Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 175 Warm-up match (2)

Many people are not familiar with the Wigan (Wigan) Athletic team, but what it has achieved now is definitely a one-off effort, because when the team was first established, it was only a member of the English eighth league.In the 82-year history of the club, the team has never been relegated. Relying on this step-by-step accumulation of strength, they have now become members of the English Champions League.

Jewell is the head coach of Wigan Athletic, where he has been for more than three years.

In Wigan City, Jewell is very popular with fans, because last year he led the team to the first division and brought Wigan Athletic into a new starting point --- England's second league.

This year, after the reorganization of the English First Division, the members of the First Division will be automatically upgraded to members of the Champions League. That is to say, Wigan Athletic is now a team in the English Champions League.

Of course, for the fans, this is just a name change, there is no doubt at all.

Wigan Athletic has been thriving in the league, and in just two years it has become a force in the second tier, and this year they stole the show as they spend £140m from West Bromwich Albion introduced center Jason Roberts, which is definitely a big deal in the eyes of teams in the same league!
Obviously, the team's goal this season is to be promoted to the Premier League!

In this regard, Jewell is very confident, in the past few years, he already knows the team well.Just a few days ago, the club received an invitation from Chelsea for a warm-up match. Jewell agreed without thinking about it: he needs to let the players increase their experience in facing giant teams.

In Jewell's view, Chelsea is a team that has just completed its transformation, and its tactical system should be immature, so he even thought about winning this warm-up match to boost the morale of the team!A great start to the new season!
It can only be said that Jewell thinks too highly of his team! !
Let alone Roberts, the value of any Chelsea player can even top 10 Roberts. Although this does not fully reflect the strength, the Wigan Athletic players are really different.

Compared to Chelsea, Wigan Athletic is more like a youth team, which is really pretty.

At this time, on the big screen of the J** Stadium, a big '3:0' was hanging there, as if it was a mockery of Jewell's mind...

That's right, three to zero! !
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Before the battle, the head coach Mourinho didn't have any exact tactics at all, he just arranged a 433 formation. Wang Li was one of the '3' in the front, and his position was closer to the right, because the center The position of course belongs to Drogba.

Even so, in the opening stages of this game, Chelsea still played very smoothly.

Wang Li has been standing near the sideline of the penalty area since the beginning of the game, looking for opportunities to score goals. As a striker, his most important duty is to score goals.

Chelsea's midfield strength is more than one grade higher than that of their opponents. The fire support is really strong. Lampard, Joe Cole, and Gremi got the ball and passed it to Wang Li when they had the opportunity. After these days of contact, they I have a deeper understanding of Wang Li's offensive ability. That kind of flamboyant excellence coupled with a powerful and powerful bombardment can really shock people's hearts.

In short, they have established a fact: as long as the ball is at Wang Li's feet, it is easier to score goals! !

In fact, this is also the case. In the opening stage, Wang Li almost became Chelsea's mobile fortress in the frontcourt.

At this time, under the pressure of Chelsea's offensive wave, almost all Wigan Athletic players except center Jason Roberts returned to their own half to participate in the defense. The best way to break this crowd tactics is to shoot from a long distance And Gao Hang, of course Wang Li would choose the former without hesitation.

In Chelsea's form of attack, the players of Wigan Athletic have nothing to do. The opponent is a powerful Chelsea. It is impossible to use 2 or 3 players in order to defend a king. So what about the others?What's more, there is a seemingly more dangerous 'monster' Drogba in the penalty area, waiting to deliver a fatal blow at any time.

For Wigan Athletic, everyone at Chelsea, who are superstars, should focus on defense! !

Unfortunately, in the football match, both sides can only send 11 people to play...

Just 5 minutes into the game, when the players of Wigan Athletic were still a little flustered, Wang Li's long-range shot was bounced into the penalty area by the post. Drogba struggled to squeeze away the defenders and succeeded in grabbing a point. Chelsea Go to the next city first! !

The next game was a bit stalemate. Under the signal of the head coach, the Wigan Athletic players almost gave up defense completely. It was difficult for Jewell to accept, and besides, in his heart, the desire to win had not stopped because of falling behind.

But in the No. 20 minute, Wang Li's light kick in the penalty area put Jewell's careful thinking directly into the abyss, and Chelsea led [-]-[-].

Only 5 minutes later, before the Wigan Athletic team made tactical adjustments, the game on the court made new progress!

Lampard broke through with the ball in the middle, passed two defenders in a row, and passed the ball to Wang Li with a low pass. At this time, there were many people in the Wigan Athletic penalty area. Wang Li turned around and passed the ball. After opening the defensive player, seeing that there was still no chance, he kicked Duff with his heel.

Duff received the ball and made a through pass like a scalpel. Joe Cole turned around and shot a lob. The ball flew into the net from the upper left corner of the goal! !

Seeing Duff's pass, Wang Li's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help saying silently: "It would be great if my internal strength can be improved!"

Now, Wang Li's internal strength has reached a bottleneck. As long as he can make a breakthrough, he will have better "eyesight" after the meridians in his body are unblocked. This kind of "eyesight" increase is manifested in martial arts as being able to see Clear faster movements——
On the green field, you may be able to see the loopholes in the opponent's defense! ?

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Only 26 minutes into the game, Chelsea Drogba, Wang Li, and Joe Cole have each scored a goal. The situation on the court is completely one-sided!
Looking at the situation on the field, Jewell, the head coach of Wigan Athletic, frowned deeply. He has no intention of winning now, and the strength gap between the two teams is really ridiculous.

"Hey, let's take it seriously as training players!" Jewell sighed, and at the same time he turned around and waved his hand, letting several players on the bench go to warm up together.

But at this moment, Chelsea's coach Mourinho, who was on the bench, didn't show any joy on his face. He kept recording something in a notebook, as if the game on the pitch had nothing to do with him, he just Just watching a video broadcast.

In fact, in Mourinho's heart, he didn't take this game seriously at all: Chelsea has so many superstars, and there is no need to arrange any special tactics to deal with this kind of second-tier league team. Play whatever you want, and you will definitely win.

As for failure, he didn't think about it at all. If he lost the game against this kind of team, he could resign directly.

At this time, the Chelsea team played another smooth attack. Lampard took a long shot from the sideline of the penalty area and was blocked by the defender. Wang Li followed up with a kick and hoisted the ball to the penalty area. The ball hit the goal, the ball was held out of the baseline by the goalkeeper with both hands, and Chelsea won a corner kick.

Mourinho on the sidelines seemed to be satisfied and nodded, then picked up his pen and recorded something in his notebook.

At this time, Wang Li did not go forward to earn the top. Although he has the technique of flying yao, he can jump higher than others, but in his opinion, this kind of grabbing point is really mostly luck. The landing point is not within the range of his body, no matter how high he jumps, it will be useless. Moreover, even if he wins the landing point, it will be difficult to score, at least Wang Li thinks so.

At this time, Mourinho, who had been observing the players outside the court, discovered something strange. After Gremi took the corner kick, the black-haired boy ran directly to the left corner of the penalty area. Seeing his running position, Mu Rino frowned puzzled.

For ordinary players, when the team's corner kick is taken, they can run to the ball's landing point to find opportunities, or they can choose to retreat and stretch the team's formation, which can also prevent the opponent from counterattacking.But this black-haired boy did the opposite and ran directly to the left corner of the restricted area. What was he doing?
Before Mourinho could continue to think about it, the next scene left the Portuguese champion coach stunned--the ball fell to the back point, Terry headed the goal, and the ball hit the goalkeeper's arm and happened to bounce At Wang Li's feet!
Faced with this opportunity, Wang Li calmly aimed at the ball and pushed it to the right corner of the goal.

"Gooooooooooo
oooooooooooooal! ! "The commentator at the scene burst into surprise——
"Who can tell me, how did Alan Wang appear in that position just now? This is really unbelievable!! In just 31 minutes of the opening, Chelsea has already led by four goals. Our Wigan should also work hard. In J **The score at the stadium is really embarrassing, even if the opponent is Chelsea!!"

Seeing this situation, the fans in the auditorium also shouted that Wang Li was lucky. Perhaps only Mourinho, who didn't care about the score, saw Wang Li's running position.

'Is this a prediction, or a coincidence? '

Mourinho frowned and thought about what happened just now. He always felt that it was not just a coincidence, because most players would not run to that position, which made him sigh: "This kid always Unexpected and incomprehensible, is this the so-called talented player?"

In fact, Wang Li's running position just now was a prediction, but the goal was definitely a coincidence: he just wanted to test his idea, but he succeeded unexpectedly.

During the holiday, Wang Li once asked Harrierson about supplementary shots. Harrelson is definitely an expert in this field. His performance in Wolverhampton has confirmed this point. Wang Li is deeply impressed by this. Have experience.

Of course, this is completely the sixth sense of the striker, and it is difficult for Harrelson to explain it clearly, but Wang Li still learned something, just like just now, he just ran to that position with the heart of trying it out , because all the players are staring at the ball's landing point, but the position in the left corner of the penalty area has become unguarded. If the ball lands at that point, it will definitely become a scoring opportunity——
So, by coincidence, he succeeded!

Perhaps this is the improvement of Wang Li's football level, although luck still accounts for a large part.

Anyway, Chelsea got off to a perfect start in the first half, with a score of [-]-[-], which really made the opponent resist!

(End of this chapter)