Chapter 44 Like a Fish in Water
No matter what the fans' expectations are, it will not affect Chen Lin's game status on the field. Chen Lin did not perform well in the first half, not because he was not active enough, nor because he could not establish himself in the striker position, but simply because of his humility.
Chen Lin got a few good opportunities in the first half of the game, but he gave them all to Donovan, for Donovan, Chen Lin was originally more respectful, of course, respect also means not understanding, Chen Lin would not have thought that Donovan's positivity was aimed at him.
Chen Lin just felt that in the first half of the game, he played very awkward because of Donovan's existence, he never thought that Donovan would deliberately target himself, Chen Lin thought that he had no grudge against Donovan, and it was difficult to threaten Donovan's status in the team with his own strength.
But even so, Donovan still regarded Chen Lin as his imaginary enemy.
Throughout the first half of the game, the LA Galaxy team got many more chances to score than the Vancouver Whitecaps, but they did not take advantage of it once, and the clash between the two forwards made the LA Galaxy attack unable to form a final goal.
Of course, the most important thing is that Donovan didn't grasp the opportunity, Chen Lin really got a few chances, many fans only saw that Chen Lin didn't open enough shots for Donovan, but they didn't realize that in some cases, the player who really needed to open up the space was Donovan.
Donovan not only did not do that, but desperately snatched the opportunity that belonged to Chen Lin, not that Chen Lin's position overlapped with Donovan, but that Donovan took the initiative to weaken Chen Lin's role on the field.
This directly led to the LA Galaxy falling behind in the first half of the game, their own opportunities could not be grasped, and other people's opportunities were desperately snatched, Donovan showed the fans an extremely failed first half of the game!
Donovan was very positive, but he was not positive in the wrong place, he didn't actively think about breaking the opponent's goal, but racked his brains to limit his teammates.
It's no wonder that Arena's face is so gloomy, the player he looked at at the end of the first half was not Chen Lin, but Donovan who followed Chen Lin, Donovan's actions in the game were not just as simple as not following the arrangement, he disrupted the offensive rhythm of the entire LA Galaxy team, and disrupted the normal order of the entire warm-up game.
For such a player, Arenal decisively substituted the field, he doesn't care whether you are the hero of the team, and whether you are a player who has a huge role in the team, in Arena's view, there is no player on the field who cannot be replaced, even if it is Beckham, when the state is really low, he will be thrown by Arenal on the bench.
Of course, a dedicated player like David Beckham rarely has a moment when his form is sluggish, he can be unmotivated, he can be unmotivated, but good professionalism will still allow him to play his due role in the game.
※※※
After Donovan was replaced, the LA Galaxy's frontcourt looked much more orderly, without Donovan's messy run, Chen Lin and Kirovsky both occupied their positions, which made the defensive pressure on the Vancouver Whitecaps also increased.
Just two minutes into the second half, Chen Lin tried to hit the goal, and the football hit the post, startling Vancouver Whitecap goalkeeper Cannon in a cold sweat.
"Chen Lin knocks on the door! The football hit the post, which was the most threatening kick of the Los Angeles Galaxy team in this warm-up game, but unfortunately Chen Lin's luck was a little worse, and the football was blocked by the post. The narrator's explanation caused a roll of the eyes of the commentator next to him.
"Chen Lin, it's a pity, if this shot was played by Donovan, maybe the LA Galaxy would have equalized." The commentator in the field was still tormented by Arena's decision at half-time, and he would rather see Chen Lin replaced than Donovan......
Reading between the lines of the commentator, fans can also hear that he is dissatisfied with Arena, the commentator is complaining about Donovan, and he really hopes that Chen Lin will not perform well, so that Arena will regret his decision!
However, the reality did not go in the direction he had hoped, and after Donovan's departure, the new attacking combination of Chen Lin and Kirovski posed a great threat to the Vancouver Whitecaps' goal.
Kirovski is a player born in '76 who has spent his entire career in Major League Soccer, Kirovski has not played for European teams, but he is a very experienced veteran, and he has been playing with Donovan as the main striker for a long time, and he is very good at creating shooting opportunities and openings for Donovan.
Overall, Kirovski is one of those playmaker-oriented strikers who doesn't score too many goals in a single season, but is a vital part of the team's attack.
Kirovski likes to hide himself behind Donovan, he can always use his excellent movement and experience to create better opportunities for Donovan, he does not steal the show with Donovan, but rather assists him wholeheartedly, and he is considered the best partner of Donovan's career.
This is also one of the reasons why Donovan will be dissatisfied with Chen Lin and target Chen Lin, he doesn't want to lose the assistance of this best partner, except for Kirovsky, where else can Donovan find a partner who is so willing to hide behind his back, do you expect Chen Lin?
Chen Lin will definitely not be under the crowd, just because he dared to challenge Beckham as soon as he joined the team, Donovan also knew that Chen Lin could not be the kind of player who would assist him in scoring goals in the front line.
Donovan had a deep sense of crisis, he was afraid that without Kirovsky's assistance, his number of goals would drop sharply, and he was even more afraid that Chen Lin would steal his limelight, which led him to go so hard to target Chen Lin in the first half of the game.
However, Donovan did not succeed in suppressing Chen Lin's desire, but he succeeded in exchange for Kirovsky's opportunity to play, but unfortunately this time, Kirovsky did not assist him Donovan, but assisted Chen Lin.
Partnering with Kirovsky, Chen Lin is like a fish in water on the front line, he can play how he wants, no matter how he plays, he seems to be able to pose a great threat to the opponent's goal, coupled with Beckham's constant threatening passes on the side, it seems that Chen Lin is only a matter of time before he wants to score.
Chen Lin's performance is getting better and better, and with Kirovsky opening up for him, Chen Lin has to do very simply, he only needs to receive accurate passes from his teammates, especially Beckham, and then send the football into the opponent's door.
To Arena's surprise, there seems to be a natural telepathy between Chen Lin and Beckham, he can always appear in Beckham's passing route in advance, and Beckham's passing seems to have added a guidance system, which can always find Chen Lin extremely accurately.
The only question now is how well Chen Lin shoots and whether he can convert the chances created for him by his teammates into goals......