Chapter 96 They Are Serious
“Ah Zhen, do you think Tyne can win this game?”

Su Ju sent a message to his friend Chi Zhen on WeChat.

Chi Zhen was already dressed and ready to go out at any time, but now he was sitting on the sofa, watching the live broadcast of the game on the TV screen.

Then he took the time to reply to his friend’s WeChat message: “This is not a question of whether we can win, this is a question of must win. If we lose the first game, it will be a devastating blow to the morale and confidence of the entire Tyne team.”

Su Ju asked again: “How strong is Xiu Si Luo?”

“They’ve performed quite well this season…”

“Oh, I remember now, they beat you 3:1 at home!”

Chi Zhen was a little embarrassed: “They also beat Sofia United 4:0 at home and beat Clayton Athletic 2:1 away!”

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“… As a newly promoted team last season, Xiuslo not only managed to avoid relegation, but also finished 6th in the league. So far this season, their performance is better than last season, and they are now ranked 0th. They only lost one game against the Premier League BIG3 – in the eighth round of the league, they lost : to Hackney Knights at home. But they won all the games against Sofia United, Scots and Clayton Athletic, and drew with Kensington and Waltham…”

Luo Jin was introducing the situation of Tyne’s opponent in this game to the Chinese fans in front of the TV.

Many of the people watching the live broadcast of this game are not veteran Premier League fans. They are considered good enough to know a few top teams, but they may not even have heard of the name of a small team like Xiusiluo.

So they may think that since they are not a wealthy club, Tyne can easily control them.

Luo Jin had to do this to prepare everyone mentally – don’t imagine this game as a show where Wang Lie leads Tyne to crush the opponent with overwhelming force.

Ever since Wang Lie publicly announced that he wanted to qualify for the Champions League next season, Tyne has become the target of public criticism. Every game after that is like the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties on the journey to obtain the scriptures.

Luo Jin certainly hopes that Wang Lie can participate in the Champions League again, especially leading a brand new team to participate in the Champions League, that would be so handsome and cool!

But he also knew how difficult it was to achieve this goal, and he had to frequently remind everyone not to forget how tortuous the road was, and not to underestimate the seriousness of the matter.

If in the end… he meant if, if in the end Wang Lie really failed, please don’t laugh at him or insult him.

Because that was a warrior who fell on the way to charge.

A hero cannot be judged by his success or failure.

A failed hero is still a hero!

“Tobiasson’s Xiu Si Luo plays relatively simply. When defending, he does not retreat directly to the 30-meter area to park the bus. Instead, he presses in different places to delay the opponent’s offensive and disrupt the offensive rhythm. When attacking, he will make full use of the width of the court and then pass the ball long…”

The commentator, Zhao Chuanfeng, who once served as the head coach of a professional team, introduced the team’s technical and tactical situation to the audience from his own perspective.

“So after the game started, the players of Xiuslo pressed the players who had the ball in Tyne… This was also deliberately arranged by Tobiasson. He hoped to put pressure on the players of Tyne in this way and prevent Tyne’s offense from functioning normally. This is indeed a test for Tyne. However, the game has only started for a few minutes, and there is not much to see now…”

Before Zhao Chuanfeng finished speaking, Wang Ziqi in front of the TV shouted loudly: “Come on, Dad!!”

His shout inspired his sister, Wang Zilin followed suit and shouted, “Come on, Dad!”

Zhou Hong, who was sitting on the sofa, took out her mobile phone, recorded the video with a smile, and then sent it to her daughter-in-law to let her know that the two children were also watching their father’s game.

Then she put her phone down again and continued to watch the game on TV seriously.

It’s strange to say.

When her son encountered criticism and attacks from almost the entire world at Sofia, she seemed to feel the same way and became angry and anxious. Coupled with her own physical pain, she was in a very low mood at the time.

Now, even though her son has been criticized and ridiculed by many people, her mentality has improved a lot. She no longer has an appetite, and no longer has trouble sleeping and pacing around the living room in the middle of the night, waking up other people at home.

She didn’t seem to be worried about her son. Instead, her mother-in-law was worried and uneasy when she left, just like herself three months ago.

In the live TV footage, her son was holding the ball on the court.

Along with the football came two Xiusiluo players, who were trying to double-team Wang Lie who was retreating to receive the ball.

However, facing the two of them, her son was not panicked. He first pretended to pass the ball back to trick one of the defensive players to go around. Then he suddenly pulled the ball behind him, then turned around and passed between the two Xiusiluo defensive players!

“Good shot! Wang Lie turned around! Beautiful!” commentator Luo Jin cheered loudly.

The two children, Wang Ziqi and Wang Zilin, also raised their arms and shouted: “Dad is so awesome!”

Zhou Hong did not join in the cheering. Instead, she smiled and shifted her gaze from the TV screen to her two little grandchildren.

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He turned around suddenly and shook off two Shuslo defenders, causing commentator Connor Cowley to exclaim: “He is so agile that he doesn’t look like a 38-year-old veteran!”

Then Wang Lie rushed into the penalty area of ​​Xiusiluo with the ball amid the boos and curses of Xiusiluo fans.

After luring out the opponent’s central defender, he sent a through ball.

In fact, his pass was a little too long, and Vitini, who was cutting in from the side, could only barely catch the ball before he was caught up by another central defender of Siusro.

After passing the ball, Wang Lie accelerated towards the penalty area behind Vitini, as if he wanted the Brazilian boy to pass the ball to him.

Two Xiusiluo defensive players followed him and ran over.

Vitini did not pass the ball to Wang Lie with his heel. Instead, he used Wang Lie’s running position to attract the attention of the defensive players, then suddenly created space and shot directly!

This hit was very sudden!
Xiusiluo’s goalkeeper had previously focused all his attention on Wang Lie – logically, whoever had the ball should be the biggest threat.

But in the minds of the Xiusiluo players, even if Vitini gets the ball, the biggest threat in the Tyne team is still Wang Lie!
So when they saw Wang Lie suddenly speeding up and rushing towards the penalty area, preparing to meet Vitini, not only the two defensive players who followed Wang Lie, but also the central defender who was originally defending Vitini, and the goalkeeper were all attracted by Wang Lie’s movements and moved their steps and center of gravity accordingly.

At this moment, Vitini kicked the football towards the lower right corner of the goal!

It’s exactly the opposite direction of what the Xiusiluo goalkeeper is moving in!
When he saw the ball rolling towards the goal, it was too late to save it. He couldn’t even make a move and could only stand there and watch the ball roll into the goal…

“Vitini…Vitini!!!” Connor Cowley’s commentary at the beginning was a bit careless, and his attention was also on Wang Lie.

When he saw the football roll into the goal, he suddenly shouted loudly.

“Only in the ninth minute, Vitini helped Tyne take the lead! Ladies and gentlemen! Can you imagine? Tyne, who was under great doubts and pressure before the game, took the lead within ten minutes of kick-off! And the goal was not scored by Wang, but by Vitini! After the game last week, he was too impatient and spoke too hastily, exposing the team’s goal, which eventually caused a week-long public opinion storm… Now he has used this beautiful goal to hit back at those who laughed at and criticized him!”

Vitini was very excited after scoring the goal.

Although Wang Lie attracted a lot of firepower for him, he was also chased and ridiculed for a week…

If it were him from the past, he would have exploded long ago.

And now he had stored up all the anger he generated every day in his body and fully utilized it in this goal.

With the penalty area full of people and feet, he would not have the space to shoot calmly.

Therefore, the pre-shooting movement is not very big, which can be said to be very concealed!

But in this situation, the football he shot out was still full of power, and it rolled along the grass without losing much speed. The Xiusiluo goalkeeper had no time to react and could only watch the football go into the goal…

After scoring the goal, Vitini did not run to the corner flag area to celebrate, but turned and ran towards Wang Lie, then jumped on him.

He really had to thank Wang Lie, not because Wang Lie assisted in the goal, but because he wanted to thank Wang Lie for helping him learn to gradually control his temper and turn his originally changeable temper into his own advantage.

This week was really too hard to endure. He had never been scolded for such a long time before without exploding…

The time he spent practicing extra with Wang Lie every day was actually the time for Wang Lie to provide him with psychological counseling.

Wang Lie would share with him how he dealt with being scolded, attacked, questioned and laughed at when he was young. Although these media have publicized them more than once, as a die-hard fan of Wang Lie, he has long been familiar with them.

But from the perspective of the parties involved, there are actually many contents and details that the media cannot explore.

It’s details like this that benefit Vitini so much.

For example, Wang Lie told him that if he was really angry, he could find a sandbag at home and beat it up to vent his emotions. When hitting the sandbag, he could also put the names of the people he hated and the words they said on it, and when hitting the sandbag, he could imagine that he was beating his enemy.

You can also temporarily “disconnect from the Internet”, uninstall all social media apps on your phone, don’t actively search for news about yourself online, and don’t let people around you mention the outside world to you… In short, put yourself in a “dark room” state.

Of course, it is actually very difficult to do this. After all, in modern society, information is developed and the Internet is everywhere. Even if Vitini can control his hands and his father, when he comes to the team, he will always hear some outside voices.

However, the atmosphere in the locker room is very good now. Everyone is united against a common enemy. Even if some noise from the outside world leaks in, it will be fought back by everyone.

For example, if someone reads the ridicule about their situation on social media, they will then ridicule back.

Even if the people online are actually cursing Vitini and not anyone else, Vitini’s teammates will curse back in the locker room.

This will make Vitini feel that he is not fighting alone. When others mock and scold him, he has a group of comrades and partners he can rely on.

So he is not so “flammable and explosive”.

Every night before going to bed, Vitini said to himself:

“Congratulations, Vitini, you have accumulated another day’s worth of anger energy! The battery is almost fully charged! Your body is full of POWER!”

With Wang Lie’s support, everyone’s help, and his own persistence, he finally had the chance to vent his energy in the game. Vitini, who was hugging Wang Lie and screaming, was soon hugged by other Tyne players who rushed up.

They slapped Vitini’s body hard, roared and screamed in his ears, and countless spit was sprayed on Vitini’s face…

But no one cares!
Vitini doesn’t care either!
He was still immersed in the excitement and couldn’t extricate himself.

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Tang Xingmei in front of the TV was cheering for Taien’s lead, but her mother Wei Qin was a little disappointed: “What a pity it wasn’t Xiaolie who got in…”

Tang Xingmei turned around and smiled at her mother: “Isn’t this better? Before the game, those people always said that except for Wang Lie, Tyne was good at nothing and the others were just there to make up the numbers. Then Vitini’s goal was like a slap in the face of those people.”

“Hmm…” Wei Qin nodded, seemingly agreeing with her daughter’s statement, but the expression on her face was still a little reluctant.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter who scores the goal. The key is that Tyne can win the game!” Tang Xingmei said to her mother again when she saw this.

Wei Qin felt that her daughter was right, but she still hoped that Wang Lie could score a goal.

A Tyne win is a good result, but there are better results:

That was Wang Lie’s goal that helped Tyne win!
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The Tyne players finally ended their celebration and ran back to their own half.

Vitini was quite proud of himself. As he ran, he waved his fists in a show of strength towards the Xiusiluo fans in the stands who had booed him before.

This will of course cause dissatisfaction among the Xiusiluo fans in the stands.

But he doesn’t care!

If I am not allowed to show off after scoring a goal, then the goal would have been scored in vain!
As they passed by the home team’s coaching booth, Xiuslo head coach Tobiasson looked at them with a frown.

His eyes were as sharp as a knife and like X-rays, penetrating the bodies of these players and seeing into their hearts.

After the opening, his team faithfully followed the tactics he formulated, pressing and exerting constant pressure on the visiting team Tyne.

Logically speaking, based on his understanding of the Tyne team, they should at least be in a mess for a while. If his team had a better ability to seize opportunities, they might be able to take the lead…

Even if we can’t take the lead, we can still suppress Tyne and take the initiative on the field.

As a result, none of the goals were achieved.

There was no goal, no suppression of Tyne, but Tyne even scored a goal…

Although there was some luck involved in this goal, it was a goal after all.

Now our team is one goal behind and the opponent’s morale is even higher. How should we play the next game?
When all the Tyne players returned to their own half, Tobiasson finally made a decision – nothing would change, and the players would play according to the plan specified before the game.

Although they lost a ball, the game had just begun after all.

There is no need to react immediately.

This will make the players panic and feel at a loss.

There is no need to make any changes, but that doesn’t mean the head coach can only stand on the sidelines like a wooden stake.

Tobiasson shouted loudly to his players, and when they looked over, he pointed to his temple, using this gesture to remind the players to stay calm and not panic.

The game has just begun, we have plenty of time to catch up and overtake the score!

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I have to say that Tobiasson’s decision was correct.

After losing the ball, let the players continue to stick to the tactics formulated before the game, at least there will be no situation where the players have inconsistent ideas.

This helps get players back into the game quickly.

So after the game resumed, Tyne tried to intensify the attack and score another goal quickly, but was stubbornly blocked by the Xiuslo players.

Seeing that the opponent did not fall into chaos due to losing the ball too early, McNeill on the sidelines quickly gestured to the players to slow down the pace and stabilize themselves first, so as not to rush to attack and allow the opponent to snatch the ball and then directly counterattack.

“Pass the ball! Run!”

He shouted this on the sidelines.

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When facing pressure, passing the ball is certainly an effective way.

But if there is a player in the team with outstanding dribbling ability, who can dribble the ball out when surrounded by two or three people, it can actually play the same role.

After scoring the goal, Vitini felt that the energy in his body was far from exhausted, and his feet felt so good today!

When he received the ball near the midfield sideline, his back was facing the direction of attack.

There was a Xiusiluo player in front of him, another Xiusiluo player on his side, and a third Xiusiluo player behind him.

If this happened in Go, his black chess piece would have been “eaten”…

At this time, Tyne left back Charlie Cohen stepped forward and tried to establish contact with Vitini.

Vitini did make a move to dribble the ball towards Cohen.

He successfully tricked the Xiusiluo player who was blocking him head-on into moving closer to Cohen, and a gap appeared in the originally airtight three-person encirclement.

So Vitini immediately pushed the ball towards the gap, as if trying to break through from there.

The second Xiusiluo player who was originally defending him on the side took a step forward to block the gap.

But his steal actually widened the distance between him and his teammates who were defending Vitini from behind…

This is the direction that Vitini really wants to break through.

The Brazilian boy raised his right foot and used his toes to gently move the football towards his left foot. Then he used the toe of his left foot to push the football to the outside at a very fast speed, and the football passed between the legs of the second Xiusiluo defender!

At the same time, Vitini quickly turned around, grabbed the shoulders of the second Xiusro defender with both hands, and broke out from between him and the third man!

“Beautiful! Brazilian boy Vitini’s samba dance steps!”

If this happened at Tyne’s home ground, Vitini’s series of actions would probably have caused thunderous cheers at Leeds Park.

And now, all he stirred up was the boos from the Xiusiluo fans!
But the boos couldn’t stop the Brazilians from moving forward.

After successfully shaking off three defenders, Vitini moved the ball diagonally towards the middle.

Seeing this, Wang Lie, who was originally in the middle, immediately ran diagonally to the left.

Vitini did not pass the ball to Wang Lie, but continued to dribble forward in the middle!
“Vitini! Good shot! Tain’s counterattack opportunity!”

Faced with Vitini’s breakthrough in the middle, center back Xiusu Luo didn’t even bother to look at Wang Lie.

Although he previously believed that Wang Lie was Tyne’s most threatening player no matter what, now that Vitini had scored a goal, his danger level had obviously risen to the highest in his mind!
He went to meet him!
Then he was overtaken by Vitini with a beautiful bicycle move!
The boos, screams and exclamations above the Xiusiluo home stadium have become so loud that it is suffocating!
Only then did Vitini use the outside of his left foot to kick the ball towards his left rib.

There is Wang Lie who was just pulled away!
“Vitini passed the ball…Wang Lie!!”

As the football rolled towards him, Wang Lie began to adjust his pace. By the time the football rolled in front of him, he had completed the adjustment, with the central axis of his body leaning towards the middle. He stepped forward with his left foot and pulled his right leg back, without stopping the ball… he shot it directly!
At the corner of the penalty area, he used the inside of his right foot to rub the football into an arc, which flew low across the grass in the penalty area and headed straight for the back corner below the goal!
Although right-back Xiusiluo rushed over and made a flying tackle, he still failed to stop the ball!

The football bounced in front of the palm of the Xiusi Luo goalkeeper who jumped sideways and hit the ground, then accelerated forward!
Dive into the net!!
“Good shot! Good shot!! Well done, Xiaolie!” Wei Qin jumped up from the sofa and shouted.

On TV, British commentator Connor Cowley was also shouting: “Wang——!!! Direct shot into the goal! He scored in consecutive games, continuing his excellent form! Many people were paying attention to this game before the game. They thought that Tyne would face a tough battle at the home ground of Xiuslo… But who would have thought that in just 22 minutes, Tyne was leading by two goals away from home! It seems that for the entire Tyne team, they are serious about competing for the Champions League qualification!”

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Seeing Brother Wang swinging his right leg towards the football, Chi Zhen stood up from the sofa.

After the football rolled into the goal, he decisively turned off the TV, picked up the bag aside, and walked towards the gate.

He had to go out and train.

Because the training time conflicted with the second half of the game, he was a little worried that he would not be able to see the result.

Now he no longer has such worries.

Brother Wang has done what he should do.

Now it’s my turn to perform.

Train hard, and in tomorrow’s match against Hackney Knights, tell Kang Dong-hoon that his opponent is himself, and don’t go and mess with Brother Wang for no reason!
(End of this chapter)