Chapter 69: Comeback Battle! (3)
After Harrison scored, Redknapp, who was sitting in the coaching booth, covered his face with both hands and wiped it vigorously. Then he turned his head to look at the bench and said helplessly: "Shemer, go warm up!"
The camera turned to the Portsmouth coaching bench. Redknapp in the camera had almost no expression, but the overall depressed atmosphere still betrayed him.
"F. Schmeier, center back? We can see that Portsmouth's young defender Schmeier is warming up on the sidelines. Who is he going to replace?"
After a while, the fourth official raised the substitution card, No. 29 in, No. 7 off!
"Oh my God! Shemer replaced Portsmouth's only striker Shelingham! It seems that they have completely given up attacking and want to hold on to one point!"
"It seems that this old fox intends to defend to the death." Assistant coach Ops kept analyzing, "Although Schermer is a young player, his strength is not inferior to those veterans. With another big player in the backcourt, Portsmouth's defense will be more solid."
"It doesn't matter even if we lose this game. It's time to teach these players a profound lesson. In the first half, I didn't remind them because I wanted Portsmouth to score the first goal and tell these young players that it is very important to keep a cool head during the game. The victories in the previous games gave them confidence, but also fostered their contempt for their opponents. Even the failure in the last game didn't wake them up. You know, we are Wolverhampton, not Manchester United or Arsenal."
Dave said calmly that Wolverhampton players have been too optimistic recently, so he had no intention of winning from the beginning. There are still 14 rounds left in the league, and the following games are becoming more and more important. It is indeed very cost-effective to win back the hearts of the players with a defeat.
On the field, Portsmouth had no intention of attacking and their pass was quickly intercepted, this time by Newton, who had been a bit mediocre throughout the game.
After Newton got the ball, he kicked it to Kennedy in the middle. At this time, there was no Portsmouth player to compete for the ball. They all stayed near the penalty area line, and only Smelding was wandering around the center line, but this was obviously a drop in the bucket and had no effect.
Facing Portsmouth's human wave tactics, Kennedy could only choose to pass the ball to Wang Li. He had no way to deal with such a dense defense. Coordination and tactics had no effect on Portsmouth now. It was like a bus was parked in front of their goal. It was really difficult to score a goal.
Wang Li knew that it was time for him to step up. He didn't want the game to end in a draw! It wasn't that he was greedy, but in the game, there would never be a lack of pursuit of victory!
Can a draw satisfy the more than 30,000 fans in the stands?
cannot!
They won't accept it, and neither will he!
After Wang Li received the ball, he dribbled past a defender in a disguised manner, raised his right foot and made a powerful long shot at the front of the penalty area. The ball almost flew in a straight line towards the goal in mid-air!
If you want to score a goal, you have to shoot!!!
Under the gaze of all the fans, the ball went slightly over the crossbar and flew out of the field. The rest of the game was completely a personal performance by Wang Li!
In the 80th minute, Butler and Cameron made a two-on-two cooperation and the ball was sent to a few meters on the left side of the penalty area line. Cameron caught a glimpse of the gap between the opponent's players and passed the ball to Wang Li on the right side of the penalty area without hesitation.
Wang Li struggled to push away Degeu and Berkovic who were standing next to him, then he swung the ball over with his left foot and moved the ball to the left with his right foot, and the ball was right in front of the goal.
At this time, he quickly ran two steps to the right and once again found an opening. Without any hesitation, Wang Li directly swung his right foot and fired another long shot!
With a dull thud, the ball flew towards Portsmouth's goal like a flash of lightning.
Perhaps out of professional ethics, or perhaps because he failed to react, Portsmouth's defensive general Prius this time acted like a revolutionary martyr who blocked the bullet hole. The whistling ball hit him right on the forehead, knocking him to the ground, and then he soared into the sky and fell out of the baseline.
At this time, Prius became the focus of the whole stadium. Under everyone's gaze, he hugged his head tightly with both hands and rubbed the grass with his feet alternately. After a long while, he stood up dizzy and waved to his teammates to signal that he was fine.
The Wolverhampton players were deeply worried for Prius, especially goalkeeper Oaks!
Having been tortured by Wang Li for so long, he almost gave up when facing Wang Li's volley and let the ball go into the net. He was afraid that he would get injured in his fingers after catching the ball, which is absolutely a tragedy for a goalkeeper. On the other hand, the Portsmouth defender actually used his head to block Wang Li's shot, and he had the courage to continue the game after recovering. It can only be said that Prius has a strong professional ethics and he is a role model for all professional players!
Prius, who was still in a daze, didn't know that his image had gradually become taller in the hearts of a Wolverhampton player...
In the 85th minute of the game, Butler dribbled the ball from the right and was brought down by the opponent's defender. Wolverhampton got a free kick about 40 meters away from the goal.
This position was very far from the goal, but seeing Wang Li standing in front of the ball, Portsmouth still lined up a sparse wall of players. Most of the players stood there unwillingly under the command of the goalkeeper. They crossed their hands and placed them between their legs, silently praying to God in their hearts: Don't shoot me...
As the referee blew the whistle, Wang Li took a few steps back and then ran towards the ball. Under everyone's gaze, he swung his right foot and kicked the ball. At this time, the Portsmouth players who formed a human wall even closed their eyes, waiting for the judgment of fate.
"Haha, they were cheated!" The fans in the audience said with some gloating.
Wang Li didn't shoot at all. He swung his right foot over the ball and then quickly ran towards the left side of the penalty area. Cameron, who was standing next to the ball, took two steps forward with the ball and then kicked the ball towards Wang Li again.
Wang Li just ran to the left side of the penalty area when he received the pass from Cameron. At this time, there were even several Portsmouth players with their eyes closed, not knowing what was happening at all.
At this moment, Wang Li's face was tense. He swung his right foot with all his strength and swung it towards the ball that was slowly rolling on the grass. The ball even changed its shape at the moment it touched his right foot, and then flew directly towards the Portsmouth goal!
At this moment, Rita, who was sitting next to the TV, was intoxicated by Wang Li's hideous face on the screen!
It turns out that he has such a domineering side!
"Alan, Alan, it's Alan!!!" Hasink was very excited at this time, "The ball...goes in!!! It's Alan, it's his powerful long shot!!! Our dance master, he scored again after returning from injury!!! He is the prince of Wolverhampton, the prince of dance, he is so outstanding, Goooooo...al!!!"
Redknapp watched the goal and sat back on the bench dejectedly. He lost the game, and Portsmouth lost, all because of this black-haired boy who was less than 17 years old! He was very unwilling. Why didn't such an outstanding player appear under his command?
After scoring the goal, Wang Li quickly ran to the sidelines, facing the fans' stands, raised his hands and clenched his fists. At this moment, he was the prince of Molineux! He even shed a few tears from his tightly closed eyes due to excitement! He hadn't played so well for a long time!
In the stands, Paul Neil Webb chewed gum, took off his gentleman's hat, and kept fanning himself. There were so many fans in the audience and the atmosphere was so lively that sweat even overflowed from his forehead.
Looking at the black-haired boy running on the court, Webb showed a hint of pride on his face. It turned out that this trip was not in vain!
As a scout for AC Milan, Paul Neal paid close attention to the talented players in small European clubs. A week ago, he accidentally visited the official website of the English Football Association and saw a wonderful goal video, which was hyped by the proud English people as "Dream Dance". He noticed the black-haired boy in the video at that time. With many years of scout's vision, he knew very well that this black-haired boy must have some ability to score such a wonderful goal.
So, the next day he flew to London and then took a car to this small city. However, he heard from some fans that Wang Li was injured. Although he felt a little sorry, he still went to Molineux Stadium out of professional habit to see if there were any other outstanding players. However, he did not expect that Wang Li would play in this game.
'This black-haired kid is really outstanding! ' This is the conclusion he came to after watching the 90 minutes of the game.
Paul Neil is very excited now. He wants to inform the club of the news as soon as possible. He knows that the bonus he can get this time will definitely not be a small amount!
"Beep, beep, beep..." With the referee's whistle, the game ended. In the end, Wolverhampton defeated the visiting Portsmouth team 2:1 at home.
The best player of the game undoubtedly belonged to Wang Li. After opening the champagne, the players were a little jealous and poured the beer directly on his head!
This scene was captured directly by reporters and became the front page of the newspaper the next day!