Chapter 6 Encirclement and suppression
An important reason why the two sides are stalemate is because of the existence of one person: Li Weizhen.
The ability of this No. 9 player is indeed far above that of his teammates. A large part of the reason why the junior team has achieved good combat effectiveness in just two weeks is that the team is built around Li Weizhen, fully leveraging its sharp breakthroughs and hard feet, and maximizing its tactical role.
The result of relying too much on Li Weizhen also restricts the development limit of this freshman team like a double-edged sword. Li Weizhen is the leader of the flock, and it is like a locomotive running in front of him with a train. Once his condition declines or is subject to targeted restrictions, the team's seven souls will be gone.
Like the king of football Maradona, who has brought Naples, who has been in a weak team, to the Serie A championship, by himself, this is the only one in the past century.
Li Weizhen, who performed in a big way, naturally captured the eyes of these second-year junior high school students. They keenly noticed the opponent's fatal point, implemented targeted encirclement and suppression tactics, and sent two players to keep a steady fence to defend steadily.
Sure enough, under the influence of this highly targeted control tactic, Li Weizhen's role dropped sharply. When the arrowhead figure was deeply trapped in the quagmire of his opponent, the lost junior first-grade team also floated like a small boat that lost its course in the violent wind and rain. The light and moving feeling of fighting wherever he pointed, was completely gone.
Li Weizhen, who has become a famous star in the grade, has an exclusive fan group composed of first-year junior high school girls on the sidelines. He cheered him anxiously and said, "Weizhen in the world, with you the most domineering!" "When the power is exerted, who will compete with us!" "Weizhen in the first year of junior high school, the strongest in the first year of junior high school, the strongest on the surface!"
Li Weizhen's super personal ability is not only a bug in the first year of junior high school, but even his senior brother who is in the second year of junior high school is not at a disadvantage. The steady defense line of the second grade team also involves most of the energy. In order to effectively curb his role, two of the three defenders have freed up to see him, which is very tight.
Li Weizhen was closely guarded by Xiao Dabao, the captain of the second grade team in junior high school. After the half, it was difficult to get the ball. He was a little anxious and wanted to change the current situation, but when he found that he was the only one in the frontcourt and had no teammates to support him.
He can only retreat, but once he retreats, the defense line in the second grade of junior high school will be raised as a whole, and the picture that presses on the midfield line is like a half-court offensive and defensive drill, which will be very unfavorable to the team in the long run;
Li Weizhen's position has retreated to the midfield line of his side, but the players in his side are busy only know how to clear the ball with big feet. The ball is like a burning foot and cannot hold it at all. Not to mention it is passed to his feet. For the first time, he felt a feeling of helplessness, just as the whole world has abandoned him. It is also the first time in his heart that this team cannot afford to be disappointed.
As Li Weizhen rudely grabbed the ball from behind, and the ball and the people knocked a midfielder of the second-year junior high school team over. He received a yellow card and the whistle to end in the first half was also blew. Although the score was still 0:0, the strong smell of gunpowder was destined to have a bloody storm in the second half.
During the halftime break, captain Xiao Dabao gave a brief comment and summary of the first half, and also clarified the tactical requirements for the second half: "Everyone did a good job in the first half, and they were already staring at the No. 9 by us. They still did this in the second half, and continued to restrict his catch. If he couldn't get the ball or turn around, he was a waste."
"If you can't attack in the middle, try to get the inverted triangle diagonal pass under the fast advancement of the side and smash them to death with a header. Gao Lao, why are you so polite to these first-year junior high school people? Don't waste your body like Husky in England! Ma Wu, how many times have you talked about, play less flower jobs, play less flower jobs, and quickly play balls. Fried noodles, don't just know how to run around, raise your head, rush, pass, and shoot, kick immediately."
As a captain, Xiao Dabao not only played the role of the Dinghai Shenke on the field, but more importantly, he played the coach off the field. This is also an important "one post, two responsibilities" in Lucheng's youth football circle.
In such amateur football organization, there is no funding, let alone any organization. Being able to form a team depends entirely on interest. The three levels of class, grade or school have become the most common form of team formation.
The improvement of such a team's combat effectiveness depends largely on the captain's personal charm and leadership ability.
Xiao Dabao started playing football in the third and fourth grades of elementary school. He has solid basic skills and steady defense. His leadership temperament is also convinced by his teammates. Everyone also recognizes him very much. He has played many games since he was in junior high school. Everyone who is used to various scenes also believes that under his leadership, he will definitely win this game.
The situation on the first day of junior high school is different. Li Weizhen is not the captain, but his role is too prominent, and everyone also thinks that we should listen to this star.
But the current situation is that due to the huge pressure from the opponent, the team's overall formation can only move backwards, and the whole team is working hard to defend, leaving Li Weizhen, the lonely arrow, behind.
In isolation and helplessness, Li Weizhen could only retreat to assist in the defense, but after all, he is a player who takes it as his mission to save the team. He always thinks about moving forward and his teammates' center of gravity backward. He moves forward alone, and there will inevitably be a differentiation in the team.
Teammates think that he should retreat more and do a good job in defense and ensure that he does not lose the ball in the current situation, so that he can think better about the next step, rather than seeking his own happiness and disregard the overall interests of the team;
Star players naturally have their own tempers. In the unfavorable situation where Li Weizhen was specifically restricted, as a striker, he felt that the team should move forward and use offense to share the pressure of defense, rather than hiding like this and being pressed on the ground and doing nothing, which is something he cannot tolerate.
Listening to his teammates chirping and arguing, Li Weizhen didn't say anything, but listening to those conservative and childish remarks, he felt a little contempt and began to feel a little disgusted with these teammates.
The captain stood up. He knew his teammates' urgent thoughts and could understand the inner feelings of the star Li Weizhen. After weighing the pros and cons, he began to mix up: "Brothers, we know that you are playing very uncomfortable. You must know that our opponents have won the 'Blue Flame' (alias for the second grade team in the junior high school) tonight. Their strength is far above us."
"It's already very good for us to be able to fight until now. I want to ask you, why is it for playing football? We have been playing football together in the past two weeks, and why others think we are playing well."
"I think it's unity, but why did we feel so uncomfortable in the first half? Even if we played in the third grade of junior high school in the morning, we didn't feel this way. Now we feel this way because we are not united."
"This is also what the guys in the second grade of junior high school did on purpose. They saw our arrow to death, and then they wanted to make us disconnect from each other and lose our composure. Brothers, this is a big conspiracy. We must not be fooled. We should try our best to help Azhen score the goal in the second half."
The captain stood out for Li Weizhen, and the different voices in the team gradually disappeared. Li Weizhen glanced at the captain and nodded.
Chapter completed!