Chapter 70 Of course you are strong
“Thank God, Soft United did not win in the last round of the league, otherwise we would have been widened by them now... Before we lost to Clayton Athletic, we were ten points away. Three points, now it's only 14 points..."
"Huh? There are still 14 points? It's really disappointing to think about it. I remember that the point difference between us and them was still 16 points before the fifth round of the league. ...Although we have lost one game now, we have won four games in a row, and we have only narrowed the point difference by two points..."
"Well, it would be good if we can narrow the gap by two points. At least we have not been beaten again. Two points, right? And fourteen points seems like a lot, but it's actually just five games..."
"You said it easily, we have to keep winning, and we have to count on including Soft United. In this case, all the teams ahead of us have to lose consecutively... It’s not that easy!”
As Sonny Dean walked through the dining room, he heard his teammates discussing the standings in low voices.
What they are paying attention to is not Shusiluo, which is seventh in the league, but Soft United, which is fourth in the league!
So they are discussing the possibility of the team winning the Champions League next season...
If the former Dean had heard this ridiculous discussion, he would probably have been disdainful in his heart. ridicule.
Now he is just passing by calmly.
He didn't participate as excitedly as Vitini, but he didn't laugh at them in his heart either.
He walked straight to Wang Lie's dining table and said to him:
"At eight o'clock in the evening, table tennis, let's have a showdown!"
Wang Lie looked up He didn't speak.
Dean snorted: "What are you doing? Are you afraid? You want to run away after winning once? I'll tell you everything..."
Wang Lie interrupted him: "Okay, don't cry if you lose."
Dean smiled: "I should say this."
Seeing that Wang Lie agreed, He turned around and walked back, as if he didn't want to stay here any longer.
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At 9:03 in the evening, the Northumberland Football City Entertainment Center was still very lively, and could even be described as "busy with people".
All the players who were selected for tomorrow's game squad gathered around the table tennis table to watch the second "China-UK Table Tennis Challenge" - this was the name given by Hugo Guendouzi.
He felt that the game would be more interesting if there was an official name.
So he called the second table tennis match between Dean and Wang Lie that way.
Why is it the second session and the first session?
The first session was of course the one that was later exposed as internal strife...
No one expected that after Dean lost to Wang Lie last time, he actually wanted to win back.
After all, Dean didn't mention this matter at all in the past few weeks. Everyone thought that he was just quick to talk at that time, and soon they would not remember that he had a big quarrel with Wang Lie because of table tennis. Something unpleasant happened.
Not to mention that this matter has been hyped by the media as evidence of internal strife in the team.
Maybe Dean should keep a low profile and avoid picking up the pot that he doesn't open.
Unexpectedly, after dinner, Dean actually made an appointment with Wang Lie to challenge table tennis again!
Everyone was in high spirits. After eating, when the appointed time came, they all came to watch the game between the two.
"King! Come on!"
"Dean, hold on!"
Katic, who served as the referee, stood behind the scoreboard, his head flying back and forth. The ping pong ball swings left and right, always staring at the small white ball.
This is the fourth game between the two sides. In the previous three games, Wang Lie temporarily led Dean with a big score of 2:1.
Now it was Wang Lie's match point. As long as he could score one more point, he could win the second duel between him and Dean.
Wang Lie had taken several shots in a row before, but was blocked by Dean.
So Wang Lie changed his strategy and took the initiative to pad the ball to create an opportunity for Dean to attack. He came to defend and consume Dean's energy.
Seeing that he had a chance to attack, Dean felt really excited.
Smash the ball several times in a row, trying to kill the round.
But they were all firmly guarded by Wang Lie.
Dean, who had been unable to attack for a long time, was obviously a little impatient, so he smashed harder.
He jumped up on several balls and smashed them with all his strength with his racket.
While defending, Wang Lie noticed that Dean's feet were unstable and knew that his time had come.
So when Dean spiked the ball again, he suddenly swung the racket horizontally and changed it to a slice!
This is something he learned from the high-level table tennis coach hired by Clement!
The table tennis ball that he chipped out spun violently, drew a very obvious arc in the air, and flew back to Dean's half of the table.
Dean’s reaction was also very quick.
He was originally waiting at the far end to continue smashing, but when he saw the different movements of Wang Lie's hands, he immediately realized what this old scoundrel was going to do.
So he quickly rushed back to the stage to save the ball.
It's just that the direction of the strong spin of the table tennis ball after it comes into contact with the table is completely unpredictable.
He was almost lying on half of the table, barely able to reach the ball, but the ball hit his racket but turned directly towards the referee Katic!
Katic quickly shrank his neck and squatted down, so as not to let the table tennis ball hit his face...
When he stood up from behind the table, the table tennis table was already being cheered. surrounded by sound.
“Long live! The king wins!!”
"Awesome, King!"
"OLE! OLE! OLEOLEOLE!!"
"BRAVO, King! BRAVO!" (Note 1)
Vitini Di One rushed up to hug Wang Lie in celebration.
Everyone else was also excited because of Wang Lie's wonderful chip at the end.
"I seem to have watched an Olympic game!"
"Beautiful! What a wonderful goal!"
Everyone ran around to cheer Wang Lie, and some people moved their chairs excitedly He raised it up: "Oh oh oh!"
Elliot Goetz was a little worried about Dean's feelings, so he came up to comfort him: "You also performed very well, Sonny..."< br>
Dean looked at Wang Lie solemnly: "Why is he more powerful than last time?"
Goetz felt that his worries might be unnecessary...
Then Dean pointed at Wang Lie who was surrounded by people and said loudly: "Don't be too happy, Wang! I will continue to challenge you. !”
Wang Liehe smiled slightly: “You are welcome at any time”
At the same time, he made up his mind that this one-on-one table tennis lesson will have to be renewed...
The night before Tyne’s home game against Wolverhampton was spent so easily.
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Wolverhampton manager Paul Coady stood on the sidelines, watching the field.
The game has been played for fifty-one minutes, and the two sides are currently in a stalemate.
He is very satisfied with his team's performance.
Although the score was 0:0, they did not take the lead.
But this is Tyne's home court. Considering that Tyne's winning rate at their home court recently is 100%, the current score seems very cute.
Before this game, Paul Cody carefully studied the video of the game between Clayton Athletic and Tyne.
And gained experience and inspiration from it.
Clayton Athletic's French head coach Rayan Cochea did not focus only on Wang Lie like others, but captured the real contradiction.
He believes that the overall strength of the Tyne team is not strong, which is the biggest problem.
Therefore, the effect of restricting Wang Lie by restricting Tyne's entire team was very effective.
Although judging from the score, 3:2 is just a narrow victory. But the last goal conceded was entirely because the Clayton Athletic players were a little slack after taking a two-goal lead at the end of the game. This is human nature and not a tactical problem.
Besides, Wang Lie’s goal also had an element of luck. After Tommy Biggins’ pass hit the Creighton Athletic player’s leg and broke, it actually rolled in front of Wang Lie...< br>
Putting aside these small details that involve luck, Rayan Kochea’s tactical ideas in this game are indeed worth learning from.
He is indeed a famous coach who led the French national team to win the World Cup at the age of 47!
Being able to lead a team like Creighton Athletic, which does not have top stars like Arthur Eloun or Ronil Nascimento, to dominate the Premier League.
Both 50-year-old head coaches, Paul Cody feels that he is still far behind Kochia and completely incomparable. He regarded Cochia as the object of study and speculation. It's a coincidence that he has been learning from Cochea. As a result, Cochea's team just beat Tyne, and then it was his team's turn to play against Tyne. This experience is like freshly baked bread. It also exudes a steaming aroma.
Although Wolverhampton is now ranked below Tyne, ranking thirteenth.
But Paul Cody never thought that was the real gap between his team and Tyne.
He thinks that the reason why Tyne is ranked higher than him is just because he got lucky and got a big bargain in the winter window...
Yes, he thinks that Tyne's current rankings are all Wang Lie's of credit.
Without Wang Lie, with Tyne's strength, the current standings would be barely above the relegation zone.
So as long as he can limit the operation of Tyne's team, Wang Lie will naturally have no room to perform.
According to his arrangement, the team successfully prevented Tyne's attack in the first half and did not allow Wang Lie to score.
This gave Paul Cody a huge confidence boost.
During the halftime break, he encouraged his players to continue playing like this in the second half, and then take advantage of Tyne's impatience to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Now that the second half has only been played for six minutes, Tyne has really stepped up its offensive.
As long as his team can withstand their offensive, as time goes by, Tyne, who plays at home, will definitely become more and more anxious.
They will press further and there will be more space behind them.
At that time, it’s time to exert your own strength!
At this moment, Tyne's offense was destroyed by Wolverhampton in the frontcourt, and the football was kicked out of the sideline.
Paul Cody stepped forward and almost stepped into the court with one foot. Then he clapped hard and encouraged his players loudly: "Come on! Well done, boys! That's it." Kick!”
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Commentator Connor Cowley also saw Paul Cody’s plan:
"Cody was obviously inspired by Clayton Athletic's victory over Tyne. He did not arrange a lot of people to specifically defend the king... but focused on how to limit Tyne's entire team...
“Clayton Athletic has proven that this approach works for Tyne. If Wolverhampton can defeat Tyne in this way, then maybe all Tyne's opponents will follow suit! "
Chinese commentator Luo Jin is also a little worried:
"After winning four consecutive games, Tyne's rapid progress seems to have encountered obstacles...Losing to Clayton Athletic, it can be It is said that there is still a gap in strength. But facing Wolverhampton, who are not very strong, if they cannot win at home, the situation will become very bad..."
In fact, Luo Jin himself couldn't explain clearly. , how bad will it become?
It stands to reason that Tyne's goal this season is to avoid relegation, but now they have 33 points and are ranked tenth.
It is eleven points more than Portal FC, which is ranked eighteenth. These eleven points are the difference between Tyne and the relegation zone.
Is it possible that with Wang Lie, Tyne can finally be relegated?
This may be too low.
But Luo Jin just felt that it was unacceptable for Tyne to lose.
Perhaps it was because this team of Tyne had Wang Lie, and Wang Lie was a person who hated failure, so Luo Jin could not accept Tyne's failure.
Losing the game will make those who hate Wang Lie become arrogant again...
This will make every Wang Lie supporter feel very unhappy.
After losing to Clayton Athletic in the last game, there were discordant voices on the Internet, especially on the Internet.
The fans of Clayton Athletic naturally ridiculed Wang Lie. Even the fans of Clayton Athletic’s rival Scorsese did not let Wang Lie go, as if Clayton Athletic helped them retaliate. Just like a grudge...
As a supporter of Wang Lie, you can also argue that because the overall strength of Clayton Athletic is stronger than that of Tyne, it is difficult for even Wang Lie to make up the strength gap between the two teams.
But if we can't win this game again... we will really have no choice but to resist the enemy's taunting damage.
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When Vitini received the ball on the sideline, he faced two defensive players.
This is the treatment he often "enjoys" in these two games.
Apart from Wang Lie, he is the most threatening player in Tyne's offense.
Preventing Wang Lie proved to be unworkable, so what about guarding against him?
Clayton Athletic in the last round of the league has proved to everyone that restricting Vitini is simpler and more effective than restricting Wang Lie.
In this game, Paul Cody's Wolverhampton followed suit and also targeted Vitini in defense.
When Vitini received the ball, two Wolverhampton players came up to defend, one was close to him and the other was assisting from the side.
Vitini glanced at the middle of the road and saw Wang Lie running over to pick him up.
But he was also accompanied by a Wolverhampton player.
Vitini did not want to pass the ball to Wang Lie before looking at him.
In fact, after losing to Clayton Athletic, Vitini was also angry, but he was afraid that Wang Lie would be more worried about disappointing him than he was angry, so he didn't show it.
But in the game against Clayton Athletic and in today's game, he was constantly targeted by the opponent and played poorly. Everyone is angry, not to mention impulsive and irritable. The Vitini.
But after taking a look at Wang Lie, Vitini's emotions did not explode. Instead, she remembered what her idol once said to her.
When you can't control your anger, just look at him and regard him as your switch.
So this glance was not his observation before passing the football to Wang Lie.
However, the Wolverhampton players who helped defend him clearly understood it wrong.
Seeing Vitini turn to look for Wang Lie, he also moved a step towards Wang Lie - if Vitini passed the ball, he could follow and guard Wang Lie.
Not defending against Wang Lie does not mean that you have to watch Wang Lie get the ball in front of you and do nothing.
Vitini keenly caught the flaw exposed by the double team. He swung his right foot and made a move to pass the ball sideways to Wang Lie. However, he did not actually pass the football, but turned it. Ankle, hook the football with the inside of your foot, and turn around at the same time!
Halfway through the turn, open your ankles and push the wrapped football forward!
The football passed between the legs of the Wolverhampton player who was defending closely behind him!
At the same time, Vitini completed his turn and accelerated past the opponent!
"Vitini! Beautiful spoon pass!"
Vitini, who accelerated to break away from the defense, caught up with the football and swung the ball diagonally towards the penalty area!
Wang Lie, who originally came to the ribs to meet him, immediately turned around and thrust into the penalty area.
Vitini dribbled the ball to the corner of the penalty area. Facing the Wolverhampton center back who came up to defend him, he swung his left foot and made a pass, but he spiked the ball to the right.
At the same time, he also stopped and turned around, adjusted his body direction, and cut across!
He saw Wang Lie running backwards, raised his arms, and asked him for the ball.
But this time, fans are not going to satisfy their idol’s demands...
If we have to rely on the king to score goals and the king to solve the problem every time, what do we need to do? Is it just to satisfy the rule that eleven men must be on the field? !
In order to prove that we are not a hindrance to the king, we are not a burden to the king... I will break the deadlock in my own way!
Vitini swung his right foot, ignoring the Wolverhampton players who rushed to defend him, and forced a shot!
The football went straight to the back corner of the goal!
The Wolverhampton goalkeeper jumped into the air and stretched out his hand, but he couldn't touch the football at all.
He could only turn his head and watch the football fly into the goal from where he was!
"Wow!! Vitini!! Good shot! Good shot!"
"Vitini——!! Beautiful! 1:0! Tyne leads by one goal!"
"Tyne finally broke the deadlock! Vitini's wonderful personal performance! He showed his talent to the fullest!"
Wang Lie, who was waiting for Vitini to pass the ball to him at the back point, saw the football fly. He came over, but after flying into the goal, he was not disappointed or annoyed, blaming Vitini for not passing the ball to him.
Instead, he raised his arms and cheered for Vitini's goal.
This is his customary action to celebrate.
Of course the black haters would only say that Wang Lie was raising his hand to signal that his teammate was offside...
Vitini was particularly excited after scoring the goal, and he rushed straight towards Wang Lie.
"Ahhhh! Wang——!" Vitini shouted excitedly, and then jumped directly towards Wang Lie.
Wang Lie was also prepared, and he took a stance and directly caught Vitini in the air!
"Hahahaha!" Vitini threw herself on Wang Lie and laughed, "I did it! I did it! Wang! I am not a burden to you!"
Correct The smiling Wang Lie changed his face and patted his head hard: "Who the hell said you are a burden to me?!"
Vitini was a little hurt from being slapped, but he didn't care. Instead, he grinned and said, "I'm strong, right?"
"Of course you are strong! Stupid..."
Before Wang Lie finished speaking, he was overwhelmed by the swarm of teammates.
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Note 1: Bravo: means wow, generally used to cheer.
(End of this chapter)