Chapter 42: This is a reversal that belongs to the king-killer
Although the score on the field is 1:2, if a person who doesn't know anything about the two teams comes to watch the game, the current situation will make him feel that this score is really too abnormal, because the main players led by Hayama are in a tired situation in the game, and the players on the substitute side who are with me are launching an offensive like a tide.
However, the football game was divided into two halves, especially considering the physical problems of high school students, the half time of this game was set to 40 minutes, so when our offensive just started, the referee, who had been a little silent on the field, blew the whistle at the end of the half.
However, the atmosphere of the team on the field is completely different, the main players who should be the leading side are now frowning and walking to the rest area of their own side under the field, while the teammates wearing the number jerseys next to me are all going down with great interest, without the slightest sense of despondency on the lagging side.
Several players, including Nakamura's seniors, even took the initiative to find me when they got off the field, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Boy, you still have a set!"
Obviously, through this half, even people who were not convinced before have more or less built up a sense of trust in me, and experienced players like Nakamura have this awareness even more obviously, because the pass I gave him at that time was the result of my almost over-performing performance at the time, and he was able to clearly realize the difficulty of the pass.
So, out of all of them, Nakamura is also the one who has seen the biggest change in attitudes towards the right. Of course, this may be inseparable from the fact that he was abandoned by Hayama in the competition with Hayama's friend Tobe, and the idea of having a little grudge against Hayama is inseparable.
At halftime, Nakamura-senpai took the initiative to find me and said seriously: "Yubihama, although everyone now recognizes your ability and our situation is very good, but after the intermission, there is still a lot of room for adjustment, and the other party's mentality can also be adjusted, I know Hayama, and in these 15 minutes, Hayama can do a lot of things." Although I am a little dissatisfied with Hayama, I must admit that his leadership talents, his ability to boost morale, is definitely the kind of innate strength. ”
"You know," I nodded, looking at Nakamura-senpai, "but, senior, do you think there is anyone in our current team who has enough authority for everyone to calm down and face the opponent's counterattack." ”
"No, if you want to say that this team has always existed as the main force in practice matches, and they all want to be in the main lineup, who would treat this team as a collective?" Nakamura said with a wry smile.
"That's it, instead of pouring cold water on everyone at this time, it's better to take advantage of this momentum to get them, you know, even if Hayama can boost the momentum, if we equalize at the beginning of the second half, then the morale of the opposite side will completely collapse, right?"
"I hope so, right?" said Nakamura-senpai with a sigh of uncertainty.
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However, at the beginning of the second half, it was the main lineup led by Hayato Hayato who was the first to break the deadlock on the field.
It was a complete coincidence that my teammates inherited the momentum of the first half and launched a tidal wave of attacks towards the main lineup, everyone dared to do all kinds of moves as if they were confidently flipping, and even the defenders gave up the way they handled the ball safely, wanted to move forward with the ball, and showed off their various footwork.
But that's where tragedy comes from. Kondo, who is a right-back, made a mistake when he wanted to get the ball past the opponent in the backfield, and the ball was countered on the spot, and in the case of a 3-on-2 counterattack in the frontcourt, the striker Tobe scored twice.
That's where the uncertainty on the football pitch comes from, almost exactly the same as the goal conceded at the start of the first half, and the goal at the height of their morale poured cold water on everyone. This is also the biggest problem with the substitute squad for the main lineup, in the case of high morale, their performance will not be so stable, everyone, at all times, can be a time bomb, and this inadvertent loophole cannot be made up by manpower.
And after the goal, Tobe slowly walked in front of me, and before Hayama stopped him, he made a somewhat defiant gesture, as if the courtiers were fighting back for his dusty King Majesty.
In the sporadic listening to my sister's narration, Tobe doesn't seem to be such an arrogant person, but more of a person with a very cheerful personality, although then Hayama ran over to call him away, and then apologized to me, but Tobe's performance made me realize that obviously, even Hayama's best friend can understand the pressure Hayama Hayama is under, and the depression in his heart.
Not to mention the provocation to me brought about by this depression of Tobe, after he scored this goal, the morale situation on the field was immediately reversed, although the substitute players did not show obvious panicked, but, obviously, this is a great blow to their confidence, and this blow, will soon become a straw of low morale with a long time to attack, you know, one goal behind means that you can equalize at any time, two goals behind, is a problem in another sense.
Nakamura-senpai looked at me with a frown, expressing a somewhat helpless expression, he and I both expected before the game that it would not be so easy for the main lineup to concede another goal, but now this situation where we conceded the first goal was still a bit unexpected.
However, it is said that Senior Tobe slapped me in the face just now! I always feel that it will be better if I have to fight back!
After watching the somewhat wanton celebration, I began to slowly retreat back to my half-of-the-house, and then glanced at Hayama, who looked at me with a slightly different look.
Perhaps, on this court, only Hayama can feel my murderous aura now, so his eyes are also fixed on me, obviously, his subtext is: I will never give you a chance so easily.
The defensive pressure on the position of the back is not small, but at least it will not be too big when controlling the ball in the own half, because the opponent's back cannot risk losing the position to press you, this kind of work can only be done by the front midfield, and now Hayama seems to be ready to pull down his body as the core of the front court, ready to put more energy into the defense to interfere with me.
A playful pass like the one in the first half can be successful once, but for the strong, once is the limit, and if there is a one-on-one next time, I believe that Hayama will not let me go so easily, pass, or shoot.
It's a little troublesome!
But what if you don't have a defense in front of you?
Generally speaking, there are only two possibilities for this situation, one is a one-on-one goal after getting rid of the defense, and the second is a direct free kick, but these two things do seem to be difficult for me to do. The midfielders can get the chance of a single goal, which can only be obtained on the counter-attack when the opposition defence is extremely pressed, and the main line-up now based on the defense should not give me this opportunity, a direct free kick is a good opportunity, but with my seniority in the team, even if others have begun to build trust in me, let their usual set-piece taker give me the opportunity, they will not be happy.
However, when it comes to set-pieces, there is a kind of ball that is also like a set-piece.
Moreover, if you score a goal in this way, it will be the biggest blow to the opponent, right?
It's risky, but it's worth trying!
I walked to the center circle and motioned to Nakamura and Naito, who were about to restart, and persuaded Kondo, who was a little strange about the current situation, to switch with him.
"Hey, Yubihama, what are you going to do?" Nakamura-senpai said suspiciously, looking at me as I walked to the middle line.
"Later, make me a ball. I replied simply.
"What do you mean by making a ball-" Nakamura was stunned for a moment, and then, raising his eyebrows in surprise, "You guy, are you crazy?"
"But what better way to beat their self-confidence than this method?"
"You guy, I feel like every time you are dissatisfied, you have to fight back as quickly as possible!"
"I don't want to do that either, but," I nodded solemnly, and the red hair that belonged to my sister in the stands was looking at me seriously, "but this time, even if I turn my back on many things I want to hold onto, I don't want to lose!"
"Okay, then, Yubihama, you can show me your skills!"
"Okay, then you can just watch!"
When the kick-off whistle blew, Nakamura flicked the ball forward slightly, and I took a step back, giving myself some room to sprint, and then kicked the ball forward heavily.
When I sprinted, I should have realized that something was wrong with Hayama, and even in the middle of the sprint, I could hear Hayama's shout as the heavy wind reached my ears: "Shimoda-kun, go back! Go back!"
However, it was too late, and when I kicked the ball, I knew that it was too late for Shimoda, even if it was just such a little distance from the big penalty line to the goal, but when the ball was fast enough, the opponent's goalkeeper could not resist the natural disadvantage even if he reacted quickly.
Shimoda flew his whole body out, as if trying to change the trajectory of the ball's flight, but even his fingertips did not touch the ball, and the ball did just as I wished, cutting a beautiful arc through the air and spinning into the net from the upper left corner of the goal.
And it wasn't until this time that the selfless guest commentator on the sidelines reacted, and there was a harsh noise in the microphone, which should be the sound caused by the commentator's clenched microphone.
I enjoyed his incoherent voice: "Uh, this, this ball went in, came from Kazuya Hihama, this is a, uh, how to say it, the direct break of the kick-off in the middle circle, Yubihama should have seen that Shimoda's position was a bit before the test, and he hung the door directly when the kick-off in the middle circle, this ball is impeccable in terms of speed and strength, and even the angle of the fall, to be able to kick such a ball at that distance, this guy, incredible!"
This time, I didn't celebrate, and slowly walked back to where I should be. In the distance, Hayama looked at me with complicated eyes, if a minute ago he was still thinking about how to use the current advantage to defend, using a long period of effective defense to hit the self-confidence of his players, now he should only think about how to survive the next 35 minutes without conceding a goal.
However, you must know that the current situation is different from the situation in the first half, and in the second half, there are still 35 minutes!
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The 35-minute game is not too short, but it is not too long.
Although the substitutions were attacking like a tide, it was clear that Hayama's morale-boosting words at halftime still had a certain effect, although they were obviously in a state of panic at the beginning of the conceding goal, and Nakamura soon found an opportunity to shoot angrily in the penalty area, but when facing the substitutes who showed more ferocity in the next attack, they showed an unusually tenacious fighting spirit.
did not continue to concede goals, and kept the score of 3:3 until the final moments of the game.
In the 35 minutes after the goal, in a sense, I became a spectator on the offensive end, and I was too impressed by Kondo's mistake before, and when everyone took the initiative to press, I retreated a little, which also made Hayama's pass, which was ready to take the ball and instigate a counterattack several times, was intercepted by me, Hayama came over, patted me on the shoulder helplessly, and said: "If you and me compare one-on-one, I did lose." ”
It should be said that I should be satisfied with this affirmation from Hayama. However, when it comes to the specific situation on the field, this is not different, Hayama Hayato's popularity determines that his approach will always be favored by the masses first. If Hayama can lead the team to win, then there is no doubt that Hayama is a winner, if the score is a draw as it is now, then everyone's praise will still be given to Hayama, because he instigated the goal and stabilized the defense, although Yuhihama Kazuya's performance was as good as Hayato, or even better, but in this situation where the evaluation conditions of both sides are equal, it is Hayama's side that has the advantage.
Just like the tennis match the day before, even if Hachiman Hikiya Hachiman finally won the confrontation with Hayama, in the end, everyone's applause was still given to Hayato.
Therefore, only in a head-on confrontation, to truly defeat him, so that he does not even have the opportunity to "be glorious despite defeat", can it really mean my victory, or rather, the victory of the ministry I represent.
The game has reached the final moments, and I don't know how many times I have encountered Hayama's close defense when I have the ball. Hayama has realized my weakness compared to him, which is physical confrontation, so every time I get the ball, he will squeeze me and hit me in various ways, although I can barely protect the ball, but there is still very little space for the ball to come out after that.
For Hayato, who has always had an elegant style of play, being able to do this also means how seriously he values the victory of this game, or at least the result of not losing.
"Hayama-senpai, do you know that you are very annoying to pester people like this!"
"I'm sorry, but the opponents who can make me do this are all opponents that I find difficult to entangle! This kind of confrontation with yours is reminiscent of the game where we lost in the final of the county competition, the opponent's back is also your type, and in the end I lost in the competition with him, and we couldn't enter the country, so this time, even if it is a teaching match, I will not repeat the mistakes of the past. Hayama said with a smile, but just gritting his teeth showed that he was not relaxed.
"Aren't you worried that I'll shake you in any other way?"
"You can't do it," Hayama smiled confidently and said, "If you can do it, then you will do it before, but you haven't done it, which means you can't do it." ”
"And," Hayama continued as he continued to ram me with his body within a reasonable range, "although you scored two goals, it can be seen that your goals are basically a reflection of individual ability, and there is no team goal, although other people have trusted you, but you and their running are still not in the same rhythm, which makes your passing and running very awkward, which is also part of the reason why you chose to defend at the back later, right?"
"It's really great! Hayama-senpai, you've judged everything right!"
Being able to analyze the situation in such a tense situation on the field, Hayato Hayato is indeed a difficult opponent, but he is still confident.
"Senior, there is only one point that you have misjudged. "I kicked the ball in front of the right and then the guy rushed out in front of the left.
Even if you are confident in your explosiveness, you shouldn't make such a big move to divide the ball - no!"
Nakamura stood in front of me on the right, leaned on his defender, and flicked the ball to my side.
"It's not like I don't have someone to work with!" I gently led the ball, and there was a large open field in front of me, "This simple two-by-two you don't realize is a big mistake in your judgment!"
"Oops!"
"So, senior, you also know that your speed can't match mine. ”
I watched as the anxious centre-backs rushed forward to fill in the gap, and delicately stabbed the ball forward, wiping the opponent's body before they could react.
"The ball is divided, and it is used at this time!"
And by this time, all I had in front of me was the goalkeeper.
In this case, I have 1,000 ways to score goals!
The figures chasing after me should have stopped, as if they had resigned themselves to their fate.
And I nodded lightly confidently: "This time, it's my turn to say, Senior Hayama, the general! Although I said it in advance, this is a reversal that belongs to the monarch killer!"