Chapter Thirty-Nine: Catch the ducks on the shelves

Chu Zhongtian's long-range shot reminded Russell, and in the subsequent game, he put the playmaking attack in second place, and tried more long-range shots. It's just a pity that his long-range shooting ability is really limited and he can't pose much of a threat to Hartley Winterney's goal. He is stronger than Chu Zhongtian in that he can hold the ball down when he shoots and does not let it go over the crossbar, but his strength is insufficient, the ball he shoots is weak, the speed is not fast enough, there is no suddenness, even if he can avoid the crowd in the penalty area, he will be easily confiscated by the goalkeeper. In addition, perhaps it is a common problem of technical players, when shooting, they focus too much on angle and ignore the importance of power, and the football will deflect itself out of the goal even if it is not saved by the goalkeeper.

"We've got to try something different!" Schilling withdrew from the box and shouted to Russell, who was in charge of organizing the attack.

"Hell! If I knew how to change, I would be playing at Arsenal right now! Russell yelled at him, still haunting Schilling's earlier remark that "we ended up kicking the ball at each other's feet anyway."

"Give the ball to Chu!" Shi Lin pointed to Chu Zhongtian in the middle circle and said.

"Are you crazy? He can't even pass more than 15 meters of the ball, you let him organize the attack? Russell's first reaction was that Shirin and Chu Zhongtian have a good relationship and are friends, but even if the two of you are friends, you can't take care of each other so much in the game?

Shirin looked left and right and leaned over to Russell: "Does the opponent know?" He lowered his voice, "Does our opponent know that Chu's passing level is average?" Chu's position is far behind, as long as he gets the ball frequently, the opponent's defense line will expand outward, so won't there be more space in front of us? You're a midfielder, you should know how to do it, Russell! ”

Russell was stunned for a moment, then reacted. Schilling hopes to attract the opponent's defensive attention by letting Chu Zhongtian take the ball frequently, and when they all focus on Chu Zhongtian, who is further back, the defensive pressure on himself and the forwards will inevitably weaken, and it will not be difficult to send a lethal pass with his own ability...... It's such a good idea, why didn't you think of it before?

"Sounds good." His mouth was still a little hard.

Shirin ignored him and left him to continue looking for his chances.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian shot the door once, but after hitting the plane directly, he stopped going up and concentrated on defense. It's not that he's ashamed, he's quite thick-skinned, he just thinks it's useless for him to go up, it's better to defend honestly in the back. Although the opponent's offense can only occasionally threaten his defensive zone.

But he saw Russell beckoning to him.

He looked behind him, then pointed to himself.

"You're too far away from me!" Russell yelled at him.

Chu Zhongtian remembered the instructions of head coach Eames and asked him to keep a suitable distance from Russell. So he took a few steps and saw Russell pass the ball back to him.

"You organize the attack!" Russell's shout almost made Chu Zhongtian step on the ball and plant his head.

He suspected he had misheard, and wanted to ask about the past, but reality didn't have time for him to do so. Seeing Chu Zhongtian take the ball, one of the opponent's No. 14 players had already killed him with a fierce face. Chu Zhongtian almost made a subconscious move, with his right foot buckled and the side of his body, he let go of the opponent's No. 14 player who was too fierce.

This is the first time that Chu Zhongtian has successfully passed someone in the game, and he used to pass it out as fast as possible after he got the ball, and he has never tried people. When playing in China, his football coach did not allow the football to stay at his feet for a while and dribble past people? As long as he dares to do this, he will be greeted by a scolding at the end of the game: "Who called you to make your own decisions?" Did Lao Tzu allow you to pass by? Gua baby! ”

He was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect it to be so simple. Just the simplest smash move, he practiced smashing and plucking the ball for an afternoon in the park...... No. 14 was flashed behind him by Chu Zhongtian, and then turned around to grab it. Chu Zhongtian is familiar with this job - his body is horizontal, separating the opponent behind him, so that he can't grab the ball. The job of the card position, the defensive players are always doing.

Russell saw in front that Chu Zhongtian had obviously passed the other party easily, but he was entangled by the other party, and he shouted angrily: "Forward, forward!" ”

In the competition, Russell became Chu Zhongtian's teacher again and gave him on-site guidance.

Hearing Russell's shout, Chu Zhongtian shook off the No. 14 who was stuck behind him and walked the ball out by himself.

"If you see an opening, pass the ball to your teammates!" Russell used his voice to give Chu Zhongtian a lesson.

This scene looks very weird to outsiders, but Chu Zhongtian and Russell can't care so much.

Although Chu Zhongtian has never been the front waist of organizing an attack, he has never eaten pork, so he has never seen a pig run, right? I've watched so many games and experienced so many games, don't you know what to do?

He glanced up at the front, but he didn't see it clearly. Everyone is constantly moving, and they have to take care of the ball at their feet, and they have to watch out for the pressing of the opponent behind them, and they are a little dizzy when they are multitasking.

So he had to look down at the ball at his feet, and then look up at the situation on the field, and the result of this constant repetition was that although he observed it several times, he still didn't see anything. He now wondered if the pitch was not the same as what he saw in the playmakers, so he removed all the textures and backgrounds and filled it with three-dimensional line models, and then they could play still in their minds and figure out a suitable route for the ball.

But this is too demanding for Chu Zhongtian...... Eventually, he felt he had found a route and shook his foot to pass it, only to find that the one he had found three seconds earlier had been blocked, and the ball was passed to Hartley Winterney's defender in the white away shirt without any suspense.

"Hell!" Russell cursed next to him and rushed to the opposing player with the ball. Shirin is doing the same thing as him.

Who made the two of them the leaders who decided to let Chu Zhongtian organize the attack? Chu Zhongtian failed to organize an attack, so naturally the two of them had to actively wipe Chu Zhongtian's ass.

After Chu Zhongtian found out that he had passed the wrong ball, he didn't pounce on it to steal, because the opponent was at least ten meters away from him, and when he rushed to the other party and then passed the ball behind him, he became a monkey who was played, not to mention, the empty door behind him was wide open, and the two central defenders would immediately fall into a very dangerous situation.

He turned and ran backwards.

Hartley Winterney's central defender, who had the ball, saw Russell and Schilling rushing towards him, and did not dare to hold the ball more in the backline, and drove the ball directly to the front. Sure enough, as Chu Zhongtian expected, if he rushed up just now, then it would be dangerous behind him now.

The Wimbledon fans in the stands screamed when they saw that the offense and defense changed hands instantly. Emily clenched her fists even more nervously, leaned forward, and stared at the court without blinking.

Chu Zhongtian was scurrying back to defense, and the football swayed above his head and fell forward. Hartley Winterney's striker is there with Wimbledon defender Sim. Johnston was entangled, with both sides wanting to get the ball and at the same time not wanting to be caught by the other.

Fortunately, the opponent's defender's long pass is more like a big kick at the end, the football flies high, and it takes too much time in the air, so that Chu Zhongtian has time to rush back to defend, if it is that kind of low flat long pass, Chu Zhongtian can't catch up with the flying football even if he can run...... Chu Zhongtian looked up at the ball that was still in the air in the high-speed defense, and then estimated the distance between himself and the landing point in his heart, and he had confidence - don't grab the two people in front of you, this ball is mine!

One step, two steps, three steps! Chu Zhongtian's arm swung back suddenly, and with the force under his feet, he rose into the air with this force, and in the direction of his goal, he opened his arms, as if flying high in the air. Hartley Winterney's striker and Johnston both stopped fighting, tilted their heads and opened their mouths wide, looking at Chu Zhongtian in surprise. They didn't expect that they had worked hard for a long time, but let others take the lead.

The sunlight had been completely obscured by Chu Zhongtian, who had opened his arms, casting a huge shadow on the two of them. The soccer ball in the air is hidden in the harsh sunlight and cannot be seen really.

They only saw Chu Zhongtian, who was flying in the air, shook his head, and then the football did not fall.

The ball changed lines in the air and flew straight back into the box, Wimbledon goalkeeper Andy Brown. Bale raised his hands on the line of the penalty area and steadily caught the ball.

"What a great bounce...... Eames and Ingrid exclaimed from the sidelines at the same time. The bounce that Chu Zhongtian showed just now, in their opinion, it is estimated that even if he goes to play basketball, it will be no problem. They obviously don't know that Chu Zhongtian can dunk in high school, his physical fitness has always been very good, even if he no longer plays football in school, he is a man of the year in the track and field games, and he is all covered in the track and field competitions, except for more technical events such as shot put and javelin, almost all other events can win the championship.

"Well done! Clear! Emily shouted as she waved her arms in the stands. Compared with Chu Zhongtian's clumsy performance in offense, his performance in defense can be said to be professional.

Yang Yang finally saw Chu Zhongtian brilliant, and when he saw that the Wimble fans in the stands were applauding and cheering for his roommate, he couldn't help but puff up his chest. His personality is not too outgoing, otherwise he would have shouted, "That's my classmate!" My roommate! My fellow countryman! I'm Yang Yang, thank you! ”

※※※ Chu Zhongtian lost the ball himself, and snatched the ball back by himself. It can be regarded as making up for the merits. Bale threw the ball back at him, and as soon as he turned around and passed it to Russell, who had already run back to catch it, he really didn't let the ball stay at his feet for a second. It's completely become his habit of playing, and he's not used to letting the ball stay at his feet too much.

He didn't think he would have the chance to organise an attack again, because he had been so bad at passing the ball straight to the opponent that he would have been laughed at by the TV commentators if he had played it professionally. His teammates will no longer give him the responsibility of organizing the offense to a rookie like him.

But it didn't take long for Russell to beckon him to go up, and then he passed the ball.

"Keep organizing, Chu!" Russell pointed to the opposing goal.

Chu Zhongtian has experienced what it means to "catch ducks on the shelves"...... The other party's No. 14 seemed to recognize Chu Zhongtian, and pounced on him again with great momentum.

Chu Zhongtian smashed the ball again this time, and the other party seemed to have known that he would do this, and he was not deceived by him, but chased after Chu Zhongtian with the action of smashing the ball. But next...... Chu Zhongtian flicked the ball in the opposite direction again, and his body shifted along the trend, flashing No. 14 to the side.

After doing this set of actions, he took the football forward again, and his body was sideways, completely separating the opponent behind him. Now don't try to steal the ball from him unless that No. 14 fouls. Chu Zhongtian has no say in organizing the attack, but he can't lose to anyone in the card position to protect the ball.

Chu Zhongtian looked up again, this time he was a little far away from the opponent's forbidden area, his vision was broad, and the complicated situation in front of him seemed to be a little clearer...... But that clarity didn't mean anything to him, and he still didn't know who he should pass the ball to.

In the end, he had no choice but to pass the ball to Russell again.

The defensive pressure on Russell's side did not alleviate the opponent, and he could also see that Chu Zhongtian was a little at a loss, but he still passed the football back to Chu Zhongtian.

"Organize an attack, Chu!"

"Damn, you're the ...... the front waist," Chu Zhongtian scolded in a low voice after receiving the ball. He didn't have time to dwell on the division of duties with Russell, because the 14th was here again.

This time he came from behind, and it was impossible for Chu Zhongtian to shake him with such a simple action as smashing the ball or plucking the ball, but when he was proud, he saw Chu Zhongtian take the ball forward and suddenly accelerate and rush out...... He was left standing stunned, a little unaware of what had just happened.

Chu Zhongtian accelerated suddenly, although he let him throw off No. 14, it also made him closer to the opponent's penalty area.

What's next?

※※※ Ingrid let out a "huh" from the sidelines, and then he got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines.

After looking at it for a while, he turned to Eames and said, "Is this your request?" ”

Eames shook his head. "How is it possible, I'm not that stupid." Let a person like Chu Zhongtian who can't pass the ball more than fifteen meters to organize the attack, it is indeed only a fool who can do it.

"Is this ......," Ingrid said, gesturing to the pitch and to Eames, "won't you stop it?" ”

Eames spread his hands: "Stop what?" ”

"Stop them from doing that! They're wasting our attacking chances! Seeing Eames' nonchalant look, Ingrid became anxious.

"Hah!" Imes laughed when his assistant coach said that. "Do you think we're wasting our chance by leaving it to Russell?"

"This ......"

"Nicky. Don't you see it yet? We have no solution to the current situation. We're not good at playing against opponents who don't come out of the box, whether it's Russell or anyone else. Thirty minutes into the first half, we haven't really threatened the opposition goal. Who is it not a waste to change it? ”

"That'...... So if Chu comes up to attack, what about defense? "Ingrid has come up with another reason." He's our defensive midfielder and I remember you told him before the game to stay at the back of the ......."

"Did you see his defense in the air just now?" Eames asked rhetorically.

This sentence left Ingrid speechless. Even he had to admit that it was a very, very nice defense.

"Of course, as a coach, you can arrange all the tasks before the game. But, Nicky. The coach is not an omniscient all-powerful god, and he cannot predict what will happen during the game. No one knows better than the players what is happening on the pitch. Sometimes, it is more useful to relax restrictions and requirements appropriately, to allow them to think and decide how to act independently, and to give them free rein than if I had to say 10,000 tactical arrangements to them off the court. Eames said to his assistant.

Ingrid was visibly stunned by his rhetoric, and it took him a while to react: "You can't think of any way to get here, Terry, right?" ”

Eames smiled.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian had one hand behind his back, holding the No. 14 who came up again, and maintaining his balance with the other hand, trying not to snatch the football under his feet by the opponent.

He's still looking up ahead, hoping to find the right opportunity. He had already spun around in place, still not finding a passing line.

In my opinion, it is the same everywhere on the field - the same mess and complexity. Left side? There are players from Hartley Winterney in orange jerseys. On the right? There are also people with orange figures. As for the mid lane...... It was a sea of orange, full of opposing players, and he couldn't see his own blue and yellow figure at all.

"Pass it to me!!" Russell saw another Hartley Winterney player running towards Chu Zhongtian, his pressure was much less, and he finally raised his hand to signal Chu Zhongtian to pass the ball.

But Chu Zhongtian's gaze swept over him, and he didn't mean to pass the ball to him.

"Here!" Andy. Sullivan finally couldn't help but scream, even though he wasn't in a good position.

"Me! Clear! Give me! "Schilling is struggling to withdraw from the forbidden area, ready to pick up Chu Zhongtian.

Captain Kevin. Cooper didn't shout, but from his eyes, he could tell that he was expecting Chu Zhongtian's pass.

Different voices rushed into his eardrums, and all of a sudden, they were gone, including the noise of the fans in the stands. All he could hear was his own heavy gasps, and maybe the ...... of the guy behind him The chaotic picture in front of me suddenly slowed down, and a thought came to mind:

Near the bottom line on the right side!

Got the instructions of the brain, his eyes quickly turned over, near the bottom line on the right side, there was indeed a gap, Borger was in the back, Hartley Winterney's left wingback was pulled out by Bolger, behind him, there was about a dozen meters of empty space!

(To be continued)