After receiving the ball, Manucho immediately counterattacked with the ball. Facing the defense of La Coruna, he stumbled all the way, but he didn't lose the ball.

In a blink of an eye, he attacked the top of the arc in front of the La Coruna penalty area.

Then he took a long shot, the ball touched the ground and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

La Coruna goalkeeper Roux fell to the ground and tried his best to save it, but it was a little short.

The ball went into the goal, and this ground-cut shot actually scored.

The score on the field was rewritten, leading 1:0, and Rayo Vallecano scored the first goal away from home.

Originally, they were evenly matched, and even had a little advantage on the field.

Unexpectedly, the opponent scored first.

The Laco fans who had been cheering in the stands suddenly quieted down.

The cheers of a small group of Rayo Vallecano fans who came from afar became the main theme of the Riazor Stadium.

Rayo Vallecano's players ran to the sidelines frantically and hugged each other to celebrate.

Their head coach Hermes was also happily touching his big bald head on the sidelines, grinning all the time.

At this time, Su Wei was sitting on the bench, frowning, and said depressedly: "Oh my god, this can also be scored, we won't lose the game, right?"

The Laco players on the field were obviously hit hard.

They all stood in place, their eyes looked a little confused, but fortunately, the old captain Pablo, who had seen many storms, was still calm.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!"

He clapped his hands and encouraged his teammates on the field.

"Don't worry, everyone, it's still early, we still have a chance!"

At the reminder of the old captain, the Laco players cheered up and got back into the game.

Everyone wanted to use the last ten minutes of the first half to try to equalize the score.

However, under the coaching of Hermes, the defense of this Rayo Vallecano team has become visibly stronger this season.

In the 41st minute of the second half, Cavaleiro was blocked again when dribbling the ball in the frontcourt.

At this time, Pablo rushed forward from the backcourt at high speed, ready to help.

Although Cavaleiro played very independently, he saw the old captain personally rushing forward and did not dare to let him run in vain, so he obediently sent a straight pass.

Pablo controlled the ball and rushed to the bottom line along the side.

However, unexpectedly, Tito, the left back of Rayo Vallecano, was a ruthless man.

He was still defending Cavaleiro, but he turned around, took a big step, and started to chase.

Pablo rushed to the bottom line and was about to kick the ball to pass the gap, but Tito had already caught up.

Then, a sliding tackle from the side came!

"Bang!"

The two feet collided and Pablo fell to the ground instantly.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded.

Pablo covered his legs and rolled on the ground a few times. Laco fans all looked at the old captain nervously.

Jimenez rushed to the fourth official on the sidelines and shouted: "Foul! This is a malicious sliding tackle, give him a red card!"

The fourth official signaled Jimenez to calm down.

At this time, the referee took out a yellow card and gave it to Tito.

Tito did not argue, and quickly got up from the lawn, trotting to a position eight or nine meters away from the accident site and stood still, acting as a human wall.

However, no one would take the free kick near the baseline of Laco for a while.

Because the old captain Pablo was still lying on the ground, several teammates in the front court gathered around him.

"Captain, how is it?"

"Do you want to change players?"

At this moment, Pablo's left ankle was in pain, and he was also infinitely annoyed.

"Alas! If I were a few years younger, I would have gotten rid of the defense and passed the ball to the goal."

Pablo limped to his feet, and the team doctor rushed up.

Pablo said to his teammates, "Play slowly."

After that, he went to the sidelines for temporary treatment with the help of the team doctor.

Pablo is really a tough guy. He simply sprayed some pain-relieving spray and quickly returned to the field amid the applause of the fans.

Unfortunately, Pablo's free kick in the front court, which he created despite his injury, did not help the team score.

In the last few minutes of the first half, the two sides made two or three offensive and defensive transitions, but the score on the field was never changed.

At halftime, with a 0:1 deficit, the Laco team returned to the locker room.

As soon as the players sat down, Jimenez encouraged them: "Don't lose your fighting spirit. In the last game, we were 0:2 behind away from home, but we finally caught up. Today we are playing at home, and we will definitely have a chance to score in the second half!"

Although Jimenez's words were sonorous and powerful, at this moment, many of the Laco players who started the game were

Many players were not very excited.

After the first half of the game, everyone could see that Rayo Vallecano's defensive strength was a level stronger than Granada.

Many people were unsure whether they could break the opponent's goal in the second half.

Jimenez also saw from the players' expressions that his encouragement was not very effective.

So he turned his eyes to Pablo, hoping that Pablo could come forward to encourage his teammates.

But at this moment, the old captain Pablo had no time to cheer everyone up.

After returning to the locker room, he took off his socks and began to receive treatment from the team doctor again.

A large ice pack was applied to his swollen left foot, which made him grimace in pain.

After Jimenez finished his speech, he came to Pablo and asked with concern: "How is it? Can you still hold on?"

Pablo replied: "Yes."

Jimenez nodded, and the fifteen-minute break time passed quickly, and the battle was rekindled in the second half when the venue was changed!

Although Pablo is a tough guy, this injury still has a big impact on him.

Obviously, Pablo's range of activities in the second half was much smaller.

There were almost no assists, and now the entire right-wing attack was all on Cavaleiro.

However, Cavaleiro also had many opponents, the first of which was Vallecano's left back Tito, followed by left winger Kakuta.

Finally, there was the left back, Trasoas, who occasionally came from the middle to help.

Any of these three people may not be Cavaleiro's opponent.

However, any two of them would be enough to give Cavaleiro a hard time.

If all three of them were in position to defend in time, Cavalero would have almost no chance.

Before they knew it, the second half had been played for more than 20 minutes, and the score was still 0:1.

Seeing that Laco was unable to break the deadlock, the Spanish commentator couldn't help but say, "Jimenez has to think of a way. If this continues, this game will be in trouble!"

Another commentator immediately said, "Yes, that tackle seemed to have some impact on Pablo. Now should we consider replacing the 18-year-old Dragon country player? I remember that he played as a substitute in the last game and performed very well."

"I also think that Pablo should be given a rest."

Jimenez on the sidelines crossed his arms and was also thinking about this problem.

He also saw that Pablo had reached his limit, but Pablo did not take the initiative to leave the field, and he did not have the courage to replace the opponent for a while.

At this moment, Pablo suddenly stopped after a defensive sprint.

Then, he raised his right hand towards Jimenez!

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