Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Fierce Battle

It's only been a long time since the opening, and it's already 1:0 behind. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fans write disappointment on their faces, but hope is in song.

- The ballad-like melody of "Coming-Home-Newcastle" flutters to the sound of a harmonica and trumpet. The song was so warm and the rhythm was so upbeat that the Newcastle United guys felt less like they were struggling in a tragic battle and more like they were participating in a big football carnival.

Immerse yourself in the singing and you will feel the loyalty and greatness of the Newcastle fans. There were no yelling and boos for their players, and the slogans displayed in the stands were always in support of the players. Even the doubts about Ashley and the manager were completely extinguished in this game.

In this case, the old players of Newcastle United, who have long been accustomed to falling behind at the beginning, are still calm. Only the young Vukovic was anxious. Xiao Wu panicked and hid the lawn fiercely. In the eyes of the young marshal, this 18-year-old tall man looks quite silly and cute.

Xiao Wu, who lacked a sense of composure, quickly fell into solo mode shortly after conceding the ball.

It seems that this "Slovenian Ibrahim" is even more superstitious about his own foot skills than Ibrahimovic himself. Starting from the serve near the center circle and receiving the ball from Andy Carroll's feet, he didn't even lift his head and went straight to the direction of the penalty area to break through.

At the beginning, in the face of Everton's midfield trio's parallel scramble, Xiao Wu could still stride and turn around - the high-speed speeding figure also had the style of Kaka, the "son of San Siro". But he has not yet reached the peak of his life, and Kaka has beaten Manchester United. This allowed Jagielka and Baines to calmly lay down the trap until he fell into the trap.

In the end, his slender body failed to force the Everton defence, and he couldn't pass the ball. Jagielka, who played against him, played with a match, and while clearing the siege, he launched a long counterattack. The ball was hoisted into the crowd in front of the court with a strong downspin.

Zhang Lihua, who has always been rigorous and quiet, subconsciously stood up from the stands, threw away the cigar stem, and shouted at Xiao Wu: "Don't think too much, your side defense task is the most important!" ”

Vukovic listened to the coach's instructions and calmly chased back, his feet long and explosive, and even cut the ball off Fellaini's side, causing Baines to fill in and bring him down with his feet.

Everton fouled and Webber showed a yellow card to the goal-scorer.

The yellow card made the visiting players a little emotional, and Jagielka, who was fighting Andy Carroll in the box, pushed him to it, and both players were already impatiently excited, and almost put on an all-out show for the obvious physical contact.

Under the pull of the referee team, Carroll and Jagielka each received another yellow card, and the scene was calm.

The young marshal Xiao Zhang lit a Moore cigarette, walked slowly to the sidelines, and made a quiet gesture to the players. His well-timed smile put an end to the restless mood of the players.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he quickly called Vukovic to his side and gave him a brief lecture.

The young marshal reminded him: "Don't be too impulsive. Kick it leisurely. As taught during training, multi-position with Carol. ”

"Understood." Xiao Wu nodded, glanced at Howard's goal with a resolute eye, and after the game resumed running, he launched a press with Andy Carroll.

Newcastle's backline remained immovable. Barton and Paige on the wing also began to rotate. Barton can play as a midfielder and wing-back, and it stands to reason that he can barely pass crosses and card positions. Page, on the other hand, mainly plays with strong physical confrontation and efficient interception. This set of changes helped to block Everton's attack on the left in a short period of time. As a result, Bynes lost the technical battle with Barton and the passing line was almost broken.

Even though Everton was able to dominate the attack for a long time with a backward pass-and-control defence. However, the score remained the same.

And the switch between Vukovic and Carroll disrupted Everton's local man-marking strategy. Even Bynes subconsciously relaxed his defense against Xiao Wu. Newcastle's running strategy had the effect of hypnotizing the opposition defence.

Remember the time shown on the big screen on the pitch at the moment. In the 28th minute of the first half, from this minute, the "run and bomb" flow of Newcastle's drill officially started. And the core figure who launched the counterattack was the newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, "Slovenian Ibu" Xiao Xiaowu.

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Obviously, the scope of activities arranged by Zhang Lihua for Xiao Wu is particularly large. For five minutes in a row, he was in a state of zero defense. Simply go back and forth between the front and back courts, playing in the style of a midfielder, and take a kick in various positions on the right side. Either make up for the defense, or break through after receiving the ball.

Neither Baines nor Fellaini were too lazy to stay close to him, so they let him stay in the middle circle without the ball. waited until the Newcastle players grabbed the hand, and Xiao Wu started to respond again.

Suddenly, Alan Smith, who had been busy filling in the position, bumped into Tim Cahill's pass to Yakubu, and went straight to the center from the midfield position.

The ball is pushed to the touchline. Laudridge, who ran diligently on the wing, poked a small drop cross with a very full arc in the air, and Carroll tacitly jumped up and hit the goal with his head!

It appeared to be Newcastle's most dangerous attack of the first half - but the ball bounced off the edge of the box and Barton's long-range shot was deflected wide.

It was the 29th minute of the first half, and the ball went off the bottom line and was headed by Everton goalkeeper Howard.

Howard's big kick off hit the ball poorly, and the American's goal-line reaction was good, but the footwork was really not flattering.

In hand-to-hand combat in midfield, Fellaini headed the ball in the back of the midfield, but the ball fell to the feet of an adducted Laudridge. Modric, who is known for his dribbling and speed, didn't say a word, but looked up to find his team-mate in front of him - Newcastle's counter-attack was almost here again!

Seeing that the defense in the middle was intensive, Laudridge predicted the move at the first time, locked the space for the side to play, and drove to the bottom line single-handedly!

Not to mention, the number of roads in the bottom is particularly useful in the Premier League. This wave of flow actually rushed to the front of the Everton defense line and penetrated the triangle defense surrounded by Phil Neville, Arteta and Heitinga!

Laudridge ran up, with fierce momentum, and carried it into the small penalty area with a hard voice, and actually shot into the middle of the goal under the blockade of four people!

Boy! This shot is not light. Like a meteor flying across the sky, it slammed into Howard's fist bone. The ball was saved, but Newcastle's counter-attack was not over.

Because Andy Carroll was too conspicuous and was watched by the two central defenders on the counter-attack, he pulled the defensive line, and the middle of the small penalty area revealed a very conspicuous emptiness. Someone stepped forward at the right time, as Matuidi did at the start of the game against Lens, and then fired a follow-up shot to equalise.

Of course, Zhang Lihua also stared at the position of the rebound of the ball, almost watching Jagielka come back to his senses and was about to clear the siege with a big foot. In an instant, Vukovic, who had been left unattended for a long time, was killed from the side!

Almost all the home fans had their hearts on the top of their throats, and the quick kick of the foot was a shot - that Philippe Inzaghi-esque movement, clean and concise, especially good when scoring at the whistle.

The ball is in! Xiao Wu's first goal for Newcastle in his career came just right!

Vukovic wanted to hold back his excitement as soon as possible, and glanced affectionately at his crying girlfriend in the stands, who would have thought that most of the fans were actually crying! Excited! Nima, this is the first goal scored by Newcastle in the last three rounds!

Zhang Lihua must have stood up and applauded warmly. Xiao Wu came to the young marshal humbly, bowed to him half-way, and then high-fived him with Fei Mo—this scene was unusually harmonious.

"Vukovic, keep working, score a hat trick, I'll give you a raise!" After speaking, the young marshal also restrained his excitement, hurriedly kissed the ring, and took a long breath.

The goal came just in time, with 15 minutes to go until the end of the first half. Continuing the battle, Everton began to fall to their feet. Newcastle stood still.

According to Eddie Ron's plan, a draw is not too bad. After all, the strength of the team is limited.

But Everton fans don't think they'll accept a draw against a relegated side. Moyes has been dancing and calling the shots from the sidelines. Arteta, Everton's captain and central midfielder, has been holding on until now. When the core exerts its strength, this technical warrior who has been exiled by La Masia is undoubtedly waving and shouting like chicken blood.

Once he could get his hands on the ball, Arteta made a series of moves with defenders. Alan Smith was like an angry monkey, and he pulled the ball and shook it down. Arteta also took advantage of the situation and sent a cross too low.

The fire spread to the left hinterland of Newcastle. It was Neville and Fellaini who were on the fence against Vukovic. Vukovic's stay up front was not recovered, and Laudridge was clearly dealing with the rush of the midfielders and wing-backs on the flanks.

Newcastle, who chose to strategically adduct, was blinded by this style of play.

When Pinar received Arteta's long ball, he played a one-two with Tim Cahill. Enrique was swept over in one step, but Williams' complement allowed Cahill to get a through ball from Pirner, and almost Everton formed the perfect one-on-one pair!

Fortunately, Krull attacked decisively and acted sharply, and the crisis was resolved with one punch. It was less than five minutes after the equaliser and the team came close to falling behind again. It's really hard to say who has the better chance of winning.

Jose Enrique, who was defeated in the confrontation, felt ashamed. Subconsciously glanced at the coach's seat, just in time to see the young marshal shaking his middle finger and nodding his head in support. The two began to gesture with a secret gesture, and it seemed that Enrique's tactical role would be improved.

After holding the ball, Krull found Carroll with a long pass for the first time. Carroll takes the ball down and Joey Barton gets forward just in time. Thiott has been carrying the cattle with Fellaini all the time. Fellaini's role today is clearly suppressed. Tiot and Fellaini, this trick is amazing!

And Vukovic, the uninhibited mobile tower, was dizzy and went to the same side as Laudrich.

Despite creating a vacuum on the right flank, allowing Jagill to cut off Carroll's ball and pass directly to Pinard, at this time, Pienal and Yakubu played the most classical, rough combination - but Page blocked it with his chest!

Trying to force Paige's wings, the duo of Everton's forward line is obviously a little underwhelming.

Page's single defense ability is so ferocious, Tiot and him complement each other, and the ball is cleared just to the feet of Barton, who is inserted forward!

Barton pushed unmarked to a position forty yards from goal and fired a blast from his feet!

The ball hit Howard in the chest, and within a second, Jagielka chased the ball back, turned around, and hurried to find the winger Baines on the sideline. The offensive and defensive rhythm of the Premier League is so exciting! Everton actually played instant counter-attack.

Baines won the ball and went down, Newcastle stuck to the middle and only made a symbolic press, and Baines crossed the ball low in time to Pinal, who was outflanked.

In the 44th minute of the game, Pienal stabbed a shot in front of the goal, and the ball slid out of the goal in a thrilling way......

Krull falls to the ground after a plop. Zhang Lihua's back broke out in a cold sweat.

In stoppage time, Newcastle will serve their last goalkick.

Carol has been seen dead. Vukovic and Laudridge were also marked. Krul, who simply kicked the bull X, made up his mind to make a full-court hanging shot.

I saw that the Dutch door god, increased the amplitude of the swing of the legs, and with the outside of his toes, he suddenly rubbed out an arc that floated over a hundred meters, and the ball shaking in the air really hoisted past Howard, who was standing in the front...... The result is simply ejected from the beam.

Howard almost fell to the ground and crawled to grab the ball. Extremely embarrassed, Everton watched the first half end with dramatic images. The score remained at 1:1.