Chapter 51: The War of Two (I)
The quarterfinals of the All-Korea Junior High School Championship began on the ninth matchday as scheduled.
Li Kong, who put down his psychological baggage, played very well in yesterday morning's training, but the boys who were in the position with him complained bitterly, and simply only conducted a low-intensity confrontation for a while, so that the players could maintain their recent good condition, Park Chengxun didn't want this group of boys to spend a lot of physical strength in training, so he replaced Li Kong halfway.
Yesterday afternoon, all the players of Yangzhi Middle School were driven into the gym of the youth training base by Park Chengxun for a series of scientific training, focusing on aerobic training and flexibility training, and after eating a nutritious meal that did not match the delicious taste in the evening, the boys of Yangzhi Middle School were driven into the dormitory by Park Chengxun early to rest, so this morning, the mental and physical condition of this group of boys is surprisingly good.
With the confidence of winning the previous game, the players of Yangzhi Middle School are standing on the sidelines at the moment, looking forward to the upcoming game, but Li Kong, who is standing at the front of the team, still has a trace of solemnity on his confident face at this time.
Yesterday morning, he and his coach Park Seong-hoon got together to analyze their quarter-final opponent: the Cheongju Daesung School football team.
Whether it's from the current staffing of their team or from the past record of this school team, they are a tricky opponent!
Cheongju Daesung School is a school with strong football characteristics, most of the school team members are in the local Cheongju Football Club youth echelon to receive professional training, these players have a lot of games to play a year, so the game experience is extremely rich, and the individual ability of the players is also more prominent.
The key is in the implementation of the team's tactical ability, this team can be said to be no less than Yangzhi Middle School! After all, the training they receive is more professional, and the team is more emphasized, but the most terrible thing is the tacit understanding between their players, most of the players in this team have entered the youth echelon together since childhood to receive training, and have played hundreds of games together, and the degree of tacit understanding is so high that it is unimaginable for outsiders.
This time, the participating teams are similar to the team of Cheongju Daesung School, as well as Gosan Junior High School in Seoul, which were also finalists in last year's Korean Junior High School Championship!
Therefore, if Yangzhi Middle School's goal this time is to win the championship, then Cheongju Daesung School and Gosan Junior High School are the opponents they absolutely have to beat, and it is impossible to be opportunistic, and it is a matter of time before they fight hard.
Li Kong took a deep breath, threw out all the worries and solemnity in his mind, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, when they get to the field, they will always find the flaws of the other party, and then see how to kick!
Today's game is the home of Yangzhi Middle School, so after walking through the ceremony of signaling to the audience, Li Kong was about to go back to his half court and prepare to kick off, but one of the players on the other side stopped him at this moment.
A young man with long hair and a delicate appearance walked straight up to Li Kong, and stretched out his hand to him with a smile: "It's an honor to compete with you, Li Kongxi, I'm Gu Zizhe." ”
Although Li Kong didn't know why this player named Gu Zizhe suddenly greeted him, he felt the kindness of the other party, so he quickly returned the salute and shook the other party's hand.
Gu Zizhe glanced at Li Kong with a little meaning, and walked back to his own half, Li Kong saw the battle intent in the other party's eyes, and his heart was also excited, and he glanced at the player named Gu Zizhe again, Li Kong also turned around and walked firmly towards his own half.
Touching the turf under his feet, Li Kong took a hard breath of air that seemed to smell of grass and dirt chips, and with the whistle of the referee, Li Kong received the football passed back by Che Endou, and the game began!
The frontcourt players of Dacheng School stepped forward to scramble as soon as possible, but Li Kong took a note of their position and saw that their pressing was different from the opponents encountered in Yangzhi Middle School in the past.
The frontcourt players of Dacheng Middle School did not rush into the half of Yangzhi Middle School in a swarm, on the contrary, they maintained a good position and distance from each other, and their pressing was more purposeful, it seemed that it was not to grab the ball at all, but more like, with two or three players around Li Kong, not letting him pass and receive the ball easily, in order to achieve the purpose of cutting off the connection between Li Kong and other teammates!
Park Seong-hoon saw this scene on the sidelines, his pupils shrank, and he walked a few steps forward directly, near the sideline of the court, and after seeing the situation on the field, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Courageous!"
Indeed, the tactic arranged by the coach of Dacheng School is more like a gamble, using two or three players to trap Li Kong, which will naturally leave a hole for the players of Yangzhi Middle School in other areas to exploit, and he bets that Yangzhi Middle School has no other excellent organizers except Li Kong, who can find these vacancies in time and organize an attack!
Facts have proved that the tactics arranged by the coach of Dacheng School are also close to success, but Yangzhi Middle School's current offense is hindered, every time Li Kong passes and receives the ball, he is followed by at least two Dacheng School players, which makes him have to minimize the number and frequency of his ball, and the players of Yangzhi Middle School, who have long been accustomed to playing around Li Kong's passing and scheduling, are naturally at a loss when facing such a situation.
Although Li Kong is also a little distressed now, he is not discouraged at all, it is indeed not his strong point in getting rid of defensive players in small skills, but he will make reasonable use of his advantages, that is, to speed up his running, expand the range of running, and use his physical strength to drag these players from Dacheng School who follow him to death!
Park Chengxun stood on the sidelines and saw Li Kong's approach, he nodded with satisfaction, no matter what kind of situation occurred on the field, Li Kong's mind never let him down, it is indeed a good way to use Li Kong's strong physical fitness to drag down the opponent, but the effect is too slow! At least in the first thirty minutes of the first half, the opponent's follow-up players are physically sufficient, so in this time that Li Kong can't let go of his hands and feet, can the other players of Yangzhi Middle School hold on?
Li Kong naturally didn't know if his teammates could adapt to this period of time without his own organization, so he could only keep running, opening up the defensive range of Dacheng School and creating more offensive space for his teammates.
However, the players of Yangzhi Middle School may still be able to fight with Dacheng School in terms of teamwork, but in terms of the personal ability of the players, they are really far from the other party.
Although because of the reason of sandwiching Li Kong, Dacheng School did not invest many troops in the attack, but their local cooperation is really beautiful, Yangzhi Middle School's defense is good, but it can not withstand the opponent's repeated impact on the defensive line, to the twenty-fifth minute of the first half, Yangzhi Middle School's defensive mistake was caught by the offensive players of Dacheng School, and played a high-quality attack.
The full-back of Dacheng School easily broke through with the ball when the defender of Yangzhi Middle School made a reckless robbery, and then knocked on the middle of the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, and Gu Zizhe, the No. 9 player of Dacheng School, scored a goal!
After seeing the goal, Li Kong stood in front of his big penalty area with his hands on his waist and watched the other party celebrate, just now he was trying very hard to catch up, but unfortunately he couldn't rush to the penalty area to stop Gu Zizhe from scoring.
Seeing that most of the players around him were a little discouraged, Li Kong applauded vigorously, focusing everyone's attention on himself, only to see him loudly encouraging the players of Yangzhi Middle School: "It's just a lost ball, who hasn't lost a ball? If we don't lose a ball all the time, that's a strange thing! What is a ball? Let's just do it for him later? Don't look like you've been robbed of your daughter, cheer up, this win coach invites everyone to eat barbecue!"
Seeing Li Kong's arrogant face and brazen words to boost the morale of his players, the onlookers on the sidelines and the parents who came from nearby to watch the game burst into laughter, and even the coach of Dacheng School shook his head with a smile.
Park Seong-hoon touched his wallet with some pain, and then shouted to the middle of the field very boldly: "Your captain is right, this one wins, and when the time comes, I will invite you to eat barbecue when I return to Jeonju!
I'll them later, don't rob me, I'm going to eat this barbecue coach!"
Needless to say, these two words must have been said by Park In-ji, who had no brains.
But at this moment, the other Yangzhi Middle School players on the field were no better, and they all returned to their positions one by one, as if they could enter the ball of Dacheng School in the next second.
The players of Dacheng School who had just finished celebrating on the field were also a little stunned when they watched this scene, watching their morale recover quickly, and the Yangzhi Middle School players who were staring at them with a suspicious face at the moment, they couldn't help but "chuckle" in their hearts, this game seems to be not as easy to play as imagined......
Gu Zizhe, who had just scored a goal, glanced at Li Kong with admiration, exactly the same as what the coach said, Li Kong was born to be the captain!
When he walked back to the halfcourt, Gu Zizhe raised his head and looked at Li Kong, who was also looking at him at this time, and for a while, both of them knew each other and smiled, and they both saw what they wanted to see in each other's eyes.
This "war" has just begun!