Chapter 42 Evil Fire
Sonny Dean, who was carrying a bag, hesitated at the door, then quietly peeked into the locker room.
Fortunately, the king is not here!
Dean breathed a sigh of relief, but before he finished breathing, a hand patted his shoulder from behind.
“What are you doing, Sonny?”
Former first captain Elliot Goetz's voice came from behind Dean.
"Huh? No, I didn't do anything..." Dean was frightened at first, and then explained hurriedly.
"Nothing? Then why don't you go in? What are you looking at at this door?"
"It's just... boring. There is no rule in the team that you have to go in immediately when you arrive, right, captain?" I really don't know what to say, so I can only use forceful words and act rogue.
"That's not true." Goetz replied honestly.
Dean shrugged: "So."
Then he turned back and said: "I think I came late enough. I didn't expect you, captain, to come later than me, right? I didn't expect you, captain, have such thick eyebrows. Big eyes..."
Goetz interrupted his teasing: "I just came back after going for extra practice."
"Huh? Extra practice?"
Dean was surprised, and then he was even more surprised when he found that Goetz was indeed wearing training clothes, no backpack, and had sweat stains on his body:
"Are you like that...that idiot?"
"Vitini is your teammate, don't call him that, Dean." Goetz corrected Dean's words first, then shook his head and said: "I'm not with the king. I went to practice my strength for a while."
"You didn't do this before..."
"Because I also want to go to the bigger one. Take a look at the stage." After Goetz finished chatting with Dean, he patted him on the shoulder, walked around him and walked into the locker room.
Dean still did not go in, but stood at the door looking at the back of the former first captain in confusion.
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Wang Lie turned his back to the goal. After receiving the ball from Vitini, he directly knocked the football into the space in front of Vitini's running route without stopping.
Then he turned and made a diagonal pass towards the front of the goal.
Vitini caught up with the football and swept it in front of the goal.
This pass was beyond Wang Lie's expectation. He didn't expect Vitini to pass the ball, so he didn't start very fast. As a result, he could only speed up after seeing Vitini pass the ball. , how could this be too late?
Although he tried hard to chase it, and finally threw all his weight out and used a tackle to reach the ball, he still couldn't touch it.
The football passed in front of his toes, and goalkeeper Goetz, who blocked the front point, caught him.
Before Wang Lieren got up, he sat on the turf and turned to Vitini, spread his hands and said to him: "What are you thinking about? Why did you pass the ball to me? You didn't see me The movement? I ran diagonally to take away the defender, so that there would be space in the middle. After catching up with the ball, I would dunk towards the middle, and then you would have the space and angle to shoot. It hit the front spot... Even if I catch up with the ball, I have no shooting angle!"
Then he got up from the ground, pointed to the penalty spot and continued: "If I want to take a pass from you and shoot! , then I won’t really run forward, but will change the line to go there, and then you can pass the inverted triangle after going down."
As he spoke, his tone became more severe: "Be clear-headed. , Vitini! Don't just focus on dribbling, look around, pay more attention to the movement of your teammates, and think carefully about why others run like this instead of that... You can't become a superstar by just relying on fancy moves! It’s also very important!”
The last words were a bit harsh. Goetz, who was holding the football, felt uncomfortable, as if Wang Lie was criticizing him... so he turned his worried eyes to Vitini.
He knew that Vitini was a fan of Wang Lie, but even a fan might not be able to bear being spoken to so mercilessly by his idol, right?
Not only him, but also many people looked at Vitini at this time.
Obviously there are many people who think the same as him.
Being in public like this seems to make Vitini even more embarrassed.
However, what everyone was worried about did not happen. After lowering his head and taking a few deep breaths, Vitini nodded to Wang Lie: "Yes!"
Did not say "I understand, Wang Lie" as usual. "I will try my best, Wang." He just said "hmm" and nodded. It was obvious that he was really uncomfortable with what his idol just said.
Wang Lie did not take it seriously, but praised: "Not bad, I can suppress my anger a little bit."
Vitini was a little surprised, and then wanted to explain that he was not right. The idol got angry, but Wang Lie didn't give him such a chance, turned around and ran away, leaving only his back.
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During the corner kick offensive tactics drill, assistant coach Varro pulled several key figures and told them:
"Katic, you have to be in the middle and get in a posture to catch the ball. But after the corner kick is taken, you Just run forward from the center. Gunduz, you do the same, but you run backward and cross with the king."
Both central defenders nodded, indicating that they understood.
Then Varro said to Wang Lie: "And you, king, run from the back to the middle to grab this spot."
Wang Lie said: "Okay."
This is one of the corner kick offensive tactics, allowing two central defenders to cover Wang Lie.
In other corner kick tactics, Wang Lie is also asked to cover the central defender.
The specific set of tactics used in the game depends on the opponent's defensive strategy.
After explaining, Varro exited the penalty area, came to head coach McNeil, and blew the whistle in his mouth.
In the penalty area, the two main central defenders stood in the middle with their hands raised. They were the most eye-catching. They were like the twin towers of the World Trade Center and could not be ignored.
As the whistle sounded, the two central defenders Katic and Guendouz actively pressed towards the goal and physically confronted the opponent's defenders, creating the appearance that they were suppressing the opponent's defender and competing for the header.
But when the football was kicked out by Van Ginkel, the two people "dispersed", one ran forward and the other ran backward.
At this time, Wang Lie, who was ambushing at the back point, made a circle from the outside, bypassing the area with the densest crowd, and switched positions with the retreating center back Guendouzi.
However, Van Ginkel did not kick the ball well. The football he kicked drew an arc and ended up getting closer to the goalkeeper than expected!
Goalkeeper Elliot Goetz watched the football flying towards him and simply jumped up to get it off.
As a result, Wang Lie, who had taken a long detour, suddenly accelerated and jumped towards him!
Goetz’s attention was all on football at this time and he didn’t see Wang Lie at all.
He jumped on the spot according to the original rhythm, raised his hands...
Then a black shadow flashed out from the blind spot of his vision and stood in front of him!
Then grab the flying football and head it toward the goal before he gets it!
At the same time two people collided.
Goetz lost his balance and fell from the air to the ground.
Wang Lie is not much better than him.
After the collision, he fell backwards and fell hard on his butt.
But compared to his own butt, he was still more concerned about whether the ball went in or not.
Seeing the football in the goal, he stretched out his arm to Goetz and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Grinding Goetz took Wang Lie's outstretched hand: "I'm still Okay. What about you? "
"I'm fine too."
Then they helped each other up.
The two of us are doing well here, but the people next to us are dumbfounded.
So intense?
Aren't they worried about getting hurt?
Even assistant coach Varro turned to ask McNeil: "Didn't this ball hit the goalkeeper?"
McNeil shook his head: "Then VAR may have to intervene. It depends on Goetz. If Wang didn't touch the ball first, it would be hard to say..."
Varro had a different opinion: "It doesn't matter whether he hit the ball first or not. The collision was too scary. The referee should have directly called for a collision with the goalkeeper.”
After speaking, he whistled loudly to remind: "Pay attention to your movements! This is training!"
Wang Lie turned around and made an apologetic gesture to Varo.
Varro said to McNeil again: "I don't know if it was your outspokenness last night that irritated him, or Dean's 'ignorance' that angered him. The king in training today was like An angry bull."
"Probably both." McNeil also saw that today's Wang Lie was different. "Actually, I support Wang, but I really can't do anything about Dean. It's not like before. The head coach can protect the players under his wings and prevent them from being exposed to the malice and pressure. Now everyone If he has a mobile phone, he can see thousands of comments criticizing him as long as he turns on it... How to protect him? "
"How is Dean doing today?"
"That's it, just like him. It's not bad, but it's definitely not good either. It's like a routine, just completing our training tasks mechanically."
After hearing this, Assistant coach Varro couldn't help but shook his head, feeling as helpless as his partner.
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Because since the 22nd round of the league, in the next two weeks there will be two rounds of semi-finals of the League Cup, the fourth round of the FA Cup and The fourth round of make-up games cannot be arranged in time, so the Premier League is temporarily suspended. And because Tyne was eliminated early in both the FA Cup and League Cup, the excitement in the next two weeks has nothing to do with them.
Tyne was given nearly two weeks of repair time.
This is also the reason why Wang Lie went to McNeil for advice at this time. Because once the suggestions are adopted, the team can take this opportunity to conduct targeted training, and they have sufficient time to adjust and transform.
Instead of trying to squeeze in every opportunity in a series of intensive competitions, practice intermittently.
As a result, Dean did not agree to change his position and playing style, and his "cool plan" came to nothing.
If it weren’t for his wife’s comfort to him, Wang Lie really couldn’t hold back his anger. He might have found Dean during training, forced him into a corner, and questioned him in front of everyone. he.
Even with his wife's comfort, Wang Lie now has a burning evil fire in his heart, burning him and making him feel unhappy.
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Two weeks passed quickly.
During this period, Sherwood United, which eliminated Soft United, reached the League Cup final, where their opponent was East London United.
Two teams that are not wealthy teams meet in the League Cup final, which proves to some extent that the League Cup is really not in the eyes of the wealthy teams now. Any capable team will not focus on the League Cup. .
Even competing for the FA Cup is better than the League Cup...
All the fourth round matches of the FA Cup are over.
Wang Lie's old club Soft United encountered difficulties in the third round of the FA Cup and had to play a make-up game to get through. But in the fourth round, they won easily.
Two consecutive victories in the league and FA Cup have successfully silenced the previous criticism of Sven Heldon.
I have to say that this Swedish man has some luck.
The two consecutive defeats in the league have already made the sound of dismissal ringing in the sky above Manchester.
As a result, we have won two consecutive games, and the situation has turned around again.
After the League Cup and FA Cup matches, the league is back on track.
On Saturday, February 14, Tyne challenged Bournemouth Athletic away from home, and Wang Lie once again entered the squad for the game.
Because it was an away game, he went with the team to Bournemouth in the southwest corner of the British island of Great Britain after training on Friday.
Saturday’s match day is Chinese New Year’s Eve.
Although Wang Lie was not at home, Tang Xingmei still went to the Chinese supermarket to buy a lot of things. She carefully cooked a large table of sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner and made dumplings. She ate with her two children while staying at home. Watch the game on TV, which kicks off at 6:30 pm GMT.
Wang Lie entered the squad for two consecutive games and did not start for two consecutive games.
Tyne and Bournemouth Athletic played away in the first half and tied 1:1.
Bournemouth Athletic took the lead to score, and it was not until the injury time of the first half that Tyne relied on center back Matje Katic to equalize the score with a header from a corner kick. .
This time, they did not wait until the opponent gained momentum in the second half before making substitutions. McNeil replaced Wang Lie during the halftime break.
Wang Lie's appearance also brought a stronger festive atmosphere to his home in Northumberland, Tyne, as well as countless fan families in China.
Everyone hopes that Wang Lie can give everyone a New Year gift package with goals like he did in the last game.
However, this time Wang Lie did not score a goal after coming on as a substitute.
He had two good chances, one was too straight and the other hit the goal post, just missing the goal.
But even though he didn't score a goal, it can't be said that he performed poorly.
The changes Wang Lie brought to Tyne's offense after coming on the field were immediate.
With him in front of the opponent's penalty area, Tyne's thinking is clearer and more confident when attacking, and he is more daring to invest troops in the attack.
And although he didn’t score a goal, he had an assist!
In the 69th minute, he jumped up in the penalty area and gave the flying football point to Van Ginkel who came in behind.
The Dutch midfielder did not waste the opportunity he created this time. He volleyed the football into the goal!
It was with this goal that Tyne defeated Bournemouth Athletic 2:1 in the away game and won two consecutive league victories!
Until the last moment of the game, Wang Lie was still pursuing scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, he was unlucky today and always missed the scoring opportunities.
When the final whistle blew, you could still see the regret and unwillingness on Wang Lie's face through the close-up shots of the TV broadcast.
"Wang failed to score again in this game. He seemed not very satisfied with his performance. After all, he did not score... But in fact, you don't need to be so harsh on yourself, Wang."
England commentator Connor Cowley said.
“Even if you didn’t score, your performance was already very good. You must know that you will be 38 years old soon, and a player who is about to be 38 years old can still contribute in the last two games. Two goals and one assist...what else can we ask for?
"But the king is not satisfied, so...this is the king. This is Wang, the warrior who is always full of desire for goals and victory. Putting aside the true and false rumors about him in Soft United, a veteran can still have such an attitude. Isn't it worthy of all of us to respect him? ”
After Wang Lie scored twice on behalf of Tyne, the negative public opinion surrounding him in the media gradually decreased, and the praise for him was increasing.
Commentator Connor ·Cawley is just a typical representative, there are more similar praises on the Internet
Wang Lie's fans can finally take a deep breath and feel proud.
As for Wang Lie’s scoundrels, they feel as uncomfortable as if their biological father and mother died. They either keep their malice towards Wang Lie in their hearts, or they can only vent their anger in sewers and other dark places. mood.
So competitive sports, especially professional football, are still games where the strong prevails.
Behave well and say everything you say is right.
Perform poorly, you even breathe wrong.
And in today's fast-paced life, measuring good or bad performance often only takes one game. People don't have enough patience to use four or five games, or even half a season, or a season's comprehensive performance to judge whether a player's performance is good or not.
If you perform well in a game, you will be immediately promoted to the sky, as if you are the world's best player.
If you don’t perform well in the next game, you will be scolded and turned into a clown working in a factory.
Some people may just be joking, but more people really think so - one game performance is enough to determine a player's life or death.
For the players, it is as if they are trying to please a moody tyrant, accompanying him like a tiger.
It’s no wonder that there are more and more cases of psychological problems among professional players nowadays, and news of abnormal performance due to psychological problems frequently appear in the newspapers.
After Wang Lie came on as a substitute, he missed the two scoring opportunities, which made many Wang Lie fans' hearts hang in their throats, fearing that Wang Lie would become the target of public criticism again after the game.
Fortunately, he later helped the team win the game with an assist, which also gave him the right to breathe...
Since joining Tyne, Wang Lie came on as a substitute twice, playing Scored two goals and assisted one goal to help the team win. Moreover, these two goals and an assist are all key goals that can turn the tide of the game and determine the outcome of the game.
With this kind of performance, no matter how shameless the sunspots are, it is impossible to say that he did not perform well.
After the first game, there were still stubborn people who said that the performance of one game could not explain anything.
Now in the second game, although Wang Lie did not score a goal, he had an assist, and it was an assist for the winning goal.
With this kind of performance, if there are still people who say that Wang Lie's performance is not good, it will only make people laugh, and will not win support at all. On the contrary, it may be backlashed.
Just like Mr. Kofi Rost - some media broke the news that the management of Hurlingham FC was very dissatisfied with Rost's behavior of disclosing internal information without the permission of the club and making controversial remarks that affected the club's image. . Although his performance in leading the team is okay, he does not rule out the possibility of getting out of class before the end of the season.
He is really almost synonymous with clowns now...
In comparison, professional "King Black" Lawrence Dadomo is much smarter. Ever since Wang Lie scored twice, he has remained silent on Wang Lie's performance.
Obviously a real sunspot never plays against the wind, he is waiting for the next wind.
When Wang Lie performs poorly, he will jump out and grin.
In his opinion, this opportunity will come soon - in the next round of the league, Tyne will face the Scorsese at home.
Before, neither Herringham FC nor Bournemouth Athletic were strong enough to cause trouble for Wang Lie.
It's different with the Scossians.
The goal of the Scorsese, who are currently ranked third in the league, is not to participate in the Champions League next season, but to compete for the league championship.
They are strong enough, and they have a "personal grudge" with Wang Lie, so they will never let him off lightly.
That game is the real "good show"!
(End of this chapter)