Chapter 107: It Comes Naturally
For college football, some people who know something about this aspect should not be too unfamiliar, after all, with the increasing admission ratio of colleges and universities in the Celestial Empire in recent years, there should not be too many people who have not gone to college. As long as you have walked into a university campus, you should know that each school will have its own sports team, at least the traditional three balls of football basketball and volleyball plus table tennis, swimming and track and field, these sports should have school teams, and the rest depends on the expertise of each place.
And how high is the level of football at Celestial Empire University? First of all, every year there is the Celestial Empire University Football League, which is a competition that any regular college in the country has the opportunity to participate in. In 2012, due to the large gap between the strength level of ordinary students and the "sports majors" and "special recruitment" students, the league organizers had to divide a good league into two modes: "super group" and "campus group", and later added a "higher vocational group". On the surface, it seems to be to avoid too much disparity in strength between the participating colleges and universities and reflect the fairness and justice of the league, but in fact, it is once again completely separated from professional football, making the word "amateur" completely pasted on the head of campus football. The level of professional players is already miserable, so you can imagine the strength of the amateur.
At this point, we have to mention the Beijing Institute of Technology football team. This school team, which was composed of pure students, had won the championship of the big football tournament before the restructuring many times, and formed the Celestial Empire college football team with their team as the team for many times in a row to participate in the Asian Universiade and the World Universiade, and the results were quite passable. Their most memorable achievement came in 2006, when Beijing Institute of Technology topped the second division of the Heavenly Dynasty Football Association and was promoted to the "Heavenly League" next season. A campus-level amateur team actually entered the professional football league, which has caused widespread discussion in the Celestial Empire football world, and because of their success, the Celestial Football Association has also restructured the second division league. It's a pity that this Celestial Empire campus football signboard was completely taken off in 2013, due to competition, strength and other reasons, the club completed the restructuring in accordance with the provisions of the Football Association, and then began to introduce real domestic and foreign aid, since then professional players have occupied most of the team's lineup, until later the real students can only be used as "mascots" or "evidence of the student team" in general. But Director Jin Zhiyang said a sentence in desperation: "They all say that it is the student army, but it is no longer like that!" ”
The football level of students in the Celestial Empire is not high, and it can also be attributed to the national system of "learning standard", after all, as a student, you still have to focus on your studies, even if you have some talent in football, but you can only choose one of the two roads of learning and playing professionally, and it is difficult to have both. So what about the level of football of students in these European football powers? The answer is: the same dish!
Although universities in Western countries have always left the impression that there is little homework, a lot of extracurricular activities, and it is easy to pass the exam and graduate, in fact, this is not the case. It is much more difficult to get a degree certificate than in the universities in the Celestial Empire, and it requires students to be well-rounded in all aspects, and it is difficult to succeed in Western countries if they can eat with only one specialty. So this results in a real non-sports category of college students usually only have very little time to train, how can this football level be high?
And Wukang University is a copy of Tianchaobei Institute of Technology! As mentioned earlier, the Wukang University football team was formed in 1999 to compete in the Spanish University Games, and the players in the team were absolutely 100% real college students (of course, there are masters and PhDs), but as they joined the Spanish professional football league a few years later, they inevitably began to join the professional players outside the school. After all, although the school claims to be "the number one sports university in Spain", it is actually a world-renowned comprehensive university, and all majors are serious academic disciplines, even if the students here are not as talented as professional footballers. If you want to survive in the professional league and move forward step by step, professionalizing the team is a must.
The result of the reform is that the average age of the players of the Wukang University football team faced by Castile in the promotion play-offs is as much as five years older than the former, and if the main lineup is counted alone, then the gap between the two will reach nearly eight years, isn't this a group of uncles! It doesn't match the name of the team at all!
After the training to acclimatize to the field, when the players returned to the locker room, Li Mudi once again emphasized the tactical requirements of today's game. On the offensive end, the opponent's goalkeeper Miguel's prediction and reaction ability are not strong, and he also has a tendency to hit the ball, so he should pay attention to competing for the second landing point he hits; In addition, the opposing two central defenders, Fran Pérez and Danny Pérez (not related, just with the same surname), one has a weak ability to compete for the header and the other is too reckless and easy to eat cards, which can be targeted; As for the biggest weakness - right-back Tezio, although this player is excellent in terms of bravery, willpower, work dedication and other mental abilities, but in the technical column the ability to steal 12, the rest are all below 10, and the speed and strength are also average, it is an excellent breakthrough, the coach of Castile asked the team's starting left winger Kuchi to play him to the point of collapse!
Yes, Li Mudi changed the formation again in this game, and the starting formation became 4-3-3: goalkeeper Yáñez, right wing-back Forlan, central defenders Manu and Leon, left-back Abnell, the three midfielders are Fabas, Toro and Peperu, right winger Alvaro, left winger Kuchi, and center forward Mariano. Overall, it is very close to the formation of the first team, but under Zizou, Casemiro is a full-time defender in the three midfielders, while Castilla here is a trio of offensive and defensive balances, regardless of responsibility.
Due to Lin Liangming's absence due to injury and Mbappe was not recalled to the team, Castilla's left winger only left the Dutch teenager Peters and Cedras, who can make a cameo, but in the face of the relatively most obvious weakness of Wukang University, Li Mudi did not dare to relax in the slightest, he was worried that the two players could not beat Tezio and help the team suppress the opponent. After all, the home team's backline is also quite good overall, conceding only 17 goals in 38 league games, which is the second highest existence among the 80 teams in La B B after Castilla with 14 goals conceded. Well...... In particular, Castilla have conceded a whopping 40 goals this season. In other words, in the original world, Wu Kangda was the best defensive team in the 15-16 season in La B League, and the second-ranked team conceded 5 more goals than it.
The use of Kuchi, who has always preferred to stay in the middle of the position, to play left winger is a risky move by the Castilla coach, although Tezio's only advantage in the technical link is the ability to tackle, but Kuchi's dribbling has now reached 16 points, plus the ability in other links is much higher than the opponent, in theory it may be quite high. Once the league-leading backline has been torn open, the rest of the game will be much simpler, with Mariano's headers and long-range shots in the middle posing a formidable threat to the home side. After all, although the offensive strength of the home team is not very strong, the ability of several players is still good, and the distribution of goals is very even, making it difficult for the defense to grasp the key points.
Before the official start of the game, the coaches of the two teams hugged each other on the sidelines and chatted happily. The head coach of the Wukang University football team, José Maria Salmeron, is 49 years old, is a Castilla youth academy, stayed there until the age of 23 before going to other teams to develop, and in the 05-06 season, he coached the now revoked Real Madrid C team, which is a member of the Real Madrid family with very pure blood, plus even if he loses in the championship semifinals, there is still a chance to be promoted, so the relationship between the two is still very kind, and there is no tension.
With the referee on duty blowing the whistle, the game officially kicked off. Wu Kangda, who is sitting at home, is not conservative in formation, and the 4-2-3-1 position still has a strong deterrent at the offensive end, but this also reduces their investment in defense to a low level, perhaps they are really extremely confident in the ability of their backline.
On the other hand, on the away team's side, as early as the end of the regular league, Li Mudi used the FM system to convert the ability values of all the players in Wukangda, including the youth team, into simple and clear text reports one by one, and it took him three or four nights for a single job. The report was then sent to each member of the coaching staff, who spent the weekend studying what to do with each of the opposing players, and finally taught the players in the tactical meeting. After several days of simulation drills, the players of Castilla have almost formed an instinctive reaction in their minds, and when they see the home team player opposite them, they silently say in their hearts: "This guy is slower than me, but he is very tenacious and never gives up easily, so it is not the best choice to break through him with speed alone", "Although this player is very tall, his heading ability is very average, and if the two of us compete together, I have a greater advantage", "This guy is very scummy from a distance, The shots made outside the penalty area are all deceptive, as long as they don't shake and don't give him a chance to break inside, he can't do anything about us", "this kid can't use his left foot at all, so press his right side" and other ways to deal with it, eating the opponent's weakness to death.
Just ten minutes after the start of the game, the players of Wukangda found that the ball was played very awkwardly, and the opponent always seemed to be able to force themselves to choose the worst way to handle the ball, which made them very uncomfortable, and every attempt on the offensive end ended in mistakes or destruction, and did not form a chance to attack the goal. At the defensive end of this side, the away team frequently uses long-range shots to threaten their goals, and once Mariano in the middle and Fabas in the middle of the goal, Alvaro and Kuci on the two wings will always insert into the penalty area in time, ready to pick up leaks, which has caused tons of pressure on goalkeeper Miguel, who is not good at saving long-range shots, for fear that one will accidentally give the opponent a big gift.
Salmeron on the sidelines couldn't sit still, he first urgently summoned the assistant coach to discuss, and then got up and signaled the players to strengthen the input of troops in the middle, and the two central midfielders retreated to the front of the penalty area about 20 meters away, no longer easily running to the front to participate in the attack, Li Mudi The first purpose of reducing the pressure on the team's defense was achieved.
Just when Wu Kang focused his defense on long-range shots from the middle, Kuchi began to exert his power again. The former Málaga player, who is known for his skills across the continent, is constantly making one-on-one breakthroughs on the right side of the opponent against his right wing-back Tezio. Kuchi is very much like a taller plum ball king, and his dribbling touch rate is also much faster than ordinary people, coupled with good explosiveness, it is far from being able to tackle the average opponent who relies on willpower to entangle. In fact, against this type of player, if you are in a hurry to make a move, you will basically be passed, the opponent's reaction time is much faster than yours, and the ball control skills are good, how likely are you to succeed in breaking the ball? The Plum Ball King is the hardest player on the planet to defend one-on-one, and you can only use your position to force the opponent in a direction that is not the most powerful or comfortable, and then you have to count on your teammates to come and help. In the face of such technology and speed, what prediction, decision and physical fitness are floating clouds, if you can't keep up with the rhythm of the opponent in terms of reaction speed, then you can only interfere with small actions all the time and then expect the scale of the referee to be very relaxed, because the opponent is as easy to cross you as it is to cross the road in the morning.
As a result, Tezio ushered in the most embarrassing game he had since he was born, and was passed by the opponent five times after the opening 20 minutes, and he was also given a yellow card, and his heart was so sad that he burst into tears! However, Li Mudi gloated on the sidelines: "Young man, this is nothing, when you have the opportunity to play with the plum ball king in the future, you will find that the cup of life is always bigger than the other, and when the time comes, Kuqi may not even have the opportunity to put on the coffee table of your life this time." ”
With the collapse of the defense on the right side, Wu Kangda's previously proud defensive system also instantly revealed a lot of flaws, and finally in the 22nd minute, the opponent seized a chance, and a long-range shot from Febas on the line of the big penalty area blasted the goal.
0-1, the situation of the visiting team taking the lead may have seemed to be doomed when Li Mudi took out the "scouting documents".