Chapter 71
Chapter 70 Bad view of the big picture
At 9 o’clock in the morning on August 18, with the referee’s whistle, the 2007 China High School Football League National Finals 1/8 finals match between Guizhou Province Meijiang Middle School VS Yunnan Province Lijiang No. 1 Middle School officially started in Tianjin Sport University .
In this game, Meijiang Middle School won the kick-off right.
Lu Wenbin after the kick-off is ready to make an opening attack like he did in the city game, to see if he can sneak into the goal while the opponent is not paying attention just after the kick-off.
However, Lu Wenbin’s performance of 9 goals in three group matches has long been regarded as the biggest threat by Lijiang No. 1 High School. How could he make it so easy to start one goal at a time?
Before the game started, the players of Lijiang No. 1 Middle School stared at Lu Wenbin to prevent his breakthrough and sneak attack.
After dribbling through two people, Lu Wenbin finally failed to continue the breakthrough, and he couldn’t even find the opportunity to shoot from a long distance.
In the end, he could only pass the ball back to Nie Yingkun, and Nie Yingkun passed it back to Bi Rui, slowly organizing the attack.
This game gave Lu Wenbin the feeling that Lijiang No. 1 Middle School was about the same strength as the Shanghai Datong Middle School he met in the group stage.
Meijiang Middle School’s 2-1 victory over Datong Middle School was somewhat of a fluke element, especially Lu Wenbin’s first goal, which made the opponent underestimate the enemy.
Therefore, in the 1/8 finals, after Lijiang No. 1 Middle School focused on preventing Lu Wenbin from the beginning, it was not easy for Meijiang Middle School to defeat Lijiang No. 1 Middle School.
However, one thing that is good for Meijiang Middle School is that Meijiang Middle School got the right to qualify in the first two rounds of the group match, and many of the main players were rested in the third round.
And Lijiang No. 1 Middle School, it was the third round to get the second qualifying group.
Relatively speaking, Meijiang Middle School has an advantage over Lijiang No. 1 Middle School in terms of physical fitness.
It was precisely because of fear of lack of physical fitness that the team collapsed after being dragged into overtime. Therefore, in this game, Lijiang No. 1 Middle School not only placed Lu Wenbin on defensively, but also took the initiative on offense.
They hope to resolve the battle within 90 minutes, and not to be dragged into the overtime game by Meijiang Middle School, and eventually their physical strength collapses and loses.
This is also in line with Meijiang Middle School’s defensive counterattack tactics.
However, Lijiang No. 1 Middle School is the main attacker and Meijiang Middle School is the main defense. The audience on the sidelines and scouts most want to see Lu Wenbin does not have many chances to perform.
Throughout the first half, Lu Wenbin’s few counterattack opportunities were destroyed by the collective defense of Lijiang No. 1 Middle School.
Among them, one of Lijiang No. 1 Middle School’s defensive ability was particularly outstanding. Lu Wenbin once stepped on a bicycle with him one-on-one but failed to break through him and was directly intercepted.
According to Zhang Minghai’s pre-match inquiries, the No. 6 midfielder of Lijiang No. 1 Middle School is a member of the Dongba Football Youth Team.
Moreover, he is not a marginal player, but the main midfielder of the youth team. It is possible that next year he will be promoted to the first team to play in the second league.
This No. 6 midfielder caused Lu Wenbin a lot of trouble.
Although the real one-on-one is still Lu Wenbin’s winning rate is too large, but under his interference, even after Lu Wenbin passes him, the football may be taken or destroyed by other opponents.
Therefore, at the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was still 0-0, and Lu Wenbin did not score a goal.
The most important thing is that Lu Wenbin was a little anxious in the first half.
Perhaps it was that the European club owner’s live spectator in the stands made Lu Wenbin anxious. If Lu Wenbin passed the ball, Han Dapeng, who happened to ran up to meet him, was in a gap and had a great chance to score.
But at the time, Lu Wenbin was obsessed with his personal performance and did not see Han Dapeng at all. In the end, he barely shook the defensive player’s shot, but missed the goal.
After the end of the first half and when he left the field, Lu Wenbin recalled that he was too obsessed with showing his personal strength to the people in the stands, and missed an opportunity to assist Han Dapeng and help the team score.
Fortunately, in the first half, Lu Wenbin still involved the energy of three or four people in the opponent’s backcourt, which caused Lijiang No. 1 Middle School to be unable to attack with all its strength.
Facing the 10-person bus at Meijiang Middle School, Lijiang No. 1 Middle School also failed to make contributions, and also failed to score a goal.
During the intermission, Lu Wenbin reflected on himself.
In fact, in the development of modern football, the position has become increasingly blurred.
The standard for measuring forwards is no longer the only number of goals scored. The ability to make the ball, assists, running positions, etc., can all be the standard for measuring a good forward.
You don’t have to score a goal yourself in order to be recognized by European club owners.
As long as they can assist teammates to score points and help the team win, they will definitely be recognized by the other side.
What’s more, according to the system’s reward standards, as long as you lead your team to win the national championship, you will definitely get the other party’s chance to sign.
As for the personal performance of this game, Lu Wenbin does not need to consider. Helping the team win and advance to the next round is Lu Wenbin’s current top priority.
So, Lu Wenbin found Han Dapeng and asked him to move forward when there was a gap in the second half. When there is a good chance, Lu Wenbin will pass the ball to him. Han Dapeng expressed his understanding.
In the stands, after watching Lu Wenbin’s performance in the first half, Dietmar Hope was indeed a little dissatisfied.
German football is very particular about the whole and cooperation. As a German, Hope is naturally also deeply influenced.
Otherwise, with his net worth of more than 6 billion US dollars, he could have bought a few powerful big-name stars to help the team upgrade, and it would not have been 17 years since the investment in Hoffenheim in 1990 that the team was promoted to the Bundesliga.
Therefore, during the intermission, Hope suddenly asked his assistant: “How many goals did Meijiang Middle School score in the group stage?”
The assistant replied: “Nine are all made by Lu Wenbin alone.”
Hope shook his head when he heard the words, and sighed: “There was not a single assist. It seems that this Lu Wenbin’s overall view is not good enough! In the game just now, he also wasted a good opportunity to assist his teammate to score and help the team lead.”
The assistant nodded in agreement.
Only Fu Qingqing was a little worried.
As Hope’s full tour guide and translator in China, Fu Qingqing naturally knew that Hope’s purpose for coming to this stadium today was to observe Lu Wenbin.
If there is a Chinese high school player who can walk out of the national high school football finals hosted by Tianjin and start his career in Germany, it is undoubtedly perfect.
As a Chinese fan, Fu Qingqing naturally hopes that his compatriots will succeed in going out.
Therefore, Fu Qingqing justified Lu Wenbin a few words, saying that the other players in Meijiang Middle School are too weak, and they rarely catch up with Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin can’t choose to go it alone.
If you have a teammate who is strong enough, I believe Lu Wenbin will not do this, and every time he will face the entire line of defense alone.
So tired!
Hope nodded, noncommittal, did not speak, but prepared to wait to see Lu Wenbin’s performance in the second half.
PS: My second sister was buried this morning and she was in the ground for peace. This event finally came to an end, which was also the reason why my update was unstable in the past two days. Next, I have to travel far to Hunan. There are indeed a lot of housework during the year, and the update is unstable. I hope the book friends will understand, I will continue to update it as much as possible.