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Chapter 102: Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon
Feng Qiyuan jumped up before Wang Lie and headed the flying football out of the penalty area.

The Witton Hill fans in the stands behind him cheered for him with warm applause and cheers.

"Feng heads the ball away!"

After landing, Feng Qiyuan immediately turned around to look for Wang Lie to confirm his location.

Because he only pushed the ball out of the penalty area and did not completely end Tyne's offensive.

Now the ball fell to the feet of the Tyne player outside the penalty area. He was worried that Wang Ge would escape from his control while he was heading the ball away...

really!

When he turned around, he saw that Wang Lie had distanced himself from him and was running out of the penalty area.

He quickly rushed over.

The Tyne player who got the ball outside the penalty area was their midfielder Ramosa.

When he saw Wang Lie moving out of the penalty area, he passed the ball to him and then ran into the penalty area himself.

Feng Qiyuan didn't care how Ramosa ran, he gritted his teeth and rushed towards Wang Lie.

He is indeed faster than the average tall and strong central defender.

Wang Lie ran into position in advance, but was caught up by Feng Qiyuan the moment he received the ball.

At the same time as being hit by Feng Qiyuan, Wang Lie used the outside of his right foot to pass the ball to Van Ginkel on the other side.

The Dutch midfielder received the ball and shot directly from long range!

The shot was of very high quality. The football bounced forward along the grass, passed the feet of the players in the penalty area, and headed straight for the lower right corner of the goal!
Fortunately, Witton Hill goalkeeper David Bennett was concentrating and jumped out when Van Ginkel shot, and finally pushed the ball out of the bottom line before it crossed the goal line!

"In the ninth minute of the game, Tyne got the first corner kick of the game!"

"During this period, although Tyne was playing away from home, they launched a strong attack, but it was not easy for them to break through Witton Hill's goal. Carlo Lamanna built two high walls in front of his goal, and the five-defender formation made it difficult for Tyne's players to get space and opportunities. So this corner kick can be used well..."

When Dean was preparing to take a corner kick, Wang Lie was still standing in front.

Behind him is Feng Qiyuan.

Wang Lie glanced at him and suddenly ran towards the middle.

Feng Qiyuan followed immediately.

After Wang Lie ran to the middle, he turned outside the penalty area. When he looked back, Feng Qiyuan was still following him.

So Wang Lie smiled and said, "It seems like you are responsible for me in this game?"

Feng Qiyuan didn't say anything, but just moved his eyes back and forth between Dean in the corner flag area and Wang Lie beside him.

While defending, he had to watch both the ball and the person, and he had no time to concentrate on chatting with Brother Wang.

Besides, just a few minutes ago, Brother Wang asked me to concentrate. If I chat with Brother Wang now, wouldn’t it prove that I am not paying enough attention?

Seeing Feng Qiyuan so focused, Wang Lie nodded: "Very good."

At the same time, the whistle sounded and Dean kicked the football towards the goal.

Wang Lie did not push forward to the goal, but instead took two steps back, away from the penalty area.

Feng Qiyuan hesitated when he saw this.

This is a corner kick...

As a central defender, I usually have to keep an eye on Brother Wang, but in a corner kick, should I stay in the penalty area and compete for the header?
Besides, Brother Wang is already far away from the restricted area, so is there no need for me to be so anxious?

As he hesitated, the football had already flown out.

When it flew to the back post, it was headed out by Witton Hill's midfielder Lemanger.

It was at this time that Feng Qiyuan followed the football and saw Brother Wang running towards the landing point!

He quickly pounced on him again.

He was very fast, but he started late after all, so when Wang Lie kicked the football falling from the air and pretended to shoot, Feng Qiyuan didn't arrive in time...

He could only jump over and turn around to try to block the ball with his back!

But as a result, he briefly lost sight of Wang Lie.

After Wang Lie swung his right leg, he did not shoot directly, but let the football stop on the instep of his foot and passed the ball!

Then he quickly used the outside of his foot to push the ball to the right, and while Feng Qiyuan was still turning around, he got the space to shoot!
Cum again!

Bang!
Feng Qiyuan's heart tightened, as if a heavy hammer had hit his chest.

He quickly looked up to find the football, only to see the ball fly over the crossbar and into the stands behind the goal...

"Wang's first shot of the game! Slightly too high!"

Tang Lingfeng, who was watching TV, slapped the armrest of the sofa and sighed loudly: "Oh! It was almost there!"

Fang Yixuan in the grandstand box also breathed a sigh of relief.

Her husband successfully defended Wang Lie again...

Although she knew that there were many special reasons why her husband was able to freeze Wang Lie in the 15th round, she could not use the performance in this game as a reference.

But she still couldn't help but hope that her husband could be more tenacious in today's game.

She didn't want her husband to lose too badly...

And...what if her husband can really prevent Wang Lie from scoring a single goal?

As the wife of a professional player, she really doesn't know much about football.

Someone who knows more about football might think she is wishful thinking.

Just like her husband.

But she didn’t care:
I don’t understand, ignorance is meaningless!

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Although Wang Lie's ball didn't go in, Witton Hill coach Ramanna seemed very excited. After the ball flew out of the baseline, he immediately rushed to the sidelines and yelled at Feng Qiyuan in the field:

"Feng! Feng! What are you doing?!"

He has a really loud voice, and coupled with his aggressive movements, he quickly attracted the attention of the players on the field.

Feng Qiyuan was also among them.

In fact, after Wang Ge successfully shot the ball, he had a premonition that he seemed to have messed up in this defense...

So when the head coach was yelling loudly, he thought he was probably scolding himself.

He looked towards the sidelines and saw that Ramanna was indeed pointing at him, then pointing in the direction of Wang Lie, repeating this process over and over again, shouting loudly.

Feng Qiyuan couldn't hear the boss's voice, but he understood what he meant:
Follow Brother Wang, follow him wherever he goes! Follow him to the ends of the earth, until the end of time!
The boss was very dissatisfied with his performance in the corner kick defense just now.

Well, since the boss has arranged it this way, just do it yourself...

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Wang Lie discovered that whenever he was near the restricted area, Feng Qiyuan would always be around.

Just like it is now.

He didn't even need to turn his head. He just needed to tilt his head slightly and he could catch a glimpse of Feng Qiyuan not far away from the corner of his eye.

He did not stick to himself like a "maggot on the tarsal bone".

I still maintained a certain distance to make sure I was within his control.

Moreover, Feng Qiyuan is fast and agile, so the distance can be slightly larger so that it doesn't look so exaggerated from the outside.

But as long as the football was passed to Wang Lie, Feng Qiyuan would rush over as fast as he could, preventing him from properly catching the ball and making moves.

If I stay away from the penalty area, can I get rid of him?

Thinking of this, Wang Lie decided to retreat deeper.

Tyne's attack had no better solution in the face of Witton Hill's bus-like formation. The ball was passed from left to right, from right to left, and from the front to the back little by little.

During this process, Wang Lie also retreated with the football.

So whether it is the pass in the offensive third zone or the pass in the midfield third zone, Wang Lie will be involved and quickly transfer the ball under his feet.

He did not control the ball but passed it with one kick, always passing it to the teammate who was closest to him and who had the least difficulty in passing the ball, trying not to make mistakes in the process.

During this process, no matter he was in the middle or on the wing, Feng Qiyuan was always by his side.

As he moved, Feng Qiyuan followed behind him.

If he caught the ball, Feng Qiyuan would immediately stick to him.

Wang Lie ran all the way back with Feng Qiyuan, even ran across the center line, ran to the front of the defense line, and stood in the position of defensive midfielder.

And Feng Qiyuan, the starting center back of Witten Hill, was still by his side! Now Wang Lie could confirm that Witten Hill's head coach Ramanna should have assigned Feng Qiyuan a special task, requiring him to follow him closely.

If Feng Qiyuan, as a central defender, ran so far forward and away from his own defense zone without the head coach's permission, how much trouble would it cause to his teammates?

"Feng Qiyuan actually followed him to Tyne's half! This is simply outrageous! This scene is rarely seen in football matches! As the starting center forward, it is rare for Wang Lie to retreat so deep, and Feng Qiyuan has been following him all the way, which is even rarer!"

Commentator Luo Jin couldn't help but exclaimed as he watched the two people active in Tyne's backcourt during the game broadcast.

He has been a commentator for so many years and has seen all kinds of outrageous scenes. Scenes like today's are rare.

This is the Premier League. If you say that this was an amateur match on a baseball field, I'm afraid some people would believe it.

Because this practice of defensive players running all over the field following the defensive target basically only happens to beginners who have just started playing football. They do not understand tactics, formations and other things, so they will think of defending another person on their own.

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When Feng Qiyuan first started following Brother Wang, he was a little uncomfortable with it, after all, he had never played football like this before.

As a defensive player, the importance of defensive position must be engraved in your mind.

Because when I was a kid, the coach always emphasized "Position! Position! Stay in position!" "Stay in formation! Don't mess up!"

For defense, the position of the defender in the defensive formation is crucial, because defense relies on the players maintaining the appropriate position relationship to avoid too many gaps in their own defense line that can be exploited by offensive players.

Offensive players will naturally try every possible means to tear open and disrupt the defense.

How to disrupt the situation? Of course, it is to prevent the defensive players from appearing in the correct position, so that the defenders can't coordinate with each other.

To put it simply, football is a game in which players from two teams use space and time on the field. Whoever uses it better will win.

The training Feng Qiyuan received since childhood made him somewhat resistant to such free movement. At first he thought that his boss just wanted him to defend Brother Wang.

I didn’t expect that before the game, I told him that he was following Brother Wang. Wherever Brother Wang went, he went, just like colorful clouds chasing the moon…

So at the beginning of the game, he was still a little uncomfortable with it.

As a result, he almost made a big mistake in defending that corner kick, which led to the team losing the ball early on.

After being scolded by his boss, Feng Qiyuan didn't have any extra thoughts and just wanted to complete the task assigned by the head coach.

And then... he kind of got used to it.

This time, he followed Brother Wang all the way to Tyne's half without any hesitation.

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"LaManna is indeed an Italian head coach... He can even come up with such an outrageous tactic as to have Feng follow Wang closely throughout the game..."

Tayne's assistant coach Cesar Varo exclaimed.

Generally speaking, when people talk about man-to-man defense, it means that the defensive player only defends one offensive player, and the defensive player follows wherever the offensive player moves.

But this range is also limited, not unlimited.

For example, if the forward retreats to the back line to ask for the ball, it is impossible for the opponent's defensive players to actually rush up after him, right?

In that case, there will be a gap in the back line. In this case, the attacking team can sacrifice one of their own offensive players and "exchange" with the defending team, allowing other players to attack the gap. Anyway, as long as they can score a goal in the end, there is no need to worry about who must score the goal.

But in today's game, no matter where Wang Lie ran, Feng Qiyuan was always by his side.

Everything was normal at the beginning. When Wang Lie left the restricted area, Feng Qiyuan followed him out.

Wang Lie went to the wing, and Feng Qiyuan followed him.

But then it became more and more exaggerated.

Now Wang Lie retreated to the back half, and Feng Qiyuan actually followed him...

You have to know that it was Tyne who took the ball to attack, and the other Tyne players were all pressed into the defensive third zone of Witton Hill. Logically speaking, Wang Lie, as a center forward, should have been in the penalty area.

It was outrageous that he retreated to the backcourt.

What’s even more outrageous is that Feng Qiyuan actually ran over... As a central defender, he stood further forward than the team’s forward!

At this time, many people, including Varo, understood why Ramanna chose a five-defender defensive lineup in this game.

This is to allow Feng Qiyuan to follow Wang Lie with confidence and without worrying about gaps in the defense behind him.

In this way, even if Feng Qiyuan is not in his position, Wittenhill can maintain the regular four-back defense.

But you know what, this outrageous operation really works!

Faced with this weak defensive tactic, Tyne has not been able to break through Witton Hill's goal so far.

Of course, because Wittenhill focused all its attention on defense, its offense was weak and it failed to score any goals.

So now the score is still 0:0.

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Wang Lie looked back and saw Feng Qiyuan still following him, so he suddenly turned around and ran forward.

Feng Qiyuan followed immediately.

When Wang Lie started running forward, Katic also passed the ball forward.

But instead of passing it to him, it went to left back Charlie Cohen on the wing.

As Cohen caught the ball, Wang Lie suddenly started to accelerate forward.

Feng Qiyuan naturally speeded up to catch up.

Cohen passed the ball to the front of Wang Lie who was sprinting.

Because Wang Lie ran first and had a slight advantage, he caught the ball first.

But when he received the ball, Feng Qiyuan had already stuck to him.

But Wang Lie still pushed the ball forward, as if he wanted to compete with Feng Qiyuan in speed!

Feng Qiyuan grabbed Wang Lie's shoulder, but was quickly shaken off by Wang Lie's arm swing.

This caused some changes in the sprint rhythm of both people.

When Wang Lie caught up with the football again, Feng Qiyuan was already squeezing him from the side with his shoulder - the two were running side by side!

At this moment, Wang Lie stopped suddenly and pushed the football behind him with his feet!
Feng Qiyuan also stopped abruptly!

Then the two of them turned around at the same time with an extremely high synchronization rate and pounced on the football.

This time, Wang Lie passed the ball to his teammate Joshua Parker who was waiting behind him before Feng Qiyuan could kick the ball.

Sure enough, as soon as he passed the ball, Feng Qiyuan's foot poked it.

"Wang tried to use his speed to get rid of Feng, but failed! Feng is very fast!"

"The two of them competed in speed, and then it was a tie!"

Luo Jin's words were somewhat meant to help Wang Lie. Because Wang Lie was the first to speed up and stop, Feng Qiyuan could only passively fight back, but in the end he still caught up with Wang Lie, forcing Wang Lie to not continue attacking, but to turn around and pass the ball back.

In fact, it can be said that it was a successful defense by Feng Qiyuan.

However, out of consideration for the reputation of the Chinese national football legend, Luo Jin did not say it so bluntly.

But in fact, there is no need to do so. After all, the 38-year-old Wang Lie was able to tie with the 26-year-old Feng Qiyuan. It is hard to say that Feng Qiyuan won...

This can also be seen from the expression on Feng Qiyuan's face.

His face was solemn, and he failed to hide Wang Lie's joy at all.

Wang Lie turned around and said to him:
"Has your speed decreased, Xiao Feng?"

Feng Qiyuan did not respond to Wang Lie.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Wang Lie smiled again and said, "Come on, don't be unable to beat a 38-year-old man."

Feng Qiyuan's breathing became heavier when he heard this, and he clenched his hands into fists at both sides of his body.

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Ramanna didn't know what Wang Lie and Feng Qiyuan were talking about on the court. He just saw the result of this attack and defense, and excitedly said to his partner, assistant coach Gianluca Zigni:
"See, what did I say? Although Wang is in very good condition now, Feng is not unstoppable. It's just that it's more difficult than before! Didn't he defend it this time?"

Zigney frowned, "Why has Wang's speed increased so much? He is like two completely different people compared to our last fight... Is his urine test really okay?"

Ramanna waved his hand. "Don't think about it. The situation before us is already like this. Just tell me how effective my arrangement is."

Zigeni nodded helplessly: "The effect is remarkable. It's been almost 30 minutes and we haven't lost the ball. But we can't score a goal either..."

Ramanna seemed very confident: "As long as we can keep the score at 0:0 in the first half, they will definitely be more anxious than us in the second half - who told them that their goal is the Champions League, while ours is the European Cup? So by then, we will have more opportunities to counterattack. Now all we need to do is be patient and wait for the opponent to make mistakes."

Zigney turned his head and looked at the real-time score and game time on the big screen in the stadium.

In the 0th minute of the game, the score was 0:.

The team needs to hold on for nearly twenty more minutes before the game reaches a turning point.

(End of this chapter)