The absence of any team’s core organizer will greatly reduce the team’s combat effectiveness.
Especially when the team’s overall player ability is not particularly strong.
Although the Danish team made it into the semi-finals of the 2021 European Cup after their absolute core Eriksen was injured in the first match, this was under the premise that most Danish national team players were playing quietly in the Five Major Leagues.
In other words, their player level is actually not low.
Moreover, their breakout from the group stage itself was due to a considerable amount of coincidence.
As for San Remo.
To be fair, apart from Latu Yidi and Lu Yang who can match the abilities of some players in that team, the other players still need some time to develop.
Sogel, Versachi, Bai Zhami, Fernandez, they are all still very young, perhaps with greater potential, but their strength needs to be improved.
So in the second half, San Remo played extremely passively.
By the eighty-third minute, Fenya had accumulated twenty-eight shots.
While San Remo had a pitiful five shots.
Three of which were completed when Morici was still on the field.
It can be said, the impact of a player’s injury on the game is evident in this match.
Similar situations are really too many.
In the 2018 Champions League final, before Salah got injured, Liverpool was pressing Real Madrid in attack. But after Salah’s injury, Liverpool almost had no power to fight back.
Such situations are countless.
However, San Remo’s defense was indeed strong enough, especially when Lu Yang settled down to defend, San Remo’s backline was as stable as a mountain.
Fenya’s shots were all long shots from outside the penalty area, posing little threat.
In the eighty-seventh minute of the match, Naji headed the ball clear.
Latu Yidi controlled the first dropping point of the ball, then pushed it to Lu Yang beside him.
With the Counterattack Vanguard enhancement, how could Lu Yang hesitate?
He directly kicked the ball forward and started a sprint race with the opponent’s players.
On one hand, Fenya had dominated today, making San Remo retreat defensively, almost forgetting that San Remo also had counter-attacking capability.
On the other hand, as the match neared its end, most players’ stamina was entering a period of exhaustion.
Therefore, Lu Yang actually became the champion of this sprint, with none of the three surrounding defenders able to outrun him.
At the critical moment, the opponent made a sliding tackle.
Whistle!
The referee’s whistle sounded, directly giving the opponent a red card.
This was a tactical foul, stopping San Remo’s quick counterattack, and it was a dangerous move.
This red card was undisputed.
Fenya’s captain argued with the main referee, but the real goal was for his teammates to quickly return to defense.
It must be said, this was a successful tactical foul.
Considering there were only two minutes left in the match, they would secure a nil-nil draw.
Fenya’s coach was so angry his neck turned red.
Their midfield core was absent, and such a great opportunity couldn’t earn them three points, which was really unfortunate.
If they had a player with shooting accuracy like Lu Yang, wouldn’t they beat San Remo three to nil easily?
Versachi delivered the ball, Latu Yidi received it, then began a meaningless passing maneuver.
The match time flowed away second by second.
Lu Yang was standing five meters outside the top of the penalty arc with the ball, looking at the densely packed people in the penalty area, there was simply no room for shooting.
At the critical moment, Fernandez’s run into the box seemed to give Lu Yang a glimmer of opportunity.
With ninety-nine vision, Lu Yang saw this one and only ray of light.
Bam!
Lu Yang raised his right foot, the swing arch was not big.
The football flew high.
From Lu Yang’s previous expression, it was clear this wasn’t a shot.
So all of Fenya’s people remained relatively reassured.
Their left central back quickly moved out to block Fernandez at the far post.
In the fifth round, Lu Yang and Fernandez had once attempted such a connection at the far post.
But this time, Fenya didn’t give Fernandez a chance.
Um?
As the football curved dangerously, Fenya’s head coach’s eyes widened.
Only to see the ball fly over the crowd, seemingly heading towards the far post, but under the pull of a huge curvature, it struck early into the net at the upper right corner of the goal.
This scene looked extremely bizarre, as if Fenya’s players, including the goalkeeper, were watching the ball go into the net without intervening.
"This... this... was that a pass or a shot?"
"Lu Yang scored a brilliant goal that seemed both a pass and a shot! We could see his gaze was locked on Fernandez, but..."
"It feels like during the passing process he ignored the goal, and the ball flying in mid-air was caught by the net."
"It’s highly unexpected!"
"It’s a golden goal!"
"Rather than a shot, it’s more like a pass. Rather than a pass, it’s more like a pass gone astray!"
"San Remo, pressured by Fenya throughout, miraculously took the lead!"
"It’s Lu Yang, Lu Yang again! He saved the day once more with a miracle!"
"Lu Yang did not celebrate, San Remo players didn’t seem particularly excited, because they all know even though this goal temporarily solved their crisis in this match, San Remo’s biggest crisis this season has just begun!"
This goal became the only goal of the match.
San Remo gained another three points, climbing to fifth place in the standings, from second last to fifth, indeed a remarkable feat.