Chapter 67: Retirement

Faircourt finally replaced Gul, he had already seen Gul's powerlessness, sighed, still failed to determine the advantage as soon as possible, I am afraid that the future will not be good.

Faircourtren patted Gul on the back comfortingly, "Balt, you've done your best. ”

Gul was a little frustrated, very unwilling to go off the field because of physical limitations, if he had enough physical strength, he was absolutely sure to guard against Reeves, but now he has to admit that he is old, he is no longer the self who dominated Europe back then, and he can't keep up with the pace of the other party at all, Gul thought that he could play for a few more years, and now it seems that maybe it's time to retire after this season.

Faircourt didn't know that his beloved general had already thought of retiring, and his eyes were on Sehart, who was running in. Yakin.

Sehart. Jakin, a Belgian, was born in September '86 and is a member of the youth team of Antlecht.

At the beginning of the 05 season, Yakin was promoted to the first team, has been as a substitute for Gul, can have a place in the first team of Antlecht, his strength is still good among Belgian peers, but Ferkotlen is very worried about him.

Because the gap between Yakin and Gul is too big, in addition to the physical strength is not Gul's opponent at all, the glory of the Belgian post-70s generation is gone, and Antlecht cannot find a suitable player in China to replace Gul's position.

Belgium in the 80s generation of talent gap, since the 2002 World Cup stopped in the round of 16, Belgian football began to go to the trough, the 2004 European Cup and the 2006 World Cup did not have Belgium, only a few strong players also went abroad to play, Anderlecht, who is the hegemon of the Belgian League, can only rely on a group of veterans of the 70s to compete in the Champions League.

Feeling the failure of the 80s, the Football Association has vigorously strengthened the youth training of its own clubs, and also paid attention to the development of youth football training in schools, and the government's education department has required schools to set up more football training classes every week, which can ensure that potential football talents can receive 20 hours of football training per week in school, and at the same time, their studies will not be delayed.

In addition, Belgium also uses the youth training of neighboring France and the Netherlands to develop young players for itself.

"Fifty percent on the Netherlands, two percent in France, and three percent on themselves." The talents of the north went to the Netherlands, and the talents of the south went to France. Antlecht, a team in Brussels, the capital of central Belgium, has taken on the responsibility of cultivating the country's "three percent of the academy".

Although most of the country's good seedlings have gone to France or the Netherlands, there are still some good seedlings among African immigrants, and the Football Association's campus football youth training program has made Anderlecht not worry about the source of talent. The youngsters of Romelu Lukaku and Adnan Januzaj are the hope of Antlecht and Belgium in the future.

There is no doubt about the talent of these hopefuls, but they are too young for Antlecht to enjoy the benefits of the Belgian Academy Rising Programme.

Now Faircourt can only hope that this guy who is on the field can play beyond the norm.

But it was clear that he was doomed to disappointment, looking at Sehardt. Yakin's performance after playing, you know that there is a reason why Gul has been occupying the main position in the team in his thirties, Lille high-intensity pressing, Yajin was broken as soon as he received the ball, and gradually did not dare to take the ball, the defensive impulse was frizzy, and soon because the anti-robbery tackle man who was broken with the ball received a yellow card, and the defense became constrained, and the field gradually formed a situation of 11 to 10.

In this game, Ivets van der Hag, the core of the Antlecht team's back ball, was targeted by the Lille team, his space to hold the ball was compressed, coupled with the impact of Lille's middle in turn, the 36-year-old Van der Hag did nothing in the second half, which led to the poor organization of the Antlecht team's middle, and the attack could often only advance through the wings.

After Gul was taken off by Reeves on the wing, Yakin's poor performance completely paralyzed Antlecht's attack.

Lille swooped in waves from the middle to the heart of the Anderlecht penalty area.

"Lille also did a good job of defending in this game, keeping the two lines of defense reasonably apart, and the wide range of midfielders running to ensure a local numerical advantage. As can be seen from the diagram of successful tackles and tackle fouls, Puel's philosophy is to stifle the opponent's attack in midfield. ”

Having completed his mission, Reeves, who returned to the forward position, was heavily guarded.

The rotation of the two guards left Reaves with little chance to take the ball and turn around, either getting a steal or a foul.

But Reeves wasn't the focus of the offense, as he used to be, and he does now.

The pace of the game did not slow down after Gul's departure, and with the support of high morale and abundant physical strength, the Lille players tacitly tacitly grabbed the collective in the front court, and even did not hesitate to stop the opponent's rapid counterattack through fouls. The high-intensity frontcourt pressing tactics worked wonders, forcing Antlecht to have difficulty playing the ball at the back, making many passing errors and greatly reducing the chances of quick counter-attacks.

And with that, Lille's chances.

In the 55th minute, Keita cut inside and shot but the goalkeeper struggled to save the ball out of the box, and Bodmeier rushed to the ball and fired it into the net. 3-1

In the 67th minute, Debich and Bodmeier burst into the box after a two-on-one and knocked across the middle, and Cabaye fired a low shot into the net. 4-1

In the 70th minute, Reeves was replaced by Forweguet,

Reeves was used to the end of the game and was not surprised when he heard the substitution announcement.

Slowly running to the sidelines, Reeves and Forwegue high-fived.

Puel greeted his disciple with open arms.

Although there were still many shortcomings, Reaves was good enough today, taking advantage of two unexpected chances to drag down the opposition's core players, and Puel was happy with that.

Puel hugged Reeves, "Good job, rest well, leave the rest to your teammates." ”

Every time it was this sentence, Reeves was tired of hearing it, "When will I be allowed to play freely in the middle?" ”

"If you want to be beautiful, today is a special case." Puel knocked Reeves on the head, today is a special circumstance to let Reeves break through unscrupulously, and it is completely impossible to change to usual.

Of course, Reeves knew it couldn't be, but he was just joking, smiled, walked to the bench and high-fived his teammates, and then sat down to watch the game.

73rd minute. Bastos replaces Keita and Chris Markise replaces Bodmeier

'Lille has started to stay, it's a double game a week and a league game at the weekend.

But the one-sided situation on the pitch did not change with Lille's substitution.

The veterans are weak, the youngsters are unbalanced, the Antlecht team is powerless, and Faircourt can not even change two people.

In the 80th minute, Cabaye went straight into the penalty area, and Debich turned and shot into the net. 5-1

In the 85th minute, Yakin's mispass was cut off by Cabaye, who passed straight into the box, Fowegay's shot from 12 yards was saved by Ztka, Bastos grabbed the ball, cleverly crossed diagonally to the left rib of the box, and the follow-up Jamacon shot into the empty net. 6-1

When the game ended, the camera showed a second-floor stand for the home team's fans, where a banner hung "Welcome to Waterloo, Frenchman." ”

The words on the banner are striking in color, contrasting with the home fans behind the banner, weeping in frustration.

The camera moves to give the score on the pitch screen, Antlecht 1-6 Lille.

No one expected the end of the game to be this score,

The Lille fans in front of the TV did not expect it either.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, there were heartless cheers in bars all over Lille.

It was the loudest cheer of the day, with every previous goal from Lille.

It's just that there are some waves in the middle, after the opening of the second half, Reeves fell into a solo fight, which caused many Lille fans to worry, Reeves is now in the hearts of Lille fans is extraordinary, fans are worried that Reeves is young and vigorous, dragging the game into a situation unfavorable to Lille, but then the calm reaction of Puel on the sidelines and the analysis of the commentator relieved the Lille fans, and as the game progressed, the opposing players gradually couldn't keep up with Reeves's footsteps, and could only stop Reeves' breakthrough by fouling. When the opponent cramped and fell to the ground and was substituted, there was a burst of cheers in the bar.

Lille defeated their rivals who qualified from the group, with a score of 1-6, and Florente and commentator Tigana in the commentary box did not expect it.

'This big win paves the way for Lille to qualify from the group, and they will be one of the last 16 of the Champions League if they take advantage of their home game against Antlecht and the two rounds of fixtures against Athens in the following games.'

"There was an element of luck though, but Lille's victory was unquestionable, and the weaknesses of Antlecht's ageing squad structure were laid bare in front of Lille's youngsters, and even without Reeves' two unexpected goals, the victory would have belonged to the Lille team."

"I agree with that, Gul's departure means that Lille has toppled the first domino of Antlecht's collapsed domino. In fact, I thought that the 36-year-old Ivers van der Haag would be the first person who couldn't eat, but I didn't expect it to be Gul on the wing. ”

"Puel's move to the wing is a clever move, unlike Debichy in the original position, Reeves's explosive ability is stronger, the pressure on Goole's side has increased sharply, and the already insufficient physical strength is depleted faster."

"Congratulations to Lille for the victory, congratulations to Reeves for the record."