Chapter Twenty-Seven: Challenging Fulham

Fulham is a typical team that is strong in attack and weak in defence. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info team's top scorer striker No. 44 McCormack has scored 15 goals so far, ranking second in the league scorer list, second only to Burnley striker No. 7 Gray who has scored 16 goals, and the fat man is currently fourth with 13 goals in the league. The team's second leading scorer is No. 25 Dembele, who has scored 10 goals in the league so far. The two combined to score 25 goals, almost 60% of the team's total goals. However, Fulham conceded more goals to 50 and had a goal difference of minus 10.

The game is about to begin, and commentators Smith and Foster are broadcasting the starting lineups of both teams.

“…… Myburgh's starting line-up is...... Among them, Pang continued to partner with Rhodes in the front, No. 5 Drayette replaced No. 8 Clayton, who has been in a slump recently, and No. 21 Ramirez replaced No. 19 veteran Downing, who has been a little tired recently, to start" Smith read the information in his hand, "The cooperation between Pang and Rhodes is becoming more and more tacit......"

"Tom, how do you feel about coming to London again to talk about the game?" Foster asked.

"James, you know, I love London, it's a wonderful world here." Smith smiled and said, "But the first thing I think of when I come to London this time is the game between Myburgh and Arsenal, an impressive game......

"Yes, Tom, it was a memorable game!" Foster was very touched, "Of course, there were a lot of stories after the game, such as the war of words between the media in London and Manchester, such as the fact that I became a fan of Pang......"

"Oh, James, you're hiding so much!" Smith teased, "I said why you started saying good things about Pang lately, it turns out that this is the reason...... Actually, I've been a fan of Pang for a long time, and it was also after Arsenal's ...... this game"

Haha, the two burst out laughing.

The game started with the laughter of the two, and the two teams started to fight each other from the beginning, Myburgh team has recently won consecutive games, and coach Karanka has already set his sights on the league title this season; Although Fulham is in the lower middle of the table, they are unbeaten in the last three games with two wins and one draw, especially the striker 44 McCormack, who has scored in three consecutive games, and has quietly climbed to second place in the scorer list.

Ten minutes into the game, Fulham, who occupied the home stadium, played aggressively. In particular, striker No. 44 McCormack has already scored with two feet, which is very threatening!

McCormack is 1.75 meters tall, although he is not tall, but he is strong and fast, and he is not inferior to the No. 6 Gibson of the Myburgh team's central defender, but he is much faster than Gibson. Gibson often couldn't keep up with his opponents, and McCormack's two shots were driven away by his speed.

While Fulham attacked, he did not relax his defense against the fat man, and the defender of the fat man was Fulham's 2.01-meter-tall central defender No. 33 Bourne. Although he is much taller than the fat man, he weighs only 87 kilograms, which is a lot worse than the fat man, and the fat man can easily squeeze Bourne out. But No. 4 Hawkins, another central defender who assists in the defense of the fat man, is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 78 kilograms.

But gradually, the fat man found the defensive weakness of the two, that is, the slow speed, especially the slow turn. It's not for nothing that Fulham have conceded 50 goals so far, and the main reason is probably the speed of the two. Another reason is that the two are too young, one is 24 years old and the other is 26 years old, which is not too young to play in the front court, but in the backline that is dominated by stability, it is still young.

After knowing the characteristics of the opponent, the fat man began to take the initiative to retreat to get the ball, No. 33 Bourne began to take the initiative to press forward, after the fat man took the ball, he could easily pass Bourne, and then send a through ball. The fat man's partner, No. 9 Rhodes, had a couple of good shots on goal, but unfortunately they didn't take them. In fact, No. 35 Nugent is better than No. 9 Rhodes on this ball, although the fat man has a bad relationship with Nugent, but I have to say that this guy is really fast, especially in the face of tall and slow central defenders, Nugent has a greater advantage.

But these are all questions for coach Karanka. Seeing that No. 9 Rhodes was not in good shape and wasted several chances, the fat man began to try to shoot on his own. The fat man took the ball in the front court again, this time the fat man did not choose to pass, but cut horizontally, and the weakness of No. 33 Bourne's slow speed leaked out, and the fat man flashed him behind him in two steps. Fulham No. 4 Hawkins rushed to make up for the defense, but the fat man had already dodged the angle and directly hit the door with a heavy shot.

“…… Pong's incision...... Bourne, who was defending Pong, was thrown out of the way "Smith was in high spirits," ...... Hawkins is making up for it, and Pong's shot is ......"

“goal……! goal……! Pang opens the scoring for Myburgh! Commentator Smith's loud shout sounded, "The opponent's central defender who defended Pang obviously couldn't keep up with Pang's footsteps, and after being shaken off the angle by Pang, he scored a wonderful heavy artillery shot, and the Myburgh team led 1:0 away." ”

"Beautiful goal!" Foster commented: "Pang made full use of the opponent's slow turning sticker and successfully found an opportunity!" ”

In the coach's seat, Fulham coach Jokanovic was very unhappy after seeing the fat man complete the goal, and he had already arranged two defenders to mark the fat man before the game, but he didn't expect it to fail. This damn fat man, why is he so fast, isn't he a player who likes physical confrontation? As a last resort, Jokanovic arranged for the back No. 19 Don Nicklife to help defend the fat man.

On the field, Fulham strengthened the defense after conceding the goal, and Fulham's back No. 19 Don Nicklife began to assist No. 33 Bourne to defend the fat man, plus No. 4 Hawkins, and the three-person triangle position surrounded the fat man in the middle.

Neither team created too many scoring chances after that, and at the end of the first half, Myburgh led 1-0 away.

At halftime, Coach Karanka made substitution adjustments, No. 35 Nugent replaced No. 9 Rhodes, which was also the first time in more than a month that the fat man and Nugent partnered in the front line again. David on the field? Nugent was full of emotion, and it had only been a month since the former young man had pressed him firmly to the bench with a steady stream of goals.

"Oh, coach Karanka replaced Rhodes with Nugent, which was a very timely adjustment." Smith commented, "Rhodes played very poorly in the first half and he wasted a couple of chances......

"I don't think I see Nugent in almost a month." Foster sighed, "It is really unthinkable that the Miburgh team used to be the number one striker and now the team's third striker. ”

"On the football field, no one can always occupy the main position," Smith said seriously, "The quality of form is the key to whether you can play or not!" ”

On the pitch, when the second half began, after Nugent came on the pitch, Myburgh's attack immediately changed a lot. His pace made the Fulham full-backs afraid to press the assist easily, relieving the defensive pressure on the Myburgh backline, while his flexible movement also gave the fat man more options for his passing routes.

With 60 minutes played, Myburgh played a quick counter-attack. Myburgh's No. 5 Drayette cleared the backfield, the ball was picked up by the fat man near the midfield, Fulham's No. 19 Don Nicklife immediately forced up, the fat man just wanted to knock back the middle of the No. 21 Ramirez, No. 35 Nugent has been inserted from the side at high speed, and the fat man immediately passed the ball horizontally.

Nugent got the ball and ran all the way, and Fulham full-back No. 7 Frery Deques desperately chased back but couldn't catch up with Nugent. As a last resort, Fulham central defender No. 4 Hawkins began to retreat to make up for the defense, and No. 33 Bourne also began to retreat to defend the middle. The fat man also began to thrust forward sharply, ready to outflank.

When Nugent dribbled the ball to the top left corner of the opponent's penalty area, Fulham's No. 4 Hawkins was already in place, and No. 7 Frery Dex was rushing to fill in with Hawkins in front of him. Nugent didn't choose to pass back, and directly dribbled away from Hawkins before firing a volley. The ball was cleared out of the penalty area by No. 33 Bourne who defended in the middle, and the ball rolled just to the fat man who inserted it in the middle, and the fat man did not choose to stop the ball, because Fulham No. 19 Don Nicklife behind him had already caught up. The fat man met the ball with a burst shot, and before Fulham No. 33 Bourne and goalkeeper No. 1 Bettinelli could react, the ball had already flown into the goal like a meteor.

“…… Nugent's breakthrough was very fast...... "Smith's eyes began to shine, "the opposition full-back can't catch up with him, this speed is desperate......"

“…… The Fulham centre-backs came over to make up for the ...... Nugent shook off an angled shot...... "Smith exclaimed, "Oh, the ball was blocked by the opposition defender...... Pang, Pang's opportunity...... Shot ......"

“goal……! goal……! It was Pang's goal, a brace! Smith's loud shout rang out again, "It's a shot to meet the ball." Although I don't know the exact speed, the ball was very fast because the Fulham goalkeeper barely reacted at all! ”

"Oh, what a rocky shot, very fast," Forss nodded, "and in the blink of an eye, the ball was already flying into the goal." ”

The fat man can't calculate the flying speed of the ball, but the fat man kicks the ball very positively, and the force is also fierce, and the ball speed is absolutely ridiculously fast.

After the fat man scored, his teammates all gathered around to hug and celebrate with the fat man. Nugent also came around, but he didn't hug and high-five the fat man. The two had conflicts before, and although a month has passed, the estrangement between the two has not been completely eliminated!

Professional football has a win or loss in every game, and the quality of the team's results is directly related to the fate of every player and coach, so almost everyone is facing a lot of pressure. On the pitch, you are respected, you perform well, the natural coach trusts you, your teammates respect you, and the fans love you; If you don't perform well, no matter how famous you are and your qualifications are old, you have to stand aside, because no one wants to carry the black pot for you! Nugent's rise from being favored before to being ignored now is a living example of this.

In the coach's box, seeing that the two goals were behind, Fulham manager Jokanovic couldn't sit still, and he shouted from the sidelines to give the players on the field a clarion call to counterattack.

On the pitch, Fulham, who are playing at home, are attacking more aggressively and defending more toughly. Within two minutes, Fulham's No. 19 Don Nicklife and No. 4 Hawkins received yellow cards one after another. No. 19 Don Nicklife directly knocked the fat man to the ground when he grabbed the ball, and glared at the fat man fiercely when he got up, as if warning the fat man, 'Sao Nian, you try to dribble the ball so coquettishly!' ’; No. 4 Hawkins elbowed the fat man when he was fighting for the top ball, and he also glared at the fat man fiercely when he landed, "Sao Nian, you try to top the ball so aggressively!" ’。

"Oh, two Fulham players have received yellow cards in a row!" Smith was a little surprised, "They were all fouled by Pang ......"

"The Fulham team started to use foul tactics against Pong, and I hope Pong doesn't get hurt!" Foster was a little worried, "Pang should reduce the breakthrough with the ball and speed up the pass, after all, the Myburgh team has a two-goal lead!" If you get hurt because of it, it's not worth it......"

The fat man knew that he had been hated by the opponent's defenders. 'TMD, this is the rhythm of abolishing my brother! Brother is still less dribbling the ball and less top balls during this time, anyway, let's lead by two goals. The fat man muttered to himself.

After receiving the ball in the midfield, the fat man obviously broke through with the ball less, and directly kicked the ball, or directly hit the high ball behind the two central defenders of Fulham. Nugent is fast, and he only came on in the second half, and he has a lot of energy, so let him rush to grab it.

With 75 minutes into the game, Myburgh had another chance. After receiving the ball, the fat man directly hit the high ball behind the two Fulham central defenders, and this time Nugent seized the opportunity to successfully reverse offside, won a one-on-one goal, and calmly pushed the bottom right corner of the goal to score.

“…… Pong's long pass hit the opponent's back...... "Smith was excited again," "Oh, Nugent was successful in an offside position, one-on-one...... Shot ......"

“goal……! goal……! Nugent has scored! Smith's loud voice was full of surprise, "Nugent scored his first goal in nearly two months against offside. This goal is thanks to Pong's wonderful long pass assist! Myburgh sealed the win 3:0! ”

"I really didn't expect Nugent to score in this game before the game," Foster sighed, "Nugent's efforts have been reported, congratulations to him ......"