Chapter 38 - Chapter 39 The perfect start
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Today, Leiden East's opponent is Torkee United from Torkee City, Devon, southwestern England. This team has been in the English League C for many years and has almost no promotion. The club's history is as unreasonable as Leiden East, and even poor and poor.
Moreover, based on the information collected before, Torquay United did not introduce any fresh blood this summer. It is basically the old lineup last season. They ranked 16th in the English League C last season and are a typical weak team.
In the first game, in his home court, facing such a weaker team, Xiao Ming pursued not only victory, but also a beautiful victory, laying a perfect foundation for the subsequent home games!
So in this game, he sent out the strongest lineup in his mind - goalkeeper Hilton, four defenders Carl, Bryn, Otno, McCasey, midfielders Wilkinson, Holland, Barack and Jinklaze, and the forwards were Huckby and Ward.
The strength of this lineup is unquestionable. Although the oldest except for the two veterans Hilton and Wilkinson is the 24-year-old striker Ward, and the rest of the players are all players around the age of 20, the abilities of most players are far beyond the English and C.
So although Xiao Ming did not make targeted tactical arrangements, he believed that as long as a few players performed well, there would be no problem in winning this game.
His vision seems to be correct.
At the beginning of the game, Leiden East, who had the home advantage, launched a fierce attack on Torkee United.
The ball was more passed to Jinklaze's feet. The Georgian genius player had extremely outstanding personal abilities. At the beginning, he suddenly started to take the ball from the left and shook away one of the opponent's defenders. Then, under the attack of the two defenders, he easily brought the ball into the opponent's penalty area. He grabbed an open space and suddenly shot the far corner. The ball slightly deviated from the far post.
At the beginning of the game, there was a threatening attack that made the fans of Leiden Oriental's live. The series of shaking in Jin Klazer was so exciting. It was a difficult scene in the English low-level league, because there were few such talented players in England. Even if you could see it, it was the English League One or even the Premier League.
Neat applause sounded from the stands, cheering for Jinklaze's beautiful extraordinary this time. Jinklaze glanced at the stands and smiled on his face.
The fans here... are not bad. It seems that it was not a mistake to choose here at that time.
In addition to making money, isn’t it a huge reason for players to enjoy this kind of cheer?
Torquay United's goalkeeper kicked the ball out with his big foot, and the ball was rushed to Bolling near the midfield and hit him. After Horan received the ball, he passed it directly to Jinklaze in front. Jinklaze took the ball, and Torquay United's defenders immediately tightened.
Although they are just extremely ordinary players, they also have the dignity of professional players! Even if they lose, they cannot be torn apart by this little man repeatedly using his personal skills!
Under the attack of two opponents, Jinklaze still dribbled the ball and advanced quickly. His control of the ball was fully demonstrated under the opponent's close defense. The continuous small steps changed directions and made the opponent's defender dare not take the foot easily.
He is constantly advancing the defense of both of them!
"One more!" Torquay United coach shouted loudly off the court, and the third Torquay United defender surrounded him, but just when he was almost surrounded by the opponent and there was no room for breakthrough, Jinklaze passed the ball!
The ball flew out from the gap between the two defenders and flew horizontally into the middle. Barack, who rushed forward with big strides, received a pass from Jinklaze at the top of the penalty area, and no one defended him!
"You can shoot!" Xiao Ming stood up. He knew Barak's long-range shooting skills. German players have produced many heavy gunners, and Barak is the best among them.
But Barack did not choose to shoot, but instead sent a overhead ball and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area!
Because Jin Kraze's pull on the left just now attracted most of the opponent's players, Torkee United's right side seemed so empty!
Hakeby inserted at high speed, stopped the ball while running, and then directly shot from a small angle. The ball quickly rushed into the top of the goal near the post. The goalkeeper of Torkee United only had time to wave his hand, and the ball had already plunged into the goal without any suspense!
Just as Xiao Ming raised his hands and jumped up, a huge cheer burst out behind him!
The group of Soyan roared loudly. Although they had only more than one hundred people in total, they burst out with huge volumes, instantly overwhelming the cheers from other stands!
Huckby ran to Barack, then jumped onto him. Barack hugged Huckby's neck that fell down, turned around and waved to Jinklaze. Jinklaze also ran over, and the three of them hugged each other tightly!
Jin Klazera emptyed the opponent's defense, Barack transferred in time, and Hackby's attack was fatal! The excellent cooperation between the three people created this wonderful goal! Although it was only the first time to cooperate in a formal game, excellent players often don't need words!
After the three of them hugged each other, the other players rushed forward, although they did not directly participate in the goal and also contributed to the team!
The first to start this goal was Brin. He cut off the opponent's attack in the middle, Holland passed the ball to Jinklaze in time, while Ward attracted the opponent's attention in the penalty area, so that Huckby did not have the defender of Torkee United to block the first time when he shot.
Although they still lack tacit understanding, at this moment, they are a whole!
The nightmare, huge changes, relegation of last season... has become a past tense. Now they work together to move forward for a common goal!
After the celebration, Hackbet ran to the home team's coaching seat and hugged Xiao Ming. Last season, he only played six times in the Lincoln City team of the English Clan. For him, a rookie forward, there will not be too many people who are interested in him, even in the English Clan. However, Xiao Ming brought him to Leiden East and gave him the main position. For this, Hackbet only has the idea of being kind!
"Go, score a few more goals!" Xiao Ming smiled and patted Hakeby on the butt, and slapped him onto the stadium.
Seeing this easy goal of cutting melons and vegetables, Xiao Ming was more confident in himself and Leiden Oriental.
With such a perfect start, are you still afraid that the next one will not be smooth? My idea is right! Leiden East is not something that the English and C League can already accommodate!
Amid the shouts of nine thousand fans on Brisbane Road, Leiden East did not stop the offensive after scoring the goal, but took advantage of the situation to press the midfield. Wilkinson, Holland and Barack three midfielders with excellent defensive running, snatched the opponent's ball from their feet and launched the attack.
Torkee United returned to defend quickly this time. After conceding the ball in the frontcourt, all seven or eight players returned to defend, surrounding the front of the penalty area tightly. Faced with this situation, Leiden Oriental can patiently use the method of passing back and forth to tear open the opponent's defense line. However, most of the main lineups have replaced most of Leiden Oriental's tacit understanding. The turnover rate of back and forth is also relatively high. Although Jin Clarze, a player with excellent skills, is connected in the frontcourt, tacit understanding cannot be cultivated in one or two days. The perfect cooperation of the goal just now is more achieved by the super personal consciousness of Jin Clarze and Barack.
After resisting the imposing attack of Leiden Oriental, Torquay United began to counterattack slowly. Although the control of the midfield is not as good as Leiden Oriental, the continuous attacks from both sides are still quite threatening. Both forwards of Torquay United are tall, about 1.9 meters tall. If it weren't for the headers and bounces of Bryn and Otno, they would probably not be able to withstand it.
The two sides had a tug-of-war with each other for more than twenty minutes, and Xiao Ming was a little nervous. Although he was already leading by one to zero, 1 to zero on the football field is not a safe score. If you are a little careless, you may be equalized by your opponent.
But when he turned around and saw MacDonald's normal look, Xiao Ming felt that he couldn't help but feel a little impatient. It seemed that he hadn't experienced real coaching training. Even if MacDonald was just a very ordinary coach, he was much more stable than himself on the spot.
Xiao Ming, who has only been a coach in the game, certainly doesn't know that the most important thing for being a coach is to have calm psychological qualities. In the past, he always bought some players with excellent abilities when playing games, and there were fewer losses. Moreover, games are games after all, and even if they lose, they can start over again. In reality, they cannot read the files again.
After all, Xiao Ming is still a standard coaching rookie. If Leiden Dongfang continues to play one after another, he also needs to accumulate experience slowly.
After turning around and observing the game carefully, Xiao Ming found that his defense was not a problem after looking for a while. The three midfielders with good defensive abilities protected the front of the penalty area tightly, and the opponent could only attack through two wings. Leiden East's defensive abilities were not bad. After all, Carl was a player loaned from the Premier League team. Although he was young and had a general move, he was a veteran English League Two player, although his ability was average, his defense was enough to prevent the opponent from forming the most threatening breakthrough on the wings. Just crossing could not pose a real threat to Leiden East's goal.
Moreover, Torquay United cannot fully focus on offense - in the midfield, there are two players with excellent speed skills, Jin Kraze and Hacke! Moreover, Ward, who is at the forefront, can control the long pass in the backcourt and launch a counterattack at the first time. The offensives of Torquay United's two sides can only be completed through midfield players, and cannot form a continuous attack band.
In the 36th minute of the first half, Leiden East completed a beautiful counterattack.
With a long pass in the backcourt, Ward headed the ball in front of the opponent's defender. Facing the relatively empty Torkee United half, Jin Klaze once again showed his excellent skill and speed. After being shaken by Jin Klaze over two players in succession, three Torkee United players who desperately returned to defense surrounded him. At this moment, Jin Klaze used an irregular pass - a cross with his right foot on the left side of the penalty area, and Ward, who was inserted, hit the ball in the middle and shoveled the ball into the goal!
"Ashley - Ward!" The commentator on the scene raised his voice and shouted: "Beautiful midfielder's point! However, this goal is attributed to the cross from Jinklaze on the side! Such a beautiful pass is still passed under the double-team of the three! John Barnes from Georgia (Johnbarnes, a former Liverpool genius winger, the header from Leinkell to Argentina in the 1986 World Cup came from Barnes' cross, one of Liverpool's greatest stars)! John Barnes from Leiden East!"
Jinklaze, who was spreading his arms to embrace Ward, heard the shouts coming from the sky above the stands. He smiled, his face full of pride.
Is John Barnes? That is indeed a great player, but my achievements will definitely surpass him in the future!
The first half was 2-0, and all four front-court attackers were introduced. Jin Kraze and Barack each had an assist, and Huckby and Ward each scored a goal. This result made Xiao Ming very happy. He encouraged the players during the break, and told them that they could slow down the pace a little in the second half and firmly control the situation. In addition, they would save physical fitness and be careful not to get injured!
Xiao Ming knew that the English football style was relatively rough, especially in low-level leagues.
After the start of the second half, Torquay United did not counterattack as Xiao Ming expected. However, they strengthened their defense even more. It seemed that just to not lose the third ball. Their inaction also slowed down the players of Leiden East. After all, there are forty-six rounds of the league, and it is a bit unpaid to consume too much in this game now...
Half an hour passed quickly, although the score was still 2-0, and although the highlights in the second half were much less than in the first half, the fans of Leiden Oriental were still very happy - anyone would like to see the victory.
Just as the Leiden Oriental players on the court began to slow down, Torkee United suddenly began to exert force!
In just five minutes, they launched three attacks, and the attack did not just hit the wing, but added straight passes in the middle!
Otno made a mistake in a tackle, and the new forward of Torkee United quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty area, facing Hilton's push shot from the far corner to get a point back!
In the following game, Torkee United began to attack wildly. The players of Leiden Oriental who had already lazily were almost stunned. Fortunately, under Hilton's loud roar, even Jin Kraze and others retreated to help defend, and barely resisted the opponent's last fierce attack.
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Xiao Ming had time to sweat. It was obvious that the opponent was pressing Bao at the last moment. If the players of Leiden East had not been nervous again at the last moment, this game with the advantage would end in a draw!
Looking at the players celebrating the victory on the court, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, the game was won, and he won the game at the opening. It was a good start.
Chapter completed!