Chapter 14: The Dignity of the Home Field

The barefoot home draw with Evergrande caused a lot of repercussions among fans. The main thing is that the performance of the two young people who are barefoot is so good that the fans have a big shout "It's dawn!" impulse.

However, Shao Yifan and Chen Wei did not get the position of the main force because of this. Not to mention what can be proven in one game, the position of the two of them alone is awkward - their position on the pitch overlaps with that of the main foreign players Berio and Recio. And how can ordinary coaches use them to replace the main foreign aid? So the two of them can only appear in the team's squad as substitutes now.

Of course, that's a big step forward, at least they can now train at the first-team training ground.

The management of the barefoot club is carried out in accordance with international standards, and everything is very professional.

The players usually start training at 9 a.m., but when they arrive at the training ground, they will find two young figures already on the training ground early. These two people are naturally Shao Yifan and Chen Wei.

Both of them are well-known "training freaks" in the club. There have been coaches who have approached them and reminded them that too much training is also bad for the body. As a result, they changed from training two hours earlier to one hour earlier, rain or shine for two years.

They are very talented players and very disciplined players. At the age of 17, he played in the top league of the country, and he looked at the world very well.

In fact, neither of them is convinced by each other, and they are all holding their breath and wanting to compete with each other. That's true for training, and it's true for competition.

A week later, Barefoot was playing at home again. The opponent this time is Shenzhen FC, which is also facing the pressure of relegation. Although there are still more than a dozen rounds in the Chinese Super League, no one dares to take it lightly now, perhaps it is a difference of one point, which will determine whether they will play in the Chinese Super League or the Chinese League next season.

The game was still in the evening, and Shao Yifan and Chen Wei were also selected for the squad again.

The Sky Stadium was a sea of blue as far as the eye could see, and the weekend game attracted nearly 50,000 fans to watch the event, and nearly 1,000 fans from the Shenzhen expedition.

"Not to mention anything else, our stadium can be said to be the first home stadium in the Chinese Super League, right?" Goalkeeper Xie Zhen, who was also a substitute in this game, looked around the court, looked at Shao Yifan beside him with a smile and said.

Shao Yifan nodded approvingly, and responded: "The only modern stadium in the Chinese Super League!"

Sky Stadium can be said to be the pride of every red football player and the people of Red County. Sadly, however, there have not been any moments of glory that have been witnessed here.

Facing Shenzhen today, the inevitable barefoot bombarded the Shenzhen team indiscriminately at the beginning. However, under Shenzhen's steel defenses, although Barefoot created some opportunities, they were difficult to grasp.

On the sidelines, the smile on the face of barefoot head coach Zhang Wailong slowly dissipated. He didn't wait for the results he wanted.

Just when he was thinking about how to break through Shenzhen's defense line, because of the barefoot pressure, which caused the emptiness of the defense, Shenzhen seized the opportunity and formed a sharp counterattack.

I saw Shenzhen striker Preciado dribbling past the barefoot defender and hit in front of the penalty area.

The whole crowd held their breath, and the barefoot side was praying that the goalkeeper would stop him.

However, it backfired, and Preciado fired a volley that deftly leaped past the onrushing goalkeeper and sent the ball into the net. The audience was silent, and only the fans of the expedition in Shenzhen were shouting excitedly.

Barefoot head coach Zhang Wailong angrily swung a punch into the air, and he attacked vigorously since the opening, but he didn't expect the opponent's goal to be broken, but his own goal was pierced first. This disrupted his plans.

After the goal, Shenzhen did not take advantage of the momentum to pursue, but played with barefoot passing. Repeatedly consumes the physical strength of the red soccer player.

When the first half ended, the score was still 0-1. Barefoot by one goal.

Shao Yifan was a little helpless, even he could see that there was a big problem with the barefoot tactical play. Offensive football is a tactical way of playing barefoot all along, but the ability of each player in the team is very limited, and it is difficult to play the designed tactics completely.

I think Zhang Wailong also saw this problem, but he had no way to change it.

In the second half, although Zhang Wailong made tactical adjustments, the effect was not significant.

Finally, in the 81st minute of the game, the barefoot defender accidentally handballed in the penalty area, and the referee did not hesitate to blow for the Shenzhen team to win a penalty.

Zhang Wailong angrily went to the referee on the sidelines to theorize, but it couldn't change anything.

When the whistle blew, Shenzhen player Precia got up and hit the ball to the left. The goalkeeper pounced to the right. The ball goes into the net again.

0-2, Shenzhen extended the score. Preciado, on the other hand, also scored a brace on the road.

Zhang Wailong looked at the lost players on the field and felt a kind of powerlessness. Suddenly, he thought of Shao Yifan and Chen Wei, the two heroes of the last competition. However, he has already used up all three substitutions. It can't be changed now.

Shao Yifan watched the game being mastered by Shenzhen step by step, and he felt a little lost. He wanted to go up and fight for his teammates, but the coach didn't give him that opportunity.

As a result, he could only sit on the bench off the pitch and watch his team-mates get a clean sheet on the road.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, barefoot head coach Zhang Wailong had a gloomy face, barely squeezed out an ugly smile and shook hands with the Shenzhen coach to say goodbye, and then left the court without looking back.

And the blue fans in the stands booed. There are those who insult and those who shout for Zhang Wailong to leave class.

And Shao Yifan, as a spectator, naturally can't change anything. I could only sigh and leave with my teammates.

Although winning and losing is a common occurrence in football, barefoot is now at the end of this game, and the league has been winless for four consecutive rounds. The ranking was also dropped to 14th place after this game, just one step away from the relegation zone.

And if Zhang Wailong doesn't have a better way, I'm afraid that the end of class will be a matter of the near future.

Shao Yifan, who didn't play the game and watched the team lose, was a little depressed, and he had a feeling that he had nowhere to go.

He simply changed into sportswear and began a leisurely night run on the neon-lit streets of Chixian.

The evening breeze blows his hair, bringing a touch of coolness to the midsummer nights and soothing the hearts of the irritable.

Soon, Shao Yifan regained his state in the coolness. He believed that sooner or later he would get the recognition he deserved.