Chapter 102, The Ancient Record

Arsenal's league game is over.

Yelo's league isn't over yet.

Arsenal don't care about breaking their own record.

But Yelo really wants to break the single-season goal record for a player in the top flight of English football, which has been in the dust for more than 70 years.

The team has already won the championship.

In the league.

The rest of the players have no goal left.

their tasks.

It is a state of hold.

Avoid injury.

Prepare for those two crucial finals.

And Ye Luo is still full of motivation.

Of course.

He also didn't expect other teammates to sacrifice their physical abilities to help him.

It was his own fight.

He is not afraid of a busy schedule and is not worried about physical exertion.

But.

His teammates can't.

Arsene Wenger considers Yelo to be at the heart of the team and a symbol of Arsenal's destined era.

In fact, he wanted to use the main lineup to help him achieve his goal. ，

"Boss, there's no need! It's my own business. There is no need to affect the team! ”

Ye Luo shook his head and said.

"You come according to your own plan, I can take the youth and reserve players to play in the next league!"

The youth and development squad will certainly be keen to play in the next three Premier League games.

There is no doubt about it.

Because Arsenal won the title.

But for the players in the development squad and the youth team, who basically don't have the opportunity to play in the first team.

Even if.

It is a competition in the Premier League.

That.

It's also a Premier League game!

That's also a game that is definitely worth cherishing, paying attention to, and worth fighting for!!

Round 36 of the league.

The opponent is the Queens Park Rangers.

When Arsenal's starting line-up appeared.

All the media reporters and fans were a little surprised.

Because.

this game.

Arsenal are basically the starting XI for the youth team and then add a Yelo.

Of course.

Ye Luo is also not very old.

He is almost the same age as the players in Arsenal's youth team.

But.

The youth team players who are the same age as Yelo are still working hard for a place in the first team.

Most of them.

In fact, he may not be able to play in the Premier League in the future.

Many people can only find opportunities to play in the English First Division, or even lower.

Most people.

In the future, it will no longer appear in people's sight.

Arguably.

For the players in these youth teams.

To be able to play in the Premier League.

was broadcast live worldwide.

This, may be them for a lifetime.

The highest level of competition I've ever played!

So.

They cherish it.

This game faces Queens Park Rangers, who need points to relegate.

They fight back!

As long as there is the ball, there is only one direction of passing - where Yelo is, they will pass!

Ultimately.

Both sides scored two goals each in this game.

It ended in a 2-2 draw.

Yelo scored twice to help Arsenal take a point.

And at the same time continue to be undefeated!

'Arsenal, who played almost entirely at youth level, drew away from Queens Park Rangers and the young people at Arsenal looked very confident. Of course, this self-confidence may have come from their captain. With Ye Luo to play with them, the confidence of these young people is still very full! ”

When the whistle blew at the end of the game.

On the commentary seat.

Andy Gray, a commentator on Sky Sports TV, lamented.

After this game.

There are two rounds left in the Premier League.

The drama of the championship has come to an end.

The competition for the fourth place is quite fierce.

Especially Manchester United and Manchester City, the Manchester City Bears have already locked up second and third places.

Fourth place.

The last place in the Champions League contention.

It's between Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham!

Chelsea are currently fourth.

But they are only one point ahead of Liverpool and two points ahead of Tottenham.

Even more critical.

In the thirty-eighth round of the league.

Chelsea face Liverpool directly at home!

This also means:

Three teams.

There is still a chance!

Chelsea win.

Chelsea fourth.

Liverpool wins.

Liverpool fourth.

The two sides are tied.

Tottenham won the final round.

Tottenham are level on Chelsea's points, while they can have more advantage over Chelsea on goal difference.

Grab 4th!!

The drama of fighting for four.

It's much better than competing for the championship.

Of course, the final gimmick of the Premier League, in addition to competing for the four major dramas, is whether Ye Luo can break the record.

The single-season goal record in the English top flight.

Belongs to Everton goalscorer Dixie Dean.

He was in League One in the distant 1927/28 season.

Dean scored a frantic 60 goals for Everton, an average of 1.5 goals per game.

It was almost single-handedly Dean who helped Everton win the league title that season.

And this year Dean was only 21 years old.

The same age as Yelo.

Dean's record of 60 goals in a single season can only be considered astronomical today.

For Premier League goalscorers who now have 30 goals in a season and have become a luxury, 60 goals is a myth that has never been heard before.

Even if you look at the entire history of English football, Dean's record is unattainable, with the second-highest all-time ranking being 49 goals created by Aston Villa's Tom Woning in the 30/31 season.

The 11-goal gap puts the single-season goal myth created by Dian out of reach.

Dean made 433 appearances for Everton, scoring 383 goals, an impressive percentage of goals.

He also made 16 appearances for England, scoring 18 goals.

It also included two hat-tricks against Belgium and Luxembourg just 10 days apart.

Dean is also a highly professional player, although as a striker he is repeatedly tackled by opponents, and even lost a testicle in an interception.

Since the Premier League reform in 1992, only Shearer and Andy Cole have scored 34 goals of any past goalscorer, apart from Yelo.

Visible.

Dean's 60 balls, what an amazing number.

But.

That's when Dean set that record.

Football is not yet well developed.

There are few tactics to speak of.

The defense was not as full of defensive tactics as it is now.

What zone defense, zone marker defense, chain defense and so on.

The defense back then was simple.

It's a man-to-man!

Just run after the football.

Offside tactics were also very different in those eras.

At that time, the offside only needed to be passed for a moment, and the receiver only needed to have one opposing player in front of him, so it was not offside.

And not the current two.

So it's easier to score goals.

At that time, there were often a lot of big scores in football matches.

Why did the offensive tactics of football in ancient times advocate long passes?

Could it be that the football coaches of antiquity were fools who did not understand that this tactic was too simple?

Of course not!

Because.

At that time, the offside tactics were too restrictive for the forwards.

That.

The attacking team can keep one player pressed up front at all times.

After all.

The rule of the offside line is that there is only one defender in front of you, and the pass is not considered offside.

As a result, the striker doesn't need to run to avoid offside, he can just stay in the box and wait for the pass.

So football back then.

A game down.

Football is spent in the air half the time.

Everyone's offensive tactics are to go straight to the high ball to find a high striker.

Half-time coordination?

Match a fart!

Still cooperative?

When I come up with a big foot, I just look for a high striker who is standing in the box.

Who's going to play with it?

Be a fool for one's pains.

And the tactic of long pass rushing and hanging.

Enduring.

Even now that the offside rule has changed so much, it still works.

Not to mention that time.

So football in that era was the world of the center forwards.

But that's no longer the case.

The offside rules are even more severe.

This forces the centre-forward not to stay in the box all the time – otherwise the pass will be offside.

They have to run.

As a result, a simple tall and strong center is no longer suitable for this era.

Therefore, a wide variety of tactical systems such as bottom crosses, winger inward cutting, and midfield penetration have gradually developed.

Why.

The offside rule is the soul of modern football, and it is based on this.

Because almost all the tactical systems in world football today are based on the "offside rule".

This is the foundation of modern football.

Of course.

Because the offside conditions are more relaxed, it becomes difficult to score goals.

Coupled with the improvement of defensive tactics.

The technical and physical disparities between the players are regionally average under the modern scientific training system.

And with the development of sports medicine.

Today's players are much more physically fit and physically fit than before – just over 20 years ago, a player who ran seven or eight kilometers in a race would be praised by the media as an "iron lung".

What now?

Now a game down.

Any player who runs less than 10 kilometres.

will be criticized by the media for walking.

That's progress.

Another proof of this is the retirement age of the players.

Now on the pitch.

It's not uncommon to see players over 30 or even 35 still playing in the top flight.

This would have been unthinkable a few decades ago.

At that time, the average retirement age was not more than 30 years old.

The environment Ye Luo is facing now is completely different from that of a few decades ago.

The difficulty of his goal.

Be bigger!

And much bigger.

His current tally is 56.

It is still four goals short of the record of 60 goals set by Dean in that ancient era.

Four balls.

Two games!

Arsenal fans are looking forward to it.

Round 37 of the league.

Arsenal's opponents are Swansea.

Swansea's game is arguably desireless.

Therefore, Arsenal fans expected to see Yelo score a few more goals in this game.

The result?

Swansea.

In the away field.

Eleven pure defensive players were fielded!

Yes.

All defensive players.

They completely abandoned the offensive.

Of the eleven people, seven did not come out in the restricted area.

What about the remaining three?

They're going to keep an eye on Yelo!

Yes.

Swansea's aim is to keep Yelo from scoring!

Under such a defense.

Ye Luo did face great difficulties.

Because

The rest of the team-mates are all youth team players.

It's hard to support him.

As a result, he did not score until the ninety-third minute of the game.

Score on the field.

Zero to zero.

However, in the final moments of stoppage time.

Arsenal won a corner.

With this corner kick opportunity.

Ye Luo jumped high.

A.

Hit the ball into the goal.

After all, I still got in.

Boosted his league goal tally to 57!

"Yelo wants to break the record. The difficulty just got bigger! ”

Andy Gray shook his head in the commentary seat.

To tie the record, a hat-trick is required.

Break records.

Need to go in four!!

And the key is...

Their opponents in the final round.

It's Everton at Goodison Forest Park!!

To know.

Dean.

That's Everton's name.

In the square outside their home stadium, there is a sculpture that belongs to Dean!

Therefore.

Ye Luo wants to break the record in the last round of the league, and it is very difficult to stage the big four.

Right now

The opponent is Everton, who will definitely defend the glory of their own name!

Under the combination of the two.

No one will think.

Ye Luo can break records.

"Maybe with another team, Ye Luo can really break this record! But on the contrary, he ran into Everton, the Everton who wanted to defend Dean's honor! ”

"Swansea have actually set an example for Everton. Completely shrinking back to defending, the win or defeat doesn't really mean much to Everton anyway, they are too far from the European places and will not be relegated. ”

"Against Everton, who have a very strong desire to defend, Yelo may be able to score, but he will definitely not be able to score three! Not to mention the senior year! ”

In England.

There was a lot of talk.

Media reporters, fans, and celebrities have come down to discuss.

The topic is not just in England.

throughout Europe.

Everyone is discussing.

The media is divided into two main factions.

One faction believes that if Yelo wants to break the record, Arsenal must at least send the full main team, so that there is a glimmer of hope.

If you use reserves to support Yelo.

It's too difficult to break the record.

No, not a record-breaking!

It's impossible to tie the record.

After all, even if it's a record-equal.

That's a hat-trick.

And it's not just your own effort, it's also the opponent's cooperation - but the opponent in this game is Everton!

The other school of thought thinks.

It's easy for Ye Luo to tie the record.

Just a hat-trick.

Anyway, what he does best is scoring goals.

There is some truth to the arguments of both sides.

After all, hat-tricks don't come on your fingers.

It's hard in normal games.

Not to mention a game with so much pressure.

But Ye Luo's strength is there again.

How many times in the past he has been so shocking.

When you feel like he can't do it.

He was always able to do it.

in Spain. 、

Yelo's record is also being discussed.

Someone went to interview some of the players, some of the fans in Malaga.

Of course, they supported Ye Luo unconditionally.

Catalan fans, on the other hand, believe that Yelo is unlikely to break the record.

"One game, four points? I don't deny that he can do it normally, but this game can't be! ”

(End of chapter)