Chapter 20 No. 13

JJB Stadium.

The audience was two-thirds full, and given the size of the stadium, there were at least nearly 20,000 fans.

This is Wigan Athletic's second home stadium.

When the players entered, more than 20,000 fans shouted, and the entire stadium was instantly buried in flames, and the heat swept through the blood of every Wigan Athletic player who took to the court, inspiring their fighting spirit and bravery, while bringing only pressure to the opponent.

This is JJB Stadium, the home of Wigan Athletic!

After only ten days, stepping into the JJB stadium again, Zhang Tiehan's feeling was completely different.

The last time I was a Manchester United player, now I'm a Wigan Athletic player, and when I get here, I step onto this stadium and the cheering fans in the stands are supporting their team, shouting their names, and they are all their team-mates.

It's a pity that there is no name for him.

"Even if someone knows my name now, they won't understand it at all." Zhang Tiehan thought self-deprecatingly.

It is difficult for Westerners to pronounce the accent of 'zhang'.

Running back, while observing the opponent's offensive line, Zhang Tiehan quickly retreated to the front of the penalty area.

He didn't rush forward, just slowly retreated, waiting for the other party to attack. The area he defended was roughly in the middle of the pitch, from the edge of the box to near the halfway line. This area is too big, and the coach told him many times not to rush too far, it will be fatal in defense.

Soon the opponent passed a few feet, and the football was handed to midfielder Luciano.

Luciano is the midfielder of Ipswich Town, whose attacks often start from Luciano, and he is the initiator, playmaker and captain of the team. A player who is so in control of the overall situation is very cautious with the ball.

He controls the ball and moves forward slowly.

Luciano is 30 years old and has never played in the high league, but he has a lot of experience in the game and his outstanding individual ability is enough to make many League One teams remember him.

Jewell also told Luciano to be careful before the game.

That's the power of a star!

If the football game is a fight, then Luciano is one of the strongest, the best, he will be very cautious in the face of the strong, but most opponents are not as good as him, and the momentum of the strong alone is enough to deter some people.

Luciano was dribbling the ball and was slow.

While dribbling the ball, he also has to watch the direction of his teammates' runs to prepare for the attack. He's crossed the halfway line and he's still moving forward.

Ipswich is very confident in Luciano, and they don't know how many times this kind of cooperation has been in this way, they are not worried that someone can grab the ball at Luciano's feet, because hundreds of times, Luciano can pass the ball steadily, even if there are occasional mistakes, he can pass the ball to the nearest teammate in a crisis.

That's strength!

A Wigan Athletic player slowly retreats, but not fast. The distance between him and Luciano slowly narrowed, and after more than five meters of distance between the two, he suddenly accelerated.

The other Ipswich players were not the least worried.

They haven't seen the Wigan Athletic player who rushed forward, which means that this player is not famous, a player who is not famous, wants to directly snatch Luciano's ball? What a whims!

If you rush forward like this, the result will only be easily passed.

They don't worry.

But they noticed the shirt number of the Wigan Athletic player, the number thirteen, what an ironic number, and someone would choose the number 13 shirt, did he think he was the heart of the German team?

After only a flash of time, it was seen that the thirteenth Wigan Athletic had approached Luciano.

Then, Luciano controls the ball, shakes off his opponent and passes the ball out with ease. They were slowly running forward, all in good positions ready to catch the ball.

But immediately they were stunned.

The young man quickly approached Luciano, and then intercepted the football with an accurate kick, Luciano also kicked the ball, but his strength was not great, and the two feet collided on both sides of the football, and Luciano fell.

Luciano is down!

He lay down on the grass with his body leaned, but the referee did not blow the whistle, because everyone in the audience could clearly see that Luciano had fallen on the foot.

Simple, fast and accurate! A clean steal!

JJB stadium commentator Mick Williams exclaimed, "It's the thirteenth!" He snatched the ball, beautiful! ”

"It was a very clean tackle, I would say, he did a good job, he gave the ball to Andy, who came in, and Andy passed again, it was Nathan!"

"Nathan! He broke through, dribbled forward, oh ~~~~~~"

'It's a shame that Nathan could have moved forward a little bit more, it was a bit early. However, Ipswich's goalkeeper was very decisive and to take the ball further forward was equivalent to handing the ball to the goalkeeper, probably before the game started, and our Nathan was a little nervous, and his lob was a little bit deflected......"

Where is a little off!

It's almost ten meters off!

However, no Wigan Athletic fan will question Mick's words, because it was Nathan, Nathan Ellington, the top scorer in the English Second Division last season, and the talented striker of Wigan Athletic.

It's just a bit of a shame that we didn't score.

It's a pity that some fans remembered the steal just now, and those who don't know the inside story can say it, especially the more professional fans, who know that Luciano is not easy to grab the ball at Luciano's feet.

Is that the Thirteenth?

At the beginning of the game, many people, especially many local fans in the field, noticed Wigan Athletic's number 13.

Some of them have watched Wigan Athletic and Manchester United play, but the stadium is so big, it is not easy for a player to see what he looks like, and some have recently gone to see the team training, this part of the people can know the way, but most people are not impressed at all. Fans of the new players on the team know that it would be nice to have half of them.

So when the team first played, they just noticed Zhang Tiehan and didn't care at all.

A new player, worth 400,000 mediocre and mediocre, has nothing to care about.

But now, there are quite a few people who are interested.

For the players on the field, they don't pay attention to the hobbies of the opposing players, naturally for the players of Ipswich, a steal, is really nothing, even if your strength is strong, when it comes to the game, mistakes are inevitable.

Anyway, the opponent didn't score, and no one would blame Luciano.

And then...... There was a second time.

It was the fifth minute of the opening game, and Ipswich's attack, still Luciano with the ball, still attacking from the middle and dribbling the ball across the halfway line.

The young man came again.

Luciano dribbled the ball forward steadily, looking left and right, but his eyes kept paying attention to the front, and the young man who had just stolen him approached again.

Luciano had a guess about the steal just now, but he didn't care too much, just secretly praised the other party's strength in his heart. can kick him down directly, the opponent's strength is really great. However, the strength of a football game is of little use.

If you want to perform well, you must have skills, a body, and a brain!

In Luciano's opinion, the young man who stole himself just now almost had 'no brains' written on his face, and Luciano was a little angry that this kind of reckless guy could actually snatch his ball.

So he wants to get back face!

He, Luciano is a powerhouse on the football field!

continued to dribble forward, and sure enough, the thirteenth approached again, and slowly the distance narrowed, about five meters, and the opponent rushed over again!

Luciano stretches out his foot and pulls the ball to the left!

Sure enough, the other party could only stop in a hurry......

"No brains!" The corners of Luciano's mouth are slightly upturned, the tip of his left foot is a little behind the ball, and the ball rolls forward, and he calmly dribbles around the left side.

Look no further.

He tricked his opponent with a feint that made the opponent lose his balance, and he was able to shake his opponent with ease no matter how he changed direction.

That's the experience!

For experienced veterans, passing is not that complicated, and the foot skills do not need to be too fancy, and only one or two of the simplest movements are needed, which is completely sufficient.

Luciano was smug when he suddenly felt like he had hit a wall!

Yes, a wall!

Looking more closely, he realized that there was only a big 'thirteen' in front of him, and it hurt when he hit his shoulder and jaw like this, and before he could see what was happening, he felt that his stomach was violently attacked.

Bang it hard!

Luciano fell to the ground again.

He was a little dazed, he knew what was going on, didn't he lie to that guy just now? Why was the football snatched again?

Luciano didn't see it clearly, but the others saw it clearly!

Just as Luciano was about to leave with the ball, Wigan Athletic's No. 13 quickly inserted between him and the football, tightly protected the ball with his body, and then as soon as his ass was forced, naturally, Luciano fell.

Another clean steal!

"Pretty, it's the thirteenth again! He dribbled forward with the ball and was very fast! Mick Williams shouted excitedly.

On the playing field, Zhang Tiehan quickly dribbled the ball forward!

The Ipswich players didn't expect Luciano to concede the ball again, they didn't react at all, plus when attacking just now, the formation was a little forward, and when Zhang Tiehan crossed the halfway line, Ipswich only had four players in the half.

One of them was next to Zhang Tiehan, but he was horrified to find that he couldn't catch up with the guy with the ball.

Zhang Tiehan's speed is too fast!

His ball control skills are not good, but to say that the speed of running with the ball is actually no different from the sprinting explosion, he doesn't need to control the ball at all, he just needs to take the ball with a big foot, and then run over to chase the ball.

In a flash of time, he dribbled the ball over the halfway line and rushed towards the opponent's penalty area.

There are only two players who can really cause him problems in this position, the two central defenders of Ipswich Town, and although the counter-attack is abrupt, they are very experienced in defensive coordination, one player sticks to Zhang Tiehan and the other player defends Nathan Ellington.

Compared to Zhang Tiehan, they all feel that Ellington is more threatening!

But they were wrong......

This is not to say that Zhang Tiehan is not a threat, but with such a fast dribbling speed, Zhang Tiehan didn't know that there were teammates behind him, and he couldn't take care of it if he wanted to.

It was only when he reached the halfway point that he reacted a little recklessly.

The defender in front of him is still retreating, and the opponent seems to want to stick to him in his direction, after all, his dribbling speed is so fast, it is not a good choice to rush out to grab the ball here, he only needs a small change of direction, it is enough to pass the opponent.

It's a pity that Zhang Tiehan doesn't have that skill at all!

It's so fast, and you have to change direction? It was better to change the ball directly to the sideline, he didn't think about it at all, but he knew that he would definitely not be able to pass the ball, and it was very difficult to get past the difficult guy in front of him.

It's just that this guy knows each other very well, and he retreats and gives up the space in front of him.

didn't think much about it at all, the action moved as he wished, and when he caught up with the ball again, Zhang Tiehan got up and shot directly!

Since you don't know what to do, shoot the goal!

Touch!

The Ipswich defender next to him even heard the wind from the football, and his heart trembled, and he only had time to look back in the direction of the football.

The soccer ball whizzes away in a straight line!

The Ipswich goalkeeper had just come out and didn't expect such a good opportunity to shoot from outside the penalty area, without any reaction at all, only feeling the ball flying over his shoulder and looking back at the same time.

Boom!

I don't know how many people's hearts sank with this muffled sound, and the football hit the post directly, bouncing high, but immediately they saw a Wigan Athletic player following up, it was Nathan Ellington!

He rushed in from the other direction, and the ball landed right at his feet.

This was followed by an easy push.

Empty doors.

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