Chapter 63: Tendon dislocation, go home to recuperate

Perhaps stimulated by Wang Li's goal, Charlton's striker Jonathan and left winger Stuart were extremely active in the subsequent games. In front of tens of thousands of fans at the Valley Stadium, they were the mainstay of the team's offense and did not want to lose to Wolverhampton in offense.

Stuart continued to make long runs on the left, causing the fans to applaud and cheer for him loudly, and Jonathan also threatened Oakes' goal several times. Although he failed to score, it seemed that it was only a matter of time. This made Wolverhampton's defenders dare not slack off in their defense.

However, on the football field, a good-looking scene does not necessarily lead to victory. In the 84th minute of the game, just after Jonathan's header was caught by Oaks, Wolverhampton launched a quick counterattack!

Oaks kicked the ball towards the middle, Cameron leaned against Yule, grabbed the landing point, stretched out his left foot to release the force, and the ball stopped at his feet. He knocked the ball with his heel, and the ball passed between Yule's legs. Before Yule could react, he immediately turned around and chased the ball. Before Yule caught up, he kicked the ball to Wang Li in front of him on the right.

At this time, Charlton's backcourt only had four defensive players, and one of them was on the left. What a great opportunity! After receiving the pass, Wang Li directly passed the ball to Harrison on the left, and ran forward past Perry. Harrison didn't even stop the ball, and immediately knocked the ball back to Wang Li. At this time, Wang Li was already at the edge of the small penalty area, and there was only one defender between him and goalkeeper Keely.

Fish, who is 27 years old, is very experienced. He knew that if he rushed forward directly, the black-haired boy would only have to pull the ball to the side and shoot directly, which would almost guarantee a goal. So Fish did not rush forward to grab the ball rashly. Instead, he turned around at the moment Wang Li wanted to pass him, pressed his body against him, and then hit him hard, trying to make Wang Li lose his balance. This kind of close physical collision is very normal in the Premier League. At this time, goalkeeper Kelly also pounced on the ball.

After Wang Li was hit by Fish's strong force, he lost his balance and fell to the left. However, he hooked the ball with force at the moment of falling to the ground, and the ball rolled to the left with this force. Wang Li took a few steps to the left with his hands on the ground, and then stood up with his legs to chase the ball. By the way, he looked at the position of the goal. After catching up with the ball, he slowed down the rhythm and raised his right foot to shoot into the empty goal!

Fish was very surprised at the body balance of the black-haired boy. He originally thought that if he hit him so hard with his own strength, he would definitely fall to the ground, and the ball would easily stay at his feet. However, he did not succeed. After seeing Wang Li was about to shoot, his first reaction was to directly block the shot. He jumped up, leaned over, and made a tackle, rushing towards Wang Li. When he found that the angle was a little wrong, it was too late. He kicked Wang Li's left leg directly, and Wang Li fell directly to the ground.

Wang Li is injured!!!

This time I was really hurt!!!

Fish's kick just now hit Wang Li's left foot, the only thing supporting his body. After lying on the ground, Wang Li immediately stood up, grimaced, covered his left foot and rubbed it hard.

Harrison ran over from behind and helped Wang Li take off his leggings and socks. He saw that the instep of his left foot was swollen. He immediately got angry! He stood up and rushed to Fish, pushing him hard, "How did you kick the ball!?"

Fish felt a little guilty, so he didn't say anything. However, Kelly next to him would definitely not let his teammate suffer, so he ran over and pushed Harrison hard, and Kelly pushed his small body directly to the grass.

At this time, other players also ran over, and the two teams began to push and shove with Harrison as the dividing line, and it seemed that it was about to turn into a group PK battle.

Although they admired the performance of the black-haired boy on the field, Charlton fans would of course stand firmly on the side of the home team when a dispute occurred between the two teams. In the audience, some fans were even gloating, constantly spitting out ugly words to insult Wolverhampton players including Wang Li.

"You yellow monkey, you deserve to be injured, get off the court!"

"Next time you come to the Valley Stadium, I will make you all go back limping!"

"Fish, you did a great job, that's how it should be!"

Some Charlton fans were climbing the barbed wire and wanted to join the stadium to help Charlton players. Fortunately, the stadium security arrived in time and prevented it from turning into a disaster. When the fourth official saw this situation, he even called the police station directly and asked them to send some riot police to maintain order!

Referee Stears immediately ran over, separated the players who were still pushing and shoving, and warned them. He leaned over to look at Wang Li's foot injury, waved his hand, and signaled for a stretcher. He turned around and showed a yellow card to Harrison, Keely, and Fish, who had made the tackle, and awarded Wolverhampton a penalty.

"That was clearly a flagrant foul, the perpetrator should be sent off the court!!"

"I will sue the FA!!!"

"Charlton fans are so uncultured, are they all football hooligans?"

Dave didn't care about the noise of the fans outside the stadium. He kept complaining to the fourth official. The fourth official just kept nodding. No matter how he thought, he couldn't change the referee's decision. On the court, he was just a tool for the head coach to vent his anger...

After talking nonsense to the fourth official to no avail, Dave immediately walked to the stretcher and asked the team doctor about Wang Li's condition.

"His left foot is already swollen. The exact situation will only be known after a careful examination."

Dave frowned in worry and immediately turned and walked towards the bench. He replaced Wang Li with Lescott. There were only a few minutes left in the game. As long as this penalty kick could be scored, they only needed to maintain a solid defense to win.

Dave is very angry now. Wang Li is injured, and these fans are even gloating over his misfortune. Some of them are even shouting racist words, which makes him worried that Wang Li can't bear it.

Kennedy stood in front of the ball. He was the captain of the team and the most stable player. Most of the team's penalties were taken by him.

Facing Kelly who was staring at him seriously, he did not disappoint the expectations of all the fans. He easily pushed the ball into the lower left corner and the ball rolled into the goal. The score became 2:3.

In the last few minutes, Charlton launched a fierce attack, but all Wolverhampton players returned to defense and guarded the goal like an iron wall. This was by no means something that could be broken through in a short time. In the end, Wolverhampton defeated the home team Charlton 3:2 at the Valley Stadium.

However, what they were more concerned about was Wang Li's injury.

After hurriedly attending the press conference, head coach Dave brought Harrison, Pete and several other close friends of Wang Li to visit Wang Li to check on his foot injury.

"It's a tendon dislocation, it's not a big problem, but I won't be able to compete within a month."

"A month?" Dave frowned, regretting secretly that he should have replaced him earlier. He would have to recuperate for a month and miss at least three games against Leeds United, Fulham and Portsmouth. His opponents in the next games would be Manchester United and Arsenal. In other words, Wolverhampton would most likely experience a low point in the next five games.

"Alan, just take a good rest during this period and don't worry about the team." Dave comforted him. He was worried that Wang Li would have some psychological trauma because such a young player was suffering from injuries.

“Thank you, boss!”

"I have a good friend who is a surgeon in this hospital. I'll ask him to come and take care of you every day so that you can recover quickly!"

Wang Li lowered his head and thought about it carefully, but still rejected Dave's suggestion. His home was near the University of London and only about 10 kilometers away from Charlton. He hadn't been home for a long time, and his father and mother should know that he was injured. He didn't want to make them worry.

"But... I want to go home and recuperate. You know, my home is in Liverpool and I haven't been home for a long time."

Just at this moment, there was a noise outside, and Harrison went out immediately. After a while, he saw him walking in with an oriental man, talking, followed by a woman with a worried face.

"Hi, hello, you must be Wang Li's coach. I am his father Wang Hai, and this is my wife Ellis. She wanted to come in just now but was stopped by the security guard." Wang Hai saw Dave beside the bed and extended his hand politely.

"I'm sorry, those people were afraid that the fans would rush in. Your son is great. The defender on the court today was really violent, but the doctor said it's not a big problem and he will be fine after a few days of rest."

"That's good. We saw on TV that Alan was injured and we were all worried, so we came to have a look. Luckily, we were playing at Charlton today, so we came straight over."

"I heard you are a professor at the University of London. You are so young!"...

The two men were chatting happily, but Elris ignored their politeness and walked directly to Wang Li to inquire about his injuries. When he heard that he only needed to recuperate for a month, Elris breathed a sigh of relief.

After Dave and the others left, Wang Hai and Ellis helped Wang Li return to their home in Liverpool. Since he came into this world, he had never lived at home. The care from Wang Hai and Ellis made him feel very kind, so he also wanted to stay quietly at home for some days.