Chapter 17: Two Different Worlds!
The performance of the "Glass Man" in the morning was shocking and unexpected, and the main players of the Wolves team did not have time to digest such a change, and they were deeply shocked again shortly after the afternoon game.
How difficult it is to volley head-on, the players present all know. Wang Rui's ability to press the ball so low shows that he has accurate judgment and mastery of the trajectory of the ball, as well as the point and time of hitting the ball. To pull off such an earth-shattering shot, it takes a lot of practice in addition to amazing talent.
This ball deserves cheers!
The main players looked at the handsome, heroic, and young face, and their eyes were a little dazed, and they couldn't help but feel that they were gradually defiled, as if they saw a superstar on the court.
They know very well that the owner they see this face is a fringe figure in the team, who has not signed a contract extension at the moment, and in less than a month he is leaving Wolves and even leaving the pitch from now on.
But at this moment, they suddenly began to wonder, this man will really leave the Wolves team after a month?
Really want to leave the stadium?
With his performance today, even if Morgan is not willing to give him a contract, will he not find a place to play?
Think about Ince's three "good balls" again......
These distracted thoughts of the main players quickly disappeared as the game resumed. In order to avoid the "tragedy" of the morning, they showed a 100% attitude and strengthened their attack.
With the big win in the morning, the substitutes showed a rare calmness and composure in the face of the aggressive attacks of the main players. As time went on, they became more and more comfortable coping with each other, the players encouraged each other, and when they made mistakes, they stopped complaining about each other as much as they used to.
In order to defeat the main force that is stronger than them, you cannot rely on individual ability, you must rely on the cooperation of the team, and the substitutes summarized at the end of the morning training and came to this conclusion. At this point, they were filled with a strong desire to win, so their passing was much smoother than that of their main players.
Football is played by eleven people, this is what a celebrity said, if there is no cooperation, where does the combat effectiveness come from?
The two-on-one combination is the simplest, most basic, but also the most important in football tactics. Passing is a very important part of the two-on-one cooperation, without passing, where does the cooperation come from.
The smooth passing of the substitutes, a wonderful one-two cooperation appeared on the training ground, if you don't know the details of the Wolves team, you still think that the substitutes in yellow vests are the main force of the team.
Ince, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't help but shake his head as he watched everything that happened on the field.
To whom is he shaking his head?
With smooth passing, the substitutions have become more and more fluent, and with the emergence of fluid coordination, their self-confidence has also increased. In the 23rd minute, they launched a quality attack on the left flank, and after two one-twos, the ball crossed into the box.
Peter catches the ball, leans on Craddock and shoots!
The ball changes direction and heads towards the left post of the goal!
Oakes, the goalkeeper who was very focused, jumped and made a difficult save for the football from the bottom line.
Peter held his head and looked painfully at the soccer ball flying towards the barbed wire, and let out a cry of regret in his mouth. The substitutes, after lamenting it, shouted at Peter, encouraging and comforting him with applause.
The main players are feeling a lot of pressure and they have a feeling that they are facing a League One team!
It's a weird feeling, it's a contradiction in reality. The opponents who put them under pressure are the substitutes they used to look down upon.
If the morning fiasco was an accident, what does it say now?
Wolves' main goalkeeper Oakes got up from the turf and yelled at his teammates to get them to focus. Looking at his expression, it looks like he is participating in an official competition.
Sitting second from bottom in League One, Wolves' morale has hit rock bottom, and they have put their results behind them for the sake of their future, with too many individual performances in the competition.
The fiasco in the morning trampled on their dignity and their faces were **, and they had a fire in their hearts to regain their dignity and face. It's not an official League One competition, it's an intra-team showdown, and you don't need an individual show to catch people's attention.
So......
The main players took one look at each other and decided to abandon the individual show and use the strength of the team to defeat the substitutes, so that the team can return to the previous and order again.
The corner kick was punched by Oakes, and the main players in the red vests launched a quick counter-attack, they passed the ball very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was transferred to the box of the substitutes.
The team's No. 2 striker, Kevin Foley, after receiving the ball, flashed out of the shooting space and shot angrily on the line of the penalty area!
A white light shines!
The team's third goalkeeper, Hennessey, like a cheetah, quickly pounced on his left side!
Hennessey's fingers failed to touch the football, and despair appeared in his eyes. The desperation in his eyes didn't last long, though, as the ball grazed the post and slid out of the door, with the substitutes applauding loudly.
Kevin Foley missed the equaliser and was blindfolded in pain. After a trace of regret flashed in the eyes of the main players, it was indifference, as if the person who shot the goal had nothing to do with them.
Dozens of seconds ago, Peter's shot was saved, and the substitutes encouraged and comforted him with shouts and applause, but at this moment, none of the main players in red vests comforted and encouraged Kevin Foley.
Wolves' main players and substitutes are two teams, two worlds, one world full of calculations, and the other world that has chosen to unite in order to earn a minimum of respect in the dressing room.
It was also a missed opportunity to score, and the attitudes shown by the two worlds were completely different, with the main players opting for indifference and the substitutes opting for encouragement and comfort.
This attitude has had a different effect over time, with the substitutes in the yellow vests becoming more and more courageous, while the main force in the red vests, although they have more cooperation, always feel that something is missing, and they do not communicate after the cooperation is wrong.
In this way, the substitutes relied on unity to make up for the gap in strength, and the two teams were evenly matched.
In the 32nd minute, Kevin Foley relied on his keen sense of smell and took advantage of the mistakes of the opposing defenders to successfully push in the penalty area, and the score became 1-1, helping the main team equalize.
The substitutes did not blame the players who made mistakes, they encouraged each other, rushed to take responsibility, and the atmosphere was harmonious. The main players had cold expressions, and no one stepped forward to congratulate Kevin Foley who scored the goal. Perhaps, in their opinion, scoring a goal in an intra-team game is nothing and not worth celebrating.
After the game resumed, the yellow team launched a ferocious attack, and the red team stubbornly resisted. Under the stubborn resistance of the red team, the yellow team returned again and again in vain.
In the 39th minute, the red team took advantage of a counterattack opportunity to knock on the yellow team's goal again, overtaking the score, and the score became 2-1.
At the end of the first half, the substitutes who were reversed did not hang their heads and sat together. Everyone spoke actively, summed up the gains and losses in the first half, and formulated a strategic direction for the second half.
And the main players are holding water and towels, in groups of three or five, whispering, and if you go in and listen, you will find that they are not exchanging games, but certain information about transfers.
Two different worlds!