Tiezhong’s first opponent was Heshi No. 1 Middle School, and just as Zhang Sheng said, it was a rookie team.
Although Coach Ni said that we should take our opponents seriously, it can be seen from her deployment that she did not take it seriously.
Several main players were not arranged, but even so, Tiezhong won the game easily. In the second half, Wang Yajing even went up for a walk. When she first went up there she was very nervous, wanting to perform but also afraid of making mistakes. As a result, she neither performed well nor made any mistakes.
The opponent was too weak, and the players on the field were also very weak - not only Wang Yajing, but with ten minutes left in the game, Coach Ni used up all three substitutions in one go, so nine of the eleven players on the field were substitutes. (Note 1)
Most teams would have struggled again at this time, but Heshi No. 1 Middle School did not. Their No. 11 player ran vigorously for half a minute, but without the cooperation of his teammates, he stopped.
The substitutes of Tiezhong were certainly motivated, but when the ball was at No. 1 Middle School, they had no intention of attacking at all. The ball was passed back and forth in the midfield. When Tiezhong pressed forward, the players just passed the ball away. And they were all long passes, sending the ball far away.
The substitutes were inexperienced and had to run after the ball. They were unable to organize interceptions effectively, so the ball went from south to north and then from north to south.
The football match completely turned into a passing contest, so much so that at the end of the game, Wang Yijing's face almost turned into a question mark. Just... this?
"How is it?" Zhang Sheng came over and hugged Wang Yijing, and put his hand in front of her like a microphone, "Would you like to give a speech about your first performance?"
Wang Yijing looked at her with a pitiful expression: "Captain..."
"Uh-huh."
"I didn't even touch the ball..." She almost cried when she said the last part. The ball didn't reach the front court. As a forward, she ran from here to there, and from there to here, but she couldn't kick it!
"I didn't touch it..." She repeated, her voice a little tearful, "They didn't pass it forward..."
Zhang Sheng almost burst out laughing. She touched Wang Yijing's back and said, "Okay, okay, you look so pitiful. Then you want to rob it..."
Wang Yijing looked at her, and Zhang Sheng said, "Yes, you are a striker, but in that situation, if you don't take the initiative, what else can you do?"
Wang Yijing pursed her lips, nodded, and finally said: "I can't get it..."
She tried to grab it in the end, but no matter how fast she was, she couldn't be as fast as the ball. Without anyone to cooperate with her, she could only run after the ball.
Zhang Sheng couldn't hold back his laughter any longer. Wang Yijing felt infinite resentment: "Captain——"
Zhang Sheng laughed even louder. Seeing that Wang Yijing was about to cry, he quickly said, "Next time I'm on the court, I'll grab it for you."
…
Although the game was not very exciting, everyone was still very happy after winning, until the news of their next opponent came.
Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School!
When this news came, everyone in Tiezhong was surprised.
Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School? What school is that?
Earlier, Coach Ni sent out half of the non-main players right away because he had played against Tonghe No. 3 Middle School before and knew they were rookies. Another reason was that they would face an opponent in the next day's game, the Provincial Capital No. 3 Middle School!
Although it is not necessarily the case, teams from provincial capitals will be stronger.
There is no other way. There are more students and better resources. So in a competition like this, a normal city will have two or even one team, while a provincial capital will have three or even four teams.
The Provincial Capital No. 3 Middle School is not a particularly strong team, but it is also not a weak team. As for Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School, no one has ever heard of it in the past. Moreover, Zhou City does not have any schools with a football tradition. Last year, they even had a gap and no school came to participate in the competition.
For a school like this to face off against the No. 3 Middle School in the provincial capital, it seemed like they were just trying to win, but the reality was that the No. 3 Middle School lost?
"This school has great defense and physical strength. They played against the third team in the province until overtime and scored a goal in the final moments." Assistant coach Wang Hao said what he had heard.
"One goal?" Coach Ni raised his eyebrows.
"One ball." Wang Hao nodded.
In official matches, we often see 1:0 or even 0:0. If a match can see 3:3 or 3:4, it can be said to be a great offensive battle.
But that is a professional competition. In amateur competitions, scores of 5:6, 7:8 or even double-digit numbers are very common.
Of course, no matter what, they are just teams selected from various prefecture-level cities, and generally speaking they cannot play to that level, but the score of 1:0 still represents a lot.
Careless!
Coach Ni stroked her chin and thought that she should have taken a look just now.
The reason why Coach Ni didn't go to watch was not just subjective, but more importantly, objective.
Unlike basketball and tennis, which take up a smaller area, a stadium or even a school can host several games at the same time.
Even in an ordinary university, there can only be two or three football games held at the same time.
Their competition was not held in the same place as the provincial third place, so even though she was a little surprised when she found out earlier that the provincial competition had not yet ended, and she thought about whether she should go and take a look, but when she thought about the distance between the two schools, she did not really go.
Even at that time she had never thought that the Provincial Third Conference would really lose, but who knew that it would actually happen!
"Coach." Zhang Sheng called out. She looked up and saw a group of students staring at the words eagerly. She smiled and said, "Why, are you scared?"
"How is this possible!" Su Li was the first to jump up.
"We've never been afraid of being ranked third in the province!" This was said by the defender Ma Yiyi. Her name means "little bird" in Chinese, but she is tall... well, you can't say she is very big, but before Su Li came, she could be said to be the most muscular among the iron men.
The two of them spoke first, and the others expressed that they were not afraid. Coach Ni clapped his hands and said, "It is indeed a bit unexpected that the provincial team lost, but this is football. Now, it's up to us!"
A group of people stretched out their arms and responded loudly.
Coach Ni clapped his hands again: "Now, eat!"
Everyone responded again, this time it was louder than before. Coach Ni was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but said, "Just remember to eat!"
A group of people burst into laughter, and Coach Ni himself laughed.
Dinner was eaten at the hotel where they were staying.
Tiezhong’s football team is good, but Tiezhong itself is not that good. The result is that when it comes to playing football, the leaders support it but they can’t give much support.
For an outing like this, Coach Ni cannot charter a luxury bus; he cannot have any fancy meals, and he cannot afford to stay in a star-rated hotel.
However, Coach Ni has been leading the team for many years and has already managed various aspects.
So the bus that brought them here was not too shabby, and they stayed in a motel which was not very famous but was still clean.
This hotel originally only provided breakfast and not dinner, but Coach Ni and his friends were regular customers, so they did it for a little extra money.
Everyone was very happy with the meal, not because the food in this restaurant was so good, but because of the atmosphere, especially because they had a place to stay at night.
Coach Ni was short of funds, so he could only book a triple room for them, and none of the girls objected to this.
Wang Yijing lives in the same room with Zhang Sheng and Su Li.
Compared with Wang Yajing, Coach Ni had no hesitation in coaching Su Li - she used to be the main player of No. 6 Middle School. After coming to Tiezhong, although she did not become a main player immediately, it meant that she had not yet adapted to the rhythm of high school. In terms of other aspects, such as awareness and technology, they are no worse than the main force.
Su Li is a carefree person. Although she felt a little awkward with Wang Yijing at the beginning, she soon forgot about it. When she saw how diligently Wang Yijing practiced every day, she admired her even more.
This time there were three of them in one room, and no one had any objections until Wang Yijing started taking things out of the box.
The first thing she took out was a bed sheet.
When they saw her take out a long white strip of cloth, Zhang Sheng and Su Li just felt strange, but when they saw her spread that thing on the bed, they felt something was wrong.
"Jingjing, what is this?" Zhang Sheng said.
"Bed sheets." Wang Yajing blinked and looked back and forth at the sheet in her hand. Did she take the wrong one?
"No, what are you doing with the bed sheet?" Su Li asked.
"Lay the bed." Wang Yijing looked at her with some confusion. The latter slapped her face with her hands, very weakly.
Zhang Sheng rubbed his nose: "Jingjing, what we mean is, why did you think of using a bed sheet to make a bed?"
"Of course it's because the sheets outside are not..." Wang Yijing said confidently, and suddenly found that Zhang Sheng and Su Li were looking at her inexplicably, so she sighed, "The sheets outside are not clean!"
"Not clean?" Zhang Sheng and Su Li looked at the bed together. The bed sheet was also white and looked clean.
"Of course it's not clean. It seems that neither of you are prepared. Let me think about it..." As she said that, she looked at the bedside table. After finding that it could be moved, she started to move it. Zhang Sheng hurried forward, "Jingjing, what are you doing?"
"Move this out of the way so the three beds can be put together and the sheet I got can be used by the three of us."
"Together...?" Su Li was stunned.
"Um."
"How do you use it?"
"Use it sideways."
…
Their beds were 1.2 meters long, and Wang Yijing took a single bed sheet. Although it was wide, it was not enough to cover three beds, so she finally spread it horizontally in the middle.
Su Li and Zhang Sheng were both casual, but they felt awkward when they saw this. Su Li opened her mouth again and again, and finally said, "I don't need it, I don't need it, you two can use it."
As she spoke, she wanted to take off the sheet on her bed, but Wang Yijing held her back and said, "Why not?"
Zhang Sheng also said, "Jingjing, I don't need it either..."
Before she finished speaking, Wang Yijing looked at her again. Usually, Wang Yijing was like a rabbit, but this time, she looked like a tiger. Zhang Sheng was a little scared when she was looked at. She rubbed her nose again: "You mean well, we know, but this... is quite awkward."
"Yes, yes, it's awkward." Su Li said quickly.
Wang Yijing looked at her, then at Zhang Sheng, and finally slapped her thigh, acting like a little princess: "You guys, don't know how to take care of yourselves!"
…
In the next hour, Wang Yijing taught Zhang Sheng and Su Li a good lesson, from taking care of themselves, to the right way to wash, and then to the secrets of the body. In short, it combined the health and hygiene of later generations with popular science. Zhang Sheng and Su Li were first stunned, then shy, and then they didn't know what to feel.
Until Su Li suddenly had a sudden inspiration and thought of something: "I don't know if Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School is easy to play against."
As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Yijing, a football novice, was speechless. She blinked once, and then blinked again, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Su Li added: "I don't know how the provincial No. 3 lost."
Zhang Sheng hummed.
"team leader?"
"Provincial No.3 is Provincial No.3, and we are us."
"......Yeah!" Su Li nodded.
"Yeah!" Wang Yijing also nodded.
At this time, Tiezhong did not expect that they would lose. Although they also thought that Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School would not be easy to deal with, they did not think that they would not be able to defeat it.
Yes, Zhou No. 6 Middle School beat the provincial No. 3 team, which was really unexpected. But, they were supposed to be better than the top three teams in the province. What's more, the reason why the top three teams in the province lost was probably because of carelessness and unfamiliarity. They would not be careless, and although they were not familiar with Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School, they knew their style. How could they still lose?
Yes, the football is round, but if you let the Brazilian men's football team and the Chinese men's football team play... then how round should the football be so that the Chinese team can win!
Of course, the difference between them and Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School is not that big, but that's the idea.
But as soon as they came on the court, Tiezhong felt the strength of Zhoushi No. 6 Middle School.
In other words, they felt something was different as soon as they met.
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Note: The number of substitutes varies depending on the league. For example, in the Premier League, there are usually seven substitutes, and in the World Cup, there are twelve. But no matter how many players you bring, you can only replace three.
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