Chapter 3 When he stepped onto the pitch
The Redstone Stadium, as the home ground of the Premier League giants Soford United, is a football stadium that is famous all over the world. Its iconic red exterior wall is like a red stone stadium. Hill, standing in the southwest corner of Manchester.
In the 132 years since the birth of this stadium, countless legends have been born and countless legends have been performed on this stage. If one were to select one of the 100 most famous scenes in the history of world football, Red Rocks Stadium would surely be on the list many times.
This stadium has been a magical place for a long time. The home team players playing here seem to be able to receive some kind of mysterious power bonus, while the opponent players will be afraid and unable to normal. Performance - This is normal. Facing the momentum created by 70,000 home fans here, players with slightly inferior psychological quality may have weak feet...
Some people always mistakenly underestimate the away game. The difficulty of the battle is because they are only separated by satellite broadcast signals and thousands of kilometers of time and space, and they are not very aware of what is happening in the stadium. The TV broadcast will eliminate a lot of live noise, which is very different from the actual perception you have at the scene.
As long as anyone feels the deafening boos at the scene, it will be difficult to restrain their racing heart. Imagine playing in such an environment. Professional players really need a very strong ability to withstand pressure, otherwise no matter how good the technology and tactics are. Can't even show it.
But the above legends are all in the past tense.
At least on the afternoon of January 9, 2037, Red Rock Stadium did not show the momentum of "hell's home court".
The broadcast camera swept across the stands, where most of the Soft United fans wearing red jerseys did not sing and shout for battle like before, but all looked at the stadium in silence.
The game was very close, but they felt like they were "too strong to exert their strength" and could only look at the court in a daze.
Something is really wrong with today's game.
"...Before the game, who would have thought that Soford United would play so hard against Derrettin from the Championship at their home court?" Connor Cowley, the famous English football commentator Watching this scene at the scene, I sighed with emotion.
At the same time, in the FA Cup live broadcast room of China's domestic video website PiliPili, the commentator Zhao Zhou was angrily criticizing Sven Helden, the head coach of Soft United: "...this is a fight. What kind of tactic is this? What kind of personnel arrangement is there? Instead of having a serious forward, let an attacking midfielder play as a pseudo-center... Heldon’s brain is screwed up!"
"Cili. "Pili" is a well-known video website in China, but live football broadcasting is not the platform's main business. They hope to expand the website's business, so they spent a lot of money to win the domestic broadcast rights of this season's FA Cup - after buying the broadcast rights At the time, they didn't know how fierce the conflict between Wang Lie and Soft United head coach Heldon would be in the future.
Today was the first time that Soft United appeared in the FA Cup this season, but Wang Lie did not start at all. I don’t know if the leader of the Piili Pili website who is responsible for this business has warmly greeted the eighteen generations of the Heldon family...
In order to make full use of their existing resources, they did not invite well-known domestic professional football commentators to commentate on the game. Instead, they chose a more popular one from the UP hosts of the football area on their website. Come on as a guest commentator. After all, it may not be possible to hire well-known professional commentators if you spend less money. And letting the football area UP host on your website come as a guest commentator may not cost you money, not to mention that the other party will be particularly grateful to the website for giving you such an opportunity...
So in Piili Pili, I have six Zhao Zhou, a big UP host in the football area with 100,000 fans, whose online name is "Zhou Zhou Football", became the special commentator for the FA Cup live broadcast on the Piili Pili website.
Zhao Zhou was quite happy when he was first confirmed as the commentator, because he could finally commentate on Wang Lie's game in a legitimate and fair manner.
Then he was hit hard in the face by reality...
Before the start of this game, after he got the starting list of Sofo United, he couldn't help but sit in his room Li yelled for ten minutes, but he still felt that he couldn't vent his anger, so he posted another irritating comment, which made Helden very angry.
Originally, Pili Pili, a platform with a majority of young people, was very liberal in the style of commentary. This time Zhao Zhou completely let himself go - if it were replaced by a regular football live broadcast platform and a regular football commentator, the audience would not hear such intensely emotional words as "Helden's brain is filled with water" Commentary.
They will only say that "the arrangement of the Soft United coach may be questionable"...
How can such indifferent criticism satisfy Wang Lie fans in China?
You must know that in the past six months or so, in the eyes of Wang Lie fans, Swedish Sven Helden, the head coach of Soft United, is simply a heinous idiot.
So it’s better to listen to Zhao Zhou’s explanation on Pili Pili—nowadays, many Wang Lie fans watch Soft United games and basically come to scold Heldon.
In the past, because of Wang Lie, Soft United was the home team for the vast majority of Chinese fans. Although Soft United is a long-established Premier League giant, its influence in China is on par with other European giants and is not particularly prominent.
Wang Lie joined this team ten years ago, which greatly increased the number of fans of Softball United in China, completely widening the gap with other European giants.
During this period, the hearts of countless Chinese fans were bound to Soft United, crying for it and laughing for it.
In fact, both sides were still in this "honeymoon period" last season.
It wasn’t until last summer that Swede Sven Helden became the head coach of Soft United.
Because they were dissatisfied with the new head coach's suppression of the "Chinese football hero" Wang Lie, many Chinese fans hated the team and also directed their anger at the Soft United team.
Many Chinese fans used to be happy for Soft United's victory and cry for Soft United's defeat. Now it has become distorted for the victory of Soft United, and overjoyed for the defeat of Soft United.
As long as the game is lost, the Internet in China is basically as lively as the Chinese New Year. Many professional or unprofessional football bloggers and Wang Lie fans write articles and do video analysis. All kinds of stupid tricks and responsibilities in the loss, and finally scolding this old man that he is not worthy of being the head coach of Soft United... Of course, Wang Lie's extreme fans and Chi Zhen's extreme fans are also one of the repertoires. Circle culture.
Today’s game is the FA Cup. Some Wang Lie fans still had illusions before the game, thinking that it would be difficult for Wang Lie to get a starting chance in the league and Europa League group matches. What about the FA Cup? You can always start in domestic cup matches, right?
Two hours before the game, the starting lineup came out, and everyone saw that Wang Lie was not among them...
Some people choose not to watch this game, which kicks off at prime time in the evening domestic time - to drink skewers, drink and play games. What is not good to do on a weekend night? I have to accept this old man's bad attitude.
Some people choose to scold Heldon while watching the game - many of these people were Soft United fans before Wang Lie came to Soft United, and they do not support Heldon. But I still have to support Soft United.
No matter what kind of person you are, you never expected that Soft United could have such a difficult time playing against a British Championship team at their home court.
In the first half, Drettin was even suppressed by Drettin...
Although Drettin is currently ranked third in the British Championship, it is a strong team in the British Championship.
But Soft United is a giant in the Premier League, currently ranked fourth in the Premier League.
The fourth in the Premier League was suppressed by the third in the Championship. Is it embarrassing to say it?
Logically speaking, with the huge strength gap between the two teams, this situation should not happen.
But who knew that Heldon would actually arrange a formation that no one could understand. Let's say it's 442, there's another false number nine. Let's say it was 433. When faced with the tough defense of Dretin's defenders, the false nine Bastin Alatore was completely unable to play the role of a nine center forward...
In the game It can also be seen many times that Alatorre plays very awkwardly in this position. This is normal, he is not a center to begin with. Just because he is 1.87 meters tall and looks like a center, you can't let him play center.
Heldon was not forced to let Alatore catch a duck because he had no forwards available.
Even if his conflict with Wang Lie became more and more public and intensified, making him reluctant to put Wang Lie in the starting lineup, Luo Luo was still on the roster for this game. Nan Wright is a forward.
So even those Chinese fans who wanted to see Heldon make a joke actually didn't understand why Heldon didn't let Wright start.
He has a conflict with Wang Lie, but he can’t have a conflict with Wright, right? There has been no news before that the relationship between the two is not good...
But no matter what the reason is, the game of Soft United has been played like this. Many Wang Lie fans are now looking forward to Soft United being eliminated by the English Championship team and causing a big upset, so that they can mock and scold Heldon to their heart's content.
This is also the only way they can fight back when their heroes are treated unfairly.
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Alatore just received a pass from his teammate and tried to protect the football.
As a result, a foot suddenly stretched out from behind him and stabbed the football away under his nose!
At the same time, when the opponent stretched out his foot to grab the ball, he hit Alatore's butt hard, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.
Amidst the boos of the home fans, the fallen Alatore raised his arms and shouted to the referee: "He committed a foul!!"
The referee only left him with a ruthless back, already Turn around and run forward...
Obviously, the referee did not think that the Dreitin player's attack was a foul.
Alatorre punched the turf of the court angrily, and then got up from the ground cursing.
His punch was not only an expression of dissatisfaction with the referee, but also dissatisfaction with the current situation of his game.
As a Swiss international, the 31-year-old Bastin Alatore joined Soft United as a free agent two seasons ago and currently serves as a rotating midfielder in Sven Heldon's team.
Domestic cup competitions such as the FA Cup were originally an opportunity for him to showcase himself and strive to change the positioning of the team.
He is looking forward to this game.
As a result, the head coach asked him to play center...
Not to mention the opinions of bystanders, Alatore himself felt that he had not performed well so far in this game.
But what can be done? Playing in a position that is not what he is used to or likes, his characteristics cannot be brought out at all.
It is basically difficult for him to hold the ball in the penalty area. In front of the penalty area, he can only turn his back to the direction of attack. He can be attacked by two attackers, Stanley Harris and Adel Degt. The support provided is extremely limited.
In fact, during the halftime break, head coach Helden had already made adjustments - he asked the main right winger Adel Degt, who was originally sitting on the bench, to play in the hope of strengthening the offense. Firepower.
However, judging from the nearly ten minutes of the second half, the halftime adjustment has not had an immediate effect.
When Soft United attacked again, Alatore tried to withdraw from the penalty area. On the one hand, this would allow him to find a familiar feeling. On the other hand, he also hoped that he could pull off Drettin's defensive players. Come out and create space and opportunities for your teammates.
His teammates passed the football to him again.
Before catching the ball this time, Alatorre turned his head and looked behind him to confirm the position of the defensive player.
There is indeed a Deretin player behind him.
So Alatore was not in a hurry to make the next move, but raised his feet to step on the football under his feet. At the same time, he stretched out his arms to block the Derretin player from the outside, preventing him from being able to Steal the ball.
He thought it would be stable now, but as soon as the sole of his foot touched the ball, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing behind his head!
Then before he could react, he felt a powerful impact coming from the other side... "Be careful! Ah! Alatore has been intercepted!"
Being Alatorre, who was knocked to the ground, was unable to control the football, and the ball was snatched away by a player from Deretin.
Amidst the huge boos, the referee blew a harsh whistle and suspended the game.
"Foul from Dretin's player!"
The Derretin player who rushed up from Alatore's blind spot and successfully stole the ball heard the whistle, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he spread his hands innocently to show that he had not committed a foul.
However, the referee was aware of the situation and was not deceived by his exaggerated "acting skills".
Seeing this, the other Deretin players rushed up to surround the referee and plead for mercy for their teammates.
The Soft United players also gathered around, taking the opportunity to challenge the referee, exerting pressure, trying to get the referee to give another card to the opposing player.
No matter who it was, no one noticed for a while that after Alatore fell to the ground, he covered his right knee with his hand and did not get up yet...
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After checking Alatorre, Jason Harman shook his head at head coach Sven Helden who was standing next to him and stared at him.
He didn't say anything, but the action and the expression on his face said it all.
So Heldon, who had a very serious expression, almost frowned.
The television broadcast camera did not have time to capture Heldon's expression, but the action of the medical director of Sofo United was captured.
Commentator Connor Cowley exclaimed: "It seems that Alatore cannot persist in the game, and Soft United must make substitution adjustments!"
At the same time, the TV broadcast quickly cut to Soft On the bench of Fulian, the close-up picture was fixed on one person.
He was wearing a down jacket with the Soft United team logo printed on it, and a Soft United sports jacket with a yellow vest underneath. He was looking at the field expressionlessly.
The mottled hair on the temples and the slightly slack lines on the face all indicate that this person is quite old.
Zhao Zhou saw this scene and said loudly: "The real center is sitting on the bench! Heldon, do you dare to replace him? Ah? Dare you?! In other words, would you rather let him go? Soft United was eliminated by a British Championship team and you are not willing to give Wang Lie a chance? Then I want to see if you have the guts to be eliminated at home!"
In the live broadcast room of the FA Cup, Chinese fans also interacted in the barrage:
“Go to Wang Lie! Go to Wang Lie!”
“It’s better not to go to Lao Wang. , I would rather see Soft United eliminated from the FA Cup!"
"I wonder if losing to a British Championship team will get this old guy fired?"
"I wonder? What? Even if we lose the FA Cup, we are still ranked fourth in the league!”
"I think Lao Deng will replace Wang Lie, because if the team loses, Wang Lie can naturally take the blame..."
"This can also shirk the blame?!"
"Is there anything that can't be done? Recently, hasn't it been reported in the media that the conflict between Wang Lie and Lao Deng has caused tension in the locker room? The implication is that Wang Lie has disturbed the morale of the army..."
"Fuck! Why don't you say that Lao Deng is interfering with the morale of the army!"
"Haha, the club and the head coach wear the same pants, who will take the blame if Lao Wang doesn't carry it?"
"The club has decided: I will leave it to you, Wang Lie, to bear the charge of destroying unity and shaking military morale!"
"Ouch, the football dominating fans are still here to wash their hands? Your family has the title of 'ball dominating' Don’t you know why? It’s just the wrong name, but not the wrong nickname!”
“Huh? Isn’t this the pretty fan of Chi Zhen, here to see you again? Are you paying so much attention to your father Wang Lie’s game?”
“Fuck you fans, stop showing off here! This is your father Lie’s live broadcast! Time! ”
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Sven Helden finally made a decision quickly and chose to replace Wang Lie.
Wang Lie was not surprised when he heard the news.
It is true that the head coach has a deep conflict with him, but he only rarely gives himself a chance to start, rather than not letting him play at all.
In the current situation, he believed that as long as Heldon didn’t want to lose, he had to replace himself.
Because the team needs itself.
Heldon didn't allow himself to play before, probably because he underestimated the enemy in his heart. He felt that with Soft United's fourth-place level and state in the Premier League, and at his own home court, he could easily win even if he removed more than half of the main team and used a rotating lineup. .
Since you can win, why should you start?
Now the situation is completely beyond his control, and he has become his life-saving straw...
Heh.
Although he was very disdainful of this hypocritical head coach in his heart, Wang Lie did not show it.
After receiving the instruction, he didn't even delay or show off. Instead, he quickly stood up from the "cold bench" that had been heated by him for a long time, and at the same time threw off the down jacket on his body.
Then he took off his yellow substitute vest and Soft United sports jacket in sequence, revealing the red home jersey underneath.
WANG.L
9
Soft United's Zhengyin No. 9 stepped down the steps, walked out of the bench, and appeared in front of head coach Heldon.
Also appeared in front of a worldwide television audience.
"Thank God, Heldon still remembered that he put Wang on the roster..."
"The king is going to play!"
"Helden A correct decision was made! Now Soft United needs to smash a nail in the penalty area of Dreitin, and Wang is that nail!” Soft United’s mission! But it’s really ironic: in the past, the stage where Wang performed such heroic performances was in the league or the Champions League. I didn’t expect that now he would need to save Soft in the third round of the FA Cup... The speed of United's decline is really breathtaking. It's hard to believe that this is a top-notch club that completed seven championships seven years ago and achieved great success..."
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Because Alatore had been carried off the court on a stretcher long ago, Wang Lie did not have to hand over to Alatorre on the sidelines. The fourth official raised a sign to show the substitutions. After the player's number, he can play directly.
Wang Lie, who ran onto the field, heard warm applause and cheers coming from the stands.
However, the cheers of this scale are still much smaller than in previous years - not all Soft United fans still like Wang Lie.
Especially after half the season.
Fans of Wang Lie in China may firmly believe that it was Sven Helden who failed their national hero during the intense clashes of the past half season.
But the actual situation may be somewhat different from what Wang Lie’s loyal fans imagined. In Europe, especially in England, more people supported Heldon than those who supported Wang Lie.
Although Wang Lie is a very controversial person because of his own personality. After playing in European football for so many years, even when he was most successful, he was always surrounded by all kinds of "noise". However, in the past six months, there has been too much negative news about Wang Lie...
A considerable number of Soft United fans really believe that Wang Lie is the source of almost all the team's current pain, and criticize Wang Lie for relying on his old age. Trying to put himself above the club, accusing him of turning from a team legend into a team cancer, supporting new head coach Heldon's treatment of Wang Lie - by the way, these remarks from Europe spread to China, and they also It became the "ammunition" used by Chi Zhen's extreme fans to taunt Wang Lie's extreme fans.
Among the people in the Red Rock Stadium who are applauding and cheering for Wang Lie on the field, some may just be embarrassed to boo him out of years of emotional inertia...
But at this moment, Wang Lie didn't care about these things. He didn't even care about the conflict between Heldon and him.
Now that he steps on the court, he has only one idea, which is to give his best to win the game.
Even though he knew that if he really lost this game, it would bring great pressure to Heldon, but it was actually beneficial to his situation.
But he still wants to win.
Not to win for someone, just because he wants to win.
Just like he did every time he stepped onto the football field as a teenager.
He always wants to win.
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