Rooney retreated to his own half, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and found that Levi was following closely.

He didn't ask for the ball blindly, because Levi's position was very clever, very close to him, but not close to him, but carefully maintaining a distance.

And Levi is always paying attention to the direction of the ball, which makes his position always a little closer to the ball than Rooney.

Rooney feels that it is possible to catch the ball before Levi with speed, but there is no need to take this risk.

He kicked his right leg hard and accelerated in the direction of the passer.

Are you relying on speed to get rid of me?

Li Wei's mind turned and started immediately.

But Rooney only took one step, and then stopped suddenly. This sudden stop prevented Levi from braking quickly and slid a few meters. There was an unobstructed straight path between Rooney and his teammate holding the ball.

The teammate immediately passed the ball over.

Hehe, you still want to stare at me? You’re so naive, you rookie!

Rooney thought disdainfully.

However, just when Rooney was about to receive the ball, a foot suddenly appeared in his eyes.

It’s that damn number 66!

Levi turned back in an instant and stretched out his foot to block the passing route before Rooney!

Immediately afterwards, Levi did not stick to the ball and handed it to the nearest teammate, but he himself still followed Rooney step by step.

His teammates quickly handed over to Lennon, the core of Leeds United's frontcourt. Lennon, like a sudden burst of drought, displayed superb extraordinary skills and passed three defensive players in a row.
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It's a pity that the chicken blood was too much, and the last shot shot into the sky.

However, this is also a rare threatening attack by Leeds United in the second half.

Rooney was very upset and found that he had overlooked an important detail.

Now I am not like when I am attacking with the ball, I can shoot or pass the ball by swinging at an angle, nor is it like in positional offense, where my teammates will consciously fill the space and I can just run into the space.

Now that I don't have the ball, it's not impossible to dodge my opponent to catch the ball, but if I can't get rid of Li Wei, then my space and time to catch the ball will be very tight. Just like the ball just now, it's easy for Li Wei to catch the ball.

Wei Huishen is broken.

Unless his teammates can pass the ball with understanding when he is about to get rid of him, but the teammates of the first team may have this level, the U18 players and Rooney, who has not been here for a long time, do not have this tacit understanding.

Rooney fell into deep thought. Although he already had experience in the Premier League, he had never encountered this strange defensive method of sticking to you and cutting off your passing route without the ball in the backcourt.

Even in the Premier League, when there is no ball in the backcourt, the most your opponent can do is push you when you catch the ball to see if they can make you lose your grip on the ball.

He wanted to use speed to get rid of his opponent, but the acceleration just now made him feel a dull pain in his right leg. In this kind of game, getting injured would not be worth the gain.

Forget it, let’s rely on technology, I don’t believe I can’t get rid of you!

This interception undoubtedly gave Levi more confidence. It seems that this idea is really feasible. Maybe I will once again be the key to turning the tide of the battle.

Eh? Why should I say again?

Come to think of it, it was because of that game in the system.

It feels so good to change the outcome. It's a pity that I didn't get the full result in that one, but I am bound to win this one!

Everton took the goal kick again, and this time Rooney still retreated to near the midfield. But after the lesson just now, his teammates did not dare to hand the ball to him immediately.

So, in order to get rid of Levi's defense, Rooney started a new round of attempts.

He first accelerated toward the backcourt, but after running two steps, he suddenly stopped suddenly, just like his previous action. Levi, who had suffered a loss, naturally would not be fooled again, and still followed Rooney closely.

But Rooney's action wasn't finished yet. Within a second of stopping, he made another jump step to the left. After that, he took a big step to the right, and then made a jump step to the left.

Then, he turned around again, preparing to speed up and run a few steps. In his opinion, these steps included changing direction, accelerating, emergency stopping, jumping, and turning back, and the switching was extremely fast. Following him

The opponent will definitely not be able to react. If he turns around and runs quickly at the end, he will probably be able to completely throw him away and catch the ball.

But he never expected that as soon as he turned around, that annoying opponent was right in front of him! The hot breath that the opponent breathed out almost hit his face!

How did he do it?

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"David, I didn't expect Li Wei's reaction speed to be so fast. Why didn't he notice it in normal training?" On the sidelines, Eddie Gray saw that Li Wei's method seemed to be somewhat effective. He was in a good mood and chatted with his assistant.
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"It's really fast. The opponent's movements are very closely connected. It's really not easy to keep up." David also affirmed, "We don't do this in normal training. The reaction speed is only in goalkeeper training. Not to mention his

Position, simply one-on-one is rare, and in other cases it is difficult to see the difference in reaction speed."

"That's true, but with this kid's reaction speed, if he can improve his one-on-one defensive ability, he will be a killer. It's the midfielder position. There's not so much one-on-one. Why don't you try putting him next to him?

Full-back?"

"I'm afraid he's not very good at that speed." David felt that Eddie was a little unreasonable. Did he change the position he played for so many years? "Besides, Rooney is just not used to this kind of defense. I think it's very difficult."

Soon he will find a way to crack it."

"Really? Then I would like to see how this genius can break through Li's defense."

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Rooney, who refused to admit defeat, naturally would not give up just like that. Seeing that his opponent was so difficult, he accelerated the speed and difficulty of his actions.

But no matter how he changed direction, changed speed, stopped suddenly, or slid, every time he thought he was probably out of reach of his opponent, when he turned around, he would always see the Asian who was breathing heavily but still staying close to his side.
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Mudd! Why does this guy look like a candy!

After struggling like this for five or six minutes, Rooney never caught the ball, and due to the constant changes in direction and speed, his physical energy was consumed so much that he had to stop, put his hands on his knees, and gulped

Breathing heavily.

This is simply unbelievable for Rooney, who has been able to play the entire game in the Premier League.

However, behind him, Li Wei's consumption was even greater.

After all, Rooney takes the initiative to perform every action. He can tell himself in advance that he will change direction or make an emergency stop, which will lead to a better physical and psychological adaptation process.

Levi passively followed Rooney in front of him. In addition to being able to react quickly, he also had to forcefully overcome the inertia of his movements.

Just like making a change from left to right, Rooney can know in advance that he is going to change direction and can have a buffer, but Levi cannot. He must overcome his inertia to the left and then turn to the right. This kind of consumption is undoubtedly

More than Rooney.

This is one of the reasons why the players in the iron barrel formation always look tired even though they don't run much. Passive defense always consumes more physical energy.

However, after all, Levi played for twenty minutes that night, and he is a physical maniac. Based on this intensity, he felt that it would not be a big problem for him to last until the end of the game.

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"Wayne seems to be in some trouble." Everton's youth team coach frowned on the sidelines.

"Indeed, this kind of defensive method has just caught our Achilles' heel." Next to him, a middle-aged man wearing a peaked cap continued.

"If Wayne had fully recovered, he would have been able to get rid of him with speed alone, but it would not be like this."

"That would be too bullying. The opponent is just a youth team substitute," the middle-aged man smiled, "Even if you don't rely on speed, there are still many ways to get rid of him. Let's see if Wayne can think of it."
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"Should we remind him?" I don't know why, but it seems that Everton's youth team coach is very respectful to this man.

"No need, this is what Wayne should do. But this No. 66 is very interesting!" He rubbed his chin and leaned forward, seeming to be more looking forward to this game. "The reaction speed is quite good.

, but with such defensive intensity, does he think his physical fitness can last until the end of the game?"

"Who knows, but now we are very passive, shouldn't we make some adjustments?"

"Restore the way we did in the first half. The offense doesn't have to go through Wayne anymore. The formation should be restored and be patient. We are in the lead now."

Levi naturally didn't know that Everton's coaching bench had such a conversation off the field, but he could clearly feel that Everton's offense no longer relied on Rooney, and the ball carrier would no longer deliberately look for passes to Rooney.

opportunities.

My goal was achieved, and the corners of Levi's mouth turned up slightly. If I could trade with Rooney, this game would be much easier.

Indeed, as he expected, Leeds United's powerful offensive group started firing again after being idle for nearly 30 minutes in the first half.

In the 79th minute, Ward stole the ball in front of the penalty area. He avoided James Vaughn's counterattack and then advanced all the way to the center circle.

The Evertonians were still immersed in the attack just now, and most of them had not had time to return to their defensive positions. However, due to the formation retrieval deliberately arranged by the previous coach, the four defenders were still staying in the backcourt at this time, and the other

The defensive midfielder is almost catching up with Ward.

Ward is not the master who can dribble the ball past several people. He must release the ball in time. As the core of the frontcourt, Lennon is naturally taken care of by the opponent. The opponent's right back and right center back are both on Lennon's side.

Sideways, this road seems to be dead.

So he chose a long pass, looking for the tall center Carlton Cole!

There was only one left center back beside Cole, and he was firmly stuck behind him. The ball was probably obtained. But this pass also attracted the right center back who was originally marking Lennon. It seemed that even if he got it

It was difficult for Cole to turn around when being marked by two central defenders.
To be continued...