At 9:00 p.m. on November 18, 2001, the highly anticipated Sevilla City Derby is finally about to begin!

As Betis and Sevilla lined up to walk out of the player channel, a "boom" cheer burst out from the stands at Lopela Stadium! []

"Okay, the players on both sides have appeared. Let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides..."

"Betis still lined up today with a 4231 lineup. On the front line is the Brazilian scorer Adriano who recently regained his goal form. Behind him is the midfield organizer Arteta, Vicente and Joaquin on both wings! Xavi Alonso and the old captain Alexis form a double midfielder. From left to right on the back line are Gierni, Carvalho, Pablo Alfaro and Otero! The goalkeeper is the young Reina!"

"Sevilla today has arranged the traditional 442 formation. On the front line is a combination of Salayeta and Tvenat, one high and one fast. In the midfield, the left forward Reyes, who is only seventeen years old, got the opportunity to start. Oliveira and Francisco in the middle attack and one defense, while on the right is also very young Galardo. On the back line, from left to right are David, Pilt, Silva and Yedo! In the goalkeeper, he is Norwegian's former national goalkeeper Osen..."

When Jessus introduced the starting lineup of both sides, the players of both teams had already appeared on the court and completed a series of opening ceremonies.

Tang Feng also appeared in front of the coach's seat at this time.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, the referee on duty officially blew the whistle to start the game!

The cheers of Betis fans broke out in the stands at Lopela Stadium, and their enthusiasm dyed the Lopela Stadium green and white!

...

After the game started, Betis and Sevilla, the mortal enemy in the city, directly launched a real sword and gun competition without any temptation!

Both teams are teams that focus on offense. Therefore, after the game started, the attacking scene that fans like to watch appeared on the court!

Alexis got the ball when guessing the coins. It was through the service that Betis launched the first attack of the game!

Adriano transferred the ball to Arteta beside him, and Arteta passed the ball back to Xavi Alonso behind him as usual!

While receiving the ball, Xavi Alonso was also running the teammates of the observer. When he found that Joaquin on the right had already inserted at high speed, he passed the ball to the right of the frontcourt without hesitation!

Xavi Alonso's long pass skills are already excellent, and Tang Feng deliberately strengthened his long pass training. Now Xavi Alonso's long pass in the backcourt has become a killer move!

This time, the long pass of Xavi Alonso directly found the plugged Joaquin!

Seeing Joaquin receive the ball, the Betis fans in the stands gave a huge cheer.

In their opinion, the Betis team is going to stage another opening attack.

However, the good times did not last long. Hua Jin had just controlled the ball. Before he could speed up, a dark red figure suddenly knocked down Hua Jin and the ball with a sliding tackle!

Boo~~~~ A huge boo broke out in the stands at Lopela Stadium.

"Wow, Betis launched a snatch as soon as the game started, but Sevilla seemed to be ready. After paying the price of a foul, David from Sevilla left-back destroyed Betis' attack!" Jesus also exclaimed in surprise.

"Damn it! He should be fucking a card!" Seeing the opponent's fierce tackle, Tang Feng walked to the sidelines and roared.

In his opinion, David's tackle was completely aimed at people!

However, the referee on the court did not seem to think so. Of course, he might have considered that the game had just begun, so he did not take out cards from David, but just verbally kicked David to pay attention to his movements under his feet.

Betis fans were obviously not satisfied with the penalty, and they once again made huge booing and even verbs.

After waving his hand angrily, Tang Feng returned to the coach's seat. In his opinion, the most important thing is that Joaquin was not injured due to this foul!

Moreover, Betis got a free kick opportunity on the right side of the frontcourt at the beginning!

This position is a bit off and is not suitable for shooting directly, but it is very good for passing the ball!

As the team's free kicker, Xavi Alonso came to the foul and set up the ball.

After getting the opportunity to set the ball in the frontcourt, two of the team's central defenders Pablo Alfaro and Carvalho came to Sevilla's penalty area.

With high center forward Adriano, these three points are the targets of Sevilla's strict defense.

After Xavi Alonso, who was free throwing, the Betis players and Sevilla players in the penalty area also started to move.

Betis' three high points ran to the middle and back points respectively!

The three of them undoubtedly attracted several Sevilla defensive players to follow them to the middle and back point.

In this way, a big blank appears on the front point!

And what Xavi Alonso kicked was a low pitch that went straight to the front point!

This made the Sevilians realize that they seemed to be fooled!

Sure enough, Hua Jin, who was originally playing soy sauce in the middle, suddenly accelerated and ran to the front point, basically the ball was the one who arrived!

All he had to do was jump up slightly, then snatch the ball with his right foot and sweep it towards the goal!

Facing Joaquin's close shot, Sevilla's former Norwegian passerby Osen couldn't even make a symbolic save!

"Unbelievable! The ball... went in!!! Only one minute and twenty seconds of the game, Betis, who played at home, actually took the lead! The goal was Betis King's boy Joaquin! This was an exquisite frontcourt set-piece cooperation! The passing of Xavi Alonso was just right, and the unified running of several big men of Betis successfully helped Joaquin open the gap. In the end, Joaquin had to do was run to the landing point and kick the ball towards the goal! Betis got a fantastic start!!!" The moment the ball flew into the goal, he burst into crazy cheers!

Almost at the same time, in the stands at Lopela Stadium, Betis fans cheered like tsunamis. The stands also became a sea of ​​green and white!

They obviously never expected that the team could lead so early. Joaquin's goal really gave them a huge surprise!

Side-side!

Tang Feng also waved his fist in surprise!

Don’t you want to use fouls to organize our offense? Are you punished now?

Tang Feng thought of relieving his anger.

On the field!

Joaquin, who scored the goal, opened his arms and flew on the turf of Lopela Stadium. Then, he gave Xavi Alonso, who assisted him, a strong hug!

After the celebration, Hua Jin did not forget to run to the sidelines again to give Tang Feng a hug!

The simple free kick cooperation just now was also something that Tang Feng had practiced during training. Therefore, the players on the field were very familiar with it.

...

The goal was conceded more than one minute of the game, and the Sevilla fans and players on the scene were all surprised.

They didn't expect the game to have such a start!

Caparos also stood on the sidelines with a pale face!

Before the game, he considered the possibility that Betis might start the game and reminded the players.

David did react when facing Joaquin's high speed, but his reaction was a little slower and directly gave Betis a free kick.

And it was this free kick that created the subsequent goal!

"Damn it! You guys will focus on me! There is still time to strengthen my attack!!!" Caparos walked to the sidelines angrily and shouted at the players on the court.

In front of another coach's seat, Tang Feng just presented his applause to the players and did not make any adjustments to the court.

After the game started again, Sevilla quickly made a counterattack!

Their young left wing Reyes used his speed advantage to force the gap on the left and then sent a cross!

The tall and large Salayeta who was surrounded by in place, the Uruguayan shooter did not suffer any loss in the confrontation with Pablo Alfaro. He grabbed the spot and completed a head-shot attack!

Facing Salayeta's header from such a close distance, Betis goalkeeper Reina didn't even have time to make a symbolic save.

Fortunately, the ball failed to fall in front of the goal in time, and finally flew into the stands behind the goal!

Even so, Betis fans were still shocked and sweated.

Tang Feng on the sidelines also shook his head helplessly.

...

In the following game, Sevilla, who was one goal behind and wanted to win back, launched several consecutive attacks.

Oliveira received a back knock from Salayeta at the front of the penalty area, completed a long shot, and the ball hit the post and missed the goal...

Then Galardo shook the ball away from the right and sent a low cross. Tvenat in the middle completed a cushion shot.

It’s a pity that he played the ball too well, and Reina got the ball directly!

Of course, Betis' offense did not stop because of a goal lead.

During a counterattack, Adriano also used his signature to shoot with a powerful shot!

"Wow, this Sevilla city derby did not disappoint the fans. The game reached a climax almost at the beginning, and the offensives of both sides were also back and forth, and they never stopped!" Jessus also praised the performance of the two teams.

Before we knew it, one-third of the first half passed.

Betis also gradually began to strengthen the midfield's control of the ball.

Because the midfield has a numerical advantage and with players like Xavi Alonso and Arteta who are good at controlling the rhythm, Betis gradually seized control of the midfield.

After losing control of the midfield, Sevilla often had to launch an attack through long passes.

In this way, their offensive threats are obviously much less than before.

Although Salayeta is tall, as a South American player, he is not the traditional high center forward. To make him a good fulcrum in the frontcourt, the young Uruguayan is still a little short of it.
Chapter completed!