Volume 2 The Basilisk is the Five Scumbags Chapter 52 The Quidditch House Cup
Harry and Daphne's second year of Quidditch finally came to the end.
On a sunny Saturday morning, Slytherin vs Gryffindor!
"I've said everything before!" In the contestant preparation area, Daphany looked around at the six teammates in front of her and said with a calm face: "This one, go all out, as a graduation gift for Marcus!" ”
"Good!" The little snakes shouted.
As Mrs. Hodge's whistle blew, both teams took to the air at the same time, and the game began.
Mrs. Hodge threw the Quaffle high, and Terrance immediately flew low like a goshawk and quickly took the Quaffle into her arms. Then an S turn evades Angelina's interception. The first wave of fast attacks was launched.
Slytherin took advantage of the broomsticks and were able to grab the first round of Quaffle in almost every match. Then came the fast-attacking raid that caused a headache for the other three Chambers, now known as 'Viper's Fang'.
"Appeared, appeared! Pit Viper's Fangs! Lee Jordan, who was the commentator, shouted.
Terrance flashed past Angelina and headed straight for goal. However, Gryffindor, who has been beaten by such a raid for two years, has long been mentally prepared. Alia Spinnett has already made a stop-in block at the first time.
However, the moment Terrance saw Arya stop him, he passed the ball out. Marcus seemed to be prepared and flew through the path of the pass just in time. After receiving the ball, he accelerated his charge without a pause. Straight towards the goal guarded by Wood. Angelina and Katie Bell were too late to intercept. Wood, on the other hand, only made a symbolic save. The ball goes in. From Mrs. Hooch's serve, to Marcus's score, it was less than five seconds before!
"Good!" The Slytherin audience cheered. In fact, not only the Slytherin audience, but also the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff auditoriums were cheering for the ball. Although Slytherin's broomstick is indeed a level above everyone and makes everyone feel very unhappy, Slytherin's skill and coordination are indeed difficult for other teams to catch up with at the moment.
In the words of Hufflepuff goalkeeper Herbert Fleet, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff chasers are no match for Slytherin, even with the same broomstick. The goal will still be beaten into a sieve. Ravenclaw's team of Seekers can fight Slytherin!
On the pitch, Gryffindor takes the ball.
Katie Bale sprints with the ball, Angelina and Arya echo left and right. They weren't fast, but they were steady. This was the solution Wood came up with to deal with Slytherin. Spell skills, the two sides are about the same, or Gryffindor is a little worse, after all, in the current situation, only Angelina can really catch up with the Slytherin arrow trio in terms of skills, and the other two are slightly worse.
than speed, that's looking for abuse. Only Harry's broomstick on Gryffindor's side could barely keep up with Slytherin. Again, this refers to the speed of chasers and batsmen. Draco's special broom was also very fast. If it weren't for Draco's lack of experience, the current format would certainly not be what it is now.
The technology is not as good as people, the speed is not as good as people, and if you want to win, then the scene can't be too good-looking. The solution that Wood came up with is this way that you don't look at but have the potential to win, the turtle tactic!
The twins are tightly defensive, and the attacking trio advances side by side. Never give the opponent the possibility of forcing the ball and then conceding it.
Slytherin was momentarily confused. Such a routine was never expected, Gryffindor scored a light goal, and the score was 10:10.
"So it can be like this!" How can there be such an operation? Davis, the captain of Ravenclaw, looked confused.
"There's no way around it, right?" Qiu beside him frowned and said, "In this way, even if you win, it will be too ugly, and Gryffindor is equivalent to defaulting to fighting Slytherin head-on." ”
Yes, it's ugly. This can be seen in autumn, and others can naturally see it too. Suddenly there was a lot of boos in the audience, and it was an extremely rare boo Gryffindor.
However, the Gryffindor players were unmoved, they just wanted to win.
"Want to pretend to be a turtle? Just one ball for another, and then rely on the Seeker to win or lose? "Slytherin took the ball, Dafanie organized the assault, and although Gryffindor tried to block it, it could be seen that it was not very resolute. Slytherin points smoothly. But Gryffindor then relied on the 'turtle tactic' to get back a point. Daphne immediately understood the other party's thoughts.
I have to say, Gryffindor's idea is clever. And make full use of their own advantages. Gryffindor has the Weasley twin, the best batsman in the academy. The batsman does not have high requirements for the broom, even if it is a sweep five or even a comet 260, as long as the speed can be raised, it can also follow the upstream ball to strike.
In this case, Slytherin's batsmen can't play the twins, so they can't destroy Gryffindor's chaser lineup with Bludgers. The result is a one-on-one alternate score.
"Captain, what should I do?" Terrance shouted anxiously at Daphany. Ten minutes passed, and instead of pulling away the score, Slytherin was now ten points behind because of Dafanie's mispass and being snatched away by the opponent to score.
Daphany also frowned, she didn't expect that Gryffindor could use such a cowardly style of play. But it's ugly, but it's really useful. Gryffindor is betting that Harry Potter will definitely get the Golden Snitch. In fact, their trust is very well-founded, since Harry Potter became a Gryffindor Seeker, he has participated in a total of 11 matches, and all 10 of them have captured the Golden Snitch! Only in the previous game against Hufflepuff was too unlucky, and the Snitch was too close to Cedric to not get it.
If you want to deal with it, it's not impossible. Slytherin's former tactic 'rugby in the air' happened to be the nemesis of Gryffindor's tactic. After all, the three Gryffindor chasers are all girls. Even Terrance, who is relatively thin, is able to beat Angelina, the sturdiest opposite, by playing hard.
That tactic was actually very successful, and Slytherin won many games during its use. It was only when Daphany became captain that she switched to a flashy technical stream. It's better looking, and it's more popular! Qingfeng Literature
In fact, there are very few routines that can be played in Quidditch, at least much less than basketball and football. Not to mention anything else, there are only three people who really score on offense, and the routines they can play are not as good as basketball, let alone football. And because he was riding on a broomstick, he didn't have much room to play in his pace or figure, and because of his speed, even if Gryffindor played turtle tactics, if the Slytherin trio didn't block it, it would only take about twenty seconds from one end to the other.
But can't that be dealt with? On the contrary, it's actually the best way to deal with!
"Perrigin, Lucian. You two entangle the twins! Daphne yelled at her own dick hitter, then shouted to Marcus and Terrence beside her, "One-on-one!" Ball! ”
Dafanie decided, fancy can't work, then use the old way and grab it.
Both Marcus and Terrance knew that Dafanie didn't like them to play Savage Rush. In fact, there are some complaints in my heart about this. Even if it is a competition between official clubs, it is not uncommon for them to collide with each other. Otherwise, wouldn't they all score one-on-one? However, Daphany didn't like Savage Ball, so she strictly forbade Slytherin from playing Savage Ball.
At this time, Daphany spoke, one-on-one, and grabbed the ball. Although I didn't say it explicitly, I already expressed the meaning. Don't be so Sven!
Marcus and Terrance understood in seconds. Immediately he rode a broom and stuck to it.
The snatching began. Although the three Gryffindor chasers were in close formation, there were still some gaps in riding on the broomstick. Slytherin's players still have plenty of room to scramble closely. With the advantage on the broomstick, Marcus and Terrance easily tangled up with the opposing player with the ball and tried to snatch the Quaffle from the opponent's hand.
"Alas, this is Quidditch!" In the audience, many young students who like hard-core style are smiling. In fact, there are also savage teams in the competitions between clubs and even national teams, and there are many fans. The magicians are probably more elegant and willing to watch the savage. As a result, while Slytherin's style of play has been loved by most people since its transformation, there are also students who have been disappointed by the savage style of yesteryear.
Now, the students who like this bite are excited.
Marcus couldn't wait to stick to Katie with the ball. Holding the broom in one hand, the other hand grabs the ball under Katie's armpit.
Katie, the Weasley twins, Angelina and others, all in the same grade, joined the Quidditch team as a substitute the year before and became regular players last year. So in the first game she came into contact with the Slytherin team, she was already the captain of Daphany, and it became a technical style of play, and she didn't know it, and it was Slytherin's old business to play brutally!
Katie was completely unprepared and was punched by Marcus to knock the ball out of her armpit. Marcus accelerated violently, and Katie also wanted to speed up the chase, but the broom was not as fast as Marcus, and Marcus finally grabbed the Quaffle.
"Counterattack!" Marcus yelled and threw the Quaffle towards Gryffindor's goal, and Terence had already reversed the direction of the broomstick the moment Marcus grabbed the ball. Apparently Terence has a lot of trust in Marcus and will definitely be able to steal the ball after getting it. Seeing Marcus turn over and throw the ball, he immediately accelerated, caught the ball in the air, and then quickly rushed towards the goal. Dafanie followed, and the two alternated to get the Ghost Fly ball into the goal, and Wood could only swing his fist hard.
"Good!" Daphany shouted, "That's it! At the same time, he posted Angelina again.
"Daphine, don't you want to be so ruthless!" Seeing Dafanie leaning over, Angelina said with a bitter face. But before Daphany could speak, Angelina suddenly accelerated downwards and shook Daphany away.
"Your sister, you're cheating!" Daphany screamed and was about to catch up. However, Daphine was slow to react, and Marcus was highly concentrated, and in an instant, he put aside Alia, who was originally staring, and leaned directly on Angelina, and was about to pick up the ball.
Angelina certainly wouldn't let Marcus take the ball easily, and she made a sharp turn to avoid Marcus, but Terrance had already crept to her other side and stole the ball out of Angelina's armpit. The ball had been in the air for less than a second, and Marcus had already accelerated to hold it in his arms, drawing a large arc in the air to recoil.
"Fight back!" Marcus shouted again, then took the lead with a broomstick and ran for Wood.
This time, Arya and Katie had anticipated it when Marcus had taped Angelina. So when Marcus turned over, the two turned around and quickly blocked in front of Marcus.
If it had been before, Marcus would have crashed straight over. Two chicks play hard in the air with me? Joke!
But Daphine didn't like it, and neither did Lady Farrie. So Marcus doesn't like it now. Immediately, one of them fell rapidly and wanted to get rid of the two. However, although the two are not as good as Angelina, they are also excellent chasers in the academy, and Marcus has not yet raised the speed, so they reacted in time to follow.
But Marcus seemed to be prepared, and the two followed when they chased down. Marcus made an abrupt stop and changed direction. Although the speed can't be raised yet, it has already staggered with Arya and Katie. It may not be possible to completely shake off the two and charge again, but the pass is enough.
Daphany arrived when Marcus was reflexive, picked up the ball, and joined Terence, who was one step ahead of her towards the Gryffindor goal.
Arya chased after Daphany along with Katie and Angelina, who had caught up again, but Marcus was a little slower. Two of the three stopped Daphine, and the other blocked Terrance at the front. But seeing the goal in front of the goal, Daphany stole a gap and quietly passed the ball out. However, instead of passing it to Terrence, who was trying to get rid of Katie in front, it was handed to Marcus a little further back.
Not only did Angelina and the others not expect this pass, but Wood didn't have time to react. Slytherin's passing skills are hard worked, Daphany passes the ball well, and Marcus receives the ball is also pure skill. The speed of receiving the ball does not decrease but increases, and it is in front of the goal in an instant. Wood's non-rescue gesture, which was too late to react, could only be regarded as a gesture.
The score overtook the score, and the little snakes in the Slytherin audience cheered.
After that, this scene began to appear frequently. The turtle tactic is not used in official matches at all, because it is not practical. If you want to set up a formation, you can't be too fast, and even if you put a formation, you can't really squeeze three people together. If the opposite side is hard to grab, it can still be done. Gryffindor's tactic was originally designed to deal with the previously gentlemanly Slytherin, but now that Slytherin has begun to steal the ball, their turtle tactics have been wasted. And then, it's the slaughter!