Team Spirit

Chapter 30: Fierce Battle with the Eight-Nation Alliance Army (asking for monthly votes)

If they treat me well during this period, I might really have a chance to stay. Uh... forget it, I don't even believe that I can stay in Dartford.

No matter how good they treat me, I can't stay in a ninth-tier team.

I am a player who wants to conquer the sea of ​​stars, there is no way I can stay in this small pond!

……

In the subsequent training, Lu Kai's prediction came true.

Duff's ability is not affected by his physique, even his jumping ability is still good, which finally gives the team a good air defense capability.

It may be a little bulky and slow to turn, but this is not Duff's strong point.

For defensive players in lower-level leagues, the most important things are the ability to steal and the ability to confront.

Just chisel it and it's done!

Duff is now basically equivalent to a smaller Maguire, and is destined to be a killer in the defense of amateur competitions!
Manchester United: Amateur competition???
Of course, if Duff is willing to stay in the team, Lu Kai will help him lose weight when the time is right.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment.

It takes a long time, but it can be cured.

This is also a blessing for Duff, but I don’t know if he can seize it in the summer.

a few days later.

Kent Senior Cup semi-final match day.

Dartford was drawn away this time, and the whole team took the bus to challenge Mershall.

The team's main center Oliver also returned from injury.

Considering that Oliver's condition is still unstable, Eastwood is still the starting striker.

Left midfielder Ashley Young, attacking midfielder Lu Kai, right midfielder To Madeira
Barton and Kailo are the double defensive midfielders.

Duff started as a central defender on the right.

Mersha is also a ninth-level team, but many players on the team were not in the player information before the game.

This means that they, like Dartford, have added new players and can do much better than Dartford.

Duff accurately named four or five of them, all of whom had played in the fifth and sixth tier leagues.

Rather than saying that Dartford's opponent is the Melshall team, it is more accurate to say that their opponent is "a team of fringe players in the fifth and sixth levels."

This resulted in Dartford being at a disadvantage right from the start of the game.

The opponent's rhythm and physical confrontation were very strong. If it weren't for the poor coordination, Dartford would have collapsed long ago.

In the 32nd minute, Mershall scored with a corner kick.

Their forward is 1.9 meters tall.

With this height, if he can play a little bit, he can easily enter the fourth-tier team.

As a result, the opponent couldn't even find a team of the fifth or sixth level, which was enough to prove how badly they played.

But no matter how bad the team is, there is still no solution when they attack from corner kicks.

At the same time, Duff cannot be blamed for this goal.

In fact, if Duff had not been on the field today, Dartford would probably have conceded more goals.

Duff has already restrained the opponent's 1.9-meter tall guy very well.

In the 43rd minute, Dartford got a corner kick opportunity.

After Ashley Young took a corner kick, Duff jumped high and successfully headed the ball.

when!
The football hit the post and bounced out.

A hair's breadth of difference.

The other party kicked the ball immediately.

However, Lu Kai made an accurate prediction, stretched out his legs first, and successfully intercepted the opponent's football.

[Basic Interception·Black Iron 2] has obvious effects.

The football flew out diagonally and landed at Kailo's feet. "Pass it in!"

Eastwood, Duff, Lu Kai and others all asked for the ball in the penalty area.

Kailo made a cross... the quality was extremely poor!
It was not given to the people within the small penalty area, but instead to the position between the small penalty area and the penalty spot.

All of a sudden, the offensive and defensive players in the small penalty area turned around and rushed towards the football.

Duff was slow to turn, but knew how to use his advantage, pushing and shoving, and intercepting two players.

Eastwood wrestled with the opponent, a 1.9-meter-tall man, and barely managed to delay him.

Lu Kai successfully reached the landing point of the football.

But he had no conditions to stop the ball.

The opponent's number 16 player had caught up with him and started to put pressure on him from behind.

Lu Kai bumped backwards.

Melsha No. 16 smiled slightly. Although he was not a very strong player, it was impossible for a ninth-level player to knock him away.

He stuck to Lu Kai tightly, steady as a word.

However, the next moment, Lu Kai leaned against him and fell backwards.

Melsha No. 16 was stunned. This is...

Lu Kai, who was lying on his back, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Just stay steady!"
Lu Kai just made a back-heel kick, and with a bang, the football flew towards the goal.

【Back Hook·Bronze】!
No one could have predicted this would happen.

Everyone thought that this ball could not directly lead to a goal, including goalkeeper Mersha, so he did not make any save.

The same goes for his teammates.

It was not until the football fell from the net and rolled to the goalkeeper's feet that they woke up from their dream.

"GOAL!"

"One to one! Dartford equalized the score!"

"This is an incredible goal! Lu Kai, it's Lu Kai again. He is definitely a very talented player!"

"Of course, this overhead kick is a very dangerous way of attacking the ball, and it also shows Lu Kai's determination to go to Highbury."

"He doesn't want to stop in the semi-finals. He wants to lead Arsenal Green to Arsenal's home ground, he wants to conquer Highbury, he wants to turn Arsenal into Dartford!"

The Kent Senior Cup has dedicated match commentary as the semi-finals will be televised in the London area!
It can be seen that the commentators are already warming up for the possible finals.

This is also the professional quality of commercial commentary - stirring up hatred and making up stories.

The return of an Arsenal youth academy player to Highbury was the biggest success story of this year's Kent Senior Cup and it was a story that spread across London.

Not just in football, but in London as a whole.

This is also the advantage of the Kent Senior Cup. With the resources of London, once it breaks through the circle, the publicity effect is excellent. The FA Cup is not shown on TV until the final, but the Kent Senior Cup semi-finals will be shown on TV.

However, in the last minute of the first half stoppage time, player No. 16 of Mersha created a free kick in the frontcourt after Lu Kai hooked the ball past him.

And threw the ball into the penalty area
Melsha's center forward was targeted by Duff, but their tall center back managed to score a header.

2-1, Mersha took the lead again in the first half.

The game then entered halftime.

……

During the halftime break, "team reporter" Emily complained, "There are only three Melsha players on their team, and the rest are new recruits. It's like an Eight-Nation Alliance!"

It is said that the other two semi-final teams are in a similar situation.

In comparison, Dartford only had Duff, Eastwood and Barton join the team in the middle of the second half of the season, which was really too much of a rule-abiding move.

The stadium commentator was playing up the topic of "Luckham will not be able to return to Highbury", which attracted many fans to discuss.

"To be honest, if Lu Kai can return to Highbury in this way, I will really give him a thumbs up."

(End of this chapter)