Chapter 102 Caiyun Chasing the Moon
Feng Qiyuan jumped up and pushed the flying football out of the penalty area before Wang Lie.
The Witton Hill fans in the stands behind him cheered him on with warm applause and cheers.
"Feng headed the ball to make a clearance!"
After landing, Feng Qiyuan immediately turned back to Wang Lie to confirm his location.
Because he just pushed the football out of the penalty area and did not completely end Tyne's offensive.
Now the football falls to the feet of the Tyne player outside the penalty area. He is worried that Brother Wang will take advantage of his header to clear the ball and escape from his control...
really!
As soon as he turned around, he saw that Wang Lie had opened the distance between him and ran towards the outside of the penalty area.
He rushed over quickly.
The Tyne player who took the ball outside the penalty area was their midfielder Ramosa.
When he saw Wang Lie pulling out of the penalty area, he passed the football and then ran forward into the penalty area.
Feng Qiyuan didn't care how Ramosa ran away, he just gritted his teeth and rushed towards Wang Lie.
He is indeed faster than the average tall and strong center back.
Wang Lie ran ahead of time and was chased by Feng Qiyuan the moment he caught the ball.
While being hit by Feng Qiyuan, Wang Lie used the outside instep of his right foot to pass the football to Van Ginkel on the other side.
The Dutch midfielder met the ball and shot directly from a long distance!
This shot was of high quality. The football bounced forward against the turf, passed over the numerous feet in the penalty area, and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal!
Fortunately, Witton Hill goalkeeper David Bennett was focused and jumped out when Van Ginkel shot, and finally got the football out of the bottom line before it crossed the goal line!
"In the ninth minute of the opening, Tyne got the first corner kick of the game!"
"During this period, Tyne, who were obviously playing away from home, had a strong offensive, but it was not easy for them to break through Witton Hill's goal. Carlo Lamanna built two high walls in front of his goal , the five-back formation makes it difficult for Tyne's players to get open spaces and opportunities, so this corner kick can be used well..."
When Dean went to prepare for a corner kick, Wang Lie was still standing in front.
Behind him is Feng Qiyuan.
After Wang Lie glanced at him, he suddenly ran towards the middle.
Feng Qiyuan immediately followed.
Wang Lie ran to the middle and then turned outside the penalty area. When he turned around, Feng Qiyuan was still following him.
So Wang Lie laughed: "It seems that you are responsible for me in this game?"
Feng Qiyuan didn't say anything, he just looked back and forth between Dean in the corner flag area and Wang Lie next to him.
During defense, he had to watch both the ball and people, and was completely distracted from chatting with Brother Wang.
Moreover, just a few minutes ago, Brother Wang asked himself to concentrate. If he chatted with Brother Wang now, wouldn't it prove that he was not focused enough?
Seeing Feng Qiyuan so focused, Wang Lie nodded: "Very good."
At the same time, the whistle sounded and Dean kicked the football towards the goal.
Wang Lie did not squeeze towards the goal, but took two steps back, away from the penalty area.
Feng Qiyuan hesitated when he saw this.
This is a corner kick...
As a central defender, of course I have to keep an eye on Brother Wang in normal times, but in corner kicks, should I stay in the penalty area and fight for the top?
Moreover, Brother Wang is already far away from the restricted area, so there is no need for him to be so urgent?
As soon as he hesitated, the football flew out.
When flying to the back point, he was pushed out by Witton Hill's midfielder Lemangel.
At this time, Feng Qiyuan followed the football and saw Brother Wang running towards the landing point!
He rushed forward again.
He was very fast, but he started late after all, so when Wang Lie directly swung his feet to face the football falling in the air, trying to shoot, Feng Qiyuan did not arrive in time...
He could only jump over and turn around to try to block the ball with his back!
But because of this, he temporarily lost sight of Wang Lie.
After Wang Lie raised his right leg, he didn't shoot directly. Instead, he let the football stop on the instep of his instep and removed the ball!
Then he quickly pushed the football to the right with the instep of his outside foot, and while Feng Qiyuan was still turning around, he got the space to shoot!
Cum again!
Bang!
Feng Qiyuan's heart tightened, as if a heavy hammer had hit his chest.
He quickly looked up to look for traces of the football, only to see the ball go over the crossbar and fly into the stands behind the goal...
"Wang's first shot of the game! Slightly higher!"
Tang Lingfeng, who was in front of the TV, slapped the armrest of the sofa hard and sighed loudly: "Oh! It was just a little bit close!"
Fang Yixuan in the stand box also breathed a sigh of relief.
Her husband successfully defended Wang Lie again...
Although she knew that there were many special reasons why her husband could freeze Wang Lie in the fifteenth round, she could not use the performance of this game as a reference.
But she still couldn't help but hope that her husband could be more tenacious in today's game.
She doesn’t want her husband to lose miserably...
And... what if her husband can really prevent Wang Lie from scoring a goal?
As the wife of a professional player, she really doesn’t know much about football.
If you were someone who knew more about football, you might think she was wishful thinking.
Just like her husband.
But she doesn’t care:
I don’t understand, there is no point in being ignorant!
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Although Wang Lie didn't score the goal, Witton Hill head coach Lamanna looked very excited on the sidelines. After the football flew out of the baseline, he immediately rushed to the sidelines and yelled at Feng Qiyuan on the sidelines:
"Feng! Feng! What are you doing?!"
His voice was really loud, and coupled with his arrogant movements, he quickly attracted the attention of the players on the court.
Feng Qiyuan is also among them.
In fact, after being successfully shot by Brother Wang, he had a hunch that he seemed to have messed up in this defense...
So when the head coach roared loudly, he felt that he should be scolding himself.
He looked towards the sidelines, and sure enough, LaManna pointed at him, and then pointed in the direction of Wang Lie, repeating this process, shouting in his mouth.
Feng Qiyuan couldn't hear the leader's voice, but he understood the meaning:
Follow Brother Wang wherever you go! Follow me to the end of the world, forever and ever!
The boss was very dissatisfied with his performance in corner kick defense just now.
Since the boss has arranged it this way, just follow it...
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Wang Lie found that as long as he was active near the restricted area, Feng Qiyuan would always be around.
Like now.
He didn't even need to look back, he only needed to tilt his head slightly, and he could catch a glimpse of Feng Qiyuan not far away from the corner of his eye.
He does not stick to himself like the "tarsal maggot".
He still kept a certain distance to ensure that he could stay within his control.
Moreover, Feng Qiyuan is fast and agile, so the distance can be appropriately larger, which does not look so exaggerated from the outside.
But as long as the football is passed to Wang Lie, Feng Qiyuan will pounce on him at the fastest speed, preventing him from making good moves to catch the ball.
Then if you stay farther away from the penalty area, can you get rid of him?
Thinking of this, Wang Lie decided to retreat deeper.
Tyne's offense had no better way to face Witton Hill who was setting up a bus. The football was passed from left to right in the frontcourt, and from right to left, and also from the front to the back.
In the process, Wang Lie also followed the football back.
Therefore, whether it is a pass in the offensive third zone or a pass in the midfield third zone, Wang Lie will participate in it and quickly transition the football under his feet.
He does not stop and control the ball, but only passes the ball with one kick, passing the football to the teammate who is closest to him and has the least difficulty in passing the ball, trying not to make mistakes during the passing process.
In this process, whether he was in the middle or on the wing, Feng Qiyuan was always by his side.
He moved, and Feng Qiyuan was right behind him.
If he catches the ball, Feng Qiyuan will immediately hit it.
Wang Lie led Feng Qiyuan all the way back, even ran across the center line, ran to the back line, and stood in the midfielder position.
And Feng Qiyuan, Witton Hill's starting center back, is still by his side! Now Wang Lie could confirm that Witton Hill's head coach Lamanna should have assigned Feng Qiyuan a special task and asked him to follow him at every step.
Without the permission of the head coach, how much trouble would Feng Qiyuan cause to his teammates by running so far forward as a central defender and away from his own defense zone?
"Feng Qiyuan actually followed Tyne's half! It's an exaggeration! This scene is rarely seen in football matches! As the starting center, it is very rare for Wang Lie to withdraw so deep. Feng Qiyuan still followed him, even more It’s rare among rare things!”
Commentator Luo Jin couldn't help but exclaimed as he looked at the two people moving in Tyne's backcourt in the game broadcast.
In all his years as a commentator, he has never seen anything outrageous. Scenes like today are rare.
This is the Premier League. If you say this scene is an amateur match on a field, I'm afraid some people will believe it.
Because this kind of practice of defensive players running around the court following the defensive target can basically only happen to beginners who have just started playing football. If they don’t understand tactics, formations, etc., they will think about completing the attack on another person on their own. defense.
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When Feng Qiyuan first followed Brother Wang, he was a little uncomfortable with it. After all, he had never played football like this before.
As a defensive player, the importance of defensive position must be engraved in your mind.
Because since childhood, the coach has always emphasized "Position! Position! Stay in position!" "Keep the formation! Don't mess up!"
For defense, the position of the defender in the defensive formation is crucial, because defense relies on players maintaining appropriate positional relationships to avoid too many gaps in their defense line that can be exploited by offensive players.
The offensive players will naturally try their best to tear open and disrupt the defense line.
How to mess with that? Of course, it prevents the defensive players from appearing in the correct position, and makes the defenders lose sight of each other and cannot respond to each other.
To put it bluntly, football is a game where players from two teams use space and time on the field. Whoever uses it well will win.
The training Feng Qiyuan received since childhood made him somewhat resistant to such free movement. At first, he thought the boss was just asking him to defend Brother Wang.
Unexpectedly, I told him before the game that he was following Brother Wang. He would go wherever Brother Wang goes, just like Caiyun chasing the moon...
So at the beginning of the game, he was still not used to it.
So he almost made a big mistake in defending that corner kick, causing the team to concede the ball early and fall behind.
After being scolded by his boss, Feng Qiyuan had no extra thoughts and just wanted to complete the tasks assigned by the head coach.
Then...he got a little used to it.
This time he followed Brother Wang all the way to Tyne's half, and he didn't hesitate at all.
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"Lamanna is truly an Italian head coach... He actually came up with such outrageous tactics that made Feng follow Wang every step of the way..."
Tyne's assistant coach Cesar Varro lamented.
Generally speaking, when people talk about man-to-man marking, it means that the defensive player only guards one offensive player. Wherever the offensive player moves, the defensive player will follow him.
But this range is also limited, not unlimited.
For example, if a forward retreats to the back line to ask for the ball, it's impossible for the opponent's defensive players to really rush after him, right?
In that case, there will be gaps in your own defense. In this situation, the offensive team will have to sacrifice an offensive player on their side to "match up" with the defensive team and let other players attack the space. Anyway, in the end, as long as you can score, you don't have to worry about who must score.
But in today's game, no matter where Wang Lie ran, Feng Qiyuan was always with him.
It was normal at first. When Wang Lie left the penalty area, Feng Qiyuan followed suit.
Wang Lie went to the wing, and Feng Qiyuan followed.
But then it became more and more exaggerated.
Now that Wang Lie has withdrawn to the second half, Feng Qiyuan actually ran over with him...
You must know that Tyne is attacking with the ball at this time, and other Tyne players are pressing into the defensive third zone of Witton Hill. Logically speaking, Wang Lie, as the center, should be in the penalty area.
His retreat to the backfield is already outrageous.
What's even more outrageous is that Feng Qiyuan actually ran over too... A majestic central defender, standing further forward than the forwards of his team!
At this time, many people, including Varro, understood why Lamanna had to arrange a five-back defensive lineup in this game.
It was just so that Feng Qiyuan could follow Wang Lie boldly without worrying about gaps in the defense behind him.
In this way, even if Feng Qiyuan is not in his position, Witton Hill can still maintain the regular four-back defense.
But don’t tell me, this outrageous operation is really effective!
Faced with this kind of defensive tactics like dog skin plaster, Tyne has still not been able to break through Witton Hill's goal so far.
Of course, because Witton Hill focused all their attention on defense, their offense was weak and they did not score a goal.
So now the score is still 0:0.
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Wang Lie turned around and saw Feng Qiyuan still following him, so he suddenly turned around and ran forward.
Feng Qiyuan also followed immediately.
When Wang Lie started to run forward, Katic also passed the football forward.
But instead of the pass being passed to him, it was passed to left back Charlie Cohen on the wing.
While Cohen was catching the ball, Wang Lie suddenly began to accelerate forward.
Feng Qiyuan naturally speeded up to keep up.
Cohen passed the football to Wang Lie's sprint.
Because Wang Lie ran first and had a slight advantage, he caught the ball first.
But when he received the ball, Feng Qiyuan was already close to him.
But Wang Lie still pushed the football forward, as if he wanted to compete with Feng Qiyuan for speed!
Feng Qiyuan grabbed Wang Lie's shoulder, but was quickly thrown away by Wang Lie's arm swing.
As a result, the sprint rhythm of both men has changed somewhat.
When Wang Lie caught up with Qiu Qiu again, Feng Qiyuan was already squeezing him from the side with his shoulders - the two were neck and neck!
At this time, Wang Lie stopped suddenly and stepped on the football behind him with the sole of his foot!
Feng Qiyuan also made an emergency stop!
Then the two of them turned around at the same time with an incredible synchronization rate, and then pounced on the football.
This time, Wang Lie passed the ball to his teammate Joshua Parker who was coming to pick him up before Feng Qiyuan stretched out his foot to poke the ball.
Sure enough, as soon as he passed the football out, Feng Qiyuan's foot hit him.
"Wang tried to force Feng away with his speed, but failed! Feng's speed is very fast!"
"The two competed for speed and then tied!"
Luo Jin said this to some extent to find a place for Wang Lie. Because Wang Lie was the first to speed up and Wang Lie was the first to stop suddenly, Feng Qiyuan could only respond passively, but in the end he tied with Wang Lie, forcing Wang Lie not to continue attacking but to pass the ball back.
In fact, it can be said to be a successful defense by Feng Qiyuan.
However, out of consideration for the reputation of the national football legend, Luo Jin did not say it so straightforwardly.
But there is no need to do this. After all, the thirty-eight-year-old Wang Lie was able to tie with the twenty-six-year-old Feng Qiyuan. It is difficult to say that Feng Qiyuan won...
It can also be seen from the expression on Feng Qiyuan's face.
His face was solemn, and he failed to prevent Wang Lie's joy at all.
Wang Lie turned back and said to him:
"Has your speed dropped, Xiao Feng?"
Feng Qiyuan did not respond to Wang Lie.
Seeing that he remained silent, Wang Lie smiled again and said: "Come on, don't even win against a thirty-eight-year-old man."
Feng Qiyuan's breathing became heavier when he heard this, and his hands hanging on both sides of his body were clenched into fists and squeezed tightly.
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Lamanna didn't know what Wang Lie and Feng Qiyuan were talking about on the court. He just saw the result of this offense and defense, and he excitedly said to his partner, assistant coach Gianluca Chigni:
"Look, what did I say? Although Wang is in very good condition now, it's not that Feng can't guard against it. It's just harder than before! Didn't he guard against it this time?"
Zigni frowned: "Why has the king's speed increased so much? Compared with the last time we fought, he is like two completely different people... Is there really nothing wrong with his urine test?"
Ramana waved his hand: "Don't think about this, anyway, the situation before us is already like this. Just tell me how effective my arrangement is?"
Zigni nodded helplessly: "The effect is remarkable. It's been almost thirty minutes and we haven't conceded a goal yet. But we can't score a goal either..."
Lamanna seemed very confident: "As long as we can hold on to the 0:0 score in the first half, they will definitely be more anxious than us in the second half - who said their goal is the Champions League, while we are in the European war? So to At that time, we will get more opportunities to counterattack. Now all we need to do is be patient and wait for the opponent to make mistakes.”
Zigni turned his head and glanced at the real-time score and game time on the big screen in the stadium.
In the 28th minute of the game, the score was 0:0.
The team still needs to persist for nearly twenty minutes before the game reaches a turning point.
(End of chapter)