Chapter 138 Don't Talk Speculatively
After Xu Gaofei kicked the football into the goal guarded by Meng Xi, he ran towards the corner flag area with open arms, and huge cheers erupted from the packed stands.
The students of Jiaxiang High School have been waiting for this ball for too long.
Ever since their defeat in the Anton Cup final last year, they have dreamed of this moment every day and night - the moment of revenge.
Amid the deafening cheers, Li Ziqiang's expression was not very good.
He expected the team to concede the ball, but he didn't expect to concede the ball only 20 minutes into the game.
You must know that in the last Anton Cup, the two teams played 0:0 in the first half.
It seems that the slippery field has a great impact on the team, and Jiaxiang High School is really struggling to get revenge.
The conceded goal just now should have been a counterattack by Dongchuan Middle School.
At that time, Jiaxiang High School's frontcourt offense failed, and the football was cut off by Chen Rui. When he wanted to pass the ball forward, he slipped and was successfully countered by Xu Gaofei.
So Dongchuan Middle School's counterattack turned into Jiaxiang High School's counterattack.
Dongchuan Middle School was caught off guard by the opponent.
After stealing the ball, Xu Gaofei turned around and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. When Mao Xiaotie came up to interfere with him, he shot the football towards the far corner of the goal.
Although Meng Xi's fingertips did touch the football, they still failed to change the flight trajectory of the football.
In the end, the football flew into the goal, and Jiaxiang High School took a one-goal lead.
After losing the ball, Chen Rui sat on the ground, picked off a large piece of soil between the studs-this is what he turned up from under the turf when he slipped just now-and then threw this piece of soil out to vent his anger.
Li Ziqiang walked to the sidelines, blew his whistle, and comforted his players with hand gestures, telling them not to panic or be depressed.
As for tactical adjustments, he didn't make any.
Because the current situation of the team is not a tactical failure, but comes from some non-football factors...
Li Ziqiang turned his head and glanced at the coaching bench next door. After Xu Gaofei scored a goal, Feng Yuanchang was still sitting on the Diaoyutai, but the other coaching staff members around him rushed to the competition area excitedly.
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The celebration of Jiaxiang High School players is over, and the game continues. However, the students of Jiaxiang High School in the stands have not yet escaped from the excitement.
As soon as the Jiaxiang High School players on the field took the ball, their excited voices rang out. While cheering for their team, they also put pressure on the Dongchuan Middle School players.
It has to be said that their momentum did cause some troubles to the senior freshmen of Dongchuan Middle School.
Shen Yulin's performance in this game was not outstanding.
The big man's heart may not quite match his looks.
When he competed with Jiaxiang High School's central defender Huang Zheng several times, he failed to grab the first spot.
As a result, even if Hu Lai ran to his side, it would only be a waste of time.
There was no connection between him and Shen Yulin.
Feng Yuanchang laughed when he saw this scene off the court.
Before the match, he asked Wu Yue to strictly guard Hu Lai, but he didn't expect the breakthrough point to be Shen Yulin, a freshman in high school.
He scored four goals in the previous five Anton Cup games. Judging from the statistics, he performed very well, but he didn't expect his mental quality to be so poor. He was booed and coaxed by the fans, so he didn't know how to play...
Without Shen Yulin as the fulcrum of attack, Hu Lai's role will be reduced accordingly.
It's just God helping me too...
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Shen Yulin is not a major scorer for Dongchuan Middle School's offense, although he is considered the second shooter in Dongchuan Middle School.
More often, he provides some protection and support for Hu Lai, using his height and header advantages to fight for the football in the front field, and then pass it to Hu Lai.
If Hu Lai's position is not good, then he will pass the football to Xia Xiaoyu or other teammates. Of course, he will pass the football to Xia Xiaoyu most of the time, because the core of the team's midfield is Xia Xiaoyu. possible. The professional work is left to professional people, and the work of organizing attacks and finding opportunities is of course left to Xia Xiaoyu.
Therefore, in the game, Xia Xiaoyu, Shen Yulin and Hu Lai often have to stay relatively close, so that it is convenient to pass the ball to each other.
But after Shen Yulin was abolished, there was only a two-way connection between Xia Xiaoyu and Hu Lai.
It is definitely easier to defend such a line than to defend a triangle.
Not to mention that Hu Lai is still being "tortured" by Wu Yue.
As long as Hu Lai ran to the position, Wu Yue would go up immediately, absolutely not giving him a chance to easily get the ball.
Several times, in the confrontation with Wu Yue, Hu Lai fell to the ground, and the referee did not call Wu Yue for a foul.
At the same time, boos immediately rang out from the stands—the students of Jiaxiang High School thought that Hu Lai was flopping.
The grievances between Hu Lai and Jiaxiang High School can be traced back to the last Anton Cup final. It was not because Hu Lai scored a goal in the final and beat Jiaxiang High School, but because Hu Lai made a very unfriendly move towards Wang Guangwei as soon as he played, which resulted in Wang Guangwei receiving a yellow card.
Given Wang Guangwei's status in the minds of the students of Jiaxiang High School, Hu Lai's action was like a slap in the face of their collective face.
It is precisely because of this move that many students of Jiaxiang High School insisted that Dongchuan Middle School defeated them by dishonorable means, and they have been brooding about it ever since.
So this away game is the most unfriendly to Hu Lai.
As long as he gets the ball, the boos from the stands are like thunder.
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"Guangwei, I don't think your head is your head anymore..." Dai Zetao, who found a corner in the stands to watch the game, said to Wang Guangwei next to him.
"Brother Tao, what are you talking about?" Wang Guangwei was at a loss.
"I mean, your head is like a tiger's ass - you can't touch it. You see, that kid was hated by so many people in Jiaxiang High School just because he touched your hair in the finals last year, how miserable it is ..."
Wang Guangwei looked at Hu Lai who was being entangled by Wu Yue, and laughed: "Brother Tao, do you think he is pitiful?"
"Isn't it pitiful? I was booed as soon as I got the ball. This is a high school football game. It's the first time I've seen someone treated like this in a game."
Wang Guangwei agreed with Dai Zetao's second sentence. In high school football games, there are very few people who can be hated and disgusted by so many people.
But he felt that Hu Lai might not be pitiful.
Because maybe people didn't take the booing seriously at all?
No... It's not that he didn't take it seriously, but he probably felt that these boos were all praises for him, right?
With his cheap appearance, it's entirely possible!
When Wang Guangwei thought that Hu Lai was able to chat with him during the game, he felt that he couldn't guess this kid with common sense.
Speaking of which, this kid's progress is really fast. When he played against him last year, he could still see his immaturity and innocence. Facing his own defense, he had nothing better to do except talk loudly. In the end, he could only get rid of himself by being clever.
But looking at his games this year, although he has been suppressed by Wu Yue so far, and there are no outstanding performances, it is obvious that he is no longer a novice in his running position and handling of the ball.
It is completely different from the national competition in March this year.
Progress is really fast.
He believes that Hu Lai will not be like his big striker partner. He will play unstable when he is booed, and he will not give up the idea of scoring goals because he encountered Wu Yue's strict marking-otherwise he would not leave him in last year's final. The defense should have given up long ago.
Because he has played against Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei knows very well that this person is the type that defensive players hate the most: no matter how successful your defense is, you cannot relax for a second in this game, because those previous successes A strong defense does not guarantee that this person has been defeated. It is entirely possible that he is still patiently waiting for an opportunity, or looking for an opportunity. As long as you dare to relax, he will dare to act decisively...
It is indeed a very severe test for defensive players to compete nervously with such a tenacious striker for the entire game.
Just like now, Hu Lai, who just suffered a loss in the physical confrontation with Wu Yue, came again.
Dongchuan Middle School launched an attack and successfully advanced to the side of the penalty area of Jiaxiang High School.
Wang Guangwei's gaze was locked on the thin figure of No. 14 in Dongchuan Middle School.
His big man partner has already rushed into the paint, but he is still outside the paint.
Although Wu Yue was in the penalty area, he had been focusing on two tasks. On the one hand, he was staring at the players from Dongchuan Middle School who were developing on the wing, and on the other hand, he kept turning his head to glance at Hu Lai's position.
Wang Guangwei guessed that this should be Feng Zhi's intention to let Wu Yue stare at Hu Lai, but he couldn't be dragged out of his position casually. After all, after he left, Jiaxiang High School didn't stick to the formation of three central defenders, because they couldn't find the formation. A third fit centre-back.
So the defensive position becomes very important.
If Wu Yue is pulled out by Hu Laila, Jiaxiang High School will only have Huang Zheng as a central defender in the penalty area. That obviously won't work.
As long as Hu Lai doesn't enter the restricted area, Wu Yue should ignore him. Anyway, he doesn't know how to shoot from long range, and he is not a threat far from the goal...
Just as he was thinking about it, Wang Guangwei saw Hu Lai running into the penalty area.
And Wu Yue posted it immediately, very fast. Watching Wang Guangwei nodded, satisfied with Wu Yue, yes, that's it, don't let your guard down, don't give him any chance...
Dongchuan Middle School still failed to pass the football to the goal in the end. It may be that Wu Yue posted Hu Lai immediately, which made them lose their two offensive points in the penalty area.
The football was moved from the wing to the centre.
Xia Xiaoyu ran over to meet him and got the ball.
Wang Guangwei turned his attention to Hu Lai again, and saw that Hu Lai had changed positions, but was still in the penalty area.
Wu Yue was beside him.
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Hu Lai turned his head to look at Wu Yue, and quickly turned his head to look at Wu Yue again.
Wu Yue was still by his side.
He sighed.
It doesn't feel good to be stuck on a piece of dog skin plaster.
He really wanted to say to this person: Brother, don't stare at me, I am not a threat...
But he also knew that what he said was not convincing. After all, there was no Luo Kai in the Dongchuan Middle School team this year, so he couldn't use Luo Kai as his shield. Secondly, he scored seven goals in this Anton Cup, and currently ranks second in the Anton Cup scorer list, and Dongchuan Middle School ranks first in the team.
This kind of behavior means that he is not a threat, even if Hu Lai is thick-skinned, he can't say it...
Seeing Hu Lai sigh, Wu Yue had a smug expression on his face, and he couldn't help but tease: "What? Why don't you chat this time?"
Hu Lai glanced at him: "It's not speculative."
Wu Yue:? ? ?
At this moment, he saw Hu Lai suddenly rushing out!
Before he had time to think about what happened, the conditioned reflex of his body made him follow. But he was still a little slow - when he just arrived, Hu Lai had already received the ball from Xia Xiaoyu!
Wu Yue secretly called out for danger! If it wasn't for the quick response, I'm afraid I was fooled by this kid again...
He quickly stuck his whole body up, and at the same time pushed his shoulders hard towards Hu Lai.
This is a way to compete for strength in defense. Don't use your hands directly, or you may foul if you use your hands. In order to avoid suspicion, he even put his hands behind his back, so as not to be called by the referee for a foul by pushing himself.
But he didn't push Hu Lai away easily like the previous confrontations with Hu Lai.
This frail-looking kid was opening his arms, with one hand resting on his chest while maintaining his balance.
Not only was he not pushed away by himself, but he also kicked the goal!
Before Wu Yue could react, Hu Lai had already shot the football at Jiaxiang High School's goal!
Fortunately, their goalkeeper Zhou Yang was very focused, he swooped sideways, and hit the football out of the bottom line with a single punch!
This shot made the students of Jiaxiang High School in the stands exclaim, and the previous boos stopped abruptly.
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Seeing that he didn't score a goal, Hu Lai looked very annoyed. He put his head in his hands, knelt on the ground, and yelled loudly.
Looking at it like this, it seems that he just missed the best opportunity of the audience.
Wu Yue turned around and gave the goalkeeper Zhou Yang a thumbs up, praising him for his good throw just now.
But Wang Guangwei in the stands frowned, not relaxed because Hu Lai missed the ball.
This kid...
The first shot after playing in the final last year didn't even hit the goal frame. Under Wu Yue's pressure this time, he was able to shoot such a high-quality goal. If Zhou Yang hadn't performed stably, he might have scored a goal just now.
He suddenly lost confidence in whether his successor, Wu Yue, could defend against Hu Lai.