The green devil

Defensive counterattack was the most proficient tactic the Spaniard played last season.

As soon as Piatti took the ball, the rest of the Espanyol team almost subconsciously started to move, cooperate and respond to Piatti.

Sevilla invested too many troops in the attack, and Piatti pushed along the side with almost no obstacles.

By the time Sevilla's only real full-back Mariano came to intercept, Piatti had already dribbled the ball into Sevilla's 30-meter danger zone.

Since no one was intercepting, Piatti could easily observe the movement of his teammates.

Before Mariano was in place, Piatti easily made a diagonal pass and passed the ball to Zhao Yang's feet.

As the top scorer in La Liga last season and the arrow of the Espanyol team, Zhao Yang was unmarked.

After receiving Piatti's pass, Zhao Yang was able to hit the goal immediately.

But there was no one around to defend him, so Zhao Yang took two steps forward.

In just these two steps, central defender Mercado arrived.

Zhao Yang took a shot.

Mercado stretched his legs behind the side to block.

The ball hit Mercado's foot and flew to the left of the goal.

Goalkeeper Rico had already moved to the right, but he didn't expect the ball to fly to the left. It was impossible for him to change the direction, so he could only watch the ball fly to the goal.

boom!

Unfortunately, the ball hit the post and bounced out.

There was no time for regret or rejoicing, and several players who were closer to the ball's landing point quickly went to fight for it.

The ball was kicked out of bounds by Sevilla midfielder Nzonzi.

The Spaniard quickly sent a sideline kick, but at this time the Sevilla players had returned, and the Spaniard did not have as much offensive space as before.

After passing several times in a row and failing to find a gap, Zhao Yang barely made a kick at the front of the penalty area, but failed to exert force, and the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper Rico.

As soon as Rico got the ball, he drove forward with a big foot.

Don't look at Sevilla's players who are not very active defensively, but everyone is rushing to attack.

Rico kicked the ball out with a big foot, and both the defensive players and the offensive players on the other side ran forward in a hurry, for fear of missing the chance to score.

Seeing this familiar scene, the commentator at the scene couldn't help but said: "Don't you learn any lessons? You were hit back just now."

Obviously, sure, this is no longer the player's problem, it's the coach's arrangement.

Otherwise, they would never have just been hit back at the last moment, and the next one would immediately press down heavily.

You know, the game has just started more than three minutes ago, and the score is still tied at 0:0.

The Spaniards are different from Sevilla. They started from defensive counterattacks, and their emphasis on defense is unparalleled.

When Rico kicked off with a big kick, all the frontcourt players ran back except Zhao Yang.

There are also downsides to putting too much emphasis on defense.

Sevilla's big-footed long pass was not caught by his own people, but was pushed back by the Spaniard's midfielder Diop.

Sevilla's backcourt was empty, and the Spaniard's frontcourt was empty.

Only Zhao Yang and the opponent's two central defenders competed for the back ball.

Sevilla's central defenders, Mercado and Pareja, were stuck one by one, and the other competed for the top, and pushed the ball back to the frontcourt again.

Sevilla got the ball and launched a fierce offensive again.

After getting consecutive shot opportunities, almost everyone in Sevilla overwhelmed the halftime, leaving only goalkeeper Rico standing more than ten meters away from the penalty area.

With such a crazy style of play, not only the Spaniard fans who were besieged were in fear, but the hearts of the Sevilla fans were also hanging, for fear of being hit back by the Spaniards.

In fact, Sevilla goalkeeper Rico did not want to run so far to stand.

But there is no way, the teammates are all over the half court, if he doesn't come out, the gap between the formations is too big.

Sevilla's offense was fierce, and the Spaniard's defense was also very tight, which did not give Sevilla an easy chance.

Espanyol goalkeeper Diego.Lopez continued his heroic performance in the Champions League play-offs, saving Sevilla's shots again and again without making any mistakes.

After being frantically suppressed for 7 minutes, the Spaniard got another chance to counterattack.

The Spaniard's counterattack was more concise this time.

Zhao Yang suddenly withdrew to respond, and Piatti, who had the ball, walked towards the middle.

Central defender Mercado followed Zhao Yang to the wing, and another defender Pareja came to block Piatti.

However, at this time, the forward Moreno, who has a defensive task, plugged in from behind.

Moreno is back, but Sevilla's full-backs and midfielders haven't come back yet, which shows Sevilla's contempt for returning to defense.

Piatti pushed lightly and passed it to Moreno.

Moreno stepped forward and strode straight into Sevilla's penalty area.

Pareja gave up Piatti and came after Moreno.

One prevents two, one must be missed, and it is impossible to prevent it.

Another central defender, Mercado, also understood this truth. After Piatti passed to Moreno, he gave up Zhao Yang and chose to shrink the middle.

The frontcourt trio of Moreno, Piatti and Zhao Yang cooperated a lot last season and are very familiar with each other.

Moreno hit the sidewalk to Zhao Yang immediately after his opponent chased him.

After Zhao Yang dribbled the ball into the penalty area diagonally from the side, he saw Mercado come to block it, and then hit the middle, Piatti followed up with a kick and shot the ball into the goal of Sevilla.

1:0

The Spaniard used a smooth counterattack to take the lead.

He scored a goal in less than 10 minutes, which made Piatti very excited. He rushed to Zhao Yang and hugged Zhao Yang who was running towards him.

The fans of the home team who had been cheering and cheering in the stands fell silent for a moment, leaving only the thousands of Spanish fans who accompanied the team to cheer.

"Finally conceded the ball!" The on-site commentator at the Pisjuan Stadium seemed very angry, "It's strange that this style of play doesn't concede the ball! Don't look at the warm-up match winning all! In fact, which team really takes the warm-up match seriously How can there be a team that can only attack but not defend, and how can there be a style of play that can only attack but not defend?"

The Spaniard scored a goal, and Huaguo commentator He Wei was naturally very happy, although it was not Zhao Yangjin's.

"Beautiful counterattack! It's so smooth! It's a matter of course! The Spaniard's new season is good. He won the Champions League play-offs and opened the first record in the league. If this game can be won, the Spaniard can definitely make a difference this season. Zhao Yang's state Not bad, although he didn’t score a goal, but got an assist. The probability of Zhao Yang’s goals this season will decrease, and opponents will definitely keep a close eye on him. I hope he can assist the team to win. He has this ability.”

Sevilla coach Sampaoli didn't seem to care about conceding the ball, and still asked his players to continue to attack.

The Spaniard coach Sergio originally had a try-and-see attitude. After scoring a goal, he was not conservative and asked the players to continue their current style of play to see if they could expand the score.