Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Li Yan looked at Deng Zhuoxiang's back, not understanding what he just asked. He turned around and asked Cheng Guo beside him: "Do you understand? What he just said..."

Cheng Guo also shook his head.

Twelve thousand people poured into the University City Arena, which could only accommodate 10,000 people.

On Thursday, September 17, in the second round of the Dutch Cup, the second-tier team Haarlem played against the first-tier team Fortuna at home. After this game, Haarlem will challenge the league opponent Willem II away. Two games in three days will be a test for the players' physical fitness.

The University Town Arena is outdated, the locker rooms are so small, and the sound insulation is not good, the noise inside the stadium can be clearly heard.

Martins raised his voice slightly and said, "...Does everyone understand their tasks? We are at home, and I believe everyone knows what the fans want from us. We must win this game, and win beautifully! We still have a league game to play next, so don't waste too much energy here and against the opponent. Defend steadily at the beginning, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack!"

The translator assigned to Deng Zhuoxiang by Haarlem Athletic has been dismissed. This was suggested by Shen Bin. Most domestic players have a common problem, that is, paternalistic education. They originally had five points of strength and were fully capable of playing as a main player in the lower-middle teams of the top five European leagues. However, once they step out of their comfort zone and lose the care of others, they can't even play the three points of strength.

Shen Bin knew that he could not stay in the same team with Deng Zhuoxiang for the rest of his life, so cultivating Deng Zhuoxiang's independence was a very urgent task. What he needed now was not a crutch, but to walk independently.

And if Deng Zhuoxiang doesn't understand something, the team now has a "translator" who is a thousand times better than the invited Chinese students. Shen Bin is very good at expressing football professional terms and tactical ideas, so there will be no misunderstanding at all.

Shen Bin translated Martins' words to Deng Zhuoxiang in a low voice, and finally said to Deng Zhuoxiang: "Little Stool, don't be too selfless. Our team is now playing the tactics of the post striker. Both Howard and Li Dongguo play a fulcrum role. As a front midfielder, you are actually the second striker. This tactic does not require you to focus on organization. Our team's current attacks are all initiated from me. You are now the real killer hidden behind Howard. You still shoot too few times. You must know that if the striker does not shoot, it is no different from a decoration. Whether in the game or in training, shoot more.

In addition, Gao Haiyang and Krauchen will return to Europe in the next few days to inspect the national youth team players, including you and me, Chen Tao, Dong Fangzhuo who is on loan from Manchester United to Antwerp, and Hao Junmin who plays for French Ligue 1 Saint-André.

Since Coach Gao took the initiative to call me, it means there will be no problem for me to join the national youth team. It mainly depends on you guys to be evaluated.

Besides, the Chinese national youth team was able to qualify in the Asian qualifiers thanks to the players who play domestically. If the difference in level is not too obvious, what qualifications do you have to squeeze them out? If you qualify, it means that one of the players participating in the qualifiers will be squeezed out. If you were the head coach, who would you choose?

So you have to come up with reasons that will force the coach to give up the original hero and choose you."

Deng Zhuoxiang nodded.

"Also, Xiaozhang, watch carefully on the bench. This is also a kind of training. Observe the situation on the field, and then think for yourself. Think about what you should do in that situation, and then compare the choices made by your teammates on the field to see whether yours is better or his is better. When you are on the court, use what you have thought about. If your ideal is to be a great attacker, seize every opportunity you can!"

When the announcer shouted "Number 6, Shen Bin!", the cheers from the fans were the loudest, because it was this Chinese teenager who suddenly appeared and quickly became the favorite of Haarlem fans with his outstanding performances in several games in the new season. It was his outstanding performance that eliminated the powerful Eindhoven. Through TV broadcasts, he has become a hero in the hearts of students in Amsterdam West University City.

Deng Zhuoxiang sat on the bench and watched Shen Bin professionally raise his hands to greet the fans. Although he knew that the coach's arrangement was correct, he still felt a little jealous. He should have been up there accepting the cheers from the fans.

In this match, Martins arranged Tiote and Gines to play as defensive midfielders, and Shen Bin was pushed to the front midfielder. This combination had only been in training for two days. Martins did not expect this combination to help him score goals. He just hoped to play a steady defense in the first half and wear down the opponent's spirit. Then he would send Deng Zhuoxiang to decide the outcome in the second half.

After the game started, both sides attacked and defended each other, and the fans sang and cheered passionately in the stands. Everything was normal.

When the game reached the 20th minute, the visiting team Fortuna's attack failed, and after being intercepted by Gines in the middle, they launched a counterattack. He passed the ball to Tiote, who passed the ball directly to Gular.

Shen Bin quickly made a run in the middle to provide support, and Fortuna fans who had seen Gular's speed on TV began to cheer loudly.

The opposing defenders received special instructions from the coach before the game, to be careful of the speed and crosses of No. 7, because this was the key to their victory over PSV Eindhoven. Therefore, the defenders tried very hard to keep up with Gular's speed and always stayed inside to prevent Gular from crossing and going to the bottom.

But they all overlooked another new weapon that Gular had just mastered. Gular made a fake move to the bottom line, and suddenly stopped and pulled back before the opponent's defender could react. Before the opponent's defender turned around, he had already knocked the ball to the middle.

"A striker should be a little selfish."

"If you think you can shoot, shoot!"

His words to Deng Zhuoxiang were spoken to Deng Zhuoxiang, but they were also spoken to himself.

Shen Bin roared, suddenly raised his right foot while running, and shot a powerful shot from about 31 meters away from the goal!

The football flew towards Fortuna's goal with amazing momentum. The goalkeeper tried hard to save the ball, but he was obviously half a beat too slow. The football went into the far corner of the goal before he could cross his body to save it!

The ball went in!

Long shot! Super long shot!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!" the announcer on the scene roared in a long tone, and the stands became a sea of ​​​​jubilation.

After scoring the goal, Shen Bin ran to the coaching bench and hugged Martins. He used this goal to thank Martins for his trust in him and his teaching.

Deng Zhuoxiang also stood up and patted Shen Bin: "I knew it, you were demonstrating it to me on the spot, now I know how to kick." He observed carefully off the court. When Shen Bin received the ball, he put himself in the position. His first reaction was definitely not to shoot, but to seek cooperation from his teammates and continue to penetrate into the penalty area.

He was not as excited as other teammates, because he had seen Shen Bin score goals like this many times. Although his teammates had seen Shen Bin's kicks in training, they were still very excited to see Shen Bin score goals in this way during the game.

After jumping off the coach, Shen Bin waved his fist at the home team fans in the stands, which caused thunderous applause from the stands.

Li Yan said to Cheng Guo beside him: "What a powerful shot! The visiting team has already lost. Losing to a goal with such a shot really affects their morale."

Cheng Guo thought about it and said, "Korean football has always been very good at long-range shooting. Now we have such a player in China!"

Shen Bin's goal ignited the first explosion in the University City Arena. Later, Shen Bin always believed that this goal against Fortuna was the most important goal in his life. "Because of this goal, I believe that I have not taken the wrong path. There is nothing in front of me that can stop me. If there is, I will smash it one by one!" He wrote in his memoirs.

And because of this, when he scored such signature goals again and again, he also got a nickname that accompanied him throughout his life: "Heavy Cannon".

Shen Bin's powerful and fierce long-range shot not only put Fortuna ahead in the first 20 minutes of the game, but also effectively hit the opponent's morale.

The opponent did not organize an effective attack within 1 minutes after the restart. They seemed to be afraid of Shen Bin's long-range shot and did not dare to press forward from the backcourt. They relied on their numerical advantage to suppress the offensive combination of Shen Bin and Howard and tried their best to compress the space in the frontcourt of Haarlem Athletic. Naturally, the threat of the two was much less. However, Fortuna sacrificed offense for defense and greatly reduced its own scoring opportunities. There were no more goals in the first half, and the score of 0: remained until the end of the first half.

During the half-time break, Martins was very satisfied with the team's performance. Although the opponent was a first-tier team, Haarlem had clearly been reborn after two fierce battles with strong teams like PSV Eindhoven. When facing an opponent that was a level weaker, they were able to deal with it with ease.

Martins is not a person who pursues 1:0. He must expand the score in the second half and do his best to expand his influence before Neeskens returns, which is also to boost the morale of the team in the next two-line battle.

"Deng Zhuoxiang."

Deng Zhuoxiang raised his head.

"You will take over Shen Bin's position in the second half." Martins said to him.

Deng Zhuoxiang had been holding back for the entire first half, his eyes full of fighting desire. The first thing that came to his mind was Gao Haiyang's serious face, and then the image of Guo Xiang, played by Yang Mi, standing in front of him. In the illusion, Yang Mi said to him in a sweet and innocent voice, "Brother, my first wish is to see your face, and my second wish is that you can be so heroic on the field...

"Bang!" Shen Bin saw Deng Zhuoxiang gritting his teeth and then grinning, and knew that he was doing something wrong again, so he went up and slapped Deng Zhuoxiang on the back of his head.

"What are you thinking about! The coach is arranging tactics!"

The boy just "returned to his hometown" and looked up at Martins who was a little angry.

"Okay, when you come on in the second half, cooperate with Howard, run more, pull more, and create opportunities for your teammates. Especially Shen Bin's long-range shots are very threatening, so create more opportunities for him."

Deng Zhuoxiang felt a little discouraged after hearing this, because his job was to create opportunities for others.

Shouldn't the spearhead be scoring goals? Why should he take on so many miscellaneous tasks? Deng Zhuoxiang was a little confused.

Deng Zhuoxiang said nothing, but just nodded silently.

Shen Bin whispered to Deng Zhuoxiang in Chinese: "Play the game in your own way and try more shots on goal."

Shen Bin patted Deng Zhuoxiang on the shoulder and said, "It's time to go on stage."

The two walked towards the court together, and Shen Bin whispered in his ear again: "I'll remind you again. When you are on the court, always remember that you are the second striker, and be ready to shoot and score at any time. Don't miss any opportunity!" Shen Bin gave him a thumbs up, "In training, you must conscientiously complete every requirement of the coach, and in the game, give it your all!"

The opposing defender knocked down Yang Pan who was about to break through. The referee blew the whistle and gave him a yellow card. If he hadn't stopped him, Yang Pan would have probably broken through and shot through the opponent's goal with his terrifyingly powerful shot. Some fans booed, saying that giving that kid a yellow card was too easy for him! In their opinion, he should have been given a red card.

When the fourth referee raised the electronic signboard to indicate that No. 10 Deng Zhuoxiang was on and No. 8 Jins was off, the audience burst into warm applause. They applauded Jins, but more of them cheered for Deng Zhuoxiang. Deng Zhuoxiang was very popular among the female college students in the university town. He always gave people the image of a sunny boy.

Only then did Deng Zhuoxiang feel that he had not been abandoned.

At the beginning of the second half, Fortuna launched an offensive against Haarlem Athletic. They were no longer worried about gains and losses like in the first half, and attacked with all their strength, trying to equalize the score as soon as possible while the opponent was not yet firmly established at the beginning of the game.

Fortuna is not a top team and cannot maintain a balanced attitude. After withstanding the opponent's fierce attack for about ten minutes, Fortuna's offensive slowed down. After all, people are not machines and they must take a breath after running at high speed. Haarlem Athletic began to turn from defense to offense.

In the 10th minute of the second half, Deng Zhuoxiang's first touch of the ball startled Martins on the sidelines. Deng Zhuoxiang was on the left side of the penalty area, and Shen Bin passed the ball to him. With his back to the opponent's goal, Martins thought that he should pass the ball to Howard, who had more options than him because he was facing the goal.

However, with his back to the opposing defender, Deng Zhuoxiang still turned around and shot, and shot the ball out from under the defender's crotch! Surprisingly, his shot was so tricky that the goalkeeper made a desperate save and pushed the ball out of the bottom line!

A corner kick was taken, and Shen Bin headed it. He jumped high in the air, then overpowered the defender who was defending him and headed it hard! The ball was headed a little straight, and the opponent's goalkeeper jumped up and lifted the ball with both hands. Another corner kick!

The second corner kick was taken again. After seeing what Fortuna had seen, they remembered that Shen Bin's header was also extremely good. Although they had taken precautions in this regard after watching the video of the match between Haarlem and Eindhoven, it was just a video after all, and it was not as shocking as the live confrontation. Fortuna players did not dare to be careless anymore. After the corner kick was taken, Fortuna had already sent two people to double-team him.

Shen Bin had no chance to jump at all, and the football was headed out by the opponent's defender.

When Martins saw that Shen Bin's header was actually blocked by the goalkeeper, he thought it was going to go in at first and was so excited that he wanted to stand up and celebrate, but the goalkeeper miraculously saved the ball, which made him feel a little regretful.