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Chapter 71

Vitini's goal made Wolverhampton head coach Paul Coady a little panicked.

But he quickly adjusted.

It's just a ball.

it's not a big deal!
While the Tyne players were still celebrating the goal crazily, Cody was already standing on the sidelines, making gestures to his players, comforting and encouraging them.

Although he referred to Clayton Athletic's win over Tyne, it didn't mean he was naive enough to think he would definitely win away from home.

He still considered the possibility of the opponent scoring first.

He also prepared a plan on how to deal with the situation of losing the ball first.

If Tyne scored at the start, we would shrink the defense first, stabilize the defense, and first get through the period when Tyne was ahead and their morale was high. Then we would slowly deal with them.

What if Tyne had taken the lead towards the end of the game?
Then don't worry about defense, just press forward and attack Tyne immediately.

Tyne did not take the lead at the beginning of the game, nor did it take the lead in the final stage of the game. Cody judged that Tyne would take advantage of this opportunity to expand the score in a short time.

However, he will not let the team shrink its defense to ensure that they do not continue to lose the ball.

Defense is about defending, but it does not mean defending to the death.

But to fight back.

The Tyne players must have been very excited after scoring the goal. They were eager to attack and it was naturally difficult for them to keep their formation intact and compact.

The huge gap behind them is the counterattack space that Wolverhampton can exploit.

Then why didn't they do this when they conceded a goal at the beginning of the game, but instead they pulled back the defense and defended first?
Because of physical fitness.

The game has just started, and Tyne's players were in better physical condition than they are now. They can rely on more running to make up for the gaps in the defense.

Even if Wolverhampton had the chance, it would have been hard to take advantage of it.

If we fight back at that time, the effect will be greatly reduced.

So even if the game is about conceding a goal, the strategies at the beginning and when the game is halfway through are different - although the players' physical strength will be restored to some extent after the halftime break, it cannot be compared with the physical condition at the beginning of the game.

After taking out the corresponding plan that had been prepared long ago and making arrangements, Cody returned to the coach's seat, unscrewed a bottle of water, took a few sips, sat in the chair in the coach's seat, and waited for the game to resume.

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In fact, after Wang Lie joined the team, other Tyne players have scored goals.

For example, in the last round of the league, Tyne beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 at home. In addition to Wang Lie's two goals, Charlie Cohen and Ryan Graham also scored a goal each.

Then why does it feel like Tyne is all thanks to Wang Lie?
Because except for the 2:1 away win over Bournemouth Athletic, in which Wang Lie did not score a goal, in all other games in which Wang Lie scored, he was the one who scored the first goal.

In other words, the most difficult task of "breaking the deadlock" was all done by Wang Lie.

In a game, whichever side scores first will break the balance first, and the situation will be in that side's favor.

The lagging party will be in an unstable state if it wants to regain balance, and this is the opportunity for the leading party.

This is also why the side that fell behind at first but won the game in the end would become the "comeback" drama that everyone talks about, arousing heated discussions and being reviewed in various ways...

Because everyone knows that the side that scores first has a higher chance of winning, while the side that loses the ball first is more likely to lose the game, so it is very difficult for them to turn defeat into victory.

In the match against the Scouse, although Wang Lie was not the first person to score a goal, he directly scored all of Tyne's goals in that game, and his role was obviously more important.

In the game against Clayton Athletic, Wang Lie was also the only player on the Tyne team to score a goal - he scored a goal in the final moments of the game, and before that, he forced Clayton Athletic midfielder Kevin Zimmer to score an own goal.

These goals are strong evidence of Wang Lie's importance to Tyne.

But at the same time, some people will interpret it as Tyne is highly dependent on Wang Lie, and the team can't play without Wang Lie...

Vitini's goal today was the first time that a Tyne player other than Wang Lie scored the first goal in a game in which Wang Lie played for Tyne and scored a goal.

It can be said that it is of great significance.

But Wang Lie himself doesn't actually care about this kind of discussion.

So when Vitini celebrated his goal and told him that he was not a burden, Wang Lie became furious - people outside who don't know anything about football are talking nonsense, and you f*cking take it seriously?

Of course he is important to Tyne, and very important, irreplaceable.

Wang Lie has always had a very clear understanding of his own importance.

But this does not mean that all Tyne players except himself are "burdens" or "fillers", nor does it mean that he can carry the whole game by himself - even if many people who promote this view are fans of Wang Lie.

This is also why Wang Lie does not set up an official fan group or interact with fans online.

Although the media always likes to publicize that he has more than 400 million real fans on the entire Internet, Wang Lie doesn't care about it.

If you like his football, like his spirit and become his fan, he will feel proud and happy.

But it does not mean that you will be controlled by a huge number of fans.

He is still himself and will not change for anyone.

Whether you like him or hate him, whether you become a fan or a fan turns hater... it doesn't matter to him.

He only cares about winning, only cares about football.

Fans sometimes talk nonsense, which he totally disagrees with. Should he issue a statement or post to engage in verbal battles with his fans?
No, he won't speak out against it directly, but he will prove the nonsense wrong with his actions.

Like the questions about him and the other Tyne players.

He never thought that the other players of Tyne were burdens or burdens. On the contrary, he believed that his teammates were very important if he really wanted to achieve his goal of participating in the Champions League next season.

Everyone must give full play to their own level to make it possible.

Why else would he be trying to push Sonny Dean around?
Always thinking about changing the "silent majority" within the team?
He is one of the top players in the world, but he never felt that he could win championships and victories alone.

Even when Sofia won seven titles, he didn't think it was his own achievement alone. He just thought he was the one who had the most credit...

In fact, during the daily training over the past week, Wang Lie could feel the changes in his teammates.

At that time, he didn't think too deeply about it. He was just very happy that everyone finally had more fighting spirit and drive.

This may be the biggest gain from that failure...

Unexpectedly, even someone like Vitini would think he was a burden to him...

Can a "burden" like Madrid FC be noticed?
But he also understood the reason for the change this week...

Wang Lie originally wanted to take advantage of Vitini's goal and the opportunity when everyone came up to celebrate to give everyone some chicken soup so that they could relax.

But he suddenly changed his mind.

In order to achieve the goal of going to the Champions League, he must fully exploit the abilities of his teammates, and everyone must try their best to accomplish this seemingly impossible task.

So is Vitini now a little stronger than before?

Yes.

What about his lovely teammates?

I also became more positive and more willing to fight.

and so……

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this?

So he clenched his fist and waved to his teammates who had come up to celebrate the goal:
"How can one goal be enough? Keep it up! Let's continue!"

Katic agreed: "A one-goal lead is not safe!"

Vitini shouted excitedly: "Keep scoring goals! Keep going!"

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When the referee blew the whistle again, Wolverhampton head coach Paul Coady got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines to watch the game again.

As he expected, Tyne, who had just taken the lead, launched a fierce attack on Wolverhampton's goal.

They are not satisfied with this, they want to score more goals.

This is also human nature. Who would think that leading by one goal is safe?
Even though Tyne's attack was extremely fierce, Paul Coady stood on the sidelines with a calm face, exuding a calm temperament, giving confidence to the Wolverhampton players on the field.

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Sonny Dean retreated on the right side to get the ball, and he retreated deeper than Wang Lie.

When he received the ball, his back was facing the direction of attack, so he passed the ball horizontally to Van Ginkel who was waiting for him in the middle.

Then turn around and cut into the space.

Van Ginkel made a diagonal pass and passed the ball in front of him.

The moment Dean received the ball, he kicked it forward with force and accelerated at the same time!
He immediately shook off the Wolverhampton player who was trying to grab him.

Amid the cheers of the Leeds Park stadium, Dean dribbled the ball along the sideline at high speed.

Just when everyone thought he was going to dunk the ball, he dunked the ball towards the middle on the 30-meter line.

Then cut inside and dribble the ball laterally.

At the same time, Wang Lie cut diagonally from the middle to the right side of the penalty area.

Dean's aggressive dribbling attracted the attention of most Wolverhampton players, and no one noticed Wang Lie's running position.

Then Dean passed the ball.

While dribbling the ball sideways, he looked at Vitini in the distance, but used the inside of his left foot to sweep the ball to the right side of the penalty area and passed it to Wang Lie who was cutting in from the side!

"Wang——!" Wang Lie, who was cutting in from the side, adjusted his steps while running and let the ball pass him.

When the football rolls from behind him to in front of him, he will shoot directly!
Although Wolverhampton's central defender made a desperate tackle, he was still half a step too late!

After Wang Lie kicked the football, it rushed towards the back corner of the goal along the grass!
The Wolverhampton goalkeeper was moving towards the near corner, but Wang Lie shot the ball into the opposite corner. He could only rush back, half a beat late and a hand's length away...

He could only turn his head and watch the football bounce on the grass and go into the back corner of the goal!
"Wang Lie!! He scored again!! Only four minutes after Vitini scored, Wang Lie scored to extend the lead! 2:0!!"

"Wang!! Scored in four games in a row! After losing to Clayton Athletic in the last round of the league, some people questioned him, wondering if his hat trick against Scouse and his double against Brighton White Mountain had used up the last drop of gas in his tank. Well, now he's using his goals to tell everyone: I still have gas in my tank!"

"This is Wang's ninth goal since joining Tyne! His tenth goal of the season! Assisted by Sonny Dean! After scoring the goal, he pointed at Dean and the two hugged each other... Both the assist and the celebration shattered the rumors of internal strife between the two of them!"

Looking at the scene where Wang Lie and Dean were hugging each other and being surrounded by more Tyne players, Luo Jin said with emotion: "Some people say that Wang Lie is trouble wherever he goes, but in Tyne, Wang Lie is neither trouble nor problem - how can scoring goals and winning be trouble and problem?"

Zhao Chuanfeng added: "Unless someone doesn't want to score goals or win."

Luo Jin couldn't help laughing out loud: "Ha!"

He knew that his partner was implying Sofia and Sven Helden.

Because in a Premier League match earlier this afternoon, Sofia United were tied 0-0 at home by Southampton.

There were no goals and no wins.

Sven Heldon and his team suffered a three-match losing streak.

If there hadn’t been an FA Cup match in between, where Sofia United won the game and beat East London United 3:1 to advance to the quarter-finals, it would have been a four-game losing streak in all competitions…

The FA Cup victory gave him a temporary boost in life, and the voices of war and killing in the media were slightly reduced.

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There was cheering at Leeds Park as Tyne fans went crazy for Wang Lie's goal.

Wolverhampton manager Paul Coady stared blankly at the pitch.

No, man...

Why didn't Koechea's method work?

I know that Clayton Athletic is stronger than our Wolverhampton, but we did a good job in the first half. No matter what, we shouldn't let the opponent score two goals in five minutes, right?
In the last round of the league, both Vitini and Dean performed very averagely.

But in today's game, one scored a goal and the other assisted...

Were you deliberately hiding your strength in the last round of the league?

You guys are playing me?!

No wonder Cody thought so.

Because it is really unbelievable that the entire Tyne team has made huge progress and completed its transformation in just one week.

He might as well believe that in the last round of the league, the entire Tyne team gave up and hid their strength even though they knew they couldn't beat Clayton Athletic, just to set a trap for his Wolverhampton in this game.

Didn't he just jump down?

Paul Cody wanted to sigh to the heavens.

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Looking back at the game, Tyne's two consecutive goals within five minutes eliminated the suspense of the game.

But while the game was going on, no one dared to draw such a conclusion.

Because the game had only been going on for 57 minutes, Wolverhampton still had more than half an hour left.

If they can cheer themselves up and come up with the right response plan, it is entirely possible to turn things around - although it is difficult, it does not mean impossible.

The situation Tyne faced when Scots were two goals ahead at home after 30 minutes was even more difficult than what Wolverhampton is facing now.

But didn't Tyne defeat the Scouse 3:2 in the end?

But Wolverhampton did not show this fighting spirit and ability in the following games.

On the one hand, conceding two goals in a short period of time dealt a heavy blow to their morale. On the other hand, it seemed to indicate that the targeted tactics they had prepared a week before the game had failed, which seriously shook the confidence of the Wolverhampton players.

Moreover, they were two goals behind and were forced to press forward to attack, which meant that there would be more gaps in their defense...

In the 75th minute, Tyne scored another goal, extending the lead to three goals.

The goal was not scored by Wang Lie, but by Vitini.

The Brazilian boy scored twice!
"Vettini!! Beautiful! This is his second goal of the game! This is also his first double this season!"

After scoring the goal, Vitini did not run to hug Wang Lie this time. Instead, he excitedly ran to the camera in the corner flag area and danced a samba.

Then he turned around and hugged the other teammates who came up to celebrate.

"3:0! Tyne almost won the game! The outcome is no longer in doubt!"

There was thunderous cheering at Lize Park.

The commentators shouted loudly.

After losing to Clayton Athletic, many people expressed concerns about Tyne's prospects.

It’s not that we are pessimistic just because we lost a game.

Mainly the way they lost.

Tyne had almost no ability to fight back in that defeat, and only relied on Wang Lie's personal ability to save some face.

Without Wang Lie, Tyne would be a relegation team.

Clayton Athletics once again demonstrated to everyone how to deal with Tyne and Wang Lie.

If other teams follow suit, Tyne will have a hard time in the future.

Wasn’t that the case in the first half of this game against Wolverhampton?
It looks like they are really going to follow in the footsteps of their loss to Clayton Athletic in the last round of the league...

Then Vitini and Wang Lie scored goals in succession, shattering all those people's doubts and worries.

At least it proves that Clayton Athletic's approach is not suitable for all teams.

It may take a team that is significantly stronger than Tyne.

Teams whose strength is similar to or even weaker than Tyne's should not follow suit easily.

Otherwise, the result will be a failure, just like what happened to Wolverhampton today, where they lost 0:3.

In the end, until the end of the game, Wolverhampton was unable to fight back and equalize the score, and they didn't even manage to score a goal.

The final score was 3:0, and Tyne won a complete victory over Wolverhampton at home.

After just losing a game, they immediately used victory to clear away the clouds and haze in the hearts of every Tyne fan.

Vitini scored twice in the game and was named the best player of the match after the match.

It also proved to the outside world that there is more than just one Wang Lie in Tyne.

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Holding the champagne representing the man of the match trophy, Vitini skipped back to the locker room.

He kept raising the champagne bottle in his hand and shouted:
"Twelve! Twelve! Twelve!"

Someone in the locker room followed him and shouted:

"Twelve! Twelve! Twelve!"

This is not a secret code between them, but has another meaning - this is the difference between them and the qualification for the Champions League.

Because Sofia United was tied by Southampton in this round of the league and currently has 48 points. Their lead over Tyne has been shortened from 14 points before this round of the league to 12 points.

Tyne's 3-0 win over Wolverhampton was the last game of the th round of the Premier League.

Now let’s take a look at the final standings:

Tyne is ninth with thirty-six points.

Xiu Si Luo ranked eighth with 39 points.

Kensington ranked seventh with 40 points.

Brighton White Mountain has 40 points and ranks sixth on goal difference.

Waltham is fifth with forty-four points.

Sofia United is ranked fourth with 48 points.

The Scouse team ranked third with fifty-four points.

If Wang Lie's goal is to play in European competitions, then the gap is four points - the European Association League is also a European competition.

But if they want to go to the Champions League, they have to surpass the teams ahead of them one by one.

This is not an easy road to take.