

The speed and arc of this ball are very good, as long as you grab a point, you will basically score.

It was just because of rushing a pass from the bottom line that Moreno passed into the small penalty area, too close to the goalkeeper.

Goalkeeper Barras focused, reacted quickly, and was very decisive. Feeling that the situation was not good, he immediately attacked to intercept the pass.

The timing of Ballas' attack was just right, Zhao Yang arrived, and Ballas also arrived.Zhao Yang hit the goal with a header, and Balas stretched out his hand to pounce.

The ball just hit Ballas' hands.

Snapped!

The ball bounced out.

Balas shook his hands, and his body was almost thrown back.

Zhao Yang landed, watched the ball being kicked out of the penalty area by Ballas, and heaved a long sigh. There is something about this goalkeeper. No wonder Las Palmas desperately poached him from competitors.

The fans in the stands all sighed.

Moreno passed the ball very well, and Zhao Yang's running position was just right.

It's just that Las Palmas goalkeeper Ballas performed too well, destroying the Spaniard's chance to score a goal.