Chapter 005: Participate in the team training match
The players on the pitch had just noticed the brunette boy who had followed Paul into the pitch, and Ryan heard the shouts and ran to the sidelines.
Wang Li changed into a jersey and sneakers in his backpack on the lawn and went on the court.
Wolverhampton's youth team often has youngsters who apply for a tryout here and will take every opportunity to show themselves, and for these people, a few dozen minutes on the pitch is their last chance to join the youth team.
It's very rare to be able to participate in an intra-squad training match, and generally speaking, there is a tryout every weekend where every young man who comes to try out gets 20 to 40 minutes, and all they need to do is to perform as much as they can during that time.
The same is true for Wang Li, who, just yesterday, was thinking of putting on a Maradona-style goal on the pitch to win the coach's appreciation.
But now he is in trouble, for the first five minutes, he was running in vain, for a teenager who has just come here for a trial, these youth team main players are still a little unsightly, so no one will pass the ball to him.
The current situation on the field is not optimistic for Wang Li, and it is better to even go directly to the trial match, at least where he can still receive passes from midfielders who can show his passing ability.
"He seems to be in trouble." Paul said to Old Wood.
"Well, then let's see how this young man solves it, if he can't even solve this, he can't become a qualified professional player." Old Wood said with some emotion.
Although Wang Li has not received the ball for a long time, he has not been discouraged, the court is a place where strength speaks, and he believes in his own strength.
It didn't take long for the opportunity to lay out in front of us.
Charlie. Muller had been keeping an eye on the new brunette from the start. After receiving a pass from the goalkeeper, he dribbled forward along the left wing.
'Let's break through from you, and by the way, let you see the strength of the main striker of the Wolves youth team. ’
He dribbles very fast, and his left and right feet take turns on the rolling football, and his dribbling level is really not bad.
However, this has no effect on Wang Li at all. This flashy dribbling can't hide from his eyes, Charlie. Muller was just about to get past him with a beautiful half-turn when he stomped on the tip of his left foot on the fast-rolling soccer ball and the ball immediately came to a standstill.
At this time, Charlie's body had advanced more than a meter under the action of inertia.
"This young man's defensive ability is not bad, he can break the ball from Charlie's feet so easily, even if Charlie is a little careless, with his tackling ability, he is enough to be a youth team substitute defender." Old Wood looked at Paul and said with a smile, but when he turned his head to look at Wang Li's somewhat thin body, he shook his head with a sigh...
On this court, no one takes the newcomer Wang Li as the protagonist, even in the professional league. Chances are earned on your own, and if you want to be respected, you have to prove yourself on the pitch.
Wang Li now has a good opportunity, he got the ball and quickly pushed forward along the wing.
At his current pace, it takes less than ten seconds to dribble the ball from the midline to the baseline, and he has advanced to the baseline before the opponent can react.
At this time, the other party had already separated two people to wrap him up, and they didn't want this newcomer to be arrogant on this court.
Looking at the two people who came up, Wang Li showed a slanted smile at the corner of his mouth, his right foot quickly swept over the ball, pulled back to the back of his body, and then knocked the ball to the right with his right foot, and the ball rolled back.
The big black man, who was a little farther away from the baseline, reacted, twisted his body, and ran towards the ball.
But now the ball did not leave Wang Li's body, his feet quickly turned around in an incredible swing form, and his left foot quickly pulled the ball back, and the big black body was immediately thrown over, he didn't have the ability to twist like Wang Li...
said that it was too late, that time was fast, and the process was only a few seconds, and Wang Li took the ball out of the encirclement of the two and entered the big penalty area.
At this time, he was a little worried, he had not practiced tactics, nor had he cooperated with others, at this time he was a little at a loss, whether to shoot directly or pass the ball?
Looking at his teammates nearby, he didn't know who to pass to.
The thought was in his head for a split second, and he decided to shoot. At this time, the probability of scoring a goal is obviously greater, and the level of your own shooting is not bad.
The ball bounced upwards with his right foot, and when the ball bounced, he swung his calf slightly with his left foot, and the ball flew straight towards the goal.
It's a pity that the hit was a little crooked, and it passed the goal.
Wang Li sighed, and ran back to his position, this time he felt a little sudden, if he could shoot more correctly, he would definitely score.
After this attack, he has become a little bit integrated into the game, and to be able to win, and even to score a goal himself, is his goal.
The field was a little quiet, most of the people stared at Wang Li twice, this black-haired kid's shot just now was too unexpected, can that kind of action also shoot, just like an acrobatic performance, they have changed their opinion of this black-haired kid a little, at least he has some talent, even if it was just a flash of inspiration just now, it was very good.
Woodgate's aging face on the sidelines was now full of smiles, and he said to Paul next to him with some excitement: "We may have picked up a treasure this time, he dribbles quickly, his passing level is also very good, and he can play such creative shots, he is indeed very talented." ”
Creativity is the biggest difference between a superstar and an ordinary player, Woodgate quite agrees with this, seeing Wang Li is like seeing the proud capital in the future, how he hopes to be able to say in front of old friends in the future: "Look at that xx is the child I taught." Then enjoy the adoring gaze of others.
So the more he looks at Wang Li running on the field now, the more pleasing it is to the eye.
Paul smiled the same, and then said with some doubts: "Then why did the Arsenal youth team reject him?" It's really strange, could it be that there is a problem with his passing, you see he is so lonely on the field, he hasn't passed the ball once for half a day. ”
Old Wood nodded in agreement, and said, "Perhaps, call him down later, let him prepare to move to Wolverhampton, and I will go to Jose and ask him to give this young man a contract for the youth team." ”
Wang Li, who was running desperately on the field, didn't know that his performance had impressed Old Wood.
However, now he is a little embarrassed, although he is performing at a very good level, but after getting the ball, he bored his head and led forward, so no one else will pass the ball to him, so he can only run desperately to make himself more contact with the ball and perform more.
'It's time for me to practice passing,' he thought.
In fact, he can pass the ball to other people's feet very accurately, but he doesn't know who to pass to, especially when the front court is chaotic, he is even more overwhelmed.
This is due to the problem of the big picture, he has never received formal football training, and the feeling on the field cannot be copied from experience, but Wang Li believes that after receiving formal training, this aspect will definitely be strengthened.
After more than 30 minutes of confrontation, the game was finally over, and after walking to the sidelines, Paul told Wang Li that he had been recognized by Old Wood, and informed him to move to Wolverhampton as soon as possible.