Volume 1: Playing football with me will break your legs Chapter 61: Encountering a Strong Enemy Again
Speed PAC:77→82.
Total score: 382 → 387/700.
Li Polo eventually chose to spend all the 5 attribute points he gained from the upgrade on speed.
The reason is simple and very realistic.
Wimbledon will have two cup matches in December, both opponents are teams from higher-level leagues, one of which is Southampton from the Premier League!
This year's "Saints" have many speed players, such as the main striker Shane Long, Senegal's fast horse Sadio Mane, and local full-back Nathaniel Clyne. They are all track and field athletes who run all over the field, have bursting physical strength and amazing speed. If they are allowed to concentrate in one position for crazy attacks, even the defense of the Premier League team will not be able to hold on for too long.
So Li Polo prepared himself by giving himself a shot of vaccination to prevent himself from not being able to catch up with his opponent!
A speed of 82 should be enough for a defender, right?
Li Polo recalled his impression of Mane, who was known as "the smoky Tai Sui and the fiery King Kong", and suddenly felt a little guilty.
【Maybe……】
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"I'd rather play defense, coach."
Adre sighed and resisted the urge to slap the player.
Then switch to earnest advice mode:
" A player's position is not always fixed. For example, Gareth Bale played as a left back for several years before he successfully transformed himself into a left winger and became a great success. But you can't be impatient. You have only played professional football for more than three months. Your understanding of the sport is too superficial and your skills are even more immature. If you rashly change from a defender to a midfielder, you will only feel a huge gap..."
What he said was true.
Relatively speaking, among all the positions on the football field, the one with the lowest technical requirements is probably the defender, especially in low-level games. As long as you can run and jump, dare to fight and are willing to do dirty and tiring work, you can play as a defender.
If you want to play as a striker, you must at least have speed, be able to break through, and have some shooting skills.
To play as a central midfielder, you must have some ability to read the game, organize passes, and dribble and control the ball, right?
These abilities obviously require some talent, and cannot be achieved simply by relying on physical fitness.
In response to the coach's earnest teachings, Li Polo humbly accepted the teachings and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice:
"Okay, boss."
"I understand, boss."
"Thank you, boss."
Adley looked at him deeply for a few times, making sure that his teachings had not fallen on deaf ears, and then waved his hand:
"Okay, let's train in groups."
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More than twenty players instantly dispersed into three groups, distributed evenly according to the positions, with the main players and substitutes arranged in a dispersed manner.
The team members on Li Polo's side include: Aziz and Connolly as forwards, Suitland and Reeves as midfielders, Li Polo and Fuller as defenders, and third goalkeeper McDonnell.
This is the most basic passing and receiving training, but Li Polo immediately felt the deep malice from his teammates.
He waited in his position for about two minutes, but no teammate passed the ball to him!
He couldn't help but waved to Reeves:
"What are you doing?"
The roommate grinned at him:
"We are practicing passing the ball!"
Li Polo's face darkened:
"You are so petty!"
Fuller, who was just watching the fun, tried to be a good guy:
"We are all teammates, it shouldn't be that serious!"
Cox also noticed that the atmosphere here was a little strange, and he coughed quickly. Reeves then curled his lips and passed the ball to Li Polo reluctantly.
Li Polo passed the ball directly to McDonnell without stopping, still mumbling in disbelief:
"You guys need to think bigger, I'm doing this for the good of the team!"
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Compared to the "devil's schedule" that Premier League teams have to go through in December, the lower-level English League Two is much more humane - only 6 games are scheduled for the entire month of December.
On December 10, after a three-day break, Wimbledon welcomed its fourth-round opponent in the British Championship, Coventry City from the English League One, at home.
Compared to Bristol City, which they defeated a month ago, Coventry can only be regarded as a mid-to-lower-level team in English League One. As of the 19th round, they have only scored 21 points and ranked 18th in the standings, only 2 points higher than the relegation zone, and their situation is very dangerous.
Considering that they had a direct match against their relegation rivals in three days, Coventry directly sent out their rotation lineup in this insignificant cup match.
After all, even if you win the British Championship, the prize money is only 100,000 pounds. Although Coventry is only a third-level team, they don't even look down on this little money!
What can you do with £100,000? Staying in League One is much more important than this bonus!
Coventry, who had no intention of continuing the fight, didn't even manage a single shot on target at the King's Turf before returning to their home ground in a hurry, leaving the Crazy Gang players, who were eager to fight, punching the air in vain.
61% ball possession and a score of 2:0 ensured Wimbledon's advancement again.
As for who their opponent will be in the next round of the British Championship, no one cares for now.
Because... the draw results for another cup competition are also out!
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"Coach, can you repeat that?"
In the tactical analysis room, someone shouted.
Cox shrugged his shoulders and answered seriously:
"On January 3 next year, we will face Liverpool in the second round of the FA Cup. Does anyone know this team?"
A burst of laughter suddenly rang out in the room:
"Hahaha, Jin, you're going to fight your childhood idol!"
Akinfenwa grinned expectantly.
Reeves poured cold water on him:
"That's not necessarily true. Liverpool have played like shit this season. It's hard to tell that they were the favorites to win the title last season . They may not care about the FA Cup! Maybe it's just like when they played against Real Madrid!"
Akinfenwa's big mouth immediately closed tightly.
After the magnificent 2013-2014 season, Liverpool once again missed the Premier League championship trophy. Rodgers and his disciples seemed to have lost the courage and ambition to make a comeback, and their performance in the new season was hard to describe.
After 15 rounds of the league, they are only ranked 9th, 15 points behind the leader Chelsea, and the possibility of winning the championship is only theoretical.
In the Champions League, the Reds, who returned to the highest stage after many years, also struggled, losing 0:3 to Real Madrid at home. This was not particularly surprising, but disappointingly, they couldn't even beat the Swiss and Bulgarian teams! They only won one game in six group matches and were eliminated directly after finishing third in the group!
But what is even more unacceptable to all supporters is that when challenging Real Madrid away in the fourth round, head coach Rogers actually directly fielded a substitute lineup!
There is no Gerrard, no Coutinho, no Sterling, no Balotelli, Henderson... The young coach nicknamed "Genius Luo" and "Sir Luo" completely gave up the historical glory and dignity of Liverpool and surrendered at the Bernabeu!
Liverpool's deployment of troops scared Real Madrid, who had fielded all their main players and were ready for a fierce battle at the Bernabeu!
Perhaps seeing the former English champion in such a state of decline, the Galacticos also felt heartfelt sympathy and compassion. After Benzema opened the scoring in the 27th minute, superstars such as C Ronaldo, James Rodriguez, Bale and Modric could not bear to take action, maintaining the score of 1:0 until the end.
The one-goal loss did not seem shameful at all, but Rodgers' voluntary withdrawal brought shame to Liverpool and caused his reputation in the Red Army's dressing room to plummet. There were even reports that his position as coach was shaken because of it .
Liverpool, which is in a precarious situation, may... be worse than Manchester United before!
Li Polo took a deep breath.
Fortunately, I had invested all 5 upgraded attribute points into speed in advance!
Liverpool's Sterling is one of the top winger strikers in English football!
My speed of 82 points... can I really deal with him?
