Chapter 23 Substitute appearance
In early August 2007, Liu Feng, who celebrated his 18th birthday, was officially included in the list of players in the Reserve League by the head coach.
Compared with the second division that started at the end of August, the Reserve League kicked off in early August.
The young talents from all teams are ready to play, hoping that they can perform well in the game, so as to impress the head coach of the first team and officially start participating in the professional league.
The Italian Reserve League includes all teams in Serie A and Serie B. These teams are divided into three major regions. The top two of the three major regions will start knockout matches and win the opponent to decide the championship.
Because of the principle of proximity, Piacenza is located in the region with strong teams such as Milan and Parma.
This region can be said to be the most fiercely contested among the three regions. The Piacenza reserve team has always been the bottom team in the past.
However, this season, Francini has extraordinary ambitions.
At least before Liu Feng was transferred by the first team's head coach, the Piacenza reserve team will no longer be the bottom of other teams this year.
If someone else treats the team as a target that can be kneaded at will, Francini doesn't mind using the nuclear weapons in his hands to teach them a good lesson.
Soon, the first game of the reserve team came, Piacenza played against their old opponent Vicenza at home, while Liu Feng was arranged on the bench by Francini.
Francini is a very experienced youth training head coach. He is very cautious in using Liu Feng.
He was unwilling to put Liu Feng in any unnecessary danger before he showed his talent to the world.
For a young player, having a head coach who cherishes himself so much is actually a great happiness.
Since the start of the game, Piacenza's defense has caused Vicenza great trouble.
Scapelli, who had been tortured by Liu Feng to the team for nearly two months, was very outstanding in this game.
His defense and interception have caused Vicenza's forward to suffer, not like a player who has just been promoted from the youth team.
"You are still far from you!"
Once again, he broke the ball under the forward's feet in front of him and passed it to his teammates in the midfield. Scapelli feels very good now.
When he was repeatedly ravaged by Liu Feng, facing the opponent's forward, he just wanted to laugh.
These players' various fake moves are much worse than Liu Feng.
If you compare Liu Feng you are facing to an adult, then the forward in front of you is like a child who has just graduated from elementary school.
Sure enough, I still want to let Feng Duoduo ravage me!
Liu Feng, who was focusing on watching the game on the bench, suddenly felt cold all over. He wrapped his coat on his body and looked puzzled.
Cassia and Naingran both won the starters in this game. These two players who have played in the second division seem to be at ease in the reserve-level league.
Because of the excellent performance of the defender Scapelli, Naingran began to frequently appear in Vicenza's midfield and frontcourt to participate in the offense.
He was constantly involved in the midfield, making Vicenza's midfield a mess.
Because Vicenza has no player who can compete with Naingran, this has led to 80% of all the balls that come to the midfield will be obtained by Piacenza.
More ball rights also means more offensive opportunities.
The initial formation arranged by Francini in this game was 4231.
As the 1 in front, Cassia kept stirring up the Vicenza defense line, attracting a lot of firepower, allowing two teammates on the wing to gain a huge depth space.
After Nainglan obtained the ball in the midfield, the team's two wing forwards would intervene, and then he kicked the ball and got the ball's teammates crossed from the bottom. This is the team's tactics practiced with Cassia.
For a forward with an absolute high altitude advantage, this offense is simple and effective.
Cassia, who stood in the penalty area of Vicenza, quickly scored a goal.
Facing the high altitude ball that his teammates crossed from the wing, he threw away two defensive players who were almost hanging on him and jumped high, and directly made a header to break the ball through the goalkeeper's five fingers.
"pretty!"
The players on the backcourt gathered to celebrate. The game only started twenty minutes, and this goal greatly boosted the morale of the team.
Looking at Cassia who was surrounded by his teammates after scoring the goal, Liu Feng squinted his eyes and smiled. It seemed that he hadn't experienced it for a long time.
Vicenza's head coach quickly made adjustments after discovering the team's problems.
There are six substitutions in the reserve league, and the competition is mainly about training. Therefore, the first thing the head coach needs to do when he finds problems is to solve the problem, and there is no need to consider other factors.
Replaced a low back who was very fast but was bullied by Cassia because of his poor physique.
Vicenza's coach replaced a 1.85-meter-long midfielder. Although the midfielder is still a little shorter than Cassia, it is enough to interfere with Cassia's goal and attack.
After being disturbed by the player who had just replaced it with various small moves, the angry Cassia fell silent.
Losing the bridgehead at the forefront, Piacenza's offense also began to have problems.
After trying several crosses from the wing, Nainglan began to choose to go the middle.
He kept trying to shoot long shots with Cassia's ball back, but he was not very good at starting to strengthen his long shot training.
Immediately afterwards, the young Scapelli made a mistake. Vicenza's forward seized the opportunity and scored a single shot, and the score was equalized.
The score of 1:1 continued until the halftime break.
The players who did not go to the locker room surrounded the head coach, and Francini kept patting Scapelli's shoulders on the somewhat depressed shoulders to comfort him.
As a defensive player, it is normal to make mistakes. There is nothing to worry about, as long as you can continue to learn from experience and make progress.
"Feng, go warm up, I may need you in the second half."
After rescheduling the second half of the game to the players on the court, Francini called Liu Feng, who was sitting on the bench, to warm up.
From the bench, he will show Piacenza's nuclear weapons to other teams bit by bit.
After the second half began, under the arrangement of Francini, Piacenza changed into a 442 formation.
Two wing forwards reclaimed and turned into midfielder, and the other became Cassia's wingman, helping Cassia attract defense.
Vicenza head coach Pia also made adjustments at halftime, playing a forward who has also been promoted to the first team but has chosen to stay in the reserve team.
The more experienced striker once caused frequent crisis in Piacenza's defense after the opening. If Naingran had not been for his desperate efforts to make up for defense, Piacenza would have been lagging behind.
Frowning and looking at the form on the field, Frankini looked at the watch, with twenty-five minutes left in the game.
Nodded, thinking that time was almost over, Francini turned to look at Liu Feng, who had been hot twice.
"Feng, I'll give you twenty-five minutes, don't be under too much pressure, and a draw is not something that is unacceptable."
"Okay, head coach!"
Another dead ball, the assistant referee raised the substitution card, and Piacenza's No. 22 Liu Feng came on as a substitute.
After slamming his teammates with his teammates, Liu Feng, who was excitedly running towards his position, jumped up and twisted his neck.
A draw? I want to win!
Chapter completed!