Chapter 65: The Accident Rises Again
Veterans are the mainstay, and young generals are supplemented, which is a common team building model for small European leagues. The powerful players in the www.biquge.info years of play have chosen to go to the five major leagues, and the young players are unreliable, and the teams in the small national leagues can often only rely on the star players in the twilight of their careers as the core in order to ensure their results.
The same is true for Anderlecht, who have an ageing squad structure. The core players are all veterans over 30 years old, this is a "double-edged sword", their physical and competitive state is gradually declining, physical injuries are weaknesses, but these veterans will help the team mature and stable, relying on these veterans, Anderlecht regained the championship in the first division.
At this moment, the veteran players of the Anderlecht team played a role again, and did not panic because of the goal conceded, but used practical actions to stabilize the mood of the young players in the team, and methodically fought with the Lille team in the midfield.
This is exactly what Faircourt wants to see, the psychological quality of the old players is not comparable to the young players, the pre-match mobilization is aimed at the young players, the old players do not need to mobilize, and the rich experience will tell them how to adjust their condition to cope with the game.
The same is true at the moment, where a wealth of experience will tell them how to deal with the situation on the pitch. The young players are the most susceptible to the influence of others, and under the infection of the old players, they have gradually come out of the shadow of falling behind the score.
The situation on the pitch was going in the direction that Faircourt had hoped.
In the 32nd minute, Gul went straight to the ball, Van der Haag received the ball and reversed the triangle pass, and the follow-up Biglia volleyed into the net.
Anderlecht pulled the score back, 1-1
Both sides returned to the same starting point.
Goole's scalpel-like through ball broke down the Lille defence and Van der Hag's unselfish and comfortable pass allowed Biglia to slot into the net with ease. This goal, Anderlecht's two veterans contributed a lot. ”
Puel on the sidelines didn't react too violently.
His tactical idea is to maximize the physical strength of the opponent's midfielder through fast-paced attack and defense in the first half, and rely on physical superiority to finish the game in the second half.
The score is perfectly acceptable.
The decisive time is the second half, as long as you don't fall behind in the first half.
Puel shouted a few words to Bodmeier from the sidelines and sat back in the dugout.
After the restart, Lille picked up the pace of the game, everyone was like a rabbit with its legs spread, and the Antlecht team also passively increased.
However, the pace of the game in Ligue 1 is the slowest in the five major leagues, and the Lille team rarely attacks and defends as quickly as this, playing an unfamiliar way of playing, and naturally there are a lot of loopholes, and the ability of the veteran players in the Anderlecht team to perceive the game is reflected, and they can always catch the loopholes in the gap between Lille attack and defense, and create several opportunities, but the strikers did not grasp it.
The tactical intent of both sides is clear and both have a chance to win, so it will be up to Lille to drag down Anderlecht first or Anderlecht seize the opportunity to secure a solid score advantage before they run out of energy.
But the game didn't go in either direction as the managers of both sides had predicted, as the unexpected happened again.
A chance that wasn't a chance rewrote the score again.
In the 44th minute, Cabaye's long-range shot was dragged off the crossbar by Anderlecht goalkeeper Ztka, and a corner kick by Lille was taken.
Reeves stood at the back point as always, in the team's offensive corner kick training, the corner kick drop point is generally not sent to the back point, because Reeves does not have the ability to grab the point with a header, the same is true for this corner kick, Keita drove the ball out, the ball flew forward to the front point, the front point of Anderlecht defender Juhaz stuck the Lille player with his body, the Hungarian Roland Juhac was a little depressed today, just now was hit on the back by the goalkeeper, completed the "assist", although the responsibility for the goal is on the goalkeeper, but he is the person who directly assists after all, Juhardt felt a pang of depression at the thought of this, not to mention the fact that the place where the ball hit his back still hurts faintly. This time, we must atone for our sins.
Looking at the ball in the air, Juhatz was full of confidence, the defense of this ball must be no problem, he has already stuck his position, and he can jump and shake his head to push the ball out of the penalty area.
The ball speed was not fast, and Juccac still had time to wait until halftime to find a masseur to massage it, and the bruises on his back were really painful.
Stuck behind him is Cabaye, Juhaz 193cm, 80kg, Cabaye 175cm, 69kg, the disparity in body makes Cabaye's chance of grabbing the header very slim, not to mention that Cabaye was half-turned by Juhatz and carried with one arm, unable to move forward half a step, and could only watch the football fall to the head of the big man in front of him.
Cabaye was a little frustrated, today it was not easy to play in the main team, coupled with the treatment the team received before the game, so that Cabaye held his breath and wanted to perform well, but he didn't expect that not only could he not get the advantage at the feet of a group of old guys, but now he was also suppressed by the big man with his body, which was really a disappointing half.
At this time, Cabaye was a little envious of Reeves' good luck, the ball actually hit the big man's back and bounced back, and he could score a goal in this kind of opportunity.
Back? Thinking of this, Cabaye seemed to think of something, and the corners of his mouth curled, if Reeves saw it, he must have known that Cabaye was going to make a break.
I saw Cabaye take half a step back, avoid Juhatz's arm, and then accelerate, go around to Juhatz's back, and hit it closely, a very ordinary collision, even if the referee sees it, he will not give a foul.
But this time it was the usual collision, Juhatz was like an electric shock, and the severe pain came from behind, and the body that was about to jump into the air seemed to press the pause button, but did not succeed in jumping, and the head shaking action naturally did not make it, and because of the sudden pain, the body unconsciously curled forward, and the head leaned forward slightly, and the falling football smashed directly into the back of the head and bounced back to the back of the goal.
Reeves couldn't grab a header, but that didn't stop him from getting in position, so if Keita's footwork from a corner wasn't well controlled and the ball fell to the back post, he could also barb for a point. His excellent physicality gave him the upper hand in the snatch, squeezing defender Marc de Man behind him, but of course, it had to do with the path of the ball, which fell to the front post, so the Belgian didn't go all out to get into position.
When the ball unexpectedly changed direction and fell to Reeves, Reeves was not mentally prepared, but as a striker's instinct, he made the most appropriate reaction in time, a sideways volley was a kick, and the instep was whipped on the falling football, and the ball changed direction again and accelerated to the goal.
With such a close-range shot, goalkeeper Ztka couldn't react at all, and the ball flew directly over the goal line, flew into the goal, and lifted the net high.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Reeves scored 1 more goal! ”
Juhac made a mistake with his header and sent the ball to the back post. Reeves at the back post easily scored the ball! 2-1! Lille take the lead again on the road! ”
After the goal, Reeves rushed forward and punched Cabaye in the chest, "Not bad, good job." ”
Reeves saw clearly from behind, Cabaye's kid was too bad, and at the same time of the collision, he scraped Juhatz from top to bottom with his arm on his back, and the pain of salting the wound was nothing more than that, and he couldn't complain that Juhatz missed the header.
"It's a lucky guy, both goals have an element of luck, unlike his predecessors, this is his blessed place." Florent in the commentary bench lamented Reeves' luck.
Faircourt on the sidelines froze, damn guy, how could he head the ball towards the goal, it was okay to push out of the penalty area or clear the sideline. Unexpectedly fell behind again, Faircourt was very unwilling, not a reflection of personal ability, nor tactical restraint, but his own mistakes in this regard and the opponent's luck had already made these two goals that should not have been.
Puelle on the sidelines was broken, he didn't intend to split the winner in the first half, he just wanted to consume the opponent's energy as much as possible, but he scored a goal, which was a real surprise. Both opportunities came suddenly, and I can only say that Reeves's kid had really good luck today.
Reeves didn't know that he had set a record, he only knew that he scored again in the Champions League, and it was a leak, and the feeling of picking up a missed goal was completely different from the usual goals, and the unexpected harvest was always a surprise double, and the goals achieved by struggle were what Reeves was pursuing, but Reeves would not refuse the goal that fell from the sky.
Two goals in a row from the sky made Reeves want to thank the Belgian gods, and although he didn't know what the Belgians believed in, that didn't stop him from being grateful.
God, God-King, Buddha, Sanqing? Among the many gods, Reeves chose to thank the Buddha because Reeves had no religious beliefs and knew only one religious ritual of thanksgiving for good luck, and that was the Buddhist folded hands.
I saw Reeves break free of Cabaye's embrace, fold his hands, and run all the way to the stands where the Lille fans were, and just wanted to kneel and bow to the Buddha, he was thrown to the ground by his teammates, and if anyone knew what he wanted to say, they would laugh at his ignorance, because there are Catholics and Christians in Belgium, but there are no Buddhists.
There are a lot of Lille fans who follow the team to Belgium, a whopping 5,000 people, occupy two full stands, thanks to the fact that Lille and Brussels are only 108 kilometers away, and it is also a French-speaking area, so it is convenient for Lille fans to come and support the team away.
Lille fans were thrilled to see the team take the lead again, and this game was about qualifying from the group, and the goal to get ahead was important enough.
When Reeves arrived in front of the stands, he was greeted by cheers from the sky.
"On September 14, 2006, 16 years and 330 days old, Reeves scored twice in Brussels, and this goal made history again, and the youngest Mr. Ryves, who scored twice in the history of the Champions League, was born."