Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 8

The minds of the coaching team and the main players have already flown to the first round of the English League Cup on August 8, but for Li Polo and other rotation players, the league opener on August 12 is what they should pay attention to matter.

August 2014, 8, 9:9pm.

City of London, South West, Wimbledon Township, Kings Meadow Stadium.

As a low-level team, New Wimbledon has only 4722 seats at home, which is less than one-tenth of the number compared to Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City, which compete in the Premier League.

To put it bluntly, the hardware facilities of most high school and university playgrounds can completely explode this "bird's nest"!
The "Crazy Gang", who are struggling to relegation every season, have no funds to expand the stands and seats, otherwise their coaches and players will run out of ammunition in minutes!

Although New Wimbledon's performance last season was very bad, with a total of 24 teams, they only ranked 16th, and they were only four points away from the relegation zone, but benefited from the crowd background of the "Crazy Gang". The opening game still attracted more than 3000 diehard fans to the scene.

But those fans soon felt some disappointment.

Because... Among the team's starting 11 players, they did not see Akinfenwa, the "biggest muscular player in British football" who carried great expectations, nor did they see familiar players such as Fuller, Smith, and Shea. Faces, the lineup lined up by the head coach Adele, is impressively composed of eleven old, weak, sick and disabled!

The front line is composed of three veterans: Andy Frampton in 79, David Connolly in 77, and Matthew Dubis in 84. It is difficult to expect that they can threaten the team with an average age of 33. opponent's goal.

The age composition of the midfielder is a little more optimistic: Danny Boorman in 79, Sean Rigg in 88, and Frank Sutherland in 93, which can be regarded as three generations of old, middle and young.

但后防线就惨不忍睹了：82年的场上队长马克·菲利普斯正值当打之年，剩下的三人分别是93年的杰克·古德曼和阿德代吉·奥斯拉贾、94年的李波罗、以及97年的瑞安·斯维尼，最后这位中后卫甚至还没有年满17周岁！

Looking at those little guys with no hair, how could more than 3000 spectators not understand the intention of the coaching team?

Lee Polo, who was warming up, was a little worried.

After all, it is the first official game of the new season. Seeing that the team I support is so perfunctory, will the audience who spent money let out a roar:

"RNM, refund the money!"
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"drop!"

With the whistle of the referee, the first round of the 2014-15 English Division Two Football League officially began.

Shrewsbury, the opponent of New Wimbledon, was relegated last season as the bottom one in League One, but as the saying goes, "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", without a large-scale sale of people , they are still one of the favorites to advance this season, and as for the new Wimbledon, even the most diehard fans cannot be optimistic about their progress.

The home team wanted to preserve their strength to face their arch-enemy, but the visiting team had no worries. The game quickly turned into a one-sided offensive and defensive drill. New Wimbledon retreated and Shrewsbury unceremoniously pressed the whole line. The offensive like a storm made the fans of the home team feel the gap between the third level and the fourth level, just like the difference between England and China's football level!
However, even if the England national team is playing with all the main players, it is impossible to blow up the defense line of the Chinese rotation every minute-especially when the Chinese team is still defending with all its strength.

Therefore, it is not surprising that after 25 minutes of the game, the score is still 0:0.

The assistant coach Cox, who was sitting on the coach's bench, muttered:
"We seem to have underestimated the fighting spirit of these young men."

Head coach Adrey nodded slightly, agreeing:
"Shreisbury wants to win too much. Their offensive is too simple and direct. It is easy to be seen through and then play..."

Before he finished speaking, Shrewsbury launched an offensive. Their right midfielder Ashley Vincent sped off Li Polo and made a cross!
Li Poluo turned to look in front of the goal, and saw No. [-] goalkeeper Ross Werner throw away the goal and knock the football into the air with one punch!

The ball didn't fly too far, and it was the veteran midfielder Brightman who grabbed the spot. He quickly observed the situation around him, turned around and chose a long pass!
At the top, is the new Wimbledon striker Matthew Dubis!

Shrewsbury is attacking with all their strength, and their backcourt is now flat!
Dubis was speeding on this prairie at a high speed, he only needed to increase his speed to the extreme, and he threw away Shrewsbury's entire defense line!
Adlay and Cox stood up at the same time.

Under their fiery gaze, the 30-year-old Dubes went into Shrewsbury's big penalty area!

One-on-one single-handedness!

The visiting goalkeeper Jason Leutweiler gritted his molars and chose to abandon the goal to block, but was caught by the experienced Dubis and easily completed a rubbing shot!
1: 0!

The home team, which defended for 26 minutes, took the lead! -
"Ma~~~Xiu!!!"

The King's Grass stadium suddenly became boiling, and the [-] fans who had no hope for the game broke out in unison. They shouted the name of Dubes, applauded vigorously, hugged fiercely, and celebrated wildly.

After completing the fatal blow, Dubis jumped directly onto the home team stands, receiving the worship of [-] fans like a hero.

As the rotation striker of the League One team Crawley last season, he played 18 league games throughout the season and scored 8 goals, which is quite efficient.Originally thought that "condescension" to join the League Two team, I can sit firmly in the position of the main shooter, but with the double joining of Akinfenwa and Aziz, I am obviously not the first choice of the coaching staff.

Dubis was very satisfied with his performance just now, and even felt elated after being slapped in the face on the spot!

Coach, do you stop thinking about it? ! -
Although Adelaide is also very excited, but a goal is not enough for him to change the positioning of the players.

What's more...his excitement and happiness didn't last too long.

Only 11 minutes later, Shrewsbury, who was ashamed and courageous, equalized the score, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

It was a central attack, and the three visiting players used quick and savage passes and cuts to penetrate the temporary defense combination of Phillips and Goodman in five seconds, and their tall center James Collins put the football Sent into the home team's goal.

Different from the forward line, the defense line needs more stability and tacit understanding, and it is most taboo to change at will. This time the goal perfectly interprets this point of view.

Adrey frowned, and was not too disappointed. He just stood on the sidelines and signaled the players to continue to implement their pre-established tactics.

"Drip~~"

With the efforts of the whole team, New Wimbledon successfully brought the score of 1:1 into the intermission.

All the players who tried their best were sweating profusely, and Lee Polo was panting heavily as he walked slowly to the locker room with his teammates.

The home team goes to the left, the visiting team goes to the right.

The stadium is so dilapidated, and the locker room is naturally impossible to be so luxurious. Most players can simply pick up a towel to wipe off their sweat, and gather around the coach to listen to the analysis.

In the visiting dressing room, Shrewsbury manager Mickey Mellon was criticizing his players:

"Our goal this season is to return to League One. If we can't even beat Wimbledon, what's the point of promotion?!

Look at their defense line, it's just a makeshift lineup, especially the No. 1 and No. 22, who don't even have official game experience, don't tell me, you will lose to them! "

The head coach just took office in the new season, and his criticism can be said to be merciless. Those old players blushed to some extent, and stood up to express their views:
"Coach, don't worry, we will definitely win with all our strength!"

After the atmosphere was stirred up, the next job was handed over to assistant coach Mike Jackson (real name), who began to analyze the performance of both sides in the first half:
"Our defense doesn't need to be too high. The offensive in the center and front is enough to destroy the opponent. Several of their players have good air defense capabilities, so we have to use more ground passes to penetrate them..."

While the visiting team was arranging tactics, Adrey was also not idle. He drew a circle on the tactical board and completely surrounded his own restricted area:

"The tactics in the second half are very simple, stick to the penalty area!"

(End of this chapter)