Benevento kicked off first.
Right from the kickoff, they showed their attitude today, with an exceptionally aggressive attack.
Even San Remo’s solid, mountain-like defense conceded three shooting opportunities to the opponent in just five minutes.
The complete form of a strong Serie B team completely demonstrated the gap between the Second Division and the Third Division.
San Remo was suppressed.
Both technically and tactically, it was true.
Benevento was not rushing to attack but used their numerical and width advantage in midfield to suppress San Remo.
As for those three shots, it was because their number seven player had strong movement skills, once creating a good opportunity and shooting instinctively.
Once, they drew away Naji and Versachi, giving their midfielder a chance to shoot.
And one time, they coordinated with Benevento’s number nine player.
This person could definitely play in Serie A.
But why didn’t he go to Serie A?
Because his weaknesses were also obvious.
On the occasion when he created a chance, Naji bumped him, which caused his subsequent shot quality to be poor, with not much threat.
After cooperating with the number nine player, he delayed one step, allowing Palacios to block his shooting angle.
Both times were close scoring opportunities.
He is an opportunist but ultimately fails to seize the opportunity.
This is why he couldn’t advance further at his peak.
Explosive power and non-stop shooting, this basic skill limited him.
But Benevento’s overall strength was really strong, and in the ninth minute, they eventually scored a goal.
Their number ten midfielder was excellent, dribbling past Versachi and then using speed to force past Latu Yidi, forcing Naji to rush out of the box to confront him.
Then, the number ten flicked a pass to their number nine central forward, who shielded Palacios and lightly tapped the ball to the adjacent number seven player.
The number seven player got a one-on-one in the box; if he missed such a chance, he wouldn’t deserve to wear the number seven jersey.
Jalard tried his best to save, but he was half a palm away from the ball.
"GOAL! Benevento is indeed too strong. San Remo was completely overpowered! They have no resistance!"
"Yeah, after all, Benevento is the team that has a chance to advance to Serie A this year. In fact, they have a minimum level of Serie A."
"Huh, the Benevento number seven player, during the celebration, is running towards their own half... he is looking for Lu Yang!"
In the broadcast screen, the number seven player ran excitedly to Lu Yang and said smugly, "How about it? I think I can end this pointless match in the first half. Are you still stubborn?"
Boom!
After this scene occurred, countless boos erupted at the scene.
San Remo fans all saw that the opponent was provoking Lu Yang!
Provoking their king!
"Very well!" Lu Yang’s mouth lifted slightly.
He liked a little wild opponent, otherwise, he wouldn’t want to bring out the treasures at the bottom of his chest. After all, for Lu Yang, he could completely conquer the Italian Third Division with personal ability.
With a snap!
A red card shattered in front of Lu Yang’s eyes.
"Ding! You used the Roberto Carlos Moment Card, duration thirty minutes!"
Lu Yang frowned slightly.
Because this time, the sense of enhancement he felt wasn’t particularly strong.
It was obviously different from the previous times.
Is Carlos not strong enough?
Apparently impossible.
Moreover, this time the Moment Card did not show a specific classic moment.
It seems this is somewhat different from previous Moment Cards.
Moment Cards with specific classic moments allow Lu Yang to experience 100% of the player’s ability and have a high probability of replicating the player’s classic moments.
Moment Cards without such markings seem to have a reduced ability but often longer duration.
After all, previously it was mostly three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes.
And this time, it’s a full half-hour.
Sure enough, duration and intensity can’t have both.
In retrospect, such an outcome, Lu Yang was rather satisfied with.
After all, even a weakened version of Carlos is enough for him to handle today’s situation.
Using the Moment Card so early today actually has little to do with the provocation by the number seven player.
Lu Yang considered it from the perspective of the situation.
After ten minutes in the match, the result is clear; San Remo can’t beat the opponent.
Perhaps in lower-level matches, San Remo could simply have the fullback pass to the winger to advance the ball.
But against high-level opponents, they won’t let you pass through the midfield easily, especially when Benevento’s midfield has both stars and a numerical advantage.
The ball can’t be sent out.
Even if Lu Yang moved back, it wouldn’t be much help.
In this situation, perhaps if there was Morici, they might still stand a chance; he could exploit the opponent’s openings and prevent San Remo’s midfield from disappearing entirely.
But unfortunately, little Morici is still limping, it’s quite tragic.
If Benevento continues playing like this, San Remo will concede again in the first half.
And in the second half, it’s expected to be even worse.
In situations where every player is one-on-one, besides limited players like Lu Yang, Latu Yidi, Palacios, etc., the rest are likely to be at a disadvantage.
At this point, someone must step up.
There must be someone who can attract multiple defenders, strategically threatening the opponent, forcing them to change tactics, thus freeing up other San Remo players, allowing them to outnumber the opponent barely and contend with them.
Lu Yang has always had clear thinking.
Perhaps other teams can’t find someone to step up.
But San Remo happens to have one.