Volume III Chapter 22 The Captain of the Red Army

Recently, his left-footed shot has become known to the world.

"Maika", Peterson did not comment on the restart of the game, but turned his head and asked: "I wonder why Mark likes to shoot with his left foot when he is a player with a right foot"

Needless to say, Mackin doesn't understand why he likes to look for shooting opportunities from the right midfield to the goal of the penalty area, and it stands to reason that he should be used to using his right foot in the left midfield.

It's a real challenge for bipedal mastery.

Maybe it's because he prefers to feints, which are basically done with the right foot, and then smoothly transition to shooting with the left foot.

Maybe it has something to do with Liverpool's left-leaning side, after he arrived in the first team, the left side of the assist is much sharper than the right, on the left side he is mostly playing to create opportunities for the right side, and on the right side he can be more comfortable receiving high-quality passes.

Maybe it has something to do with the inertia of the defender, although he knows that he is good with both left and right feet, but he passes with the right foot, and the defender can't focus on his left foot regardless of the right foot.

He is now extremely glad that he has just entered Cocoby, and he has practiced his left foot in the devilish training of Ahlit, and a few years of green shadow career has also forcibly reversed his habit of right-leaning in his previous life.

He remembers when he was at Under-16s, Aslit often created a training obstacle for him, tying his right leg to a sandbag, allowing him to use his left foot on the pitch to control, catch and pass.

At that time, he didn't have this awareness, but Marco and Old Haiwei did, he didn't have explosiveness, as a midfield core, if one foot is crippled, even if he has good awareness, no matter how accurate the right foot passes, it is very easy to be seen to death.

The reason why Alonso's shortcomings are so serious after passing his peak is that after his running ability declines, the weakness of his weak feet is infinitely magnified.

The striker could turn around and interfere and a great pass could be lost.

Even Ronaldo has practiced shooting with both feet after arriving at Real Madrid, otherwise how can he score goals, Messi and Robben are an exception, there are always many geniuses in this world who are exceptions.

Cocoby's four years have become a solid step for him after he entered the first team.

Basic skills, this countless enlightenment coaches have mentioned countless times, sometimes it really determines the upper limit of a player, attaches importance to youth training, don't talk about anything else, practice the basic skills well.

is the right way.

Mackin is Europe's golden boy, and the whole Premier League knows that he is a great passer, and his back insertion is a big threat, but it is not easy to really guard against him.

On the field, it is a game anytime, anywhere.

When your defense moves, his offensive strategy will change accordingly, and the coach can't replace the player.

His excellent fundamentals have given him countless options when facing defense, and without a defender and midfielder who has a big enough vision, it is difficult to completely limit his planning and control of the entire field.

Because his football is slowly entering the stage of falling games, his passing, his getting rid of it have been outstanding, and when he really enters the palace of rhythm and game, he integrates body, skill, consciousness, experience and creativity.

At that time, he will ascend to the throne and stand out from the crowd.

Zidane, who is frequently on the verge of retirement, has been infinitely close to this stage, but the years have not allowed him to reach it after all, and Mackqin, he still has a lot of time to explore and pursue.

"Mark seems to be opening the code for an area, and now as soon as he gets to the right side of the penalty area, I feel dangerous, and that feeling is getting stronger," McManaman replied.

Portsmouth boss Adams shook his head in the same way, and he focused on Mack's insertion in attack, which he emphasized when defending, but he still caught a fleeting opportunity.

This kind of player, you can't completely limit him to death, you can only hope that he is not in such a good state, but it's a pity that he didn't catch up today, and Makqin, who came back from the national team, is in good shape.

……

Portsmouth, who had fallen behind, could no longer insist on their strategy of defending the counter-attack, and the midfielder and two full-backs began to press frequently, finally giving Liverpool a chance to counter-attack.

"Crouch took the ball, played to Diarra, who was cut in later, shot from distance, hit Bruno and bounced off the bottom line......"

"Portsmouth corner, Crouch gets the spot, header, no power, is confiscated by Reina......"

"Liverpool's counterattack, Mark ran to the side and got Reina's hand-tossed ball, beautiful, a direct pass over the top, Liela took the ball, crossed, oops the pass was big......"

The first half of the game was in this kind of back and forth between attacking and counter-attacking, and the time passed quietly, and Sammy Lee raised his hand to look at his watch, and the first half was about to end.

He stared at Elmer intently, praying that he wouldn't get angry again and ask to be played.

His performance today is considered a passing pass for a newcomer who has made his first appearance, at least he has not been blown up.

Although Portsmouth was given a couple of chances to cross due to experience issues, they didn't concede a goal, and a couple of headers were not out of position, and Sami Lee was quite satisfied.

"Good boy," Carragher said, patting Elmer on the head in the locker room.

"Your tackle is hard enough, it has lost the momentum of Anfield, come on", Agger also complimented.

Mark Qin smiled and looked at Elmer, who had become shy, but after a year, his former teammates had become newcomers in front of him, and he and these old guys were now the backbone.

"Good job, boys, Mark, nice shot," Sammy Lee said, slapping his face.

"In the second half they will definitely step up their attack, we have to pay attention to the help defense, especially the restriction of Crouch, don't give him the opportunity to take the ball easily......

He first arranged the tactics for the second half, looked at the time and left some time for the players to communicate.

Before preparing to go out, many of the team members looked at Mackqin, he knew that the captain had to say a few words at this time, and it was usually Gerard or Carragher who took the lead in shouting a slogan or something.

He stood up calmly, looked at his teammates and said, "It's my first time as captain, and it's rare for Steven and Jamie to not be there at the same time."

"I don't think there will be a few times this season, if anyone messes up for me, hehe", he smiled grimly.

"Coax ......", "Yes, boy, now that you are fat, you dare to threaten us......"

"Haha......"

Elmer looked at Mackin who was joking with his teammates wantonly, knowing that this was a status and recognition, and if he didn't come to the first team in person, he didn't know how much Mackin had improved in the past year.

Valle and Elmer glanced at each other, both tacitly aware of a sense of unreality.

'Well, jokes aside, Portsmouth are not good to play, we lost to them at the beginning of the season', continued Mackin 'This is our home stadium, there's nothing to say, we're recovering now and today we're going to continue, we're ......'

He shouted as he held out his hand.

"Liverpool, Liverpool, Liverpool!" One by one, his teammates put their hands on each other and echoed loudly.

……

"The second half is about to start", Peterson said from the commentary box, "Liverpool lead Portsmouth 1-0 in the first half thanks to a goal from young captain Mark"

'We'll see if Liverpool can continue their form in the second half and get their fourth league win'

Adams stood on the sidelines as soon as he came out of the tunnel, although this was Anfield, but he had no intention of conceding defeat against Liverpool.

As soon as the second half kicks off, they added pressing in the front court, and many teams will divide the tactics of the whole game into several stages, take the full-court pressing as an example.

There are very few teams that can hold on to the whole game, but every team will do it in stages, such as fifteen minutes before and after the second half, so that the sudden change of pace is easy to hit the opponent and attack suddenly.

"Mark, long pass", with the commentary, the ball went straight from the Liverpool penalty area to the right side of the halfway line.

In order to ensure that the ball is retreated deeply, he will not be stupid enough to carry it hard with the opponent's three midfielders.

Kuyt chested the ball and dribbled it straight down, "Traore, he and Belhager cut off Kuyt's ball"

'Diarra, he ran to the left, Utacala, Elmer, Portsmouth picked up the tempo,' Peterson explained.

'Liverpool are fine with Torres now', says McCa, 'and now they lack pace in attack, they don't counter-attack efficiently, Liela and Kuyt aren't fast enough'

As the two were talking, they saw Markin on the field rarely rushing to the side, waving his hand to stop Elmer, who was chasing back, and a flying tackle shoveled Diop out of the sideline.

"Oh ......," there was an exclamation from the stands.

"Tut, doot", the referee did not hesitate this time, and took out a yellow card when he ran over.

"Oh......, Mark got a yellow card, he was helping Elmer to fill in, Liverpool's defense on the right side was extremely ferocious today"

Maika nodded, "In the second half, this is the main attack direction of Portsmouth, Elmer still has a yellow card, Sami Lee can consider replacing Carragher early"

Sammy Lee didn't think about it, but it would have hurt the confidence of the young players, and he thought it would be better to wait until about 70 minutes so that it wouldn't take on Carragher too much energy, and it would be a successful debut for Elmer.

"Mark, I'm sorry", Elmer pulled him up, apologetically saying that it was he who was breached and caused the yellow card.

"Don't feel guilty, cheer up, your hands are too clean, don't let them get rid of you easily, this is the Premier League, proper confrontation and small actions referees will not blow"

Through the majority of the half, he had almost touched the scale of the referee, not particularly obvious fouls, and they had already won some home whistles.

It's just that Elmer doesn't have much experience and can't see it.

"Luka", Mackin beckoned as he retreated, "help Elmer", just as Sami Lee was also on the sidelines motioning for him to come over and help fill in the position.

A captain's responsibilities on the field can be as big as infinite or as small as not having to worry too much, it depends on the individual's style.

But in Mackchen's view, this is an honor, but also a responsibility, in addition to victory, he has an obligation to help every teammate.

Portsmouth won a free-kick on the sideline, it must have been a big-foot cross, a header routine, and the two teams in the box stood in a row and rushed forward eagerly.

"Portsmouth, cross, back post, Caboul ferrying back, danger, Reina, Reina, one punch the ball out, a bit of confusion, Diarra ......", Peterson shouted.

As soon as Mackin turned from the penalty area, he saw Diarra striding up to meet the ball from Reina.

Damn, he immediately went up to him, and he knew that Diarra had a good long-range shot with his feet.

"Bang", "bang", the ball drew a high parabola and flew directly off the field.

I saw the lower part of the ball hit him heavily on his shrunken forehead, directly changed direction upward, popped up the bottom line, and knocked Makqin down directly.

"Oh ......", the fans in the stands looked at Ma Qin who fell to the ground and suddenly worried, "Toot", the referee immediately stopped the game and called the team doctor to enter the field.

Makqin only felt that his eyes were full of Venus, the sky was spinning, and those who had not been smothered by the ball did not know the feeling, and there was a hot pain above his eyelids, and then his head roared.

He only felt that there were enough shadows around him, and someone opened his eyelids, "water", he subconsciously shouted.

A cool sensation poured down his forehead from his head, finally sobering him up a little.

"How many, Mark, tell me", the team doctor asked anxiously with three fingers, he took the water bottle, squeezed out the water jet and sprayed it on his face.

wiped his face, shook his head vigorously, and squeezed his eyes again before he had the strength to look at the team doctor's hand.

"Three, I'm fine, just help me to walk around the sideline and recover," he said, trying to get to his feet.

"Whew", the team doctor breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not a severe concussion, then it was not a big problem.

Seeing that the red-clothed and black-haired boy on the field stood up and slowly walked to the sidelines, the audience burst into warm applause.

"......" is recognition and pride.

Isabella and Emin in the stands also breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother is too hard, I don't know how to hide so closely", Amin said complainingly.

"Well, who made him captain today," Isabella replied, shaking her head helplessly.

Captain, what is it, is a banner, is a role model, especially the captain of the Red Army, without a blood, without a desperate spirit, this armband, will be covered with dust......