The strongest blade in football

Chapter 101
A few minutes before the goal, the audience on the sidelines was singing, and the voices came from all directions, and Wang Nuo couldn't understand a word of his gibberish Greek.

The moment the football went into the net, the audience suddenly lost their voices and fell into silence.

Only the cheery celebrations of the Standard Liege players echoed around the pitch as they hugged each other.

Wang Nuo was very happy, he got his fourth assist.

Personal data in the Europa League has also become two goals and one assist.

In the first half of the attack, Standard Liege tasted the sweetness first, but this does not mean that Panathinaikos gave in. On the contrary, this goal further stimulated their desire to fight.

Panathinaikos players were running all over the field and played extremely aggressively.

They don't give up a single dead ball and fight for every inch of ground, as if this is the only round of 16 match they have in the Europa League.

Standard Liege is known as the "Youth Storm" in Ligue [-], and of course they will not be intimidated by Panathinaikos' way of playing.

Standard Liege didn't hunker down, they kept the ball moving at high speed in order to limit the opposition.

Wang Nuo's high-speed sprints constantly wandering to both sides made the full-backs who temporarily marked him miserable. When he returned to the middle, he repeatedly hit the ribs of the penalty area, exhausting the two central defenders.

Wang Nuo could even hear their heavy breathing as they chased.

As the game continued, Standard Liege regained their footing before the end of the first half.

That made it difficult for the opponents, and Panathinaikos was eager to equalize in the first half, but it was good to get back to the same starting line for the second half.

Their players are getting more and more aggressive, there are undue gaps on the field, and Standard Liege takes advantage of them.

In stoppage time in the first half, Standard Liege blocked a wave of attacks and launched a counterattack.

Wang Nuo took the ball from his own half, dribbled the ball headlong, and seemed to want to rush all the way to the Panathinaikos defense line.

The players of Panathinaikos quickly retreated, their formation was maintained very well, and there seemed to be no loopholes.

Just when his teammates thought that Wang Nuo was going to go crazy and go it alone, Wang Nuo knocked the ball to Dufour.

After passing the ball, Wang Nuo grinned while running, thinking to himself, I'm sorry, I let everyone down...

Wang Nuo didn't want to be a hero. If he took the ball just now, he would definitely lose it.

Wang Nuo is still a self-aware person.

Few players in this world can do it from the defensive layers in the middle, breaking through to the opponent's half and even the penalty area.

He hasn't become Ronaldo yet!
Dufour took the ball and saw Wang Nuo consciously running beside him, so he took a few steps forward until he encountered an interception, and then passed an overhead ball to Mabokani.

Mabokani dribbled the ball forward, and Wang Nuo started running across the other side, running in different directions. Panathinaikos could not tolerate such a dangerous player running out of space.

No. 34 Linis followed Wang Nuo closely, like a shadow, and Karagonis also devoted a small part of his attention to Wang Nuo.

Panathinaikos' defense was pulled open a small hole.

This is a way of playing that Wang Nuo has gradually accepted and used recently.

At the beginning, Boloni actually hoped that Wang Nuo would spend more time near the penalty area, but things did not develop as he hoped.

Wang Nuo is not a static player. Even though he watched the demonstration video Boloni gave him, he also understood what kind of running position the coach wants him to do.

But the problem is that he can't accept playing like that naturally.

During games, Wang Nuo's nature often took the lead, standing where Boloni wanted him to be for 10 to 15 minutes, carefully reviewing his instructions.

But in the next time, Wang Nuo's instinct will take effect, and then he will drift out, run to the wing or go back to catch the ball.

Boloni would remind him on the sidelines not to drop too deep, or pull too far, because losing the ball in such a deep position will get the team into trouble.

But it is very difficult for Wang Nuo to prohibit doing these things, that is not his style.

Therefore, after consideration, Boloni changed Wang Nuo's position to a trailing forward to better fit his characteristics.

Therefore, a different kind of Wang Nuo appeared like just now——

Actively pass the ball, constantly involve teammates by running without the ball, a relatively more selfless style of play.

Mabaokani made good use of Wang Nuo's running position. He rushed forward with the ball for a full 20 meters, protected the ball outside the penalty area, and then passed it to Witsel behind him.

Witsel distributed the ball to the wing, Dufour took the ball down to the bottom line, and directly passed the ball back to the penalty area in an inverted triangle.

In the penalty area, Mabaukani outflanked the front point. Before the defensive player destroyed the ball, he made it overnight and easily poked the ball into the goal with his toe.

Standard Liege took the lead 2-0 in the first half!
After this goal, the stands around the stadium were even quieter than the first goal, and an invisible cloud seemed to hang over the heads of the home team fans.

The fans in the stands are collectively falling into despair.

"Damn it, why are the Belgian league teams so fierce, how did they get knocked out by Olympiakos?"

"The involvement of No. 43 is disgusting. Both Linis and Karagonis were led away by him. Otherwise, No. 9 would have no room to shoot!"

"That's Wang Nuo of China, don't you know? The momentum has been very strong in the past two months. He scored in both games in the last knockout round!"

"It's so annoying! He better calm down this time!"

Naturally, Wang Nuo didn't know what the opponent's fans were talking about him. He only felt that he played very comfortably in the first half today, and the team also led by two goals.

During the intermission, the standard Liege locker room was peaceful and peaceful. Boloni spent 5 minutes replaying the game in the first half and made two reminders:
One, keep your attention, and continue to focus on the game in the second half. Don't be caught by your opponents as they did against Salzburg at home.

Second, Witsel recovered some appropriately to help Mangala fill the position, the front line retreated ten meters, and the second half focused on defensive counterattacks.

After the explanation, the boys took a short rest and set off again with high spirits.

In the second half, Panathinaikos changed sides and fought again. Sure enough, Panathinaikos' offensive became more violent. They changed to 343, and they seemed to want to learn from Benitez and replicate the miracle.

Especially Cisse!
That year, he came off the bench at the last time, but he personally participated in the team's victory in the Champions League!
Although he has already left Liverpool and played in the Europa League with a Greek team, he still has a tenacious character and a strong fighting spirit!

He has won the Ligue [-] Golden Boot for two seasons. Even though his strength has declined a bit, his prestige still exists.

He fought the hardest in the second half, constantly creating crises in the frontcourt, and was more active than in the first half.

Panathinaikos' Cisse is not old, and Standard Liege also has Desperate Saburo.

Wang Nuo tried his best, he wanted to score in three consecutive UEFA Europa League games!
He covered a larger area in the second half, and he may appear in the entire frontcourt, sometimes retreating to support, sometimes breaking through on the wing, and sometimes fighting for the top in front.

He is like a tireless machine, drinking Ferrari on 98 gasoline.

He never spared his physical strength when he was required to sprint and fight, and he was fiercer than anyone else in physical confrontation. There was no fear and retreat in his dictionary, and what was even more frightening was that he also possessed superb personal skills.

The four people on the back line of Panathinaikos were all tortured, they had never encountered such a young player!

Even when they faced Rome's "The Beast" Baptista in the last round, they didn't feel as bad as they do now!

Baptista is also physically strong and has great impact, but at least he will rest, run fast and feel tired after the confrontation.

But this young man doesn't stop at all!

They all had a thought in their minds, could he pass the drug test after the game?
The complaints are the complaints, they still pay [-]% attention to Wang Nuo, strictly guarding every breakthrough and every movement of him.

Wang Nuo had two shots in the second half, but luck was not on his side.

Sometimes strikers have such troubles. They are obviously in good condition and have plenty of opportunities, but scoring goals is like playing hide-and-seek with themselves.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Panathinaikos launched a very threatening attack.

Standard Liege's right back Max was pierced, Ivan Schitz made a cross, and defender Saar hit the ball and made a clearance.

Looking at the football falling not far away, Wang Nuo immediately became excited and rushed towards the ball!
He was dispatched at the same time as Cisse, who had already killed his red eyes.

Like Wang Nuo, he disturbed the defense of Standard Liege in the second half, but he didn't score. The team fell behind by two goals at home, and the anxiety kept fermenting in his heart!

Both want to get ahead and get the ball under their feet.

Wang Nuo was a little farther away from the ball, but he started faster in an instant, and he was about to grab the football first.

Cisse was very experienced. He realized that he might be a step too late, so he threw himself out directly, trying to destroy Wang Nuo's possession of the ball with a tackle.

I can't grab it, so don't you either!
Cisse had the thought in his mind that he was going to tackle the ball away.

From the corner of his eye, Wang Nuo caught Cisse's movement. Facing the flying shovel, he didn't panic in the slightest.

He had practiced this trick for a long time back then, and he was able to dodge flying shovels like Da Kong Yi, while taking into account his handsome image.

But football games are not cartoons after all. Cisse imagined Wang Nuo's various evasive actions in his mind, but he didn't expect him to just jump up in the air with the ball in place.

When he didn't pay attention in the sliding tackle, he subconsciously raised his leg and reached for the football in the air.

As a result, he didn't reach the football at all, but stepped on Wang Nuo's leg.

Cisse subconsciously felt that this kick was extremely destructive, and Wang Nuo felt his shoe spikes rake on his shin guard, and his calf felt like he had been punched.

He lost his balance and landed on Cisse so hard that the football rolled to the side.

The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

This action is too rough!

The referee Kuipers rushed to the scene at the first time, he took out the red card from his arms, and directly showed it to Cisse who was sitting on the ground with an ugly face.

He pointed off the field and sent off the French striker with a red card!

Cisse was struck by lightning. He didn't expect it to turn out like this, but he did foul.

He stood up in a daze, and bent over to Wang Nuo, "I'm really sorry, are you okay?"

There was deep apology in his voice.

Witsel pushed Cisse away with a blank expression, and pointed to the sideline, meaning you should leave now.

Players from Standard Liege rushed over and surrounded Wang Nuo.

Wang Nuo fell to the ground and held his calf. He felt that the part of his calf that was kicked was hot and swollen, and he still had some severe pain, but it was not unbearable.

After a while, the team doctor Botwen rushed over, and he helped Wang Nuo take off the shin guard, revealing the bright red wound on his calf.

Wang Nuo was a little nervous. He didn't want to miss any games due to injury. He still remembered the scene in the youth team warm-up match very clearly.

Botwin is very experienced and quickly performed simple debridement and inspection.

"Relax, it's not a big problem, it's just a flesh injury, and it won't affect your subsequent games."

Botwin dispelled Wang Nuo's worries with one sentence, and he continued, "But you have to end this game, and I need to go off the field to deal with it for you!"

Wang Nuo was very unwilling, but the team doctor had already spoken, so he thought it would be better to be obedient.

Boloni, who was standing on the sidelines, didn't want to take any risks. Wang Nuo was a big support for him in the frontcourt. He quickly made substitutions and adjustments. Jovanovic came on the stage and replaced Wang Nuo.

Wang Nuo staggered away from the stadium. He looked at the 2:0 on the big screen beside the field. He had an assist in this game, but it was a pity that he didn't score a goal.

He limped and followed the team doctor back to the locker room, where Botwin helped Wang Nuo treat the wound.

Nothing serious, just three stitches in the leg.

Wang Nuo was a little depressed. Since March, his luck has been too bad. He had a cold first and then got injured. He hated being forced to leave the field.

Sitting on the treatment bed, Wang Nuo felt a strange numbness in the empty locker room.

The locker room was very quiet, but the sounds of the stadium could be faintly heard from the wall.

It didn't take long before he heard the roar from the audience——

There was a huge, deafening cheer.

Wang Nuo suddenly felt bad, his heart sank a little, and he looked at the team doctor.

God, did Panathinaikos pull one back?

It seemed so. The team doctor went out to inquire, and when he came back, his face was not so clear.

"They scored and it's 1-2 now."

Are you kidding me, 10 people fought and scored a goal?Wang Nuo thought it was ridiculous, and the wound on his leg looked even more disgusting.

After a long time, the game should be almost over after calculating the time, a burst of cheers slowly sounded, and then a burst of noise broke out, the same sound that only a goal can be made.

Wang Nuo looked at Botwen again, meaning why don't you go out and have a look?

Botvin sighed and was about to leave. At this moment, the door of the locker room was kicked open, and the person who came in was assistant coach Preto!

He has a big smile on his face.

"Witsel scored!"

"what?"

"Witsel scored, the game is over! We won two away goals!"

Wang Nuo jumped off the treatment bed, ran past the assistant coach and team doctor, and rushed out of the player tunnel. The pain in his leg seemed to have disappeared.

He saw his teammates walking back from the court, everyone's faces were full of excitement that couldn't be concealed!
Wang Nuo looked at the screen on the sidelines and re-confirmed the score!
That's right, it's 3 to 1!

He was instantly elated!

It's great, being able to score such a score in the away game means that everyone has stepped into the top 8 of the Europa League with one foot!
(End of this chapter)