Chapter 14: First goal

On Saturday, hundreds of fans gathered around the Victoria Centre Stadium in the southern suburb of Amsterdam. They consciously stood outside the low white iron fence on the sidelines and watched the game on the stadium.
Today, the home team Dimenbred Middle School encountered Bakken Academy from Almere.
There is a certain gap between the strengths of the two teams. After losing to hometown rival Omnibas last week, Bakken Academy vented all the stagnation this week to Bled Middle School.
From the first minute, Bakken Academy firmly suppressed Bled Middle School, especially the team's right.
After the last round of downturn performance, the substitute right back was ruthlessly abandoned by coach Dick Fanpoor. Although Nick recovered from the injury, he was conservatively sitting on the bench. Yang Yang, who was amazing in the last round, won again. .
After a hard game, Yang Yang was very productive. In addition to seeing hope, the whole team trained more vigorously. The performance on the court has made more obvious progress than a week ago. It is composed of the right avant-garde in front of him. The right side of the Bakken Academy attacked the sharp knife and ripped the left defense of Bled Middle School over and over again.
In the opening less than ten minutes, Yang Yang inserted on the right side of the high-speed set. After receiving the ball, he left the opponent's left back and passed the pendulum directly. The defensive player was shaken out of balance and fell on the court. After reaching the right side of the penalty area and crossing to the front, the No. 9 striker of Bakken School hit the target from a close range.
This goal completely blew the horn of the Bakken Academy attack.
Afterwards, Yang Yang became more active on the right, frequently got the chance to catch the ball, faced the defensive players again and again, and formed breakthroughs again and again, but then either the ball was not ideal or the pass was not in place, and eventually he failed Assist to score.
On the contrary, Genk Dimer, who was in the midfield, showed a more positive performance. He sent one shot and one shot within half an hour to help Bakken Academy lock in a three-to-zero lead before the end of the first half.
Watching the team fully control the game on the court, the three-goal lead is the big picture. Head coach Dick Fanpoor also greatly relieved and put down the stone after losing the same city derby a week ago.
John Rep is a rare warlord, but still sits in the coach seat and has been watching the game silently.
Seeing Dick Van Purr come over, John Rep smiled bitterly in a weird expression: "He seems to only do this trick."
Van Purr knew that John Rep said Yang Yang, and nodded. "It's really strange."
It ’s not uncommon in professional football, but it ’s like Yang Yang who can only beat the pendulum, but the basic skills are very bad, but it is extremely rare. No wonder John Rep feels weird.
After an outstanding performance against Omnibas, Yang Yang successfully attracted the attention of the coaching staff, but after a week of observation, almost everyone concluded the fact that although his basic skills have improved significantly, he still does not work. Did not reach the average level of the Almere youth team.
But at the same time, they also concluded that Yang Yang's progress is very fast, whether it is basic skills, or the performance of training and competition, are improving at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.
He made the same mistake today, and he will be corrected immediately tomorrow. Although new mistakes will emerge in an endless stream, he is constantly correcting them. The same mistakes are rarely repeated, which is incredible in itself. improvement.
Not only that, just take his pendulum for example.
The range is not as large as Ronaldo's, but with more fakes and pace adjustments, the confusion is stronger, resulting in the guards rushing to deal with it, always being broken again and again, and the extraordinary success rate is extremely high.
When I played against Omnibas last week, the whole set of moves was still very young and rough, but today against Bled Middle School, when using the pendulum several times, it was obviously more coherent and better.
At his current rate of progress, John Rep, a right-winger, was even very skeptical. If Yang Yang was allowed to practice this trick in the flow of clouds and clouds, as if he was a commander, would n’t it be Almere ’s right breakthrough Sharp weapon?
More importantly, he can finally be sure that Yang Yang does have the ability to read and deduce the game, and he is still a player of that kind of game. Every time he plays, he is easily excited and full of passion on the court.
This kind of player is definitely the dream of all head coaches.
So much so that John Rep feels puzzled himself. Why didn't he find out before that this boy has these advantages?
Of course, he would not know about Yang Yang ’s adventures, but it was due to his prejudice. He thought that he had only noticed Yang Yang ’s shortcomings in the past and never paid attention to Yang Yang ’s strengths, but felt ashamed.
"The game is almost done, Dick." John Rep nodded.
Halftime is about to end, if there is no accident, the three-ball leading Bakken Academy will win.
"Adjust it at halftime and let Nick play. He should be familiar with the rhythm of the game."
Nick is the main force of the Almere youth team, both offensive and defensive, and the position of the right back cannot be shaken.
"Go to Nick?" Dick Van Purd heard his brows deep. "Yang Yang is doing well. If he is replaced at this time, will he ..."
In the last half an hour, this game was more than 40 minutes, and there was not much time, but Dick Fanpoor had already begun to like this Chinese player, because there was no other player, it was very easy to use, and he was very diligent in playing. , Spare no effort.
"I didn't say he was going to be replaced. I mean, let him move forward and attack with all his strength."
"Fighting with all your strength?" Dick Vanpur froze for a moment, but soon understood.
Yeah, in both games Yang Yang played right-back. Although his offensive performance was good, he had to be distracted to defend. Let Nick go up and play right-back, push Yang Yang to the midfield, or even attack in the frontcourt. Will make him more worry-free.
"I really look forward to what he will do." Dick Van Purr chuckled.
John Rep smiled, and he looked forward to it as well.
"Wait a moment with the bus driver and detour the Amsterdam Arena on the return trip."
"Huh?" Dick Fanpoor was puzzled.
Normally, to return to Almere from Dimen, you only need to go east, and you can reach Almere directly after taking the a1 highway. However, the Amsterdam Arena is west of Dimen. Not only does the detour pass farther, but also You must also walk to the lively neighborhood.
That area is the core of Amsterdam's southeast New Town.
"It's time to give them some excitement." John Rep chuckled.
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Full attack?
During Yang Yang's halftime break, after hearing Fan Puer's adjustments and instructions, the whole person burned.
Especially when he heard the head coach solemnly admonishing Genk Dimer that he must do his best to cooperate with himself, he was very excited and satisfied.
He could see that Van Purr was going to investigate him and try to see if he could become the team's sharpest defense.
This is a good opportunity for him to return to the offensive position!
After the two sides changed sides and played again in the second half, when Yang Yang appeared in front of the left guard of Bled Middle School, he obviously saw the other person's face black.
In the first half, the two sides did not compete head-to-head. He didn't take any advantage from Yang Yang. His heart was not very reliable for this, but he was very afraid of the skillful Chinese player who even used a pendulum. Fearsome.
Isn't he a full-back? Why did you come to the front suddenly? Still so advanced?
What do you mean?
Seeing the expression of the defensive player crying without tears, Yang Yang grinned, showing his white teeth, and he smiled innocently.
"Please advise."
Polite words were said, but no hands were left in the game.
Yang Yang played in the offensive position in the country. Both the forward and the wing have played, and the wing position is his old line.
When playing the full-back, he was always worried about the defense, but now it is not used. The main right-back Nick sits behind him, and coach Van Poul demanded him to attack with all his strength. What else does he worry about?
He is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses. After the opening, he took the initiative to retreat. The left guard of the opponent was worried about the defense behind him and he did not want to take risks. Yang Yang was allowed to retreat.
In the end, it's just an inter-school competition, and the defense is relatively loose. Yang Yang can easily receive the ball between the full-back and the full-back. After turning, he directly starts the ball and starts to kill the left defender at a constant speed, forcing the opponent's defense to continue to back.
Stepping in and out, Yang Yang kept getting closer. When he reached the opponent, he suddenly accelerated and passed by a pendulum. After continuous fake movements over the defensive player, he directly took the ball to the bottom line and started to pass. in.
The previous series of moves were very beautiful, but the quality of the final pass was not high, slightly higher, the two forwards who responded to the middle road failed to control the landing in time, and the ball was finally released by the right back of Bled Middle School.
Failure to create a goal, Yang Yang is inevitably lost, secretly said: to find a chance still need to practice this pass more.
As a right-footer, kicking the right lane, the cross is still a very threatening skill, even if I do n’t have the energy to learn [Beckham ’s cross] temporarily, but at least I need to practice the cross a little more reliable. .
Although he didn't play well in the final pass, Yang Yang's wonderful performance won him applause from the fans on the sidelines.
This is not a professional game, the home team fans are not hesitant to cheer for the away team players.
Returning to a familiar offensive position, he grabbed the first half of the second half and pressed the opponent ’s left back. After releasing his hands and feet to attack, Yang Yang began to play more active on the right, and his physical fitness made him go back and forth on the right. Gallop.
Finally, in the 63rd minute, after successfully forming a breakthrough on the right, he crossed the penalty area and assisted the midfielder Genk Dimer to make a close shot and hit 4-0.
After the victory and defeat have been divided, Bakken Academy has become more relaxed up and down, many players have also released their hands and feet, various random actions on the field are endless, and Yang Yang is not satisfied with only breaking on the right road and starting to cut into the restricted area frequently. .
Finally, in the 82nd minute, he once again penetrated the opponent's left back from the inside with a pendulum on the right, and then passed the ball to the No. 9 forward at the front of the penalty area. Behind him.
Yang Yang slanted into the penalty area at the fastest speed. After catching up with the ball, he faced the goalkeeper who made a decisive shot and took a slight push from the inside of his right foot. The ball slid past the goalkeeper's side and hit the goal behind him.
Goal?
Is this a goal?
Yang Yang was totally embarrassed.
This is the first time since he landed in the Netherlands.