Chapter 40: The First Battle, Announcing My Arrival to Everyone!
Li Kong exhaled lightly, turned to look at the players behind him, and found that most of them had a nervous look on their faces, so he applauded vigorously, encouraged every player with his eyes, and pressed down with both hands to signal them to relax.
At this moment, the players of Yangzhi Middle School and Busan Sanggyung High School are standing on the sidelines in two rows, just waiting for the referee to signal that they are ready to play!
Today is the first match day of the Korean Junior High School Championships, and because there are only six venues, the 16 group matches in the first round are divided into two time slots, the morning and afternoon matches.
Six races will be played from 7:30 to 9:30 in the morning, then two more races from 10 to 12 o'clock at noon, and the remaining eight races will be completed in the afternoon.
Jeonnam No. 3 Middle School has already won the opponent with a score of 3-0 in the just-concluded game from 7:30 to 9:30, so now, all their players are sitting on the turf on the sidelines to "cheer" for the players of Yangzhi Middle School who are about to play!
In the words of their coach, it is "all 'brother teams' from the same region, all fighting for honor in Jeollabuk-do, and mutual support and encouragement are necessary!", and in the same way, all the players and coaches of Jeonbuk Gwangsung School also came to Yangji Middle School to 'stand on the field', and their games will be held in the afternoon, so now let's take a look at the game situation and get used to it in advance.
As for the players of the other teams, they were more or less surrounded on the sidelines, ready to see the strength of the two teams, so the stadium was overcrowded for a while.
Of course, the same is true around the other stadium where the game is about to start, after all, there are only two stadiums where there are games now, and most of the players from other schools who are idle choose to "watch".
Li Kong looked around at the players from other schools who were curiously looking at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, but more than that, it was an emotion called excitement!
This is the game he has always wanted, and this is just the beginning, all he wants is the title of No. 1 in Korea!
The referee looked at his watch, then put the whistle in his mouth, blew it quickly, and stretched out his hand to signal the players from both sides to come on the field.
Li Kong tightened the captain's armband on his arm, took the lead in walking into the stadium with his head held high, and stood with the referee and linesman beside them, and after all the players entered the field and stood up, the referee took the lead in applauding the audience on the sidelines, because the home and away games and the side picks had been arranged in advance, so this item was directly skipped.
After Li Kong shook hands with the captain of the central defender of Shangqing Middle School, he trotted all the way back to his half, this game is the home of Yangzhi Middle School, so Yangzhi Middle School kicked off first, Li Kong stood at the top of the arc of the middle circle, and looked at the referee with his hands on his waist.
About five seconds later, with the referee's whistle, Lee Kong's first match in the Korean Junior High School Championship began!
After receiving the ball from his own striker for the first time, Li Kong took two steps sideways and knocked the ball back to his own midfielder before the players from Shangqing Middle School stepped forward to scramble.
After looking up and looking around, after noting down the position of his own side and the opposing players in his mind, Li Kong did not choose to run directly to the half of Shangqing Middle School, but saw that his three forwards had pressed the half of Shangqing Middle School, and then ran back to his own big penalty area, signaling that the central defender Ji Shangen, who was about to pass the ball to the fullback, to pass the ball to himself.
Today he played the position of central midfielder in the 433 formation, he has three strikers in front of him and two midfielders behind him, and his task today is to connect the front and back courts, and focus on stability, because today they mainly play defensive counter-attacking tactics.
After winning the ball, Li Kong took a few steps forward, broke through a striker who was not very defensive at the opponent, and passed the ball to his own winger, and when the winger was about to try to break through with the ball, Li Kong stepped forward and signaled the winger to pass the ball back on the side.
In this way, Li Kong kept taking the ball and passing the ball, but he rarely pressed the half court of Shangqing Middle School, and would rather pass more to his own backcourt than easily take a few more steps to the half court of Shangqing Middle School, as if he was testing something!
In this kind of game, most of the players in order to highlight their talents, most of them choose to try to dribble on the field to break through, even if there are some local beautiful cooperation, it will not last long, and in the end it must end in a hurry with a shot by a player, and there is no skill or tactic.
But now Li Kong on the field has well suppressed the rhythm of Yangzhi Middle School after the opening, no matter who he asks for the ball, that player will pass the ball to him very firmly, and no player will make some superfluous movements on his own, which makes Yangzhi Middle School run the ball very comfortably in their half, and it also makes them look united, and the tactical intention is obvious!
We just want to stabilize the ball in the middle and backfield, first stand on the defense, and then look for opportunities!
Many coaches couldn't help but nod, no matter whether this tactic is effective or not, at least the players of Yangzhi Middle School have a strong sense of coach's tactical execution ability and their own discipline! There is also the No. 10 player named Li Kong, who is obviously a player who plays football with his brain, which is not simple!
Li Kong didn't know that the coaches on the sidelines had a high opinion of him at the moment, he just kept receiving the ball in the midfield and his own backfield, and then passing the ball.
Under his constant running, every player in Yangzhi Middle School who passes and receives the ball feels very comfortable, because only when the environment in which they receive the ball is relatively safe, Li Kong will pass the ball over, and every time the players of Shangqing Middle School want to step forward to force it, Li Kong will pass the ball in time.
Of course, if Li Kong asks for the ball, no matter which player it is, he will still pass the ball over as soon as possible.
At this time, the three strikers of Yangzhi Middle School who were wandering around the big forbidden area of Shangqing Middle School were not impatient, they were very patient and lurking in the hinterland of Shangqing Middle School, waiting for their commander Li Kong to find the flaw in the defense line of Shangqing Middle School and deliver the deadly shells to them.
They have no doubt that Li Kong has such ability, because in the past year, Li Kong has led their nascent team to win one game after another in this way countless times! They believe that as long as Li Kong is on the field, there is no team that he cannot break! This is an almost blind trust and worship.
The game has been going on for 20 minutes, and many of the players of Shangqing Middle School are already a little ready to move, and they can't hold back the half of Yangzhi Middle School to press, and there are several times when the football is indeed robbed by them, but in front of the midfield and backfield defense line of Yangzhi Middle School that has been carefully adjusted by Park Seong-hoon for more than a year, the players of Shangqing Middle School have returned in vain every time.
But they stepped up their pressing after each failed attack, as if they thought they would soon break through the gates of Yangzhi High School.
Although their coach saw a hint on the sidelines, and repeatedly shouted to the players of Shangqing Middle School not to press too high and pay attention to defense, but at this time, where can the players of Shangqing Middle School who have already tasted the sweetness still listen?
After Li Kong received the ball near the sideline again, he heard some onlookers outside the field complaining about words such as "this game is so dull and boring", and he looked up at the surrounding Shangqing Middle School players who quickly surrounded him, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Is it boring? It's boring! Now that the prey can't hold back its appetite, it's ......."
Li Kong's mind spun rapidly, and almost in a few breaths, he came up with several plans for his next action, and his foot movements were not slow at all, first he made a gesture to pass the ball to the player who came to the middle to answer, and sure enough, the two players in front of him immediately had the posture of wrapping the middle player.
Now is the time!
I saw that Li Kong suddenly buckled the ball that was about to be pushed out! Then he took a small step sideways and passed a member of Shangqing Middle School who was close to him, but at this time the center of gravity of his body was deflected to the middle lane, and another member of Shangqing Middle School who was a little further back was taken aback and wanted to step forward to intercept Li Kong's breakthrough, but he was still running towards the opponent's mid lane player as a disguise, and now he wanted to accelerate after emergency braking, so it was a little late.
Li Kong strode forward, accelerated and ran with the ball! He directly got rid of the two players in front of him, because Shangqing Middle School had already pressed its own defense line very high at the moment, Li Kong's breakthrough was almost facing the back line of Shangqing Middle School!
The situation on the field changed suddenly at this moment! Before many players and coaches on the sidelines could react, Yangzhi Middle School instantly got a very good opportunity to counterattack! Four to four in the front court, it depends on what Li Kong will do next!
In an instant, almost all the players on the sidelines stood up from the ground, watching Li Kong stride through with the ball in the half of Shangqing Middle School, and calmly face the opposing defenders without fear, as if a stream of blood burst out from the body of every player!
This is the purest happiness in football! Every wonderful dribble, every sharp breakthrough, every wonderful goal, can arouse the heat and excitement in your heart!
A tall player with a slender body watched Li Kong stride with the ball on the sidelines, and suddenly said enviously: "Xi, this kid is so handsome with the ball!"
This resonated with many players.
And Li Kong only feels that he is in good shape at the moment!
The wind whistling in his ears blew his half-long hair back, he felt the friction between his jersey and his body, heard the discussion of everyone on the sidelines, and saw the solemn looks on the faces of the defenders of Shangqing Middle School with a little panic.
But his mood at the moment was surprisingly calm, one line after another appeared in his mind, one plan after another was overturned in his mind, and finally ......
The right fullback of Shangqing Middle School stomped sideways with a little nervousness, closely watching Li Kong's lower body movements to prevent Li Kong from breaking through with fake moves, but Li Kong's next actions made him directly annoyed and angry!
Breakthrough?Li Kong pulled a somewhat disdainful smile at the corner of his mouth.
It can be done in a more worry-free way, why choose to work hard to make a feint breakthrough?
I saw Li Kong unabashedly take the ball, and then the whole person sped up, he actually wanted to eat the right-back of Shangqing Middle School directly!
The right-back instantly blushed when he saw Li Kong's movements, gritted his teeth and turned directly to chase the ball behind him!
As a full-back who is known for his speed, how can he let you be humiliated like this!
But then Li Kong told him with his actions: "To deal with you, speed is enough!"
The full-back tried to catch up with the ball, but then he saw a white figure quickly catch up and overtake him, easily continuing to move forward and blow away!
"West, West, West!"
It was just now that the tall and thin player was shouting on the sidelines, only to see him holding his head in his hands, staring at Li Kong in the court with an incredible expression, watching him break through three defenders with speed in a row!
The key is that Li Kong has always played the role of a midfield organizer on the field before, and at this moment he has become a very fast breakthrough player, which brings a very strong sense of shock!
He was still striding with the ball, but this time Li Kong left all the players on the field behind him! He was galloping on the side like a Mercedes-Benzed sports car, and the players behind him were like classic cars, trying to catch up behind him.
Seeing that he was about to get close to the bottom line, Li Kong quickly cut inside without hesitation, but now, he slowed down and stepped into the penalty area with small pieces.
The goalkeeper of Shangqing Middle School, who had just recovered from the shock, was very nervous and strictly guarded in front of the goal, blocking the angle of Li Kong's possible shot, he didn't dare to attack now, Li Kong's speed made him very jealous!
As if he was deliberately waiting for the defenders of Shangqing Middle School to return to their positions, Li Kong pretended to dodge the central defender of Shangqing Middle School who had just run into the big penalty area out of breath at this time, and he took two more steps near the bottom line of the goal, and the eyes of several defenders of Shangqing Middle School who had chased back to the penalty area at this moment lit up.
Now, as long as they all stick it up, then Li Kong's passing and shooting routes will be blocked, and they will most likely destroy the football at Li Kong's feet off the field! In this way, even if Yangzhi Middle School's counterattack opportunity is dismantled, they will be able to "atone for their crimes."
Thinking of this, several players surrounded Li Kong, but they seemed to forget that Li Kong was not the only player attacking Yangzhi Middle School now!
I saw a triumphant smile on Li Kong's face, and in the uneasy eyes of several defenders and goalkeepers of Shangqing Middle School, he gently turned around and raised his heels, and knocked the ball towards the middle of the small penalty area before the players of Shangqing Middle School closed up!
Park In-ji, the winger of Yangzhi Middle School, just ran into the small penalty area, and in the face of the very comfortable football and most of the empty goal from Li Kong, he gently pushed and sent the ball into the gate of Sangqing Middle School!
Now they are 1-0 ahead!
Lee Kong didn't look at the goal again after passing the ball, he ran to the sideline with a smile and turned around in front of a crowd of players and coaches from various junior high schools across Korea who were looking at him in amazement, and pointed to his jersey number and the name on it with both thumbs back.
See, I'm No. 10 Li Kong from Yangzhi Middle School! Today, I announce my arrival to all of you!
Bai Yonghao, who was on the side, looked at Li Kong's actions at this time, retracted the complicated expression on his face, pouted a little arrogantly, and said disdainfully: "This guy who loves to be in the limelight!"
And at this moment, Li Kong's face was full of bright satisfied smiles~