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Chapter 34 The goal was scored accidentally
So is there any difference in the physical condition of Wang Lie, who is one year younger than before?
Or was it just a numbers game, using golden special effects to deceive Wang Lie into thinking he was one year younger, and then using that breath and illusory spiritual power to make him feel that he had really become younger?
When running back to his own half, Wang Lie tried to sprint.

He could indeed feel some subtle changes in his body, as if... it was not as strenuous when he sprinted at full speed?
However, it would not be right to say that this change is a complete transformation.

I can only say that there is an effect, but not much.

However, Wang Lie actually had enough expectations for this result, so he was not disappointed.

After all, he is only one year younger, and he knows what state he was in a year ago.

His physical decline did not start a year ago - he only scored 2034 goals in the league last season, and the total number of goals in a season was only 2035. In the previous - season, he scored goals in the league and the total number of goals in the season was .

The gap is very obvious.

He celebrated his 2035th birthday on February 2, 17.

It can be said that his physical condition and performance declined, which actually started when he was thirty-six years old.

So even if his body functions returned to that of a 36-year-old, it wouldn't really solve his current problems.

Of course, Wang Lie also knew that food must be eaten bite by bite, and it was impossible to expect to become fat in one bite.

He was already very happy that he could be one year younger with just one goal - he had previously thought that he had to score five or even ten goals to have a chance to be one year younger.

Watching Wang Lie running back to his own half at the speed of a 2-meter sprint, commentator Luo Jin couldn't help but exclaim: "This is Wang Lie! He is never satisfied! Even though he has scored a goal, even though Tyne is now leading the opponent 1:, in his mind, there seems to be no option of 'stopping here'! He is always full of endless motivation to pursue victory and goals!"

Of course, in the eyes of those who already disliked Wang Lie, this scene was seen as "pretending" and "showing off", and a meaningless waste of energy.

If Wang Lie fails to catch up with any of the balls next time, the haters will bring up this scene and scold him:

"Weren't you running very fast just now? How come you can't even catch up with the ball now?"

"Look at what you're capable of! You even had to charge all the way back to half the field! Go ahead, why don't you keep charging now?"

But the haters can always find reasons and angles to criticize, so you don’t have to care about what they think at all. Just slap them in the face, and slap them hard.

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Wang Lie came on in the 58th minute of the game and scored a goal in the 66th minute. Including injury time, there was still half an hour left for Helingham FC.

The difference was just one goal, but Hlingham FC was not without chances to make a comeback.

So after recovering from the initial blow, Herlingham FC head coach Rost made adjustments - not to strengthen the defense against Wang Lie, but to strengthen the offense.

Hlingham FC has no choice now. They must step up their attack to have a chance of turning the situation around.

Rost also knew that one of the most criticized problems of Tyne's "mercenary army" was that they could not play against the wind. When they encountered difficulties, they would easily give up and fall apart.

But on the other hand, "mercenaries" who are paid to do things will like and be good at playing with the wind and crushing the game - they can get the bonus easily by winning, who doesn't like that?
So now in order to avoid turning the game into a favorable situation for Tyne, Hlingham FC must push forward and suppress the opponent's arrogance with offense, and should never shrink the defense and let Tyne play better and better.

After the game resumed, Hurlingham FC, at the request of head coach Rossiter, launched a pressing attack on Tyne in the midfield.

It was somewhat bold to do so when Tyne's morale was high.

But Ross had no choice.

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"Their high pressing really had an impact on us," McNeill said to assistant coach Valo on the sidelines.

"Well, even Wang has started to retreat frequently to support the opponent, which means that our passing route from the midfield to the front field is not smooth." Varo nodded, and then reminded, "We should make adjustments in time, otherwise the advantage brought by Wang's goal will be gradually eroded."

McNeill said to him, "Go get Dean, it's his turn to play."

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"McNeill made another substitution, replacing midfielder Tommy Biggins with striker Sonny Dean... What's the purpose? Changing from 442 to 433?"

The commentators asked this question.

It was not until Dean ran onto the field and stood in his position that everyone realized that Dean was not on the front line, but on the avant-garde line.

Before McNeill took office and the team's main center forward Peter Oliver was injured, Tyne's main tactical formation was 433.

Peter Oliver was in the middle, Vitini was on the left and Dean was on the right, playing as a winger.

In fact, both Dean and Vitini have the ability to play as forwards.

But now McNeill is playing Dean not as a winger or a forward.

But it is between the striker and the midfielder.

The reason why McNeill made such an arrangement is because Dean has a pretty good ability to pass the ball threateningly.

Like Dean, Vitini has speed and footwork, but he lacks Dean's ability to pass threatening balls.

The Brazilian boy's talent is obviously strong, but he is too young after all, only 22 years old, a little immature compared to the 27-year-old Dean.

Judging from the positions on the field, Tyne seems to be in 442. In fact, when the attack starts, Tyne's formation will become more like 4222:

The two forwards in front are Wang Lie and Vitini, and behind them are Sonny Dean and starting left winger Gabriel Barreto.

Behind them are Van Ginkel and defensive midfielder Gianfranco Ramosa.

Van Ginkel retreated slightly, while Dean went from the wing to the middle, adding Dean to the passage from the backcourt to the frontcourt. This can effectively reduce the pressure on the Dutch attacking midfielder and ensure that the passing path is unobstructed. At the same time, there can be an extra person who can pass threatening balls and a scoring point closer to the Hlingham FC penalty area. Although Wang Lie scored a goal, McNeill did not forget his original intention of letting Wang Lie play.

However, this was the first time that Sonny Dean played in this position in a game, and McNeill himself was actually unsure. This substitution adjustment was not planned in advance by him, and it was even more impossible for him to have done any targeted practice. It was just an on-the-spot adjustment after he saw Hurlingham FC's high-pressure defense.

So after the game resumed, McNeil would always pay more attention to Dean.

The first time Sonny Dean got the ball after coming on was in the middle of the midfield with his back to the direction of attack.

He received the ball with his back to the goal and was about to turn around to move forward, but as he turned, he was blocked by the foot of Daniel White, the defensive midfielder of Hurlingham FC. He stumbled forward, but the ball was left at White's feet!
He lost the ball...

"Dean doesn't seem to be in game shape yet..." muttered assistant coach Varo beside him.

"We'll see later," McNeill said.

After all, he had only been on the court for less than two minutes, and not everyone had the ability to get into the rhythm of the game in one second without having to adapt, at least Sonny Dean was not one of them.

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Dean turned his head around to look at the surrounding situation before receiving the ball. Wang Lie was in the front, so the defenders of Helingham FC did not dare to press forward easily.

There was a small space in the area where he was now.

This time, Dean did not receive the ball with his back to the direction of attack, but instead received it sideways.

Hurlingham FC's defensive midfielder White is here again.

This time Dean was prepared and pretended to pass the ball to Wang Lie. White immediately stretched out his foot to block it, but he just feinted and kicked in the air. When he pulled the ball back, he stepped on the ball with the sole of his foot and pulled it in front of him, then quickly pushed it behind White with the inside of the same foot.

Then start on the spot and get rid of White!
"nice shot!"

"Beautiful escape!"

Seeing Dean successfully escape, Wang Lie immediately cut in diagonally to the ribs. After the previous goal, Hellingham FC's central defender Burgess dared not not follow, so the empty space in the middle was opened up by Wang Lie.

Dean rushed there with the ball without hesitation, and then shot before another Hellingham FC central defender Billington!
Then the football flew high over the crossbar...

McNeill, who had been staring at him very seriously, shook his body suddenly on the sidelines. He didn't expect that after such a beautiful escape, this attack would end like this.

"Oh! Dean! The previous escape was really beautiful, but this shot was not quite good..." Luo Jin still gave Sonny Dean some face.

How is this "almost"?
It's clearly "too bad to be at grandma's house"!
Dean himself didn't expect that his long-range shot was so outrageous... He held his head with both hands, staring at the stands behind the goal of Hellingham FC with wide eyes in disbelief. That was the final destination of the football just now.

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Robbie Dixie withdrew his gaze from the stands behind him, where the football had just landed, and then caused a scramble among the fans, just like a stone thrown into a pond, causing ripples.

Of course, the fan who gets the ball still has to throw it back and cannot claim it as his own.

"What the hell are you kicking!" Dixie cursed after looking away.

"Not a bad getaway," Jon Berg commented objectively.

"What's the use? There was no goal and no threat. Dean should have passed the ball to Wang!"

Berg laughed: "Do you hope to lose faster? How could the ball be passed to Wang? Wang pulled away to create an opportunity for Dean..." Dixie was still complaining: "What a pity for this opportunity! If Dean hadn't wasted it, we would be leading by two goals now, and whatever Herlingham did would just be a dying struggle... Alas!"

Hurlingham FC's high-pressure strategy after losing the ball did cause trouble for Tyne, and it was understandable that Tyne fans were worried and found it difficult to let go.

After all, their home team is a well-known "mercenary" team, and it is not the first time that they have lost a good situation.

There are definitely many people who think like Dixie.

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That beautiful escape was one of the rare highlights of Dean's performance after he came on the pitch. He did not do a very good job of the job that head coach McNeill asked him to do.

He took the ball too much and the pace of passing the ball was slow.

If they continue to play like this, it seems that Hlingham FC will get through the stage after conceding a goal, which is the most prone to confusion and goal losses.

Because Tyne did not take the opportunity to create more good scoring opportunities.

Kofi Rossiter stood on the sidelines, already beginning to think about how to play the next game...

After Sonny Dean came on, he was out of sync with the rest of the team, so you don't need to pay too much attention to him.

Vitini is in very good form today. We need to continue to put pressure on him, force him, irritate him and disrupt his rhythm.

As for Wang Lie... that ball was just good luck. Vitini was the engine of Tyne in this game. As long as he could strangle Vitini, Wang Lie would not be afraid!
When we have the ball, we should focus on attacking from the left, after all, their right back Barnabas has a yellow card...

Thinking of this, Rost raised his wrist and glanced at the smart watch on his hand. There were still fifteen or sixteen minutes left before the end of the game.

Is it possible to score two more goals at this time?
Nothing is impossible, but...

If this was the third round of the league, a game at home, Rossiter might have let the whole team rush forward without hesitation and go all out - that's exactly what he did at the beginning.

But now, when this thought popped up in Rost's mind, the scene of Wang Lie scoring a goal would appear, and then suppress this thought...

Is there any difference between today's game and the one last September?

The opponent's head coach changed, and there was a new player...

Also, we didn’t make a comeback after the equalizer and take the lead, but conceded another goal…

So maybe we shouldn't expect our team to turn the tables and win away from home?

Be realistic, it would be enough to equalize the score and take away one point.

Yes, that's it. At least...

Rost hesitated.

At least the fight between Wang and I didn't end in a tie. He didn't win, and I didn't lose...

When Kofi Rossiter came to his senses and looked back at the field, Tyne was launching an attack.

This time it looks no different from the previous times.

When approaching the defensive third of Hlingham FC, he would choose to give the ball to Vitini.

Obviously, Tyne's head coach McNeill and the players all know who is the most threatening person in this game...

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"Vettini received the ball on the wing... He was very active in this match and fully deserved 'Man of the Match' for his performance so far!"

Vitini himself is well aware that he is in good form.

In fact, since scoring that goal, he felt as if he had entered some kind of magical state. The ball under his feet seemed to have become the pet dog he had raised for many years, and it was in tune with his mind.

He can do whatever he wants.

If he wants the football to roll to the left, the ball will definitely not go to the right!

Facing Johnson Seven, the midfielder of Hlingham FC who came up to defend him, Vitini simply clamped the football between his feet and threw it from behind!
The football flew into the air, passed over the heads of him and Seven, and fell forward in a parabola!

The 35-year-old veteran Seven really didn't expect that he would be played by his opponent in this way!
While he was distracted, Vitini slipped past him!
There was a deafening cheer from the stands of Lize Park Stadium!

The commentators also:
"Rainbow Pass!"

"Oh my god! Vitini is playing tricks!"

"Vettini seems to be enjoying football!"

After shaking off Johnson Seven, Vitini caught up with the ball. At this moment, the second player of Hurlingham FC had arrived.

Right back Arthur Kounismagee!
As Vitini caught up with the football, he swung his left leg as if he was going to pass the ball.

Cornishmaji stretched out his foot to block it.

As a result, Vitini's left foot just kicked the bouncing football down again.

The ball was dribbled into the penalty area right under Kaunismaghi's crotch!

The cheers got louder!
The commentators’ voices are also louder!
"Vitini! Vitini! Vitini is killing like crazy!"

"Second one! He's in the penalty area!"

"Vitini is simply unstoppable!"

When Vitini was trying to kill any opponent who stood in his way at the edge of the penalty area of ​​​​Herlingham FC, Wang Lie, who was originally at the edge of the penalty area, suddenly accelerated and rushed directly towards the goal from the middle.

And when Vitini passed Seven, Hurlingham FC's central defender Joey Burgess almost rushed to the wing with Cornishmagee.

At this moment, the only central defender guarding the center of the goal was Charlie Billington.

And he discovered Wang Lie who was advancing in time, so he took the initiative to move forward.

It was at this time that Vitini passed the ball.

However, he did not pass the ball to Wang Lie who was making a forward run, but instead swept the ball towards the area between the small penalty area line and the penalty spot.

Just like they practiced in training:
Vitini cut in from the wing, attracting the attention of the first group of defenders.

Then Wang Lie rushed to the front of the goal, attracted the attention of the second group of defensive players, and suppressed them.

In this way, an empty area can be created in the opponent's penalty area. No matter whether it is Van Ginkel or any other teammate, as long as they get in in time and appear there, they can get a chance to shoot directly facing the goal!
And this time, the one who showed up there was… Sonny Dean!
After he came on as a substitute, in addition to acting as a "contact person" in the midfield and frontcourt, he also had another task, which was to take advantage of the space and opportunities created by Wang Lie to shoot and score!

Dean headed the flying football!
Then the ball collided with Hurlingham FC goalkeeper Adelstenson who was diving back from the front post...

Adelstenson had no time to react effectively. He could only wave his hand reflexively and knocked the flying football away...

He didn't even bother to think about where to hit the ball!
"Dean—! Ouch!"

"The top is so straight!"

"Herlingham escaped!"

The exclamations from the stands and the commentators had not yet completely died down when something unexpected happened in front of the goal of Herlingham FC!

The football hit by Adelstensen neither flew out of the baseline nor flew far away from the goal. Instead, it rotated strongly, turned in a strange arc, and floated towards... the back point!
Center back Charlie Billington watched the football pass over his head, he quickly turned around and saw a man in the air in front of him, his body slightly leaning back, like a bow being pulled!

"king--!!"

“Wang Lie!!”

Considering the height of the football in the air, Wang Lie jumped a little too high.

But to Wang Lie, this was an insignificant detail.

He exerted force on his waist and abdomen, lowered his head, and used his forehead to push the ball towards the ground!

The football drew a "V"-shaped white light, bounced back from the bottom, and went over the line into the goal!

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