The strongest blade in football

Chapter 4 Group Confrontation
Wang Nuo really wants to play the two friendly matches in June.

He understands that the best way to improve is to play more games and play more high-quality games.

Both Frankfurt U19 and Cologne U19 are very strong. The young people there have both excellent physical fitness and technical and tactical abilities. For example, Podolski, the best rookie in the 06 World Cup, made his debut in Cologne.

They have their own league to play every season, Frankfurt and Cologne's U19s participate in the German Youth League.

Frankfurt is in the South Zone and Cologne is in the West Zone. There are 19 teams in each zone. Last year, Frankfurt's U19 ranked in the middle of the standings, while Cologne's U[-] ranked sixth in the West Zone.

Their number of matches per year is no less than that of the senior team.

To be able to play against such an opponent, even in a friendly match, will be very meaningful.

During the extra practice on the training ground today, Wang Nuo didn't think he was trying to show off or win the favor of the coach. He has always been strict with himself.

Diet, work and rest, and training have always been measured by the standards of top professional players. Only with a high degree of self-discipline can one have the best physical fitness and mentality.

Morning training lasted until close to one o'clock, and the players were famished.

The player’s restaurant looked good. It was a buffet for the players to serve themselves. The lunch Wang Nuo chose was a large steak, broccoli, mashed potatoes, two bananas, and chicken soup with corn and vegetables.

Iser and Wang Nuo sat together, and since he mistook Wang Nuo for the Japanese at first sight yesterday, he liked to get close to Wang Nuo very much.

Taking advantage of eating time, Iser kept chattering beside Wang Nuo, and he was completely different from when he first arrived at the training ground. It seemed that the training in the morning had refreshed him.

He first complained that there was no French potato stew and onion soup here, then he talked about a band called KYO from stewed potatoes, and then from the band to the mixer, he talked about his other dream of being a tuner.

After talking for a while, I miraculously connected to a bar in Brittany, jumped from the bar to Japanese animation, and finally talked about China.

"Wang Nuo, do the Chinese in your hometown really eat dogs?"

Wang Nuo has never paid much attention to Iser, and listened to Iser's "cross talk" like the most professional audience. When he was asked such a nonsensical question suddenly, he almost spit out the soup in his mouth.

"Do you know how big China is?" Wang Nuo asked back.

"Of course, China is very big, but how big is it—about the combined area of ​​Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands?" Issel was a little uncertain.

"It's about the size of the whole of Europe."

Knowing the geographical level of most Western Europeans, Wang Nuo was not surprised and continued, "In such a vast country, there will naturally be great differences in folk customs, culture, and living habits in different regions."

"Some media here will capture, magnify, and criticize very few cases, and then it becomes the custom of all Chinese people. Don't you think this is ridiculous?"

"I understand, the media all over the world are the same." Iser thought for a while, then nodded in agreement, "I understand what you mean, I watched the live broadcast of BJ's Olympics, it's perfect, China is as great a country as France, So they get the most vilification."

"It's the same for players." Wang Nuo added, "We understand this truth now, and when we become professional players in the future, we don't need to take some remarks to heart."

"Haha, you must first become a player that others often talk about, just like Cantona and Zizou (Zidane). I hope to attract the attention of others, which is also an important reason for me to play football." Iser said laughingly.

"Is it also the reason why you keep talking for 24 hours?" Wang Nuo teased.

"No, no, no." Iser said with a serious face, "I have been a chatterbox since I was a child, and anyone who can listen to my chatter has become my best friend."

"This is really a good way." Wang Nuo hiccupped, pointed to the dining table in front of Iser and laughed, "But you forgot that the rest time is only one hour, and your lunch...you haven't even eaten a bite .”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the training started again. The originally gloomy sky became darker and the air was so stuffy that people couldn't breathe. This kind of weather is usually a harbinger of heavy rain.

Van Boer wiped the sweat from his brow and handed out red and blue training vests at Wittant's behest.

Among the more than 30 people, 22 people got the vests, and the remaining players who did not get the vests were led away by Van Boer to the training ground next to them.

Wang Nuo got the red vest.

He noticed that most of the players left behind were U19 players who were partial to rotation and substitutes. Other than that, there were four newcomers to the team, and there was almost no core player.

Vetteant motioned for everyone to come closer.

Holding a tactical board, he arranged the formation and style of play for the red team and the blue team respectively, and told the players not to move too much to avoid injury, and at the same time must play according to the arrangement, and then waved for the players to warm up .

During the warm-up, Iser, wearing a blue vest, flashed his biceps at Wang Nuo from a distance.

Wang Nuo's left foot is his preferred foot, and he was assigned to the right winger. His tactical intention is to cut in and shoot. At that time, he will definitely face Iser, who is a central defender.

Wang Nuo practiced too hard in the morning. At this time, the quadriceps and the triceps of the calf were still faintly weak, but he was not worried, but a little excited.

The situation of the other players is not much better. Everyone thinks that the training in the afternoon will be the same as in the morning, focusing on maintaining physical fitness, leg strength and explosive power exercises, and there is no psychological preparation for the game.

Wang Nuo thinks this is a good opportunity to show his strength. The confrontation time is only half an hour, and slight fatigue will not affect his competitive state.

A whistle sounded.

After the kick-off in the middle circle, the rhythm of the game quickly picked up.

Vetteant arranged for the blue side a 442 formation in a diamond-shaped midfield, with two black players at the front, and the front midfielder, two full-backs and the back midfielder standing very compactly.

The red side on Wang Nuo's side is 433. After several tentative passes, he soon found that the opponent's sides were a little empty, and the center of attack shifted to the side.

When Wang Nuo was off the ball, he observed the guy who played the left winger. It was a little guy named Dengo. It could be seen that his speed was very good, and his start was not slow.

His teammates trust him very much. When the defensive midfielder is pressed, he likes to distribute the ball to the left, and then the full back passes the ball directly to Dengo with a through pass or over the top.

Dengo's stop protection and breakthrough are very good. If the timing is not good, he will pass back immediately. He is good at hitting the wall with the front midfielder. Therefore, he played around the left side two or three times in a row at the beginning, and he played vigorously. , forming a threatening shot.

The blue team was attacked several times, and immediately reacted, and the formation consciously shifted to the left.

The left side suddenly became crowded. The two sides exchanged the ball frequently in a zone less than 15 meters wide. The number of dead balls gradually increased, and the rhythm of the game suddenly slowed down.

Wang Nuo saw everything in his eyes, but as a rookie, it was really difficult for his teammates to pass the ball, so he waved desperately in the open position.

(End of this chapter)