The most low-key superstar

Chapter 14 The First Game

Due to Tottenham’s abandonment of the League Cup, they lost to the English-African Union team in the first round. Gansby (also translated as Grimsby) has been changed for the needs of the plot, so that the translation of the head coach’s name is different. The author prefers Jill .

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On December 2005, 12, at 21:3 pm, Tottenham Hotspur will face Bolton at home to compete for the semi-finals.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Tottenham players gathered at the hotel and took the bus to the White Hart Lane Stadium.

At 2:35, the bus stopped in the underground parking lot, and all the staff entered the locker room.

After changing clothes, under the leadership of the assistant coach, the players who entered the roster went to the court to warm up.The moment Nichol came to the court, he didn't feel nervous or panic. Instead, he felt very relaxed, as if he was born to belong to the court.The tension before stepping on the court seems to have never appeared before.

At this time, the audience in the stadium has already entered the stadium. Since the audience is very clear that the team should have given up the game, there are not many people coming, and the seats are not full, but there must be at least 20000 people, so The stands looked sparse, and Nichol quickly found where Yang Mi and the others were, but couldn't see clearly, so he had to wave in that direction.

Back in the locker room, coach Gill began to arrange the tactics for this field. Tottenham still followed the old tradition of using the 442 formation this season. rotation, but I ask you to use your performance to tell everyone that you are no worse than anyone else, and you don’t want others to say that you are not worthy of being Tottenham players, do you?” Gill began to cheer the players on.

"Yes!!" They are all young people, and of course they don't want to be the role of soy sauce. Jill is sure of this, but it is really beyond Jill's expectation to reach the semi-finals.

"Our tactic today is very simple. It is defense. We must counterattack on the basis of defense. After we have the ball, we will move forward quickly. The first point is Kanoute. Kanoute, you have to remember. Watch Defoe at any time. Position, your task is to play for Defoe, of course, don’t give up if you have the opportunity.”

Mr. Jill turned to look at Defoe, "Defoe, what is your mission?"

"Goal, boss." Defoe answered loudly.

"Very good." Jill replied with satisfaction, "If their position is not good, then look for Lennon. Lennon sprints forward when he gets the ball, runs out of your speed, and then looks for opportunities to go into the penalty area. Pass the ball, you can cut inside appropriately, understand?
"Understood, boss" Lennon returned.

"If there is no chance, give the ball to Reed, I think Reed knows how to send the ball to where he should go." Jill continued to arrange.

"Nicole, today your task is a bit heavy. Your task is to run, run non-stop. Your area is from the front of the penalty area to the center line. Focus on Faye, cut off his passing route, or make him uncomfortable. Take the ball, don't spare your strength, I know you're like a bull in heat."

Hahahaha, everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard Mr. Jill's joke, and the tension that wasn't much was gone.

This is, the door of the locker room opened, and the staff came in, "Gentlemen, please get ready, the time is almost up, there are still 2 minutes."

Mr. Gill and members of the coaching staff and the substitutes went out first, leaving time for the players. Captain Robinson walked in the middle, held out his hand, and all folded their hands at once to "kick their asses"

"Kick their asses."

Under the leadership of Robinson, they came to the player tunnel, stood behind the referee one by one, and waited to play.

The next step is to lead the little caddies to the field, line up, sing "God Save the Queen", take a group photo, shake hands, and disperse. Nickel followed his teammates to complete this set of procedures with a novel mentality.The captain went to guess and got the ball, that is, he lost to the opponent.

A "beep" whistle sounded, and the game officially started.

Bolton began to suppress Tottenham shortly after the start. Bolton players feel very relaxed. Their performance is in the middle and lower reaches this season, but relegation is no problem, and it is impossible to go up. Only in the League Cup, no one pays attention. If If they can win the League Cup, they can go to Europe next season, so in order to prepare for this game, they even gave up the league, so they are determined to win this game against Tottenham, especially when Tottenham has obviously given up.

Faye is the core of Bolton's midfielder. He has skills, body, and speed. He is a headache guy. He didn't pay attention to him in this game. He joined the youth team, so Faye played very relaxed, but soon after the start of the game, Faye found that the opponent's No. 21 annoyed him.This annoying guy started to follow him when he was running. After getting the ball, he clung to him tightly. He couldn't get rid of him with his speed, because this guy's speed was not slow, and he wanted to hit him with his body. No, because this guy has been actively looking for opportunities to make physical contact with himself, and almost lost control of the ball several times.This made Faye uncomfortable, so he had to give the ball to other teammates. When his midfield engine was not running smoothly, Bolton's running was not so smooth.

Nicole was also uncomfortable. This Faye was really hard to deal with. Nicole tried his best to grab the ball, but he couldn't grab the ball. He touched his painful shoulder and saw Faye asking for a position from his teammates. Bite the bullet and stick it up again.

Because of the entanglement between the two in the midfield, although Bolton suppressed Tottenham, the threat was not great. This made Gill on the field very satisfied with Nicole, but Nickell didn't know it. He felt that he was not doing well. The job was done because he didn't grab a ball.

In the 7th minute of the game, Bolton used a long shot to complete the first shot, and the ball went above the crossbar.

In the 9th minute, Kanoute got a long pass in the frontcourt and sent the header to Defoe. Defoe did not control the ball and was intercepted by the opponent.

In the 11th minute, Defoe got the ball in the front court again, but unfortunately he was judged offside.

Soon, Bolton got a corner kick, but the header was blocked by Dawson, which was Bolton's best chance since the start of the game.

In the 18th minute, Nichols tackled Faye and handed the ball to Reed. Nichols felt a little more comfortable at this time, after all, he had a successful steal.

Starting from the 20th minute, Bolton got the chance to attack continuously. For a while, Tottenham’s front was jittery, especially in the 25th minute. At this time, there was chaos in front of the goal. The ball, but it was too messy, he just swept the ball towards the goal, but in fact, no one could stop the football from entering the goal, only Nickel, his brain was very clear at this time, when he found the danger, he quickly rushed to a goal The sliding tackle knocked the ball that was about to roll into the goal out of the bottom line, and won the applause of the fans and the encouragement of the teammates, and of course the captain's thanks.

Before the end of the midfield, Nickel fouled in front of the penalty area and gave the opponent a free kick. Faye took the penalty and the ball bounced off the outside of the post. Tottenham escaped unharmed.

After the ball was seen, the referee blew the half-time whistle.The tenacious resistance of the Tottenham youth team won warm applause from the fans.

(End of this chapter)