The strongest blade in football

Chapter 96 The Great Gift From Heaven
In the game against the Salzburg Red Bull, Boloni once again placed Wang Nuo in the starting center position to express his trust in Wang Nuo's good adaptability.

Wang Nuo played well in the last game, allowing Boloni to use his previous style of play with confidence in the European war.

A few hours before the start of the game, there was also a small episode.

At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the team held an emergency meeting and asked all players to drink a "punch".

It was sweet, like the taste of diluted glucose syrup. No one knew what it was, but team doctor Botvin stood up and explained.

"A respiratory infectious disease is prevalent in Austria. Hundreds of patients have been found there. This is a preventive medicine."

He is like a primary school teacher watching everyone eat lunch, making sure that all players drink up about 100ml of punch.

Boloni also said seriously, "After playing, don't talk to Salzburg players face to face."

"During the intermission, everyone must be disinfected before entering the locker room!"

"In the second half of the game, we wear new jerseys. The same is true after the game, disinfect and then enter the locker room."

If it’s not a big deal just to drink granules, then what the team doctor and Boloni said made everyone realize the seriousness of the matter.

But this group of thick-lined lads in the locker room are at an age where they are not afraid of anything.

"Boss, give everyone a gas mask like the one in Counter-Strike, it'd be cool."

I don't know who made a joke.

"Hey, maybe when we stand on the field in a while, we will find that there is no one on the other side!"

"Then the referee came and said, unfortunately they are all infected, you guys watch the game, do you want 3-0 or 5-0?"

Casella has always been an optimistic person, and he showed everyone his brain circuit again.

Everyone laughed, and the locker room was filled with joy. Of course, no one took his nonsense seriously.

Wang Nuo also laughed twice, but soon calmed down.

Because he knows that usually at this time, the boss who throws cold water is about to appear, and he always knows this well.

"Have your knees stopped rattling this game?"

Boloni looked at Casella with a smile too, but in Casella's eyes that expression was not a good one.

"Don't worry, boss, I will be 100% Casella tonight!"

The Moroccan lad regained his former self-confidence.

"I hope so! If you are still not 100% Casela, then you will 100% sit in the VIP position to watch the game from the next game."

Boloni gave him a deep look, and then walked to the center of the locker room.

"Listen everyone, not only Casella, he was not the only one who disappeared on the field in the last league game. We lost points in the league, and we still have a chance to earn them back."

"If this game is lost, we will all go home and there will be no Standard Liege name in the European competition."

"Our opponents have the same idea. Don't try to rely on the illusory virus to win without a fight. All of you are top players. Let's show the same top attitude!"

"Give them some color!" Boloni slammed on the table.

Wang Nuo found that Boloni always spared no effort to make the strings on the team tighter.

This may be related to the age structure of the team. If he is not coaching a group of brats, but a team of Italian mature men, maybe the pressure before the game will become a decompression.

Anyway, Wang Nuo thinks so, who knows.

In fact, the desire to win and lose of most team members is terribly strong, and there is no need to transfer them, but there are always some people whose carefree attitude comes from nature.

For example, the genius kid Casella and the poor man's version of Maradona Traore, they are the kind of people who can wear baseball caps backwards and do some acrobatics like cocktail glasses on their heads.

For example, Casella, sometimes he can drink in the bar until three o'clock in the morning, or go to see the window girls, with Boloni's network, of course he has heard of these.

It's just that when they played steadily, Boloni would choose to turn a blind eye.

Only when the critical moment like now is still unclear, Boloni will raise a few words angrily, and often take their face into consideration, in a more gentle way.

Wang Nuo vaguely felt that this might be one of the reasons why the boss was considered by the outside world to be only an excellent coach rather than a great coach. He was so kind with a cold face and a warm heart.

Soon after, the game began.

The standard for this game is still 442, or 4411, which was used in the previous game, with only a little adjustment, which is the position of Wang Nuo.

Wang Nuo's position has become a trailing striker swimming in the ribs.

This position is very suitable for Wang Nuo. He can catch the ball behind Mabokani, or grab the second spot. Del Piero is a master in this area, and Wang Nuo is gradually learning that style of play.

Constantly looking for space, drifting like no one's land, this will make the defensive team face a dilemma.

Is the centre-back out, the full-back back in or a central midfielder marking the man?

A poor response, as long as Salzburg loses the ball, Wang Nuo is sure to create a little panic, and he wants to take advantage of the opportunity.

At the beginning of the game, Wang Nuo received a pass from Witsel. Wang Nuo did not find a gap in the middle, and there were people in front of him.

Obviously, Salzburg is ready to fight. They must have watched all Wang Nuo's games and know how powerful his breakthrough is.

So Wang Nuo and Ma Baokani made a collision with the wall, and then swept the ball to Dufour on the right side with the outside instep.

Dufour made a direct pass without stopping the ball, Wang Nuo jumped high and made a lonely move, while Camargo, who rushed from the other side, reached the ball.

A dive to the top!
The football hit the post hard and popped off the baseline!

The audience screamed in shock, if Standard Liege scored a goal, Salzburg would have to score two!
This is just the epitome of Standard Liege's offense. Standard Liege's game is aggressive, and there is no restraint in away games at all.

It's strange to say that Salzburg's home court is cold and there is no atmosphere. The attendance rate of this game is not like Salzburg's usual level.

The Red Bull Arena, which was just expanded two years ago, can accommodate 3 people, but today even one-third of the seats are not filled, and a large area of ​​empty space is exposed in the stands.

Maybe it really is the impact of infectious diseases.

The players on the Salzburg field were far less difficult than in the second half of the previous game.

In the first half, several people in the frontcourt of Standard Liege got a good chance to score. Mabokani headed high, Witsel missed a long-range shot, and Wang Nuo also kicked a shot that was close at hand.

If it weren't for bad luck, Standard Liege would have scored a goal long ago.

At halftime, sure enough, everyone was surrounded by alcohol and some kind of nasal spray.

The staff outside the dressing room in Liege are fully armed and wearing masks to disinfect everyone.

This delayed some rest time, but sailing carefully for ten thousand years, no one wants to be sloppy.

Everyone hastily rested for a few minutes, replenished water and changed clothes, and returned to the court refreshed.

The situation did not improve much in the second half. Salzburg was not excited enough to play. The Europa League did not seem to be able to stimulate the nerves of the players. They once fell in the midfield.

On the other hand, Standard Liege is more like the home team, eager to score a goal and completely kill the game.

In the 68th minute of the game, Camargo took a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the football hit the defensive player and changed direction.

Salzburg goalkeeper Guesta couldn't react in time, and in a hurry, he had to block the ball with his legs.

The football bounced directly to an unguarded white figure in the penalty area, No. 43 Wang Nuo.

Wang Nuo couldn't believe his eyes, it was the first time he encountered such a big gift, and it was in the European competition!

Salzburg defender Schkaye threw his body violently, trying to block Wang Nuo's shot, but Wang Nuo was one step faster. He calmly pushed the ball and sent the ball into the net!
Standard Liege took the lead 1-0 away!
Salzburg scored too many away goals in the last game, so a draw is not safe at all, but now, the whole Standard Liege team has breathed a sigh of relief.

The whole team no longer has to worry about "sudden death"!

Although Wang Nuo's goal was just a missed shot in front of the goal, it was not exciting, but it was its arrival that allowed Standard Liege to enter the Europa League round of 16 with half a foot!
Wang Nuo held back for two games, and finally scored, and it was such a crucial goal!
In the howling wind of Salzburg, he took off his shirt to reveal the muscles of a boxer and roared towards the cameras on the sidelines.

Teammates rushed up one by one and hugged happily.

This goal eventually became the only goal of the game!

More than 20 minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Standard Liege eliminated Red Bull Salzburg and entered the Europa League round of 16!
(End of this chapter)