Chapter Eighty-Three: Lord Ping
On Wednesday, Chen Xiaojian got the latest league briefing, and the Dagang team won all six games and ranked first in the group with 18 points. The first squadron followed closely behind, ranking second with 13 points, and the Yan squadron ranked third with only 10 points after two losses and one draw.
With four rounds left in the group stage, Dagang is five points ahead of the second-placed No. 1 Squadron. The next game is the Dagang team at home against the first squadron, a direct battle between the first and second teams in the group, a six-point battle.
If the first squadron wants to qualify, they can only hope that they can beat the Dagang team away, and then wait for the Dagang team to lose points in the next game. At the same time, it is necessary to win against the Yan Squadron away from home, otherwise, it is likely to be opened up by the Dagang team again.
When the No. 1 Squadron came to Dagang Middle School, when the players and coaches of the No. 1 Squadron watched the players of the Dagang Team warming up under the leadership of Chen Xiaojian, their mood suddenly became a little heavy.
It has been a long time since there has been such a huge pressure on the first squadron, and in the past, the promotion places in Yancheng were almost just a competition between the Yan squadron and the first squadron.
They only had each other in their eyes, and there were occasional other teams involved, but it was short-lived, and even then, they weren't as stressed as they are now.
They all said that the promotion of the Longgang team was due to luck, and it was true that the Longgang team at that time did not show complete suppression of other teams, and the final promotion was only two points ahead of the second place.
Now it was different, because the Dagang team showed a dominance that even the first squadron and the Yan squadron had never seen before.
In the six games of the group stage, three home and three away, the Dagang team won all of them and scored 18 points. Beat yourself away and beat Yanzhong home and away.
Such a record has never been seen in the group stage of the high school league in the past few seasons, when the Yan Squadron and the First Squadron sometimes dropped points against other teams. But the Dagang team did not.
It can only be said that the Dagang team is terrible stable, and in six games, except for the big victory against Ninghai Middle School and Hustomp Middle School, the other four games are all one-goal small wins.
The key is in this small victory, which sometimes gives you infinite hope, but when the referee blows the whistle at the end of the game, it is always the Dagang team who cheers for the victory.
It is precisely because of the suppression of all other teams shown by the Dagang team that the two teams of Yan Squadron and No. 1 Squadron have shown amazing form in other games.
Winning all the way without dropping points on other teams is one of the reasons why the First Squadron and the Yan Squadron bite so tightly behind the Dagang team.
Conceding points in any game, even if it's a draw, will only bring more and more pressure.
After all, in Yancheng, no team can say that it is not a devil's schedule to stage a devil's quartet with the first squadron and the Yan squadron.
But if we look at the present, the Dagang team can have the current lead thanks to such a schedule.
It is precisely because in the previous round of the game that the first squadron and the Yan squadron were tied, giving the Dagang team the advantage of leading points.
It was precisely this situation that made the 1st Squadron and the Yan Squadron have to make offensive choices when facing the Dagang team.
And even so, the Dagang team's away games against the First Squadron and the Yan Squadron also had an element of luck.
When facing the first squadron, it was just after the National Day holiday, taking advantage of the lack of physical preparation of the players of the first squadron after a long vacation. When facing the Yan squadron, it was the two midfielders of the Yan squadron who were sick and could not play.
However, if you only regard the Dagang team's away victory over the first squadron and the Yan squadron as luck, it is not complete.
After all, both sides also experienced the National Day holiday, why were only the players of the No. 1 Squadron affected? Both sides also fought fiercely for 90 minutes in the rain, why did the players of the Yan Squadron get sick while the players of the Dagang team did not?
Because the players of the Dagang team have paid a lot, during the National Day holiday, when the other students went back to their homes to relax comfortably, Song Yingjie and them sweated on the playground.
Because Chen Xiaojian also paid a lot for the team, he also fought in the rain, but Chen Xiaojian did the ultimate in home advantage and details.
When everyone is giving for the team, it is perhaps not surprising that the Dagang team can achieve such results.
The moment the 1st Squadron stepped on the turf, all the players of the 1st Squadron gave their all for the team's victory.
But it was not necessary to go all out to get the result you wanted, and in the end the score of the game was fixed at 0:0, a dull draw.
The best player of the two teams in the game was Liu Hui of the Dagang team, under such a tactical arrangement, Liu Hui shined, and Liu Hui could be seen almost everywhere in his own half. If there is a selection of the best player, Liu Hui will definitely be able to be elected with a high vote.
On this sunny afternoon, in front of this empty stand, when the home advantage of the Dagang team was erased by the weather and the empty stands, the two sides were playing almost at a third-party venue.
The 1st Squadron, which went all out, failed to break through this ironclad defense in the face of the Dagang team's struggling defense.
What was supposed to be a passionate and up-and-down battle for the top spot in the group stage looked a bit unworthy of the name under such a scoreline.
This game is completely an offensive and defensive drill, perhaps this is Chen Xiaojian's attempt to test his team's defensive ability.
The reason why Chen Xiaojian arranged such a tactic when facing the first squadron is also because in addition to the first two rounds, in the next four rounds, the Dagang team did not concede a goal except for the home team against the Yan squadron, and the other games conceded goals.
Chen Xiaojian is now facing the first squadron with a strong desire to attack, and he has such a careful thought. Of course, the reason why Chen Xiaojian dared to do this was also because of the double advantage of points and schedule.
In Chen Xiaojian's view, even if the game is lost in the end, no team can prevent its team from qualifying.
In this case, there is nothing wrong with using a game to train soldiers, and in Chen Xiaojian's view, it is a rare opportunity to use a squadron to train players.
The strength of the remaining opponents in the group stage is generally weak, and even if Chen Xiaojian wants to play a coaching game, he can't achieve his goal. And after the start of the qualifiers, almost every game will be a battle of life and death, and Chen Xiaojian will naturally not make such a tactical arrangement.
The Dagang team and the first squadron draw, the happiest thing is the Yan squadron, which was ranked third before, and the two teams in front of them all fell off the chain, is there anything more happy than this?
After all the matches in this round are over, there is no change in the group standings. The Dagang team is still ranked first in the group with 19 points. And the second and third places are still the first squadron and the Yan squadron.