Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 40 Becoming a 'Media Darling' Again?
On December 12th, the Premier League has moved to the 20th round. At Anfield Stadium, the Red Army Liverpool faced Wolverhampton.

Since the Bolton Act came into effect in 1995, due to economic, general environment, internal policies and other issues, Liverpool has lost its glory in the 80s. However, in England, Liverpool, with its full heritage, is still an existence that many Premier League teams need to look up to. Obviously, Wolverhampton is one of them.

Under the leadership of Benitis, this year's Red Army is still strong.The team has Michael Owen, Gerrard, Baros, Hyypia and other familiar stars, as well as many outstanding new stars. Liverpool can be described as a star-studded team, and its strength must not be underestimated.

At the last moment of the game, Dave asked Wang Li to be a free agent, which instantly reversed the situation on the field and enabled the team to win, which also gave him a lot of confidence.Before coming to Liverpool, Dave even thought about taking the victory away. In his heart, he also had an accurate positioning for Wang Li, who is always surprising, that is to act as a free agent and play as he pleases.

'This kind of almost all-around talented player, let him play according to his feeling, so that he can exert his strength', Dave thinks so.

But is it true?

Today's Anfield stadium is very crowded, and almost all the stands are occupied by fans. A total of 3000 tickets were sold for this game, and more than [-] of them were from Wolverhampton Fans, they all came to Liverpool to cheer with the team. For Wolverhampton in the past, this was unimaginable, and the main reason why the fans were so enthusiastic was that in the last two games, the The team performed very well, and the performance of several teenagers, especially 'Dancing Master Allen' gave them the motivation to support the team!
There are a lot of reporters here today, and the entire periphery of the venue is almost completely occupied by cameras.Usually, it is impossible for so many reporters to come to a game with such a huge difference in strength and weakness. Most of them are here for Wang Li. This 16-year-old teenager performed really well in the previous two games, so They also want to see if this magical boy with oriental blood can still perform a gorgeous dance or a dream dance in front of the mighty Red Army Liverpool?

In anticipation of the fans, the referee B. Barry blew the whistle to start the game. Wolverhampton kicked off and headed towards Liverpool's half.

After a few kicks, the ball was handed over to Wang Li who had just plugged in.The latter stepped on two bicycles in a row and passed Diouf in front of him.After throwing Diouf away, two Liverpool defenders immediately caught up. The head coach emphasized before the game that he must be careful with this young black-haired boy. Benitis is very prestigious in the team. , They don't want to be reprimanded by the head coach for conceding a goal because of a little carelessness.

Wang Li carefully stared at the Liverpool players who came to defend, and at the moment when the two double-teamed, he stabbed the ball between the two, and then performed a stance of lingboweibu, and shot from the body of the two. passed through the gap.

However, after flashing past the two, before he could catch up with the ball, the ball had already been intercepted by a small black man in a red uniform. Next to it was a shovel, which took the ball away in an instant.

The little black man smiled at Wang Li, and then passed the ball directly to the frontcourt.

Benitis is a veteran giant skater. He has learned a lot of information about Wang Li from the Internet or from scouts. According to the characteristics of Wolverhampton, he arranged a set of 442 chain defense tactics. Each position There are several people defending, using the physical strength of the players to increase the ability of targeted defense.

This chain defensive tactic is very suitable for teams that are not strong in coordination, rely on star players for a long time, or are completely rough. However, it is just a joke to play against efficient teams like Manchester United and Chelsea. Benitis understands this very well. point.

Their opponent today is Wolverhampton, so it is very suitable to use this tactic in this game.

Since this interruption, Anfield Stadium has staged a tragedy for Wolverhampton, and it is also a tragedy for Wang Li...

Liverpool relies on strong midfield mobility, the connection between the backcourt and the midfield, like a tight machine, providing a steady stream of scoring opportunities for the frontcourt, and in terms of defense, through Kewell, Gera The tacit cooperation between Germany and several defenders is not weak at all.

As a free agent, Wang Li seemed to be unable to find his form at all during the game. He ran in the frontcourt, midfield, and backcourt in vain like a novice player, but he had no effect at all.

He was a little at a loss. As a free man, what should he do?Every time he dribbles, he will be blocked by several people. They will never leave any gaps for you to pass or pass. He has been interrupted three times in a row.In many cases, teammates couldn't pass the ball at all, even if Liverpool didn't take any special tactics against him, it was still the case. This game also made him realize the gap between himself and the giant star players.

……

In the 17th minute of the game, Wang Li dribbled the ball past two players in a row, but was cut off by Kewell.Seeing an opportunity, Kewell immediately passed the ball to Gerrard, the most trusted player in the team.

After Gerrard half-protected the ball to deceive Newton next to him, he made a direct pass. Owen succeeded in countering offside, got the ball and ran quickly. Facing the attacking Paul Jones, Owen opened the scoring with a light lob.

"Gerrard, Owen, it's our Michael Owen, our England golden boy!!! gooooooo... al...!! The goal is scored, now the score is 1:0, Liverpool leads."

……

Only 5 minutes away from the last goal, it was Gerrard again. After receiving a pass from his teammate near the Wolverhampton penalty area, he tricked two defenders in a row, adjusted his rhythm to the left, and left the right Legs shoot the ball vigorously towards the goal!

Paul Jones is 34 years old this year, and he came to Wolverhampton just to rely on his experience for some salary. Facing this kind of shot with almost impeccable speed, strength, and angle, he has nothing to do, or even no reaction. .

"Gerrard...a long shot!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss ofsessionshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The same power is endless!!! The score has become 2:0!!!”

……

Liverpool's players played rhythm and feeling, and the whole game almost became their group performance.

In the 53rd minute, left winger Smicer took advantage of a corner kick and performed a beautiful upside-down golden hook in Wolverhampton's small penalty area, which amazed all the fans!

Even Wang Li secretly gave him a thumbs up for this action!

……

In the 71st minute of the game, after a series of passes, the ball has reached the feet of Gerrard who is on the edge of the penalty area.

After he passed a defender, he kicked a long shot!
Paul Jones threw the ball sideways, Owen was in the chaos, and he pushed the empty goal, 4:0.

……

Until the end of the game, Dave's thinking was still in chaos. He didn't understand why it was played like this. Today's lineup is exactly the same as the last round. Wang Li acted as a free agent, and the positions of the others basically remained the same.

Originally, Dave thought that this lineup would not be much different even if they could not beat Liverpool, but the result did not go according to his thinking...

It can only be said that in terms of professional tactics, Dave is indeed still far behind these old foxes. Benitis made a random move and resolved his tactics.

However, is it really appropriate for Wang Li to hit a free man?Dave does not have an accurate answer to this, which needs to be proved by competition practice.

The reporters who came to interview today were all disappointed. They didn't see the hearty confrontation, and they didn't see any good performance of England's rising star Alan Wang. Could this be another shooting star?
After the game, Benitis didn't care about the victory of the game. When asked by the reporter, what do you think of Wolverhampton's No. 99 Alan Wang, he said: "This name The player's dribbling level is still good, he has easily passed our players several times, but the Premier League is not a place for individual heroism, football is a game for eleven people..." He did not continue , the reporters in the audience nodded, indicating that they understood what he meant.

"So, do you mean that Alan Wang sticks to the ball too much, or...?" One of the reporters asked persistently.

"I didn't say that, he is not my player, how to play football, how to play football, that is not my concern."

After finishing speaking, he got up and left the press conference, causing these reporters to blame Wang Li for today's anger. It seems that the protagonist of tomorrow's news cannot do without him again, but this time it is negative news That's all...

(End of this chapter)