Chapter 19: An Unexpected Final
On the morning of October 3, Principal Cai Yusen used a rented bus to pull all the school team members to No. 1 Middle School to prepare for the finals.
At 9 o'clock, with the referee's whistle, the final of the 2006 Meitan County High School Football Championship officially began, with Meitan County No. 1 Senior High School playing against Meijiang Senior High School.
In this final, because it involved the championship competition, the students of No. 1 Middle School, the cheerleaders of Meijiang Middle School, and the citizens who came to see the excitement, the audience exceeded 2,000 people, and they stood around the stadium in a full circle.
Some of the students from No. 1 Middle School couldn't squeeze in, couldn't see it, and ran back to the classroom to move stools to stand and watch. On the balcony of a student dormitory building next to the stadium, there were also students from No. 1 Middle School.
It seems that it really is a battle for the championship.
However, the development of the battle situation after the start of the game disappointed countless spectators.
Especially the students of No. 1 Middle School, none of them expected that the No. 1 Middle School team, as the host, cheered by the whole school and played on the court they were very familiar with, would actually play a defensive counterattack on their home field.
In fact, this is also a helpless choice for the coach of No. 1 Middle School.
In the football world, there is a saying that the final is nameless, and in order to ensure victory, the vast majority of teams will first stand on the defense and strive not to concede a goal.
Even if it's 0-0 in the end, it's better to take a penalty than to lose in regulation time.
In addition, in the first game, Meijiang Middle School defeated the strongest vocational high school in the past 6-3, which really surprised the coaches and players of No. 1 Middle School.
Lu Wenbin's star-rated performance of five goals and one assist in a single game in that game left a deep impression on the coach and players of No. 1 Middle School who watched the game.
Therefore, they not only adopted defensive counter-attacking tactics during today's game, but also specialized in defensive counter-attacks and penalty kicks in training yesterday on October 2.
During the game, the coach of No. 1 Middle School sent a faster midfielder to closely mark Lu Wenbin, and asked the defenders to pay attention to the defense at all times.
Those who were broken through by Lu Wenbin could not give up, and they must immediately chase back and continue to build a line of defense.
In his mind, if Lu Wenbin can be frozen, Meijiang Middle School's offensive ability will be reduced by 90%. Then drag the game into a penalty shootout, and it is a victory.
On the side of Meijiang Middle School, Zhang Minghai really didn't expect that the No. 1 Middle School, which was fighting at home, would play so conservatively amid the cheers of thousands of students from this school, and adopted extreme defensive counterattack tactics.
The so-called extreme is that the first middle school only left a fast striker in the front court to harass, and the other 9 players and goalkeepers all defended in the backfield.
As long as the attack of Meijiang Middle School reaches the first half, it is almost impossible to move an inch after entering 30 meters.
High school students' vision, running without the ball, passing and receiving abilities, dribbling ability, etc., are far from those of professional players.
Even the long-range shots that professional teams usually use in the face of dense defenses are not needed by Meijiang Middle School.
As a group of amateur high school students who are no more than 18 years old, let them use long-range shots to break through dense defenses, let alone accurate, it is far from the strength alone.
Except for Lu Wenbin, who is 12/12 in physique, occasionally shoots a long-range shot with good strength that can threaten the goal of Yizhong, Han Dapeng, Nie Yingkun, Xiang Youming and others are almost no threat.
Even Lu Wenbin was lost in the crowding defense. Occasionally, the shot was either blocked by a central defender, or lost the accuracy under the desperate pull of the opponent.
In the entire first half, Meijiang Middle School did not score a goal.
Of course, the all-out defense of the first hit also did not score a goal, and the two sides were still 0-0.
If the game continues like this, although the scene is a bit ugly, it will undoubtedly be a victory for Yizhong.
It is undoubtedly a disaster for Meijiang Middle School, which has an explosive mentality of the whole team after the 6-3 victory over the vocational high school, consciously won the championship 100%, did not practice penalties, and was even unprepared for overtime.
Throughout the first half, Zhang Minghai was so anxious on the sidelines that he only jumped to his feet, but he was helpless.
Although the time for joint training is still very short, under the influence of Lu Wenbin's super personal ability and the aura of a junior leader, the whole team of Meijiang Middle School, including coach Zhang Minghai, has become accustomed to relying on Lu Wenbin on the court.
Now that the opponent has offered a contraction defensive tactic of close marking and the whole team's swinging bus, freezing Lu Wenbin, Zhang Minghai has no choice.
At halftime, Lu Wenbin looked at Coach Zhang with expectant eyes, but Coach Zhang only gave instructions for more breakthroughs and more shots.
This is nonsense, and useless nonsense.
In the first half, Lu Wenbin was already desperate, but his 10/10 dribbling was really not overwhelmingly crushed.
If it's one or two people, it's okay to say, but the opposing players are almost all squeezed within 30 meters of the goal, and there is no room for Lu Wenbin to break through at all.
Break through one and the ball will be poked away by another. Even if two are broken, maybe the first person to be broken through will rush back to join the defense.
It's not all over again.
Occasionally, there was a shot on goal, but he also lost his head under the interference of the opponent.
The opponent's goalkeeper also played extremely well, and Lu Wenbin's only shot in the first half that hit the goal frame was also saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, making Lu Wenbin helpless.
Just when Lu Wenbin felt that Coach Zhang's method was not working, Lu Wenbin suddenly heard his father's voice.
During the first game on October 1, the son of a leader of the winery got married, and Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui had to go to the banquet, so they didn't come to see Lu Wenbin's first game.
Today, Lu Chongxin is free. Therefore, I deliberately rushed to No. 1 Middle School to watch my son's finals and cheer for my son.
Before the start of the game, Lu Wenbin and his father had a face-to-face photo, but there were too many people, and before he could say anything, the game began.
Now, Lu Wenbin saw his father squeezing over from the crowd and beckoned to Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin walked up to his father and said dejectedly: "Dad, I've disappointed you, I didn't play well today." ”
Unexpectedly, Lu Chongxin shook his head and said, "Don't be discouraged, you played well in the first half." No. 1 Middle School has almost no way to do anything about you, you can only rely on crowd tactics to encircle you, and you are almost alone to challenge the back line of No. 1 Middle School! ”
Lu Wenbin shook his head and said, "What's the use of that?" Anyway, I didn't score a goal. ”
Lu Chongxin smiled and said, "You are wrong, victory does not have to be your own goal." ”
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