Volume 1: Playing football with me will break your legs Chapter 63: Li Polo can score this goal!
【Just one step slower! 】
Shane Long was a little annoyed, but he still gave a thumbs up immediately to express his gratitude for his teammate's selfless pass.
Mane was even angrier than him. After all, this time the continuous breakthroughs and clever crosses on the wing were entirely his personal performance. When he got the ball next time, the Wimbledon players would definitely be more cautious. The difficulty level would inevitably increase exponentially if they wanted to make such an easy breakthrough and pass.
The Senegalese striker glanced from afar at the guy who had ruined his plans, as if he wanted to engrave that figure in his eyes.
Phillips reached out and pulled Li Polo up from the ground, his face still showing signs of shock:
"Thanks to your accurate prediction, otherwise we would have made a big mistake!"
Smith, who was ten meters away, also gave him a thumbs up:
"Thanks, brother!"
Li Polo waved his hand:
"Just defend the out-of-bounds ball and don't look at me!"
…
After this false alarm, Wimbledon immediately strengthened the defense on the left side. In addition to Rigg and Smith, they added midfielder Francon . Adre wanted to use the advantage of numbers to completely freeze Southampton's offensive on this wing!
As for the other wing, Adre really didn't take it seriously.
After all… Bertrand, the left winger that Koeman arranged to start today, had always played as a defender before, and the experienced Fuller was enough to suppress him alone. If that didn't work, Reeves would help with the defense, which was enough.
If Bertrand knew that the other team's head coach saw through him like this, he would be furious and scold Adre for looking down on others:
[I am the Champions League champion! And I was a starter! When I and the bald Di Matteo led Chelsea to beat Bayern in 2012, you, Adre, were still playing in the amateur league with Wimbledon, right?]
But when he tried to break through from this wing, he hit a snag hard against Fuller.
The truth is so cruel. This legendary player who has won the Champions League is now completely inferior to the poor Senegalese kid who started from the French Ligue 2 team...
With no hope of attacking from the left, the ball was once again concentrated on Mane's right.
In the 19th minute, Mane tried to cut inside with the ball, but was blocked by Rigg and Smith. However, he feinted and passed the ball to right-back Klein who was advancing from behind.
Klein quickly went down the field and Smith had no time to catch up, so he could only let him kick the ball into the middle!
However, this cross was not threatening at all.
Shane Long didn't jump up at all. He was trapped by Phillips and could only watch the central defender leap high and head the ball out of the penalty area.
After all, the Saints striker is barely 1.80 meters tall. If it is just a competition for headers, Phillips, who is 1.88 meters tall, will not be under much pressure.
Porter, who was at the top of the penalty area, grabbed the first landing point of the football. Without even turning around, he used his heel to knock the ball diagonally behind him!
As the core of Wimbledon's midfield, he knows the running positions of almost every teammate. When everyone else is concentrated on the left, there is definitely one person on the right wing!
Reeves!
The right midfielder, who had hardly played any role since the opening, finally got the ball, and in front of him was only the opponent's full-back Matt Targett, a young player who had just been promoted from the youth team to the first team and had never played this season.
In fact, Target, who was born in 1995, is only two years younger than Reeves, but Reeves has been in League One and League Two for three seasons. Although it was only a rotation, he also participated in seventy or eighty official games. The experience of the two is completely not at the same level!
Reeves only used the simplest dribble to shake Target off, and then instead of continuing to attack, he sent the ball to Akinfenwa near the center circle.
Due to his lack of speed and flexibility, Akinfenwa seldom participates deeply in defense. He is like a huge nail, pressing the opponent's two central defenders around the center circle and reducing their manpower to participate in the siege.
At this moment, he received the ball with his back to the goalkeeper. The two central defenders immediately formed a double team, one holding his back tightly to prevent him from turning and breaking through, while the other tried to steal the ball from the side and rear...
Although Akinfenwa is heavy and slow, his ball control skills are still quite stable. The two central defenders pressed him on the left and right for five seconds but failed to find any opportunities. Instead, Wimbledon's midfielder arrived in time to provide support.
Akinfenwa pushed his butt hard, and the two defenders who were closely following him staggered and could not help but take a step back. The left center back Florin Gados even sat down on the ground!
It was this time of taking a step back that gave him the opportunity to pass the ball to Francon who came to support.
Francon had already observed the formations and positions of both sides. Without wasting any time, he directly sent a low pass!
A black shadow brushed past Gados' feet and rushed towards Southampton's half!
Gados, who was still sitting on the ground, pushed himself up with his left hand and jumped up, but when he turned around to chase back, Reeves, who was prepared, had already left him three meters away!
His head suddenly made a buzzing sound!
When it comes to a quick counterattack, if you start three meters late, the probability of catching up with the opponent will be infinitely close to zero!
Unless the opponent's name is Balotelli or Sterling!
Reeves, who had not scored a goal throughout the season, obviously cherished this one-on-one opportunity. He had already started to adjust his pace when he was five or six meters away from the penalty area.
When Saints goalkeeper Foster rushed out of the goal and pounced on him, Reeves just calculated the direction and strength, swung his right foot and made a shallow arc!
Foster stretched his arms as hard as he could, but was still half a second late!
The football bypassed his ten fingers and flew into the blind corner of the goal!
"boom!"
There was a huge cheer suddenly erupting at the King's Meadow!
The team they supported took the lead in the 20th minute!
1:0!
…
"YES!"
Reeves, who scored his first goal of the season, couldn't control his excitement at all. He did two front flips in front of the opponent's goalkeeper, which made Foster so angry that he almost couldn't help but knock him to the ground with a punch!
[If you want to celebrate, you can go to the side! ]
[Why do you have to hang around right under my nose? ]
…
"It wasn't easy, I finally scored one."
My roommate Aziz, who was sitting on the bench, commented with a chuckle :
"But Francon passed the ball so smoothly that even Polo could have easily shot it, right?"
Another roommate, the third goalkeeper McDonnell, thought for three seconds and shook his head seriously:
"I don't think so. If that kid's jumping and heading are at the Premier League level, then his shooting skills can only be at the amateur level. After seeing Foster leave the goal and attack, maybe he even forgot how to swing his legs!"
Aziz was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing:
"Dude, you're right!"
…
Although he couldn't hear the teasing from his roommates, Li Boluo still got the opportunity to perform.
Trailing by one goal, Southampton continued to intensify their attack, but whether it was Mane's breakthrough on the wing or high cross, they were never able to create any real killing opportunity, and instead were counterattacked by Wimbledon.
But this time Reeves, who was in charge of the attack, was not so lucky. The opponent's defender Gados made a flying tackle from the side and rear, knocking him to the ground with the ball!
Reeves hugged his knees and rolled three or four times on the grass before he finally stopped. The referee showed a red card to the opposing defender without any hesitation!
Ronald Koeman couldn't sit still anymore.
Before the first half was over, one player from his team was sent off!
And he's a defender!
[Adjust now? Or wait until halftime to make the substitution?]
Before he could come up with an answer, Rigg took the free kick in the frontcourt.
Li Polo jumped high in the crowd, overpowering all the players and passing the ball into the goal!
2:0!
Coman's face was gloomy!
He glanced at Bertrand who was doing nothing on the field, then glanced at Alderweireld who was sitting on the bench, and growled in a muffled voice:
"Toby, get ready to warm up!"
