Chapter 12 The sky is high and the birds fly
The 2001-2002 Philips University Football League Anhui Regional Selection Tournament was held in Hefei G University from November 1 to January 5, 2002. This year, the 16 schools that signed up for the competition were divided into four groups, and after a single round robin in each group, the top two teams in each group entered the knockout round, and then fought each other in the form of A1 vs. D2, A2 vs. D1, B1 vs. C2, and B2 vs. C1 to determine the first to eighth places in turn. The top two will qualify for the Eastern Conference Regional Finals. According to the regulations, the regional auditions can only be held on Saturdays and Sundays, so every Saturday and Sunday is a day for college football players to perform to their heart's content.
Since a few days ago, the players of U University began to pray that it would not rain in Hefei.
Sophie will definitely not miss Zhang Jun's game. U University has prepared two school buses, one for the team and the other for enthusiastic fans who volunteer to cheer them on. Zhang Jun went to the front, and Sophie got to the back. The two didn't say a word before getting into the car, and they didn't "pester" their girlfriends like other teammates, they just looked at each other very simply.
This glance is a thousand times stronger than those words that are pestering mian.
Hefei G University specially rebuilt the stadium for the college league, all paved with artificial turf, plastic runway, and plastic chairs. Although the green turf is fake, it is also very soft, and the first time Zhang Jun stepped on it, he remembered the turf of Xigong Stadium, which was specially prepared for the professional league.
There are already a lot of people sitting in the stands, but most of them are neutrals, the students of Hefei G University, they have no clear tendency to support, which side plays well, they will cheer and applaud whichever side is tenacious.
The opponent has not yet come, Zhao Yu asked Lao Li to take the team members to warm up quickly, and when the opponent comes, he will let the team withdraw again. Now he doesn't want to let his opponent know about his new offensive tactics too soon.
Secret weapon, how can it be worthy of the audience if it is not mysterious?
Zhang Jun didn't show himself too much in the warm-up, and when Yang Pan crossed, he always dangled in front of him and then leaked the ball to his teammates behind. Yang Pan understands him, and his performance in the warm-up does not explain any problems, if he looks down on him because of his inaction in the warm-up, then in the game, he sprints once, and the opponent is likely to lose a point.
When the opponent came twenty minutes later, Zhao Yu signaled the team members to finish the warm-up, gathered around him, and began to make final preparations.
"We've been practicing these days, I believe everyone should remember it, right? In this game, just play the usual practice. We are famous for our mid-range penetration in last year's game, and the opponent will definitely pay attention to defending our middle in this game, and their wings will definitely have a big hole, so we will seize this opportunity to play on the side, Zhu Hui, your task is to divide the ball, so that Yang Pan and Zhang Fan have the opportunity to go down, as for whether you pass or cut after going down, you will judge according to the situation on the field, and you don't have to stick to the routine of the bottom cross. Remember, be flexible and assess the situation! ”
Sophie picked a spot above the U bench and sat down quietly waiting for the game to start, so that Zhang Jun could see her at a glance on the court.
When the players from both sides lined up and the three referees on duty walked into the court, the cheerleaders of the two sides in the stands had their first battle.
"U big come on!"
"Y big wins!"
In the U big lineup, only seven people in the backfield use veteran players, and their experience and tacit understanding are the key to ensuring the stability of the backcourt. The front court that solves the worries of the defense can play to the fullest.
However, the opponent is full of self-confidence, thinking that he has thoroughly studied the usual tricks of the U big, so he put the defensive heavy troops in the middle, and now he can sit back and relax. In the first game of the new season, everyone is eager to get off to a good start.
The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
U University didn't play well at the beginning, although the training has been on the side for the past few days, but U University has played in the middle for a year after all. Xie Yun in the new position is also a little uncomfortable, always going to the front to break through in the middle, but squeezing the original front waist Zhu Hui to the right, as soon as Zhu Hui arrives on the right, Yang Pan has no room to sprint. Then the whole U-big formation was messed up.
In the first ten minutes, the U-big attack did not improve, and the opponent's central defense worked well. Zhao Yu stood up anxiously and shouted loudly on the sidelines.
"Xie Yun! Pull it back! What are you doing so far ahead? ”
"Zhu Hui, don't run to the right, go back to the middle!"
In this way, Zhang Jun, the striker, did not do much, and many times, he even had to retreat and retreat.
In the fifteenth minute, Y University took advantage of the mistake of the U University defender to take the next game.
The big cheerleaders on the sidelines cheered wildly! Young people, there is never a shortage of vitality. They waved everything they could in their hands and bounced around the stands.
This ball seemed to wake up the U big players, and when they served again, everyone could clearly feel that they were on two teams.
Xie Yun obeyed the coach's arrangement and returned to the position of the back waist, playing the role of controlling the rhythm of the whole team. Zhu Hui returned to the middle, giving full play to his characteristics of timely and accurate distribution, and then Yang Pan, who was unrestrained, began to be active, and his side breakthroughs threatened the back line of Y University again and again.
Only seven minutes after conceding the goal, Xie Yun's long pass in the backfield seemed to be too big, but Yang Pan chased the ball with his speed, and dunked the ball beautifully near the sideline, past one of the opponent's defenders, and then he was very clever with his right foot cross!
The ball passed big, it was a back point, one of the three central defenders hurriedly retreated, but Zhang Fan arrived earlier than him, he jumped up, did not shoot directly, but gave the ball back to Zhang Jun in the middle!
At this time, Zhang Jun leaned on another central defender, and then swept his leg and swept the ball that Zhang Fan gave him into the empty goal!
Equalized!
Zhang Jun scored his first goal in the University League! Equalized the score for U Major! Zhang Jun was also very excited after the goal, and he "flew" on the field with open arms. After being depressed for twenty-two minutes, the fans finally raised their eyebrows!
The happiest was Zhao Yu on the sidelines, a goal that proved that his wing tactics were the right choice and strengthened his confidence to persevere.
After the goal, the morale of the U University was also greatly boosted, the three lines were closely combined, and they played well, and for a while, there was even a one-sided situation on the field.
In the forty-third minute, after Yang Pan broke through on the side, he passed diagonally to the top of the arc outside the penalty area, Xie Yun, who had been holding back for a long time, shot vigorously, and the football flew into the goal very trickily, and the goalkeeper of Y was out of reach, 2:1! U big overtake!
In the second half, Yibian fought again, this time it was Zhang Fan. He made a very crisp straight plug on the side, Zhang Jun understood it, rushed out of the crowd quickly, and hit the goal successfully in the face of the goalkeeper from a small angle. Brace! 3:1!
Zhang Jun "flies" again!
Sophie stood up and looked at Zhang Jun like an eagle, this is what she loves, the Zhang Jun she loves!
Opposite the stands is a row of barbed wire, which pulls a huge blue banner from east to west, and the white "Philips 01-02 National Collegiate Football League" looks like a white cloud in the blue sky against the blue background.
Zhang Jun is running to his heart's content under the blue sky.
The sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly......
The final result was that neither side scored, and the score remained 3:1 until the end.
Zhao Yu believes that the significance of this game is not only to take all three points and get off to a good start. But from the game, he really saw a U-big with two wings flying together. Yang Pan's speed gets rid of the re-pass, although Zhang Fan's breakthrough ability is average, but his clean and neat way of kicking allows him to often grasp some fleeting opportunities, pass amazing good balls, plus his header advantage in the front court. What a real boost!
The team has experienced first-hand the benefits of attacking from the flanks and is confident that the next game will not have such a chaotic start. When the opponents have seen the power of the U big wing, they will also put the defensive focus on the side accordingly, and then there will be a combination of the side and the middle, and they will be helpless to play.
In Zhao Yu's heart, that beautiful tomorrow is getting closer and closer.
On November 2, 2001, U University defeated Y University in the same group 3:1 on the field of Hefei G University, accumulating three points and ranking second in Group C, they had one less goal difference than SL University, which ranked first.
From this day on, Zhang Jun also went full speed ahead towards his next national championship.
ps: Recently, I have seen a lot of friends discussing whether it is better before the modification or after the modification. I've seen a lot of people say that the revision is not as good as it was before the revision, which is a situation I expected when I was revised, maybe because the controversy caused before the revision was too great, so I knew that no matter how much I modified, I couldn't change the feeling in many people's hearts. But I still have to revise, not that I don't have my own principles, but I think that the novel does have some problems and does need to be revised. Then I decided to revise it, I have to stick to it, there is no turning back on the path I have chosen, and I will finish it. I don't think it's very good after the revision, it's all right, it definitely still has problems, but I don't have time to revise anything now, and frequent revisions on a few chapters are also an irresponsible manifestation to the reader.
Recently, many friends have been speculating about which club Zhang Jun will go to in the future, hehe, it seems that the majority of people are in favor of going to Inter Milan, of course, there are also suggestions for Zhang Jun to go to La Liga and the Premier League, and some people ask me directly on QQ. Hehe, I almost explained the suspense in the trailer of "We Are the Champions", so of course I have to keep this last suspense until the end.
Another: A friend went to the army, he hasn't watched the revised "We Are the Champions", and now he should be in the barracks, right? It's a little regrettable, thinking about the good times of chatting and joking together, and I don't know when I'll be able to see him in time. He may no longer be able to see the current "We Are the Champions", but I still want to dedicate the revised "We Are the Champions" to him and to all my friends.
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