Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

Chapter 43: Textbook counterattack, assist from 3 corners (page 12)

In the middle of the week, it’s European competition day.

The first game to start is the Champions League, recognized as the highest level in world football. The game times are traditional European local time on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

The Europa League kicks off the day after the Champions League match day ends.

It was close to 8 o'clock in the evening local time in Europe, and there was still more than an hour before the start of the game. The starting lineups of both sides of the game came out.

The Dragon Kingdom fans who stayed up late in front of the computer monitor suddenly became energetic!

Because Martin's name is on the list!

Live broadcasts, forums, post bars, penguin groups, scarves and other social websites and apps have gathered a large number of Dragon Kingdom fans.

Although Martin's position on the field is right back, his style of play is good at offense and defense.

It can not only defend against people, but also attack them.

Every sprint at lightning speed is extremely exciting.

Wolfsburg's home stadium, the Volkswagen Arena, was packed as usual on match day.

"aoaoaooooo——"

The overwhelming cheers continued, so much so that Martin, who was warming up, felt his blood boiling and couldn't wait for the game to start right away.

Returning to the home team's locker room, closing the door, the noise from the stadium suddenly stopped.

I have to say that the soundproofing facilities are really good.

Martin, like other main players, first sorted out his personal appearance.

For them, the next Europa League is the best stage.

It is necessary to organize yourself meticulously.

Martin is still very young. Although his mental age is 30+, his mentality is still around 18 years old. He wants to show his beauty in front of the fans.

By the way, let’s see if I can seduce a few beautiful girls who are new to the world.

"Holy shit, you used my hairspray again?"

Vierinha laughed and scolded: "Don't you know how to buy a few bottles and put them in the locker room?"

"Hey, definitely next time."

Martin put some more hairspray on the palm of his hand and applied it to the new hairstyle he had just cut yesterday before returning it to Vierinha.

When he finished getting his hair styled, head coach Kurogane coughed lightly.

"cough~"

The unspoken meaning is that it’s time for the pretty players to gather.

It is said to be explaining tactics, but actually it is to consolidate the game tactics that have been set before and then make corresponding adjustments according to Lille's starting lineup.

What makes Martin happy is that Pavard, who can play as both full-backs, appears as Lille's starting left-back.

In other words, in the next game... he will face France's future main right back.

He smiled.

Even Pavard at his peak was not afraid, let alone someone who was just promoted from the B team?

It is no exaggeration to say that even if you face breakthrough monsters like Hazard, Messi, and Neymar, you are not afraid!

Some, just excitement and anticipation.

In addition, there are actually very few direct conversations between the two full-backs, and they are more about confronting the opponent's midfielder or winger.

The game time is 8pm local time.

Led by die-hard fans, the fanatical atmosphere of the packed Volkswagen Arena was completely ignited.

Wave after wave of huge cheers gave the home team players a great help.

From the moment the referee blew the whistle, the home team players rushed through the half and launched an indiscriminate attack on Lille's defensive half.

Martin actively participated in the offense according to the tactics formulated before the game, enriching the team's three-dimensional offense.

Before the game, Lille obviously conducted targeted research on Wolfsburg's recent offense. The defense was very good and did not give the offensive system led by De Bruyne a good chance.

As a result, the two wings where Ricardo Rodriguez and Martin were located became the focus of Wolfsburg's offense.

In the positional attack, the left back Ricardo Rodriguez plays a more obvious role, so the positional attack mainly focuses on the left.

Wait until Lille's defensive focus shifts to their right, then complete the transfer through long passes from De Bruyne and Gustavo, and Martin will complete the cross from the right.

The quality of the cross without interference is not bad, and Olic can be found at the front.

But Kjaer, who once played for Wolfsburg but failed to stay, was in very good shape and defended Olic and Perisic several times in a row.

The defensive players of both the home and away teams played well, leaving the opponent's offensive players with no good ideas.

At the end of the forty-five-minute first half, the scoreboard still showed 0:0.

Considering that they lost 1:4 to Everton in the first round of the group stage and Lille won 2:1 at home, the home game in the second round is particularly important for Wolfsburg.

If there is no way to get all three points, it is very likely to face elimination.

Although the Europa League has a relatively low gold content, it is still very attractive to a team that has not won a European championship.

The most crucial thing is that UEFA decided last year.

Starting from this season's Europa League champion, you can directly advance to next season's UEFA Champions League play-offs.

If the defending champion of the Champions League has guaranteed qualification for the Champions League group stage next season, the defending Europa League champion can directly enter the Champions League group stage.

Therefore, starting from the Europa League this season, many mid- and upper-tier teams in the five major leagues have pinned their hopes of participating in the Champions League on the Europa League.

Wolfsburg stumbled at the beginning of the league, ranking around tenth place. Black Gold wants to pin its chance to participate in the Champions League next season on this season's Europa League.

The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the court one after another.

Perhaps the coaches on both sides were very satisfied with the performance of their players in the first half, and no substitutions were made before the start of the second half.

Changing sides to fight again, Lille, who had the advantage of kicking off, quickly formed their formation and directly found Origi who was cruising on the left side of the attack through a long pass from the backcourt, intending to use his strong body to force Martin to open the gap.

Martin's body is not strong enough, but he has a strong defensive awareness and chose to stand still when he noticed that the opponent was looking for Origi.

Give Origi the opportunity to compete for the header, and then quickly return to position.

When the football is about to be handed to Origi, he immediately sticks to it and doesn't give him much space to move forward to get the ball.

Compared with the targeted attack in the first half, Lille's offense in the second half was more focused on the left, which is Martin's defensive right.

Obviously, they want to take advantage of Martin's youth to create scoring opportunities.

Unfortunately, Martin's defensive ability is the best in the team and he doesn't give Lille a chance at all.

The home team Wolfsburg's offense was restricted by De Bruyne and the thunder was loud but the rain was small, and it was unable to pose much threat to Lille's defense.

Until the 57th minute of the game, Lille's offense, which switched from defense to offense, quickly came to the offensive left after three passes and two downs.

Origi, Pavard and Ryan Mendes hit the ball continuously in the left rib of the attack. Gustavo moved slowly, and Martin, who was fighting and retreating, was one against two and remained highly focused.

Origi took the ball and pretended to move in, but when he attracted Martin to move in, he decisively handed the ball to Pavard who joined the attack.

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