Chapter 100 The ignorant are fearless
Wearing a yellow training vest, Josh Finley adjusted his pace in the face of the rolling football and raised his left foot to shoot.
A player wearing a gray training uniform rushed up and stretched his feet to block the ball.
Finley turned out to be just a fake move. His left foot dunked the football back to the right!
The defensive player just slid past him...
Then Finley moved the ball to the right with the outside instep of his right foot, made a slight adjustment, and took off again.
This time it’s no longer a fake move!
But at this moment, a foot reappeared in Finley's field of vision from the left.
Then there was a muffled sound, and the football hit the shoveling foot, bounced high, and flew out of the baseline.
"Ah ah! Feng! What a good thing you did!"
Josh Finlay, who failed to score, put his head in his hands and screamed at the owner of the foot.
Feng Qiyuan got up from the ground with his legs spread like a split, and said to him: "You should have shot directly, Josh."
Finley spread his hands: "I My left foot is backward, so I thought it would be safer to shoot with my right foot..."
Feng Qiyuan grinned and said, "That's a shame."
Feng Qiyuan looked like he was being beaten just now. Finlay's fake shot was missed, but when Finlay was focusing on the ball at his feet, Feng Qiyuan quickly turned around and pounced back.
The turn is very agile and the speed is very fast.
Finally caught up with the block when Finley shot...
"Damn! You are too fast!" Finley complained. "If it were David, I would have scored this goal!"
David Johnston, who was not far away, cast his eyes at him: "I can hear you, Josh!"< br>
The right back Jakub Stapowicz next to him gave Feng Qiyuan a thumbs up for his performance just now, and praised: "You are in really good shape, Feng! Come on for the weekend game, just like you can do it." Like that, do it again and freeze the king!”
"Feng's words, there must be no problem!" Goalkeeper teammate David Bennett also came up from the side and put his arms around Feng Qiyuan's neck, saying with confidence.
Facing the praise, praise and encouragement from his teammates, the smile on Feng Qiyuan's face was a little stiff...
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Seeing the players on the court gathered around Watching Feng Qiyuan, head coach Carlo Lamanna praised: "Feng's recent form is really good. I feel that our idea might really come true!"
Assistant coach Gianluca Gianluca next to him Zigni reminded him: "The king is also in very good condition."
"But can you find another more suitable candidate in our team? A center back with speed and flexibility like Feng."
Zigni was silent when asked.
Can't find it.
Feng Qiyuan is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms. As a central defender, he is not strong.
But why can he gain a foothold in the Premier League?
And can he also become the main force at Witton Hill?
Of course it is because he has far faster speed and more flexible turns than other central defenders.
There is no shortage of tall and strong central defenders with excellent frontal defensive abilities in the Premier League.
However, it is very rare to have good air defense capabilities as well as agile turning and pursuit speed.
It was precisely because of this advantage that Feng Qiyuan was spotted by mid-tier Premier League club Witton Hill.
He moved from the Eredivisie to Witton Hill in the summer of 2034, and then relied on his own characteristics to quickly become the main central defender of this mid-table Premier League team.
This is his third season with this team.
In Lamanna's tactic for the next game, a flexible and fast defender is needed to stick to Wang Lie.
Of all the center backs at Witton Hill, only Feng Qiyuan meets this standard.
Seeing that the assistant coach had no objections, Ramana said: "I am going to talk to him after training today. He will be entrusted with important tasks in the weekend game."
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Amid the huge boos, the football cut through Witton Hill's defense like a hot knife cutting through butter.
Behind all the Witton Hill defenders, a figure wearing a white jersey and black shorts was running hard, chasing the football.
"Is it offside?! Sof United's counterattack! King——!"
Now is no longer the era when the linesman could suspend the game by raising the flag. Is there any offside? We have to wait until an attack is completed. If there is no offside, but the defensive player self-righteously gives up on defending, then if it is finally confirmed by VAR that it is not offside and the goal is valid, I am afraid that the defensive player who does this will become the object of ridicule by fans all over the world in one day...< br>
So even though Witton Hill's centre-back Jaroslav Planka raised his arm to signal Wang Lie for offside, he did not stop and quickly chased back.
Not just him, all the Witton Hill players are rushing back.
Wang Lie, who fought against offside, took the lead, ran for more than ten meters, and finally caught up with the football. Then he used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football forward five or six meters, and then continued to catch up.
This way his speed won't drop too much.
Behind him, the pursuers were approaching.
Among them, the one chasing the fastest was a tall figure.
He walked with two long legs, like a sprinter sprinting 100 meters.
When the Witton Hill players started to chase back, he was not the one at the front.
But now, he has run in front of all his teammates and is the defensive player closest to Wang Lie!
Taking advantage of Wang Lie's opportunity to slow down while playing the ball, he narrowed the distance between the two, and then began to overtake with a meteoric stride!
Seeing that the gap between the two people was getting shorter and shorter, Wang Lie was as slow as a snail under his speed!
When Wang Lie caught up with the football again in the corner of the penalty area, the Witton Hill player was already on par with him!
"Feng!! He caught up!"
The boos at the Lowfield Stadium had turned into deafening cheers at this time.
Then, amid the cheers of the home fans, Witton Hill defender Feng Qiyuan snatched the football away from Wang Lie before he could stretch his foot to control the ball again!
Yes, it was not a tackle and destruction, but a run that snatched the football away from Wang Lie's feet!
The cheers in the stands were louder again.
Then the scene froze and the huge cheers stopped abruptly.
Carlo Lamanna shook the remote control in his hand at Feng Qiyuan, who was sitting opposite him: "The sprint speed of 35.9 kilometers per hour, this is what you did in the pursuit just now. This speed not only ranks first among all defenders in the Premier League, but also ranks third in the Premier League sprint list this season. It is very impressive. "
Sprint speed refers to when players are running at full speed in the game. the highest instantaneous speed.
The Premier League has a special statistics on this data, which can be used to indicate the player's speed.
Instead of using the "100-meter running time" that everyone thinks.
Because football players do not need to sprint for 100 meters, the speed of 100 meters cannot accurately reflect whether the players are running fast or slow.
Football players are more likely to sprint over short distances on the field.
So the fastest instantaneous speed during sprinting can relatively scientifically reflect the player's speed.
Of course, sprint speed also has limitations.
After all, there are many factors that affect the instantaneous top speed of sprinting, and the right opportunity is also important.
It does not mean that the player with the highest ranking on the sprint list is necessarily the fastest player.
But the players who can rank at the top of this list must be fast horses. This is always true.
Feng Qiyuan's sprint speed ranks third in this year's Premier League sprint list. As a central defender, being able to appear in this position shows how good his speed is.
This is a scene in the fifteenth round of the league this season.
Witton Hill plays Soford United at home.
Wang Lie was still in Sofu United at that time.
However, he did not start this game, but came on as a substitute in the 76th minute. The score was 3:1 at the time, with Witton Hill leading Soft United by two goals at home.
Wang Lie, who was replaced, gave Soft United fans high hopes.
Everyone hopes that he can save the team like he has done countless times before.
But it is just like the symbolic meaning represented in this attack and defense.
Wang Lie failed to save the team, he was "frozen" by Feng Qiyuan.
Including injury time, Wang Lie played a total of 21 minutes in that game.
In these 21 minutes, Wang Lie only got one chance to shoot, and it didn't hit the goal frame.
At other times, he was basically fighting hand to hand with Feng Qiyuan.
Actually, Feng Qiyuan, as a central defender, is not particularly strong, but he is flexible and fast.
At that time, Wang Lie did not have enough speed to get rid of the defense, and was always forced to tangle with Feng Qiyuan.
It was as if he had been dragged into a muddy pond by Feng Qiyuan. Most of his body's energy was used to fight against the sticky mud. How could he have more power to score goals?
Feng Qiyuan turned to look at head coach Lamanna, not understanding why he wanted to show this to him.
To be honest, when he watches this scene again now, he doesn't feel excited, but rather a little embarrassed...
"Of course, I know that Wang's physical condition at that time was not the best. But at least it shows that you You can suppress Wang. You could do it easily before. Now, even if Wang is in excellent condition, you should believe that you can do it, but it may take more effort and be a little more difficult..." Seeing Feng Qiyuan look at him, Ramana said with a smile.
"So, I plan to let you be the main defender in the weekend games."
Feng Qiyuan was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed at himself, with a look of disbelief on his face : "Me?"
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"The game is over!"
As the referee blew three whistles, huge cheers erupted above the low ground.
“After ninety minutes of competition, Witton Hill defeated the visiting Soft United 3:1 at home! After Wang came on as a substitute, he failed to save the team and change the defeat..."< br>
Amidst the cheers, Feng Qiyuan did not celebrate the victory as excitedly as his teammates.
But he first turned his attention to Wang Lie.
He saw Brother Wang first trying to protest to the referee, because the referee had just blown the whistle to end the game when Soft United was in possession of the ball.
Brother Wang may think that we should wait until Soft United's attack is completed before blowing the whistle. After the protest was ineffective, Brother Wang stood there with his hands on his hips and shook his head gently.
This scene stayed in Feng Qiyuan's mind for a long time. Even though almost half a year had passed, he could still clearly recall every detail of the time. .
At this moment he is sitting in the car, and the car is parked in the parking lot of the Witton Hill training base.
He did not rush to drive home, but couldn't help but think of the game half a year ago.
In fact, Feng Qiyuan himself did not expect at that time that he could guard against Brother Wang so embarrassingly that he did not even have a shot that hit the goal frame...
Before this game, he always thought that Brother Wang was Those who were persecuted by Heldon were obviously capable but did not get enough playing time. So Heldon, this old thief, should die quickly!
After that game, he had to admit that maybe Brother Wang was not because he was unfairly treated by Heldon, but because his own strength was indeed not worthy of someone like Soft United. Rich.
After all, even I can completely freeze him.
You must know that Brother Wang came on as a substitute, and he played from the starting line to the end. Brother Wang had an advantage over me in terms of physical fitness. However, after coming up, Brother Wang could not outrun or carry him... …
After the game, due to his outstanding performance - not limited to his defensive performance against Wang Lie - Feng Qiyuan became the third-highest scorer in the team in the media ratings and the highest-scoring player on Witton Hill's defense.
After this game, topics such as "Feng Qiyuan froze Wang Lie" and "Feng Qiyuan stole the ball while running" even appeared on the domestic Weibo hot topic rankings.
Many people are praising his outstanding performance, and some foreign fans even gave him the nickname "China Wall".
But Feng Qiyuan was not happy about these compliments.
On the one hand, many people used his performance in defending Wang Lie alone to mock Wang Lie, treating him as a gunman. Although he immediately defended Brother Wang in an interview after the game, saying that Brother Wang had not played systematically for a long time and was not familiar with the rhythm of the game, which was normal... and so on, no one listened and no one believed him.
Those people actually didn't care whether his performance was good or bad, they just wanted to use him to attack Brother Wang. This diluted Feng Qiyuan's joy that his team won and he performed well.
On the other hand, Feng Qiyuan realized that Brother Wang, the "national football hero" in his mind, was really old.
Although he tried to make up for Brother Wang in the post-match interview, he knew very well that they were all excuses. The feeling he felt when he and Brother Wang were fighting on the court could not fool him. He knew what was going on. .
The truth is cruel, but that is the truth.
A fact that made him unable to be happy.
More than a month after that confrontation, Wang Ge was kicked out by Helden to the Sofos United youth team. At that time, he once pessimistically believed that the era of Chinese football belonging to Brother Wang was coming to an end.
In fact, Brother Wang's era is coming to an end. There is no suspense about this - everyone knows that one day Brother Wang will bid farewell to the court and hang up his boots to retire.
But to end his era in this way amid huge controversy and ridicule is not what Feng Qiyuan wants to see.
He thought that Brother Wang should step down from the throne amidst cheers and applause, then walk along the long red carpet covered with flowers, enjoy the admiration of all people, and finally wave with a smile on his face when everyone is reluctant to leave. He turned and left with a smile.
End this legendary story.
In Feng Qiyuan's mind, only such a glorious ending is worthy of Wang Ge's great career and his status in Chinese football and world football.
Instead of becoming a clown who can step on anyone!
Then just when Feng Qiyuan felt that Brother Wang's era was over, Wang Lie suddenly transferred to Tyne... He stayed in the Premier League!
This operation did not even occur to Feng Qiyuan at the time. His first reaction when he saw the news was:
Huh?
What made him even more unexpected was that Wang Ge went to Tyne and suddenly had the second spring of his career. Not only did he score consecutive goals, but he also led Tyne to win consecutive games.
On the national team match day at the end of March, Feng Qiyuan met Wang again in the national team. He had a confrontation with Brother Wang in training, and the feeling this time was completely different from the one a few months ago.
Brother Wang is faster and has stronger physical resistance. He also failed to "freeze" Brother Wang in team training like he did in the club.
Whether it was in the training of the national team or in the next two games of the national team, Feng Qiyuan had a very strange feeling, that is, he seemed to have traveled back four years ago, before the World Cup in Saudi Arabia. in the national team.
At that time, he was only 22 years old, and he was still a "newcomer" who had just joined the national team, and Brother Wang was the idol he could only look up to.
He still remembers his first meeting with Brother Wang in the national team training camp. At that time, he was so shy and nervous that he even forgot to say hello, but Qin Yu next to him yelled: "Hello, Brother Wang!"
He just woke up from a dream, and quickly followed the people around him to say hello to Brother Wang. of.
At that time, Brother Wang was thirty-four years old...
But now he is thirty-eight years old!
No, Brother Wang...how can you become a child again?
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Fang Yixuan was talking on the phone with her best friend when she heard the sound of the door opening.
She ran out with her mobile phone and happened to see her husband Feng Qiyuan closing the door.
“Are you back?” she greeted proactively.
Feng Qiyuan turned around and saw his wife, he just nodded without saying a word, with a solemn expression on his face, and walked straight towards their bedroom upstairs.
Fang Yixuan was keenly aware of her husband's emotional problems, so she said to her best friend on the other end of the phone: "Ah, Xiaoqing, I'm sorry, my husband is back, I'll hang up first..."
"Okay..." Xiaoqing on the other end of the phone hadn't even said the third "ok" before she could only hear the "beep" sound as the phone hung up.
"Hey!" She looked at the mobile phone screen in her hand and joked: "You are so anxious, do you miss a man? You have been married for two years and you are still in the honeymoon period?!"
Over there, Xiaoqing complained about her bestie, and here Fang Yixuan caught up with her husband halfway up the stairs and asked with concern: "What's wrong, husband?"
"It's nothing..." Feng Qiyuan shook his head, obviously not wanting to Say more. "Who are you calling?"
"Xiaoqing...she is planning to get married. She couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and asked me to chat." Fang Yixuan explained simply.
"Oh, then you can continue chatting..." After saying this, Feng Qiyuan went upstairs again.
Seeing him like this, Fang Yixuan became more and more sure that something was wrong with her husband, and suddenly asked: "Do you have someone outside?"
Feng Qiyuan, who was going upstairs, almost heard this sentence. One step missed...
He grabbed the armrest and turned back to glare at his wife: "What did you say?!"
"Then why do you still have such a bad face when you come home? You don't bother to pay attention to people who say hello to you. Do you not love me anymore?" Fang Yixuan glared at Feng Qiyuan and said, "If you don't make things clear today, why don't you do it?" It’s not over” attitude.
Seeing this, Feng Qiyuan couldn't laugh or cry: "It's nothing! How could I not love you? I'm just... a little worried."
"What are you worried about? Tell me and I will help you out. Idea? "
Feng Qiyuan could only tell the truth about his inner struggles:
" That's it... aren't we now in eighth place with 44 points? Brighton White Mountain, who are ranked seventh, have the same points as us, but have a better goal difference than us. Six, which is only one point more than us, so the weekend's game is very important for us because we also want to qualify for the European competition..."
In fact, Witton Hill's trend in the league standings is very much in sync with Tyne's.
The league rankings of the two teams are also very close. Sometimes Tyne is in front, and sometimes Witton Hill is in front.
Since Wang Lie played on behalf of Tyne, the biggest point difference between the two teams is four points - after the 22nd round of the league, Witton Hill ranked tenth with 28 points. , Tyne ranked twelfth with 24 points.
Other times, it’s just a point or two.
Tyne is currently seven points behind Soft United, fourth in the league, and Witton Hill is eight points behind.
But Wang Lie loudly shouted the slogan of going to the Champions League next season, but Witton Hill, who was only one point behind them, did not dare to do so.
They are more pragmatic and think about the "European War" - the European War includes the Champions League, Europa League and UEFA Europa League, but everyone knows that Witton Hill's goal is the UEFA Europa League and Europa League.
Unlike Tyne’s desire to qualify for the Champions League, which attracted crowd ridicule, if Witton Hill publicly announced that they wanted to qualify for the European Cup, no one would laugh at them.
After all, for Witton Hill, which is already ranked eighth in the league, this idea is normal, and it is easier to implement than qualifying for the Champions League.
"...Then today our head coach came to me alone and planned to let me mark Brother Wang in the game..."
After hearing this, Fang Yixuan still didn't understand what her husband had to worry about: "Then just keep an eye on him. Didn't you prevent Brother Wang from even having a decent shot in a game before?"
Feng Qiyuan was very worried. Speechless: "It's not a game! Brother Wang came on and played for twenty-one minutes!"
"No matter how long he played, there was still no shot. Didn't you successfully guard him?" Fang Yixuan don't know.
Feng Qiyuan laughed at his wife's ignorance, and his tone of voice became rude: "Can it be the same? What was Brother Wang's state at that time? What is Brother Wang's state now? Don't be like online Those... people are the same, I told you, they are using me as a gunman this time! When I returned to the national team, I fought against Brother Wang in training. I know what level he is now! If you don’t know anything and don’t understand it, don’t stand and talk without hurting your back..."
face Regarding her husband's accusation, Fang Yixuan immediately responded with her hands on her hips without showing any weakness:
"Yes, you understand. I have made you understand everything. What's the result? The result is that you surrendered before the game even started! Let me tell you, Feng Qiyuan, you should be like me, you don't understand anything. It’s said that ‘the ignorant are fearless’, why don’t you just be an ‘ignorant’?”
Feng Qiyuan did not expect his wife to interpret the saying “the ignorant are fearless”. They are all derogatory words.
He looked at his wife blankly, unable to say a word.
Seeing that he was speechless and stood there dumbfounded, Fang Yixuan ignored him, turned around and walked back to the living room. At the same time, she took out her mobile phone and called her best friend:
" Hello? Are you asleep? Let's go on so fast? ...What are you thinking?
Hearing his wife's angry voice coming from the living room, Feng Qiyuan came back to his senses.
He turned and walked to the bedroom upstairs.
At the same time, he was still thinking about what his wife just said in his mind.
The ignorant are fearless...
Why not just be ignorant?
At least I still have courage...
Courage.
He clenched his fists.
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PS, this chapter was written the day before yesterday, but in the past few days I felt something was wrong when I wrote it, so I reorganized what I had written in the past few days and finally decided to overturn it. Rewrite.
So the chapter you see today was actually temporarily rewritten by me early this morning.
It’s too late to check for typos. If there are any, please remind me in the chapter description. I will correct them when I get up and see them.
In addition, I would like to give everyone some information first.
Because I decided to overturn and rewrite it, there were originally three chapters left in the manuscript, but now they are completely gone.
Of course I will try to catch up.
But if the state is really bad and the subsequent writing does not go smoothly, then I may have to ask for leave and stop updating...
Of course, I won't do this unless it is absolutely necessary.
I will still try to write a little more and save the manuscript again while writing tomorrow’s update.
I just hope everyone can understand the current situation.
Anyway, that’s it. When I finished writing this chapter, it was already five o’clock in the morning. Now I have to go to bed...
I'm so sorry!
(End of this chapter)