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Chapter 67 Hunting Wang Lie
When Sven Helden appeared at the post-match press conference, all the reporters present raised their hands before he even sat down.

Liu Zhong whispered to Guo Xuequan, "It's no use raising your hand, Lao Guo. You offended him badly last time, he will definitely ignore you."

Guo Xuequan said, "It doesn't matter. None of the reporters here today will let him go. If he doesn't click on it, then I won't click on it either."

"You know you still raise..."

"This is an attitude, Xiao Liu. I can't just give this old Deng the middle finger, so I can only raise my hand."

As Guo Xuequan said this, he straightened his body and raised his arms again.

He was right. After the question-and-answer session began, all the questions asked by reporters were very aggressive and did not leave him any face.

"Mr. Helden, are you responsible for this humiliating defeat?"

"Mr. Sven Helden, would you consider resigning?"

"The team suddenly collapsed after halftime. What did you say to the players during halftime?"

"In the first half of the season, you tied with the Scouse team 1:1 at home. The team performed very tenaciously at that time. Why did you perform like this this time away from home? It's very different from the first half of the season..."

"In the last round of the league, Wang scored a hat trick against the Scouse and helped Tyne win its first victory against the Scouse in the past six seasons. In this round of the league, without him, you lost eight goals away from home, setting a record for the club's biggest loss. Does this mean that it was a mistake to let Wang leave?"

"In the last game you said your team was in third place. Now you've dropped back to fourth place. How do you feel about that?"

"Mr. Helden, do you know that you led the team to the most humiliating defeat in the history of Sofia United? If you continue with this performance, do you think the team can return to the Champions League?"

"Excuse me……"

"Mr. Helden! Mr. Helden..."

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"...we did make mistakes in the 21st to 24th minutes of the first half, so we conceded two goals in a short time, which was a penalty...but the performance in the second half was not our style, it was not our level...this was not Sofia United, I saw eleven people losing their minds..."

Sitting on the team bus from Northumberland Football City to Leeds Park Stadium, Wang Lie, wearing headphones, couldn't help laughing when he saw Heldon's dark face saying this on the mobile phone screen.

His chuckle attracted the attention of his teammate Matej Katić behind him. The Croatian defender leaned forward and saw what was on the screen in Wang Lie's hand.

He laughed and asked, "Isn't it refreshing to see your enemies being besieged?"

Wang Lie took off his headphones and shook his head, saying, "If he wasn't coaching Sofia, it would be really satisfying."

"I think that at least in the short term, you should be happy to see the news of Sofia United's embarrassing loss. After all, Sofia United also contributed to Heldon's 'persecution' of you. Just like Zvezda..."

Katic talked about the past of his former club and Wang Lie’s former club.

Pablo Zlatan is a famous Spanish international and Barcelona star. He spent most of his career at Barcelona and achieved great success.

But in fact, he is an excellent player trained by Madrid FC youth training. Because he did not get enough opportunities in the Madrid FC first team, he thought he was treated unfairly by the club management. So after the contract expired, he joined Madrid FC's arch-rival Atletico Barcelona as a free agent.

At Atletico Barcelona he became a key player for the team and achieved great success.

He eventually retired from Barcelona as a club legend.

Before retiring, he and Wang Lie were teammates at Atletico Barcelona for three seasons.

So Katic used Zhopu as an example because Wang Lie also knew Zhopu.

Wang Lie shook his head and disagreed with Katic's statement: "Pablo's situation is different from mine. He played for you for a very short time. Although he was indeed trained by your youth training, he has been a fan of Merritt since he was a child, so he has no feelings for you..."

The "Merrit" that Wang Lie mentioned is a La Liga team in Madrid. Although it cannot be compared with the top European giants Madrid FC in terms of historical records or current strength, it is the first team in Madrid because it is rooted in the grassroots and was established earlier than Madrid FC. Therefore, it has a lot of fans in Madrid. In the Madrid area alone, its influence is no less than that of Madrid FC.

Merritt is also the arch-enemy of Madrid FC in the Madrid region.

It is not surprising that a player who has liked Merritt since childhood is trained in the youth training camp of Madrid FC. This is because similar things are common in Madrid FC - they always search for outstanding talented teenagers all over the world and sign them to their youth training center for training.

Then there is no reason why they would let the talented young man who is right at their doorstep go.

This is how Pablo Zlatan was selected to join the youth team of Madrid FC.

If he continues to develop like this, he may become a famous and legendary player of Madrid FC in the future, and he will also become a staunch "Madridista". His past of liking Merritt in his childhood is just a childhood anecdote of a Madrid FC legend.

But Zappa did not live to see the day when he became a legend of Madrid FC. He left the team just two seasons after joining the first team and joined the arch-rivals Atletico Barcelona.

"... I'm different. I didn't get the respect I deserved at Atletico Barcelona. It was Sofia who gave me the opportunity to prove myself. I love this team from the bottom of my heart. Although I do have opinions about the club's top management and the head coach, I played there for ten years... Who was hurt the most by this 0:8 defeat? It was definitely not the head coach or the management, but the Sofia fans."

"But I remember that in your last half season at Sofia, there were fans who booed you and thought you should leave."

"They are a very small minority and cannot represent all Sofia fans." Wang Lie curled his lips. "And they will eventually understand that I am speaking from the heart and will understand who is deceiving and using them. In China, there is a saying that goes 'Time reveals a person's true character', which means that as time goes by and you get to know a person's true character after spending a long time with him. So when Helden coaches the team for a while longer, they will know who is really thinking about Sofia and who is using Sofia."

"How long can he continue to coach Sofia United? The defeat in this game was humiliating..." Katic expressed doubts.

Wang Lie thought of Jonathan Hall, the general manager of the Sofia United Club, and shook his head and said, "At least he shouldn't be fired this season."

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Jonathan Hall looked at the frowning man in front of him, who was the balding team coach Sven Helden.

Hall said: "Mr. Buckle asked me to inform you to meet with him in an hour to discuss this game."

"Is the club going to fire me because of the failure of this game?" Heldon asked with a gloomy face.

Hall shook his head: "Not really. But the boss needs to know what happened. Why did the team that won 3:0 in the last game lose this game without any resistance?"

Helden was a little dissatisfied: "I also want to know why. Last night I locked myself in the study and thought about it almost all night. I also want to know why we lost like this! Our players had no fighting spirit at all in the game! They just watched the opponents who were so close to them receive the ball, pass the ball, dribble past the players and shoot..."

He first just spread his hands, then he just waved his arms excitedly.

"I made five substitutions, and I told them what to do in the second half during the halftime break...but they didn't follow through at all! You saw how our players performed on the court, they seemed to have lost their souls, just eleven wooden stakes! They were afraid to confront their opponents, and they also lost the confidence to win the game!"

Hall nodded. It was just as Heldon said. The Sofia players on the field seemed to just want the game to end quickly instead of thinking about how to score a goal.

So he comforted the agitated Helden: "Don't worry, Sven. The boss must express his position. After all, he is the chairman of the club. If he does nothing after losing to the mortal enemy, it will only make the people in the club doubt whether he has lost control of the club... The management will not fire you because of the failure of this game. After all, everyone has seen your previous team performance. I believe Mr. Baker is also aware of this. Moreover, I will explain this to Mr. Baker on your behalf..."

After getting the promise from the most powerful person in the club's management, Helden's emotions finally stabilized: "This is the fact. The failure of a game does not mean anything. Especially since this is not a normal game at all... I have canceled the holidays for all the team members and punished them for their performance on the field. Every player recognized and accepted my criticism and punishment of them. They know that they have brought shame to this great team and that they have disappointed me as the head coach."

Hall nodded and said, "I will also emphasize this point to Mr. Buckle..."

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Andrew Stockley's body could clearly feel the pressure from behind, and with a groan, someone suddenly bumped into him from behind.

Fortunately, he managed to position himself well, so even though he was hit by someone, he was still able to kick the flying football away.

Then he heard a growl behind him.

After completing the rescue, Stokely turned around and saw Wang Lie, with an angry face, staring at him.

Stokely was startled at first, then he came to his senses and felt puzzled:

What are you so angry about?
I'm your opponent, I'm just doing my job.

Isn't it normal not to score a goal in offense?

What's there to be angry about?
Then he thought:
Are you angry because I ruined your goal-scoring chance?
what!
Then it's time for you to get angry!

Because we have made tactical arrangements specifically for you today!
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"It's been almost half an hour since the game started, and the score is still 0:0. Wang Lie is surrounded by Brighton Baishan's defense, especially near Baishan's penalty area... Maybe it's because Wang Lie's hat trick in the last game scared Baishan's head coach and players..."

Brighton White Mountain head coach Patrick Mandeville stood on the sidelines, biting his fingernails nervously.

He also drew inspiration from the Scots' 2-3 loss to Tyne in the previous round.

At that time, Scouse head coach Josep Gil asked his players to double-team Wang Lie.

For a period of time, it was very successful, making it almost impossible for Tyne's attack to pass Wang Lie.

Mandeville also carefully analyzed the reasons for Gill's ultimate failure.

That is to encircle and suppress Wang Lie only in the midfield, but not near the penalty area.

He could understand why Jill did this, because he was worried that if he fouled Wang Lie, he would give Wang Lie too many free kick opportunities. Wang Lie actually took the lead with a free kick.

But in fact, the free kick was nearly 40 meters away from the goal, which strictly speaking did not fall within the range of "near the penalty area" - the Scouse people successfully prevented Wang Lie from scoring with a free kick near their penalty area, but they did not expect Wang Lie to score directly with a free kick far away from their penalty area...

Mandeville gained valuable experience from Gill's failure. He thought that Wang Lie should still be double-teamed, but not in the midfield, but near the penalty area.

In the midfield, he would not chase and intercept Wang Lie too much because that would disperse his defensive forces. He still wanted to build a solid defense line in the third defensive zone, which was near his own penalty area.

As for the free kick issue, just let the players pay special attention to it.

He also did targeted free kick defense training in the training week before the game, with very detailed arrangements from the arrangement of the human wall to the positioning of the goalkeeper.

Judging from the 30 minutes of the game so far, his tactical arrangement has worked. Wang Lie has a hard time catching the ball under heavy siege, let alone shooting and scoring. The few chances he occasionally got were not very good. Under the close pressure of Brighton White Mountain's defenders, he failed to seize them...

But Mandeville was still nervous and not happy about it.

Because he knew that the game was a ninety-minute contest, not thirty minutes.

Not losing the ball now doesn’t mean you won’t lose the ball in the future.

When facing a top player like Wang Lie who has proven his ability time and time again, it is best not to open the champagne in advance.

He still remembers how Hurlingham FC head coach Kofi Rossiter became a "clown".

For this reason, before the game, when faced with questions from media reporters about Wang Lie, he responded with praise and flattery.

From Wang Lie's recent performance to his historical status, everything is exaggerated.

I feel like a fan of Wang Lie...

But when it came to the competition, he was not polite at all to his "idol"!
Apart from telling the players not to commit fouls intentionally, he basically used all the necessary tactics on Wang Lie.

He felt like he was hunting a prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex.

We must pool all our strength, clarify the division of labor and work together.

The entire hunting process is long and arduous. You must concentrate fully without any slackness or mistakes, and you must also pray for the favor of the goddess of luck...

Only after confirming that the hunt was successful and the Tyrannosaurus Rex was killed could one truly breathe a sigh of relief.

Before that, we have to hold our breath.

Mandeville looked up at the scoreboard, which showed the score and the game time.

It is now the thirty-third minute of the game.

There are twelve minutes left in the first half.

Everything seems to be going well so far, but he knows that this kind of defense is very physically demanding.

During the halftime break, the team doctor and physiotherapy team should give the players massages to fully relax their muscles and help them recover quickly...

Mandeville was already thinking about the half-time arrangements.

This is not to say that he doesn't care about the game that is currently going on, but that he must plan ahead and prepare in advance.

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Because Wang Lie was surrounded and closely guarded by Brighton White Mountain players.

So when attacking, Tyne tried not to pass the ball to Wang Lie, but to pass the ball to other people.

For example, Vitini, Dean, or the Dutch attacking midfielder Van Ginkel who advanced into the penalty area.

This time Dean's cross from the right was touched out of bounds by a Brighton White Mountain player, and Tyne got a throw-in near the corner of the opponent's penalty area.

Right back Jacob Barnabas came up and threw the ball to Dean who received it.

Then he quickly stepped back to create space and angle.

Sure enough, when Dean received the ball, his back was facing the penalty area, and there was a Brighton White Mountain player behind him, making it difficult for him to turn around.

At the same time, another Brighton White Mountain player rushed in front of him, and the two of them double-teamed Dean.

Because Brighton White Mountain's overall formation retreated very deep when defending, they could pile up people in the defensive third zone to form a numerical advantage and encircle Tyne's ball-holding players in every place.

At this time, Tyne needs to use passing to open up space and find the right time to pass the ball.

For example, now, after Barnabas threw the out-of-bounds ball, he immediately returned to the court and stepped back to increase the angle and distance.

Surrounded by two people, Dean passed the football back to Barnabas.

Along with the football came the Brighton White Mountain players who had just besieged Dean.

Barnabas didn't have time to think about so many things. Facing the pressure, he didn't even stop the ball and passed it directly!

But in fact this is not a good time to cross the ball.

Because now in the penalty area of ​​Brighton White Mountain, Vitini just ran from the back point to the front point to respond. He must be hoping that Barnabas will pass the ball at his feet.

As a result, Barnabas passed the ball high.

The only person who can score in the middle is attacking midfielder Van Ginkel, who occupies Wang Lie's original position.

Apart from that, there were no other Tyne players in Brighton White Hill's penalty area.

When there are only two players, especially only one player in the middle who can compete for the header, passing a high ball is definitely not the right choice...

But the ball had already been passed to Barnabas, so he could only try his best to grab the header.

Van Ginkel jumped at the same time as Brighton White Mountain's central defender Andrew Stockley, competing for the landing point.

But neither of them touched the ball.

In order to pass the ball before the defender could block it, Barnabas passed the ball with a lot of force...

The football flew straight through the front point and the middle, and flew towards... the back point.

There, Brighton White Mountain's right-back Amisi Jean entered the penalty area, looked up at the football and jumped, ready to head it away.

But at this moment the commentators exclaimed:
"king!"

"WAAAAANG——!"

"Wang Lie!"

The audience in front of the TV saw Wang Lie suddenly fly in from outside the broadcast camera!

Gene, who had already jumped, felt a black screen before his eyes...

A figure has blocked his entire vision and he has lost track of the football!

Then he lost his balance too.

Wang Lie in the air only felt that he seemed to have bumped into someone, but he didn't know who it was. All he could see was the flying football!
Facing the flying football, he steadied his upper body, especially his neck muscles, and kept his head upright.

When the football comes, retract your chin and nod your head, making sure to use your forehead, which has the largest area to touch the ball, to head the ball...

Bang!
He hit it hard!

The football suddenly turned and flew towards the goal!

Brighton White Mountain goalkeeper Bailey Grant did not react to such a sudden header. He just stood on the ground, looking up at the football flying into the goal from above his body...

"Wang Lie!!! In the 1th minute! He finally broke the deadlock for Tyne! He scored the first goal! 0:! Tyne leads Brighton White Mountain away from home!"

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(End of this chapter)