The green devil

Chapter 249 Seize the Opportunity

In the 30th round, the Spaniard played against Athletic Bilbao at home.

After this round, it will be the national team match day, and Zhao Yang will return to China to participate in the World Cup qualifiers.

Traveling thousands of miles, even if you are not injured, your physical fitness will be greatly consumed.

If the Spaniard still can't get rid of the downturn in this game, the following leagues will be even more difficult to play.

The Basque Lions are currently ranked 6th in the league, second only to the semi-finals and Villarreal, and they are in excellent form. They have just won 4 consecutive victories. The Spaniard will definitely win against Bilbao material.

The Spaniard is also aware of this, and the referee Sergio held a special meeting before the game, emphasizing the importance of this game, and we must not relax because we have more points ahead of the fourth and fifth places.

Bilbao's first loop was tied 2:2 by the Spaniard at home.

This time they came to the El Prat Stadium with the prestige of four consecutive victories, and they never wanted to go back with another point.

Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde's goal this season is to reach the European League, preferably the Champions League, or at least the Europa League.

However, due to Bilbao's poor performance in the first half, the current position in the Europa League is not stable. Celta Vigo and Sevilla behind them are eyeing each other. They must win every point they can.

Although the Spaniard ranks very high, his strength cannot be compared with the top three in the Western Super League. Recently, he has tended to fall behind. Of course, Bilbao does not want to let go of this opportunity to score points.

In the last match, Athletic Bilbao scored a goal by Williams in the opening 7 minutes, and then the Spaniard fell into a passive situation of struggling to catch up.

Valverde's tough defense made the Spaniard suffer a lot. This time, taking advantage of the home court, the Spaniard did not want to hand over the initiative to the opponent, and launched a fierce attack on Bilbao at the beginning.

This time, the Spaniard formed the strongest offensive lineup, with Cheryshev, Moreno and Caicedo shooting three arrows at once, while Zhao Yang and Asensio controlled the midfield and fought for a preemptive strike.

Valverde has much more coaching experience than Sergio, and he is prepared for all kinds of situations that may arise on the field.

The Spaniard opened the game with a fierce attack. Athletic Bilbao did not use offense to attack, but adopted a tough defense, harassing from the frontcourt, pressing in the midfield, and blocking the backcourt, not giving the Spaniard a chance to easily organize.

Under the tenacious defense of Athletic Bilbao, the Spaniard played very difficult offensively. Let alone shooting in the penalty area, it was difficult to have a chance to take a calm kick even outside the penalty area.

Long pass?

Athletic Bilbao people are not afraid of this.

In desperation, the Spaniard could only pin his hope of breaking the goal on Zhao Yang.

Playing against a superstar is a tragedy for a team, but also luck, after all, there are still superstars to rely on.

Otherwise it's just luck.

Against Zhao Yang, who scored 33 goals, Athletic Bilbao must have made the most adequate preparations.

Full-court marking and double-teaming, this can only be regarded as a routine operation.

At the front of the penalty area, as long as Zhao Yang gets the ball, Athletic Bilbao would like the whole team to defend Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang doesn't have the ability to score goals out of nothing like Messi and Ronaldo. Faced with this level of defense, all he can do is to try his best to distribute the ball and see if his teammates can seize the opportunity.

The Spaniards are very lucky. They not only have players with superstar talent like Zhao Yang, but also players like Caicedo, Moreno, and Asensio who can serve as substitutes for wealthy clubs.

When Zhao Yang attracts a lot of defense, their scoring ability cannot be ignored.

The game lasted until the 35th minute, when the Spaniard finally got his first good chance to score.

Zhao Yang took the ball in the middle, pretended to pass the ball, accelerated suddenly, and passed between the two defenders with a fake "fried meatball".

This one attracted the two central defenders of Athletic Bilbao.

Zhao Yang didn't try to continue to surpass others, nor did he shoot from a long distance. He decisively passed the ball to Moreno on the wing.

If Moreno attacks from the side and then crosses, the attack speed will be slowed down, and Athletic Bilbao will be able to organize the defense calmly.

But Moreno's golf quotient is also very high. This time he didn't make a bottom pass, but made a diagonal pass, returned to the middle, and handed it to Asensio who advanced forward.

Athletic Bilbao immediately assigned a central defender Laporte to defend Asensio.

Asensio didn't stick to the ball, and he had a clear view of the frontcourt without the ball. After receiving the ball, he lightly rubbed an overhead ball and passed it to Zhao Yang's space on the right.

There, Caicedo was unguarded, heading towards the penalty area.

As soon as the chest stopped, Caicedo dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Elisos also has a good vision. Seeing Asensio's pass, he immediately moved towards Caicedo to block Caicedo's passing line.

At this moment, Zhao Yang is inserting into the restricted area.

After finishing the pass, Asensio is also penetrating into the penalty area.

On the wing, Cheryshev also went down.

Caicedo can single out the goalkeeper or cross.

As the former Spaniard's main striker, Caicedo certainly couldn't pass the ball. He pushed his arch and shot straight to the far corner of the goal.

This is a very good angle. At such a close distance, the goalkeeper has no time to go to the ground to save.

Goalkeeper Elisos reacted quickly. He made a split and stretched out his foot to block the ball.

After the ball that was flying to the far corner was touched, it deviated at an angle and flew out of the baseline.

The Espanyol fans in the stands and the players on the bench were all ready to celebrate, and they all sighed when they saw the ball blocked.

The on-site commentator He Wei said regretfully: "It's a narrow line! Caicedo's shot is not insane! But Elisos' reaction is too fast."

Another commentator Fang Jian said: "Maybe Caicedo should pass the ball, Zhao Yang has already inserted into the penalty area, it is an empty goal."

He Wei said: "There are defenders around Zhao Yang, and if the pass is passed, the probability of scoring is only [-]-[-]."

The Spaniard coach Sergio shook his head again and again. It is really a matter of ability not to score such a chance. Except for empty goals, this is the best chance.

Valverde squatted on the sidelines, his face as calm as water.

In fact, Valverde just mentioned his heart in his throat.

Strong dialogue, whoever scores first will take the initiative.

If Caicedo scored the goal just now, the game might be suspended.

Fortunately, the Spaniards only have one Zhao Yang.

On the field

The game is still going on.

Asensio took a corner kick, the Spaniard only left the goalkeeper and three players outside to respond, and all other players ran into the penalty area to compete for the header.

Zhao Yang did not grab the header, but stood at the front of the penalty area and waited for a long-range shot.

Naturally, Athletic Bilbao also has a player following Zhao Yang, like a bodyguard.

Asensio took a corner kick and there was chaos in the penalty area.

Zhao Yang suddenly started, rushed into the penalty area, jumped high, grabbed the highest point of the ball's flight arc, smashed it hard, and headed the ball into the goal.

This blow was like an eagle hitting the sky. Both the players marking him and the goalkeeper were stunned, and could only watch the ball fly into the net.

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