golden ball prince

Chapter 6: A Hero and a Leader

After Wang Zi made his debut on behalf of the team in the last round, when he returned to the locker room, the teammates of the team congratulated him, and the head coach Ma Lan also congratulated and praised him in public, which is considered as fulfilling his promise.

After that, a lot of Italian media came to Vicenza's training base one after another.Although the victory in the last competition is inseparable from Wang Zi's contribution, this is not the main reason for attracting these media. The key is that they are more interested in Wang Zi himself. The reporters who have been in the media industry for many years have seen a lot of news materials worth digging on Wang Zi with their unique "vision".

In addition to some media, it is the local Vicenza fans who come more and more diligently. Most of them are young female fans. Good skills can attract fans, and good looks can also attract fans. The combination of the two will make female fans come to watch Wang Zi's training. It is very good to get autographs.

Signatures are fine, and group photos are fine, but Wang Zi did not accept interviews from the media outside the training base. In his past and present lives, this is the first time he has encountered such a situation. Wang Zi does not reject or hate media reporters, but this does not mean that Wang Zi will accept interviews. A game can attract these media. Of course, Wang Zi knows that their attention cannot be on football itself. He does not like this, and even finds it very boring.

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After a short adjustment and rest, Vicenza will usher in two consecutive games in the next week.An away game against Serie A team Genoa's Coppa Italia, and two days after the cup, they will be away at the Cida Stadium to face Crotone's league, with double matches a week and two days apart.

In the fourth round of the Coppa Italia match against Genoa, coach Malan only brought a small part of the team's main force. He will try to attack the Red and Blues, which are currently ranked 12th in Serie A, but it is just a try. After all, Malan knows that the team's future focus is on the second division and is returning to Serie A.

A game with multiple substitutes and a match against a Serie A team, the result can be imagined.Although Vicenza once scored the first goal, it didn't mean much. Former Vicenza player Toni scored a goal for Genoa and then got a penalty shortly after.

Vicenza was finally eliminated by Genoa with a score of 1:3 and missed the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia.

The unexpected start and the expected ending, the morale of the head coach Ma Lan and the players did not drop sharply because of this, it was just a bit regrettable.

The club's coaching staff and players all know that the team's top priority this season is to obtain a place in Serie A. Without the Coppa Italia, Vicenza, which has been fighting on two fronts before, is much more relaxed. Next, it only needs to put all its thoughts on the league.

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Two days later, in the No.17 round of the Italian Serie B, Wang Zi was once again placed in the squad by head coach Ma Lan after the last round, but he was also a substitute.

In the away game, Vicenza, who is concentrating on the league, has played the main force. Crotone and Vicenza are on par in the standings. Although the result of the game is full of suspense, most media believe that Crotone may have a better chance of winning because of the home court advantage.

Shortly after the start of the game, the injury of the main defender Marko Zanzi made Vicenza even more disadvantaged, and Malan was also caught off guard. He had to passively use the first substitution of the game, and substitute defender Dennis Tunucci came into battle.

Although the situation on the field once put Vicenza at a disadvantage, before the end of the first half, Vicenza still seized the opportunity to rewrite the score on the field with goals.

Defender Mitchell Angelo Minieri passed the ball to Soligo with a big foot. After Soligo and Abruscato hit the wall in the front court, the ball returned to Soligo's feet again.

Soligo slipped the ball between the two defenders in Crotone to Gianvito Misuraka in front of the top of the penalty area.

Crotone goalkeeper Consetti reacted very quickly and spread his whole body towards the direction of Misuraka's goal. The quick save allowed Consetti to successfully block the ball with both hands.

The blocked ball did not fly very far and rolled towards the right side of the penalty area. Misuraka seized the opportunity to run towards the ball again.

Lift your foot and shoot!
The brave Consetti jumped up from the ground, but failed to help the team save the goal again. The ball flew into the snow-white net from above Consetti's outstretched hands!
Vicenza took the lead in scoring in Misuraka's frenzied celebration.

This was the only goal scored by both teams in the first half.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.

As soon as the game started, the home team launched a counterattack.An extremely fast counterattack, three frontcourt players from Crotone, after a successful midfield steal by Cutolo, Couturlo accelerated and threw away Soligo who was following behind him, forming a three-on-three situation in the backcourt of Vicenza, and then distributed the ball to Curiale on his right. De Joel forms the defense.

In this case, even if Soligo catches up well, Cutolo has already given the ball to Curiale at the first time. The unguarded Curiale did not choose to hit the goal at the first time, but passed the ball.

A scalpel-like pass!

The ball passed just right from the left of Tunucci, and De Joel, who moved ahead of time, could shoot directly.

"Offside!"

"Offside!"

Minieri and Tunucci in the penalty area, including Soligo outside the penalty area, raised their hands to signal the linesman while defending, which was obviously an offside.

The linesman did not raise the flag in his hand, the game continued!

Ignoring the opponent, De Joel's direct volley broke the goal guarded by Russo.

The referee signaled that the goal is valid!
The change of ten seconds before and after made the Vicenza players on the field quickly surround the referee. Soligo kept saying that the opponent was offside.

The referee remained indifferent.

Crotone fans don't care, they have been cheering and celebrating since De Joel's goal.

So, after cheering up a midfielder, at the beginning of the second half, Crotone's fierce counterattack quickly equalized the score on the field, and De Joel's very controversial goal brought the two teams back to the same starting line.

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De Joel's goal let the whole Crotone team breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, their morale was boosted and they saw the hope of overtaking the score. One by one in the next game, it was like a chicken blood, and they wanted to penetrate Vicenza's goal again.

To strengthen the attack, the morale brought up by Crotone must be suppressed again.

This is Malan's current thinking.

If you think so, you have to do it. Less than 5 minutes after Crotone scored, Malan used up his second substitution.

David Galvazi comes on for Calabria.

In the last Coppa Italia game against Genoa, because of the coach Malan's efforts to promote the youth team's striker, and the pressure brought by Wang Zi who replaced him in the last round of the league, Gavazzi worked hard in the cup and performed quite well.

So after weighing the balance, Ma Lan replaced Gavazi, who was in good shape, instead of Wang Zi.

Gavazi, who was sharpening his sword, came off the bench like this. He still held his breath and was bound to prove it to Malan.

With the addition of a new force, Vicenza's situation on the field improved a lot, but it didn't last long.The head coach of Crotone is not a fool, he sees his tricks and replaces two strikers in a row with only one purpose, which is to win the game.

As the time of the game continued to advance, plus stoppage time, there were still about 20 minutes left. Ma Lan hadn't planned to use up the last substitution. He stood on the sidelines and directed the Vicenza players on the field to stabilize their defense and look for opportunities, using defensive counterattacks to give their opponents a fatal blow.

At this time in the second half, the sharp decline in physical fitness led to mistakes on both sides. Now whoever can grasp the opponent's mistakes will have the opportunity to rewrite the score on the field again.

After a counter-attack, Gavazzi hit the Crotone defender and flew out of the baseline. Vicenza won the corner.

Di Matteo was about to take a corner kick, but was stopped by the referee, because the Crotone penalty area was already in chaos, with you pushing and squeezing on both sides, and several players fell to the ground.The referee waited until the players on both sides regained their positions before signaling the game to continue.

Run up, then swung his right foot, DiMatteo's corner kick rushed to the goal.

At the same moment, the penalty area was in chaos again, and another player fell to the ground. The referee chose to remain indifferent this time.

Abruscato, who was on the outermost edge of the wall before the serve, predicted in advance and ran to the first landing point of the ball. With a perfect timing, Abruscato didn't have to take off at all. Di Matteo's corner kick was like a tracker. The Vicenza striker shook his head and scored.

Goal!

Those who stand up to defeat the enemy in adversity are heroes!

For Vicenza at this time, Abruscato is such a hero!

The person who defeats the enemy and continues to lead his teammates and the team forward is a leader!

This season, Abruscato is also the leader, carrying Vicenza forward with one goal after another!

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