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Chapter 104 Perhaps reluctantly
When the football flew into the goal, Feng Qiyuan had already stopped chasing back, and there was no need to chase back at this time.

So far, he has successfully defended Brother Wang, right?

But his team still lost the ball!
So is he a success or a failure as a central defender?
Should I have decisively left Brother Wang behind and joined David in defending Vitini?

I believe that with my joining, it won’t be so easy for Vitini to shake off David…

But what if after I go up to assist in defense, Vitini doesn't get past him and instead passes the ball to Brother Wang?
Feng Qiyuan was caught in a dilemma, and it seemed that no matter what choice he made, it was wrong.

In fact, no one came up to blame him, but he still fell into deep self-blame.

He always felt that the loss of the ball had a lot to do with him.

He just stood in front of the door with his hands on his hips, motionless like a statue.

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"What should we do now?" Assistant coach Gianluca Zigni asked head coach Carlo Lamanna, "Should we continue to let Feng follow Wang?"

He tactfully reminded Ramanna that the reason they lost the ball just now was because Feng Qiyuan was held back by Wang Lie and could not go to support David Johnston...

Ramanna was silent for a long time.

This continued until the Tyne players had returned to their own half, ready to continue the game, and then he walked to the sidelines and shouted, "Feng!! Feng!!"

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Feng Qiyuan, who was somewhat frustrated, heard the head coach's loud roar. He turned his head and saw Ramanna yelling at him, while constantly gesturing:

"Keep staring at the king! Keep going!"

Feng Qiyuan didn't hear it clearly, so he pointed at himself and then pointed in the direction of Wang Lie to confirm: "Should I still follow Brother Wang?"

Ramanna nodded and gave him a thumbs up, "Right, keep following! That's it, Von! That's it! You're doing great!"

Feng Qiyuan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed.

After reminding the players, Ramanna turned back to the assistant coach and said to him: "I think Wang is hoping to use this method to make us relax our defense against him. If we really do this, it will play into his hands. So we can't change our tactics. Although we are behind by one goal, as long as we can continue to keep a close eye on Wang, there is still hope of catching up!"

After saying that, he continued to stare at the court, staring at Wang Lie who was running back to his own half with his teammates.

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Feng Qiyuan was not as determined as his head coach.

Although he received the latest instructions from the head coach, he still couldn't help but wonder:
Is this really possible? Can I really just take care of Brother Wang and ignore everything else?
As long as Brother Wang doesn’t score a goal, it has nothing to do with me even if the team loses the game?

Feng Qiyuan always has a feeling of unreality, as if this is not a real requirement, but more like a poor excuse used by an irresponsible player to comfort himself.

Before he could sort out the logic and thoughts in his mind, the referee had already blew the whistle and the game continued!
He could only temporarily suppress the doubts and uneasiness in his heart and force himself to devote himself to the next game.

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Before catching the ball, Wang Lie turned around and looked behind him. As expected, he saw Feng Qiyuan again.

It seems that the head coach of Witton Hill is going to fight with me today.

Even Vitini's goal didn't change his mind...

However, Wang Lie was not troubled by this.

Just kick it the way you should.

If Xiao Feng really has the ability to prevent him from scoring points throughout the game, he will definitely take the initiative to find Xiao Feng to exchange jerseys after the game.

The football had rolled to Wang Lie's feet. This time he did not pass the ball immediately. Instead, he stepped on the ball and felt the impact from Feng Qiyuan behind him.

Then he keenly realized that Xiao Feng's power to fight against him seemed to have weakened...

However, before he could do anything to get rid of Feng Qiyuan, Witton Hill's midfielder Ibrahim Lemanger rushed up and double-teamed him together with Feng Qiyuan.

Ramanna asked Feng Qiyuan to follow Wang Lie, which did not mean that Feng Qiyuan was the only one defending Wang Lie in this game, but that different people cooperated with Feng Qiyuan to double-team Wang Lie in different areas.

Now Wang Lie is at the front of the penalty area. In addition to Feng Qiyuan, Witton Hill's defensive midfielder Lemanger is also involved in the defense.

Faced with a double team, Wang Lie chose to pass the ball to Van Ginkel - because Lemanger was attracted to him, the defensive pressure faced by Tyne's offensive midfielder Van Ginkel was much less.

After passing the ball, he turned around and headed into the penalty area.

Lemanger turned around to pounce on Van Ginkel, while Feng Qiyuan followed Wang Lie back into the penalty area.

Van Ginkel passed the ball to the wing, and finally the right-back Barnabas made a cross.

Wang Lie jumped up in front of the goal and rushed towards where the football landed.

Feng Qiyuan jumped half a beat late. He was originally standing in front of Wang Lie, but when he jumped up, Wang Lie pressed him down from behind!

Fortunately, another central defender Jaroslav Planka rushed over from the side and jumped to compete with Wang Lie for the header.

When Wang Lie was about to head the ball, his shoulder hit Wang Lie's body, causing him to head the ball too high...

"Wang Lie's header! Oops! It's too high! So close!"

Luo Jin shouted regretfully.

Wang Lie was also very annoyed when he saw that the football was headed high by himself.

But he soon turned his attention to Feng Qiyuan.

He could feel that in this header attack, Feng Qiyuan's reaction was slower than before, and he was a little hesitant when jumping, resulting in him being pinned down by him. If it weren't for Planka's assistance, he might have really been able to score with a header!
Wang Lie turned around and gave a thumbs up to Barnabas who passed the ball to him, and shouted, "Pass it again next time you have a chance, Jacob!"

Feng Qiyuan's defense line has begun to loosen, so let's keep attacking this point until we completely blow open this section of his city wall!
Wang Lie will not show mercy to Feng Qiyuan just because he is his teammate in the national team. Instead, he will be even more ruthless.

After all, he still has to rely on them to achieve his goals and ambitions, so how can he not be tough on them?

When Wang Lie shouted this to Barnabas, Feng Qiyuan was right beside him. He did not hide his words at all, and Feng Qiyuan was sure to understand what he meant in English.

He didn't care whether this would expose his intentions, nor did he care whether Feng Qiyuan would make preparations after hearing it.

He even hoped that Feng Qiyuan would be well prepared...

Don’t play around with those tricks, just go head-on and see who can’t stand it first!
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"After taking the lead, Tyne's attack was fierce. During this period, Witton Hill's defense was under great pressure!"

Sonny Dean got the ball on the right and pretended to cross the ball from the bottom, but he used his right foot to kick the ball to the left, then cut inside and dribbled sideways.

While he was dribbling, Wang Lie was also running from the middle to the right rib in the penalty area.

So Dean passed the ball back to him.

Feng Qiyuan was trapped by Wang Lie again. Seeing that he was half a body length behind, he saw the ball coming and decided to take a risk and try to block it with a direct tackle!
But he didn't tackle the ball!

"Feng... Tackle! It missed!"

It's not that he missed the ball at all, but his toes just touched the ball slightly and did not change the rolling trajectory of the ball.

After Wang Lie looked back to confirm the position of the football, he changed direction slightly, caught up with the football again, and then turned around and shot!

Bang!
He kicked the football towards the near corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper David Bennett made a save despite blocking the near corner, but he couldn't touch the ball...

Because the football hit the side net!

The lifted net made many people think that the ball went in.

There were cheers and screams from the stands.

Fortunately, everyone soon saw that Wang Lie did not celebrate the goal, but raised his hands and hugged his head, which confirmed that the ball did not go in...

"Wang Lie - side net! Oh! What a shame! What a shame!"

When Feng Qiyuan realized that he had failed to tackle the football, his heart almost stopped beating.

Especially when he twisted his body and saw the net shaking... he really thought the ball went in.

After realizing that the ball didn't go in, he got up from the ground with lingering fear, his heart still beating wildly as if it was going to jump out of his throat.

He couldn't help but think of the confrontation in the fifteenth round.

Brother Wang at that time definitely did not give him such great pressure.

Just like the time when he chased back and stole the ball from a long distance, it was so easy.

Now their roles seem to be reversed. Brother Wang seems to be able to handle things with ease, while he himself is in a state of disarray...

Fuck!
Who is thirty-eight years old?

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"Xiao Feng is in some danger..."

In the conference room, Cai Bokang murmured.

He Zhenyong nodded and said, "Feng Qiyuan is fast, but slightly weaker, so Wang Lie simply pressed into the penalty area, forcing Feng Qiyuan to fight him physically... The other people in Taien were also very smart, and they immediately cooperated with Wang Lie to target Feng Qiyuan."

"Xiao Feng was a little distracted after losing the ball..." Cai Bokang added.

"Yeah." Cai Bokang asked, "Will Xiao Feng be defeated by Wang Lie in this match?"

He Zhenyong shook his head: "That won't happen. Just hold on until halftime. Ramanna will definitely make adjustments by then. I don't think he will play like this in the second half. We are already one goal behind. There is no point in playing like this. Witton Hill should still find a way to score a goal. They can't really think that losing a goal at home is acceptable, right?"

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Sonny Dean received the ball from the backfield on the right side.

Now is Tyne's chance to attack.

This time the team did not organize through the midfield, but the central defender Katic made a long diagonal pass directly to the wing.

Dean almost caught the football on the sideline.

At the same time he received the ball, Witton Hill's left back Dylan Moore came up and blocked the inside line. He did not kick rashly - he was afraid that Dean would take advantage of the situation and pass him.

Facing Moore's defense, Dean passed the ball to the right-back Barnabas who came up to support him, and then he rushed forward along the sideline.

After receiving the ball, Barnabas passed it directly in front of him where he was running.

The two men performed an overhead wall-bumping move.

When Dean rushed forward, Dylan Moore immediately followed, not paying any attention to Barnabas who had the ball.

Because other teammates have their own responsibilities, his task is to follow Dean and prevent him from getting any chances on the wing.

Dean ran towards the football, blocking Moore behind him.

But when he was about to catch up with the ball, he swung his right leg and pretended to pass it directly, tricking Moore to rush forward and stretch out his foot to block it. But he used the sole of his right foot to push the ball behind him, then stopped and turned around!

Moore had already thrown all his body weight away in this defense, so even if he wanted to get up immediately, it would be almost impossible.

But fortunately, he is not fighting alone.

Although Dean successfully shook off Witten Hill's left-back Moore, he failed to completely get rid of Witten Hill's defense.

Their left center back Planka quickly came over and prevented Dean from breaking into the penalty area.

After Dean stepped on the football back, he turned around and regained control of the football.

At this time, Moore had already stood up from the ground and pounced back.

Dean swung his left foot and passed the ball before he and Planka could join forces.

"Dean crosses!"

The football didn't fly high, and because Dean crossed the ball with his left foot, the football flew in an inward arc and headed straight for the goal.

This time, Feng Qiyuan cheered up and ran forward at the same time as Wang Lie.

Wang Lie jumped, and he jumped too.

Wang Lie shook his head to the left, and he shook his head to the right.

Bang!
He didn't head the ball!
The football was headed towards the near corner of the goal by Wang Lie!
Witton Hill goalkeeper David Bennett had moved to the near corner to block the shooting angle, and as he watched the ball flying towards him, he reflexively opened his arms to block it.

The football hit his chest and bounced back into the small penalty area!

"besides!"

In front of the goal, Tyne midfielder Van Ginkel kicked the ball, trying to put it into the goal.

Bennett was already sitting on the ground. Seeing the football rolling towards him, he could only try his best to block it with his feet... and he succeeded!
The football was blocked by him and deflected and rolled forward!

"Van Ginkel...Ah!"

"Bennett makes two saves!"

The home fans behind the Witton Hill goal cheered rhythmically as Tyne scored both goals.

Their goalkeeper made a brilliant save, but they had no time to cheer.

Because the crisis has not been resolved!

After the football was blocked by Bennett, it happened to fall in the direction of Wang Lie and Feng Qiyuan.

Feng Qiyuan had just finished competing for a header with Wang Lie and turned around to look for the football... when he saw Wang Lie next to him take a step forward and swing his right leg to kick the football that had somehow rolled to his side!
“Wang Lie——!”

"king!"

Feng Qiyuan had no time to defend and could only watch Wang Lie kick the ball towards the upper corner of the goal!
Bennett, who had already made two consecutive saves, could only sit on the ground and raise his arms in vain...

He can't catch anything!
The football flew into the goal from over his hands!

"GOAL! GOAL!! Wang Lie scored! Tyne 2:0 Witton Hill! Ramanna's tactics against Wang Lie didn't work!"

"Three consecutive attacks! Tyne finally broke through Witton Hill's goal!"

The screams of the Witton Hill fans seemed to be muted, and they decreased a lot the moment the football flew into the goal.

Then it quickly recovered, creating even greater noise.

There were both their exclamations and cheers from Tyne fans.

After Wang Lie, who scored the goal, saw the football fly into the goal, he turned and ran towards Sonny Dean who passed the ball to him, then hugged him and celebrated the goal together.

More Tyne players ran towards the pair and celebrated with them.

Looking at the Tyne players who were running wildly to celebrate, Feng Qiyuan bent down, supported his knees with his hands, and gasped heavily.

It's less than half the game, so he shouldn't be so tired.

But in fact, he was so tired that he seemed to want to lie down on the ground if he didn't support his knees with his hands.

Sure enough, in the end, I still couldn't defend it...

Haha, how can I possibly defend against Brother Wang?
Everyone knows what happened last time, and I should know it even more clearly.

The result is that after listening to my wife's misinterpretation of "ignorance is bliss", I actually had unrealistic delusions and ambitions.

Damn it, it's so embarrassing!

The boss assigned him to guard Brother Wang, but he was pinned down by Brother Wang, causing the team to lose the first goal...

And now they were unable to defend against Brother Wang, which led to the second goal.

If I could have headed the ball away before Brother Wang, there wouldn't have been so many problems later!
The more Feng Qiyuan thought about it, the more frustrated he became. He felt like he had played like shit in the first half.

To be honest, he felt awkward using the tactics arranged by his boss, and he was just relying on his courage to hold on.

Now his courage was almost exhausted. He was even considering whether he should go to the boss during the halftime break and ask him not to arrange such a tactic for him, and just let him be a normal central defender...

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Seeing her husband leaning over with his hands on his knees in the box, Fang Yixuan felt a little heartbroken.

She originally asked her husband to be a "fearless" and "ignorant man" to compete with Wang Lie.

Now it seems that my husband was right. I didn’t know anything, but I could talk while standing without back pain!
To say something nice and high-sounding, just touch your upper lip to your lower lip.

But her husband has to sweat and bear the pressure in the competition...

It turned out that she just wanted to encourage her husband and not to be intimidated by Brother Wang's reputation before the competition even started.

But now she feels that she is actually pushing her husband into the fire pit...

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Feng Qiyuan finally took his hands off his knees, stood up, and prepared to walk out of the penalty area and resume his position at the kick-off.

Meanwhile, Tyne's celebrations were coming to an end.

The Tyne players who came up to hug Wang Lie turned around and walked back to their own half.

Wang Lie was at the back.

He first waved his fist to the Tyne fans in the stands, thanking them for their cheers and encouragement.

This caused great excitement among the Tyne fans who had travelled with the team on the second-tier stands.

Their cheers even overwhelmed the more numerous Witton Hill fans.

Then Wang Lie turned around and walked back.

At the same time, Feng Qiyuan turned his attention to the Tyne players and also noticed Brother Wang who was lagging behind.

For some reason, his eyes seemed to be glued to Brother Wang and he couldn't look away for some reason.

I just kept staring at Brother Wang who was slowly walking back to the half court.

Perhaps it was a telepathic connection, Wang Lie suddenly turned his head and looked over.

Feng Qiyuan didn't expect Brother Wang to look at him, and their eyes met unexpectedly.

This made Feng Qiyuan feel a little embarrassed.

But just as he tried to look away, he saw Brother Wang in the distance suddenly raise his hand and then... point at him!
(End of this chapter)