Chapter 85 The strength of the first in the league
After seeing the football being headed into the goal by Wang Lie, the Korean commentator first exclaimed, and then immediately questioned: "Ah!!! Wang Lie! Is this ball offside?!"
The guest commentator echoed from the side: "It must be offside, right? It's obviously offside..."
The TV broadcasters also gave them this face very much, and soon cut to the slow-motion replay of the goal. But it is not to watch Wang Lieyue not go offside when Dean passes the ball, but to replay the entire process of the goal to let everyone see how the goal was scored:
When Dean kicked the corner kick to Van Ginkel, everyone could see from the camera that Wang Lie suddenly turned around and ran towards the outside of the penalty area.
By the time Van Ginkel passed the football to Dean who was retreating, Wang Lie had already reached the line of the penalty area and began to move laterally towards the back point.
At this time, the players of the Hackney Knights were all focused on the collective pressure to prevent offside, and no one noticed Wang Lie.
Dean looked up and observed the situation in the penalty area.
Hackney Knight players press forward.
Wang Lie, who originally ran to the line of the penalty area, happened to be in the crowd at this time, and he continued to move backward.
Dean crosses with his right foot.
When the football started flying, Wang Lie, who was originally in the crowd, suddenly moved forward and stood out from the crowd near the penalty area line!
Then there is the shot that everyone saw in the live broadcast just now.
Near the back of the goal, Wang Lie suddenly appeared there alone.
Most of the Hackney Knights players raised their hands to signal that Wang Lie was offside, but their Australian international centre-back Sebastian Selgate was the first to react and turned around to defend Wang Lie.
Also reacting with him was the team's left back Tomas Vanek - because he was the Hackney Knight player who was dragged at the back...
He also turned and ran towards the goal, but it was too late!
He and Serget could only raise their heads on the ground and watch Wang Lie take off!
Under their stunned gazes, Wang Lie in the air pushed the football into the goal before goalkeeper Vito could punch the ball!
The replay ended here, and everyone could see clearly how Wang Lie hit the ball.
Then the TV broadcast cut to the VAR perspective, freezing the scene at the moment when Sonny Dean passed the ball, drawing a reference line, telling the audience where Vanek, who was trailing behind the Hackney Knights' defense at this moment, and where King Wang was. Where is Lie at this time?
Through the two reference lines, you can clearly see that the blue line representing Wang Lie is inside the red line representing Vanek's position, and the distance is more than half a body height.
This ball is not offside at all!
After the video referee team confirmed that the ball king Lie was not offside, they also informed the referee on the field of the decision through the wireless headset.
So the referee turned and pointed to the center circle and blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid!
The cheers that erupted at the Lizer Park Stadium after Wang Lie scored just now became even louder!
Tyne's players can celebrate boldly with confidence. At this time, Wang Lie has already run to the corner flag area. He didn't make any particularly excited movements. He just opened his arms and waited for his excited teammates to pounce on him.
A group of people huddled together near the corner flag area.
The commentators can also cheer boldly - although many of them may have cheered the moment the football flies into the goal...
Connor Cowley exclaimed: "Can you believe this is the jumping height of a thirty-eight-year-old?! He can jump higher than the twenty-nine-year-old Vito! The well-deserved king of headers!"
Milne was also full of praise for Wang Lie: "Facing the powerful No. 1 team in the league, Tyne took the lead at his home court! It's Wang again! He helped the team break the deadlock! In such a crucial game, you You can always trust him!”
"Wang's eleventh league goal this season and his tenth league goal in Tyne! Unbelievable, this is the state of a 38-year-old veteran! His performance completely broke our understanding of the rules of football. Know! ”
Zhao Chuanfeng greatly appreciated Wang Lie's running position: "In this corner kick, we can see how smart Wang Lie's running position is. I think this should be a set-piece tactic carefully designed by Tyne. It is specifically taking advantage of the single-mindedness of the Cavaliers players. Create an offside opportunity and cover Wang Lie’s movement..."
Luo Jin said with a smile: "Wang Lie once again showed his incredible jumping, and this is all due to his super core strength. He jumped a head higher than the goalkeeper Vito! It's so strong, this The body doesn’t look like a thirty-eight-year-old at all!”
As for the Korean commentators and guest commentators, they lost their voices after the VAR replay.
This game has only started for more than 20 minutes, and they have been slapped in the face a lot...
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Seeing Brother Wang heading the ball into the goal, Chi Zhen in front of the TV couldn't help but pump his fist hard, feeling happy for Brother Wang.
At this time, he seemed to have forgotten that the better Brother Wang performed, the more precarious his core position became.
He was simply happy that Brother Wang could slap Jiang Dongxun in the face with a goal.
The competition between him and Brother Wang is a conflict among the people, while Jiang Dongxun is a foreign enemy.
In the face of foreign enemies, of course we must put aside all disputes and speak unanimously to the outside world.
If you don’t cheer for Brother Wang at this time, should you still cheer for the Koreans? I hope the Koreans will beat Brother Wang to reveal his true colors so that he can ascend to the throne?
He won't do it!
Even if he wants to win against Brother Wang, he must rely on his own ability to win.
What's the matter with Koreans here? !
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When the Tyne players finished celebrating and ran back to their own half, Wang Lie pulled Dean alone, rubbed his hair, and finally patted him hard on the back, praising him for the good pass he just made.
Then he let go of Dean and waved his arms to the Tyne fans in the stands, indicating that they could cheer louder.
Sure enough, the cheers above the Leize Park stadium immediately increased, and they collectively shouted:
"ChinaWang! ChinaWang! ChinaWang!!"
Seeing this scene, guest commentator Luke Milne smiled and said to Connor Cowley next to him: "How is it, Connor? What did I say before? Jiang provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked!"
Connor Cowley also felt that Wang Lie felt good today: "He also just finished playing for the national team, and Wang is indeed not very tired... He is very excited today and is in good condition!"
Milne laughed loudly: "This is all thanks to Jiang! I don't know if Neves knows about Jiang's provocation before the game. If he knows, but still insists on letting Jiang start the game, then I must say, maybe Neves underestimated Wang...Does he think that the 38-year-old Wang's physical condition is not optimistic after just playing for the national team? "
In the Hackney Cavaliers dugout, Paul Neves couldn't help but glance in the direction of the team's medical director, Carlson Ward.
He really wanted to ask this well-known American doctor of sports medicine what he thought about a thirty-eight-year-old veteran who could still have such incredible jumping ability?
He knew that compared to speed and confrontation ability, jumping was relatively less affected by age... but Wang Lie's performance so far in this game still shocked him.
Before going to the national team, he played in seven consecutive games, two of which were substitutes, and the last five games were all starts.
Then came two national team games, one as a half-time substitute and one as a starter.
After returning to the club, this game started again.
He is like an iron man! The negative impact of the national team competition on him can hardly be seen in him...
At least in the more than 20 minutes of this game so far, no impact can be seen.
It makes people wonder if he played a fake national team game.
Ward told him to believe in science, but Neves couldn't see the shadow of science in Wang Lie now...
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Taking the lead at home greatly boosted the morale of the Tyne players.
After the game started, they launched a fierce attack on the Hackney Knights goal.
During this period, the Hackney Knights were forced to switch to defense and were passive on the scene.
The Tyne fans in the stands were also encouraged and cheered for the team with songs and cheers.
The atmosphere was very lively.
Hackney Knights head coach Paul Neves kept making gestures on the sidelines, asking the players to shrink their defense and withstand Tyne's offensive first.
"Vitini cuts inside! He kicks and shoots! It's too high!"
"Tyne makes a comeback! This time it's Wang's shot! The angle is too right and Vito hugs him!"
"Van Ginkel's long shot! Sliding out! During this period, Tyne's offensive was very fierce. It is really hard to believe that this is a team that aims to avoid relegation at the beginning of the season!"
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Tyne's attack was fierce, but the Hackney Knights gradually adapted, and they quickly recovered from the panic of just conceding the ball.
And they still have the energy to use Tyne's offense to counterattack and threaten Tyne's goal!
In the 33rd minute, Tyne attacked in the frontcourt. As a result, when Van Ginkel passed a diagonal pass to Dean, he was interfered by Hackney Knights midfielder Kimba Bello, causing him to make a mistake in passing the ball and was unsuccessful. The football was passed to Dean's feet, but was intercepted by Hackney Knights left back Vanek. Vanek then dribbled the ball forward.
After attracting Tyne midfielder Ramosa to press towards him, he then passed the ball up to his striker Robin Bock.
He continued to run forward, acting as if he was going to play one-on-one with Bock.
This caused Tyne's right back Barnabas to not dare to defend Bok, so Bok gained a short space to control the ball.
He turned the ball the other way.
The ball was passed to the advancing Hackney Knights right midfielder Noah Proeger.
Proger dribbled the ball from the ribs towards Tyne's penalty area.
"Knight's counterattack! Prog!"
Katic defended Proger. He did not rush to attack, but fought and retreated.
At the same time, he always maintains a suitable distance from Proger, even looking a little far away from outsiders...
From such a long distance, if Proger wanted to take a shot, he wouldn't even be able to block it immediately.
But Katic did this because he knew that Proger's long-range shooting ability was not very good, so he was not worried that he would score a goal by shooting directly from outside the penalty area.
With his distance, he can take care of two people at the same time - he is guarding Proger and Jiang Dongxun in the middle at the same time.
If Proger wants to pass the ball to Jiang Dongxun, he can quickly turn around to control the Korean.
Sure enough, under Katic's defense, Proger was hesitant to pass the football to Jiang Dongxun.
This hesitation caused him to lose the opportunity to pass the ball - more Tyne players came back, and at the same time, he and Jiang Dongxun also ran to a place where there was no passing angle.
At this time, Katic suddenly made a move, approaching Proger and putting pressure on him.
Forcing Proger to force a shot on his own.
Naturally, such a shot did not pose any threat to the goal guarded by Goetz - Goetz did not even make a save, and the football flew high into the stands behind him.
The Tyne fans in the stands burst into laughter when they saw this ridiculously high shot.
The commentators also praised Katic's successful defense:
"He is truly worthy of being the world's number one central defender. Katic's experience and awareness are fully reflected in this one-two defense!"
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Tyne fans certainly have reason to laugh at Proger's shot, but Hackney Knight's counterattack is not meaningless - although it failed to threaten Tyne's goal, it also means that Tyne cannot be like just now. After scoring the goal, he besieged the Hackney Knights goal like that.
After the team regained the opportunity to move forward and attack, head coach Neves stood on the sidelines to supervise the battle.
Falling behind first half was very detrimental to the team.
The score must be equalized as soon as possible. If you go into halftime with a score behind by one goal, the situation will be difficult to deal with...
Let's not talk about why Wang Lie is in such good condition. At least the morale of Tyne's team will be boosted.
This team will become more difficult to deal with in the second half.
Considering that the Hackney Knights have more Chinese players and are more affected by the national team, as the game progresses, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable for the Hackney Knights.
Anyway, Neves no longer dares to expect that Wang Lie will be exhausted in the second half and end early...
Instead of pinning your hopes on others' mistakes, you might as well try your best to equalize the score in the first half!
He first whistled and then used gestures to convey his thoughts to the players on the field:
Make it easier! Shoot more, create more chances!
It’s not the style of football Hackney Knights are best at, but it’s the one that suits them best at the moment. As a team competing for the league championship, you must have the ability to fight messy battles. After all, there is no guarantee that every opponent and every game will allow the Hackney Knights to play comfortably within their own comfort zone...
The Hackney Knights, who regained the ball, indeed played more simply and directly. They did not even use various cuts and cuts to pass through the midfield. Instead, they directly passed the ball from the backcourt and found Robin in front. Bock.
The success rate of this kind of attack is indeed not high enough, but because of Bock, a completely tireless "sweeping forward", sometimes he can seize some opportunities and create chaos.
In the 38th minute, the Hackney Knights had just passed the midfield, and Tyne had almost everyone in position. Seeing that there was no good chance, midfielder Kimba Bello passed the football back to the pressing center back. Monte.
Monte was observing the situation on the field before catching the ball. After catching the ball, he made a slight adjustment and passed the football directly to the frontcourt.
It’s Bock you’re looking for!
The Dutch forward ran towards the spot where the ball landed and then fought with Katic.
He is only 1.82 meters tall and has no advantage in front of Katic, who is 1.88 meters tall.
But he still relied on his own hard work and effort to interfere with Katic, so that he did not push the football far away at the end of his header.
The football landed outside the penalty area. Van Ginkel, who was at the top of the penalty arc, originally planned to turn around and clear the football into the frontcourt.
But he had only half swung his leg when he turned around and saw that Hackney Knights' offensive midfielder Mads Kelten had rushed in front of him, blocked his leg with his body, and "licked the football forward" with his chest. ", while knocking away Van Ginkel and entering the penalty area!
"Careful!"
"Danger!"
"Kerten!"
Amidst the exclamations, Tyne's midfielder Ramosa and center back Hugo Guendouz rushed towards Kerten, trying to prevent him from shooting.
Among them, Lamosa bumped into Kerten with his hands in the air.
He successfully interfered with Kerten, causing the latter's center of gravity to swing when he shot, causing him to miss the right spot...
The volley from the instep turned into a slice from the outside instep!
Hugo Guendouzi stretched his foot to block but failed to block the ball.
Elliot Goetz made a sideways save, but the football that was clipped by Kerten's instep turned a weird arc and flew past his hand!
Then he dives into the goal!
"Mads Kelten!! He equalized the score for the Cavaliers!! This goal is very crucial! With a few minutes left in the first half, he forced the two teams back to the same level. On the starting line! ”
"The Knights scored a very important goal in an atypical way! Neves' temporary adjustment of tactics before the game worked! Hackney Knights showed their strength as the league's number one!"
After scoring, Kerten opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area, where the Hackney Knights fans who were traveling with the team gathered above the stands. They were cheering and trying to make noise and make themselves the protagonists of the stadium. !
After all, they were too frustrated in the previous games...
Now it's their turn to shake their fists at Tyne fans and choke back!
The Hackney Knights players rushed to the bottom of the stand to celebrate the goal with the fans above.
In front of the coaching bench, Neves was also celebrating the goal with his coaches.
With the core playmaker Roel Pope missing due to injury, Neves adopted a very risky approach. He temporarily changed the team's style and tactics.
Looking at it now, of course it cannot be said that he has made the right bet, but at least there is hope of winning.
Because it really works!
This goal is the best and most powerful proof!
The Hackney Knights didn't get distracted by switching styles!
Neves on the sidelines pumped his fist and shouted at the Cavaliers players who had finished celebrating and returned to the half court:
"Keep playing like this! Keep playing!"
Hackney Knights fans sang "Eternal North London" in the stands to cheer for their team:
"North London will always be here!"
"No matter what storm you go through!"
"These streets belong to us!"
"And my heart will never be separated from you!"
"My blood will always be..."
"Flow in this land!"
The Hackney Knights players listened to the songs of their fans and returned to their positions, waiting for Tyne to kick off.
Now they have regained control of the game, and this ball is just the beginning!
(End of chapter)