Beep!
Following Emerson's pass being blocked by the opposition, Deng Kai signaled to Trigella for a substitution.
Particularly, Deng Kai gestured towards Altino and Orlando, the two substitute center-backs.
Trigella had been waiting for this signal for a long time.
But he needed Deng Kai to confirm through some probing that the players of Rio Ave truly had no fight left in them before he could make this aggressive substitution.
"Oh! Trigella is going to make two substitutions at once, but why two center-backs?"
"It makes sense for Kilop to be substituted with a yellow card, but Feng Te seems fine. Is he planning to strengthen the defense by adding another center-back?"
"Wait! Altino is replacing the left-back Serafim, and though Altino is a center-back, he's played left-back this season with decent results, quite the versatile defender."
"Orlando isn't replacing Kilop, but... Flavio! This...."