Team Spirit

Chapter 5 Beckham Pond Stadium Decibels
The 442 formation is the most popular formation in England, and players have no problem adapting to it.

Generally refers to two forwards, four midfielders and four defenders.

Since there is a goalkeeper regardless of the formation, it is omitted.

(442 parallel position diagram)
Among them, the four midfielders can be divided into several variations according to their positions, including parallel positions, disc positions, diamond positions, square jungle positions, triangle monster spawning positions...

Ashley Young started as left midfielder.

To Madeira is on the bench.

Lu Kai plays as the left-side striker among the two forwards.

The other striker is Oliver, a typical white English male, about 1.8 meters tall, slightly fat, with rough footwork but good confrontation ability.

In the first twenty minutes of the game, the team was suppressed by the opponent, mainly because of the lack of a midfield core and the inability to carry the ball across half the field.

Lu Kai then took the initiative to retreat, while instructing Ashley Young to come back with him.

In the 24th minute, Lu Kai received the pass from his teammate and passed it directly to the left without stopping.

Pass against the wall.

The so-called "wall" is that A passes the ball to B, and B immediately passes the ball back into A's path without wasting any time. B is essentially like a wall, and A can use this wall to make the ball go around the defender in front of him and complete the breakthrough.

The main focus is speed!

It is the simplest and most useful small cooperation trick.

In general passing coordination, the receiver often adjusts before passing the ball, which is not so smooth.

Ashley Young immediately moved forward, rushed towards the football, and successfully completed the advancement by dribbling the ball to the side.

However, when he clearly had the opportunity to cut inside, he did not choose to do so, but instead made a cross from the bottom.

The football was eventually blocked by the opponent and went out of the baseline.

In this era, cutting inside to shoot is still too bold, comparable to a one-shot shot, and is not mainstream.

Things that are not popular even in top leagues, if you do this in your amateur league, it will only make people think you are unprofessional.

Ashley Young was somewhat obsessed with it, and he tried his best to act like an excellent youth player of a big club.

In the 37th minute, Dartford's right winger was stepped on the instep by the opponent, injuring his toe and unable to continue the game.

The opposing player was given a yellow card.

To Madeira comes on as a substitute.

In the 39th minute, after receiving the pass from his teammate, To Madera was immediately double-teamed by the opponent and successfully lost the ball.

The opponent launched a counterattack, performed beyond their level with consecutive triangle passes, and finally killed the opponent with one blow.

Zero to one!

The away team is leading!

The three Beckenham fans cheered wildly.

Dartford fell silent.

"How come this To Madera is even more trash than Ashley Young?"

"I know him, from Jack's Garage. He's not much of a football player."

"Why does Dartford recruit everyone?"

"The team didn't have enough players, so they brought him in to make up the numbers. I never expected he'd actually get to play."

"If I had known this level, I would have gone and played."

This poor record has plagued Dartford for half a season.

They couldn't get out of the losing spiral.

Everyone is in a bad mood.

In the 44th minute, the first half was about to end and the opponent relaxed a little.

Lu Kai used the same trick again, retreating closer to Ashley Young and making a wall pass to Ashley Young, helping him complete the advancement again.

"Cut inside!" Lu Kai reminded Ashley Young while moving.

Ashley Young immediately cut inside and passed the ball.

This was beyond the opponent's expectations. Seeing Ashley Young successfully cut inside, the opponent could only reach out and pull this nimble little black bean to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle immediately. It was a mid-range free kick from the left, a perfect opportunity for a top-flight player to score.

But for amateur league players, they can only take tactical free kicks.

Because no one has the shooting skills to get around the wall.

Absolutely not!

"Obviously this is a yellow card action." Lu Kai immediately found the referee to complain, but the referee did not change the decision. He believed that Ashley Young had not completely gotten rid of the opponent.

If you completely break free and the opponent pulls you from behind, you should get a yellow card.

Lu Kai did not continue to argue with the referee, as this was not conducive to the progress of the game. The main reason why he came up to complain was to put pressure on the referee.

This will allow the team to benefit from subsequent penalties... Of course, this is a low-probability event.

But it's better than no probability.

This is why every time the referee makes a decision, players from both teams will go up and complain.

This is called professionalism.

Many fans don’t quite understand this situation when they first watch the game, and mistakenly believe that this is a reflection of the players’ quality, that they are full of lies, and that they have a bad nature.

Dartford's first set-piece taker was midfielder George.

After Victor left the team, he became the team's midfield core.

As for the effect, the team's record speaks for itself.

Since this ball did not have much chance of being shot directly into the goal, George took the initiative to give the opportunity to the second free kick taker Lu Kai, and then went to the frontcourt to participate in the header.

Of course, Beckenham still has to line up a four-man wall as a gesture of respect.

The referee blew the whistle.

Lu Kai started to run.

His eyes were particularly resolute.

A thought flashed through Ashley Young's mind: Could it be that Lu Kai wanted to shoot directly?

boom!
Kick out.

The football drew a clear arc and passed over the wall of people.

【Banana Ball·Silver】!
"Attack the goal directly!" Alfred's face was full of shock, and then he gradually frowned.

According to this trajectory, the football obviously went over the crossbar.

Does Lu Kai think he is playing in the Premier League?
Has he watched too much Champions League?
This kind of ball can only be passed.

"It's better to let my teammates go for the header..."

Before Alfred could finish his words, the football suddenly took a sharp turn downwards.

The curve is like a banana.

Swish!
The football went straight into the upper left side of the net.

The Beckenham goalkeeper had no reaction. He was guarding the right side of the goal and had no time to save the ball.

But even if he defended the left side, it would be impossible for him to save the ball because it was a theoretical blind spot and there was nothing to save.

Such free kicks are generally only seen in top league games, especially in Manchester United's Premier League games.

He didn't expect that he would actually meet him in a ninth-level competition.

It's really a small knife pulling the butt, it opened my eyes!
"GOAL!!!" Alfred reacted immediately and celebrated with a fist pump. "Well done! I knew it would be better for him to take the shot himself than to let his teammates compete for the header!"

The Dartford fans on the side rolled their eyes speechlessly.

Your tone just now is quite different from now.

Alfred gushed, "Lu Kai's skills have always been good!"

"As expected of a former Arsenal youth player!"

"You can always trust Wenger's eye for young players!"

"I know you haven't seen Beckham at Carrington, but now you've seen Lu Kai at the Pond Stadium!"

(End of this chapter)