Chapter 30 Switch
"Today's Tyne is a little different from before..."
After watching the game for almost half an hour, Luo Jin came to this conclusion.
"They played more proactively. Of course, this is Tyne's home court, so it's normal to be more proactive. But... it's still different. Tyne has a stronger desire to attack."
Luo Jin was right. From the beginning of the game, Tyne showed a strong desire to attack and aggressiveness.
They pressed high in the midfield and frontcourt, which made the players of Hlingham FC very uncomfortable.
This kind of pressing, regardless of physical strength, also gave Tyne an advantage on the court.
Tyne fans are also enjoying themselves during this period.
With every successful steal, pass, pass and shot made by Tyne players on the field, Tyne fans let out huge cheers in the stands.
Wang Lie was sitting on the bench, and it was hard not to be attracted by the continuous cheers.
One thing has to be said, perhaps because Tyne is a small team with no brilliant achievements, and the fans here do not have such high requirements for their team.
Even though they have been fighting for relegation for so many years, their fans seem to be more tolerant and easily satisfied.
From the perspective of the entire season, as long as Tyne can stay in the Premier League in the end, they will be happy.
If you just watch one game, it’s like this. Although Tyne's current ranking and points are not ideal, as long as the team can show their will to fight and have a few shining performances, it will be enough for them to cheer for the team.
This is really different from top clubs like Soft United.
Fans of wealthy clubs naturally have the pursuit of wealthy clubs. If they can't win the championship in one season, then the whole team will be waiting to be scolded by the media and fans.
In a game, if a player makes a few mistakes, you can immediately hear the boos ringing in the sky above the Red Rocks Stadium.
Even a superstar like Wang Lie, if he is in a sluggish state and performs poorly in two consecutive games, he will immediately hear boos at home, let alone other people.
Such an atmosphere also forces Wang Lie to maintain a good condition in order to be worthy of the red jersey he wears.
Wang Lie is not saying which situation is better and which situation is bad.
Because every different situation has a corresponding reason.
He believes that if Tyne can always win the game, Tyne fans will gradually increase their expectations and will not be so tolerant of their team's poor performance.
On the contrary, if Soft United cannot win the championship for a few more seasons, then maybe the League Cup championship that Soft United fans looked down upon in the past can make them ecstatic.
Just like now, Sofia United has failed to participate in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, so participating in the Champions League has become Sofia United's supreme season goal. Soft United fans also feel that whoever can lead the team into the Champions League is the "right man" for this team.
Sven Helden showed this possibility, and he won the support of most people.
Similar to this is Chinese football.
When Wang Lie first came into contact with football, the professional reform of Chinese football had just started. At that time, if the Chinese team could participate in a World Cup finals game, it would become a big festival celebrated by the whole country.
He still remembers the 2006 World Cup in Germany. When the Chinese team entered the World Cup for the first time, his father even burst into tears. As for what the country was like, he was too young at the time and didn't have a deep impression, but the various banquets, carnivals and celebrations around him really lasted for a month.
If we can win a game in the World Cup, or score a goal or a point - no matter what it is, we can make Chinese fans happy for a whole year and become a classic that is mentioned again and again.
But as China’s football reform deepens and the level of Chinese football gradually improves, the ideas and expectations of Chinese fans have changed - just entering the World Cup finals can no longer stimulate them, and they have begun to look forward to China. The team can reach the knockout rounds.
In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Chinese team reached the knockout round of the World Cup for the first time in history, and finally stopped in the top 16.
That was also the first World Cup that Wang Lie participated in. He played twice in that World Cup and scored one goal.
Four years later, at the 2022 China World Cup, the Chinese team relied on the advantage of playing at home to reach the knockout rounds of two consecutive World Cups, and this time it simply reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup! Created the best result in history!
Having reached the knockout rounds of two consecutive World Cups, Wang Lie and a group of big brothers in the team at that time were called the "golden generation" of Chinese football.
Since making history, Chinese fans’ demands for the Chinese team have also increased. Not only are they not satisfied with reaching the World Cup finals, they are not satisfied with just reaching the knockout rounds.
Some people even shouted the goal of "winning the World Cup".
It's just a pity that since then, although the Chinese team has been able to participate in the World Cup stably, it has never been able to reach the quarterfinals.
In the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, they didn’t even make it to the top 16 and went home after playing three group matches...
The "golden generation of Chinese football" "All of them withered away after this World Cup, leaving only Wang Lie.
Due to the poor performance in this World Cup, Chinese fans have lowered their expectations. They no longer talk about the "top four" or "championship", but hope that the Chinese team can one day reach the quarterfinals again.
It just backfired. Even if Chinese fans lowered their expectations, the Chinese team could only be blocked from the quarterfinals in the next two consecutive World Cups.
If the Chinese team ends up in the top 16 of the next World Cup in England, it is estimated that Chinese fans will have to lower their expectations and change it to "it will be good if they can enter the knockout stage."
So football is like this, the winner takes all.
If you want to regain respect and cheers, you can only win and be the "winner".
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When Wang Lie was distracted, the TV broadcast also gave him a close-up shot, but people outside the camera couldn't tell that Wang Lie was distracted. All they saw was a face focused on the court with a slight frown.
"Tyne had the advantage on the court, but he couldn't score. Wang may be thinking that if the ball was given to me just now, it might go in, ha!" England commentator Connor Cowley teased.
When Wang Lie was distracted, Tyne got a good opportunity.
Vitini cut in from the wing and passed in. As a result, forward Ryan Graham in the center was a little slow to follow up and missed the football, missing a good opportunity to break the deadlock.
Seeing the football almost passing by the goal, and finally being cleared by the players of Hurlingham FC, Vitini was even more excited than Graham who missed the opportunity - he knelt down on his knees and angrily He punched the turf hard and cursed.
Of course, he quickly realized his gaffe, and after getting up, he hurriedly cast his eyes towards the bench, looking for Wang Lie.
Seeing Wang Lie sitting calmly on the bench, his upper body not even shaking, Vitini thought of what Wang Lie said to him before the game.
Based on his understanding of Wang Lie, idols are definitely not the kind of people who are indifferent to missed opportunities, but why is he still so calm and collected?
That must be to remind me to control my anger.
Yes, control! control!
Flip the switch and turn off the rage!
Vitini closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. The last time he held his breath for a long time, he finally opened his eyes and let out all the hot breath.
He felt a little calmer inside. Although he was still very dissatisfied with Graham for missing the opportunity just now, he was no longer yelling at his teammates, "Why didn't you start earlier?"
Really useful!
Vitini was delighted:
The idol method really works!
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Vitini gained not only confidence but also strength from the idol approach.
After calming down, his performance on the court also improved, and his left side became Tyne's main attack direction.
When the first half was about to enter stoppage time, Vitini received the ball on the left side where he was accustomed.
Hurlingham FC midfielder Joel Breslin came up to block it.
Vitini suddenly waded the football towards the middle, then accelerated and tried to pass the opponent's player.
Breslin is very aware of how fast Vitini's sudden acceleration is, and also knows that Tyne's most threatening offensive player in this game is the Brazilian, and he must not let him go so easily.
So Breslin reached out and grabbed the back of Vitini's jersey, and then refused to let go, even if Vitini's jersey was torn into a spinnaker by him, until he heard the referee's whistle Sounds and huge boos sounded at the same time.
"Breslin committed a pulling foul!" "This is a tactical foul! There is no way, Vitini's starting speed is too fast, and it can't be stopped without pulling!"
"Vitini just now was like an electric car with all electric doors! The veins on Breslin's neck bulged, so he barely managed to hold him back!"
A unique moment! The good opportunity was terminated by a foul, and Vitini felt a fire in his heart.
In the past, he would have had to go to the referee to complain and ask him to give a card to the fouling player.
But when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of Tyne's bench in the distance.
Although he had not yet accurately found the idol among the crowd, the idol's words were already ringing in his mind.
Control your anger, don’t let it control you.
Then he saw several players from Heringham FC gathered in front of the referee, seemingly wanting to make a few excuses.
As a professional player, there is almost no need for analysis to know what the current situation is.
So he quickly bent down to pick up the football and handed it to Matisse Van Ginkel, who was standing next to him, coming up to take a free kick. At the same time, he whispered to him: "Quickly, Matisse! ”
After stuffing the football into Van Ginkel's arms, Vitini walked quickly away, bypassing the crowd and walking forward.
He didn't run because he was afraid of attracting the attention of the players of Heringham FC, which would make the quick free kick strategy impossible.
He could only hope that Van Ginkel would understand him correctly.
In order to avoid being noticed by the players of Heringham FC, he also leaned closer to the sideline.
Although Van Ginkel doesn't understand how to play this quick free kick, since Vitini is in such good shape in this game, just give him the ball and trust him.
So the Dutch midfielder bent down and placed the football, stood up, and without retreating, directly picked up the football and passed it to Vitini near the sideline!
At the same time, most of the players present were still paying attention to the referee.
Even some players from Tyne ran to the referee and wanted to apply for a yellow card for Breslin, not to mention the players from Hurlingham FC.
At this time, a total of six players from both sides gathered around the referee, and no one noticed the ball.
But the referee noticed.
When he saw Van Ginkel pick up the ball, he knew that Tyne was going to take a quick free kick.
He did not blow the whistle to blow the football back, but instead ran around the players from both sides in front of him - especially the players from Hurlingham FC - and ran towards the visiting team's offensive third. This is a very unusual move. A clear "game on" signal!
"Tyne free kick quick! Vitini!"
When the Tyne fans who were booing just now saw Vitini raising his feet to catch the ball, they immediately switched to cheers. .
Amid huge cheers, Vitini used the outside instep of his right foot to push the ball picked up by Van Ginkel inward and then stopped it!
Because a large number of Heringham FC players' attention is on the referee's side, their defense is uneven and there is huge space in the ribs.
Vitini aimed at this space. In order to increase the suddenness, he simply stopped the ball directly in the space and accelerated to chase it.
Sure enough, this quick free kick caught Hurlingham FC off guard!
The players who were originally blocked in front of the referee hurriedly turned back to defend, and the defensive players who were originally in the middle also immediately pressed towards Vitini.
Vitini swung his left foot towards the Hurlingham FC center back and made a pass. When the opponent raised his foot to block it, he dunked the ball back to his right foot and rushed stop!
The Hurlingham FC center back could only slide past him helplessly...
"Vitini! Vitini!!"
"Good goal! Vitini! This is The ball was smashed beautifully!”
After dunking past the opponent’s center back, Vitini raised his right foot again and shot into the far corner with the inside of his foot!
The football drew a huge arc, bypassing the second Hllingham FC defensive player who rushed towards him, and also bypassed Hllingham FC goalkeeper Valdimar Adair Stenson. The palm that comes out...
Then it grazed the inside of the far post and flew into the goal!
"Wow!! Vitini - beautiful!! World wave!" Luo Jin raised his arms and shouted. After Wang Lie transferred to Tyne, he automatically became a supporter of Tyne. Seeing Tyne Even though the opponent was a Chinese-funded club, he was still happy for Tyne.
Of course, deep down in his heart, maybe it was because the head coach of Hlinhan FC, Rost, spoke so loudly about Wang Lie before the game that Luo Jin had a personal preference before commentating on this game.
When the football flew into the goal, the sky above the Lize Park stadium burst into cheers. Vitini, who scored the goal, turned around and ran towards the bench.
Along the way, he dodged several excited teammates and went straight to his idol in front of the bench.
When he scored, Wang Lie jumped up from his seat on the warm bench and rushed out to cheer.
After the initial excitement, he high-fived his teammates, including Sonny Dean, who was also on the bench.
After Dean finished high-fiving, he realized that the person who had just high-fived him was Wang Lie...
He was a little embarrassed, but he quickly covered it up by finding another person to high-five. Embarrassed, Wang Lie's slap was also passed to his teammates.
Joshua Parker was originally very happy to high-five Dean to celebrate, but when Dean slapped his hand, he almost screamed in pain, and then he bared his teeth. He looked at Dean's back. I don't know why this kid is so angry. It's just a celebration. Are you going to slap me to death? !
Parker was in so much pain that he could only clench his fists, bend over and scream.
But in the eyes of outsiders, this must be the excitement for Vitini's goal.
When Vitini rushed to the bench, Wang Lie was applauding him. He pointed at Wang Lie and then jumped directly over.
Wang Lie didn't expect this kid to be so reckless, and he quickly opened his arms, but it was too late to stabilize his center of gravity with a lunge, and Vitini, covered in sweat, bumped in...
Wang Lie Feeling the impact from this twenty-two-year-old young man, his body fell backwards. Fortunately, there were teammates behind him who helped him stabilize his center of gravity, preventing him from being knocked to the ground by Vitini.
"I did it, Wang! I did it! I controlled my anger!! This is the first time! The first time!! Ahhhh!!" Vitini, who fell into Wang Lie's arms, closed her eyes and roared hysterically.
Wang Lie raised his hand and patted his back, and also encouraged and praised him loudly: "Well done! Vitini! Well done! You proved that you can do it! That's great!"< br>
Vitini was still leaning forward in Wang Lie's arms, and Wang Lie could only try his best to support his body... Fortunately, there were teammates behind him to lean on, otherwise he would have been really beaten by this "little bull" "It was overturned.
It’s so good to be young. It seems that you have endless strength, endless energy to vent, and even celebrate with all your strength...
Sonny Dean is alone behind Wang Lie. Bearing the impact of the two people in front of him, he felt very hard and embarrassed, and wanted to escape even more.
But he was helplessly surrounded by excited teammates - these people rushed up to hug Wang Lie and Vitini with screams and screams. He didn't get away in time and was wrapped in it...
He was now pressed tightly behind Wang Lie, and half of his face was pressed against the back of Wang Lie's head. There were various roars in his ears, and he felt that his head, shoulders and back I don’t know how many times I was beaten.
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Luo Jin looked at Vitini, his teammates on the field and Wang Lie and other substitute players off the field hugging and celebrating, and said happily: "Ha! Wei! After Tiny scored, he ran to Wang Lie first and hugged him. This goal should be dedicated to his idol. It's good. Wang Lie adapted to the new team much faster than we thought. This is good news. !”
Wang Ziqi asked his mother in confusion: “Didn’t you say that Tyne is nicknamed ‘Mercenary’? Why does he look so united?”
Tang Xingmei explained to her son: "'Mercenaries' don't fight among themselves anytime and anywhere. They are just prone to problems when they encounter difficulties."
Wang Ziqi understood: "I understand, that's it. We can only play with the wind."
Tang Xingmei nodded and acknowledged her son's understanding: "If we play with the wind, Tyne's combat effectiveness is actually not weak."
Wang Ziqi muttered: "Then today is the day. Downwind or against the wind? They also scored first in the last game, but they were reversed..."
Tang Xingmei didn't answer her son this time because she didn't know.
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PS, considering that not all readers are senior fans, I am afraid that the ribs, center, and wings I wrote may not be easy to understand, so I use this illustration to help everyone understand. .
(End of this chapter)