Chapter 24 Competition
"After playing, pay attention to getting the ball in the midfield, attracting enough attention, and then pass the ball out to organize the attack... When the two forwards are in the penalty area, they will top up and respond. After conceding the ball, they must participate in the on-site defense..."
Peters was talking to Tiger about precautions. Tiger listened carefully, but felt a little fucked.
"Mid-fielder like me is going to play the core, what does it mean to attract the opponent's attention? Also, it's a waste of skilled players like me." Tiger complained in his heart. He had heard this once. It was because he had to participate in defense in the game that Tiger consumed a lot of physical fitness in defense. When he really wanted to participate in the offense, he was not physically strong enough, and then his performance became worse and worse.
Tiger is now making a good idea - no matter what the head coach says, how can he use his strengths after he goes on the court? He doesn't want to consume too much physical energy in the unnecessary running after he goes on the court, and then becomes inadequate...
With a hint of excitement, Tiger followed his teammates on the court. Preston took the lead in the second half, which means that perhaps an attack could be formed from the beginning.
When the sound of "No. 22 Tiger Lee replaces No. 7 Les Bryson" sounded over the Pudell Stadium, Tiger had already stood a little behind the kickoff in the middle circle.
Nogan knocked the ball to Grant, and Grant knocked the ball back to Tiger. The battle of Tiger began from then on.
Tiger soon faced an opponent on the court.
That was Bristol's nineteen-year-old defensive midfielder Michael Lockwood. He performed well in the English League last season. This black guy one year younger than Tiger is strong, runs actively, and has excellent confrontational ability. This season, he has become one of the stars in the English League Two. Many English League One teams are paying attention to him and are expected to leave Bristol in the near future.
Of course this is in reality. During this time period in the game, Lockwood is just a fledgling young player.
Tiger, who dribbled forward, dribbled past the forward who rushed to defend. Of course, the opponent was just a symbolic snatch. Then when the opponent's attack midfielder rushed up, Tiger promptly distributed the ball to Brian who was following the side, and then stepped forward by himself. Brian immediately passed the ball back to his feet.
Lockwood came up and soon got entangled with Tiger. As soon as he touched it, Tiger immediately felt the huge pressure he brought, which was stronger than that brought by Milton in the training challenge.
"This guy is much better than Milton."
When Lockwood first ran into his shoulder, although Tiger tilted his shoulders and made the opponent hit the least stressed place, he was still shocked by the impact, and his feet couldn't control the tendency of the ball.
After barely controlling the ball, Tiger immediately passed the ball out and accelerated and planned to use his speed and agility to get rid of the opponent. However, although Lockwood was much stronger than Tiger, his speed was no slower than Tiger. After a few big steps, he caught up with Tiger who got the ball again. After some entanglement, Tiger finally couldn't withstand the pressure from his opponent and lost the ball.
Unwilling to give in, Tiger climbed up from the ground - it seemed that the techniques he had figured out when fighting Milton were not useless, but when the opponent's strength was far stronger than him, it would not play much role.
The so-called "one force reduces ten times" is as described in martial arts novels. Intricate moves can make up for the shortcomings of power to a certain extent. However, when the power is too far from the other party, no matter how exquisite the moves are, they are still just fancy moves.
"It seems that we still have to strengthen our physical confrontation ability." Tiger thought to himself.
The foundation must be strengthened and the skills must be more proficient. The sword sect Qi Sect is the kingly way. Although Tiger didn't think so far, just a few days of training and competition confrontation made him deeply feel how bad he had done before. It can even be said that his previous understanding of football was the style of street fancy football, which was not professional football at all.
After having this idea, Tiger couldn't help feeling a little ashamed of his previous performance - since childhood, he has been playing football for so many years, and he never seemed to have thought of taking the initiative to change anything. If the confrontation was not bad, he would have allowed the confrontation to go further. His excellent passing and ball control ability could not be achieved at the best. At the age of twenty-one, he would have been over the age of rapid progress. If it weren't for the very fantasy thing this time, he would have wanted to become a real professional player, and he would have no hope for his life.
Fortunately, there is this game and that Lin Danda.
Tiger felt a little grateful. After all, this game brought him a stronger possibility. Although he still hated Lin Danda, he had to admit that this harsh condition of "killing you if you don't complete the task" actually forces him to grow and improve.
Between the two choices of "a young player who is gradually becoming outstanding is suddenly killed" and "is terminated after the contract expires, and then he goes to the amateur league to play football, treating the dream of professional players forever as a dream." Tiger chose the former - accepting the test of Lin Danda, and the former may appear, but not accepting the test of Lin Danda, and the latter will definitely appear.
Tiger began to plan to break through his opponents again and again, creating opportunities for the team through his own personal breakthroughs. At the same time, defeating Milton in the confrontation in the past two days has also given him great confidence, allowing him to dribble the ball again and again to attack Lockwood.
However, it is a little worse, and it is impossible to force it.
Tiger can basically hold the ball under the impact of Milton, but under the impact of Lockwood, it becomes extremely difficult for Tiger to get the ball. A barely breakthrough can only be trapped in the double-team of the opponent's defensive players. Compared with Milton, Lockwood is stronger, and at the same time has faster speed and reaction ability. What's more serious is that like Milton on one-on-one, the opponent is also very high-level, and can appear in the most appropriate place at the most appropriate time to make the most appropriate reaction in the most appropriate way. With these four most appropriate additions, Tiger feels that he is playing in the World Cup, not the English League Two!
What's even more terrible is that Lockwood is not the only one, but all eleven opponents are like this!
"Is this the fucking League? The level of the Champions League final is nothing more than that!"
After Tiger finally struggled to get rid of Lockwood's defense, the opponent's defender who was replaced immediately used a tackle with a perfect tackle and took him down.
He patted the lawn helplessly. Although the tackle just now did not hurt Tiger, he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. The pride he had found in Milton before had long disappeared - ridiculous. He had thought that he could immediately become the team's midfield core and win the game...
Peters frowned. Tiger's several breakthroughs after playing brought some vitality to the team's offense, but he still could not make a decisive breakthrough. At the same time, his personal breakthroughs seemed to be too many, and he had few cooperation - but he was not very familiar with his teammates, and Tiger's type of player is what Preston needs now.
Chapter completed!