Chapter 50: The Nittani Lions (4)
"Beautiful!"
"What a beautiful comeback!"
"What a running back! It's the hope of the whole team! ”
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In the audience, seeing Marbury take this dozens of yards of return attack and advance the attack to the opponent's area, he couldn't help but burst into thunderous applause and cheers.
Although he lost seven points in the defense just now, as long as he plays well on the offensive end, he can get the points back. After all, from an ornamental point of view, offense is undoubtedly more exciting than defense.
With this return attack, the Wolverine's slightly sluggish state has recovered, and the atmosphere seems much more relaxed.
"Play a little bit more on the ground and try to get a new first strike or two. Or use short passes to contain them, and they keep an eye on them at the back, I'm afraid they won't give them too many chances. ”
Before the offensive team came on the field, head coach Johnson gave a special order. Although the defensive team dropped points first, he noticed that Daniel's confidence and form were still there, and as long as he seized this opportunity to close the gap, he could once again improve the morale of the whole team.
“READY! ATTACK! ”
After receiving the ball, Daniel stood in his pocket and watched for a while, and he followed Johnson's instructions to make a long mid-range pass to Williams, a close end in the middle.
Williams immediately sprinted forward from the middle of the pitch at the kick-off moment and suddenly changed his pace to get the pass. Although he was immediately pressed down by the defenders, he was already nine yards away.
The second gear is one yard, and it is not difficult to get the first attack.
All the fans stood up and applauded the brilliant attack.
Daniel was also relieved to see this, and his emotions were aroused.
It's just that he didn't notice that a pair of eyes were staring at him tightly.
“READY! ATTACK! ”
After kicking off, Marbury quickly ran towards Daniel, after all, he was only a yard away from the new first shot, and he could get it by just handing him the ball and rushing slightly.
But after Daniel made a handover motion, he actually turned around and prepared to pass the ball.
As the team's "fixed-point cannon", it is too much to attack on the ground all the time. Moreover, even if this offense is not successful, there are still three and four gears of offense behind, and no matter how bad it is, you can still kick the ball directly and score.
Thinking of this, Daniel decisively gave up the opportunity to run and attack, but made a quick shot and decisively passed the ball to Williams in the middle again.
At this time, Williams was almost unguarded, but he, like the Lions' linemen and linebacks, could not have imagined that Daniel would make such a move, and in the original offensive plan, he was tasked with clearing and covering for Marbury.
The ball flashed past and Williams tried his best to intercept it. Unexpectedly, his feet slipped, and his body could not turn around completely, and he could only watch the ball fly in front of his fingertips.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of the ball and grabbed it, and ran towards the Wolverine's position with lightning speed.
"Jackson! It's Jackson, the Lion King! ”
"Intercepted!"
The audience's hearts suddenly cooled by half, it was an excellent opportunity to score, but in a blink of an eye, it became a good opportunity for the other party.
Jackson got the ball and ran all the way to the right sideline from the middle, and with the help of his team-mates, he ran until the Wolverines half-time 35 yards before being tackled by Renault.
A sixty-yard-long interception attack was like a cold bayonet, instantly piercing the hearts of everyone who had so hard to warm up.
For a moment, Daniel was stunned, he thought of any ending, but he didn't expect to be intercepted by the other party.
And it's such a deadly interception attack.
After Jackson received the ball, Daniel pounced on him, trying to snatch the ball back, but he couldn't even touch the opponent's heel, so he could only lie on the grass, unwillingly, remorseful, and desperate to watch Jackson run farther and farther.
He didn't even know how he got off the court.
Missed a great opportunity and gave the opponent a good ball. It's not just a heavy blow to Daniel, it's the whole attacking group, it's the same for the fans.
For a while, the scene was almost silent, only light snow fell quietly.
Yi Fan witnessed this moment in the rest area, and the moment he saw the ball lost, he couldn't wait to rush forward and take down the lion king Jackson.
"As a quarterback, learn to defend too!" At this moment, he understood the deep meaning of the words of Okben, the leader of the substitute team's defensive team.
Because of a lost goal, the entire Wolverine team was almost completely saved from life, and even he was speechless by the heavy atmosphere.
Leonard's face was full of gloom, and he led the defense team to his side's 35-yard line. He knew better than anyone how dangerous the distance meant.
“READY! ATTACK! ”
After the Netani Lions kicked off, Baines took two steps back to find wide receiver Hardy on the right touchline and played a long ball past him.
I saw that Hardy's position was already on the edge of the performance, and there was also the spear squid Dean next to him, but Hardy ignored all this, he jumped up and held the ball in the air with both hands. Then he and Dean fell together to perform.
"How! Prevented! ”
Both Yifan and Johnson nervously watched the referee's gestures.
I saw that after the referee discussed, he made a "11" gesture with both arms, which meant that the ball was successfully received.
Seeing the successful catch, the Lions players cheered. Johnson, on the other hand, shook his head helplessly and covered his forehead.
It was a fifteen-yard pass, and with Hardy's excellent catch, the offense had been pushed to the twenty-yard line, and it was a brand new first attack.
“READY! ATTACK! ”
The Lions' 10-yard run, Baynes took the ball and immediately handed it to running back Boozer. I saw that the defenders of the Wolverines team did not seem to have recovered from the blow and looked a little dazed.
Boozer seized the opportunity and squeezed through the gap to get three yards away with ease.
Seven yards in second gear, only thirteen yards from the touchdown zone, is already close at hand.
Johnson had to use up a precious timeout. A team has three timeouts in each half, and there is an official timeout with two minutes left in the half.
"Lift the spirit! Adopt zone defense! Defend against this ball! Johnson kept instructing.
The Wolverines took advantage of the timeout to adjust their state a little. In the ensuing second-gear offense, he successfully defended the Lions' ground impact.
Three gears and seven yards!
This time the Lions didn't take another ground attack, but Baynes watched carefully in his pocket and made a mid-to-long pass to wide receiver Frank on the left touchline.
It was cornerback Reiner who defended Frank, but Baynes' pass was too subtle, and Frank's individual ability was remarkable. In a one-on-one situation, it is easy to get the ball.
Baines took advantage of the weakness of the Lions' defensive second line and played hard.
And after that catch, it was only five yards away from the end zone.
Score in 1st gear!