The centre-back, the core of a team's defence, is positioned in front of the goalkeeper and between the left and right defenders, and is active in the central midfield, whose main responsibility is to prevent the opposing players from instigating the attack and at the same time block the opponent's possession of the ball into their own penalty area......

Neville has long kept in mind the concept and definition of this position, but as with many things, the truth is easy to understand, and whether he can do it and do it well is another matter.

Except for those who are talented, the vast majority of central defenders can only rely on physical fitness when they first get started, and when they are old and weak, if they do not develop enough awareness and experience, the speed of their state decline is comparable to an avalanche.

So, at this stage Neville is in, he doesn't need clean tackles, fouls or anything like that, as long as it's not so bad that he gets a streak of cards, it doesn't matter.

Defenders don't eat cards......

What a joke!

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the two people who collided with Neville were a little too miserable, especially the second one, who didn't even have a chance to scream, and was directly unconscious on the spot and carried away on a stretcher, how could it be possible to give a yellow card to a novice in the opening two minutes.

In the Premier League during this period, fake falls are a sign of cowardice, a soft egg, and coercion, and people prefer those bloody tough guys, which are real men.

Unfortunately, Neville didn't know any of this, or that he had a natural aversion to hurting others, especially the innocent.

As a result, two players retired due to injury, and he also received yellow cards, his movements were obviously much more restrained, and many times even if he was a little tougher to snatch the ball, he was also forward-looking and hesitant, and the result was that his area was completely penetrated by the opposite side.

3:0, which was the score at the end of the first half.

According to this score, in fact, the difference in strength between the two teams is not unusual, but there are still many people who think that this is Neville's pot.

There's no way around it, who made Neville's performance so "eye-catching".

"How does it feel?" Harrison asked Ferguson, who hadn't forgotten what the main purpose of the day was.

"He's supposed to be a goalkeeper. Ferguson looked at Neville, who was resting on the sidelines, and said without looking back: "That's the most suitable position for him, and it doesn't bury his talent." ”

"Indeed, his physicality, especially his reflexes and explosiveness, are a perfect match for a goalkeeper. Harrison nodded approvingly and said: "Outside of training before, I did a test in private, and out of ten penalties, he was able to save eight, and the remaining two still played a little tricky and deceived his first reaction." ”

"And that kind of thing?"

This time, Ferguson was really shocked, the difficulty of defending penalty kicks, even the current main goalkeeper of the first team, Peter Schmeichel, who won the world's best goalkeeper for two consecutive years, did not have such a high success rate.

However, reflecting on Neville's performance in the first half, Ferguson also has to admit that this is very likely.

Towards the end of the first half, Neville had a very impressive defense -

The main team, which had already led by three goals, slowed down the tempo, and the players with the ball began to show off their skills, obviously to perform in front of Ferguson. A young player with yellow hair and nicknamed Ginger Head on the team was very well defended when he was dribbling the ball and trying to break through in front of Neville.

No, it's not so much tightness as resilience.

Obviously there were flaws everywhere, just a knock on the ball changed direction and broke through the defense, but Neville's turn speed was extremely fast, and the explosiveness was not comparable to ordinary players, and it took him only two steps to run a distance of three steps with the ball, and he only took two steps to get stuck in front of that player again.

This road is not working!

Neville was also out of the way at that time, if it was before, a series of various failures and embarrassing performances would only make him depressed, but now, he is becoming more and more courageous, and he must succeed in defending with all his strength, even once.

The real game is much more important for Neville than training, compared to watching the video, and he didn't gain anything at half-time, at least he knew something about his teammates and opponents, and knew how not to hurt them too much.

That's enough!

Leaning sideways, Neville gently squeezed towards the ginger-headed youth, carefully controlling his strength in hopes of squeezing the man out of the way or upsetting his balance, and then waiting for an opportunity to snatch the ball, which was a trained defense.

However, the players who can play the main role in the youth team naturally have two brushes. As Neville squeezed towards him, the man knew Neville's intentions, stepped on the ball at his feet, and slammed it down, causing Neville to pounce, and then he flicked the ball and easily broke through Neville again.

It's so easy, it's just vulnerable.

Before such a thought could appear in his mind, the ginger-headed young man was shocked to find that the man was actually standing shoulder to shoulder with him on his right, and he had squeezed towards him with the same trick as before.

When did he catch up again?

This is the question that the ginger-headed youth had after being squeezed away by Neville, losing possession and falling.

Perhaps, three meters outside the big restricted area, the piece of turf on the right that has been kicked off and sunken shoe prints can answer this question.

Stop, change direction, chase back, all in one go, amazing explosiveness, extremely fast, the opponent didn't have to run far before he was entangled by Neville again, and lost the ball unexpectedly.

Because of the difference in strength, Neville's team has been completely pressed in his own half, and after he gets the ball, the opponent will not be stupid to let him control the ball, leaving him not much time.

If you don't know who to pass the ball to, then kick it forward, Neville glanced up at the front, the goal that should have been wide was too small after more than seventy meters of opening.

"Bang!"

Grass clippings flew and the round ball was deeply dented on the side that made contact with Neville's instep, and in the next moment, like a cannonball, the ball had disappeared from the field before most people could react.

Holy, where's the ball?!!

The players on both sides looked at Neville in confusion, the football was at his feet just now, where did you kick the ball?

Ferguson could see clearly from the sidelines, his attention was already on Neville, and he knew exactly what had just happened.

He took a deep look at Neville and kicked a spare soccer ball into the field.

The game continues.

"At least 90 or more. Harrison seemed accustomed to this kind of thing, and he just sighed in a tone that was completely inaudible: "I really don't know what he grew up eating, and the average professional player is only less than 70." ”

This kind of ball speed is really a monster.

(The above units are miles per hour, which is converted to the kilometer system, which is about 150 and 110)

You know, in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Mateus kicked a long-range goal that went down in football history, the goalkeeper did not react at all, and a few years later, the ball speed exceeded 210lm/h (converted to about 130.48mi/h in miles), about 58.3m/s.

In other words, such a veritable heavy artillery shot leaves the goalkeeper with only a few tenths of a second of reaction time, as long as it is within the goal frame, it is almost a must-score.

And the guy on the field, he's not even an amateur.

Ferguson nodded approvingly and said very seriously: "He has to wear the Manchester United shirt." ”

"Actually, the contract is ready and today is a good day. ”

"Good. ”