For the rest of the first half, both sides continued to fight desperately on both flanks.
The Bucks Steelhorns are getting more and more motivated as they play! The two-goal lead gives them hope of making history!
Amid the cheers of more than 2,200 students and parents, the Bucks Steelhorns were as brave as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
On the other hand, after conceding two goals in a row, the Angel Wings team's fighting spirit was greatly reduced and their running on the field became disorganized.
The devilish home pressure, coupled with playing in the rain, led to them making mistakes one after another.
In the remaining time of the first half, the Angel Wings team only had 2 decent attacks, while the Bucks Steel Horns team had 6! The Bucks Steel Horns completely suppressed the Angel Wings! Such a scene was unimaginable to everyone before the game started.
The Angel Wings have half of Everton’s youth team players!
But now they are being pressed and rubbed by the Bucks Steel Horns!
Gu Ran deserves credit for this!
Not to mention Gu Ran's sprinting speed, his breakthrough ability, and his ability to read the court like a clairvoyant and make precise passes, just the distance Gu Ran ran in the first half was the longest among all the players on the field!
Gu Ran’s running distance in the first half has reached more than 5 kilometers!
What does it mean to run 5 kilometers in half a game? The standard running distance for professional players is 10,000 meters. The average running distance for players in the five major leagues is 12,000 kilometers. The average running distance for players in the Chinese Super League is 9 kilometers. As far back as the 1990s, the average running distance for players in the Chinese Super League was 5 kilometers.
This is a clear data gap.
In China, running more than 11,000 meters in a single game is extremely rare and is honored as "the one who can't die from running" or "the one with three lungs."
If you want to compete in the top five leagues, running 12,000 times per game is considered no less than average.
The difference between a strong team and a weak team does not lie in how many stars they have.
But it lies in the overall hard data.
——Physical fitness is the most important of all hard data.
Gu Ran ran 5 kilometers in the first half, and this was in the rain. This is definitely a shocking statistic.
Running in the rain is tiring in itself, and the grass is very slippery, so you need to use more energy to control your body balance.
But under such conditions, Gu Ran can still run around frantically.
The right side of Angel Wings was constantly attacked by Gu Ran!
It was so cool to watch Gu Ran play football! In the stands, the students and parents were filled with adrenaline!
During the injury time of the first half, Gu Ran sprinted down the left side, sprinting at a speed so fast that it was blurry, and quickly and neatly attacked three people in a row, and then made a precise cross from the side.
The glider jumped high into the rain and headed the ball!
Tyas also jumped up to compete for the header! Gu Ran's pass was very accurate, and the glider had a better chance than Tyas! However, Tyas's jumping ability was very good, his positioning was also relatively good, and his headers were obviously better than the glider's!
In an unfavorable situation, Tyas forcibly held up the glider's body to compete for the header! The football was too slippery, and with Tyas's header, the glider got the ball half a beat earlier, but the header was not powerful enough -
The football spun out of control, ricocheted and hit the crossbar, and flew out of the bottom line! The glider knelt in front of the goal, hammering the grass impatiently! This ball... was really just a little bit away!
They almost beat Angel Wings 3:0 in the first half! If it weren't for Tyas's header, it would really be 3:0! The students and parents in the stands also sighed! If they could beat Angel Wings in the first half, it would really be a sure win! Unfortunately...
The Angel Wings are really not a weak team, and the Bucks Steel Horns are really not a strong team.
After lamenting, the students and parents applauded the Bucks Steelhorns players on the field to show their encouragement.
Although there was no goal, Gu Ran's performance was truly beautiful.
Gu Ran ran to the door, patted Glider on the shoulder, pulled him up from the water-filled grass, and gave him a hug.
"It's okay, come again!"
"Gu, thank you... Can you still pass the ball to me?"
"As long as you try your best to penetrate, I will try my best to feed you the cake."
“Good brother!”
The soaked glider excitedly hugged Gu Ran who was also soaked.
The girls in the stands screamed crazily again...
beep--
With a long whistle from the referee, the first half of the game ended!
The halftime score was 2:0 for Bucks Steel Horns and Angel Wings.
Players from both teams left the field amid cheers from more than 2,200 students and parents, and returned to their respective locker rooms to adjust and rest.
At this time, the drizzle had turned into moderate rain, and there was no sign of stopping.
The students and parents in the stands were all soaked by the rain.
But no one was willing to leave!
Each of them wants to witness in person the glorious moment when the Milwaukee Bucks make history!
The increasingly heavy rain could not extinguish the real passion! Instead, it only made the passion more intense! Four stadium staff from Southampton High School ran into the field wearing raincoats and used wipers to urgently deal with the accumulated water in the field.
Singers from local bars in Southampton also took advantage of the intermission to sing for the audience in the rain.
The first one is "Fearless" by Taylor Swift.
Then there was Taylor Swift's "Fifteen"...
The students and parents in the stands followed the music and played human waves in the rain! The students and parents had a great time!
The atmosphere during halftime is no weaker than that during the game!
...The 15-minute halftime break ended quickly.
As the local singers left the stage, they all shouted the slogan “Buck Steel Horns fight to the end!”
When the Bucks Steel Horns and Angel Wings came on the court again, the atmosphere on the scene reached its peak again!
After the halftime break, the Bucks Steelhorns were full of morale, and everyone's face was filled with the desire to win! After the halftime speech by their head coach Moritz, the Angel Wings also obviously recovered a lot of momentum.
The two sides changed sides and fought again.
As soon as the second half started, Gu Ran concentrated his mind and added 1 point to his physical attribute to ensure a relatively high physical state.
In this way, Gu Ran's physical attribute reached 71 points, and there were still 2 talent points left in his mind.
In the second half, Angel Wings increased their offensive tempo and their ball possession rate also improved significantly.
The Bucks Steelhorns continued to play steadily and counterattack whenever they saw an opportunity.
The rain continued to intensify, mistakes made by both sides increased frequently, and physical fitness declined significantly.
In the 53rd minute, the left-back of Angel Wings came up with the ball and assisted, and Rose suddenly switched from the middle to the left.
The left side of the Angel Wings corresponds to the right side of the Bucks Steelhorns.
This tactical change caught the Bucks' right side off guard.
Obviously, the Angel Wings made tactical adjustments during the halftime break. They avoided confrontation with Gu Ran on the left and center, and specifically broke through the weak areas of the Bucks Steel Horns.
This strategy is very smart.
After all, the Angel Wings have many professional players, and their offensive coordination against weak areas is definitely more efficient than that of the Bucks Steel Horns.
Moreover, Rose has excellent left-foot skills and can fully play as a left striker.
When Coach Carter saw Rose change positions, he immediately jumped up from his seat and directed the Bucks Steel Horns team to retreat and defend.
Rose made two consecutive passes with his left-back on the left side, easily breaking through the defense of Blind Man and Hua Luo.
Bianbao quickly came over to assist in the defense, and the central defender Painter also stepped up to fill the position. Gu Ran ran into his own penalty area to fill the vacancy left by Painter.
On defense, the Bucks Steelers did a pretty good job.
However, Rose's personal skills completely crushed Bread. Rose touched the ball twice with his left and right feet, easily passed the defense of Bread and the Painter, and cut inside to the side of the small penalty area! The Bucks Steelhorn's defensive players immediately blocked Rose's shooting angle.
Rose passed the ball directly back to the middle of the penalty area, and the forward of Angel Wings inserted from the back row and followed up with a fierce shot!
The goalkeeper Tyrannosaurus Rex reacted quickly, leaped up and saved the ball with one hand.
The T. Rex reached the ball! But!
It's too slippery from the rain! The T-Rex can't catch it! The T-Rex slips, slips, slips, slips out!
The football rolled into the goal of the Bucks Steelhorns! There was a wailing in the stands! The Tyrannosaurus Rex himself was also angry, with his hands on his waist, looking up at the rainy sky! The cold icy rain hit his face randomly.
Warm tears mixed with cold rain...
He seemed to want to question God - why! Why! Why is it raining?
The referee blew the whistle to signal that the goal was valid! The scoreboard was also changed to Bucks Steel Horns 2:1 Angel Wings!
The players of Angel Wings hugged each other happily! With this goal, they were relieved of the depression that had been suppressed for most of the game!
The game isn't over yet, they feel they can still turn defeat into victory!
The score of 2:1 restored the suspense to this national semi-final!
"Shit wings--Puff!"
"Shit wings—Puff, puff, puff!"
In the stands, more than 2,200 students and parents booed in unison.
The players of Angel Wings turned a deaf ear to these trash talk that affected their emotions! Obviously, Moritz's midfield speech played a good role.
Then, more than 2,200 students and parents began to sing in unison: "There is a handsome Oriental man named Gu Ran!"
"Angel Wings, don't be complacent, don't be complacent!"
"Because next up is Gu Ran's 40-meter-long Crescent Scimitar!"
"Next, there's Gu Ran's 40-meter-long Crescent Moon Scimitar!"
"Oh oh oh! Next, Gu Ran will invite you to taste his 40-meter-long full moon big crescent mouth!"
Gu Ran clapped his hands and shouted to his teammates, "Hold on, we are still in the lead! This is our home court!"
“That’s right!”
"Hold on, hold on!"
"Steel Horns of a Stag!"
"Fight to the bitter end!"
The players of the Bucks Steelhorns clenched their fists and roared, then returned to their respective positions.
The intense competition continues.
The rain was getting heavier.
Having tasted success, the Angel Wings team continued to work on their left side, trying to replicate the scene of Rose's cross.
However, the Bucks Steelhorns expanded their defensive zone to the entire court.
Gu Ran also has a larger range of activities in the backcourt.
Gu Ran did not run directly to the right side to block Rose, but intercepted Angel Wings' central support on his own left and middle sides.
Rose had some good breakthroughs from the wing, but no one in the middle could handle it.
In this case, Rose had no choice but to force the shot himself.
Rose's shot either missed, was saved in time by the Tyrannosaurus Rex, or was headed out by the Rusty Strip.
For the next half hour, players from both sides exchanged blows.
The Angel Wings obviously played more offense, while the Bucks Steelhorns focused on defense.
After all, they are leading now and there is no need to waste energy taking risks.
The best strategy for the weak team is to stabilize the situation, press the entire court, disrupt the Angel Wings' offense, and consume the Angel Wings' physical energy.
Of course, this is also a huge physical drain on the Bucks.
To put it bluntly, they are using physical strength to exchange for victory.
In the last 15 minutes of the game, their physical strength was almost exhausted.
Fortunately, they were only facing an amateur team. If this was a professional league, they would have been easily defeated in the last 15 minutes.
The scene became very dull.
The more than 2,200 students and parents in the stands were so tired and hoarse from shouting.
They were all soaked by the rain, and when the passion of adrenaline subsided, the cold took over everything. They could only hug their shoulders, and their upper and lower teeth kept chattering.
But even though they were almost frozen to death, none of them left the stands.
There are still people shouting Gu Ran's name, and there are still people singing Gu Ran's 40-meter Crescent Moon Scimitar.
The scouts from the small clubs in the main stand looked bored at the moment.
To be honest, although Gu Ran's performance in this game amazed them, these two teams are just amateur high school teams after all, and the excitement of the game is far less than that of the professional league.
Many young scouts were already chatting in low voices about other topics. They were just waiting for the game to end and vying for the opportunity to contact Gu Ran.
It really doesn’t matter to them whether the Bucks win or lose, they just want to get Gu Ran.
Chelsea's Emenalo, on the other hand, is still taking scouting notes seriously.
He recorded every effective sprint of Gu Ran, whether it was an offensive sprint or a defensive sprint, in his notes.
In his scout notes, he carefully recorded Gu Ran's detailed data such as the number of sprints, dribbles, interceptions and steals, fouls, attacks he initiated, key clearances, accurate passes, and feeds.
The more he looked at Gu Ran's data, the more excited Emenalo was! ... Baby! Baby! Emenalo wanted to take off his raincoat right now, jump off the main stand, rush into the field, put the windbreaker on Gu Ran's shoulders, and then say to Gu Ran: Don't kick me, brother! I will arrange for you to meet Sister NO tonight! ——Of course, Emenalo also knew that this was impossible.
Chelsea is a top club and everything has to go according to procedure.
When there were only 10 minutes left in the game, the Angel Wings team took the lead in making substitutions.
Head coach Moritz replaced two defensive midfielders at once with a central midfielder and a right midfielder.
He has to rely on the physical strength and impact of the two forwards to launch another fierce attack in the last 10 minutes.
The central midfielder is used to cooperate with Ross, while the new right midfielder is used to contain Gu Ran.
Once Gu Ran goes to the middle to support the defense, the right forward will move behind Gu Ran to look for opportunities.
The Angel Wings' formation also changed from a relatively conservative 4231 defensive counterattack formation to a 433 winger attack formation.
This is not Mourinho's 433, nor is it a 433 of passing and controlling flow, but a temporary formation that is not very symmetrical and has obvious targeting.
Rose's position is fixed at the left winger, relying on Rose to break through the right side of the Bucks Steelhorns, while the central midfielder and right midfielder, in addition to breakthroughs and support, are also responsible for restraining Gu Ran.
This 433 is aimed at Gu Ran.
I have to say that Moritz is indeed worthy of being a coach from Everton's youth training team.
His two substitutions, whether in terms of position, timing or targeting, can both score 90 points.
As long as the two new forwards can perform at their normal level, and rely on the personal ability of the ace captain Ross, the Angel Wings will have a chance to score another goal and drag the game into overtime! Even, there is a chance to score two goals in 10 minutes and overtake the score - Moritz seems full of confidence!
Coach Carter was also very anxious when he saw Moritz making the substitution.
Coach Carter knows that the Bucks Steelhorns' defense will face a life-and-death test!
However, Coach Carter was not in a hurry to make substitutions.
The Bucks are still in the lead, so Coach Carter can still hold on to the substitution card for a while longer.
What if... just what if, this game is really dragged into overtime, then making substitutions during overtime will definitely have a better effect.
Coach Carter is a very shrewd man.
Coach Carter stood in the rain and yelled to the players of the Milwaukee Bucks: "The last 10 minutes! It only takes the last 10 minutes to strangle your fate! For your own youth, there will be no regrets! Beat them! My little guys!"
Coach Carter chose to use mental PUA to motivate his players!
As expected, all the players of the Bucks Steel Horns gritted their teeth! Gu Ran wiped the rain off his face, calmly concentrated his mind, and added another talent point to his physical attribute!
The physical attribute immediately increased to 72 points! ——It is getting closer and closer to the level of a professional player!
This new point also brings a bit of fresh energy, which is enough to support the last 10 minutes.
After the Angel Wings team completed the substitution, the game resumed.
The two sides then engaged in a fierce fight on the right side of the Bucks Steel Horns.
83rd minute of the game:
Rose used his balanced left and right foot skills to pass Blind Man and Hua Luo on the wing, and then passed directly to the Bucks Steel Horns penalty area! The forward of Angel Wings inserted into the back row again! Gu Ran was blocked by two energetic forward players and could not run to support! Seeing that the forward of Angel Wings was about to get the ball——
At the critical moment, the central defender Rutiao bravely jumped to the top of the goal, facing the forward's collision, and headed the ball into the midfield no-man's land with his head! ! ! At this moment, Gu Ran shook off the two defensive players who were pulling him and quickly started chasing the ball! The long-silent stands were instantly ignited again!
This wave of defense, Rusty got full marks!
His brave attack not only cleared the opponent's forward's shot, but also sent a quick counterattack to Gu Ran! This time, Rusty risked his head and neck to fight for his life!
While clearing the ball, Rusty collided with the opposing forward and both of them fell into the slippery grass and water.
After falling to the ground, Rusty said nothing, and immediately climbed up from the grass and water using his hands and feet. He rushed forward like a mad bull, and used his body to squeeze the Angel Wings center back who wanted to chase Gu Ran!
It was a 1v2 match between Rusty and the others! The scene was so exciting! The more than 2,200 students and parents in the stands were shouting their throats out!
The more than 200 jazz drum sticks on the sidelines are about to be broken!
The Bucks Steelhorns players on the field were originally exhausted and couldn't run anymore, but at this moment, their adrenaline was ignited by Rusty's super-tough performance!
The entire Bucks Steelhorns team has burst into new energy! Yes!
The Bucks Steelhorns are a weak team!
Yes!
From the beginning till now, the Bucks Steel Horns team has been relying on Gu Ran's pass and shot to hold on!
However, the Bucks Steelhorns would never let Gu Ran fight alone!
The entire Bucks Steelhorns team fought hard!
What honor, what future, what destiny, what other high-sounding rhetoric... None of it matters at this moment! We football players are born with passion!
When my brothers sprint, I will be there! Go, go, go! Go——————————
The whole scene was set on fire by the desperate spirit of the Bucks Steelers!
More than 2,200 students and parents raised their arms and shouted: "Fight to the end! Fight to the end!"
The old players of the Milwaukee Bucks in the stands took off their old jerseys and waved them like flags in the wind and rain!
At this exciting moment, the Angel Wings striker who was knocked to the ground by the rusty strips fell to the ground in pain, covering his chest with one hand and raised his hand to complain to the referee.
Many players of the Angel Wings also raised their hands to appeal immediately instead of chasing the Bucks Steel Horns. They believed that the referee should call a foul on the Rusty Strips.
But the referee was very observant. He clearly headed the ball into no-man's land first, and then his body collided with the forward of Angel Wings due to inertia.
The referee pointed at the Angel Wings goal with a quick gesture and shouted, "Good attack! Good attack!"
The players of Angel Wings were panicked!
All the Angel Wings players rushed back to defense!
The Angel Wings striker who was rolling around in the water, holding his chest, also climbed up with an embarrassed expression and started chasing back.
In just a few seconds, Gu Ran sprinted away from the two defenders at lightning speed, got the ball near the midline, and dribbled forward passionately, heading straight into the 30-meter area of Angel Wings' half! ...
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(End of this chapter)