Volume 1: Playing football with me will break your legs Chapter 65 I didn’t want him to die!
There is a dragon in the far east, and it has an old saying:
"If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet."
Own Goal, the founder of modern football, also said:
"A defender who has never scored an own goal is not a good defender."
Despite this, Li Polo still couldn't accept this fact.
He sat in front of the small penalty area for more than ten seconds before being pulled up by goalkeeper Sheara.
The goalkeeper patted him on the head and consoled him:
"It's not your fault, bro!"
Li Polo nodded, but turned to the coaching seat on the sidelines.
Adley was also looking towards him.
Although the head coach was very sorry about losing the ball, he did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he stretched out his hands and pressed them down towards him, signaling him to calm down as soon as possible and keep his composure.
But Li Polo gestured to the head coach:
"Let me play left back!"
Adley was stunned for a moment. After quickly discussing with Cox, he looked at him again with a confirming look:
"you sure?"
Li Polo nodded heavily.
Although Shane Long has good abilities, he cannot do anything alone after all. Phillips and Kennedy are enough to restrict him.
But Mane is different, he alone can move the entire left wing of Wimbledon!
Adre raised his right hand and waved it forward, approving his temporary application.
Cox shook his head.
"A temporary change of position? Isn't that too risky?"
Adley glanced at him:
"If you want to defeat the strong with the weak, how can you not take risks?"
…
Sadio Mane, who scored an own goal, wasted no time celebrating.
Firstly, it was because after all, he didn’t score the goal himself;
Second, the score is still a tie;
The third one may be more crucial . This honest kid from a poor family really doesn't know how to perform those fancy celebration moves...
He quickly stood on the midline, waiting for the restart.
Akinfenwa took a deep breath, kicked the ball to Porter in the midfield, turned and ran towards the visiting team's half.
As Wimbledon adopted a defensive counterattack tactic, he, as a lone striker, had almost no chances. He had played for 74 minutes, but Akinfenwa's touches were few and far between. Except for the role of a transit station when Reeves scored, he had almost no presence at other times.
He, who has always had average physical fitness, felt more tired than usual. Aziz on the sidelines had already started warming up. Akinfenwa knew that the head coach did not have much time left for him.
But what else can he do?
Every step I took was extremely heavy, and with every breath, the cold evening wind cut into my trachea and lungs like a knife. Only my heart was still beating vigorously.
His eyes turned to his opponent.
Jose Fonte, this guy is only one year younger than Akinfenwa and is one of the oldest players in Southampton. He followed the Saints from League One to the Championship until this season when they qualified for the Champions League. With his stable performance, he was re-recruited to the national team after he was over 30 and became the main central defender of Portugal.
There is also Alderweireld, the Belgian, who was loaned from Atletico Madrid, but he perfectly replaced Lovren's position as soon as he arrived, and even performed better than Lovren. In addition to defense, he is also very talented on the offensive end. In the attack just now, he suddenly launched a long pass and caught everyone off guard!
[How can I defeat such powerful opponents? ]
Akinfenwa turned slightly sideways, trying to observe where his teammate passed the ball, but was disappointed to find that just now, Southampton's French midfielder Schneiderlin had already snatched the ball from Porter's feet!
…
Mane quickly received the ball and Rigg appeared near him at the first moment.
Compared to Akinfenwa, Riger is in much better physical condition, but in front of Mane, he is just a younger brother.
The Senegalese winger performed a slightly clumsy bicycle kick, trying to lure Rigg into the tackle, but Rigg, who had been fooled many times, just gritted his teeth and kept his distance from him, unwilling to lose his position easily.
"cut!"
Feeling bored, Mane immediately changed his strategy , pushed the ball forward with his right foot, and accelerated instantly!
The reason why defensive players are passive is that they are always one step behind!
Especially when your opponent is an African cheetah, the feeling of powerlessness when chasing will be more obvious!
"Huh?"
Mane, who was sprinting, only had time to utter a puzzled sound before a blue figure appeared in his field of vision. Before he could stop the ball or brake, the ball was kicked out of bounds!
The huge inertia caused Mane to lose his balance, and he flew directly into the air and out of the baseline!
This was not over yet. With a loud bang, he somersaulted twice and hit the billboard on the sidelines!
"Isn't this a foul?"
Klein, who came to support from the rear, immediately complained to the referee, but the fair and just referee shook his head firmly:
"The tackle was a clean one, nothing wrong with it!"
[Negative emotions from Sha Diao Mane, +4! ]
…
“Fuck!”
Mane held his waist, slowly got up from the ground, and cursed in the little English he knew.
Although his physical fitness was explosive, his flesh and blood body hitting the billboard would only hurt himself. Now his entire back, buttocks and outer thighs were all burning with pain.
He couldn't help but reach his hand under the hem of his jersey and touched the wound on his waist. When he pulled his hand back, he saw that it was sticky and covered with blood!
The referee who discovered this situation came over immediately:
"Do you need a replacement?"
Mane grinned and shook his head:
"I can hold on."
The referee frowned, looked at the blood-stained jersey, and pointed outside the court:
"Then you need to change your jersey."
Mane shrugged and walked towards the substitute area sixty meters away.
He tried to take two quick steps, but as soon as he opened his legs, his wound was pulled, and it hurt so much that he almost cried!
The referee glanced at the watch on his wrist:
"Are you sure you don't want to change people? Then I hope you won't delay!"
Mane insisted on taking another step, and finally announced helplessly:
"Change, thank you."
…
When he saw Mane's signal to leave the field, Ronald Koeman's expression became serious for the first time.
There was no player on his bench who could completely replace Mane!
But what choice does Koeman have?
He looked at the other black forward behind him:
"Mayuka, it's decided to be you!"
…
Adre made substitutions almost at the same time. He replaced Akinfenwa and Rigg, who were obviously unable to run, with two forwards, Dubis and Aziz.
After seeing the opponent's substitutions, Coman's face became even uglier.
Mane's departure means that Southampton has lost its biggest explosive point on the left, and Wimbledon can even strengthen its offensive power!
…
[I... didn't want this guy to die right away. ]
[I just want to give him a warning, and then fight him for 300 rounds! ]
[Only by playing against top players more often can you quickly improve your strength! ]
Li Polo roared in his heart.
But no one would listen to his explanation.
He has received more than 30 points of negative emotions from all Southampton players and coaches...
In the eyes of the Saints, he did it 100% on purpose!
The "Crazy Gang" is originally a team with a rough style of play. As the number one "butcher" in the team, how could he be a clean person?
If you can't beat the opponent, then you just discard the player. Isn't this a common practice in lower-level football in England?
…
But it was okay. The newly-appointed Mayuka was obviously a little afraid of Li Polo. Not to mention dribbling through, he didn't even dare to touch the ball for more than two seconds. As soon as his teammates passed the ball to him, he immediately passed it back to the midfield. There was no threat at all...
The disadvantage of playing with one less player finally showed up in the last ten minutes. Southampton’s physical strength... was not enough!
In the 83rd minute, facing finally did not dare to break through and chose to pass the ball diagonally to the midfield again, but was blocked by the alert Bulman!
Bulman turned around and made a lob pass. Dubis and Aziz, who had just played for a few minutes, fired at the Saints' defense line with the most violent attack!
This is a two-on-two track and field competition.
It’s a life-and-death race between the Saints’ two central defenders and the Mads’ two forwards!
A few seconds later, the four men were almost moving forward in lockstep, with only a body length difference between them.
Alderweireld held his position tightly, blocking Aziz behind him, but Fonte, who had played for more than 80 minutes, failed to complete his task.
Seeing that Dubis was about to slip away, the next step was to catch up with the ball and have a one-on-one opportunity. Fonte could only follow the example of his teammate Gados who was sent off with a red card in the first half and extended his right hand towards Dubis!
Dubis fell to the ground violently!
The referee blew the whistle immediately!
But perhaps considering that Alderweireld's position was slightly behind Fonte, Fonte was not strictly the last defensive player, or perhaps he just didn't want to be too cruel to Southampton. After thinking for a second, the referee just took out a yellow card and did not directly expel Fonte.
The saints' soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief, and some even encouraged him:
"Jose, this yellow card is worth it!"
Fonte wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, dared not say another word, turned around and formed a human wall with other teammates at the edge of the penalty area.
A free kick in the frontcourt about 30 meters from the goal.
"Beckham's Crazy Gang" Rigg has left the field and the ball is at Reeves' feet.
He stood very quietly at the penalty spot, observing the positions of the players from both sides near the penalty area very calmly.
Reeves was completely absorbed in the game, with no trace of his usual laughter and playfulness on his face.
He raised his left hand and made a secret signal that only some of his teammates could understand.
Then he took a step forward and rubbed an arc with his right foot!
The Saints' five-man wall jumped high, but couldn't stop his pass.
There was a crowd in front of Southampton's goal, with players from both sides pulling and tangling with each other, and no one could make an effort to compete for the header.
But... when the football was slowly spinning and falling towards the far post, a blue figure suddenly jumped high in the crowd!
Adre and Cox didn't even need to look closely to know that it was 99% likely the No. 1 player!
Li Polo made a sudden stop and change of direction to shake off Mayuka who was defending him, and appeared directly at the landing position predicted by Hawkeye!
He didn't catch up with Reeves' pass, but Reeves' pass caught up with him!
He rose to the highest point in the air, stretched his waist fully, and then turned his head to the left to meet the pass!
"bass!"
Goalkeeper Foster took only one step towards the far post before kneeling weakly on the goal line!
3:2!
Wimbledon took the lead again in the 85th minute!
The time left for Southampton is pitifully short!
