Chapter 19: The Starters

"Tang Wu, he's the starter?" Zhan Jun's face was full of surprise.

After Tang Wu's Chelsea debut, Zhan Jun gathered a lot of information about Tang Wu.

Living abroad since childhood, he has been playing in the Netherlands, and only in recent years has he turned to goalkeeper, with six fingers on his left hand...

But except for the days when Tang Wu signed with Chelsea, the mainland took out a small piece of space in the sports daily to report on the matter, and Zhan Jun never heard anything about Tang Wu again.

The 16-man roster rarely enters, which means that it is not even a second door!

Sun Jihai played more and more smoothly at Manchester City, and even scored a few goals. Li Tie was either injured or red carded at Everton, so the attention was naturally not as high as Sun Jihai.

And what about Tang Wu?! Even Li Tie is not as good!

Li Tie is still an international player and participated in last year's World Cup. If it weren't for the fact that Chelsea and Abou were too much of a toss in the Premier League this summer, perhaps even the Football Association would not know that there is such a Chinese in the Premier League.

But today Tang Wu actually started!

How about Rakari? Got the wrong medicine?

You must know that the goalkeeper starts, if he doesn't make a huge mistake or get injured, he will basically play the whole game.

"Why did he start?" Zhan Jun said repeatedly.

"How do I know? Maybe it's his turn! Looking at Zhan Jun who asked the third question, Huya Mei wanted to laugh.

As soon as he heard that there were Chinese in the Premier League, Zhan Jun was excited like a child.

And such a Zhan Jun is very attractive to Huya Sister.

"He's not a second door!" Zhan Jun shook his head and said, "Xiaomin, is there still watermelon cream?" Here's a... Oh no, two pieces! ”

"There is still watermelon cream, but I'll make you a cup of fat sea first!" Huya Mei picked up the water cup and walked towards the water dispenser.

"Good, good!" Zhan Jun didn't listen to what Huya Mei said at all, and walked into the broadcast studio without looking back.

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In Molineux's tunnel, the eleven Wolves starters stood in a row, looking up and down at Tang Wu, who was following Terry.

They didn't expect to face such a young goalkeeper today. And Chelsea sent this goalkeeper on the pitch, apparently for training!

In other words, to look down on them!

Tang Wu also did not show weakness, and also looked at the team he missed.

Wolves have been around for over 100 years and are not much worse than any other team in the Premier League.

After joining the English League in 1888, they won the FA Cup in 1893. They were relegated to the second division in 1906 and the FA Cup two years later, but were relegated to the third division in 1923.

For more than 100 years, Wolves have had their ups and downs in the UK's major leagues, and after three promotion play-off defeats, they finally broke into the Premier League in May this year, becoming the 38th new face of the Premier League since its inception.

If Tang Wu had successfully joined the Wolves team before, he might have been a Premier League striker by now!

I have to say that creation makes people.

Now, wearing special gloves emblazoned with Chelsea on them, Tang Wu slowly walked into the Molineux Stadium behind John Terry, who had replaced the injured Desailly.

When the away fans in the stands saw Tang Wu's face, they couldn't help but be stunned, and their first reaction was whether they were dazzled.

After wiping his eyes, the Blues goalkeepers standing in a row on the pitch still had Asian faces.

"Oh! Oh my God! It's the kid with six fingers! A 40-year-old aunt fan sighed.

"Mom, is that the magician with the Thunder drink?" The young Blues fan on the side said excitedly. "Will he make an extra football?"

The discussion in the stands was chaotic, and the commentator also cheered up the home players: "I didn't expect Lajli to send such a lineup to challenge, I think the elite of the Wolves team will definitely make the Italians pay the price of stupidity!" ”

The sidelines were furrowed and furrowed, undisturbed by the boos of the home fans.

Letting Tang Wu play, Lajili was well thought out.

First of all, Cudicini's performance this month has not been terrible, but it hasn't been very good – although he has been named in the Premier League Team of the Year twice.

Cudicini on the goalline had some nerve knives, either making good saves or short-circuiting his brain and making low-level mistakes.

Every time he saw Cudicini's performances, he couldn't wait to drag him off the field on the spot.

At this time, it was just in time for him to rest, and Wolves had not scored since the second round of the Premier League, so Lapinli dared to send Tang Wu on the field to test his conjecture about the formation of the team.

"Okay, the players from both sides have come in, so I'll introduce the starting lineups of both sides." Zhan Jun lifted his glasses and translated into the list: "Chelsea is a guest at Wolves in this game, and Lajli has a lineup that is very different from the last Champions League, and has adjusted 7 players!" ”

'The starting striker was Hasselbaink and his partner was Gudjohnsen. Crespo, the number one star Chelsea bought this summer, is still on the bench as he adjusts. ”

"Behind him are Columshire, Makelele, Lampard, Duff."

"The four defenders are Johnson, captain John Terry, and the goalscorers of the last game, Galla and Tiemoue Bakayoko."

"The starting goalkeeper is Tang Wu, the same young Chinese player who helped Chelsea win a Champions League qualification spot in last season's Premier League finale! It seems that after a summer of training, Tang Wu has occupied a position in the heart of coach Lapinli. Otherwise, the Italian wouldn't have started him. ”

"Look, it's Chelsea's coach Razori in the camera right now. Since midfielder Frank Lampard also fired at him, the old Italian has been thrust into the media spotlight. It is foreseeable that in the not-too-distant future, if new owner Abu is not satisfied, he may be able to say goodbye to the Blues before the end of the season. ”

Zhan Jun doesn't really have a good feeling about Chelsea, especially with the Blues beating home and away in recent months.

But because of the addition of Tang Wu, Zhan Jun has another team in the Premier League that has been marked as "key focus". Coupled with Tang Wu's special position, Zhan Jun also began to gradually receive more news about Chelsea.

After the start of the game, the Blues played conservatively out of adaptation to the new pitch and their new team-mates.

Except for a few long passes, most of the time it was in his own half.

Molineux has been home to Wolves since their inception.

And this year, it is also Molineux's first time in the Premier League.

Even some veteran players in the Premier League rarely play on such a small pitch, knowing that Molineux is the fifth smallest stadium in the Premier League.

Due to the home advantage, Wolves did not defend conservatively after the opening. With Owen at the back, Wolves' forwards continued to harass the Blues defence.

After three passes and two downs, Makelele was forced into the position of a scavenger, and Terry's pass to him was clearly a bit hasty.

In front of him, the Wolves striker was running towards the ball at his feet.

Terry, who had just passed the ball to Claude Makelele, was already being marked, and Wolves' Sean Newton and Paul Ences were closing in on Galla and Johnson from two different directions to form a circle. In addition, Barbayaro on the other side of the pitch was a little far away from Makellele, and Makelele, who had just stopped the ball for a while, had a headache about the ball.

It's a little unwilling to open a big foot, not to mention that his long pass level is not high, and his teammates may not be able to compete for it; If you pass to other teammates, you will run the risk of being stealed.

Every time he encounters such a situation, Makelele ponders whether to rely on his skills and experience to make better passing space for the opponent.

"Hey, Claude, over here!" Just as Makelle wanted to speed up, a familiar voice came from behind him.

Well? It's him?! Makelle didn't look back, he knew that there was only one person behind him who could call him in Spanish.

After Makelle turned around, he saw that Tang Wu had already run to the small penalty area line on the outside of the right post of the goal, and kept waving at him.

Call! It's too easy to pass the ball!

Seeing Tang Wu in a straight line with him, Makelle didn't hesitate anymore and nudged Tang Wu directly.

Not caring about the ball rolling towards him, Tang Wu continued to shout: "Claude, over there!" ”

Out of the defender's natural obedience to the goalkeeper, Makelle followed the instructions of Tang Wu's finger and ran towards the side.

Wolves striker Henry Camara saw Makelele pass back to the goalkeeper, gritted his teeth, and continued to follow the ball towards Tang Wu.

"Maybe this young goalkeeper will make a low-level mistake because of his nervousness!" Kamara thought to herself.

However, Tang Wu's face did not change, and he was not nervous at all. With a gentle push against the ball, it was pushed again to the feet of Claude Makelle on the wing.

When Makelele stepped on the ball again and looked up, he suddenly found that the "encirclement" between the Wolves strikers and midfielders had long since dissipated without a trace.

Although the number is still the same number, Makelele is confident that he can pass three good balls, and he is 100% guaranteed that he will not be cut off by the opponent.

And if you add Tang Wu, who still did not return to the goal line, but continued to lean a little closer to the side, Makelele has more options for passing.

This simple inverted foot made the vision and mood of the French midfielder instantly better.

Instead of passing to any team-mate, Makelele ran straight forward with the ball himself. Because in front of his eyes, a large clearing has appeared.

Seeing this, the corners of his mouth on both sides curled slightly, and he pinched his waist and said secretly: "That's right, boy, just kick like this!" ”