Chapter 21: How to Kick This Ball!
Nathan Ellington opens the scoring for Wigan Athletic!
He slotted the ball into the Ipswich goal with an easy push. As the ball crossed the goal line, sparks flew everywhere and the JJB stadium exploded instantly.
Fans cheered and shouted everywhere.
This is Wigan Athletic's second home game, and the opponent is still the strength of Ipswich, who did not expect the team to open the scoring in the opening six minutes to lead their opponents by one goal.
It's amazing, it's amazing!
Wigan Athletic fans are thrilled!
The protagonist on the pitch has long since become Nathan Ellington, and the timing of his plug-in is too good. At the right time, he was in the best position.
"Nathan, well done!"
"You're awesome, ha, scoring so quickly."
"I just want to say, Nathan, you're in luck!" It was Brejin who ran over and said something fair, "Zhang's shot is hitting you, I'm so jealous of you!" ”
A crowd of people surrounded Ellington, and only Zhang Tiehan had a black face.
It was probably the best long-range shot since I crossed, with power and angle, but the ball hit the post, and the goal was given to Ellington, not even an assist.
It's a pity that no one comforts him, and blessings will only be given to those who score goals.
But the people off the pitch see more, and for the coaches of Wigan Athletic, it doesn't make a difference if it's a goal, as long as it's their team's goal.
Nathan Ellington is very good, he was also introduced by Jewell, but after more than a year of getting along, Jewell knows Ellington very well, and he is more concerned about this offense.
A successful quick counterattack!
The initiator is Zhang Tiehan, it is Zhang Tiehan who carries the ball, and the first shot is Zhang Tiehan, although he did not score, but Zhang Tiehan is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the goal, and he created an opportunity for Ellington to push the empty goal.
"I didn't expect him to be able to do well offensively." In the Wigan Athletic dugout, assistant coach St Brown was surprised, "I always felt that Zhang couldn't attack at all. ”
Jewell looked composed, "What's so strange about this, Zhang is training to shoot every day, and before coming to my team, he scored in two Manchester United warm-up games. ”
"Looks like we still don't know him very well, and I guess so do you, Paul." Strang said thoughtfully.
Jewell pondered for a moment and didn't answer.
The game had just begun, and the celebration at Wigan Athletic lasted less than a minute before the game resumed.
The attack just now was quite fast, and what the Ipswich players remembered was Zhang Tiehan's speed and that quite powerful shot, and nothing else.
They don't think Wigan Athletic are that strong.
Although it was Luciano's mistake that led to the goal conceded, the Ipswich players still believed in Luciano, who was the captain of the team and the heart of the midfield. Luciano is still tasked with leading the team's attack.
But now he's playing a lot more securely.
The first time he was stealed, he thought it was just a mistake, and the second time he felt strange. The opponent's No. 13 can snatch two balls from him in a row, so he definitely has some strength. He has become much more stable, as long as the football is at his feet, when Zhang Tiehan comes up to grab the ball, he immediately passes the ball to his teammates as soon as possible.
Caution kept him from conceding easily.
It's just that Luciano's teammates don't know what's going on at all, they only think that the two steals just now were Luciano's mistakes, and they don't care too much about it at all. When the football was at the feet of others and Zhang Tiehan stepped forward to grab the ball, some of them still couldn't help but want to shake it, and the result was that the offense ended in front of Zhang Tiehan again and again.
Zhang Tiehan is so excited!
Walking into the stadium, even at the beginning of the game, he was still a little nervous, after all, this was his first time participating in a regular professional league, or starting at JJB Stadium, facing so many Wigan Athletic fans, nervousness was inevitable, he had no experience, and it was not surprising. But after integrating into the game and completing a steal, he is not nervous, but hopes that the opponent will underestimate him and give him a chance to perform.
There is no better way to make mistakes than his opponents, which makes him perform more refreshed time and time again!
The beginning was Luciano. Then there's their full-back, Edward O'Connor. Then it was the turn of opposition full-back Shane Upson.
Especially the stupid full-back, after receiving the goalkeeper's pass, wanted to show his footwork.
Zhang Tiehan didn't have time to run back, just symbolically scaring the opponent in the past, and as a result, he grabbed the ball directly. It's a pity that the position was too bad at that time, and there was no one around him to answer the teammate, so he could only shoot directly with two balls, and finally the football deviated from the goal by more than five meters and flew out of the bottom line.
"Hahaha...... It turns out that I am already so good. After completing consecutive steals, Zhang Tiehan's confidence increased greatly, and the game became more and more in shape.
The Ipswich players are feeling terrible!
One is a mistake, two is a mistake, if it happens to the same person, three can also be said to be mistakes, the game is not in good shape, but after a series of 'steals', all Ipswich players know - this is not a simple mistake!
Every time it is planted in the hands of the same person, then it proves that this person is powerful.
The opponent's No. 13 is too strong in stealing!
"Be careful, don't let him get close, pass the ball more!" Ipswich head coach Lamb shouted at the top of his lungs. With more than 20 minutes played, his team had been tackled six times by the same player, and even a fool could see something. Obviously, no one is stupid here.
Every Ipswich player can see it, and so does the Ipswich manager.
This young Thirteen is too dangerous!
"Young, calm, decisive, fast......" comments came out of Lamb's mind one after another, he was not in the mood to praise the opposing players, but he had already scolded in his heart.
What the hell is going on with this young man?
Why didn't anyone tell him before the game that Wigan Athletic had such a defensive player?
Did he come out of nowhere!
Lamb can guarantee that he has never heard the name 'tiehan-zhang', and he doesn't know that Wigan Athletic still has a number three, but what to do now, this young man's continuous steals, disrupting his own side's offense, and failing again and again, will definitely make the player lose confidence.
How can you play if you don't have confidence?
He could only run to the sidelines and yell constantly, telling his players to give everyone confidence, "Pay attention to the ball, pass more!" They're just Wigan Athletic, play normally and we'll win! Lamb didn't believe it.
It's just good to have a player letter.
Such a few consecutive encouragement and commands, at least let the players see that Lamb, the head coach, has not lost confidence, and they have played a lot more methodically.
Soon Ipsvich was playing well again.
After all, they are very strong, they are an old powerhouse in League One, many players are experienced and have a strong mental capacity, and when they found that as long as they did not allow the opponent's number 13 to steal, there were no other problems at all, they began to pose a threat to the Wigan Athletic goal again.
At the same time, Zhang Tiehan felt that he had to change his strategy.
From the beginning of the game, whenever the opponent attacked, he wanted to run over slowly, to steal the opponent, once, twice, many times successfully, which gave him a lot of confidence, and at the same time the opponent was also vigilant.
They don't give themselves any chance to get close to football at all!
"Think that's all it takes?" Zhang Tiehan thought secretly.
Since you see me and pass the ball, I'm going to keep running, keep running, so that you always have to be careful, and force you to keep passing, and see what you do!
He is well aware of his strengths, which are the body.
As for defensive skills, defensive coordination or something, he can't compare to his teammates at all, once the opponent sees him and passes, it is not easy for him to want to perform.
Then all you need to do is keep running and disrupt the opponent's attack!
It's that simple.
The opponent started to attack again, Luciano took the ball, and Zhang Tiehan ran over. Luciano could only hand the ball to his teammate Earps, and Zhang Tiehan immediately turned around and ran towards Earps. Earps immediately passed the ball to the wide Trotter, who was about to run wild with the ball only to find that the opponent's number 13 was running towards him again.
Trotter hesitated slightly, but found that Earps was plugged in, followed by an opposing player, and he couldn't get the ball back.
So now he only has two choices, either he has a hard fight with Zhang Tiehan, and it is best to pass the other party, and if he can't pass the other party, he will be stealed, or he will go to the long pass. The experience of several teammates told him that it was not a wise choice to pass the number three, and Elliot hesitated and opted for a long pass.
He made the right choice.
It's a pity that when passing the ball, he was a little flustered when he saw Zhang Tiehan rushing over, but the long pass was a little bit wrong, and the football was truncated by Wigan Athletic players from the middle.
The ball changed hands and Ipswich's attack came to an end.
With this success, Zhang Tiehan has greatly increased his confidence, and he has found his own unique defensive method - he doesn't need to look at how the opponent attacks, and he doesn't need to look at the team's defensive formation, in the front of the penalty area, he just keeps running with the ball, simple and direct, but he likes it very much.
Don't think about it, just keep running!
Let the opponent be afraid of themselves, force the opponent to pass the ball again and again, unless they can simply use a few passes to complete the attack, otherwise it will definitely be chaotic, and then it will be the team's chance, maybe not their own chance, but what does it matter? It's enough to stop the other person.
Soon the Ipswich players found themselves in a second annoyance.
The other party's thirteenth is simply entangled!
This guy runs endlessly, he keeps running, and the physical consumption must be great, but the important thing is that they don't dare to let him get close to the football at all, and can only be forced to pass the ball again and again.
Ipswich is not Barcelona!
Even the 'International Passing Masters Team' has times when they make mistakes, not to mention the League One team that has always been ordinary, at least passing is definitely not what Ipswich is good at, too many short passes can only make them make more mistakes.
Often, a wrong pass means the end of the attack.
It soon became clear that their own side's attack was in shambles. The opponent's No. 13 always chased the ball, they had to pass the ball back and forth, this alone took a lot of energy, the result is that after 20 minutes, they didn't even touch the opponent's penalty area, but the opponent's attack played vividly, and the small cooperation again and again constantly threatened their own players.
The game is played like this, how can this ball be played?
PS: Today's World Cup starts!
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