Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 190 The situation escalates, the shocking Courtois (please vote for me)
  Time soon came to July, and the final competition for the European Cup has officially begun.

Starting from July 7st, the quarter-finals of the European Cup have started one after another. The schedule of the quarter-finals is different from before, with only one game per day.

The match between Belgium and Wales has been scheduled to start on July 7.

This means that their time is really running out, and the battle has completely entered its final moments.

Before watching the match between Poland and Portugal, Mr. Wilmots first started making arrangements for the match against Wales.

"Mainly speaking, it's just a few points, the defense of set pieces, and some details of the routines in defense."

Mr. Wilmots adjusted the tactical board while talking to the players, "The Welsh team is very capable of positioning the ball, whether it is Bell's direct shot from a free kick or a header from a corner kick."

"In this game, we must determine the position of the zone defense and strictly perform the responsibilities of zone defense. No one must be led astray."

"Alderweireld, in front of the penalty area, Vertonghen in the middle, Meunier in the back."

"The position of the three of you is the most important. You must stand still. You can follow their players for a few steps when necessary, but after the ball is finally released, you must stand still."

"The remaining people also have arrangements..."

Wilmots has always emphasized the defense of set pieces. This simple offense and defense method actually has many methods in it.

If a second-tier team in Europe wants to upset a first-tier team, set-pieces are their best advantage.

They can't find an advantage on the ground, and they will definitely find a way in the air.

And this kind of zone defense, although sometimes too extreme, is actually a good way.

As long as the opponent doesn't know it in advance and takes some special measures, the scoring rate of set kicks will not be very high.

"The other thing is the defense of the midfield. When necessary, the full-backs have to move closer to the center. Do you understand? Ensure the number of people in the center and don't let them advance too fast."

"You can take the initiative to open up the wing. Wales likes to use Bell's speed to attack the wing, but as long as you keep cutting inside, the threat will not be great. Do you understand?"

After saying this, he also emphasized a lot of details and talked a lot.

It can be seen that this game is a game that Wilmots has put a lot of effort into. His current mentality has completely changed, and he is no longer the same as before.

He must shield the team from more risks, make the team as comfortable as possible on the court, and go further in the European Cup!
  He needs these results to prove himself and to fight back against the voices from the outside world!
  After explaining these tactics, Wilmots clapped his hands and said, "Okay, remember not to spread these arrangements to anyone else. This is a critical period. Please remain fully suspicious of every outsider."

"Let's look at Portugal's game next."

Wilmots turned around and called up the upcoming match between Poland and Portugal.

This is very important, related to possible semi-final opponents.

This game started very excitingly. Lewandowski scored in the first two minutes and changed the score to [-]-[-].

But Portugal equalized before the end of the first half through youngster Renato Sanchez.

From then on, both teams seemed to shift their focus to defense, and both teams became cautious.

This caution lasted until the end of the game and lasted through the entire overtime...

The two teams had to enter a penalty shootout to decide the victory in this cruel way.

In the end, Poland lost to Portugal [-]-[-] in a penalty shootout and fell in front of the in-form Portuguese goalkeeper Patricio.

The first seat in the semi-finals has appeared, and it turns out to be Portugal, which everyone was not optimistic about before...

This team has had a very difficult journey along the way.

Perhaps, this is their destiny. Their strong spiritual attributes allow them to defeat powerful enemies one after another. Sometimes even luck is on their side.

After watching this game, all the players entered the final state of preparation.

If they can successfully win tomorrow's game, they will officially launch an attack on the championship!
  Reaching the semi-finals is a completely different scene!

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On July 7, the entire Belgian team took a charter flight to Lille.

Their game will be played at the Stade Pierre in Lille. This seems to be a new stadium named after a person. The full name is very confusing.

This is also a very large stadium that can accommodate more than [-] people watching the game at the same time.

As you can imagine, there must be a fiery atmosphere there today. Fans from Belgium and Wales will be packed there, and there may even be tens of thousands of tourists.

When the whole team gathered together and got on the bus to the airport, Courtois, who was not included in the squad, actually walked up and sat in the back row minding his own business.

Seeing this scene, all the players felt a little uncomfortable, but they didn't say anything.

Courtois is so shameless, what else are they going to say?
  Do you want him to go down?

While feeling uncomfortable, everyone probably understood what Courtois meant. He probably wanted to see them lose the game with their own eyes, and then get angry next to them...

This made many people even more unhappy, and they planned to have a good argument with Courtois after the game.

"Yu Feng, I saw a paparazzi secretly photographing you and saying you were dating Taylor Swift?"

Sitting in the car, the bored Lukaku smiled and started talking, as if he wanted to have some fun.

"Is something wrong?" Chen Yufeng glanced at Lukaku and replied.

"Really?" Lukaku didn't expect this. He looked around at the other teammates and then said, "Are you really dating her?" "Waterfa? She went to watch the Belgium game for fun. Did you see it?" Lukaku looked very frustrated, holding his head and looking like a fool.

"Is it possible to follow you?" Azar mocked from the side: "You'd better not think about that kind of person."

"What does this have to do with you? You can't get it." Lukaku glanced at Hazard unconvinced and replied.

"I really envy Yufeng. Even if he scores a lot of goals, there is still a beautiful woman standing in the stands staring at him." Mignolet was really envious, and his tone was very yearning.

Everyone joked a few more words, which made the initial atmosphere good.

Not long after, they arrived at the airport and boarded a chartered flight to Lille.

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At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, there were only twenty minutes left before the final game. All the players were nervously sitting in the locker room, listening to Mr. Wilmots's final instructions.

"Remember what you arranged yesterday and keep your head clear! Don't be confused, don't be confused! Do you hear me?"

Wilmots looked very excited, clapped his hands and said: "You can do it! Wales is not your opponent! Come on, come on!"

The starting players all rubbed their hands and were very excited.

The race has progressed to this point, and no one wants to stop here. They all want to rush to a broader sky!
  "Go, go, go! We can do it!"

"Come on! For our dream of becoming a champion!"

"kill!"

The players gave a few final cheers and then walked towards the tunnel.

Wilmots walked at the back of the team, equally energetic, as if he was heading towards an important moment in his life.

Today's quarterfinal match is also a brand new experience for him.

As a player, he didn't have any decent success with this team. Now that he's in this position, he must be trying to hit a higher level of honor!

"Mr. Wilmots, it's urgent." Suddenly an assistant coach stopped him, his expression was very solemn and angry.

"What?" Wilmots suddenly had an unknown premonition in his heart.

"Courtois and his father were interviewed by the media yesterday. I just saw your game schedule, which was published in the newspaper yesterday." The assistant coach picked up the phone and clicked on a message.

The release time was nine o'clock last night.

Wilmots suddenly seemed to be frozen in place by something, his eyes instantly turned red, and he turned around and locked the figure in regular clothes at the door of the locker room.

"It really shocked me."

He gritted his teeth and said something, then quickly rushed towards Courtois. After he got up, he directly tore the clothes on Courtois's chest. He completely lost the ability to think, "You did that thing." Right?"

"what?"

Courtois avoided his eyes and turned his head, not wanting to exchange too many looks with Wilmots, who had lost his mind at this time.

"You traitor! You disgrace!! You are unimaginable!"

Wilmots pushed Courtois hard against the wall and clutched Courtois's clothes. "Do you know how long everyone has been preparing for this European Cup and how many people are expecting it?" !!”

"You know what! Or do you only think about your own emotions? You are just an extremely selfish bitch!"

"That's what my father said, and it has nothing to do with me." Courtois frowned and just said.

"Did I say that I am prohibited from transmitting my tactical intentions to anyone! Anyone!"

Wilmots felt like he was about to have a heart attack, and threw Courtois hard against the wall, "You and your family are all traitors to the team!"

"I really never expected that no matter how bad our relationship was, it would never reach this level! I didn't even guard against you, a villain!"

He resisted the urge to fight Courtois at the last moment and turned around and rushed to the players' tunnel. He wanted to quickly inform his players about the incident.

Wilmots was completely anxious, and he even had tears flashing in his eyes. This was such a chilling thing.

"Wait! Disrupt all special tactical arrangements! All of them! Do you understand?"

He quickly came to the players and conveyed this intention to the players in Dutch, "Courtois betrayed the team! Everything about us was known in advance by the Welsh coach."

Many people in the team looked back and saw this scene. They were suddenly confused and turned their heads to a few teammates who could speak Dutch.

After a minute, everyone received the news, and then their eyes widened and their mouths opened in shock.

"Is this something a human would do?!"

Even Lukaku, who has never participated in this, now has the urge to rush directly to the player tunnel and beat Courtois violently.

Chen Yufeng, who was standing in the back row of the team, gritted his teeth and glanced at the confident Welsh players next to him. He was very curious as to why he didn't take a closer look at Courtois' history of misdeeds before crossing over.

"Beep!"

At this time, the whistle sounded in front, and everyone had to bite the bullet and go out.

(End of this chapter)