Chapter 68: Three Goals Behind
On April Fool's Day in 1929, the Electrico FutebolClube was proclaimed by four founders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince two of the members are employees of the Central Electric Power Company, and the other two are also involved in the power industry, the founders named the club "Electric Football Club". The emblem of the Power Club is a green boat, representing the club's first source of income: two yachts built by the founders.
For financial reasons, the club ceased to function between 1957 and 1970. Since June 2001, the power club has been officially transferred to public management and has become a state-owned club. In 2005-2006, the team won the historic Group D title of the Portuguese League C, and in the 2007-2008 season, they finished fifth in the Portuguese second division. Today, Boavista will travel to the eastern part of Portugal to face a team that has only established themselves in the Portuguese second division in recent years.
The district of Portalegre is the sixth largest district in Portugal, with a land area of about 6,000 square kilometres and a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants and permanent residents. Although this number is sparsely populated in China, it is considered a populous city in Portugal. The region is well connected to Fort Branco North, Spain to the east, Évora to the south, and Santarém West, so trade is also thriving.
The region comprises 69 parishes and 15 towns, while the home of the power club is located in the town of Pontall, in the district of Portalegre, which is also the third largest town in the region.
Before you know it, it's China's National Day. Of course, Portugal's National Day is in June, but a few young men born and raised in China are habitually playing around these days. In addition to the Chinese New Year, there is only a period of at least seven days of super long holiday on the National Day, and everyone may forget about other festivals, but they will always remember these two points in time. However, this year's National Day has nothing to do with them, and they will also usher in the next league game. And Portugal seems to be cold quite early, half a month ago it was very hot, and the average temperature dropped to about 20 degrees Celsius in a blink of an eye.
The Electric team only has one stadium training ground, so when the visiting team arrives, there is no field available at all, so they have to split the stadium in half and do some regular practice on their own. The team's youth training situation is also terrible, and there is no office space, the coaches come to the stadium every day with the players to train, and then go back to their respective homes, there is no place to stay. As for the locker room, if you want to do something like a shower, it's even more out of the way. The only public facilities available are toilets.
In fact, there is no shortage of this situation in the lower leagues, and everyone is not surprised. Even a team like Boavista, which used to flourish in the Portuguese Super League, can only adapt once they are relegated. On the contrary, Govia and Xiao Pan disliked each other along the way, they felt that the team could have nothing, but there was not even an independent training ground, which was simply a mess. What made them laugh and cry the most was that this course was actually made of natural turf, and the turf was much better than they imagined. Xiao Pan couldn't help but sigh secretly: Even in such a bad place, the venue situation is much better than most clubs in China.
If nothing else, the Panthers should be able to pull one back in this game. They haven't tasted victory for two weeks in a row, and it's time to find a weak team to slaughter them. The opposing squad is full of Portuguese, except for South Korean international Kim Yong-chol, who was selected for the '06 World Cup - only selected, he was just over 18 years old when he entered the national team and did not get a chance to play.
Just four minutes into the game, Quielos had a good chance in front of goal, but unfortunately he was too close to the goalkeeper and couldn't find the back of the net. Due to the large difference in strength between the two sides, Govia ordered the team to adopt a pressing tactic of pressing forward, and immediately counter-attack after conceding the goal, trying to break the opponent in the first half without giving them any respite.
The opposing goalkeeper sent the ball to the right wing-back, and Paulo Campos followed through on the manager's tactical intent and immediately stepped up. The opponent seemed a little nervous and did not dare to stop the ball at his feet for too long, and immediately passed it back to the central defender. At this time, Queylos and Chen Jianhao also immediately approached the central defender who received the ball, and the opponent was in a hurry, and directly cleared the siege with a big foot, and the ball flew over the half.
Chen Jinwu and Paulo Gomez in the midfield also pressed up and were too late to defend. So Helio, who remained at the back, rushed up and tried to compete with the opposing striker, but unfortunately he was a little slower, and the opposing striker pushed the ball to the front again, almost rolling into the penalty area.
Seeing that there were no offensive players around him, Wu Tianchang slowly ran back to catch the ball, and beckoned goalkeeper Pedro Ferreira to come out to answer. As a result, as soon as he took a few steps, his face changed and he hurriedly retreated to the goal. Wu Tianchang reacted at this time, but his consciousness was still a beat slower, and when he turned around, a figure suddenly flashed around him, he stretched out his legs in a panic, and the other party had completely distanced himself from him, and intercepted the ball by chance.
It was followed by an easy one-on-one goal, with Boavista conceding first again, and this is the first game in a row?
Pedro Ferreira was obviously a little angry, and shouted at Wu Tianchang: "Be careful! Don't play with fire in front of your house! ”
"I'm sorry......" Wu Tianchang drooped his head, leaving only this one sentence.
Govia on the sidelines shook his head speechlessly, glanced at assistant coach Dinis Resendi, turned his head to look at Xiao Pan, and said with a wry smile: "I thought today would be an easy victory." ”
Xiao Pan didn't know what to say, only said, "I'll discipline him when I go back." ”
The pass success rate was high on both sides in this game. It's normal for the power club to not be able to stop the opposition's passing, but for Boavista, it is a bit undesirable to play such a high pass success rate against such a weak team. In fact, the frontcourt players also strictly follow the coach's requirements, as long as the opponent gets the ball, they will rob back, but they don't pay attention to the midfield at all, and every time they get the ball, they are directly passed to the striker by the defender's big foot. And the weirdest thing is that their strikers always get this kind of ball, and neither Helio nor Wu Tianchang has managed to get it - at least for the first 15 minutes.
Wu Tianchang's poor performance is still heating up, and the pressure after conceding the goal seems to have made him unable to calm down. In the 29th minute, he was easily cleared by the opposing striker in the penalty area, and then scored a powerful goal. Everyone was dumbfounded by the scoreline, and even the opposing players couldn't believe it: how the hell did we lead 2-0?
Then in the 38th minute, the opponent used a quick inside cut from the left winger to get rid of Ribeiro, and they scored two goals in a row, and they were full of confidence, and directly came to a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball went in again.
3:0!
Boavista collapsed almost instantly, and the few spectators on the other side finally erupted in cheers.
"What the is this!" Govia angrily kicked the turf, and the two coaches around him hurriedly comforted him: "Don't get excited, don't get excited......
At halftime, there was a sense of loneliness in the dressing room, and no one took the initiative to speak. Govia has also given up on this game, and he didn't even bother to scold. It wasn't until before the game that he said something seemingly inconsequential to the group: "I don't know how much football means to you. But now that you're on the field, keep your full attention! Go for it and put on a better performance! ”
The players are talking about it, but they probably don't take it to heart. After the game restarted, many people did not mention their motivation, and even Fang Jizhou, who was often praised by Coach Silva for his good professional attitude in the youth team, was a little lazy.
Except for Chen Jinwu.
It is not so much that Chen Jinwu is diligent or has a good professional attitude, but that he is the most unswayed person on the court. Govia discovered a long time ago that Chen Jinwu never practiced, and his performance was never the most outstanding in the team. As for saying that he can run and defend actively, in fact, there are not many such players, you can meet them anywhere, and if you don't put on a very amazing performance, there is not much to remember. But he has one characteristic: no matter whether the team is ahead or behind, he always plays like that, runs when he should run, passes when he should pass, like a robot, just to complete the instructions given to him by his master, and does not care about the rest. Even Chen Jianhao, who is recognized as the most calm, will inevitably have emotional moments, and only Chen Jinwu can always maintain concentration.
Chen Jinwu intercepted the ball from midfield - not in fact, but the opponent's mistake passed to his feet. Just when his teammates were very negative about the game, he suddenly stretched out his hand and waved it, signaling Chen Jianhao in front of him to run, and then directly gave the ball to Chen Jianhao's feet 15 meters away.
Chen Jianhao was holding back a lot of energy in his heart, he could feel that today's opponent was not strong, but he couldn't erase the fact that the team was behind. So he gritted his teeth and prepared to take the ball and do it himself. I saw him fool a backman who was stealing laterally, and then paused, and the ball slammed to the right. Quellos stepped forward from the other flank, and as captain, he felt he should take the lead, so he spread his legs and ran forward, leading away a centre-back.
Chen Jianhao did not slow down, the ball seemed to be at his feet, and sprinted forward like a shadow. His speed was not very fast, and he could only barely maintain a position of distance from the back midfielder who had just been passed. At this time, the central defender on the right also ran up, ready to intercept him. Judging by normal thinking, Chen Jianhao should have cut to the left side, but he didn't expect him to run along the side instead, and the opponent's midfielder and central defender made a mistake in judgment, so he could only passively follow him.
Just as Chen Jianhao was weighing the shot, the ball flew out from his feet, and then drew an arc diagonally in the air.
"This can shoot too?!" Suddenly, a voice came from behind him.