Chapter 23 Champions League Qualifying Goalkeeper
Sitting on the dining chair, Wang Ziqi did not eat immediately, but asked his mother who was eating: "Mom, did Tyne win or lose the game at midnight last night?"
Tang Xingmei, who was scrolling through her cell phone while eating, didn't even raise her head and answered him: "Lost, 1:2."
"Ah this..." Wang Ziqi sighed.
Tang Xingmei then raised her head and looked at him with feigned surprise: "Why are you disappointed? Didn't you say yesterday that you didn't put your dad on the squad? Will Tyne definitely lose?"
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Wang Ziqi was angry and anxious. He sat on the chair and stamped his feet: "I was talking out of anger! Can't you hear the angry words!"
My mother couldn't hold back her laughter: "You also know what you said. Angry words?"
Wang Ziqi pouted and said angrily: "Since McNeil became the head coach of Tyne, Tyne has not lost a game in the league. As a result, my dad As soon as we go, Tyne will lose. I'm afraid those black men will say that my dad is a 'broom star'!"
"It doesn't matter what they say, you can still shut up the black men's mouths? Well, no matter what they say, they can't affect your father. But you, hurry up and have breakfast, and let Sister Deng take you to school later."
Wang Ziqi still couldn't help but ask: "How did you lose? ”
In fact, Tang Xingmei didn't watch the game. The game kicked off at 1:30 a.m. domestic time. Without her husband, there was no need for her to stay up late.
She didn't know the result of the game long before her son - she just found out that Tyne lost to Sedham in an away game after watching the game highlights and news on her mobile phone.
"Vitini assisted Van Ginkel to score first in the first half, and Tyne led 1:0. Then Sedham equalized the score in the 59th minute and took the lead in the 76th minute." Tang Xingmei briefly told her son the highlights she had watched.
Wang Ziqi's eyes widened: "There are almost twenty minutes left and we haven't gotten back yet?!"
My mother gave him a "you know" expression.
Wang Ziqi sighed: "You are indeed a 'mercenary'!"
"Okay, hurry up and eat! Have you done your calculations? The final exam is coming soon, don't hurry at all, there is still time. Are you chatting with me here?”
As soon as he heard his mother mention studying, Wang Ziqi immediately became honest and immersed himself in his work, not daring to talk to his mother any more.
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As soon as Wang Ziqi ran to the door of the classroom of Grade 3, she heard the voices of everyone talking from inside:
"Why didn't Wang Lie play? If Wang Lie had played in this game, maybe Tyne wouldn't have lost!"
"What are you thinking! My brother Wang has only been in Tyne for four days, how is it possible? Play! That's the Premier League, not the Chinese Super League!"
"I think it's good not to play. There is no time to adapt. If you don't perform well, you will be scolded again..."
"What's the matter? Do you have so little confidence in me, Brother Wang?"
"That's right! Brother Wang couldn't play in Soft United, but he couldn't play in Tyne. Didn’t he go in vain? ”
Wang Ziqi didn't need to look at the last yin and yang sentence to know that it must have been said by Shi Bo, Chi Zhen's idiot fan.
Last time, Shi Bo called his father a clown, which prompted Wang Ziqi to scold him back, and the two ended up fighting.
After this incident, my mother very seriously asked Wang Ziqi not to cause trouble in school and not to drag down my father. She told Wang Ziqi that it was already very hard for him to work alone in the UK. If you It's really for dad's good, so let him worry less and don't cause him trouble.
Of course Wang Ziqi doesn’t want to cause trouble for his father, so he now deliberately does not participate in discussions about his father among his classmates, lest he lose control of his "prehistoric power".
But he doesn’t take the initiative to participate, and he can’t stop others from pulling him in.
As the famous "Wang Lie fan" in the class, it is difficult for Wang Ziqi to keep a low profile - classmates don't know that Wang Ziqi is Wang Lie's son, but they know that Wang Ziqi is Wang Lie's fan, and Shi Bo This crazy fan of Chi Zhen is simply a "match made in heaven". Sometimes they even deliberately create conflicts between the two people.
So when he saw Wang Ziqi running into the classroom, someone called out to him: "Wang Ziqi! In the game at midnight last night, Tyne lost!"
Wang Ziqi waved his hand awkwardly: " I understand.”
“Wang Ziqi, if Brother Wang could play in this game, wouldn’t Tyne lose?”
Wang Ziqi could only answer in a low-key tone. : "How did I know!"
Shi Bo pretended to be surprised: "Wang Ziqi, your reaction is very strange. Shouldn't you say 'definitely win'?"
Wang Ziqi knew what this kid meant, and she would not follow him What do you mean: "After the game, what is there to say? Don't you feel bored?"
Shi Bo smiled and said: "I don't think so. Let's just discuss it casually. Don't you want Wang Lie to play?" Help the team win? "
Wang Ziqi pouted: "Whether I hope it or not, does it have anything to do with the actual situation? Don't you also hope that Chi Zhen will win the Champions League? If you win the league championship, then I guess Chi Zhen must have won it, right?"
Shi Bo was stunned for a moment, why did the ball hit his feet?
Seeing that Shi Bo was speechless by him, Wang Ziqi walked past him with his head held high like a winner.
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“What time is it over there now?”
Tang Xingmei asked Wang Lie on the phone screen.
Wang Lie glanced diagonally upward at the mobile phone camera: "One-fifty noon."
"So you are in the room at your training base now?" Tang Xingmei was a little surprised.
“Yeah, what’s wrong?”
“I thought you were in a hotel... Your dormitory room is too luxurious, right?”
“Ha ! The boss of Tyne is from the Middle East, and he is the kind of person who says, "I am the richest in the world if I put a piece of cloth on my head." This training base costs a lot of money, and the rooms where our first-team players stay and rest are all according to the five-dimensional standard. It is designed and decorated according to the standard of a star hotel suite.”
Wang Lie simply picked up his phone, switched to the rear camera, and showed it to his wife:
"I'm in the living room now. I have a refrigerator, a color TV, a big sofa, and a coffee table... I have everything. There is a balcony out here, and the balcony is directly opposite the training ground of our first team. You see... But the weather is not good today, it is gloomy. Yes, it’s so cold that I won’t go out.”
Wang Lie turned around and pointed the camera at the other side:
“This is the toilet. There’s nothing interesting about the toilet, but it’s just a shower. , bathtub. This is the bedroom...the two-meter-wide bed, you can roll in wherever you want..."
Tang Xingmei looked at the scene in the camera where every decoration smelled like money, and she was speechless: "I'm so willing to spend money! This money is just like the money blown by the strong wind..."
Wang Lie joked: "It's not brought by the strong wind. People's money comes from the ground, ha!"
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His words also amused Tang Xingmei.
The two people were laughing with their mobile phones when Wang Ziqi suddenly jumped out from the side: "Dad, Dad! Can you play in the weekend game?"
Tang Xingmei was first frightened by her son. Jump, and then I was surprised why he suddenly asked this question: "It's still a few days before the weekend, why are you asking now?"
"I'm just asking!"
"What answer do you expect to get when you ask now? You can't tell for sure!" Tang Xingmei answered for her husband.
But Wang Ziqi did not agree with her mother's answer. Instead, she stared at her father on the screen, wanting him to answer the question.
Wang Lie smiled and said to his son: "I can definitely play."
"Okay!" Wang Ziqi cheered when he got the answer.
"Go to bed quickly! It's already past nine o'clock and you haven't gone to bed yet. Do you still want to grow taller?!" His mother drove him away.
"Goodbye, Dad! Come on, Dad!" Wang Ziqi ran away happily.
After the child left, Tang Xingmei blamed her husband: "If you lie to him now, he will be disappointed later."
Wang Lie shook his head: "I didn't lie to him. I will definitely play in the next game."
Tang Xingmei frowned: "Don't worry, follow your own pace."
In fact, she understood her husband's desire to play in the game. After all, he was not complete this season. Playing a game, which has never happened in so many seasons before, is really uncomfortable.
But she also knew that this matter could not be rushed.
He hasn't played systematically for a long time. Even if the head coach lets him play, how much can he perform? How to ensure the status?
If it was really just to let him appear, it would actually harm him.
After all, Wang Lie’s traffic volume is so high now that everyone is staring at him with a magnifying glass.
As long as there are no goals or assists in the first game, there will probably be overwhelming criticism after the game.
They don’t care about any objective factors. Anyway, Wang Lie didn’t score a goal or assist, so it must be “pull”. If it happens that Tyne hasn’t won yet, then don’t say anything:
Wang Lie, who stretches his hips, must be the culprit for the team's loss!
Don't say that these are Tang Xingmei's "empty targets". Things like this have happened more than once or twice before.
Yes, Wang Lie has a big heart and does not care about such unreasonable criticism and abuse.
But I and my mother-in-law don’t have big hearts. Especially the mother-in-law, she couldn't sleep well during this period and was under a lot of pressure on behalf of her son.
So Tang Xingmei hopes that Wang Lie will not be anxious, take his time, and make sure that he is ready in all aspects before appearing on the stage.
Anyway, Tyne's head coach trusts him and is willing to give him a chance, so there is no need to worry about not having a chance to play here.
She was worried that Wang Lie would be too anxious to prove himself again, and instead would have haste rather than haste.
Wang Lie can also understand his wife's worries, but he has his own opinion: "Actually, if I don't appear, there will still be risks and pressure. And... how can I wait until everything is ready before I appear? Never. Don't have the idea of 'wait until I'm ready' or 'wait until I'm more prepared'. I told you about Tyne's current situation, if the goal is just to avoid relegation, then of course I can wait, but my goal is to participate in the Champions League. So I can’t wait, and neither can the team.”
Starting from the 2033-2034 season, Wang Lie has failed to participate in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons.
As the top scorer in the Champions League, his number of goals is fixed at 90 goals, and his opponents are gradually catching up - Arthur has currently scored 77 goals in the Champions League , and he is only thirty-three years old. It can be said that surpassing Wang Lie's record is a sure thing.
As Wang Lie has been completely excluded from Soft United's lineup this season, many people actually believe that Wang Lie's total goals in the Champions League are only 90. It is impossible for him to have the opportunity to participate in the Champions League and refresh his own. record.
But Tang Xingmei knows that her husband has never given up on his dream of participating in the Champions League again - this sounds incredible to outsiders, and they may even think that Wang Liemo is stunned.
Tang Xingmei knew very well that no matter how unreasonable it was, this was what her husband could do.
Never use common sense to reason with him - if everything was analyzed according to common sense, then Wang Lie should not have the career heights he has now.
Her husband has moved on from the Champions League dream, and it is difficult for Tang Xingmei to persuade him anymore. She can only cheer him up: "Okay, then I will watch you play."
Wang Lie smiled: "I promise I won't let you down."
※※※Before the afternoon training, Wang Lie met Vitini, who just finished the game yesterday - because he played the game yesterday, so During this morning's training, Vitini and other teammates who had participated in the game did not come to practice.
Seeing Wang Lie, Vitini looked very guilty: "I'm sorry, Wang, to disappoint you... I failed to bring a victory..."
< br>Wang Lie comforted him: "You have done a good job, Vitini, you don't need to apologize. It's not you who should be sorry."
Vitini was not so simply comforted by Wang Lie: "And I couldn't control my emotions...I tried to turn my anger into strength as you said, but I failed..."
< br>Wang Lie continued to comfort him, appearing particularly tolerant: "Take your time, there has to be a process. No one can complete the transformation overnight."
Vitini asked again: "Then how far are we from now? Is the Champions League a little further away..."
Wang Lie shook his head: "I can't say that yet, after all, this round of league games has not been completed."
Tyne is currently ranked 13th in the Premier League. First, the twelve teams ahead of them, from lowest to highest according to the Premier League rankings, are Leeds, who are twelfth, Sedham, Witton Hill, Hurlingham FC, Shuthrow, who just defeated them. Kensington, Brighton White Mountain, Waltham, Sofos United, Scotsman, Clayton Athletic, and first place Hackney Knights.
Nine games have been played in this round of the league. The outcome of some of these games has nothing to do with Wang Lie's goal, because no matter whether he wins or loses, it will not affect Tyne's ranking in the league and the point difference between it and the Champions League qualification.
In the nine games that have ended, Scorsese drew 0:0 with Kensington.
East London United defeated Portal FC 2:0.
Bournemouth Athletic drew 1:1 with Sherwood United.
Leicester Fortress drew with Brighton White Mountain 2:2.
Southampton Anker lost to Witton Hill 0:1.
Crichton Athletic defeated Wolverhampton 3-0 at home.
Leeds and Suslow ended in a goalless draw 0:0.
Waltham defeated Hurlingham FC 1:0 away from home.
And the game where Tyne lost 1:2 away to Sedham.
Witton Hill, who are ranked tenth, defeated Southampton Anker, who are last in the league, 1:0 away from home, widening the point difference between themselves and Tyne from four points to seven points.
And this is the difference between tenth in the league and Tyne.
Most of the other games that have ended are draws, and the point difference between Tyne and them has not been widened.
The only game that has not yet been played is the most critical.
Because it was the away game of Softball United, fourth in the league, challenging Hackney Knights, the first in the league.
The fourth place in the league is the watershed between the Champions League and the Europa League - if you get fourth in the league, you will participate in the Champions League next season, if you get fifth in the league, you can only participate in the Europa League.
So the outcome of this game will determine whether the point difference between Tyne and Champions League qualification will expand or remain unchanged.
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"Charge! Knight! Charge! Knight!!"
In the stands of the Long Lance Stadium, Hackney Knight fans are constantly shouting and making Let out a tsunami-like sound to cheer for your team.
In their roar, most of the Hackney Knights' players were already past half-time.
All eleven members of the Sofo United team returned to their own defensive third zone to defend.
The game time on the big screen is 89 minutes and 16 seconds.
The score is 2:2.
The close-up shot of the TV broadcast cut to the Soft United coaching bench. Sven Helden frowned and bit his lower lip, with a serious and terrifying expression.
"...Helden replaced forward Harris with defensive midfielder Liers seven minutes ago. He obviously hoped to defend the 2:2 draw in the away game. But Soft United contracted too hard and was almost completely unable to do so. The goal that threatened the Hackney Knights has been pressing for more than five minutes now. The football has been spinning around in the Soft United half... This is very dangerous! They can withstand the tide of the Knights' attack! !”
“Come on, Knights! Come on, Hackney!” In front of the TV, Vitini has jumped on the sofa to cheer for the Hackney Knights at home.
If someone filmed this scene and posted it online, it might trigger a wave of rumors that "Vitini is transferring to Hackney Knights"...
But in reality Vitini supports Hackney Knights and has nothing to do with it, he simply wants Soft United to lose.
Currently Soft United is ranked fourth, just stuck in the last place for Champions League qualification, and can be said to be the goalkeeper for Champions League qualification.
Hackney Knights ranked first, only two points ahead of second-placed Clayton Athletic. Therefore, Hackney Knights must win this game in order to gain an advantage in the competition for the league championship.
But Vitini doesn’t care at all whether the Hackney Knights can win the championship.
Whether Soft United can hold on to this point is very important to Vitini.
Because Tyne did not win this round of games, Vitini hopes that Soft United will also lose, so that at least Tyne's point difference from fourth in the league will not be widened, and everything will still have a chance.
In the TV broadcast, the Hackney Knights attacked again.
Their captain and midfield playmaker Roel Pope passed the football directly from the right and moved it to the left.
On the sideline, South Korea's left midfielder Jiang Dongxun stopped the football steadily.
Because the ball stopped well, Soft United's right winger Adel Degt did not dare to rush forward for fear of being passed by the extremely fast South Korean international.
He can only stay on the inside and hold his position.
At the same time that Jiang Dongxun stopped the ball, Hackney Knight's left back Thomas Vanek drove forward at high speed from behind, and then took away Degert, who was originally guarding Jiang Dongxun.
South Korea's number one star took the opportunity to dribble the ball laterally, and then passed the ball to French forward Enzo Lemonnier who retreated outside the penalty area to meet him.
Lemonier received the ball with his back, used his body to withstand Soft United midfielder Liers who came on the bench, and then passed the ball to Jiang Dongxun who was pulled horizontally!
“Go against the wall and cooperate! Jiang!”
Jiang Dongxun is a left midfielder in the Hackney Knights, but he is a well-deserved main forward in the Korean national team and has good scoring ability!
Seeing Jiang Dongxun receive the ball, Aaron Schouten, another midfielder from Soft United, immediately followed him and did not give him any space to shoot.
Jiang Dongxun had no choice but to move the football to the right.
The person receiving the ball over there is Rolle Pope who just transferred the ball.
Pop raised his foot in the air and knocked the ball directly to the center, but the ball hit Soft United defender Pablo Castin and bounced to the ribs.
Hackney Knight's right back Joseph Fitzwater has transformed into a full midfielder at this time, and he hits the ball as it bounces back!
"Fitzwater!!"
Soft United goalkeeper Jimmy Doug reflexively dived into the far corner!
But before him, the captain and central defender of Sofos United, Taylor Murphy, stretched out his foot to block the ball. The football hit his instep, and there was a line change, and it turned towards the near corner of the goal!
At this time, Doug was already in the air and unable to change the direction of his save. He could only watch the football grazing the inside of the near post and rushing into the goal!
“Ahhhhh!” Vitini screamed hysterically when she saw this scene in front of the TV.
His voice completely covered up the commentator's roar.
"The ball is in!! A buzzer beater! This is a buzzer beater! The Hackney Knights' continuous attacks finally paid off! The shot from Fitzwater caused Taylor Murphy's own goal!"
"Soft United failed to hold on in the end! Heldon paid the price for his conservatism! After losing to Clayton Athletic in the last round, they were defeated by Hackney Knights away from home in this round of the league! Heldon also ushered in his first two-game losing streak after coaching Soft United! "
"After Wang left the team, everyone thought that Soft United would usher in a new era! . Now it seems that this is indeed a new era, but whether it is a good era or a bad era is hard to say..."
In the exclamations of the commentators , the atmosphere at the Hackney Knights' home stadium reached its climax, and the Knights players celebrated wildly.
The Knights fans also sang the song called "Eternal North London", which is an ode to the Hackney Knights in North London:
“North London will always be there!”
“No matter what happens!”
“These streets belong to us!”
“And my heart will never be separated from you ! ”
“My blood will always be...”
"Flowing in this land!" (Note 1)
During the chorus, the Soft United players seemed to have been drained of all their strength. They fell to the ground one after another, covering their faces with their hands. .
Although the referee has not blown the whistle to end the game, looking at the performance of the Soft United players, I believe no one thinks that they will have a chance to come back.
Soft United lost, and the point difference between fourth place in the league and Tyne has not changed. Tyne is still sixteen points away from qualifying for the Champions League!
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Note 1: The song is from "The Angel (North London Forever)" by Louis Dunford. The original English text of this lyrics is:
North Londonforever;
Whatevertheweather;
Thesestreetsareourown;
< br>Andmyheartwillleaveyounever;
Mybloodwillforever;
Runthroughthestone!
PS, I used the AI drawing internal beta function of Qidian Writer Assistant to test whether it can generate illustrations that meet my requirements. Unexpectedly, among a bunch of dumbfounding pictures, one suddenly appeared and made my eyes light up. pictures.
Isn't this the image of Li Qingqing in my mind in "Fox in the Forbidden Zone"?
This hairstyle, this temperament...
Except for the details of the jersey, such as the wrong name, everything else matches.
Send it out for everyone to see!
(End of this chapter)