Five minutes into the game, Frederick got into the mood like the other spectators.
The players on the field have only been exposed to this sport for half a month and have no skills at all. Just remember not to touch the ball with your hands, which means victory.
But precisely because of this, the players behaved very wildly on the field, and every inch of the turf was fiercely contested.
The fierce confrontation instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the audience. Whether they were sailors, farmers, porters, clerks, accountants, or scribes, they all cheered and shouted regardless of each other, and their voices could be heard a kilometer away. p>
During a throw-in, Philip suddenly calmed down, looked around at the enthusiastic crowd, and trembled.
If this enthusiasm appears elsewhere...
Phillip didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
The first goal came in the 15th minute, when the Fishhook team opened the scoring.
On the bench, Richard Nall had a smile on his face.
Playing such a physically confrontational game with ordinary people is not without challenge for his extraordinary strength. His physical fitness will be reduced in dimensionality. What he prefers is to use his brain to arrange tactics to let the team achieve success.
Victory.
He listened to everything Frederick said, and he also thought of many things by drawing inferences.
The members of the Fishhook Team are all white-collar workers such as businessmen and clerks. Their physical strength is definitely not as good as that of blacksmiths, but they have the advantage of being flexible in their minds. Because the work requires the cooperation of many people, everyone has a sense of cooperation.<
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The Hammers are different. When they work, they mostly do their own thing. One person can do everything. They rarely pass the ball when playing football.
So coach Richard Nall formulated the team's tactics to reduce physical confrontation and pass more passes, especially long-distance passes. Firstly, he can mobilize the opponent, and secondly, he can make the opponent waste energy by running back and forth.
This tactic worked very well. The Hammers' players were quickly attracted by the long pass of the Fishhook team and were rushed here and there. Some people were anxious and swarmed in to press. Finally, a big gap appeared and a one-on-one duel was staged.
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Fishhook supporters immediately burst into laughter.
But the Hammers soon took the lead. At a corner kick around the 25th minute, their forward relied on his physical strength to squeeze out the opponent's defender and grab a header, and then broke through the opponent's goal.
However, the Fishhook team repeated its old tricks and scored two goals through long passes before the end of the first half.
Frederick just smiled, and then smiled and called the players back to the big tent outside the stadium to rest.
Now the level of these players is just like that. In "Football Manager", none of them have a technical attribute higher than 3. He can't make them all reach 20 at once.
However, the Blacksmiths still have their advantages, and there is still a chance for a comeback in the second half.
The second half started quickly. Maria held a half glass of juice and asked Philip: "Father, will Frederick lose?"
Philip saw some clues and shook his head and replied: "I don't know, I think he should have a way."
A few minutes into the game, Archbishop Victor said: "The Hammers are different from the first half."
Phillip nodded and said, "Yes, something is different."
Richard Nall also noticed the change in his opponent, but didn't pay much attention.
Frederick's lips curled up slightly. One advantage of these blacksmiths is that they are obedient and disciplined.
The blacksmith shop is a dangerous place. Blacksmiths who do not follow discipline will either be burned or suffer other injuries.
So during the break, he reiterated the discipline and asked everyone to be responsible for their own areas. These guys finally learned the lesson.
Now everyone is in their own area. As soon as someone enters with the ball, they will rush forward to press. Others will watch the opponents in their own area.
This trick is very effective when rookies are pecking each other. The opponent's passing error rate is already high. Now that someone is rushing over and he feels nervous, the passing ball becomes even more inaccurate.
The Hammers took advantage of the opponent's passing errors to counterattack, and the situation suddenly became back-and-forth.
The impact brought by the blacksmith's physical fitness was not something that the merchants and employees with reduced physical strength could withstand. The Fishhook team's defense line was suddenly overwhelmed.
Fans like to watch this kind of back-and-forth game. Amidst bursts of cheers, the Hammers evened the score in the 60th minute.
At this time, the mentality of the players of the Fishhook team changed. Those businessmen players were like gamblers who lost money. They were full of enthusiasm and led the entire team to fight hard. They agreed to fight back as soon as the ball was lost.
When the blacksmiths saw that turning defeat into victory was just around the corner, they were also excited to play.
The scene became more and more intense for a while, with both sides scoring a goal each.
Psyche blew the whistle from time to time, allowing the priests of the Church of Light on the sidelines to come in and treat the injured players.
The enthusiasm of the fans also increased. When their throats became hoarse from shouting, they bought a glass of beer and drank it to continue shouting.
In the last 15 minutes, the Fishhook team, which was exhausted at first, used up all five substitutions. The new players' strong energy not only blocked the Hammers' attack, but also led by two goals.
Frederick had previously replaced two midfielders with the most physical strength, allowing him to act as a full-time midfielder in front of the penalty area, specifically disrupting the opponent's offense, thus containing the opponent's new attack.
At this time, he used up the remaining three substitutions at once, replaced two wings and Bryant as a forward, and at the same time arranged to activate the tactics that had been agreed upon.
"Dang!"
"Dang!"
"Dang!"
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The Fishhook team's iron goal frame withstood the most brutal test since the start of the season.
Richard Nall wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had not been so frightened for how many years.
Frederick was a little helpless. The long pass and lob, and the tactics of flying from both wings together with Bryant, who was the tallest man on the field and no one could steal the header, worked well, but there was a problem with his accuracy, and many balls were wasted on the goal frame.
Offensive opportunity.
At this time, a player passed by, and Frederick said to him: "Tell Bryant to aim at the goalkeeper's face."
Five minutes later, the Hammers equalized the score.
The scene in the last five minutes was extremely heated. One side saw that it could not win now, and the other side was about to win. Both sides were excited, and the 0-0-10 formation appeared, and three red cards appeared. At the last moment, the Hammers seized the opportunity of the Fishhook team to gamble on the 0-0-10 formation and launched a last counterattack. The first shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, and then another winger who followed up succeeded in making a supplementary shot. At this time, Pu
Seke blew the final whistle.
The stadium instantly turned into a boiling ocean.
"Frederick wins!"
Maria jumped up with joy.
On the carriage back to Wesson City, the tired little girl fell asleep as soon as she relaxed.
Archbishop Victor asked Philip: "What do you think of today's game?"
Philip has calmed down completely.
Although he has never been on the battlefield, he served as the diplomat of the Archduke of Mainz in last year's war and negotiated with all parties, and he also gained some intuitive understanding of the war.
"Morale, unity." He simply said something that smart political creatures can see, "If Baron Wesson can make everyone in the territory like this, he will not fail."
"Yes." Victor agreed, "Baron Wesson's future... can go very far."
Then he said a seemingly innocuous thing: "I have a rumor that someone in the Nuremberg City Council is brewing a motion of no confidence in the current mayor."
Philip narrowed his eyes slightly and replied calmly: "Thank you for informing me about this."