Football: The immortal legend on the green field

The game seemed to be dominated by the PSV Eindhoven youth team, but their team lacked a midfield brain like Shen Bin, especially since Shen Bin could always judge their passing routes in advance, causing the PSV Eindhoven youth team's offensive coordination to be intermittent. Under Shen Bin's interference, the cooperation of these guys was always in chaos.

"Connect! Connect!"

"Go ahead! What are you afraid of!"

“Go back! Go back!”

"What are you doing standing there? Don't you see that the opponent's forward is also actively returning to defense? You should run back and defend too!"

The head coach of the PSV youth team kept yelling on the sidelines.

As the game progressed, Haarlem gradually lost the upper hand.

Haarlem's strict bus tactics came into play at this time.

Time and again, he disrupted the opponent's urgent efforts and occasionally used Gular's speed on the right to launch threatening defensive counterattacks.

Both sides have accumulated a large number of defensive players in the middle, and the effective attacks that can be used are all on the flanks. On the PSV youth team's side, after calming down, Reuben gradually gained the upper hand in the contest with Deng Zhuoxiang. He was too fast, and as long as Deng Zhuoxiang could not win the first time in the head-on contact, it would be difficult for him to keep up with Reuben as long as Reuben used his speed to get rid of him.

Sterling can keep up with the opponent in terms of speed, but there is a big difference in the frequency of their feet. Sterling is often easily passed by the opponent as soon as he changes direction.

The PSV head coach soon discovered this, and their attack began to lean towards Haarlem's left side. The left side guarded by Sterling was turned into a sieve during this period. Fortunately, Reuben is still a 20-year-old fledgling and has not yet evolved into a winger like Carlos. His crosses were always a little lacking in meaning, and the actual threat to Haarlem was not as great as imagined.

The PSV Eindhoven youth team continued to use the right side to attack the opponent's defense. Although they failed to score a goal, they repeatedly provoked the defense of Haarlem.

Deng Zhuoxiang and Sterling were badly beaten by Reuben's attack. After all, they were both under 20 years old and gradually became restless.

Although Haarlem was in a defensive state overall, they still had certain advantages in the competition in the middle. Although there were not many offensive opportunities, the few times they did, they made the Eindhoven youth team busy and flustered every time.

If Haarlem Athletic is not at a disadvantage in the middle, then the right side is Gular's world. PSV Eindhoven's left side and Gular's opponents are simply unable to keep up with Gular's rhythm. After all, they are not the PSV Eindhoven adult team, and there is still a big gap in defensive experience and strength compared to the adult team's Lee Young-pyo.

Even Lee Young-pyo had a hard time challenging Gular, let alone these young players who were under 22 years old. Although Gular was only 20 years old, two years younger than them, his overwhelming talent was obvious, otherwise Gular would not have been included in Van Basten's 40-man national team observation list.

"This is such a surprise!" The commentator was watching the game on the field, watching the flanks of both sides having their defenses penetrated time and time again.

He never expected the game to turn out like this.

Although Haarlem posed a threat to PSV Eindhoven Youth Team several times through Gular's breakthroughs, PSV Eindhoven Youth Team was still at an advantage overall. After all, they were more willing to invest in offense than Haarlem .

But with Shen Bin, the iron gate of the defensive midfielder, Haarlem Athletic can always break or delay the ball before it reaches the penalty area. Although the defense line of Haarlem Athletic is not as capable, they are all veterans of the field after all. Let them stand still and defend, and they can still handle the opponent's group of fledgling boys with ease.

They gradually calmed down from the panic at the beginning, and the defense of Haarlem Athletic became more and more solid as time went on.

This is not an ideal state of play.

Before the game, experts saw the lineups of both teams and believed that Haarlem had Shen Bin in the midfield, Deng Zhuoxiang and Gular, a trio that clearly had an advantage in the midfield, and PSV Eindhoven Youth Team was better than Haarlem in the backcourt and forward line, especially right winger Reuben, who was the biggest discovery of the Netherlands in recent years. Experts judged that Haarlem was mainly offensive, while PSV Eindhoven Youth Team played defensive counterattacks. Since Haarlem's back line was really weak, it was difficult to resist the opponent's attack.

Now the situation on the field is exactly the opposite, with the PSV Eindhoven youth team attacking and Haarlem playing defense and counterattack.

Because Eindhoven had the advantage in numbers in the midfield, the two sides maintained a delicate balance in the midfield.

Haarlem Athletic couldn't defend against Reuben, and PSV Eindhoven Youth Team couldn't defend against Gular. Now the field has turned into a game of two teams stabbing each other with knives to see who can last longer.

This also made the rhythm of the game become chaotic. Those Eindhoven youngsters who were too confident before the game were now playing in fear.

Especially the defensive players, Shen Bin's penetrating passes made them feel extremely dangerous.

Shen Bin kept switching between offense and defense, which consumed a lot of his physical energy and he kept gasping for breath.

They also had several wonderful counterattacks, the only pity is that they didn't score a goal.

But the first thing is to ensure that the other side does not score first, then this sense of urgency will continue, while also increasing the opponent's physical energy consumption.

After all, when the game evolved into this situation, PSV Eindhoven was seeking revenge for the big brother, and they were under greater pressure.

Shen Bin’s idea is to try not to lose the game, at least get a draw, but of course winning would be even better.

Shen Bin made a sliding tackle to block the opponent's passing route, and Howard, who returned to the front of the penalty area, successfully grabbed the ball.

Shen Bin quickly got up and turned around to run again. Just as he was about to run towards the opponent's goal, the referee suddenly blew the whistle. Beep~~~

The halftime whistle blows.

Shen Bin slowly stopped and turned to look at the time, and found that 45 minutes had passed.

the time passes so fast.

Shen Bin swallowed his saliva, then lay down on the lawn, gasping for breath.

This half was more tiring than all the previous halves. He hardly had any rest and was constantly switching between defense and offense.

The score in the first half was tied at 0:0.

When Howard came to Shen Bin and looked down at him, he saw a smile on Shen Bin's lips.

Howard was reaching out to pull Shen Bin up, but he saw Shen Bin put his hands on both sides of his head, slightly straightened his waist, raised his lower limbs, and actually did a somersault.

"Hey!"

He stood in a standard horse stance and immediately put his arms around Howard's neck, "The breathing method you taught me is very effective."

Howard...

"Guys! We had a great first half and everything went according to plan!"

In the locker room, old coach Martins clapped his hands and loudly boosted morale.

Listening to Martins' speech, smiles appeared on the players' faces.

"I really want to keep fighting with my brothers, but I really can't run anymore. If Haarlem Athletic still needs me, I will actively engage in recovery training starting tomorrow, get back into match form as soon as possible and contribute to the team." All the players laughed as they saw the hula hoop around the waist of Link, who was shirtless.

Martins looked at Neeskens and saw that he had no specific intention. "In the second half, Tiote will replace Linke and try to unleash Shen Bin's offensive attributes."

"Deng Zhuoxiang, you have to play for another 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, I will let you go off the court to rest."

"Link, you played very well. You have rich competition experience. Next, we not only have to fight for the FA Cup championship but also regain the points advantage lost in the league. The team needs the help of every guy, especially veteran players like you."