Of course, there are also a large number of Espanyol fans and Chinese fans traveling to Spain to cheer for Espanyol away.

Although Real Sociedad doesn't take Espanyol seriously, it actually treats Espanyol as a strong team.

They even used defensive counterattack tactics at home.

Most of the players were stockpiled up in the backcourt, and they did not go out in full force when counterattacking. They immediately recovered their own half when they found that the situation was wrong, and did not give Espanyol's trident a chance to counterattack and sneak attack.

They also strengthened their targeted defense against Wu Lei. Several defenders jointly defended. Once they saw that Wu Lei had extraordinary intentions, they would immediately arrange for other defensive players to come and assist in the defense.

With the opponent's extreme attention and the close defense of the tall defenders, it is difficult for Wu Lei, controlled by Gao Hong, to comfortably drive the ball in positional battles, and it is also difficult to force a breakthrough.

Although this tactic made the home team fans very dissatisfied with booing on the court, the effect was indeed good.

The Espanyol teams encountered before were either strong teams like Sevilla. They probably lacked the strength of Espanyol teams and underestimated the opponent to lose.

Either it is a very weak team and has no ability to resist the powerful offensive of Espanyol.

Real Sociedad teams are different. They are traditional strong teams, but they attach great importance to Espanyol. They set up a bus in the backcourt, with six or seven defenders left behind in the backcourt, and there will be two or three midfielders pressing against each other at the front of the penalty area, leaving only one counterattack point in the frontcourt.

This tactic was originally what Mourinho was best at, but now it has been used by Real Sociedad to deal with Espanyol.

In the first half, both sides tied with zero to zero.

Some media that were unhappy with Gao Hong were silent when Espanyol was making great progress, but now they suddenly became active. All the words such as Gao Hong's true form have come out, obviously gloating that Espanyol cannot open up the situation.

In the past, Espanyol was already very good at drawing the powerful Real Sociedad away. Now, Espanyol, under Gao Hong, tied with Real Sociedad in the first half of the away game, some people felt that they could be gloatable, which also indirectly confirmed the strength of the Espanyol under Gao Hong.

Faced with such a situation, the famous coach Mourinho frowned.

What he used to be the tactics of bus placing. He knew the characteristics of this tactic, especially the overall combat power, which is similar and even higher than himself, to mount a bus in the backcourt. It would be very difficult to break through the opponent's goal.

Unless... there is a heavy gunner in the team who can shoot from a long distance, and if there is a chance, he will shoot a heavy gun at the goal at a distance of 2 or 30 meters outside the penalty area.

But there seems to be no such heavy gunner in the current Espanyol team.

When everyone thought Espanyol could not win this game again, an unexpected scene happened in the 50th minute of the second half.

Because of Real Sociedad's key defense against Wu Lei in the first half, Wu Lei could not find any opportunity in the frontcourt. Gao Hong moved his position back a little, allowing him to be active in the area 2 or 30 meters outside the opponent's penalty area.

When Espanyol's attack was blocked, the player in front passed the ball back to Wu Lei, who was circling outside the penalty area.

Wu Lei made a little adjustment after taking the ball. Instead of leading forward and then splitting the side like before, he suddenly raised his feet and hit Real Sociedad's goal!

Real Sociedad players couldn't help but be surprised.

Because Wu Lei's leg strength is average, his characteristic is to look for opportunities to shoot in the penalty area. There are few heavy guns of two or thirty meters outside the penalty area, so their defensive players did not step forward and block the angle as soon as possible.

With so many players in the penalty area, it is difficult to score such long-range shots?

A scene that unexpected happened to everyone.

Although Wu Lei's legs are not strong enough and Wu Lei does not have the skills of a heavy gunner, Gao Hong can make up for it with his own operations.

Wu Lei's shot was so powerful that the ball flew over the heads of all the players, and then...

He flew over the crossbar of the goal and flew directly to the audience.

The home team fans screamed, but fortunately there was no danger.

The fans of the visiting team lamented, thinking that Wu Lei was going to create a miracle again! As a result, he still flew.

Gao Hong also sighed regretfully. He originally wanted to use the skillful long-range shooting skills he had developed to make Wu Lei show off again, but it was really difficult for him to have a distance of 20 or 30 meters outside the penalty area.

This time, Gao Hong's operation was very good. Both the angle and strength were in the best green range, but he still failed to score. It can only be said that the player's ability was limited.

Although Wu Lei's long-range shot did not score, it sounded the clarion call for Espanyol to break through dense defense in the second half.

Shortly after Wu Lei's shot, Chiro Inmobile also retreated to the same position as Wu Lei's shot just now and got the ball.

Then, kick off! Far shot!

Chiro Inmobile rarely shoots at such a long distance outside the penalty area, but his leg strength and control of the shooting angle are much better than Wu Lei.

Gao Hong deliberately trained Chiro Inmobile's long shot in the virtual match, and cooperated with Gao Hong's very precise operation. Chiro Inmobile's long shot was directly at the blind spot of Real Sociedad's goal!

Unfortunately, a little higher, the ball hit the lintel and bounced out of the field.

"Damn!" Gao Hong beat his thighs. He was bound to win this ball, but he didn't expect to make it.

But this ball shocked Real Sociedad players and home team fans in a cold sweat.

Chiro Immobile, who rarely attacks at such a long distance, almost broke the goal with a long shot?

It seems that the tactics of placing a bus need to be adjusted in the second half, and you have to push it up appropriately, otherwise you will be scored sooner or later by the opponent's shot from such a long distance.

However, if you push up, you will give Wu Lei, Werner, Chiro Inmobile's trident more room for movement in the penalty area. Maybe they will steal an opportunity to score in the penalty area.

After hesitating for a while, the Real Sociedad head coach made a replacement for the players on the court and conveyed his intentions to the court.

Continue to set up a bus and wait for an opportunity to fight back.

In the opinion of Real Sociedad's head coach, Espanyol's two long shots just now were just a test. The long shot of Chiro Inmobile's lintel is a certain accident. From his previous research on Chiro Inmobile in the database, Chiro Inmobile does not have the ability to score long shots in such a position.
Chapter completed!