Chapter 37: That day eighteen, standing like a minion at first
The day of the match was a big event for all the Dortmund fans.
After all, this is a match about whether the team can reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season.
Although the away team has two goals in hand, it can be said that it is nine out of ten, but there are still 90 minutes in the game, and everything is not completely closed.
For Xiao Wen, today is also an important day.
In addition to the starters...
Birthday.
He's finally eighteen.
Those films that are opened are serious warnings from the FBI, and the warning is no longer him, the wine can be drunk, the car can be driven, the girl... In short, come on, let the bad atmosphere of society blow in!
Dortmund prepared a big cake for Xiao Wen early in the morning, and it is estimated that all the staff of football teams around the world have kept this in mind after the Toure incident.
After a very warm singing, everyone ate a few bites of cake. Then Klopp began to lay out the arrangements for the night.
The day was like water, and after the afternoon, Xiao Wen turned off the phone and calmed himself down completely.
It wasn't until the tedious but simple process was completed that the captains of both sides began to choose sides.
Xiao Wen stood beside Royce, listened to the fans chanting his voice, and then began to sing the birthday song.
He uncharacteristically raised his hands in front of the audience and applauded.
Just before he came on the pitch, Klopp had a few minutes to talk to him, one-on-one alone.
In terms of frequency, Klopp has been talking to him more and more often.
There is no way, who can let this kid give Klopp so many surprises after every game, and who makes this kid so young, so that Klopp and other assistant coaches always think that they still have a lot to instill in Xiao Wen, so that he can take fewer detours on the field.
You know, Xiao asked the shocking shot in the last round of the league, but it is still hanging on Twitter's sports hot search list.
During this time, in addition to the superstars of the top giants, Xiao Wen can be said to have become popular.
This also makes Klopp feel very good, in any case, from a certain point of view, Xiao Wen shares his exposure... The voices that questioned him before have a lot less opportunity to be exposed... Not so many people pay attention anymore.
To be honest, Klopp knew that Xiao Wen was a manufacturable material.
This was even more confirmed from the first game when he came off the bench.
But he also knows that every crazy red star needs not to go further, but to stabilize in order to play steadily.
Because every new star, for defensive players, is almost a process from strange to familiar to deliberately delving into joint strangulation...
To jump over this 'rookie wall', you need to play more consistently, and you need to have a stronger psychological quality... It is even more important to suppress your heart floating to the sky.
So in this game, Klopp put Xiao Wen back in the midfield position, so as not to let him perform badly on the wing... After the game, I went to face the overwhelming ridicule and doubts.
Xiao Wen didn't expect so much, since the head coach arranged it like this, then let's play like this.
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Lyman and Mateus did their homework this time.
Mateus has really collected a lot of stats and interesting facts about Xiao Wen's time in the major leagues.
The player is now arguably the latest hot topic in the Bundesliga, where the title suspense has been lost.
And after the last round of gods, it has caused a wider range of heated discussions.
At the same time, his age and appearance have also become one of the hot topics of discussion.
These factors were kneaded, causing Xiao Wen's neutral fans to immediately soar.
So the TV station told Matthaus very bluntly, "You did the right thing, blow a little more Xiao Wen." ”
The game begins.
Xiao Wen'an was safe by Kyle's side.
Before the start of the game, Kyle also talked to Xiao Wen for a while.
Kyle told Xiao Wen to prepare for the next game and put his mind into the game.
As for those dirty tricks, don't pay too much attention to them, and don't affect your mentality.
Sometimes, Kyle doesn't like to say things directly.
But Xiao Wen could clearly perceive the hidden meaning in the captain's words-
Don't be afraid, boy, we've got you covered.
So, at the beginning, Xiao Wen actually didn't have any psychological baggage as the outside world said.
He felt that he just needed to do the work he was supposed to do now.
In this game, Zenit was led by acting coach Shemark, and new coach Villas Villas took office a day after the game.
Shemak made four changes to his starting line-up from last weekend's 1-0 defeat at CSKA Moscow: Lodkin, Smolnikov, Ryazantsev and Rondon gave way to Malafeev, Krishto, Shatov and Krzhakov.
After the opening, the two sides unexpectedly fought against each other, Dort was already playing like this, no problem, Zenit wanted to give it a go, it also made sense, the scene was quite exciting for a while, but there may be some giant fans who think that rookies peck each other.
In the fifth minute, Schmelzer crossed from the left, Aubameyang rushed into the middle of the six-yard box and jumped before Malafeev jumped up before the attacking Malafeev and the header went just wide of the left post.
Two minutes later, Zenit returned the color, Witzel fired a powerful low left-footed shot from 20 yards out in the middle, Weidenfeller barely saved and grabbed the ball before Danny, who followed up with a follow-up shot.
Xiao asked the leakage at the top of the arc of the big forbidden area to make Kyle scold a few words loudly, scratching his head... This defense really has to be predicted by experience.
In the 12th minute, Dortmund successfully surrounded the right side of the front, Reuss knocked on the right side in front of the penalty area, Xiao Wen received the ball on the line of the penalty area and turned around with a low left-footed shot that was saved by Malafeev.
The game seemed to have Dortmund in the ascendancy.
But the fascinating thing about football is that it doesn't measure the final victory by the percentage of possession and the number of shots on goal.
In the 16th minute, the Hulk midfielder got the ball on the right side and forcibly broke free from Kyle's entanglement, and then cut inside to break away from Xiao Wen, and suddenly shot with his left foot 30 meters away from the goal in the middle, and the ball was drawn out of the outer spin and hung straight to the upper left corner of the goal, Weidenfeller couldn't reach it, 1-0.
Call....
Xiao Wen lay on the ground and was a little dumbfounded.
As a kid on TV, he watched this kind of ball, he watched this kind of player... At that time, the representative of this type of player was called Adriano.
Hulk was like a real Hulk at this moment, crushing Kyle, and Xiao Wen even tried to stick to it closely, but was directly knocked away.
Covering his chest, Xiao Wenzhi felt as if he had been hit by a heavy truck at a speed of 250 yards per hour, and it was a little difficult to breathe.
"Wow... This ball! Lyman suddenly raised his voice: "Hulk is simply unstoppable!" ”
"An earth-shattering kick!"
"There's no way, Kyle's speed can't keep up, Xiao asked that this small body is not enough to see, now Dortmund is in trouble!"
Mateus also shook his head, Hulk's personal ability is undoubted, when he is extraordinary, he can indeed blast everything, how to say, he is also the former Brazilian No. 9!
"Put the shovel, next time there is such a situation, just put the shovel!"
Hummels looked at Hulk, who took the ball out of the goal and quickly rushed back to the halfway line, and stepped forward to ask Xiao Wen.
Xiao Wen nodded.
Then he clapped his hands fiercely, Xiao Wen was quite dissatisfied with his defense this time, and he didn't even have the effect of blocking at all.
It's like the honeymoon period always passes.
Those who had been dormant in the first half of the season had finally seized their chance.
"Oh, I said it a long time ago! Jurgen Klopp is going to make a mistake when he plays an important game! ”
"That's not, a kid from the big league, swiped some data, really thought he could save the world, Hulk didn't even exert his strength, he fell!"
"Not to mention anything else, a seventeen-year-old kid, in such a crucial game, I really served Klopp's big heart."
"It's a big heart, it's all myocardial infarction! Let's get out of class by ourselves! ”
"Get out with this kid from the big league! Shahin, Grosskreutz, Bender, which is not more experienced than him? ”
Doubts arose, but the game continued.
Xiao Wen tried to mobilize Zenit's defense with a long pass.
But after scoring a goal, Zenit's defensive enthusiasm has become stronger, and even the winger can run 30 meters to the bottom line to make up for the defense, such a defensive attitude makes Reus and Aubameyang struggle very much.
Although Xiao Wen also had some stumbles at the beginning of the major leagues, overall, a peak Beckham is enough in the major leagues.
And after arriving at Dort, in fact, there was not much difficulty, those reversal games, before he played, the situation was already very bad, he couldn't change the situation, and there was nothing to blame.
But now, he's the starter, the last barrier in front of the back line, and what's even more terrifying is that the first goal conceded is a problem for him and Kyle.
This made Xiao Wen suddenly feel great pressure for a while.
Many people feel that with the same running distance, why are some players with similar physical fitness more tired.
Xiao Wen now understands the answer to this question.
Because the psychological pressure is too heavy, the easy movement of running on weekdays is now like a five-kilogram sandbag tied to the calf.
He knew he couldn't be nervous at this point, but he just couldn't hold back the thought in his mind of how bad the outcome would be if he lost this game.
It really needs to be tempered... If it weren't for Beba's calmness, maybe this pressure would have knocked him down.
It all started with the Hulk.
The coach of Zenit is really a chicken thief, Xiao Wen even suspected that he had seen the Chinese art of war...
Hulk didn't go to the front, he was in the defensive area where Xiao Wen was, whether it was a high ball or a low flat ball, Xiao Wen was completely fragmented...
The body can't fight at all, as long as it is close to the body, and even the Hulk doesn't exert much force, Xiao Wen feels that he has hit a mountain.
"Do you want to adjust it?" Kravitz frowned, looked at the situation on the field, and continued to add: "Kyle can't help more, Shatov also deliberately cut in, and needs someone to follow him." ”
Klopp shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the shooting ratio is 6:1, and the possession rate is also much higher than the opponent, don't panic, the advantage is mine." ”
"Hulk is too targeted, I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that Xiao Wen will be beaten out of the psychological shadow." Kravitz said worriedly.
Xiao Wen is now a popular fried chicken, but it is touted to an extremely high height, once he falls, I am afraid that he will not be able to get up again in this life, this kind of precedent is not unprecedented.
Klopp nodded, but still didn't say anything.
Xiao Wen still struggled, because defending Hulk consumed too much of his physical strength and spirit.
Call..
Call.....
Another long pass from Zenit, Hulk leaned on Xiao Wen, unloaded the ball directly with his chest, and then turned around and wiped it forward, and it was in the penalty area.
Xiao Wen directly threw the Hulk down, but finally tripped over his right foot, which made the humanoid fall to the top of the arc of the big forbidden area with a bang.
Spanish referee Ondiano Marenko rushed over and gave Xiao Wen a yellow card.
At the beginning of the game, the Dort fans who were still chanting Xiao Wen's name could not bear this gap for a while, and some fans who printed Xiao Wen's number after buying the jersey sat back on their chairs with a lonely expression.
Only the fans in the South Stand were still roaring wildly.
"Captain, mine. The human wall counts me as one. Xiao asked Kyle, who came over, and said.
Kyle pinched Xiao Wen's shoulder, didn't blame him, just nodded.
For these people who are kind to themselves, Xiao Wen is still very respectful, and naturally he feels more guilty in his heart.
But now is not the time to talk about that!