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Chapter 7 Golden Ideas

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The big man Tang Feng mentioned is Betis' substitute center Oli, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall. The header is very outstanding.

However, due to his rough foot skills, his status was not high in the minds of previous Betis coaches, and he was almost sitting on the bench.

Hiddink's assistants, when they heard the translator's performance of overstepping power, all showed dissatisfaction. Among them, Pim, as the executive coach of Hiddink's coaching team, opened his mouth and prepared to scold Tang Feng.

However, at this time Hiddink stood up and shouted to Oli on the bench: "Go warm up and prepare to play!"

Seeing that Hiddink actually followed Tang Feng's opinion, Pim naturally couldn't say anything else, but Tang Feng's performance undoubtedly offended several of their assistant coaches.

In fact, Hiddink was also taking the attitude of being a dead horse at this time.

Originally, when Valencia scored the second goal, he even had the idea of ​​giving up the game.

However, Tang Feng's words reminded him. The team had performed well on the wing before, but Alfonso, as a single center, was only less than 1.8 meters tall. It was difficult to perform under the attack of two central defenders of Valencia's team.

In fact, the two central defenders of Valencia are not outstanding in height. Xavi Navarro is 1.82 meters tall, while former Yugoslavia international Jukic is only 1.77 meters tall. Against the central defender combination, Navarro is decisive in robbing, while veteran Jukic is good at filling up positions and marking people. The two are very complementary, but like many defense lines in La Liga, air defense ability is their weakness!

Hiddink didn't notice this before, but at that time he did not dare to pin his hopes on a ten-year substitute like Oli.

Faced with the reality of falling behind two goals, Hiddink doesn't care about so much.

Four minutes later, Valencia broke the ball out of the sideline and caused a dead ball.

Oli was also replaced at this time. He replaced Pablonno, who was a front midfielder, just like Denilson, who was only concerned about driving the ball, but basically did not give away a few shots that threatened to pass the ball.

As soon as Ollie came on the court, Betis players knew that the team was going to play high altitude ball.

At the same time, Oli also conveyed Hiddink's intention to his teammates on the court: play on the wing and smash the ball on his head!

Seeing that the opponent suddenly changed into such a big man, Valencia coach Cooper also showed a hint of nervousness.

As the team's head coach, he naturally knows the weaknesses of the team's defense line.

What made him feel helpless was that even though he could clearly see the opponent's intention, he could not make targeted adjustments in time. Because he really had no good cards to play... The only big defender, his compatriot Pellegrino, had already missed four games due to injury.

So, he could only walk to the sidelines and signal the full-backs and several midfielders to strengthen the defense of the wing. Since there is no big man to defend the air, then cut off the source of the passing of the high ball!

In this way, the game moved the battlefield to two sides in the last twenty minutes.

The cross from the wing is undoubtedly the simplest and least technical tactic on the football field. But at the same time, this is also the most difficult tactic to defend against.

Because when a team is determined to play crossing tactics on the wing, they can always find a way to pass the ball over the penalty area. Of course, the quality of the crossing has to be a different matter.

At this time, Betis began the unreasonable crossing tactics on the wing.

If you have the chance to break through, you can get a cross from the bottom.

If you don’t have a chance to break through, you will force the cross from a forty-five-degree angle or even larger angle.

Betis' two wing forwards and two full-backs sent the ball to the penalty area again and again, causing Valencia's air defense alarm to sounded.

Tang Feng, on the sidelines, looked very anxious as the team passed the team again and again and again, and was destroyed by the opponent. After all, changing to the center to play high ball is his idea. If it doesn't work, it will be difficult to show his face in front of Hiddink in the future. If he is lucky and Oli will turn the tide after he comes on the court, helping the team tie or even overtake the score, Hiddink will definitely look at him differently. Maybe this old Dutch man will "upgrade" from translation to assistant coach when he gets up?

Oreogo, you must be powerful!

At the same time, Cooper, in front of another coach's seat, became restless in the face of the crazy high-altitude bombing of Betis. He called out the defensive midfielder Louis Mira from the bench and replaced Angulo to strengthen the defense.

However, Cooper's substitution failed to stop Betis' goal. When the game reached the 81st minute, Betis, who had bombarded for more than ten minutes, finally achieved results!

After attracting two people to attack, Finiti George cleverly stuffed the ball to the right back Otero who was inserted on the right.

After Otero caught up with the ball, he rushed to the penalty area before the opponent's defender came back to defend!

The quality of this cross is very high, it is flat and fast. More importantly, he gives the encirclement points in the penalty area a space to sprint.

Facing the defense of Xavi Navaro, Oli showed his physical advantage and pushed away Navaro rudely. Oli jumped high, a lion shook his head, and smashed the ball hard at Valencia's goal!

In front of the goal, Canisales could only surrender when facing such a close-range powerful header.

With a swish, the ball hit the ball behind him heavily!

The few Betis fans who came with the team in the stands burst into surprise cheers.

Betis' bench on the sidelines was also in a turmoil.

Tang Feng was even more excited and danced with joy.

A hint of surprise flashed across Hiddink's face, but he quickly calmed down and walked to the sidelines to signal everyone to return to their position as soon as possible.

On the field!

After scoring a goal, Ollie, who was just preparing to celebrate, suddenly remembered that the team was still one goal behind. He immediately stopped celebrating, ran back to the goal, held the ball, and ran to the backcourt!

"Go back to your position quickly, and there is still time. Try to score another goal!" Tang Feng shouted at the players on the court as he made his own decision.

Obviously, as a translator, Tang Feng is a bit over the crowd.

However, Hiddink had no intention of blaming him. After all, it was Tang Feng's reminder just now that he made a correct substitution.

Since Betis didn't celebrate too much, the game started again soon.

After re-serving, Valencia began to fall in the middle and backcourt under Cooper's instruction. The game was less than ten minutes left. Cooper's meaning was very obvious, that was to kill time and hold on to the victory of one goal.

At this time, without Hiddingk's reminder, the Betis players also consciously pressed in the midfield and frontcourt.

Obviously, the goal he just scored gave them hope.

Among them, Oli, who just scored a goal, seemed even more active. Although his figure was a little heavy, his pressing was not vague at all.

After only playing for more than ten minutes, what he lacks the most is physical fitness.

With Oli, a thick messing stick in the frontcourt, Valencia couldn't calmly fall down. She could only push forward slowly.

Not long after, the ball rights were transferred, and Betis' offensive once again hit the heart of Valencia.

Facing his teammate's cross, Oli, who had just scored a goal, seemed to have greatly improved his confidence. In Valencia's penalty area, he seemed to be a dominant air bully, and he reached the top several times in a row.

Unfortunately, the quality of the teammates' crosses is not very high, and it is difficult for Oli to make a threatening shot even if he grabs the header.

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon the ninety minutes of regular time came to the last moment, and the fourth official had already begun to adjust the timing cards.

Tang Feng on the sidelines had a continuous excitement, and he squatted down with helpless expressions.

At this time, he knew that he could only look forward to a miracle.

Hiddink also stood on the sidelines without saying a word, and he didn't even need to wave his hand, because Betis almost put the whole game on the table.

But Cooper, in front of another coach's seat, kept calling his players to shrink their defense.

On the field, the ball was passed several times to Denilson's feet on the left.

According to convention, once the ball reaches Denilson's feet, it will basically go but not return.

Denilson did start a continuous dribbling breakthrough on the left.

However, after Denilson used his fancy skills to cross the two, he suddenly made a very reasonable action in theory, but surprising thing that happened to him... that was the cross!

Yes, as a full-back, Denilson prefers to break through the penalty area relatively through crosses.

Denilson's move not only unexpectedly to the opponent's players, but even his teammates did not expect it.

Oli in the penalty area reacted after being obviously stunned for a moment. Facing Denilson's cross slightly behind, he chose to retreat a step and then swung the ball in front of the goal!

Yes, since Oli knew that he could not exert force during the retreat, he chose to head the ball.

His forward partner Alfonso appeared in that position. Faced with such a header, Alfonso naturally would not miss it. He shook his head against the ball and pushed the ball into the goal in front of him!

At this moment, the entire Mestalia Stadium fell into silence!

Side-side!

Hiddink, Tang Feng and the entire Betis bench behind them were boiling.

On the field!

Alfonso is also ready to celebrate wildly.

However, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded on the court interrupted the Betis people's celebration.

The referee signaled that the goal was invalid, and the lineman's high flag showed their point of view. They believed that Alfonso was in an offside position the moment Oli headed the ball!

The penalty immediately made the home fans and players relieved. However, the Betis, who played away, refused to agree.

"Damn the referee, which eye did you see us offside? You are erasing the miracle!" Tang Feng didn't care about being blown away at this time, his "enemy" Alfonso. He just rushed to the sidelines with an angry look on his face and cursed.

Of course, this guy was using Chinese in desperation, so the referee did not hear the disrespect in his tone.

Hiddink and his assistants also walked to the sidelines excitedly to vent their dissatisfaction.

On the court, several players from the frontcourt including Alfonso and Oli also surrounded the referee and defended him.

However, the referee on duty was very determined. He insisted on his opinion and believed that the goal was invalid.

After some debate, more than a minute passed in the 3-minute injury time of the game. In other words, the time left for Betis is only two minutes at most.

The morale of Betis was obviously frustrated by the blow-out goal. In the last minute, they failed to create a miracle again. The score of 1-2 was maintained until the end of the game!
Chapter completed!
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