Chapter 47: Phillips' Smile
Charlton Athletic Football Club, also known as Charlton Athletic Football Club, was founded in 1905 and was once one of the Premier League teams. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info's home stadium is at The Valley Stadium in Charlton Greenwich, south London.
Charlton's golden period was in 1933~1956, they first won the championship of the southern division of the third division in 1935, then won the runner-up of the first division in 1937, and the team won the FA Cup runner-up in 1946, and in 1947, the team reached the peak of its team history and won the FA Cup.
The current Charlton Athletic, although in the first division, is particularly strong and is the favorite team for promotion this year. As of January 20, 2012, there have been 26 rounds in League One, and Charlton is at the top of the table with 57 points in the case of one less round! Four points more than second-placed Sheffield United with a game in hand!
Therefore, this game is a tough battle for Sheffield United, but it is also a big opportunity.
If you can win the opponent, then you will have a favorable advantage in the subsequent league and lay a good foundation for rushing to the Champions League. If they lose the game and Huddersfield Town win in third place, they will be tied by Huddersfield Town and cast a shadow over their Champions League impact.
On this day, January 21, 2012, that is, the 28th day of the lunar month of the Chinese lunar calendar, and two days later is the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Xu came to London, England, with the team, to Charlton's home valley stadium.
For today's game, Zhang Xu deliberately spent the massive experience accumulated during the winter break and joining Sheffield United before going to bed last night, and finally promoted himself to level 25.
Zhang Xu's property values panel now reads:
Name: Xu Zhang
Level: 25
Experience: 84/12000 (Assignable Attribute Points: 0)
Weight/height: 80.5KG/181.8cm
Current Ability/Potential: 53/67 (minimum 30 for professional players, maximum 99)
Current physical fatigue/condition: 21/85 (maximum 99)"
Technical attributes (up to 99 for a single attribute):
Crosses: 32: Dribble: 33: Shots: 33: Heads: 55
Long shots: 32 Marks: 57 Passes: 41 Tackles: 54
Stops: 38 Technical : 44 Penalties: 32 Corners: 25
Set-pieces: 31 throw-ins: 31
Mental attributes:
Aggressiveness: 44 Prediction: 55 Bravery: 81 Calm: 71
Focus: 61 Vision: 45 Determination: 42 Determination: 83
Imagination: 37Influence: 71 Running off the ball: 43
Sense of Position: 55 Teamwork: 57 Work Input: 94
Physical Attributes:
Explosiveness: 82 Agility: 47 Balance: 52 Bounce: 78
Constitution: 88 Speed: 92 Stamina: 89 Strong: 88
Compared with the data before the winter break, the biggest change in this data is the defensive attributes, almost every defensive attribute, such as marking, steals, positional sense, etc., have improved by two or three points.
Zhang Xu once deliberately spent 10 experience points to inspect the attributes of Beatty, who is the captain of the team, as the highest salary in the team, Beatty, the attribute value of the striker, such as shooting, is only 56 points, and the long-range shot is only 45 points, and other attribute values, such as technology, passing, etc., are basically floating around 50 points.
And Zhang Xu's defensive attributes have almost all exceeded 50 points, reaching 55 points, and some even exceeded 55 points, such as marking, which has reached 57 points!
Don't look at the difference between 50 and 55 points is only 5 points, but reflected on the field, even if it is just a little difference, it may be an absolute crushing effect, not to mention a huge gap of 5 points!
Therefore, Zhang Xu believes that with this series of 55 defensive attributes, he will definitely be able to gain a foothold in the English League One arena!
Today's Valley Course is much more lively than ever. The 26,500-capacity stadium is almost completely full.
As soon as you walk onto the pitch, almost all of them are the bright red colors of Charlton fans. Jerseys, scarves, flags, etc., all of them are dazzling red, and you feel like you are in a sea of red, being beaten by the red waves over and over again, and you can't help but sway wildly with them.
Especially the North Stand, the gathering place of Charlton's craziest and most loyal fans, this place can no longer be described as lively, the only thing that can be described is only two words - crazy!
Countless faces and naked tops painted themselves as Charlton badges, countless Charlton flags flying in the air, countless neatly swaying and undulating scarves, this is the real Charlton fans, this is the crazy North Stand!
Zhang Xu, who followed the team for adaptive training, saw this scene, and what emerged in his heart was not nervousness and uneasiness, but a kind of pride, a pride to conquer here!
At 2:45 p.m., the team returned to the locker room, ready to listen to the final tactical arrangements of head coach Wilson.
"First of all, I would like to announce today's starting lineup," Wilson said calmly as he held the tactical board: "Goalkeepers: No. 1 Simonson, defenders: No. 2 Matthew, No. 3 Francois, No. 19 Harry, No. 15 Neil, midfielders: No. 8 Michael, No. 14 Williams, No. 27 Kevin, No. 28 Stephen, forwards: No. 9 Evans, No. 17 Cresswell. The formation is a 4-4-2 standard formation, focusing on defense and strengthening the team's attack! ”
Sure enough, Zhang Xu had long expected such a result in his heart, this was the first time he was selected into the 18-man squad, and it was impossible to arrange himself to start immediately.
Wilson continued: "The five substitutes are No. 35 George, No. 30 Marcus, No. 4 Nicky, No. 10 Beatty, and No. 25 Zhang! ”
YES! When Zhang Xu heard his name, although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he couldn't help but applaud fiercely in his heart!
After announcing the roster, Wilson briefly laid out his tactics. In fact, the overall tactics were arranged long before the departure, and this tactical adjustment before the war was mainly for the details of Charlton's starting lineup.
The 3-5-2 double-back attacking formation arranged by Charlton today has strong offensive ability and is relatively solid defensively. And the one who needs special attention here is naturally the opponent's No. 10 captain Wright. Phillips!
Phillips is Charlton Athletic's star of the game, having played for Manchester City in the Premier League, and has strong individual and attacking playmaking skills.
The main task of Sheffield United today is to keep an eye on Phillips! As long as Phillips can be contained, this game is half the battle!
Therefore, when Wilson made tactical arrangements, he asked everyone, especially everyone in the backline, to keep an eye on Phillips!
Finally, Wilson waved his hand excitedly and shouted, "Okay, guys, when I came to the Valley Stadium today, the media asked me to predict the outcome of the game, and I said: I have two knives, and he Charlton only has one!" So, whether the blade is strong or the swordsman is strong, it depends on your performance, tell me, do you have the confidence to win? ”
"Victory! Win! Win! Win! ......" The entire visiting dressing room was filled with the passionate shouts of the Blades......
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the starters of both teams rushed out of the players' tunnel amid deafening applause from the fans.
Zhang Xu and the other substitutes came to the bench, wrapped in thick winter suits, and sat down calmly, ready to watch the performance of their starting teammates.
"Beep!" With the referee's whistle, the match between the first and second matches of the league officially began.
As soon as the game began, the two sides fell into a tense scramble.
Both sides have been in the Premier League before, and there is little difference in quality, and if there is a gap, it may be a nuance of one being at home and one being away.
For a while, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United were back and forth on the field, and it was exciting. Either you missed a shot or my shot was saved by the goalkeeper and the screams and boos erupted from time to time over the valley pitch.
However, on the whole, Charlton took advantage of the home game to take a little initiative in the game.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Charlton controlled the ball.
The opponent's No. 18 Pritchard slowly advanced with the ball, and when he was close to the halfway line, he was targeted by Michael. So, Pritchard crosses the ball to the number 20 Chris.
Chris happened to be standing next to Stephen, so he didn't stop the ball, just pushed with the arch of his foot and passed to No. 10 Phillips who came back from street ball.
As soon as Phillips got the ball, all the Sheffield United squad tensed up, with Kevin and Williams both pounced.
Phillips smiled slightly, pulled his right foot, shook Kevin, and with a toe lift, he picked the football over Williams' head and landed at the feet of No. 7 Danny, who was standing behind Williams.
As soon as Danny got the ball, he turned around and there was a wide passage between him and Sheffield United's backline.
Danny was not polite, so he immediately began to speed up and took the football towards the heart of Sheffield United. Behind him, Phillips followed closely with Kevin and Williams.
Danny quickly approached the Sheffield United backline, and Matthew was the first to meet him, and he was not in a hurry to get his feet out, but just clung to Danny in small steps, his body as if he were in the direction of Danny's possible breakthrough.
However, Danny didn't want to break through, but when Phillips crossed him and Matthew's body, he pulled a position and decisively kicked a through pass.
The ball grazed past Matthew and towards the open space between Sheffield United's big and small penalty areas.
And at this time, Phillips just arrived, and he did not hesitate at all, and immediately got up and shot!
The ball flew through a bolt of lightning and flew past Simonson's outstretched hands and into the door behind him!
The ball is in!
Charlton took advantage of a wonderful frontcourt combination to take a 1-0 lead!
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!” A high-pitched scream from the on-site commentator instantly ignited the Valley Stadium, and countless Charlton fans began to celebrate wildly.
Lexinell looked at the football lying in the goal, and felt quite annoyed, this goal had a lot to do with the fact that he did not make up for the empty space left by Matthew in time.
Playing away from home, being 1-0 down in the first half meant Sheffield United were going into a difficult phase.
At this time, head coach Wilson stood up from the dugout, walked quickly to the side of the court, and shouted: "Don't care about that goal, continue to defend solidly!" We are Blade, and we can do it! ”
The manager's timely comfort and encouragement dispelled the disappointment in the hearts of the players, and they returned to their positions and waited for the game to start again.
In fact, Wilson himself was very anxious, falling behind by one goal in the first half, which was very fatal to Sheffield United.
He was anxious in his heart, and kept muttering to himself: Defense, alas, defense is still not stable enough!
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized something, and immediately turned his head to look at the bench, where Zhang Xu also happened to look at him......
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