In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 135 Wheel Battle (14)

The rugby ball was spinning like a fallen leaf and was about to fly off the baseline...

A figure suddenly turned around and jumped up, raising one arm, making a gesture like a slam dunk in a basketball game, stretching his body in mid-air.

Matic's right hand almost "fished" the ball into his hands. At the same time, his entire body lost its center of gravity and fell uncontrollably backwards.

Behind it is the outside world.

When a normal person is out of balance, he will naturally step back and look for support.But Matic didn't do this. Instead, he relied on the instinct accumulated through long-term training and straightened his legs, even though this would cause his body to fall to the ground defenselessly.

The moment his feet landed, they stepped on the sideline, and Matic's body began to fall uncontrollably and fell heavily to the ground.

"Norman wide receiver Matic made a perfect flying catch! The pass was successful, and Norman advanced a full 25 yards!" The voice of the on-site commentator sounded impassioned.

It was late in the second quarter of the Normans' quarterfinal game against the Wildcats the next day.

Ethan ran over and encouraged each other with his teammates.

"Well done!" he high-fived Matic.

"Victory is right in front of us." Matic's confidence also increased greatly.

The situation was just as he said. The Wildcats did not have a good response to the Norman offensive routine in the first half, and they were unable to stop the Norman offense after frequent substitutions.

At the end of the first half, the Normans were already leading by 8 points. Now there is one minute and a half to go in the second quarter, and there are only 27 yards left in the opponent's zone.

If nothing else, the Normans will end the first half with a score difference of more than ten points.

However, Ethan was not careless in the slightest. He understood the principle of "if nothing happens, something will happen." Facing the excited Matic, he couldn't help but remind him: "This is only the first half, and the opponent must have some trump cards." It didn’t show up.”

Matic nodded.

The Normans began to reorganize their formation. There were only 27 yards left from the opponent's zone, which was already within the attack range for a touchdown pass. If this attack was successful, they would directly score a touchdown.

Before the kickoff, with everyone standing still, running back Munster started running laterally from the sideline.

This was an ordinary interference start. As for the tracking linebacker, he was also moving simultaneously with Munster on the opposite side.

This time Ethan also stood closely behind the center. This short serve is also the starting method of running the ball.

The moment the center handed the ball to Ethan behind him, the strikers of both sides collided. At the same time, Munster, which had already started, began to accelerate and crossed Ethan's position.

Munster suddenly accelerated...

Want to run the ball?
Several Wildcats defensive players subconsciously looked at Munster, but did not see the football in his hands.

At the same time, Ethan raised his hand, grabbed the football and threw it forward...

Several more defenders were shaken, almost turning their heads to see if the Norman receivers could catch the ball.

But he didn't notice that Ethan had quickly completed the lateral transfer.

It wasn't until the second moment that the Wildcats' defensive players reacted. It was all a fake move before.

Ethan, who was on the edge, formed a cooperation with Munster who was running before.

Munster directly blocked the opponent's blocking route and successfully "screened" for Ethan.

In rugby this is customarily called the "screen".

And Ethan also used Munster's screen to bypass the first line of defense, but instead of seeing an open space in front of him, he ran into the Youwei who came to fill in the position.

Ethan noticed the corner position where Flea and Matic were guarding, and Flea was even squeezed behind.

If the ball is passed rashly, the probability that the two receivers will catch the ball is no more than 5%!
In a very short period of time, Ethan made a judgment and chose to hold the ball from the outside and rush over.

Youwei clearly noticed Ethan's intention and moved laterally to force and block Ethan's path, but the explosive power Ethan showed was about to rush over.

Youwei had no choice but to start "turning his hips," which is a signature defensive move to start accelerating with all his strength.

It's now!

Ethan's whole body tilted forward, and his body formed an acute angle with the ground. He used the force to push forward, turned sharply to the left, and then took another step, completely getting rid of the opponent's defense.

But the route in front of us is also guarded by security guards.

Ethan felt that there was more than an % chance that he could break through the opponent's defense by using flexibility in disguise or directly using his body to charge forward.

But it will cause a certain burden on the body, and there is still a % probability of failure.

Ethan glanced at the layout of the defensive players behind the safety guard. He has now developed a habit of observing before making any judgment, even if it is only for a moment...

At this moment, Youwei, who had been escaped by Ethan before, also caught up. With his experience, he chose to double-team Ethan again from the inside.

But he saw Ethan once again choose the inward route, approaching directly towards the middle.

Ethan ran a slant diagonal in front of the formation, diagonally across from the right side of the court to the left side.The two defenders had no choice but to chase with all their lives. Seeing that Ethan was close at hand, he took the lead and finally rushed into the formation almost from the left sideline.

"Beautiful touchdown run! This is the first time I've seen a quarterback run a Z-shaped route!" the host couldn't help but say.

If you look at it from a bird's eye view, from the beginning, Ethan was pulling horizontally, and then moving diagonally across the entire court, which was regarded as "circling" into the formation.

"That's because no quarterback has had the advantage of speed like Ethan O'Connor before. And no running back can like Ethan O'Connor, who can observe the defense while running and make the best decision in an instant. Good choice.”

"He doesn't care whether the choice is special or rare, he only cares whether the choice is effective! We saw Ethan's ferocious side in the last game, and this time, we see his smart side!"

The commentator for this game, Mark Maloney said.

He is a colleague of Joe Theismann, a former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who led the team to the 1984 American League Finals. He joined ESPN after retiring in 90.

Ethan's touchdown also widened the point difference again. The only unlucky thing was that the forced two-point conversion failed.

Cooper, who was supposed to cooperate with Ethan in the return pass, showed hesitation and lost the best passing time. By the time he passed the ball the second time, Ethan was already surrounded.

Although the two-point attack failed, the Normans still ended the first half with a 14-point advantage.

·
"Dun, dun, dun..." The teammates drank functional drinks, with sweat beads on their foreheads.

Thomas paced back and forth in the locker room, talking to the players about the tactical arrangements for the second half.

"What we have to do now is to maintain our advantage. The opponent's substitutions are intensive, which is a huge test for our physical fitness..."

Ethan turned his head and saw the wild boar had opened its clothes and there was a large bruise on its round belly.

"Three opponents have been changed!" The wild boar gasped, and it still hasn't calmed down yet.

"Should we conduct personnel rotation?" Ethan looked over and saw that most of his teammates had begun to show signs of fatigue. The opponent's intensive substitution tactics in the first half did not have much effect on the results, but they did torment the players. It's quite annoying.

Ethan didn't want to make the mistake of underestimating the opponent at Santa Ana High School before, and there were still two games to play, which were the real tough battles.

Thomas nodded: "That's what I'm going to say next."

Except for a few key main players, other positions have ushered in rotation.

"Are you okay?" Thomas looked at the panting wild boar.

"Of course, but don't underestimate me." The wild boar laughed.

This little injury was nothing to him.

·
In the second half of the game, although the Normans adopted a relatively conservative rotation strategy, which caused some obstacles on the offensive end and the Wildcats caught up with some scores, overall, relying on several main players, the Normans still maintained their advantage. .

During the timeout of the third quarter, the Wild Boars cautiously expressed their hope to be replaced.

"I may... need to rest off the court for a while!" The wild boar shook the sweat off his head, as if he had just been fished out of the pool, and was on the verge of collapse.

So far, he has faced five different players, and each of them is not much smaller than him.

"Why do I feel like there are more opponents than us." The other two offensive linemen couldn't help but say, and the two of them also changed three or four opponents in succession.

Logically speaking, the maximum roster for a game is 46 people, and there are many high school teams that cannot make up this roster and can only find people from the echelon to take their places.

The Normans are in relatively good condition and can build two lineups.

But even so, it still felt like the Wildcats actually outnumbered the Normans.

"Because the opponent uses intensive rotation tactics." Thomas also saw at this time that the Wildcats were able to defeat multiple powerful opponents.

"Except for a few core positions in the Wildcats, almost all other positions are constantly rotating. Every time the forward position passes two positions, it will take on a new look. It can be said that everyone has received sufficient rest. Of course, this is not easy and requires high execution. Strength and coordination,” Thomas explained.

The Normans have used the wheel battle before, and the Wildcats have made this rotation more detailed. The forward line that takes on a new look every two gears continues to impact the opponent, and even the Iron Man cannot withstand it.

The Wildcats are becoming more and more courageous as they fight.I'm afraid it's because of this somewhat special substitution strategy that the Wildcats stand out.

"Since the tactics have been discovered by me, there are naturally ways to crack them, and we have quite a few people on the field. It can be said that we are just able to restrain the opponent." Thomas, an old fox, laughed at this time.

He chose to use a quick rotation forward tactic that was almost exactly the same as his opponent's.

Under the control of Thomas, the strategist, the Normans also stopped their decline.

The advantage was successfully carried into the fourth quarter, and in the end, the game was narrowly missed.

The only problem was with the wild boar.

In the fourth quarter, when Ethan was standing on the field, he saw the wild boar capsize and was quickly rushed to the infirmary by the team members.

You know, the position of a center in the team is like the bow of a ship cutting through the waves. It is the bridgehead and the goalkeeper of a team.

If the wild boar has to miss the next game due to injury, the impact on the Normans can be imagined...

(End of this chapter)