Chapter 4 (14)

Yan Liangcheng took the game records and picture board in the assistant coach's hand, quickly skimmed through it, and looked at the row of starters against the wall in turn, and asked tepidly again: "If anyone is unwilling to play in the second half, you can say it now." ”

No one said a word.

"Good." Yan Liangcheng erased the messy lines and numbers on the small blackboard propped up on the wooden shelf, grabbed half of the chalk and hastily sketched a rough court appearance on it. But he didn't immediately arrange the tactics for the second half, but picked up what he had just said. "Since you're all willing to stay on the pitch, I'll assume that the first half didn't happen, but," he paused, "if anyone else is concerned about throwing those shady tricks and feet, then I can't blame the acting manager for being unkind to him – I'm going to make him never want to set foot on the pitch for the rest of his life." ”

Yan Liangcheng's voice was not loud, and his tone was not high, as if he was talking about irrelevant people and things, but several main forces immediately stared at him with resentment, and the central guard wanted to stand up and speak with a black face, but as soon as he straightened up in the chair, Wei Honglin next to him grabbed him. The corners of Wu Xingguang's mouth couldn't help but pull several times. He took two steps uneasily, as if he wanted to say a few words to Yan Liangcheng, but the goalkeeper coach immediately pulled the sleeve of the general manager and warned him with his eyes, saying anything at this time can only have the opposite effect, in case any sentence is not clearly understood, maybe Yan Liangcheng will think that this is Wu Xingguang and the players teaming up to rectify him, in that case, the matter is really out of control and irreparable.

Yan Liangcheng sneered and glanced at the fire-breathing central defender in his eyes, and then turned the topic to the game: "The reason why we fell behind in the first half, I won't say much here, in the second half, our general direction remains the same, the center of gravity of defense is still in the middle, and the defender and the midfielder must pay attention to the connection!" Be careful about your position and don't give your opponent another chance! He glanced at Wei Honglin meaningfully, paused, and continued, "When attacking, we should pay attention to looking for Gao Jinsong; The two sides must dare to press up, especially the right side, to play a role; Franco! Seeing that the Uruguayan who was whispering to the interpreter raised his head, he pursed his lips for a long time and did not speak, and then said, "...... Did I put you on the pitch in the first half? ”

The two young players who had been standing in the corner immediately burst out laughing.

It is said that the tactical play is rearranged, but in fact, Yan Liangcheng just reiterated the tactics that were determined before the game, and then made slight adjustments in individual positions. He didn't believe that the score was behind because the opponent was stronger than him. In fact, if it weren't for the bad things done by a few players, Guangzhou Wuhua would definitely not have a chance to tie the score, so he didn't want to make too many changes to the personnel and tactics in the second half. The only thing he had to do was to ring the alarm for those guys.

"Don't play with fire!" He said solemnly before going on the field. He didn't stare at someone deliberately when he said this, but lowered his head and gently patted the white powder on his hands. Even if everyone in the locker room knew who he was admonishing, he still had to save some face for those people.

He was answered by a cold gaze of hatred and silence.

It seems that his words were in vain.

With a sarcastic sneer on the corner of his mouth, Yan Liangcheng was the last to walk out of the locker room. He wasn't laughing at his players, he was laughing at himself, and he was naïve enough to think that not pursuing their mistakes would be rewarded and rewarded by them, and that he would be able to retire from the acting head coach job with dignity. Perhaps those guys had taken his kindness as their own cowardice, and their warnings might have been just a kind of weak-hearted intimidation in their eyes. Do you really think you're a head coach with the title of acting head coach? Wake up, you're just an acting manager......

Just two minutes into the second half, Wuhan Yafeng replaced the central defender with the captain's armband, and a young player who had just been promoted to the first team this year took his place;

In the 49th minute, Wuhan Yafeng made a second substitution, and the right midfielder who did not retreat after the defender assisted was replaced, and he was replaced by a young player who had never appeared in any official game;

Less than a minute after this substitution, Wei Honglin was also substituted - he got the ball destroyed by his teammates at the front of his penalty area, but did not dispose of the ball immediately, he did not distribute the ball to his teammates on the left and right, nor did he use a long pass to find Franco, who had already started, but chose to dribble under the front and back of the two opponents. Although he still managed to get rid of his opponent's attack in the end, this "stupid move" was too dangerous, and Yan Liangcheng, who witnessed all this, was furious and ran to the fourth magistrate in person, and immediately replaced Wei Honglin.

The player who replaced Wei Honglin was Zhou Jian.

Wuhan Yafeng has used up all the substitutions, but the situation on the field has not improved in the slightest, Franco is still like a headless fly in vain to swim around the halfway, with his thin body and two Wuhua central defenders fighting for every possible opportunity; Gao Jinsong spends most of his time in his own half, stubbornly blocking opponents like a midfielder, and returning to the penalty area from time to time to participate in and assist in defense; Li Xiaolin's left flank was Yafeng's only remaining attacking point, but he only had one chance to advance near the opponent's baseline in the space of twenty minutes, and even then, his low-quality cross flew out of the baseline in mid-air......

In the 67th minute, Zhou Jian and his teammates' close-range pass was easily intercepted by the opponent, and the ball was immediately passed to the left front of the Yafeng penalty area. Gao Jinsong, who had retreated to the edge of the penalty area, didn't care to express his indignation at the child's play behavior of the two guys, and pounced from the shooter's flank, he had no time to adjust his posture and use his legs or body to block the opponent's shot, so he could only poke his head out to stop - he succeeded, he used his head to push the ball out of the side, but the Wuhua player didn't have his foot until the last moment, if he hadn't rushed forward at the last moment, the spikes that kicked him in the chest would have smashed him in the face......

At the moment when the grass rolled, Gao Jinsong almost suspected that his ribs had been kicked and broken.

His first feeling was not pain, but tightness, and his chest felt like a stone weighing thousands of pounds, making him almost unable to breathe. He lay on the ground, his hands and feet hanging limply on the grass, the dry blades of grass and the soft sand made him feel comfortable, like lying on a bed in a dormitory, and he almost wanted to lie down until the end of the game. He even looked at the cascading clouds in the sky with his daze, at the blurred halo of light that the sun cast behind the clouds. He could hear countless people in the stadium shouting, so far away that it was impossible to make out what they were shouting. He could hear his teammates cursing around the opponent who was making such a dangerous move; The opponent defended himself very aggrieved; Some Wuhua team members are calmly explaining and persuading. He also heard the referee sternly warning both sides. He could feel a lot of legs moving around him. Someone was leaning over him, talking loudly to him.

It seems to be the team doctor's always oily face. The team doctor's face was still as professional as usual, but his eyes revealed deep worry and anxiety. He kept talking to himself. But I couldn't hear anything clearly.

He couldn't help but laugh.

Teammates who are inexplicably in a slump, opponents who can ignore their opponents' safety in order to score goals, fans who love and hate the team are tightly intertwined, and those media reporters who are everywhere...... Oh, he loves the sport, he loves these people who are as immersed in the joys and pains that football brings as much as he does!

But before the smile could show the slightest trace at the corner of his mouth, a sharp pain in his chest overwhelmed him. The TV camera's camera captured this scene: when the team doctor's hands pressed on Gao Jinsong's chest, he curled up in pain as if he had been touched by high-voltage electricity, and from the gap between the bodies of the two players, the audience could even see Gao Jinsong's wide open mouth.

Yan Liangcheng stood on the edge of the field with a grim expression and waited for the results of the team doctor's examination. He has already used up three substitutions, and if Gao Jinsong misses again, he will have to rely on the remaining ten players to play this game, which means that he is likely to lose his first official game as an independent coach. No, it's not very likely to lose! He immediately dismissed the idea in his mind. This game has been lost! There is no difference between 10 players and 11 players, and the final result of this game cannot change much, the only difference is just how many games are lost. His warnings in the dressing room didn't help, and three punishing substitutions didn't have the slightest impact on the course of the game, as his players quietly adjusted their original plans, even the three substitutions were carrying out their pre-arranged arrangements to the letter, and continued to approach the game with a lazy attitude. He let out a long breath and couldn't help but clench his fists in his trouser pockets - these bastards do things...... It's just too much!

The referee was already impatiently looking at his watch again and again. He began to negotiate with the busy team doctor, hoping that the team doctor would carry Gao Jinsong to the side of the field for examination, and if the injury was serious, then the stretcher should be called into the field. The game can't be suspended for too long because Gao Jinsong is alone.

Yan Liangcheng is ready for Gao Jinsong to be injured. In this short moment, an idea suddenly popped into his mind that he would not make any deployment adjustments to the next matches. It's not that he's giving up, on the contrary, it's the only thing he can do, and they won't listen to anything he says anyway, so he's going to stand here until the end of the game; Then, he will make good on his promise to expose the ugly deeds of these people to the media, so that these bastards never want to raise their heads and be human beings in football circles!

His heart couldn't help but feel a surge of happiness.

But he immediately gave up on the idea. He couldn't do that. The environment in which the players live today is different from the environment he was in at the beginning, he can't play football and still has an organizational job, as well as a fixed salary and various benefits, as well as a unit assigned housing and enviable jobs, but these young people are different from him, don't look at their current scenery, but except for the good times of playing football, they have almost nothing - if they can't play, they won't have wages and bonuses, and if they can't play football, they can't afford to buy a house, let alone medical security and welfare, Some players don't even have medical insurance in their contracts, and if they encounter a serious injury or illness that threatens their sports life, they may not even be as good as an ordinary person; Even if they can play, they have to compete with the club, the coach, their team-mates, to keep their place in the team – in fact, to protect their interests...... He couldn't let these young people fall into the abyss because he was so quick as he wanted to be temporary, so that their sweat and tears for more than ten years were wiped off by a few words of his own......

Forget about today's business. He secretly made up his mind. He hoped that in the future they would be able to realize for themselves how serious today's mistakes were, and that they would be able to correct such erroneous ideas and practices on their own. As for losing this game...... Hey, just losing a FA Cup, Wuhan Yafeng is still Wuhan Yafeng.

Just before the referee, who had lost patience, was about to use more severe means to force the team doctor Yafeng to carry the injured to the outside of the field for treatment, the team doctor, who had been busy for a long time, finally made a "no hindrance" gesture to Yan Liangcheng, and Gao Jinsong also rubbed his chest and slowly sat up.

Yan Liangcheng finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.

Bursts of applause and cheers erupted in the stands. Although the fans hate the players who don't make it, the manager who can't teach the players to control the game, and the club that can't bring them victory, they will never resent the good players who will do everything for the good of the team, and they will never spare their enthusiasm for these excellent players. They cheered him with applause to show their respect and love for him, welcoming him back into the fight.

After that, almost every touch of the ball by Gao Jinsong was applauded and cheered.

But that's all Gao Jinsong harvested, and the scene of the game did not change in the slightest. No matter how enthusiastic the fans are, they can't replace his teammates around him, when his teammates are no longer eager to win or even look forward to losing the game, his strength alone is so lonely and weak in front of the whole team of Guangzhou Wuhua. No one gave him a pass, even if he was in a good position they didn't see it, he had to rely on his physical advantage and excellent ability to read the game to find the ball himself, but even when he struggled to get the ball, he couldn't find a teammate who could cover and catch him. Franco, his partner on the front line, seemed to have evaporated from the field, and he was not seen for a long time; Left midfielder Li Xiaolin was surprisingly active in this game, but he preferred to be alone; The right midfielder rarely crosses the halfway line and is always competing with his right wing-back for a defensive position; As for Zhou Jian, the defender who temporarily plays the role of the organizer - hey, more often he needs Gao Jinsong to protect him behind him......

In the eighty-first minute, the Yafeng player once again broke the ball out of his penalty area, and on the right side of the middle line, the disappeared Franco miraculously appeared; Not only did he get back on the pitch, but he also scrambled for a header from an opponent who was almost a head taller than him; He staggered four or five steps on the grass with his hands and feet, and finally stabilized his body's center of gravity without falling on the grass, and then ran diagonally along the side with the ball to the penalty area of Guangzhou Wuhua;

Four or five Wuhua players who participated in the attack immediately retreated back to defend in an orderly manner: one person went to mark Li Xiaolin, two people went to flank Franco, the back waist followed Gao Jinsong, and the central defender commanded his teammates while pressing for them; He was vigilant against any danger that might arise;

The two opponents on the front side immediately forced Franco to abandon the idea of a breakthrough. Gao Jinsong has not yet arrived in a favorable position to attack because of his slow speed, and he is tightly entangled by Wuhua's back, and it is impossible for Franco to hand over the ball to him; Li Xiaolin was on the other side of the court, and Franco thought that he didn't have this excellent long ball passing ability, and he didn't dare to take risks; He had to protect the ball and move closer to the corner flag area, hoping that other teammates would come up to meet him;

No one came to meet him, he had to rely on himself;

Franco was tightly pressed by the two Wuhua players in the small area near the corner flag, and the two opponents used their bodies to restrict his movements, while constantly leaning in from behind with their feet to hook the ball;

Franco was desperate, he couldn't hold on for much time under the two opponents, in fact, he had lost his balance and was about to be pushed out of the sideline, which meant that the attack would be dead again;

He was indeed squeezed out of the box by his opponents. The two opponents immediately raised their hands to signal that they had not committed a foul, and the assistant referee who was close at hand did not raise the small flag in his hand, which indicated that the game would continue;

However, in the face of how to deal with the ball, the two opponents obviously lacked enough tacit understanding, they made a move to control the ball at the same time, but they both hesitated, and then Franco, who was squeezed out of the field, chased after him again and spun and controlled the ball; The two panicked opponents did not chase after the interception in the first place, but raised their hands and asked the assistant referee to declare Franco a foul with their eyes;

The assistant referee was indifferent. How could he possibly punish a player who didn't foul?

The two disappointed Wuhua players immediately rushed towards Franco;

But they had lost the best chance to intercept, and just as they were asking the assistant referee for help, Franco had already completed the cross;

Gao Jinsong, Wuhua central defender and Wuhua midfielder jumped up in the penalty area almost at the same time to compete for the header; The Wuhua midfielder obviously lacked experience in fighting for this kind of header, and he jumped a little early, and when the ball was about to fall, his toes had already stepped on the ground; The defensive position of the Wuhua central defender is very accurate, and the starting time is also very good, but his bounce ability is not as good as Gao Jinsong, when he jumps up, Gao Jinsong has been firmly pressed on top of his head, he can only try his best not to let Gao Jinsong easily top the ball; Gao Jinsong got everything right, the timing of the jump, the height of the jump, and the twist in mid-air, his slightly raised head showed that it was almost certainly a perfect header - if the goalkeeper was not allowed to catch the ball with his hands; The goalkeeper came first, and his nimble hands had already crossed Gao Jinsong's head to meet the flying ball......

But he didn't catch anything!

Of course, Gao Jinsong didn't hit anything, and he was hit by the goalkeeper and rolled over on his back in the grass;

The ball flew in a wonderful arc from one side of the box to the other;

The Wuhua players who followed Li Xiaolin had done their best, but he still couldn't stop Li Xiaolin's powerful shot, and the ball jumped straight into the net without hindrance......

The stadium exploded immediately, and the jubilant fans gave their beloved players and their beloved team a festive cheer of applause as if it were a holiday.

The anxious Wuhua players immediately surrounded the referee and complained nonsense: Gao Jinsong rushed into the goalkeeper first, this goal can't be counted!

The referee firmly upheld the decision. He could see it clearly, Gao Jinsong, who was almost jumping on the spot, did not hit the goalkeeper, and the goalkeeper grabbed the goal after he made a preparatory jump, so if you want to talk about the collision, then it should be said that the goalkeeper of Wuhua collided with Gao Jinsong. But he did not refute the unreasonable demands of the Wuhua team members, but just used stern eyes to tell them not to be senselessly entangled with him.

Li Xiaolin couldn't wait for the referee's final decision, he raised his arms and flew like a flying crane to the stands, to the fans who were cheering for him. He's going to hug them, he's going to hug these lovely guys, he's going to need their cheers, and this ball is for them! This goal is also scored for himself, but he must share this happiness with these people! Of course, there are a few people who can share this happiness with him here, such as Gao Jinsong and Franco...... So he returned to the venue and hugged Gao Jinsong and Franco tightly.

A few more teammates came over to lightly express their congratulations, and Li Xiaolin also accepted their congratulations. He won't take the initiative to share this happiness with them because the goal is not worth it for them; But he didn't mind if they came and asked to share, after all, only happiness that can be shared with others is true happiness. At this time, he remembered a very important thing, this goal can actually be regarded as for him - he clenched his fist and swung it vigorously in the direction of Yan Liangcheng. He didn't know if he could see clearly from such a distance, but he seemed to see the lonely man standing on the edge of the field bowing his head slightly.

Li Xiaolin's goal made Guangzhou Wuhua's attack more and more fierce. They almost came out of the nest, and even dragged the central defenders through the half.

Such a hasty attack immediately led to disastrous consequences for them.

In the 83rd minute, Gao Jinsong successfully tackled a 30-meter long pass and found Franco accurately, and the Uruguayan dribbled the ball past the goalkeeper in a very Latin way, and then easily knocked the ball into the unguarded door.

Three to two!

The stadium was boiling! The drums rang out, people expressed their joy and happiness with sky-shattering cheers and cheers, and the overjoyed fans even played with the crowd waves that had never been seen in this year's league, and the surging waves around the stadium rose and fell round and round. The stands were full of laughter, passionate slogans, and the uncontrollable smiles of the fans......

In the 86th minute, Gao Jinsong scored Yafeng's fourth goal in the game:

——Li Xiaolin's bottom cross, Gao Jinsong on the left side of the penalty area did not wait for the ball to land and hit the goal with his left foot, the Wuhua goalkeeper made the right judgment and made the correct saving posture, but he still failed to intercept the ball......

Four to two!

This goal completely destroyed Guangzhou Wuhua's dream of defending the FA Cup.

The goal also sent the fans into a complete frenzy......