Volume 1 Chapter 23 Flowers Bloom
Melwood quickly calmed down, as if nothing had happened, and at the age of 15 years and 275 days, Mack got his first chance to make his first appearance for Liverpool, of course, in the reserves.
Hughey recognized Mack's training attitude for more than half a year, he was afraid that Mark Qin was too smooth in Cokby and developed a problem of frivolity and arrogance, he had seen too many young geniuses, and died before he played professionally, for many reasons, some because of injuries, some because of mentality, short-lived, Macqin's body was not ready to participate in the game.
But after seven or eight months of training, Mackin is now obviously taller than when he came, and his body is much stronger, although he looks half a circle smaller than the club's eighteen or nineteen-year-old children, but that's because of race issues, for Mackin himself, his body has gone through the first period of rapid development, and the remaining years are balanced development. And he has seen his hard work in the past six months, and the free kick practice is also good, which is obviously better than the footwork of other people in the team.
Speaking of which, Mark Qin liked free kicks very much in his previous life, I don't know why, he just likes the feeling of bending out of the arc, this preference has also been brought over by him, this more than half a year of practice, the main thing is to exercise the instep arc ball, which is a very regular kind of banana ball, now Mark Qin can open the bow left and right, and the area of about 20 meters to 25 meters on both sides of the middle of the left and right penalty area is the main training area.
The technique of free kick, learn others is not learned, the famous free kick master has his own exclusive action, Mihajlovich, Beckham, Xiao Luo are like this, everyone's action is based on their height leg length, step size, foot size, power habits, explosive power and other factors to form the most comfortable posture, some people pay attention to speed, some people pay attention to the angle, this must be based on their own talent when they practice, find the way they can kick the greatest threat, Mackin is in the habit of pursuing the speed of arc and rotation, so the speed of his free kick is not very fast, but the speed of rotation is very fast, so that the near angle or the far angle is only different before and after the contact with the ball at the moment of kicking, which makes it very difficult for the goalkeeper to judge.
It's now the thirtieth round of the league, Liverpool is away against Villa, so Liverpool's reserve team also came to the away side a day in advance, and the rest of Liverpool's reserve team is not very neat, so basically the people who stay can enter the 18-man squad.
Because it was an away game, there were no Liverpool fans in the stands, there were hundreds of Villa's community fans, and a large part of them were the players' families, Mackin sat on the bench and watched the game, waiting for the time to play, Hughie greeted him in advance, and he would let himself play for half an hour today to get used to it. The second half has begun, the score is still 0-0, this kind of game few people will pay attention to the score, mainly to observe the progress of the players, so the general players will be a little more unique than the official game, mainly to show themselves.
Hughie sat next to Mack Qin and said to him: "Mike, don't be nervous when you play, just play your own level, now our midfield looks a little messy, you go up and sort it out later, try to protect yourself, don't get too excited"
"I know how to do it, Coach," he said, nodding his head.
The time came to 60 minutes, the fourth referee raised the substitution card, No. 18 replaced No. 12 off, Mackin jumped on the sidelines and waited for the game, waiting for No. 12 Diman to get off the field, Diman is Australian, almost 20 years old, just returned to Liverpool on loan in winter, looks a little unhappy, after all, this age can not be stable in the first team to get a position, most of the ending can only be to live in the lower league, and was replaced by a less than 16-year-old, the face is also a little unbearable.
Mackin didn't have time to think about what he thought, the competition in professional sports is no different from the position in the workplace, you have to go down to me, there is no room for mercy, Macqin ran past Diman, and took over Diman's position in the midfield, and the midfielder's partner Cliston has a good relationship with Macqin, who just transferred from the youth team this year, and knew each other in Cocoby before, and came to pat Macqin with him.
Hughie used the same formation and style of play as Benitez in the development team, which is also the usual practice of most teams, 451, Mackin is the equivalent of Gerrard in the first team, and he needs to constantly push forward.
The stands are very quiet, this kind of game, mainly parents come to see their children, the fans are not very interested, and they are more tolerant, there will be no boos for the away team, seeing that Liverpool has changed someone, with "M.Hard" written on the back, No. 18, the fans have not reacted much.
Markin just came up, it was the opponent's midfield throw-in, Villa sent out a throw-in, the opponent's midfielder still wanted to habitually take a few more steps, Markqin immediately greeted it, Villa's midfielder wanted to try the new kid, put the ball to the side, just want to rely on a taller body to crush the past, Markqin has long been guarding against this hand, his defense is never by the body but by the card position, so he will never pounce too fiercely, and when the opponent's player dials, he immediately cut into the middle, cutting off the connection between the opponent and the ball, With a knock from the opponent's back, he took a step and led the ball out.
There are no commentators here, or there is a good break to make a good break, and now there are only a few scattered "Oh? ”
Mackin immediately pushed forward after breaking the ball, the place where he just broke the ball was the left side of his own team in the midfield, he broke the ball to advance, and immediately put Villa's right-back in a dilemma, go on, there are Liverpool's wingers next to him, don't go on, Makqin is flat in front, Liverpool's left forward Bourman saw Mackin break the ball and advance, and immediately habitually stepped forward, this time Villa's right back does not have to choose, can only follow the retreat, which pulls Villa's back over, someone must block this space, This is dictated by defensive inertia.
At this time, Liverpool's tactical training of the bridgehead striker played a role, Kakan Ric habitually faced Mack, stood with his back outside the penalty area, Mackon immediately flicked the outside of his instep, and kicked his left foot horizontally past the opponent's back, approaching the top of the arc of the penalty area, Kakanridge did not stop the ball, and blocked the arch of his right foot horizontally, assisting Mackin to complete the two-by-one, and then immediately turned around and erased the penalty area, pulling away the defenders who guarded him.
Mackin was almost going to hug Kacanridge a few kisses at this time, the ball was super comfortable, in his free kick range area, slowly rolling on his running route against the turf, he would not be humble at this time, and then stuffed the ball into the penalty area, and now Bulman and Kakanridge pressed Villa's right central defender and right back back into the penalty area, giving themselves space, when will they not shoot at this time?
I saw that Mackin kicked the ball hard with his left foot, and deliberately twisted his body to find a good angle, and the instep of his right foot quickly rubbed the ball from the side behind, and turned around a big arc to the back corner of the goal.
"yes ......", Mackin was very excited, at this time it was really like a college team league, hundreds of people in the stands, running around the stadium, so comfortable!
He quickly found his feelings, turned and ran towards the dugout with open arms, thanking Hughie for giving him the opportunity, with Kacanridge and Bulman following him.
"Thank you, coach, thank you!" , Makqin went to the sideline and hugged Hughie, and then more players ran to the sidelines and hugged each other, and defiantly clenched their fists like in the stands.
"Who is this kid? It's amazing, just come up and score! ”
"I don't know, I haven't seen it before, Liverpool youth team"
The fans in the stands exchanged ears, and the coach of Villa was also beaten from his seat by the goal, shouting towards the field: "Focus! Show me this kid! ”
After celebrating, Hughie patted Makqin on the head, "Good job boy, continue", Makqin gave a thumbs up to the stands, and Marco also replied to him, he appeared for the first time, Marco came to see it in person, and sat in the stands.
Back on the field, the opponent's No. 8 looked at him angrily, it was the one who was cut off just now, "Boy, you won't have another chance!" ”。
Mark Qin shrugged his shoulders, the villains in the TV series were all killed by their own nagging.
Then Villa's midfield obviously stepped up the pressing, Mackin was the target of everyone, never sticking to the ball, most of it was a one-kick ball, when others obviously want to fix you, you still stick to the ball and wait, it must be a tendon in the head.
Mack Qin kept interspersing in the midfield, kicking the ball out, slowly stabilizing the situation, if there was no good opportunity, he would not go forward or pass directly, so he fell for a few minutes to wear down the momentum of Villa.
The Villa manager touched his chin on the sidelines, "This kid is a bit like Cesc Fabregas, this way of playing", he thought, and Liverpool unknowingly dumped the ball into the 30-meter area.
Bulman took the ball on the left side to face Villa's right-back, and made a breakthrough, Villa's right-back guarded the inside line, forcing Bulman to the outside, Bulman returned the ball to the left-back who came up to answer, and the left-back turned to the receiving Mackin.
Villa's No. 8 followed very closely this time, and as soon as Mackin got the ball, he forced up, so that Mackin couldn't turn to the middle, Mackin already knew it, and he didn't love to fight, so he kicked the ball back to Clryston, and then ran around the opponent's No. 8 to Claxton, Cliston and Mackin had a tacit understanding, and became a wall for Mackin to come and get the ball.
Mackin shifted a wide range of feet, the scene suddenly opened up, Marco looked happy in the stands, and this year Mackin showed more maturity.
Because the team's defensive center of gravity was attracted to Liverpool's left side just now, a large gap was exposed on the right side, and Liverpool's right winger was pressing into the middle, pressing Villa's left-back into the penalty area, and the defense on the side could only rely on the winger to chase back.
When Mack Qin passed, Liverpool's right-back suddenly started, Villa's left side of a large open field, he went to the sideline of Villa's penalty area, but obviously his offensive ability is average, to the sideline, the opponent's left-back just came out to fill the position and ran halfway, he took the ball, at this time the Liverpool midfielder was still outside the penalty area.
Kakanridge was caught by two defenders and the ball was gone, but the ball was spinning outward, and the goalkeeper was not easy to handle, so he had to punch it out.
As soon as Mack Qin saw the ball from his right-back, he knew that the ball was gone, so he didn't cut forward, and waited outside the penalty area to see if he could get the second point, just in time for the football hit by the opposing goalkeeper.
Now there are a bunch of people in the penalty area, there is no long-range shooting route, Mack Qin unloaded the ball with his right foot and dunked it to his left foot, shook the Villa midfielder by the way, and then picked it up with his left foot, and the Bourman style generally crossed the Villa backline.
The final score was 2-0, and if it weren't for Bulman's final cross to Kakanridge because of the small angle, Mackin would have passed and shot in this game.
For his first game, it was enough to be amazing, and it also made the other members of the reserve team reacquaint themselves with Mackqin, it turned out that this usually quiet kid was quite good.