Chapter 43: The Coming Group Stage
As soon as Lee Kong and Kim Tae-yeon's little girl returned to the dormitory after they finished arguing, they were dragged to the playground by Park Seong-hoon, who was looking for him, to "spy on the enemy".
The two watched three games on the sidelines of the football field, and they had a lot of fun discussing each other's opinions, and before they knew it, it was time for lunch.
After finding the boys and the team leader teacher from Yangzhi Middle School who were eating in the cafeteria, the two also solved the lunch problem together.
After everyone returned to the dormitory after eating, Park Seong-hoon directly explained the tactics of this afternoon's game.
Of course, the main thing is the defensive counterattack, but there are some details that Park Seong-hoon has not explained too much before the game.
Because Li Kong will adjust his tactics according to the opponent's condition every time he is on the field, how to play at that time depends largely on Li Kong's reading and judgment of the game.
At this point, Park Seong-hoon is very relieved.
The facts also quickly proved the correctness of Park Seong-hoon's decision to delegate power to Lee Kong.
At the beginning of the second group game in the afternoon, Beishan Middle School put on a strict posture and simply relinquished control of the midfield.
The strong performance of Yangzhi Middle School in the first game has attracted the attention of many teams, at least now Beishan Middle School on the field does not have the slightest intention of playing against Yangzhi Middle School.
This made Li Kong and other players cry and laugh, their main tactics have always been on the defensive side, and it has become their habit to wait for the opponent to attack a few rounds before finding a chance to counterattack, and most of the players in Yangzhi Middle School are a little unaccustomed to it at the beginning.
Although Li Kong was surprised, he would not let go of this excellent opportunity to control the midfield.
He first slowly brought the ball to the half of Kitayama Middle School, and then sought cooperation with his teammates in the midfield, and was not in a hurry to rush forward.
However, perhaps the coach of Beishan Middle School had repeatedly told the players not to rush forward before the game, but their forward midfielder was obviously a restless master.
After defending honestly for nearly half an hour, the forward midfielder of Beishan Middle School signaled his players to step forward to look for an opportunity when he won the ball, and he himself burst into the heart of Yangzhi Middle School with the ball.
After Li Kong glanced at the position of the opposing player, he simply let his two backs directly step forward to force the daredevils of Beishan Middle School, and intercepted the football at the moment when he hurriedly played the ball, and what Li Kong had to do next was very simple and clear.
The players of Beishan Middle School were encouraged by their pit father's forward waist at this time, and Li Kong easily dribbled a back player from Beishan Middle School, and then divided the side to Park In-ji, who had already started to speed, and then went straight to the penalty area of Beishan Middle School.
Without the ball, Lee Kong easily shook off most of the defenders of Buksan Middle School, and when he ran into the box of Bukasan Middle School, Park In-ji's cross flew into the box at the same time.
Although there was a central defender from Beishan Middle School next to him who was interfering with him, Li Kong still jumped high in the face of the incoming ball in the air.
Li Kong, who was already half a head taller than the central defender of Beishan Middle School, relied on his strong waist and abdomen strength and strong body, and was stunned in the air to squeeze the opponent under him and unable to fully jump. It seems that the head of that central defender is worthy of Li Kong's chest and abdomen!
In the face of such a close-range and powerful head, the goalkeeper of Beishan Middle School could only helplessly raise his hand to watch the football smash into the net, and then spread out his hands to look at his own players.
Park Seong-hoon, who was on the sidelines, watched Lee Kong score a goal, applauded very lightly, and then crossed his hands and continued to fold on his chest, as if all this was expected by him in advance.
Li Kong and his teammates who surrounded him just celebrated a little, and then beckoned them to quickly return to their positions and stand waiting for the opponent to kick off.
After the first half, Park Seong-hoon replaced three as usual, relying on the rotation lineup, Lee Kong and central defender Ji Sang-eun scored in the second half to seal the victory with a score of 3-0.
With seven goals scored in two games without conceding one, Yang Zhi High School continued their strong performance in the group stage, and many well-connected team coaches have privately begun to discuss the tactics of Yang Zhi High School in these two games and this group of highly disciplined players.
I was very relaxed and rested for another night, and after the game the next morning, a news completely excited the team leader of Yangzhi Middle School.
Ulsan Woncheong High School and Busan Sanggyung High School drew again! The two teams ended with a score of 0-0 after 90 minutes of fighting, in other words, no matter what the last game of Yangzhi High School turned out, they all qualified as group winners one round earlier!
In the following competitions, no matter how far the players of Yangzhi High School can go, they are already making the school's history in the Korean Junior High School Championship!
However, the players of Yangzhi High School are happy, but the coaches and players of the other three teams are all looking at the current group format with sad faces, Ulsan Woncheong Middle School has 2 points for two games, Busan Sanggyon High School has 1 point, and Buksan Middle School has 1 point.
In addition to Yangzhi High School, it is possible for the other three teams to qualify, if Ulsan Woncheong High School defeats Yangzhi High School the day after tomorrow, then they will advance, but if they only draw with Yangzhi High School, if the other two teams are separated, then the winning team will advance, and if the other two teams are still drawn, then Ulsan Cheongwon High School can still advance.
However, if Ulsan Woncheong loses to Yangzhi High School in the match the day after tomorrow, and the other two teams still draw, then the most unbelievable situation will appear.
There will be three teams in this group with the same number of points! Then it will be troublesome, you have to compare each other in terms of wins and losses, goal difference, total goals, and if the final data of the three teams are the same, then you can only draw lots.
In short, this group has become chaotic because of the appearance of Yangzhi Middle School, so that the players of the other three teams now have a lot of resentment towards the players of Yangzhi Middle School, especially Li Kong~
But no matter how worried you are, the race day is still coming as promised.
One day after the last competition, Yangzhi High School relaxed for their final group game.
The match between Ulsan Woncheong Middle School and Yangji High School was held in the morning, and the match between Buksan Middle School and Busan Sanggyung High School was held in the afternoon, so in this game in the morning, the players of Buksan Middle School and Busan Sanggyung High School sat nervously on the sidelines to watch the game, and the coaches of both teams also gathered around Park Seong-hoon, not knowing what to say.
This scene saw that the coach of Ulsan Woncheong on the other side scolded his mother in his heart, what if the coaches of the other two teams discussed with Park Seong-hoon to join forces to kill them first? These three people are simply beasts!
Park Seong-hoon didn't know that his image had been completely ruined in the minds of the coaches of Ulsan Woncheong Middle School, and now he was talking to the coaches of the other two teams in the same group, and the coaches of Busan Sang-kyung and Buksan Middle School were very humble to ask Park Seong-hoon for advice on how to manage the team and players.
The discipline of the team of Yangzhi Middle School is indeed too high, Park Seong-hoon has put a lot of effort into team discipline, and now he feels very useful when he hears the praise and compliments of other coaches~
In this way, the game began in a more tense atmosphere.
The coach of Ulsan Woncheong Middle School didn't know what to think, and as soon as he came up, he arranged for the players to attack, perhaps because he wanted to steal a ball and quickly turn to a dead state, so as to drag the score as long as possible until the end of the game.
However, after attacking for about ten minutes but unable to even attack the hinterland of Yangzhi Middle School, Ulsan Woncheong's players decisively contracted the defense line amid the shouts of their defenders, wanting to defend like this.
Li Kong organized several attacks, and after finding that there were no too good opportunities, he didn't bother to break through from the local area and then look for passing opportunities, this game Park Chengxun handed him to play at will, Li Kong wanted to save more physical strength of the players, so he didn't plan to put much effort into the attack.
As a result, the game gradually evolved into a passing training at Yangzhi Middle School, and the players from Ulsan Yuancheong Middle School did not rush to the sidelines, just watching from the sidelines, as long as Yangzhi Middle School was not too presumptuous in the area in front of their big penalty area, they were too lazy to go out and force thanklessly.
Most of the second half was consumed by both teams.
In the ninetieth minute, Li Kong received a football from his teammates 35 meters in front of Yuanqing Middle School......