Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 326
In the 38th minute of the first half, Wolverhampton finally got back a goal with a supplementary shot from teenager Halilson Clarke.

When Dave Jones, the head coach of Wolverhampton on the sidelines, saw Halilson's goal, he stood up from the coach's bench excitedly, and gave a big hug to the assistant coach.At this time, he even thought that this ball would be the turning point of the whole game!
This is not the hubris of Dave Jones. In fact, in this season, Wolverhampton has rarely played a strong start. Most of the wins in each game have been comebacks, and Halielson Always the key to scoring goals.

Right now, Dave Jones is under too much pressure.

The most important reason is the team's unstable record in the Premier League. Compared with last season's Wolverhampton, where countless media reporters flocked to Wolverhampton, it is much inferior. Dave Jones, who has always liked to show off, was very dissatisfied and powerless.

And now, in a passive situation, the team finally pulled back a goal, which greatly relieved the England native coach.

Perhaps, the next game will be Wolverhampton time. They turned away from home, played against Chelsea, equalized the score in the first half, then relied on defensive counterattack tactics in the second half, played a sharp attack, and won the away game with the last goal—— —
This is the game flow that Dave Jones is brewing in his heart now.

It's a pity that this is more of a one-sided idea. On the pitch, after the Wolverhampton team celebrated, Chelsea played a wave of high-quality offense. In the end, Wang Li brushed his foot against the post and passed away The powerful long-range shot once again detonated the cheers of the Blues fans in the audience, and also told all Wolverhampton supporters that the control of the game still belongs to Chelsea! !
"Gooooooooo..., oh my god, Allen's super long shot!!" The on-site commentator Creed Pesvak was about to shout for a goal——
"It's a pity, it flew out of the bottom line by rubbing against the crossbar. Maybe Allen paid too much attention to the angle. With such a powerful shot, as long as it hits the goal frame, there is a chance to score it. What a pity!!"

But it doesn't matter, Chelsea's offense is still going on.

Only 3 minutes later, Wolverhampton's defense was directly torn apart by Wang Li's breakthrough. They had to increase the manpower to defend Wang Li. In this way, the defense on the two sides was much neglected. Joe Koe After Erle got the ball from the left, Didier Drogba got a very good chance with a through pass.

"Drogba!! Throw away..., turn around... and shoot!!! They were lucky to be thrown out." Pesvak's words were full of regretful arguments, as if Chelsea's failure to score was God's fault. Like a ghost: "The opponent's goalkeeper Paul Jones is really old and strong. He can save this kind of ball. It can only be said that they are lucky enough today."

Towards the end of the first half, Wolverhampton finally got a good chance to counterattack.

Due to the large-scale attack, Chelsea's defense line was pressed slightly forward again, which made Pete succeed in anti-offside again. Fortunately, due to his negligence just now, captain John Terry had been watching Pete, so this England boy was directly caught. Wolverhampton won a well-placed free-kick as the brutish man fell to the ground, while John Terry received a yellow card.

It is worth mentioning that Terry has had to miss the next round of the Premier League after accumulatively five yellow cards and the suspension appeal was unsuccessful. Now this yellow card is his fourth consecutive yellow card. Then according to the rules of the Premier League, Terry may miss two consecutive rounds of the league. Of course, this depends on the efficiency of the FA.

"It's a free kick in a good position, about 25 meters from the goal. Hopefully, the lads at Chelsea can hold the ball and at least go back to rest with an advantage, although I don't think Wolverhampton are capable of finishing. Chelsea's winning streak, but the advantage always puts the fans in a better mood."

Wolverhampton captain Kenedy took the ball thrown by his teammates and walked straight to the penalty spot.

In Wolverhampton, Kennedy has always been the core of the team's midfielder and free-throw shooter. His position is comparable to that of Lampard in Chelsea before, and the level of free throws is not much inferior. In the 17 league games he participated in this season, he only scored 2 goals, which is a far cry from Halerson, but his importance in the team is beyond doubt.

Wolverhampton does not have so much money to introduce a strong midfield core, so relatively speaking, Kennedy's position in the team is the most stable.

"It's the captain of Wolverhampton. As far as we know, the former England international's penalty level is not bad. I hope the young Thomas can hold the ball."

Chelsea captain John Terry looked up at the timing card. At this time, the first half had reached the 45th minute. He calculated silently in his heart. I am afraid that after the penalty, Chelsea will only have one chance to attack. According to the team With the attacking speed, Wolverhampton may still have time to complete an attack if they can't score.

So, he walked near the penalty area line, began to intentionally direct the team to line up the wall, and walked to the referee and began to complain that the Wolverhampton players were always in unreasonable positions. Position, too many small movements, etc., in fact, he is just wasting time.

In this regard, John Terry is obviously rich in experience. Even the referee Gallagher failed to see what his purpose was. He just turned his head to look at the penalty area, waved his hand as if coping, and warned all the players on the field The action should be restrained.

In this process, the time has been wasted by 1 minute, and it seems that it is almost the same. John Terry also went back to participate in Chelsea's defense. Under Gallagher's light whistle, Kennedy trotted two steps and landed on the football lower edge.

Under the watchful eyes of all the Blues fans, the football traced a curve like a full moon in the air and went straight to the dead corner of the goal. This wonderful picture made the hearts of the Blues fans rise to their throats! !

"Beautiful!!" Creed Pesvak shouted——
"Beautiful shooting, even more beautiful jumping!! Thomas, Chelsea's teenager Weah Thomas Clarke!!! He hit the ball!!! He made a contribution for Chelsea, oh my god, it's so wonderful!!"

On the field, Wolverhampton's captain Kennedy knew the moment he kicked the ball that he would score! !But the reality didn't develop according to his idea, in other words, he was too wishful thinking! !
Thomas's reaction was too fast. It can be seen from the replay that the moment Kennedy just kicked the ball, he reacted and immediately rushed in one direction, and directly brought the half-high ball with his hands. Pressed on the ground, turned into his arms, the whole process was really wonderful! !

Looking at the tall white man and the black-haired boy on the field, Kennedy looked lonely as a senior. Both of them were from the Wolverhampton youth team, and now they are standing on the other side's side. In the camp, and the performance of one is better than the other, how can this not make people sigh! !
Then he turned his head and looked at the small striker of his own team with a wretched face. This season, his performance is undoubtedly perfect. They are all geniuses of the Wolverhampton youth team, but now they have become the players on the field. opponent.

"Perhaps he will leave next season too", at this time, Kennedy could not help thinking sadly.

After just one season, last year's Wolverhampton youth team's golden generation fell apart.

Wang Li joined Chelsea. The unknown team's substitute goalkeeper Thomas also joined Chelsea with his outstanding performance. The most dazzling talents in the past, Halilson and Pete, remained in the first team of Wolverhampton. But now, at least not even Dave Jones can guarantee whether Halilson will be the next Alan Wang, and whether he will leave Wolverhampton after the end of the season pause.

This is the sadness of the small club. After the geniuses produced become famous, leaving is an inevitable choice.

'The future belongs to young people. Thinking of this, Kennedy always feels a little sad. Although he is not old, it is extremely difficult to improve his skills.

.........

In fact, at this time, he was no longer allowed to express emotion.

After Thomas caught the ball, he reacted and immediately swung his arm and passed the ball to Scott Parker outside the penalty area. After receiving the ball, the latter turned around and took two steps forward, before Pete stepped forward to grab the ball , A diagonal pass to Wang Li in the middle.

Due to Wolverhampton's free kick just now, many players went for assists, which made their defensive numbers a bit fragmented. There were only 3 players behind the center line, and they were Butler and Okoron. Korver and Naylor.

Of course, these three players are not lined up in a straight line. As a full-back, the Nigerian international Okolonkovo's position is a bit to the left. If he wants to rush over and affect Wang Li's dribbling attack, he needs to run a long way distance.

Therefore, there are only Naylor and Butler on Wang Li's offensive line.

Wang Li already knows these two very well. They were both Wolverhampton players last season. As a veteran, Butler has rich experience, but his speed and stamina are poor, while Naylor's personal defensive ability is very poor. Strong, but not very good at cooperative defense.

Of course, for Wang Li, in dribbling, there is not much difference between the opponent's strong defensive ability and not strong, the most important thing is speed! !
Perhaps, what Wang Li left the deepest impression on Wolverhampton's teammates was his speed. Last season, Wolverhampton played countless successful defensive counterattacks, which relied heavily on Wang Li. profit speed.

Therefore, after the two of Naylor looked at each other, the experienced Butler stepped forward to grab the ball, while Naylor slowly stepped back to prevent the black-haired boy in front of him from overpowering them with speed.

This defensive method does show their tacit understanding, and it will also pose a great threat to players who attack alone, but the opponent is Wang Li. If the two in front of him are replaced by Carvalho and Terry, Wang Li may It will cause some headaches, but the abilities of Naylor and Butler can no longer arouse Wang Li's interest.

So, all the fans saw the black-haired boy on the field, he directly moved the ball forward, and his body passed Butler with a very light body, and in the blink of an eye, his toes rolled to the end The football under Le's feet, let him change direction, and ran past Nail naturally. The whole process of passing Nail was taken for granted, but when you think about it, it's so incredible. Nail and Butler, actually Not being able to delay that black-haired boy's dribbling for a second is terrible! !
Facing this result, Dave Jones in the scene was obviously very angry. He pointed his hands in the direction of Nike and kept yelling "Shit!! What are you doing?" It seemed that he was about to play in person. Unfortunately, This is obviously useless, even the referees in the audience ignored his somewhat outrageous behavior, and all stared at Wolverhampton's goal on the field, which is facing a crisis.

The next scene was as most people imagined. Facing the attack of Wolverhampton goalkeeper Paul Jones, Wang Li made a light high-altitude shot, and the goal fell straight into the net, making the score of the two teams a close 3:1, once again widened the gap of two goals, so that coach Dave Jones sank to the bottom of his heart again.

He loves and hates this black-haired kid! !

What I love is that because of Wang Li's outstanding performance, he is still able to fight in the Premier League, but what I hate is..., he has no time to think so much——
"Beep..."

After Wang Li scored the goal, the referee Gallagher also blew the whistle for the end of the first half. John Terry's time-delaying tactics did pay off. At least in the first half, Wolverhampton had There is no chance.

"3:1, just 45 minutes, Chelsea scored 3 goals. This game is the last league game before Christmas. Obviously, Chelsea want to use a big victory as a Christmas gift for the fans. , are you satisfied with this gift!!?"

"Yes!!!"

“very good!!!”

"Chelsea is the strongest, the best!!!"

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At the end of the first half, Chelsea took advantage of Wolverhampton's slack defense, and Wang Li's solo performance opened the score again, which caused Wolverhampton's morale to suffer. A serious blow, they walked out of the stadium in a daze, and went to the visiting team's locker room to rest and prepare for the second half of the game.

At this time, Dave Jones was obviously in a bad mood. Throughout the first half, Wolverhampton only scored one goal. Although this was not a lot, Chelsea scored more, which made him unable to even see A glimmer of hope for victory.

In fact, although Dave Jones' own level is not very good, he has a quality that other coaches rarely have, that is, he never admits defeat to any team.

Even though Chelsea's tactics are extremely brilliant this season, Jones still thought about winning a game at Stamford Bridge before the game. Perhaps this has an inseparable relationship with his own liking for 'fantasy'.If other Premier League downstream teams encountered Chelsea, they would basically give up directly, but Dave Jones would not. Even though the team is now two goals behind, he still holds a glimmer of hope for victory in his heart.

Therefore, during the intermission, he scolded everyone bloody, hoping to cheer up the team. Of course, this did not include Halerson who scored a goal. , he has always been very tolerant.

And Pete was also among the ranks of being scolded. Dave Jones was obviously very annoyed by the one-handed goal, especially when he thought that the opponent's goalkeeper was the substitute goalkeeper of the Wolverhampton youth team more than a year ago. It made him even more annoyed.

"Seeing that big white guy, your feet are weak!?
"If you have a chance to score, you will be very nervous!? How can you play? Should you be replaced in the second half and sit on the bench to see how your teammates play?"

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Even so, Dave Jones did not replace Pete with Miller. Anyway, Pete's performance in the first half was also very good, and that goal had a great relationship with his performance.

After the opening of the second half, Wolverhampton used two powerful midfielders introduced this season to replace the underperforming veteran defender Butler and midfielder Paul Ince. This is a clarion call. Dave Jones obviously does not Believe in these experienced veterans again. You must know that almost everyone at Chelsea is experienced. These veterans are far behind their opponents in physical fitness and personal ability, and their experience cannot help the team much.

But what he didn't expect was that the game had just started in the second half. Chelsea, who led by two goals, did not slow down the offensive rhythm at all, and launched a strong offensive again, recreating the situation at the end of the first half. Now Wolverhampton Most of Dun's playing players are young teenagers. In this passive situation, the strength they can display is really limited.

Only 3 minutes into the second half, Joe Cole's cold shot was saved by the goalkeeper and Chelsea got a corner kick.

Frank Lampard's left corner kick, goalkeeper Paul Jones made a sudden attack, but Wolverhampton's defense made a mistake, and Wayne Bridge, standing in the front point, reacted quickly and flicked the flying football Head, the ball flew into the net from the side of defender Naylor! !

Because all this happened so fast, Nailer, who was guarding the front point, didn't react at all! !
"Pre...fact!!! Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

At this time, even Graham, the commentator of Sky TV, shouted excitedly. Before that, apart from Wang Li, he only liked Alkin Robben and Joe Cole for Chelsea players, but now the list in his heart has changed. Added a name --- Wayne Bridge, I have to say, this header is really beautiful, as a full-back, it is perfect to be able to hit such an excellent goal! ! !

"In the 49th minute of the game, Brigi and Wayne Bridge scored the fourth goal for Chelsea. This header directly rewritten the score to 4:4. The victory has been divided, Woolfham Putton's meager resistance looks so ridiculous, Chelsea is too strong!!"

(End of this chapter)