Chapter 84 What a dry land to pull onions!
“Neves actually changed his style of play temporarily...”
In front of Tyne’s coaching bench, assistant coach Cesar Varro said to head coach Sam McNeil said.
Fifteen minutes have passed since the start of the game.
During this period, Tyne and Hackney Knights played back and forth. The game was very open and it seemed as if anyone had a chance to score.
McNeil shook his head slightly: "This is indeed something we did not expect before the game... Fortunately, it was a temporary change. I feel that the Cavaliers are not playing very smoothly. Otherwise, it is really hard to say..."
Before this game, McNeil and Varro analyzed what tactics the Hackney Knights would use in this game.
Both agreed that it would be difficult to stick to the Hackney Knights' traditional style with Raul Pope out due to injury.
But they all believe that even so, Neves should stick to this style of play and not change. Because the preparation time was too tight, there was no time to switch.
In addition, the lineup needs to be rotated, so it is very reasonable to be conservative and choose a style of play that the players are familiar with.
Unexpectedly, Neves became ruthless and ignored the familiar tactics and chose a simpler and more direct style of play.
Arrange offensive midfielder Mads Kerten, who is not good at organizing offense but is good at scoring, to play in the attacking midfielder position. The one in front is not the main scorer and French forward Enzo Lemonnier, but the "sweeping forward" Robin Bock, who has outstanding physical strength and better running ability.
Dutch forward Robin Bock has an unpleasant nickname, which was given to him by rival fans of Hackney Knights - "The Shit Stirrer".
Although it doesn’t sound good, it vividly illustrates Bock’s style of play.
Relying on the physical strength and diligent attitude of a defensive midfielder, Bock, as a forward, can always mess up the opponent's inside and outside the penalty area - and after messing up the opponent's defense, the offensive team will naturally Get more opportunities.
So even though it doesn't match the Hackney Knights' inherent style of play at all, and he can't play as the main force in the Cavaliers, Bok is still an important member of this Cavaliers team, and he is highly regarded by head coach Neves, because Bok is a good player in the Cavaliers. A master of war and chaos.
Who can guarantee that his team will never be dragged into the quagmire by his opponents?
Furthermore, Bock has a very good character. He never fights for power, nor does he ask for salary that does not match his contribution. If he is allowed to play, he will play, and if he is not allowed to play, he will be ready to play. He has a first-class professional attitude. , much loved by Hackney Knights fans.
In this game, the Hackney Knights will not be as patient and organized as before when they attack the frontcourt. Through a series of well-designed moves, they tear apart Tyne's defense and pass the football. Go to Tyne's goal and complete the goal.
But shoot when you have the chance!
It doesn't matter if you can't score, as long as you can hit it within the goal frame, you can create a second offensive opportunity.
“An attacking midfielder who is good at scoring, paired with a forward who is good at sweeping... It feels like today’s Hackney Knights took off their tuxedos and picked up a stick from the roadside to fight with, and their temperament Totally unworthy!" McNeill sighed.
“We are not bad at being able to force them from gentlemen to street gangsters! When Tyne played against the Cavaliers in the first half of the season, their opponents were not so serious.”
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When Vitini got the ball on the wing, left back Charlie Cohen advanced at high speed.
When he passed behind Vitini, many people thought that Vitini would pass the football. After all, this was an obvious back-row attack.
But Vitini didn't do this. He suddenly started to cut diagonally into the penalty area!
This caused Hackney Knight right back Joseph Fitzwater, who originally retreated with Charlie Cohen, to pounce again.
He went to guard Vitini who broke through with the ball, but in this way, the wing was empty.
So Vitini took a step forward and passed the football to his teammate Charlie Cohen who was advancing forward.
Cohen chased the football down the field, and Fitzwater turned around and chased it in panic.
It’s too late!
You still have to rely on teammates in the center to fill in...
The French center back Malik Mount of the Hackney Knights came to cover in the middle to defend Cohen.
When Monte ran to the wing to cover up the defense, Wang Lie, who was originally in the middle, suddenly turned around and ran outside the penalty area.
At the same time, Sonny Dean rushed to the middle from the back point, occupying the position where Wang Lie was running just now.
This led to Sebastian Serget, another central defender of Hackney Knights, not daring to follow Wang Lie out, because then the goal would be empty!
It was at this time that Cohen passed the ball!
He passed the football outside the penalty area!
An inverted triangle pass!
"Be careful, King!"
The Hackney Knights' Portuguese goalkeeper Rafael Vito pointed at Wang Lie who ran out of the penalty area and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Everyone can tell that this ball is for Wang Lie!
Hackney Knight's defensive midfielder, Nigerian international Kimba Bello pounced on Wang Lie, preparing to interfere with Wang Lie's shot.
At the same time, another midfielder, Kerten, also approached Wang Lie, forming a defensive situation with his midfield partner.
But Wang Lie just showed off his shooting motion and didn't really want to kick the ball!
He feinted and the football slipped past his crotch!
Bello and Kerten both missed!
The football was leaked to the back by Wang Lie, and what appeared there was Tyne's right back Jacob Barnabas!
He directly raised his right leg in response to the football that Wang Lie missed!
Bang!
Sonny Dean in front of the goal quickly bent down and lowered his head because the football was flying towards where he was!
Raphael Vito's view was blocked by Dean. When he saw Dean bending down and lowering his head, he jumped out but failed to touch the football!
At that moment, his heart dropped.
Fortunately, the football finally bypassed the far post, flew out of the baseline, and hit the electronic billboard screen behind the goal with a muffled sound!
"Barnabas - Oops! Missed the goal!"
The Tyne fans in the stands behind the Hackney Knights' goal held their heads in their hands. Barnabas also held his head in his hands, and then turned towards Running back, on the way back, he put down his hands and looked up to the sky and roared.
“A full-back pressed in front of the Cavaliers’ penalty area and completed such a threatening long-range shot... In today’s game, Tyne played very proactively at his home court! Facing the league The Hackney Knights, who are ranked first, continue to attack, making people forget that Tyne's goal this season is... to avoid relegation."
Conor Cowley said with emotion.
His commentator partner Luke Milne laughed: "Before the Wang transfer came, their goal was indeed relegation. But now it is obvious that their goal should have been updated to the European war. If If we can continue to maintain this performance, qualifying for next season's European competition is not a far-fetched dream - they are only two points away from qualifying for the seventh-place UEFA Champions League! ”
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The reason why Barnabas, the right back who missed the shot, returned quickly was actually because he learned the lesson from a few minutes ago.
At that time, he came to the frontcourt to participate in the attack, but failed to return to defense in time.
As a result, the Hackney Knights caught the space behind him and counterattacked.
If center back Katic hadn't defended the ball, I'm afraid he would have been the culprit for the team's opening goal.
Although the midfielder and captain was injured and most of the team's players participated in the national team competition, the Hackney Knights are still a very difficult opponent to deal with.
After all, they are currently the number one team in the league, and are more than one or two points ahead of second place Clayton Athletic.
You must know that Tyne faced Clayton Athletic twice this season and lost both times.
Although we cannot simply use the relationship between victory and defeat and the score to determine who is stronger and who is weaker, it can also be used as a reference to know how strong the Hackney Knights are.
As a traditional giant in North London, Hackney Knights last won the league championship ten years ago in the 2026-2027 season.
Now that they are led by the former legend Paul Neves, they hope to win the league championship again. How can the Cavaliers players not fight against Tyne in the away game?
The Scorsese were in the lead for almost a season last season, but in the end they lost to Soft United and were overtaken by Clayton Athletic. The lesson is very profound and always reminds the players of the Hackney Knights, Even a five-point lead over Clayton Athletic is not safe.
So today's game against Tyne is a must-win game for them. These three points are in the plan and must be obtained.
To be honest, Tyne's toughness was expected by them.
Because this team had won six of the past seven games and lost only one before meeting them. The game they lost was to Clayton Athletic, and they lost on the road.
"The changes in the Tyne team are so huge, it's hard to believe... Is this really the impact of the arrival of Wang?" From the coaching bench, Hackney Knight assistant coach Cameron Powell looked at the court. On the game, ask next to the coach Paul Neves.
"It should be like this. At least from the data performance point of view, after Wang joined Tyne, the performance trend of this team was completely opposite to before. Therefore, we can only think that it is Wang's role." Paul Neves said.
"I don't know if it's an illusion... He also participated in the national team competition. Why do I feel that Wang's physical condition is even better than before participating in the national team competition..." Powell said with a frown.
Neves also frowned: "It must be an illusion...How is it possible that he is in better physical condition after playing for the national team?"
Powell did not speak, because He also felt that his idea was outrageous.
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The Hackney Knights advanced the attack to the thirty-meter area of Tyne.
This time Jiang Dongxun pulled to the wing to catch the ball.
As soon as he caught the ball, he suddenly moved the football forward and used the sudden acceleration to throw away Barnabas, the Tyne right back who came up to defend him.
"Good shot! Kang Dong-hoon!" The Korean commentator cheered loudly for his country's number one star.
But his cheers ended abruptly.
Because Jiang Dongxun, who had just passed Barnabas, was knocked to the ground by Dean who was returning to defend...
"Ah!" Jiang Dongxun screamed as he fell, Signal to the referee that Dean fouled.
Sure enough, the referee's whistle sounded and Dean was called for a pushing foul.
However, he did not show any color sign, nor even a verbal warning - such physical confrontation is common for Premier League players. According to the rules, Dean's action is indeed a foul, but it is nothing It was a serious foul and no special care was needed. After the game was stopped, the Hackney Knights were given a free kick in the frontcourt and that was it. Jiang Dongxun howled miserably just to get the referee's attention, rather than how painful it really was...
Jiang Dongxun sat up after rolling a few times on the ground. He only saw the back of Dean's head running away. The other party didn't even come up to pull him up as a sign of friendship...
He spread his hands. , protested against Dean's unfriendly behavior.
“Ha! Beautiful, Dean!” Zhao Zhou applauded Dean’s move in the live broadcast room.
Immediately afterwards, an audience member rewarded a car prop and left a message: “Next time, I’ll do something more serious!”
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The Hackney Knights received a free kick on the wing, which was almost equivalent to a short corner kick.
However, considering the chance of being counterattacked by Tyne and the fact that the Hackney Knights players did not have an advantage in the fight for the top of the goal, the Hackney Knights did not pass the ball directly to the goal. , but short pass to reorganize the offense.
After passing the ball, midfielder Kimba Bello, who came in from behind, tried to shoot, but Van Ginkel kicked the ball away first.
Jiang Dongxun tried to control the ball and launch a second attack.
But in the process, he was knocked away by Tyne's midfielder Lamosa.
Kang Dong-hoon, who lost his position, also lost the ball.
He opened his arms and complained to the referee, but this time the referee ignored him.
The game continues.
The football has been passed by Lamosa to Wang Lie who retreated.
So Jiang Dongxun gritted his teeth and rushed towards Wang Lie.
When Wang Lie saw him coming, he made a move to pass the football sideways. When Jiang Dongxun pounced in front of him, he stepped on the football with the sole of his shoe and pulled it forward.
Dodged Jiang Dongxun’s first attack.
“This is the showdown between Jiang Dongxun and Wang Yeol!” the Korean commentator shouted excitedly.
Both of them are offensive players, and there are not many opportunities to talk directly on the court. Therefore, Korean commentators can be excited every time they meet, because they can intuitively see who is stronger and who is weaker through the results of this confrontation, and how they compare.
This is the showdown between the future "Asia's No. 1 Brother" and the current "Asia's No. 1 Brother"!
But just as the Korean commentator finished shouting excitedly, he saw Wang Lie pushing the football back in front of him again. He just took advantage of the space with Jiang Dongxun's legs spread when he grabbed it, and the football came from South Korea. Roll over my brother's crotch...
Put your crotch on!
"Good shot! Beautiful! Hahaha!" Luo Jin cheered and laughed at the same time.
Driving through someone with their crotch pierced is an insult to the player being crotched!
He knew that Wang Lie couldn't really be indifferent to Jiang Dongxun's like incident!
I must be holding back my energy to deal with Jiang Dongxun in the game!
Isn’t this coming!
Jiang Dongxun also didn’t expect that his aggressive approach to Wang Lie would lead to such a result.
He was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had been penetrated by Wang Lie...
At this time, Wang Lie had already bypassed him, caught up with the football, then turned around and headed forward with the ball.
In the club, Wang Lie does not have the problem of who is the core or who controls the ball between Chi Zhen and the national team. He is the core here, and the ball must be with him.
Jiang Dongxun looked at Wang Lie's back and felt a surge of blood rushing to Tianling Gai - as a player, of course he knew what it meant to be crotched by the opponent...
So he accelerated to catch up. , want to get the football back.
But just when he was about to catch up with Wang Lie and stretched out his hand to pull and exert force, Wang Lie, who was very close at hand, suddenly hurriedly threw the football out!
Jiang Dongxun's outstretched hand was empty, and he also destroyed his rhythm and balance, and almost "fluttered"...
He could only watch Wang Lie forcefully break through from the center with the ball, and he could no longer There is no ability to chase.
"Wang Lie! Start fast! Overwhelm him! Beautiful!"
Luo Jin was cheering for Wang Lie's acceleration breakthrough. When he shouted "overwhelm him", he was not referring to Wang Yeol broke through Jiang Dongxun.
Wang Lie's sudden acceleration just now was not to get rid of Jiang Dongxun - although objectively it had such a result, his subjective purpose was to break through the central defender Monte who was blocking him.
After successfully breaking through Mount with sudden acceleration, he attracted all the Hackney Knights' defensive attention to the center, and then passed the football to Sonny Dean who inserted into the ribs on the right.
Dean caught up with the football and shot directly!
Vito fell to the ground and dived sideways, saving the football from the near corner and out of the baseline!
"Tyne got a corner kick again! This is Tyne's third corner kick in this game!"
Ignoring being annoyed that he didn't score, Dean turned and ran towards Corner flag area, ready to take the corner kick.
Tyne's two central defenders came up again to prepare for the top.
And Wang Lie naturally wanted to grab some points in front of the goal.
He stood at the front point, raising his arms high, as if he wanted Dean to pass the football to him.
Dean raised his right hand in response.
After the referee blew the whistle, he passed the football to Van Ginkel who came up to meet him.
"Tactical corner kick!"
Wang Lie, who was originally in the forward point, suddenly turned around and ran away when the football was passed.
The one who was originally guarding him was Hackney Knight midfielder Bello, who planned to follow him.
As soon as Dean passed the ball to Van Ginkel and Tyne was about to take a tactical corner kick, he immediately changed his mind and ran towards Van Ginkel who was getting the ball on the wing to block the angle of his cross. ——After all, he is the Hackney Knight player closest to Van Ginkel in the forward position. If he does not block and put pressure, the opponent can pass the ball calmly without interference, as calmly as if he is training. ...
His interference may have really worked. Van Ginkel did not directly kick the pass, but knocked the football with his heel to Dean who circled back from behind him.
Dean was already in the corner of the penalty area when he received the ball.
At this time, all the Hackney Knight players in the penalty area ran outside the penalty area, trying to make the Tyne players in the penalty area fall into an offside trap.
It is true that some Tyne players who reacted slowly were in the offside space behind the Hackney Knights' defense.
But Dean still passed the football into the penalty area with his right foot, as if he didn't care whether his teammates were offside...
So this was another bad choice on his part in the offense. ?
The football drew an inward arc in the air and went straight to the back of the goal!
"Dean passed the ball - behind the goal!!"
The Hackney Knights players turned around following the football and saw a dark blue figure appearing behind the goal!
It’s Wang Lie!
Someone reflexively raised their arms high to signal that Wang Lie was offside!
It wasn't offside, how could he appear in front of the goal at this time? !
Raphael Vito, the goalkeeper of Hackney Knights, originally watched the football fly towards the back of the goal, then stepped back while keeping his head raised to observe the movement of the football.
If he thinks the ball may threaten the goal, he will jump up and hold the football out. If it does not threaten the goal, he will escort the football out of the baseline.
But when he turned around and saw Wang Lie, he was shocked!
What the hell! Why is he here? !
Wang Lie didn't pay attention to Vito's surprised expression. At this time, he looked up at the flying football, bent his knees, bowed his body slightly, lowered his center of gravity, swung his hands back... and then swung upwards violently!
In the muscles of his calves, thighs, abdominal core muscles, upper arm muscles, and back muscles... countless engines were ignited, and countless pistons worked crazily, like It was the awakened steel beast that instantly burst out with huge energy, pushing his body off the ground!
It’s like a rocket taking off!
He jumped on the spot!
Vito also took off, but whether it was the take-off speed or height, the gap between him and Wang Lie was visible to the naked eye!
The only thing he can rely on is the length of his arms compared to Wang Lie!
So he punched the football that had flown above their heads!
Wang Lie's arms have been raised to shoulder level, and his strong core strength keeps his body straight in the air without losing any height. At the same time, he tilted his head slightly, glanced diagonally upward, and locked onto the incoming ball.
The arm swings downward suddenly, and at the same time the neck throws the head towards the football!
Bang!
The football changes direction and flies towards the goal!
Vito's fist also hit, grazing Wang Lie's head and hitting the "wake" of the football flying past...
And the football... was already in the goal!
"Wang——lie!!!" Luo Jin shouted excitedly as he watched the football fly into the goal.
“What a great opportunity! Only twenty-two minutes into the game, Wang Lie opened the scoring for Tyne!! This is already his tenth goal after joining Tyne!! Terrible! Goal efficiency! His legend continues! ”
(End of this chapter)