Chapter Thirty-One: Far Away
The first half ended not long after being overtaken by Ajaccio. The players entered the locker room, and Kubis and Bjotta followed.
"Joey, you played well, but your running position is still a bit too deep. Don't be afraid that your teammates won't be able to pass it. Our players are all very good." Unlike the players imagined, Curbis did not praise their reversals, but began to scold them with a stern face, "You are the arrowhead, the first person to be responsible for quick counterattacks. No one asked you to be responsible for the middle lane organization, and you can't do that well. Don't just go to the middle lane without any trouble."
"And you, you still have the face to smile? This is our home court. The first game of the season, the first goal was actually the goal of our own goal. And I also said before the game that we played defensive counterattack, we are a strong defensive team! In this way, what are your face to smile? If it weren't for Joey's breakthrough, we would have lost today! You guys are all waste!"
Kubis's rage made Bjort a little confused. He remembered that Kubis was talking and laughing in the coaching seat just now, and he kept asking him to wait for a while. Why did he turn his back immediately when he arrived at the locker room?
Is this the so-called motivational skill of the head coach? Bjota smiled bitterly in his heart. Shouldn’t the head coach’s approach be clear in rewards and punishments? How could it be like this now?
The halftime break soon passed by the head coach's scolding. When Ajaccio stepped onto the court, his expression became much more serious.
"If these kids don't scold them a few words, they can't grow up well." Kubis looked at the game on the court with a little smugness and explained to Bjort beside him. "They obviously didn't play well at the beginning of the first half, so they lost the ball. And at the last moment of the first half, they were obviously relaxed again. The young children were too emotional. If they didn't scold them a few more, they couldn't control their emotions well."
"Aren't you afraid that they will have a rebellious mentality, and will contradict you in turn?" Bjotta asked.
"There is no reason to turn against each other after scolding. No matter how stupid they are, they know that they cannot easily offend the head coach. They will not turn against each other in the first game of the new season. Now this rebellious emotion is just used in the game. If you praise them after the game, you will forget all of them. This is the best thing for young people, and they don't hold grudges."
Bjota shook his head, he didn't have such thoughts.
However, he also admitted that this statement was indeed very useful. At the beginning of the second half, when the players played football, they ran more and their defense quality improved a lot. Although Nancy tried to use a fierce attack to counterattack at the beginning, it was firmly blocked by Ajaccio's excellent defense.
This is the effect that Curbis wants. A sharp counterattack cannot replace a hard defense. Only the best defense can ensure victory.
Zhao Yaning, on the court, also obeyed the head coach and paid more attention to his running position. He understood his task a little, and the head coach asked him to make a counterattack arrow because he was very fast and could pose a great threat. When it comes to midfield and organization, that is not his strength. Although Rodriguez and Fadina are not experts in any organization, they have played for a long time and have experience. They go to the middle to participate in the transmission. Although it is difficult to have any wonderful passes, they will not have any stupid actions, which are far more safe than going to them.
The coach is a person who is safe and supreme. He doesn't like risky playing. Since this is the case, he has to pay attention to making fewer mistakes. It is indeed easier to cruise on the wing and wait for opportunities to attack. This kind of playing style is indeed a better way for young players to reduce mistakes.
Moreover, after the start of the second half, Zhao Yaning clearly felt that he seemed to be more difficult than in the first half. The opponent no longer attacked him, but the opponent's fullback seemed to be eyeing him and kept wandering around him. As long as he moved forward a little, he would stick it up, which made Zhao Yaning extremely uncomfortable.
What he could think of was naturally to keep running in the frontcourt to avoid this defensive strategy.
"See? Nancy is not stupid. This guy has outstanding characteristics, fast speed and good skills, but poor ability to fight, poor balance and strength. The opponent doesn't need so much effort to surround him. As long as someone can stare at him, he will immediately ensure physical contact as soon as he gets the ball, and he will not be able to do anything." Bjota saw it clearly on the court than Zhao Yaning. He understood that the opponent changed his defensive strategy.
"Then let's see how he cracked it himself." Kubis replied, "Didn't he try to get rid of his opponent by running? I think it's still possible."
"But in this way, his physical strength is a big problem." Bjotta continued to remind, "With such a large amount of running, he will definitely not be able to run after 70 minutes."
"Then let's change him." Kubis waved his hand, "Dominic, you should pay more attention to his self-improvement of his ability to run without the ball, which is a very important thing. If you train him for physical strength, strength, balance, etc., isn't it enough to train him? By the way, I will correct his way of dribbling. His dribbling depends entirely on speed and foot feeling. There are many unstandard ankle movements, so you can make up for it. Don't bother me with these things. What I pay more attention to is the ball merchant. The role of the ball merchant is far more important than technology."
Zhao Yaning was still playing his own running game, and after Ajaccio gave him a few balls, he moved the counterattack position to the other side. The Nancy man pressed too far forward. After Squillac kicked the ball out, Lacombe successfully counterattacked the ball on the side and ran forward with the ball. Zhao Yaning immediately followed and pressed up. This counterattack opportunity was the best opportunity in the second half.
However, Racombe did not choose to pass the ball to Rodriguez and Zhao Yaning who were following, but chose to shoot by himself.
The goalkeeper had a good position and saved the ball from the bottom line.
Lyon's corner kick was given by Ananko. His corner kick was characterized by his preference for big arcs to give back points, so Ajaccio's high point Squillac also stood at the back point. Zhao Yaning's header ability was not strong, and his task was also to stand near the penalty spot to confuse his opponent.
The ball was driven out. Sure enough, it was a corner kick flying towards the back point. Squillac jumped high, grabbed the first point, and pushed the ball towards the goal, but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper.
This time, the ball fell at Zhao Yaning's feet. Zhao Yaning had almost no time to think about it, so he immediately raised his foot and shot. He shot the ball into the goal before the opponent's goalkeeper got up!
3-1.
Seeing his ball flying into the goal, Zhao Yaning almost jumped up excitedly. He did not expect that the goal he had thought about for a long time was scored in this unexpected way at this time. This also made him feel amused and laughed. Football is really an unpredictable sport.
It was not until this time that he remembered that he seemed not ready to celebrate. But immediately he thought of what to do. He raised his hand, clenched his fist, and pointed it at the sky.
I finally gained a foothold here.
The game lasted for more than 60 minutes, with a score of 3-1. Ajaccio, who played at home, had almost secured the victory. In the 73rd minute, Nancy, who was restless, made another mistake. Fadina's long shot outside the penalty area rewritten the score again, making the score 4-1.
The coach also made a substitution adjustment at this time, allowing Dabere to replace Zhao Yaning, who was in poor physical strength and could no longer keep up with the rhythm.
"It's good to play." As he walked out, Kubis hugged him and said softly, "It's really good to play. Go down and have a rest. Do you want to take a shower first or finish watching in the stands, it's up to you."
"I'll go to the locker room first." Zhao Yaning was already a little impatient. He wanted to tell his parents and Beibei the news quickly.
"Do you still watch it? I'm sleepy. Since he's off to rest, I'll go to rest too." Beibei, who was sitting in the private room of the Internet cafe, also stood up at this time. "It's not good at all, and you can't find a channel with Chinese commentary to watch the football? Is this idiot commentary's tongue short? It sounds so ugly in French."
"Babe, don't complain. It would be nice to find a channel to watch the French second division. What else do you want? Which Chinese narrator has nothing to do for your elderly to watch the game. B? And the French is not that way, it would be weird if you can hear it clearly." Zhang Jun said on the side, "We are really unlucky. We came out to watch a low-level league game with you in the middle of the night, and we have to act as an amateur commentator for your big ball blind. You said you can't understand anything, so why do you make a fuss?"
"This is his first professional league game, I want to see it." Beibei replied, "but I really didn't understand much, I just saw him running around. It seems that he scored a goal, right?"
"I scored a goal, created a penalty kick, and the first one was an indirect assist. With such performance, the coach had to treat him as a treasure. With your girlfriend, you were running around all over the field... Beibei, if you don't understand the ball, don't watch the ball. You are very nervous about studying. You are also a good kid who has never entered the Internet cafe. It's better to go back and study hard."
"You don't care about me, just take care of yourself. Don't look at your achievements, what qualifications are there to say to me?"
Beibei immediately scolded them back. At this time, Li Ke's phone rang.
"I'm looking for you, for sure." Li Ke said to Beibei while answering the arc. But Beibei took the lead and snatched the phone and hung up. "What are you doing? It's less than five o'clock now, I should be sleeping now, how could I answer the phone? If I miss the bottom and let him know that I skipped school and skipped class, I can't spare you."
"Then why bother you..." Zhang Jun shook his head.
"When you understand, you will have a girlfriend." Li Ke patted Zhang Jun, and saw Zhang Jun looking at him, shrugging his shoulders again, "Don't look at me, I don't have a girlfriend, so I don't understand either."
You don't understand anything. Beibei sat there with the phone, silent for a long time.
I haven't seen each other for so long. I want to take a look. Is it strange? Who cares about football? What's the big deal if you lose or win? Isn't it just a game? What I want to watch is people, not balls.
And how could you guys tell him that I was watching football? He liked me because I was a good kid. If I had been spending all night, what would he have reacted? I didn’t know what he was thinking in the two places.
Chapter completed!