The strongest blade in football

Chapter 82 The Artist's Heels

Standard Liege's cup opponent is Roeselare. This team has always been regarded as a point boy by strong teams. Their stadium is broken and small, and there are no big-name stars in the team.

The combined value of their team players is only 860 million euros, which is less than a quarter of the standard Liege.

A month ago, Standard Liege met them in the league and scored an easy 3-0.

This time, they met in the cup match. Boloni's goal was very clear, directly killing the game in the first round.

Then the second round can take a form, allowing the team to focus on the league.

In this game, Wang Nuo became the real main force of Standard Liege.

Boloni has a feeling that Wang Nuo will be the second Cristiano, and he wants to be Bole again.

He was sure of it.

Boloni counted the six games Wang Nuo participated in. Standard Liege's recent unbeaten record is largely due to his outstanding performance. Without Wang Nuo, the team will not return to the right track.

As long as he stands on the court in a red jersey, he has endless motivation. He is tireless, hard-working, and at the same time has superb skills.

This is not often seen in young players in the Belgian league.

Boloni believes that if Wang Nuo can keep playing like this, it won't be long before there will be scouts all over the stadium and he will be taken to those real big clubs.

Well, let it all start against Roeselare.

Even Roeselare, Boloni did not take it lightly. He, Preto and video analysts once again studied the previous game video.

This is Boloni's long-standing habit.

He watched a lot of videos and data, but the conclusions he concluded were often so incisive that he only took out a piece of paper in the locker room to remind the players.

The simpler and clearer the instructions, the more relaxed the players will be on the court and play beautiful games.

He will tell the players how the opponent will play, how we should play, some of you do this, some of you do that.

Sure enough, the effect was clear, and Standard Liege pressed relentlessly throughout the first half, turning the game into a half-time drill.

Standard Liege's arsenal is too rich. On the front line, they have Ma Baokani, Jovanovic, Wang Nuo, Camargo, Gosibi, and Traore and Colette who have returned from injury.

Except for Gosibi who is a little immature, the others can make Roeselal's defense full of holes.

Sure enough, at the 28th minute of the first half, Mabokani received Witsel's cross, leaned on the opponent's defender with his body, and made a powerful volley to score.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Standard Liege used a fast serve set-piece and succeeded in anti-offside. Camargo scored another goal and the score became 2-0.

Statistics show that Standard Liege has a ball possession rate of 71% in the first half, has 9 shots on target, and a pass success rate of 85%.

Standard Liege is not a team that is good at possession of the ball. This shows how unbearable Roeselare, who is fourth from the bottom in the league, is.

In the second half, they changed sides and played again, but the situation remained unchanged. The Dufrasen Stadium became a place where the four major fans would practice their songs.

They made up different versions of songs for their favorite players, and all kinds of songs echoed across the stadium.

Wang Nuo also has his own repertoire.

"Oh, oh, Wang Nuo is an artist."

"Oh oh oh, football blossoms at his feet."

"You can't keep up with him!"

"Take care of your poor ankles and knees!"

Amidst the cheerful singing of the fans, Wang Nuo received a long diagonal pass from Witsel.

Opposite him, No. 16 Gussens nervously stared at the ball under Wang Nuo's feet. He bent down and lowered his center of gravity, always on guard against Wang Nuo's change of direction and breakthrough.

Gussens was passed by Wang Nuo three or four times in the first half. He was very devoted to the game, but not flexible enough, and the kid in front of him who looked like a high school student was really abnormal.

He can dribble and shoot with both feet, runs like the wind, and sprints up and down the sidelines like a tireless motorcycle.

Could he be drinking gasoline?

Gussens was still thinking wildly, but Wang Nuo had already rushed towards him again.

Wang Nuo read the lack of self-confidence from the opponent's flustered eyes. This time he tried to improve his efficiency and scored from the ribs before the opponent's two central defenders were in position.

He feinted to break through to the left of Goosens, and when the opponent turned around, Wang Nuo quickly smashed the ball to the right, and then threw him behind his ass.

It's really too easy, Wang Nuo thinks that Issel is better than this full-back.

Wang Nuo usually likes to study Ronaldo's kicking style. He knows that when dealing with this kind of guy with bad legs and feet, the simpler the breakthrough moves, the better.

After completing the breakthrough, Wang Nuo didn't pause, and directly threw the ball forward, passed two defenders, and held the ball again a few meters behind the penalty area line.

He found that the position was ideal for a heel pass, so he followed his instincts.

From the corner of his eye, Wang Nuo spotted Gosibi, who had just come off the bench. This Ivorian guy was moving towards the goal, and his position was very good.

Wang Nuo didn't want the defensive players to see through his intentions, so he deliberately turned his head to Dufour who was plugging in from the wing.

Then heel-kicked the ball toward Gosibi by feel.

Wang Nuo was so proud that he almost wanted to applaud his wonderful biography, because his acting skills even fooled Dufour.

Dufour slowed down the speed of inserting, ready to meet Wang Nuo's pass, but found that the football went into the penalty area, and Wang Nuo made a more threatening heel plug ball like a long eye behind his back.

For a moment, Wang Nuo asked himself, "Wouldn't Gosibi miss the ball? He wouldn't miss this wonderful pass, would he?"

Although less than a second later the answer was revealed.

As soon as Wang Nuo turned around, he saw Gosibi in the penalty area, like a leaping elk, maintaining a stabbing posture.

The goalkeeper is lying on the ground with a football rolling over the line.

The audience cheered, and the long-awaited 3-0 finally became a reality.

Gosibi finally scored a goal. He danced excitedly and rushed over to wrap his arms around Wang Nuo's neck.

Wang Nuo felt that Gosibi should practice his celebratory movements. This strangulation-like movement almost strangled him to death.

"I don't owe you any more assists, we're even!" Wang Nuo hurriedly pulled away.

The teammates came to celebrate one after another. The pass was wonderful and the goal was beautiful, which almost killed the suspense of the second round.

This season, no Belgian team has scored 3 goals in a standard Liege game, and only Arsenal and Liege have played a 3-2 game in the Champions League.

For the rest of the time, Roeselal's offensive still did not improve, and he surrendered his guns early.

The final score was fixed at 3 to 0. Standard Liege can be said to have stepped into the semi-finals of the Belgian Cup.

Although Wang Nuo didn't score in this game, he played the whole game and got 1 assist. His personal data has also become 7 goals and 5 assists in 3 games.

Standard Liege reaped the victory and continued to maintain a good momentum.

After the mid-week cup game is over, the weekend game is just around the corner.

On the afternoon of Sunday, January 1th, they will challenge Mechelen as a guest in the league, which is also a key game.

In the league standings, Anderlecht ranks first with 54 points, and the second to fifth places are tight.

第2到第5名分别为：布鲁日47分，标准列日46分，根特44分，聚尔特43分。

If Standard Liege can maintain a winning streak, they will overtake Club Brugge and rise to the second place in the standings, accumulating more opportunities for catching up with Anderlecht in the playoffs.

The team rested for half a day on the 21st, and then started recovery training, mainly to maintain physical fitness and prepare for Mechelen in advance.

Mechelen is in Antwerp Province, not far from the place where Dong Fangzhuo lived. Wang Nuo has been there several times. There are so many churches there. Compared with Liege, the atmosphere of the whole city is more solemn and calm.

The Mechelen club has stayed in the middle of the standings for two or three consecutive years after being promoted from the second division in the past few years. However, facing Standard Liege, they have not won any of the last 6 matches.

Wang Nuo saw De Sutter again on the training ground. He pointed his index finger at Wang Nuobi from a distance, and then squeezed his fist.

Wang Nuo showed a knowing smile. What De Sutter meant was that he was still one game away from a salary increase.

(End of this chapter)