Chapter Ninety-Eight: A Decisive Battle in the Air
"Zhang! Shake off each other! Shot! It's a pity...... The football deviated from the bottom line of the post, and it was almost a little bit, and it almost rewrote the score. Mick Williams said with regret, and that tone seemed to be even more regretful than Zhang Tiehan.
'Zhang was silent for half an hour, but judging from this kick, his form is back and we expect to see him keep it up, so the victory will belong to Wigan Athletic. This is our Zhang, our HARDMAN!"
Sweeney stood up from the ground, he gasped and looked at Zhang Tiehan who was running back regretfully, with some helplessness on his face.
He felt that he had just made a defensive mistake.
Wigan Athletic ignored Sweeney's expression, and they ran to Zhang Tiehan's side and said the shot just now.
"Yes, Zhang, that's it, blast them with your right foot! Let them be afraid! Hahaha! ”
"them!"
"Whoever dares to stand in the way will be knocked out of the field!"
A group of unscrupulous teammates said it completely carelessly, and the meaning of the words was smaller than that of the small **, but football is originally a sport to vent emotions, and they are like this on the field, and they say more Sven than the Wigan fans.
Wigan fans felt that the foul Sweeney was to blame for not scoring just now, and they all began to pay tribute to Sweeney's eighteenth generation ancestor.
Wigan fans are happy!
In the first half hour, the team did not play any threatening goals, although they took the initiative on the field, but the fans always liked to watch the goal, always the wonderful shot that threatened the opponent, not the situation.
Now that Zhang Tiehan has come to such a kick, they have immediately become more energetic!
The whole game was much more sophisticated because of this shot, including those reporters on the sidelines, even Millwall players, and of course, there was an exception, that was Millwall manager Wise.
Before the game, Wise was worried about the team's carelessness.
Sure enough, when it came to the game, their team was obviously careless, they were a little out of shape, the game had started for forty minutes, and there were still a few of them who were not in shape, and frequent mistakes were the reason why they were passive.
However, he did not expect that the first threat to the goal would be the opponent's number 13.
He made a lot of defensive arrangements for Zhang Tiehan before the game, and he thought that these arrangements would work, but the opponent still created a threat, even the most threatening goal from the opening to now.
Is it luck? Or are your players unable to defend against each other?
Sweeney should be fine!
Wise thought that in the previous game, the number 13 was not a threat, and the limited few touches were tackled, which proved that his defensive arrangement was good, so that is to say, it was likely to be just Sweeney's mistake, and it was normal for the opponent to suddenly start and not restrict.
Wise hopes so.
In this case, Millwall still has a lot of chances, he doesn't have to worry about anything, the game has been half an hour, and it is estimated that after this goal, the players should also adapt to the game.
The tide could be turned.
Jewell's views are diametrically opposed to Wise's...... Mainly compared to Wise, he knows Zhang Tiehan better, he knows that Zhang Tiehan's bad performance before is because of what he does, but it is not that the opponent's defense is tight, but that he doesn't care about the game at all, but uses Millwall as a living training prop, obviously the Sweeney who defends Zhang Tiehan is the best prop, whenever Zhang Tiehan gets the ball, he will always appear next to Zhang Tiehan.
And this time, Zhang Tiehan got rid of it successfully!
This is very important, the first time to get rid of the success, then there will be a second time, but Jewell is still worried that Zhang Tiehan will always think about getting rid of it and waste some opportunities.
But as the match progressed, he quickly became less worried.
……
This is the game, Zhang Tiehan knows it very well.
Just now he was just a little unwilling, he was cut off by the opponent again and again, he felt that he was doing a good job, but the opponent could still break the ball, several times in a row, coupled with the success of this time, Zhang Tiehan also found some tricks.
The opponent can always break his ball, the main reason is that he is incoherent when he gets rid of it, and he is still thinking about which direction to turn or something before he gets rid of it, which will definitely be seen through by the opponent.
If you just subconsciously turn in one direction, then it is impossible for the opponent to judge it directly.
Be decisive!
No matter what you do, you have to be decisive, this is quite important, this success just now made Zhang Tiehan understand this truth, you have to be decisive in what you do, with decisiveness, coupled with your own starting speed, physical advantages, etc., it is difficult for the opponent to stop the ball at his feet.
That's it.
Knowing this, Zhang Tiehan is full of confidence, he is not focusing on getting rid of Sweeney, but starting an official game, if there is a chance, the choice to get rid of is better, of course he will try, but when other options are better, he will also make other choices.
Getting rid of opponents is just one of the options.
Millwall, or what Wise didn't expect was that Wigan Athletic's offense was getting better and better in the next game, especially Zhang Tiehan, after really integrating into the game, Sweeney had nothing to do with him.
He's running around the box, inside and out, rushing in when he has the chance, and if a team-mate can pass the ball at the right time, it's a good chance.
He alone had messed up Millwall's formation.
Wigan Athletic also pressed a little in an instant, and both full-backs crossed the halfway line and began to insert assists frequently, so that Zhang Tiehan had more opportunities.
But at the same time, Millwall's formation was compressed in front of the goal, and they formed a dense crowd, so that the long-range shooting means were not very chanceful, and then Zhang Tiehan asked his teammates to pass more high balls, and he had to fight the opponent in the air.
Wigan Athletic's tactics were originally based on Zhang Tiehan as the core, two strikers, Zhang Tiehan is one, and the real striker is Ellington, but the latter's header is average, and when he picks up leaks, he can still get a lot of opportunities by pulling and running back and forth, especially when Zhang Tiehan attracts the attention of the other party.
Together, the threat is not small.
As soon as Zhang Tiehan took the initiative to ask for the ball, Wigan Athletic's attack became simple and direct, and they passed high balls towards the penalty area when they had the opportunity, and Zhang Tiehan and the opposing defender engaged in a hand-to-hand fight in the penalty area.
Soon Zhang Tiehan became the protagonist in the opponent's penalty area.
He is the only protagonist.
Of course, if there is a protagonist, there will be a supporting role, and there are several villain supporting roles, that is, Millwall's defenders, they have been desperate to defend Zhang Tiehan, the biggest supporting role is Sweeney, his height is more than Zhang Tiehan, and he is also very advantageous in heading, but it is a pity that he is a little thin, his confrontation ability is not strong, and the bounce is also very average, every time he defends Zhang Tiehan, he has his share, but he has never touched the ball, and after Zhang Tiehan touches the ball, often he is not standing aside and powerless, It was to fall directly on the grass.
Perhaps the referee sympathized with him......
Zhang Tiehan fought for the ball three times in the penalty area, and two of them were considered fouls by the referee, mainly because Sweeney fell too badly.
This time Ridell crossed again.
Seeing this kick, the hearts of Wigan fans watching the game tightened, because the ball was passed too accurately, and the landing point of the football was just about one meter in front of Zhang Tiehan, and this landing point was the best position to compete for a header.
It's just that Zhang Tiehan is not standing on the side, but on the route of the football, he didn't see the Riddle pass just now, he couldn't launch the 'see through', and he didn't know the landing point of the football, he had to turn his back and slowly retreat, while judging the landing point of the ball, and two opposing players interfered with him.
"This is it!" When the football fell, Zhang Tiehan had a judgment.
Then he jumped up!
A lot of people are concerned about the situation in the restricted area. When Ridell passed the ball and saw another scramble for a header, everyone saw Zhang Tiehan's figure unsurprisingly.
He jumped!
At the same time, two Millwall players jumped up.
It's just that Zhang Tiehan jumped higher, and when the two Millwall players had risen to the highest point, he still went up, up, and finally near the highest point, he shook his head towards the goal.
At this point, the football falls right in front of the head!
Touch!
It was a header, but it made a muffled sound like kicking a ball with his feet, and the ball swerved in the air and rushed straight to a corner.
That position is on the right side of the goal.
The goalkeeper is standing on the right side of the goal...... This angle is quite bad, from Zhang Tiehan's header to the time the ball flies over the threshold, Millwall's goalkeeper Marc has no reaction, he can not do anything as he sees the ball flying past his hand --
Ball, too fast!
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“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!” The moment the ball flew into the goal, Mick Williams roared as hard as he could, his voice as if it had been muffled for the whole century, and all of a sudden it was vented.
"Forty-first minute! Header from Zhang! WE WAITED A HALF AND FINALLY GOT THE GOAL, ZHANG, OUR HARDMAN, WHO OPENED THE SCORING FOR THE TEAM, A CLEAN HEADER! ”
"Wigan Athletic leads 1-0!"
After pushing the ball out, Zhang Tiehan was still in the air, and he collided with two other Millwall players, and the three of them were in a mess in the air, except that Zhang Tiehan was on top and the two of them were below.
The three of them crashed into a ball and fell to the ground.
Zhang Tiehan's weight was pressed on the two of them, and the eyes of the two Millwall players were straight to Venus, one of them was Sweeney, who was specially to keep an eye on Zhang Tiehan.
Sweeney was lying on the grass at this time, his calf was pressed by Zhang Tiehan's body, and it hurt from the bones, but fortunately after a while, after a brief treatment, he was not injured.
But the wound in his heart was even more serious......
He looked at Zhang Tiehan, thinking about the collision in the air just now, and there was some fear in his eyes.
Just now he felt like he had hit a wall instead of a person...... He has a good height, but his body is not strong, in fact, he is still a little thin, his confrontation ability is not strong, but it is not bad, but he collided with Zhang Tiehan so much just now, which made him a little afraid.
If he did it again, he didn't know if he would be so lucky not to get hurt.
He cherishes his health more than he competes.
After all, losing a game is just a league loss, and it doesn't affect him much, but if he gets injured, a minor injury will take a few weeks, and a big injury will affect his career, he doesn't want to get hurt, no player wants to get hurt.
So he was a little afraid of Zhang Tiehan.
Zhang Tiehan got up from the ground, his pants were full of green grass clippings and dirt, but he didn't care where he played, he ran to the sideline with open arms, and rushed to the grass again with shouts.
"Look, Zhang's celebration is really ingenious, he's like a bomber diving straight to the ground......" Williams teased.
Zhang Tiehan was just venting after the goal.
It wasn't actually a good celebration, and when he got up from the grass again, the front of his jersey was dirty, and he clapped his hand a few times and hugged his teammates who came over.