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Chapter 138 The most powerful counterattack

As expected, the train Xiao Cheng was on was delayed.

And it's later than previously expected.

It turned out that he felt he was sure to miss the first ten minutes of the game.

It's ten minutes into the game and he's still on the train, not even in Newcastle!

So during the game, he could only choose to watch the live broadcast on his mobile phone.

But Britain in 2037 seemed to be still in the Stone Age, and 5G networks were not yet popular on high-speed trains, resulting in a very poor experience for him to watch live games, which often got stuck while he was watching.

That's why he missed Wang Lie's two goals at the start...

In fact, it only got stuck once, but this time it lasted a bit long. After waiting for a while, he saw that the picture didn't move, so he had no choice but to turn off the live broadcast and reopen it.

Then you have to wait for it to load...

After waiting for a while and finding that the screen was still spinning, he killed the live broadcast program in the background and re-entered it.

Continue waiting for the circle.

Just like that, when the signal was finally reconnected, he saw the Tyne players hugging and celebrating in front of the Tyne bench, and the commentator's excited shouting:

"2:0! The game has only started for six minutes and Tyne is already two goals ahead of Sofia United! It's unbelievable! Such a start is unheard of!"

Hearing the commentator's voice, Xiao Cheng was stunned:
What the hell? It was clearly 0:0 before the jam...how come it became 2:0 after the jam?
Then he realized that during the few minutes when the live broadcast was stuck, he actually missed two goals scored by Wang Lie!

Two balls!

He didn't even witness the great performance of scoring two goals in the first seven minutes of the game!
Fuck!
Xiao Cheng, whose defense was broken, gnashed his teeth and cursed:

"Fuck you! Stupid British railways! Stupid British infrastructure! Stupid Britain! There's not even 5G on the trains, why don't you ban Huawei!"

He wasn't afraid of being overheard by the British on the train, since he was speaking Mandarin anyway...

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After the second goal, Sven Helden did not stand on the sidelines in a daze. Instead, he turned around and yelled at his assistant coach:

"What the fuck is our defense doing?!"

Most of the time, Sven Helden is the kind of head coach who never shows his emotions. He will never rush into the court and slide on his knees after the team scores a goal, nor will he smash water bottles to vent his anger after losing the ball.

So the fact that he was swearing and cursing now was enough to show how angry he was...

In his opinion, Wang Lie scored this goal too easily.

His defense was completely vulnerable in Tyne's counterattack, like a colander, full of holes!

There was no one in the huge penalty area except the goalkeeper. Pablo Castin chased back half the field, but lost his target in front of the penalty area...

And the central defender Vitali was only looking at the ball and not at the players, and didn’t even notice Wang Lie approaching from behind!
These are all questions.

Unlike Wang Lie’s first world-class goal, Helden was more unhappy about losing the ball due to his team’s mistakes.

This shows that his players did not take this game seriously enough and they did not take his instructions to heart!

This feeling of not being in control of the team made him very angry.

Faced with the angry head coach, neither the first assistant coach Norbert Demos nor the second assistant coach Danilo Lindsay went up to speak.

They also have emotions to deal with - they lost two goals in the first six minutes. No one would be able to remain calm in such a game, right?
Not only them, no one on the entire Sofo United bench and coaching bench could speak at this time.

Some people stared blankly at the scene, while others lowered their heads, unable to bear to look any further.

In short, the Sofia United bench was as quiet as a parallel universe in the real world, and the noise from the Lize Park Stadium had no effect on them at all.

They can't hear the noise from the outside world, they can only hear their own heartbeats.

The game had only started for six minutes and we were two goals behind...

How to play this game next? !

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Amid the deafening cheers from the stadium, Wang Lie did not slow down after scoring the goal, but rushed into the goal and picked up the football he had just kicked in.

He turned around and ran towards the center circle with the child in his arms.

After the experience of the first goal, his teammates already knew that Wang Lie didn't want to celebrate, so they just came up and patted Wang Lie on the shoulders, back, and head, and ran back with Wang Lie.

Watching Wang Lie running back to the center circle with the ball for the second time, Marvin Brock in the commentary booth was puzzled: "Is it necessary for Wang to do this? He seems to want to score a lot of goals against his former club. But Tyne doesn't need more goals, they are already ahead of Sofia United in this regard!"

There was a mix of doubt and complaint in his tone.

Milne answered his question: "I guess Wang may think that six goals is not a safe goal?"

Before this game, Tyne had a two-goal advantage over Sofia. Now Wang Lie scored two goals. Because this was a direct match between the two teams, every time Tyne scored a goal against Sofia, Sofia lost one more goal. As a result, the goal difference was doubled. So the goal difference advantage was expanded to six goals.

With three league games remaining and both teams winning, it will depend on who has a higher goal difference.

Tyne now has a six-goal advantage, but that doesn't mean they can maintain the advantage in the end - what if Sofia United explodes in the next three league games, scores goals like crazy, and wins every game by a large margin?
However, after hearing Milne's seemingly reasonable words, Marvin Block rolled his eyes at his former teammate.

He felt that Milne was mocking the fact that Sofia United had few goals...

If it weren't for the lack of goals, how could Sofia United be overtaken by Tyne in goal difference?

Why are there so few goals? Because Sofo United kicked out their top scorer from last season...

Milne noticed the look from his former teammate, but he didn't explain.

He couldn't just say in the commentary that "Wang wants to hand Sofia United a crushing defeat, thereby prompting Helden to resign immediately", right?

He didn't want to give face to Helden or Brock, but he didn't want to tarnish Wang Lie's image.

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"My goodness!"

"God! What am I seeing?!"

The Scouse players in the room watched the live broadcast on the TV screen, holding their heads in their hands and exclaiming.

The Scouse team's game is tomorrow afternoon, so after finishing training this afternoon, we went to the hotel to stay and prepare for tomorrow's game.

This also gives them time to get together and watch the key games of this round of the league.

As a result, as soon as I turned on the TV, I saw Wang Lie scoring a goal with a long shot.

At the time, everyone was still teasing Victor Del Mora: “It looks like you’re going to lose money!”

Delmora said stubbornly: "The game has just started! Sofo United has plenty of time!"

As a result, two minutes later... it looks like this now.

"What's going on? It's only been a few minutes? Six minutes? Less than seven minutes, and Tyne is already two goals ahead of Sofia United?"

"Are the Sofia players out of game shape? There are too many defensive loopholes!"

Amid the shouting of his teammates, Chi Zhen silently watched the Sofia players on the TV screen.

They seemed to be stunned after conceding two goals in the first six minutes. In close-up shots, they all had bewildered expressions.

This expression gave Chi Zhen a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen it on the faces of the Sofia players recently...

Where have you seen it?

correct!

I also saw this look on their faces in the 8th round of the league when we beat Sofia United 0- at home...

This moment is so similar to that time!

Especially in the second half of that game, when the Scouse team scored two goals in just 5 minutes into the second half and led Sofia 0:, he also saw the same expression on the faces of Sofia players - at a loss, as if asking "Who am I?" "Where am I?" "What am I doing?"

Facing the Sofia players who had lost their fighting spirit, the Scouse player did not give up at all, especially himself, who was still looking for scoring opportunities until the very end, and finally helped the team to defeat their arch-rivals with a score of 8:0.

Even though the final score difference was huge, Sofia United did not surrender right away. They tried to resist in the first half - they conceded two goals in four minutes but were not defeated. To be honest, this was a very good performance.

The game had only started for six minutes when Chi Zhen saw the same expression on the faces of the Sofia players. Could it be...

A terrible thought suddenly flashed through his mind, so frightening that he screamed out.

Then he successfully attracted the attention of his teammates: "What's wrong, Chi?"

Chi Zhen hesitated for a moment and said what he had just thought: "Uh... I was thinking that this game might... be another massacre with a big score. The score might be more exaggerated than the one we won against Sofia..."

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone stared at Chi Zhen, which made him feel uneasy.

Just when he couldn't help but try to cover up the embarrassment with a joke, his teammates interrupted him: "Impossible? A score even more exaggerated than ours? 9:0? Are you kidding me?"

"Yes, yes, that is indeed very exaggerated. I find it impossible..."

"9:0 is indeed exaggerated, but I think if it was 5:0, I wouldn't be surprised at all..."

"You scared me, Chi!" Delmola hugged Chi Zhen's neck and complained.

He is still dreaming of the winner taking all.

Chi Zhen also hurried down the stairs: "Yeah, I was scared myself, ha!"

Delmora ruffled Chi Zhen's hair: "Constrain your imagination and don't let it run wild next time!"

After being interrupted by Chi Zhen, the atmosphere in the room returned to normal. In the live broadcast, Sofo United center Richie Weddle kicked off again and the game continued.

After Sofo United kicked off, it was clear that their players were in conflict.

With the ball, the players of Sofo United had different opinions on whether to attack or defend.

After the ball was passed back, it was passed back and forth in the backcourt, but not moving forward, as if they were afraid that attacking forward would quickly lead to losing the ball, causing the team's defense to face pressure again.

But they passed the ball back in the backcourt and couldn't stop Tyne's crazy frontcourt pressing...

After taking a two-goal lead, the morale of the Tyne team was high, and they felt like they could win no matter how they played, and they were full of confidence.

Their crazy pressing in front eventually forced the Sofia players to kick the ball forward, but the ball ended up falling into the hands of the Tyne players...

Seeing this scene, Chi Zhen thought of his previous judgment in his heart.

It really looks like...

Although he thought so in his heart, Chi Zhen learned his lesson this time and did not say it publicly.

He was also afraid of scaring his teammates.

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Heldon was very dissatisfied with the team's behavior of passing the ball back and forth in the backcourt and then kicking the ball forward in the face of Tyne's high pressure.

He was yelling and screaming at his players from the sidelines.

Although they lost two goals at the beginning, Helden was more motivated than his players.

This is also easy to understand. After all, if we talk about who can't lose this game, it is of course Mr. Sven Heldon. Although before this game he got the promise from the club chairman that he would not be fired because of the victory or defeat of this game.

But this is not a reason for him to give up completely.

Besides, the Chairman said that his work should be judged based on the results of the entire season. If he loses the Champions League qualification, doesn’t that mean that this season has failed?
Therefore, Helden must struggle hard, otherwise he will not be willing to give up.

It's a pity that as a head coach, he can't do much except roaring on the sidelines.

The game has only started for seven minutes, he can't possibly make substitutions at this moment, right?
Even if we need to replace someone, who should be substituted and who should be replaced?

He can only hope that the players on the field can cheer up, clear their heads, and know what they want and should do.

Behind the "fierce" Sven Heldon, the second assistant coach Danilo Lindsay looked at the back with an expressionless face.

He couldn't think of how to change the situation, and he didn't bother to think about it.

This is Holden's job anyway, he's just an assistant coach who follows orders.

He does whatever the coach tells him to do.

If the head coach doesn't assign him any tasks, he will just sit here and be a spectator.

Could Sofia United lose the game?

Could Sofia lose Champions League qualification?

Of course he didn't want this to happen, but what could he do?

If this was not Sven Helden's first season at Sofia, there would probably be no need for an old Sofia veteran to stay in the coaching team.

He could actually feel that Helden didn't trust him because he was an old member of the Sofolian.

In Helden's mind, he might be one of the factors that led to the decline of Sofo Union, just like Wang Lie. Wang Lie was an old man from the old era, and wasn't he also a retired man from the old era?

Seeing Wang Lie, who left Sofia, find a second spring in his career in Tyne, Lindsay couldn't help but wonder if he should also seriously consider the option of leaving Sofia.

Maybe changing teams and going to a new world will allow me to show my talents?

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Under the repeated urging and command of head coach Heldon, the players of Sofia United finally mustered up some courage and launched an attack on the Tyne goal.

Although falling behind by two goals at the start was a big blow to their morale, it also meant that they still had a lot of time to make a comeback.

There is no need to equalize the score all at once.

As long as they can score a goal first, the situation will turn in their favor.

This is how football games work. Morale and condition, two important factors that determine the outcome of a game, are adjusted dynamically.

Losing two goals can bring morale to a low point, but if you can score a goal, no matter how it is scored, even if it is a lucky goal, it can boost morale again.

So what Helden did was not wrong from a strategic point of view.

The only problem is that aside from a strategy that sounds like bullshit, he doesn't provide any correct tactics to execute.

He just kept waving his arms on the sidelines, asking the players to press forward and start high-pressure defense in the frontcourt, hoping to snatch the ball directly in the frontcourt and launch an attack on the spot.

Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this tactic. After all, both of Tyne's goals in this game came from the change of ball possession.

In general football matches, opportunities are most likely to appear when the ball is transferred, that is, when the defense switches to the offense, or when the offense switches to the defense. Because the transfer is a "break in the balance", loopholes and opportunities will appear at this time.

So Helden asked his players to seize the ball and switch possession. The idea was correct, but he did not consider whether this set of things could be correctly executed by his players.

High-pressure defense does not mean that the players will rush forward and chase the ball with a wave of the hand... If some people are not united, it will only waste the energy of some players and lead to a "suicidal act" of disconnection between the front and the back.

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At 8 minutes and 26 seconds into the game, Sofia United attacked into Tayne's penalty area, and then Adel Deget's shot was saved by Goetz and then cleared.

After losing the ball, Sofia United did not quickly return to the defensive half as they did after conceding the second goal, but immediately pressed forward and pressed high.

Facing Sofo United's high-pressure defense, Wang Lie withdrew from the front line to the midfield to increase the number of support points in the midfield.

After he gestured to his teammates for the ball, the football was passed to him.

Seeing Wang Lie catch the ball, the Tyne fans in the stands cheered loudly.

Before Wang Lie received the ball, he had his back to the direction of attack, with Sofo United's midfielder Felipe Mejia following behind him.

Mega planned to stick close to Wang Lie when he stopped the ball, to interfere with Wang Lie and prevent him from turning around.

But Wang Lie had no intention of stopping the ball. When he received the ball, he used the outside of his right foot to gently stop the ball to the outside and turned around at the same time.

Mega turned around, but was always blocked by Wang Lie behind him. The latter just used the outside of his right foot to pass the ball, leaving Mega no chance to steal the ball...

However, he doesn't have to steal the ball immediately. As long as he can stay with Wang Lie, he will still have a chance to grab the ball.

And he has teammates to help...

After Wang Lie turned around with the ball, he did not shake off Mega, so he dribbled the ball forward.

Because of Helden's high-pressure pressing, the Sofia defense line almost pressed to the center line. Wang Lie met Sofia center back Taylor Murphy in just two steps.

Also because of the requirement of high-pressure defense, Murphy did not retreat when facing Wang Lie's dribbling, but instead moved forward to press!

He will attack from the front and back with Mega to keep the ball here.

It was at this moment that Wang Lie used the outside of his right foot to kick the ball forward to the right - he passed the ball to Sonny Dean who was waiting for him in the middle!

After passing the ball, Wang Lie immediately accelerated and left Mega and Murphy behind.

When the ball rolled over, Dean naturally saw Wang Lie's forward run, and he knew what that meant. So without any hesitation, he pushed the ball over with his right foot!

Wall collision cooperation!

The cheers at Lize Park grew louder again.

When the whole team was executing high pressing, Sofo United right-back Jose Gomes failed to keep pace with his teammates and he lagged behind.

When Murphy pressed forward, he moved from the wing to the middle, as if to fill the gap left by Murphy.

It was also because of this move that when Dean passed the ball to the empty space in front of Wang Lie, there was still someone in the Sofolian half who could make up for it...

"Dean Slash!"

"Gomez chases back!"

Gomes only has the football in his eyes. His job is actually very simple - catch up with the football, kick the ball out, and disrupt Tyne's fast break.

But the simple premise is that he has to get there before Wang Lie!
He transferred to Sofia United last summer and worked with Wang Lie for half a season.

At that time, Wang Lie's physical condition was not in the best condition and his speed was not fast.

But before the game, when assistant coach Lindsay showed them Wang Lie's video, he repeatedly emphasized to them that they should be careful of Wang Lie's speed.

Now he knew that the assistant coach was definitely not exaggerating!

So he didn't dare to hold back. After turning around, he gritted his teeth and sped himself up, just like he was competing in a sprint round-trip with his teammates in training.

Just when he was about to catch up with the football, Wang Lie's figure appeared in his sight!

He didn't get to the ball before Wang Lie!
He recalled the scene he had seen in the video highlights:
Wang Lie and Witton Hill center back Feng Qiyuan, who is known for his speed, were racing down the wing, both chasing the football at the same time.

How similar is that scene to this one?
In the end, Feng Qiyuan threw his entire body towards the football, but was unable to stop Wang Lie.

Then can I do it myself?

Gomes had no confidence at all.

But... who says that the only way to disrupt an offense is to shovel the football?
Gomez tackled him with anger in his heart!

He didn't tackle the ball because he didn't intend to tackle it at all!
His body slid forward along the grass, but his right foot was raised - he was not going to tackle the ball, he was going to tackle the person!
A foul can also stop Tyne's counterattack!

As for whether this foul would result in him receiving a yellow card or even a red card...it was obviously no longer in Gomes' consideration.

Out of fear of continuing to lose the ball and fear that he would not be able to stop Wang Lie, his brain could only make one decision - to stop Wang Lie here at all costs!
But even though Gomes was prepared to be sent off, he still didn't even touch Wang Lie!
Wang Lie jumped up from the ground while running quickly, like a horse leaping over a river, and stepped over Gomes' raised right leg!

"Empty!"

When commentator Luo Jin saw this scene, he shouted excitedly.

Gomes is the last defensive player of Sofo United besides the goalkeeper. His clearance means that Wang Lie will get an excellent chance to score a goal alone!
Is this kind of ball... difficult for Wang Lie?

So...is this going to be a hat trick?

A hat trick in less than ten minutes!

This thought popped up in Luo Jin's mind and he could no longer suppress it. He was so excited that his voice was shaking!

There were many people who had the same idea as him, because the cheers at Lize Park Stadium became louder again!
Everyone stood up from their seats and leaned over to look down.

"Wang Lie!"

"king!!"

Wang Lie did not slow down at all after stepping over Gomes. After landing, he caught up with the football and dribbled towards the goal of Sofo United!
At this time, even if the other side's full-back Pablo Castin was desperately chasing back, it was too late.

Because Wang Lie’s speed is not slower than his!
Seeing this, Sofia United goalkeeper Jimmy Dogg also decided to abandon the goal and attack.

When Wang Lie just stepped into the penalty area, he met Doge. He lowered his shoulders slightly to the right and raised his right foot, as if he wanted to use the outside of his foot to push the football to the right.

Doge lowered his center of gravity and leaned his body toward that direction.

But he didn't completely throw his center of gravity and pounce.

Obviously he was guarding against Wang Lie's fake moves.

Sure enough, Wang Lie was just feinting. His right foot didn't touch the ball at all. Instead, he used the outside of his left foot to push the ball to the left!

This time it’s real action!

Doug immediately turned around and followed, and saw Wang Lie raising his left foot to shoot!

He rushed out...

But this is still a fake move!
Wang Lie's left foot landed but he didn't shoot. Instead, he used the outside of his foot to push the ball forward!

Although Doug had lost his balance, he did not give up and continued to catch up with him using his hands and feet...

The cheers at Lize Park Stadium were resounding through the sky, as if Wang Lie's goal had already been scored!
When Wang Lie swung his foot to shoot again, Doge supported himself with his left hand and stretched out his right hand to block Wang Lie's shot.

He couldn't stop it.

Because his save was already at the end of its strength...

Wang Lie kicked the football towards the empty goal with his left foot!
The football rolled away from Jimmy Dog's hands and finally rolled into the goal without any suspense!

"Wang Lie passed Doge! Shoot - the ball goes in!!! Hat trick! Less than ten minutes into the game, Wang Lie has completed a hat trick!" Luo Jin could finally shout out what was in his heart.

"In the first half of the season at Sofia, he was ridiculed, criticized, and even humiliated. As a legend of the Sofia club, he was forced to leave in an ignominious way... I know that many of Wang Lie's supporters are very unhappy about this, but none of them combined are more unhappy than Wang Lie himself! So... this is his response, the most powerful response!"

(End of this chapter)