Chapter 056: Two consecutive league wins (2)

The recent Premier League games held at Molineux Stadium were almost sold out, and the fans of the small town of Wolverhampton spared no effort to support the team. This ancient stadium with only more than 32,000 seats has attracted more than 40,000 fans today, of which only more than 2,000 are fans of Blackburn Rovers, and the rest are all native Wolverhamptonians.

In the last game, Wolverhampton won a big victory over Leeds United away from home, which made the fans more confident in their favorite team. They especially wanted to watch the 16-year-old player who was rumored to be amazing - Alan Wang up close. Oh, it seems that he will be 17 years old next month.

Among these fans, there are also many scouts from clubs. In small clubs in the top leagues such as Wolverhampton or Blackburn, some geniuses will appear from time to time, and their task is to observe these geniuses, make specific assessments of their strengths, and report the news to the club.

Obviously, today they are all here for several young players from Wolverhampton, not to mention Wang Li and Harrison, and defenders Lescott and Pitt who came on as substitutes in the last game also attracted their attention. For young players, they don't need to perform too well in the first top league game. As long as they can complete the tasks assigned by the head coach, it means that the player can gain a foothold in the top league. For such players, scouts will record them and keep observing their performance.

The big screen in the stadium was still showing the players entering the field. Every Wolverhampton player received warm applause from the audience, which encouraged these warriors and gave them more motivation to play. On the other hand, Blackburn did not receive such treatment, and the commentator on the scene only casually mentioned Blackburn's starting lineup, and most of the fans in the audience did not care about it.

When the commentator announced Wang Li's entry, the cheers were drowned out by screams from the southeast corner of the stadium. The reporters confusedly cut the camera over and saw a huge banner, "ALAN, WE LOVE YOU!!!" The players who had just entered the stadium were stunned by the four words. They all turned their heads to Wang Li and looked at him with jealousy. Wang Li could only helplessly say that he was unwilling to do so in order to comfort his teammates. In fact, he was also very happy. Which man would not like a large group of female fans to support him? Of course, those who look sorry for the earth are not included.

In the locker room, Dave emphasized the team's formation. Although it was an all-out offensive tactic, the defense must be stable. Modern football relies on defense to win, and Dave was well aware of this.

He is also relieved to have veteran Naylor on the back line. Naylor is a veteran who was transferred under Dave's control. He is 31 years old this year. He is a traditional Italian defender. He played 197 games for Udinese and scored 0 goals. This also reflects that Naylor has no offensive desire at all, so there is no need to worry that he will attack and delay the defense. In daily training, Naylor often helps these young players on the back line. The players also respect Naylor and will obey his command.

In the center, the stable performance of the team captain Kennedy made Dave feel more at ease. However, the only thing he was worried about was the team's right side. Since Wang Li played as a shadow striker in this lineup, the right side was controlled by Butler. This player's offensive desire was too strong and he would often lose sight of one thing while focusing on another.

On the forward line, the partnership of Harrison and Miller, as well as Wang Li's breakthrough support in the back are also very strong. Thinking of Wang Li, Dave is looking forward to this game. How will he perform?

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Amid the anticipation of the fans in the stands, the game finally began with a whistle from the referee Barry.

In this game, Blackburn deployed a 442 formation that is more offensive, with Friedel as the goalkeeper, Neil and Short as the defenders, Taylor and Babel as the fullbacks, Emedon and Gransco as the two wingers, and the captain Frycroft and Tugay, who was transferred this year, leading the attack and defense in the middle. Strangely, today the head coach Lem Sounis did not send Yorke to play, but Andy Cole and Gallagher as the forwards. The old and the young complement each other and it may be very powerful.

In the first 20 minutes, Blackburn defender Babel suffered a lot. The black-haired kid that the head coach asked him to focus on defending had dribbled past him three times in these 20 minutes. In front of this black-haired kid, his defense was almost useless. After being double-teamed by his teammates, this kid would pass the ball directly. This made him distressed, but also made the fans in the audience scream with excitement! Watching Wang Li dribbling on the court is definitely an unparalleled enjoyment.

However, what makes Dave somewhat relieved is that after Wang Li gets the ball, he will cooperate more with his teammates to find opportunities. This is a kind of progress. Football is a sport for eleven people, and it is difficult for the Mavericks to succeed in modern football.

Wolverhampton's attack wave after wave made Blackburn a little overwhelmed. They did not expect this "country team" to be able to launch such a fierce attack. They still remembered that in the first match of this season, they easily beat this team 3:0 in their home stadium. However, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west!" Today's game did not seem as easy as they imagined.

In the first twenty minutes, Wolverhampton's cooperation was very smooth. After such a long period of training, Wang Li has also made great progress in this regard. Miller, Kennedy and Wang Li formed a line across the entire field from the center line to Blackburn's small penalty area, posing a great threat to Blackburn.

Wolverhampton has completed six shots, three of which were extremely threatening, especially the black-haired boy who the coach paid special attention to. His strength was indeed extraordinary. Two long shots from outside the penalty area almost turned into scores. If goalkeeper Friedel had not been in good form today, maybe the score would have been 3:0 now.

In the 23rd minute of the game, on the left side, Wang Li dribbled the ball quickly again, Babel stepped forward to intercept, he drew a circle on the ball, kicked forward with his right toe, immediately bypassed Babel, and passed the ball easily, ignoring Babel with a sullen look on his face, and continued to dribble the ball towards the middle.

Babel was furious!!! This was the fourth time he had passed the ball in this way, which was a naked insult to him. The cheers from the fans in the stands seemed to be a mockery of Babel, which made his mind extremely full of blood. He immediately turned around and tackled Wang Li who had just run by fiercely from behind! It was definitely aimed at the man, not the ball!

Wang Li felt his heel being hit by a strong force and flew forward, his body fell straight onto the grass, and then his left leg seemed to be numb, he sat up, holding his leg, and checked the condition. Fortunately, it was only a superficial injury, but Wang Li still rubbed his calf with a grimace, sitting on the grass, pretending that he couldn't get up.

This foul was too obvious, and this was at Molineux Stadium. The referee Barry saw it clearly, and it was undoubtedly a malicious foul! He ran over and took out a red card and waved it at Babel, sending him off the field.

The Wolverhampton fans in the stands were furious at Babel's bad behavior. He dared to hurt their idol! Babel slowly walked towards the player's tunnel. When he passed the female fans' stand in the southeast corner, a large number of "hidden weapons" flew directly over, including mobile phones, jewelry, cosmetic boxes, etc. The beautiful fan even threw a pair of high heels directly at Babel's head. Fortunately, he dodged quickly, otherwise he would definitely become the first player in English football history to be hit by high heels on the court. Even the other male fans in the audience felt a little sympathetic to Babel. He was teased one after another on the court, and was "hurt" by a large group of female fans after leaving the court.

Seeing this situation, the players on the field looked at the black-haired boy who was sitting on the ground rubbing his legs with a strange look, thinking, it’s good to be handsome, this boy will definitely have good luck with women in the future.

At this time, the commentator was also unwilling to be left out, and immediately said: "Oh, our Alan seems to be injured. That damn Blackburn player has no professional ethics. Such a person should be banned for life. Facing such a young Alan, he actually kicked him. It's really abominable. I hope Alan is okay! It's a free kick from Wolverhampton, but the position is really not good."