Chapter 18: The Battle of the Blue River
"Good shot!"
In response, the ball has arrived! People are here!
"Smack!" There was a crunch.
The ball went in.
"What a second pass!" Aspen admires.
In the last few amateur matches with the Red Bulls, Liu Haoxuan has played the position of right midfielder many times, although he is also a fullback, but Liu Haoxuan never turns back to defend, and occasionally intercepts are symbolic and useless.
So now, although the Red Bulls are still playing a 442 formation, it is actually 433, and Liu Haoxuan, who does not look at the defense, is not so much a full-back, but a winger closer to the midfield. But Liu Haoxuan can always receive the pass from Poplar steadily, and then quickly break through with the ball and cross the bottom.
After this period of hard training in cross and long passing techniques, Liu Haoxuan is now successful even if not every time, and the position of each pass is not very accurate. But Liu Haoxuan can succeed seven or eight times in ten breakthroughs, and most of the crosses are not far from ten, which is already very efficient in the amateur game, which is cheaper than the original striker in the original team, the "Real Madrid No. 7". So when Liu Haoxuan always defended with his eyes, no one in the team talked about him.
The real name of "Real Madrid No. 7" is Huang Gaolei, as his name suggests, he is tall and strong. Huang Gaolei is not fast, and his archery skills are not short and coarse, and his position in the team was used as a bridgehead in the past. But since Liu Haoxuan came, this high school striker with no technical characteristics finally ushered in his own spring. Now he doesn't have to run every time he plays, he has been standing next to the opposing defender, waiting for Liu Haoxuan's cross.
He was tall and strong, and few people could beat him in amateur competition. Every time he watched the ball, as soon as he leaned on, the defender next to him was already stumbling, and his butt was pushed again, and the defender couldn't stand on his feet.
That goal was a perfect replica of the attacking pattern in previous games. After Bai Yang received the pass from the backcourt, he knocked it to Liu Haoxuan, Liu Haoxuan dribbled, went to the bottom, and then crossed, Huang Gaolei jumped up, overheaded, and the ball went in. It's simple and crude, and it's incredibly efficient.
"Haha, Xiao Liu, your passing is really getting better and better." Huang Gaolei, who finally experienced the thrill of scoring a goal, was very excited, ran to Liu Haoxuan's side, hugged him in a circle, and laughed.
"Ahh Brother Huang, slow down, my body is not as good as yours. Liu Haoxuan was a little dizzy by Huang Gaolei, and rolled his eyes in disgust.
"Haha, others don't know, I don't know yet. Don't look at your skinny kid, it's full of meat. Huang Gaolei laughed heartily, not caring about Liu Haoxuan's action of rolling his eyes.
After several games, Huang Gaolei admired Liu Haoxuan's ability to feed cakes, he could always pass the ball to his most comfortable position, and he only needed to jump up and shake his head when he watched the ball come. Although he is much older than Liu Haoxuan, he has already become a friend who has forgotten his years, and he usually jokes when he plays. On the pitch, playing side by side has always been the fastest way to build friendships.
"Xiao Liu, don't keep passing high balls, also pass a few bocce balls for me to score two, I don't know what it's like to score a goal now." Another striker of the Red Bull team is short and rough and depressed, his name is Han Yu, he used to be the main scorer of the Red Bull team, but now he can't touch the ball a few times, not to mention how depressed he is.
"Brother Han, how can you say that you didn't score, didn't you score another last week?" Liu Haoxuan said with a grin.
"That's not that Lao Huang is unreliable, he can deflect the cross that you were so good at that time, let me pick up a leak on the periphery." Han Yu deliberately looked at Huang Gaolei with disgust and said.
Huang Gaolei's old face turned red and argued: "Everyone makes mistakes, you see that Drogba is known as "Warcraft", so there are times when there is no door to enter. â
"Hehe, everyone seems to be in high spirits. It doesn't matter how you score, it's good to win, not to mention that everyone is out to play and have fun. Poplar happily walked over and said.
Now Poplar looks at Liu Haoxuan like a monster, it turns out that when he asked Blake to play football, he just thought that Liu Haoxuan was just a high school student who played football quite well. After the first game, I found out that Liu Haoxuan was not much worse than them, who were in their twenties and had played football for ten years. But these are not as surprised as Bai Yang's heart now, not because of how strong Liu Haoxuan's strength is, but because of the speed of his progress, which is simply terrifying.
At the beginning, Liu Haoxuan was still very fond of sticky balls, and he would never pass without death. Now, not only is his awareness growing by leaps and bounds, he is actively cooperating with his teammates, but he also practices his crosses with great precision, which is already a way to turn the tide of the game in the amateur game.
"I have something to tell you today, it just so happens that people are here today, so let's discuss it together." Poplar clapped his face and beckoned everyone to come together.
"What's the matter, White Team." Huang Gaolei asked, he is bold, straightforward, and doesn't care about being joked, and he is very popular in the team.
"That's right, as you know, we've been playing well lately and we've won several games in a row. So Li Hongkai, the captain of the "Blue River" team in the city, contacted me and wanted to play a game with our "Red Bull". What do you think? "Poplar doesn't sell Guanzi either, and he says it directly when he sees that people are almost crowded.
"Blue River wants to make an appointment with us? Really? Han Yu was surprised.
In fact, since Liu Haoxuan has played well these few times, and the people in the team are relatively uniform, and the state is also good, the last few games have been played well, and he has long been well-known in the amateur football circle. Even some people in other teams, although they don't know Liu Haoxuan's name, know that in addition to the captain Bai Yang, the Red Bull team also has a high school student who plays the ball quite well.
"Which team is Blue River, is it strong?" Liu Haoxuan asked Huang Gaolei next to him curiously.
"Very strong! I heard that we haven't lost to the local team since the team was formed, and we all play football and make small fights. And Lanhe is a "giant" in the amateur team, looking for a team to play well in China, there are several semi-professional players in the team, I heard that their captain Li Hongkai is retired from the Chinese League, and he formed a team to play when he was bored. And Blue River also has sponsors, so you don't have to pay for the travel expenses of the jerseys you usually use in the game. â
Speaking of Blue River, Huang Gaolei's eyes lit up, professional teams are too far away from them, but Blue River is an amateur grassroots team like them, but it already has sponsor support, he is not rare for these jersey money, but he feels that it is very face--also amateur, Blue River is also a professional among amateurs.
"How do you feel?" Poplar asked.
"Since people have made an appointment, let's play with them, anyway, whoever you play with is a kick, in case you can score a goal or two in the Blue River, it will also be a matter of saving face." There is a very old brother in the team who says that he has always played as a main defender.
Amateur teams are all in the nature of playing tickets, and there are no zĂ i interest disputes, so the face of winning or losing is very important, for the sake of face, most of the team nodded and agreed, although a few people did not say agree, but there was no objection.
"Since everyone has no opinions, then I will talk to Li Hongkai. The time is tentatively scheduled for next Sunday, everyone will come if they have nothing to do, and there will be as many people as possible. Changes are subject to change without notice. â
In this way, the match against the Blue River team was decided.