Chapter 63: A Race in the Snow
As winter begins, strong winds begin to blow throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
There was also some disruption to the operation of the league in windy weather, especially for the players, who were already thinly dressed and had to play intense sports, and the probability of injury was greatly increased
Kosopec suffered an injury against Banja Luka in the round of 17 and sprained his ankle and needed some time to recover.
After Kosopetch was injured, Suker, who was originally pulled into the wing-back position, was forcibly called up to the center forward position.
Back in the centre-forward position, Suker was happy, but at the same time unhappy.
Unlike the wide range of the wing-backs, Suker's range of motion is limited here.
Under this constraint, Suke was unable to run in a wide area, and was always knocked to the ground by others.
At the same time, the opposing team is also arranging for Suke's characteristics, which is bound to stifle Suke's offensive point.
The 'rookie wall' came so quickly that Su Ke was also overwhelmed.
Even at times, Suker was thinking that Kosopec would return to the wing-back position as soon as possible.
After all, he can at least play football normally there, instead of being bumped around like a punching bag.
But I have to say that in this harsh environment, although Su Ke did not carry out special strength training, his core and anti-confrontation ability gradually improved.
In the past, Suker would fall as soon as he hit it, but now he can barely resist the slightest impact, and even if he falls, sometimes he can follow up and let himself get up and sprint as soon as he falls to the ground.
Perhaps, this is a blessing and a curse.
And for the coaching staff, Suk's perverted body structure amazed them.
The average person who is fouled like Suker is injured in a few games, and may even be out for the season.
But Su Ke was stunned to hold on until now, and there were no injuries.
This is very good news for them.
Kosopec is already injured and if Suker is having problems, then they really have no one up front.
But Vansteak underestimated the winter gales in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It scraped not only Kosopetch, but also Kelpic, Boban and Masowic in the next few games.
Four main players were injured, and the wave of injuries was rolling in, and Vansteak was not prepared at all.
After all, this is also his second year of leading the team, and he is inexperienced, although his brain is flexible and he has a lot of ideas, but this kind of thing needs to be prepared in advance, and it is obvious that Vansteryak's attention is all focused on the run-in of the new lineup, and he has not thought about these problems at all.
Now the situation is that the substitutes are on top, and they are barely coping.
But even so, in the time of three rounds, they drew two and lost one, barely maintaining the situation.
The best news for them right now is that Sarajevo are also involved in an injury spree, and the situation is not so rosy.
The punishment against Oliveira also came out.
Oliveira was permanently banned by the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation for suspected match-fixing, and a special team was set up to go to Mostar Zlinjski to investigate.
Oliveira's incident caused a lot of commotion, and although he wanted to deal with it in a low-key manner, he couldn't keep a low profile in such a small town.
Outside the neighborhood, the word has spread among the residents of the town.
For a time, Oliveira became the target of everyone's shouting, and even moved his family out of Mostar overnight.
For Mostar Zlinski's players, Oliveira's departure has given a fresh look to the squad.
Many newcomers are no longer suppressed, especially guys like Boame, who have been bullied all year round, turned over in an instant.
The club also appointed Kosopec as the second captain and goalkeeper Kish as the third captain.
As for the first captain who is still recovering from injury, Su Ke is also quite curious about this captain who has never shown up, but I heard that even if he returns, he will have a retirement ceremony, and then say goodbye to football.
So when the winter break is over, it is estimated that Kosopetch will be able to serve as captain quickly.
The winter break of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League is very long, from December 05 to February 25 of the following year, a period of three months.
This is also due to the fact that the winter in Bosnia and Herzegovina is really not suitable for sports.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a Mediterranean climate in the south and a continental climate in the north, two different climates but with the same amount of snowfall.
Crazy snow!
Yes!
The whole winter in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a war against snow.
Since mid-November, major cities, villages and towns have begun to gather people to carry out snow removal work vigorously.
A light snow in three days and a heavy snow in a week is by no means an exaggeration.
Sometimes, the snow is treated late, which can easily cause congestion on the roads and put the means of transport on hold.
In this harsh winter, it is extremely difficult to travel, let alone play football.
On December 05, in the 20th round of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League, Mostar Zlinjski played Nemtar at home.
It was a day of heavy snow once a week.
From the beginning of the game, snow began to fall in the sky, and by half the game, the snow on the turf was almost up to the neck.
"The weather is terrible!"
Su Keshen stepped back into the locker room with shallow feet on the snow, and a large number of staff members had already rushed to the field with shovels, ready to remove the snow.
The snow piled up on both sides of the course and had not yet been moved was as tall as a two-story building.
"It's cold!"
Suke took off his gloves and put on a down jacket to keep warm and keep his body from cooling.
The black hair on his forehead was wet and stuck to his head like kelp.
He has a baby fat face, which is as red as a ripe apple.
Thinking about the picture of the first half of the game, Suker's face was full of depression.
The racing environment brought about by the snow caused him a lot of trouble.
He's a center forward who is good at running, passing, and playmaking.
But in this bad weather, Suke's performance was greatly reduced.
The ball can't bounce off the snowdrift!
Even the speed of the dribbling is greatly reduced, and sometimes the ball is disturbed by the snow, and when dribbling, it suddenly turns in an inexplicable direction.
This prevented Suke from playing to his strengths.
And in this kind of weather, those stake-type forwards are big killers.
Carrying the opposing defender, kicking the head and kicking, the kick is very happy.
"In the second half, Ben. Meiss plays..."
Vansteak shouted straight into the locker room.
Suke shrugged, he had expected to be replaced.
After all, this environment infinitely magnifies his disadvantages, and the meaning of his existence is not great.
But Vansteak changed the tone and said: "Barton is down, Modric is retreating, Suker is playing in the midfield!" ”
Suke's position is very vacillating.
Central midfielder, wing-back, centre-forward, he can play.
Depending on the tactical requirements, he can perform differently.
Vansteak directly used Suk as a panacea.
'In the second half, there were more long balls and Modric hoisted the ball forward.
With that, he looked at Su Kedao again; "Your job is not to organize, but to hide in the book. Behind Meiss, ready to step forward. ”
In this environment, too delicate passing and receiving will not work at all.
It's not as effective as those simple and rough kicks.
Vansteak looked down on long passes, but he wasn't pedantic and came up with different tactics in different environments.
He saw Su Ke's embarrassment in the front court, so he arranged a bodyguard for him to let Su Ke try to downplay himself as much as possible and wait for the opportunity to step forward.
Vanstellak reminded; 'It's important at the beginning of the first half, the snow has cleared a bit and you try to get forward and look for chances.
Once they have a shot, the next step is to drop back and defend across the board.
After all, in this environment, it is really too difficult to score goals.
At halftime, the snow was partially cleared.
The harsh environment did not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, who still stuck to this place.
At the start of the second half, Suker found a chance to cut forward.
The opponent's defensive force was pulled out of the gap by the front line, and Suker immediately turned his head to look at Modric.
Modric was also the first to make a long pass.
The ball flew high and landed towards the front court.
Suke also sprinted with all his might before the snow was covered.
There was no reason for the snow to hinder him, and with the good pedaling feeling conveyed by the lawn to the body, Suke's speed soared in an instant.
He pushed forward in a straight line from the rib area.
Nemtar's players, as much as they wanted to limit Suker, couldn't keep up.
By the time Suker had stopped the ball, they barely followed.
"Don't let him shoot!"
The opposing defender yelled.
Suker feigned a shot, but instead pushed the ball towards the middle.
Root. Meiss ran late, he was entangled by the opposition centre-backs and couldn't get the ball in his hands.
"!"
Su Ke couldn't help but burst into foul language, turned around and ran wildly to sprint back to the defense.
With an aggressive defence, they stole the ball again.
Suker also returned to the front court, but the snow on the ground began to increase again.
Even though it wasn't as ankle sinking as in the first half, it was a bit slippery and didn't have that solid pedaling feel.
"Hurry up!"
Su Ke's expression was solemn.
Without Kosovic as a high striker up front, their performance in this environment is very limited.
Suke snuck his way to the ribs again.
Be prepared to rush in an attempt.
Modric's decisive long ball hoisted the ball forward, and the forwards also rushed forward, and the back line entered a hand-to-hand combat phase for a while.
Sooke wandered outside, waiting for his moment.
He saw the opposing centre-back carrying Ben. Meiss stood in the spot, and Suker didn't get a chance.
Just when he thought that the other party was going to destroy, he saw Ben. Maiss accidentally slipped and subconsciously grabbed the other party's collar and pulled it down.
The centre-back, who was preparing to head the ball, bent over, and it just so happened that the ball hit his back and rolled towards the back.
"Chance!"
Sooke's eyes lit up, and he immediately came out from the side and ran straight towards the ball.
At this time, the opposing goalkeeper also abandoned the goal, and the full-back also flanked from the wing.
The three of them are fighting for speed.
But fighting for speed, Su Ke did not intimidate.
Hasten! Rush!
Suke suddenly sped up the frequency of his feet, and the spikes pierced through the snowdrift, sticking into the lawn to push Suke's body forward.
Swish!
Suker got ahead of the two and stabbed the ball out with a hand.
At this point, the opposing goalkeeper pounced in embarrassment, pounced into the air, and tripped his own full-back.
Past the goalkeeper, Suker looked at the empty goal in front of him, and he easily turned back and smothered the ball in the net.
On 61 minutes, Suker scored and scored his third league goal.
In 20 league games, Suker scored a total of three goals and contributed nine assists.