Ball King Pioneer

Chapter 104
The derby is still half a month away, but because of Everton's outstanding performance at the beginning of the season, Everton fans have more expectations for the derby, and they are eager to step on the Liverpool people.As for Liverpool, they don't want Everton to surpass themselves in the standings. They look forward to knocking down the poor Everton in the derby.In short, both sides have enough reasons to expect the Derby to come as soon as possible.

It is not only the local Liverpool media who like to participate in the grievances between the two clubs, there are also some media who are eager to see Everton's bad luck, or to see Lin Yi's bad luck. "The Times" reporter Thomas Wigg published an article to support the argument of "The Echo". The article also used a large amount of data to prove that Lin Yi will not have a big chance. Moyes did not give him a starting position in the last game, which is very clear. Moreover, Lin Yi did nothing after coming off the bench. In the next round against Wigan Athletic, if Moyes has no brain problems, Lin Yi will continue to sit on the bench.As for the derby, Ji Dong must first be eligible to play.

Regarding Thomas Wigg’s opinion, Lin Yi said in an interview with the media, “He wore a maid’s outfit and made his brain go wrong. If he really knows football so well, then I don’t mind teaching him a lesson. If it’s a man, you can come and bet with me, if I can score in the Derby, will he be willing to live naked and jump the Thames? If he wants, he can respond in the Times. Of course, if he wants to respond to the game in person, he must wear a maid’s outfit.”

Ji Dong's words quickly spread in the media circle. While cheering and encouraging Thomas Vig, everyone asked Ji Dong what would happen if he lost.Lin Yi's answer was very generous, "I will take over the entire page of "The Times" and sing praises for Mr. Viagra on it!"

The next day, the "Times" responded that they agreed to Lin Yi's bet, but required Lin Yi to score at least two non-penalty goals in the derby with Liverpool.Ji Dong quickly responded via Twitter, "Wait for the naked butt jumping into the river to perform!" Lin Yi thought he would be clean for 2 weeks, but he didn't know that he was involved in a bigger whirlpool.

On September 9, Liverpool star Suarez criticized Lin Yi for being a big mouther and lacking basic respect for the Liverpool club when he was interviewed by the media in his home country.

In response to Suarez's remarks, Lin Yi responded in Chinese on his personal Twitter, "Yacasu, Aunt Shisan calls you home for dinner!" Then, Lin Yi's teammates in Everton forwarded this Twitter content one after another.The efficiency of the British media is very high. Half a day later, the translation of Lin Yi’s tweet was published by major media, and then British netizens searched for “Yacasu” and “Thirteen Aunts” on Google.Taking advantage of this trend, the movie starring Li Jifei set off a small wave in the UK, especially Everton fans and Manchester United fans.

Then another heavyweight, the current Liverpool captain, England’s main midfielder, and world-class midfielder Steve Gerrard also talked about Lin Yi for the first time in an interview, “He is a talented player, but if you put too much energy on dealing with the media, I don’t think he can achieve much. Moreover, as Lewis said, he lacks respect for Liverpool. Not everyone can comment on such a century-old giant, at least he can’t. Such a player will never get the friendship of Liverpool people.”

I used to think that Gerrard was far away from me, but now I can be regarded as a star, and he is also a player in the same city. Naturally, I don’t give him face. "Steve is a great player. Unfortunately, he shouldn’t stay in Liverpool. This is a team with no hope. If he still wants the Ballon d’Or, he can only try his luck in a greater team, such as Manchester United, or Everton. It’s also a good choice. And I’ll say it again, don’t talk to me about the lack of respect for Liverpool. When did you Liverpool give me respect? For the respect of the rising Chinese railway workers in the UK, no, never, I swear, I will always fight Liverpool, I will use my way to get justice for them, as long as I can play, I will not allow Liverpool to win. As for the friendship of Liverpool people, fuck it, I don’t need it, I just want you to fear me and hate me, but you can never beat me, just wait! "

What Ji Dong said did not leave room for himself at all, he even used foul language to express his dislike for Liverpool.The media doesn't need to add oil and vinegar at all this time, because it is already explosive enough.Ji Dong blatantly expressed his dislike for Liverpool, and he didn't give Gerrard any face.Faced with Ji Dong's provocation, Liverpool fans were outraged. They felt that they had been seriously insulted. The hatred and hatred towards Ji Dong had reached the extreme. All major fan groups expressed their readiness to make the Evertonians, especially Lin Yi, feel hell in the first round of the derby. They wanted to tell Lin Yi that Anfield is definitely the strongest fortress in the world.

This time, Lin Yi had a hearty spat with the media, with Suarez, Gerrard, and even Liverpool fans. He liked the feeling of still fighting off the court. This is the true self of Lin Yi.

Although the verbal battle was cool, Lin Yi did not let go of his own improvement. After more than half a year of competition, Lin Yi now has few shortcomings.In the Chinese Super League before, Lin Yi could always feel like a fish in water. Later, when he came to the Premier League, Lin Yi always felt that something was missing. After thinking about it, Lin Yi found out that his header was not good enough.In the Chinese Super League, Evergrande insisted on playing on the ground, and Gao Hongbo’s national team also emphasized sticking to the ground in the middle. But in the current Premier League, it is estimated that only one team, Arsenal, is purely on the ground. The rest of the Premier League teams have the tradition of British football.Therefore, many of Ji Dong's catches now require a few steps back, stop the ball with his chest, and then organize. Lin Yi thought, if his header can be given to his teammates at the first time, or if he has the ability to head the ball, will it be more efficient?Therefore, after returning from the national team game, Lin Yi began to practice header after training every afternoon.

Ji Dong is lucky, his team has a header expert, the Australian Cahill is considered a header expert in the entire Premier League, so unfortunately, he was caught by Lin Yi for 3 days.In his second mind, Lin Yi sorted out the previous header masters in the football world. In the end, Lin Yi chose to learn the header skills of the German Klose and teammate Cahill. It is simple and direct, and the direction control is excellent.After learning the technique of heading from Cahill, what Lin Yi needed was more training. This heading training really couldn't be practiced by himself, so Ross Barkley was caught by Lin Yi again.Barkley seemed very excited that the boss finally asked him to do something for him.So various balls such as long passes, high balls, low flat balls, and curved balls were kicked out by Barkley, and then Lin Yi started the road of headers.

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"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, a beautiful goal, Ji Dong's planning, an assist from Barkley, the Frenchman Saha finally scored his first Premier League goal after his comeback. 2:1, Everton overtook the score before the end of the first half."

Against Wigan Athletic at home, Lin Yi assisted Pienaar to score in the 5th minute. Wigan Athletic equalized the score with a penalty kick in the 27th minute.

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In the 52nd minute, the Wigan Athletic goalkeeper took a goal kick. The football landed near the center circle. Lin Yi happened to be near the landing point. The opponent's defensive midfielder David Jones was entangled with him.Everton's frontcourt players had a chance, and the lazy Pienaar didn't return to the defense immediately, so he happened to be in the air, but if he couldn't send the ball over in the first place, Pienaar would fall into an offside trap in an instant.

It's no secret that Lin Yi doesn't know how to head the ball. David Jones suffered a lot from Lin Yi today. He couldn't hit him, couldn't grab it, and couldn't defend it. However, in several header snatches, although Lin Yi tried his best to fight for the top, he couldn't take advantage of it. Then David Jones came to the conclusion that the Chinese in the air couldn't do it.As usual, he asked Ji Dong beside him to jump first. Although Ji Dong jumped higher, he failed to reach the ball.

Lin Yi failed to compete for the top.

This feeling is not right, it is not like the usual feeling of extra training, the headers in the usual extra training are fed by the younger brother Barkley, Lin Yi has no defensive players to interfere with the header contact, this is a completely different feeling from the field.Obviously I am stronger than David Jones, I can jump higher, and there is no problem in judging the landing point, but I just can't hit the ball, what is the problem?Why is it that David Jones hits it accurately every time, but I am subject to him everywhere?Could it be...

Ji Dong had a guess. He didn't know if it was correct, but if he had a chance, he could try again.Ji Dong's wish came true soon.In the 59th minute, after Ugoli intercepted Fellaini's pass, he kicked the ball forward with his big foot and planned to break fast. Lin Yi and David Jones ran to the landing point together. Lin Yi wanted to make a clearance, and Jones wanted to ferry.This time, Ji Dong didn't stand where the ball landed first, but looked at Jones's position. This sudden change caught Jones off guard, but football was coming, so he had to react first and prepare his body for the fight.

Sure enough!

The football finally came down after a long flight, and Jones jumped, shook his head, and found himself leaning sideways before falling hard to the ground.In the process, he saw Ji Dong's head just hit the football head-on, and then the football flew towards Wigan Athletic's half.

In previous aerial contests between Ji Dong and Jones, he was able to judge the landing point every time, because he always made every move well first, and the posture and position before take-off would not change after being selected. Jones could respond accordingly based on his position and movements, and basically could choose a better timing and position for take-off. Of course, his rich experience in positioning is not comparable to that of Lin Yi.Figured this out, Jiong asked Jones to choose the position first this time. He believed that with his body and jumping, he could grab the ball even if he jumped backwards.

Ji Dong beat Jones in the header competition for the first time, which gave him great inspiration. It seems that the key to the problem is that he deliberately followed the routine, but ignored the changes in the movement.

It may have been just an accident that Ji Dong won this time. All Wigan Athletic players, including David Jones, thought so. Afterwards, many balls appeared in the range of the two in the form of high balls. From a complete failure at the beginning, Lin Yi has now been able to stop nearly half of the high-altitude balls.This situation is like Ji Dong's header ability is only 60 at the moment, which is still scum for a person with a header ability of 95+, but compared to Ji Dong who only had 5 before, this is already a great improvement.

In the 78th minute, Lin Yi cooperated with Pienaer on the left and made a through pass to find McFadden who had just replaced Saha. As a result, McFadden's shot was blocked by the opponent Ugoli.corner kick.

It was the Dutchman Drenthe who took the penalty. After Drenthe set up the football, he carefully observed the lower penalty area, and then he raised his left index finger. This signal means Plan A, to grab a point in the middle.The Dutchman's passing arc is low and flat. This kind of ball is fast and not easy for the goalkeeper to get. It is very suitable for header attack, but it requires the offensive player to appear at the attackable landing point of the flight line at the first time.Originally, Fellaini and Cahill were two strong points for this landing point, but Wigan Athletic also had the strictest defense against their set-pieces. A few defenders with good headers surrounded them almost as soon as the football was kicked out. There was basically no threat in the middle.

"Drenthe chose the middle lane, but it's a pity that the offensive players in the middle lane were crowded. No, wait a minute, Ji Dong suddenly started to accelerate, and it seemed that he was going to head the ball. But it may be too late, the football flies very fast."

Ji Dong was indeed going to attack the goal. There were a lot of people at the front and back points, all to cover the middle lane, but the teammates in the middle lane were firmly locked up. Now there is an empty middle lane. If Ji Dong can hit the ball, there is a great chance.So Ji Dong chose to grab it without hesitation, he wanted to try.Ji Dong's speed is indeed fast, but the flight path of the football is some distance away from Lin Yi who is outside the penalty area. Ji Dong is still a human being, he seems to be able to only run, but the football can fly, so Lin Yi will definitely not be able to hit the ball after running to the point and then jumping normally.

Since I can't run, I'll fly!
　I’m really sorry, that’s all for this chapter today, but at least there are 4000+, and I’m going to be with my son on Saturday, so I’ll spare all possible time to write, and try to get more tomorrow.It’s best for book friends to put down their phones on weekends and go out with their families more.Ask for a monthly ticket recommendation ticket.Thank you!

　　
　
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