i am a football star

Chapter 20
Seeing that the situation on the court began to deteriorate again, Liu Ting was also a little impatient. When Grosso dribbled the ball forward from the side, Liu Ting directly shoveled Grosso, which made the whole Lyon team surround him. This was the first time Liu Ting was surrounded by the opponent.

"Hey boy, are you looking for trouble?"

"Bastard, are you going to kill someone?"

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Hearing these voices and even some insulting words, Liu Ting was somewhat nervous, but he couldn't lose face, even if someone pushed him with his hands, he had to push back.

Soon the teammates from Bordeaux came over. Liu Ting still had a good relationship in the team. Everyone often went out to play when they had the opportunity, and now they all came to stand by Liu Ting.The referee responded in a timely manner and quickly separated the two sides. Liu Ting got the first yellow card in his career with his outstanding performance just now.

"It seems that our Bordeaux new star is completely restricted by the Italians. Now he is a little angry. He almost caused a conflict just now. It seems that the Chinese kid still has something to learn. Now he is starting to attract the attention of other teams. In the future, there will definitely be teams who will send people to mark and restrict him. If he can't cross this hurdle, he will only be an ordinary player in the future." Baptiste is always interested in various accidents on the field.

When Liu Ting walked back with his teammates, Diarra pulled him and said, "Boy, you don't have to go head-to-head with that Italian. You have to find a way to bypass him, and you should be able to find opportunities by cooperating with your teammates."Now Bordeaux's strongest is the striker's configuration, and the midfielder and defender can only be considered barely qualified.

Diarra’s words reminded Liu Ting, why do you want to directly collide with Grosso here? You can switch positions to the center or the left, and you can directly cut inside to hit the goal when you reach the left. This is the most popular reverse-footed winger in Europe. .

In the past, when Liu Tingchu came to the ramp, he couldn't make tactical arrangements with the head coach. Today, Grosso was outraged, and now he was reminded by Diarra.

Liu Ting took this opportunity to discuss with Berlyon, but Berlyon didn't have any ideas, he was well balanced on the left and right feet, and it didn't matter if he went left or right, so he quickly agreed to Liu Ting's proposal to switch positions.

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But Liu Ting had just changed positions with Bellion and Bordeaux was hit again, and Lyon scored again.

In the 60th minute, Junior Juninho passed the ball to Ben Arfa from the midfielder. Ben Arfa dribbled the ball past Planus, attracted the defense and then crossed it to the Swedish midfielder Jim Karlström in the middle. Karlström directly pushed the far corner and scored.

"Although the game is still half an hour away, I think it will be garbage time. I don't think Bordeaux has the ability to comeback at home. The score of 3:0 basically killed the game." Joseph, a Lyon fan, was very happy with this result.

Even Baptiste, who was always against him, didn't object at this time, Bordeaux really had no chance.

This goal quieted the cheers of Bordeaux at home and the boos of Lyon, and some people have already started to leave the field.The French are like this, they will come to watch the game if the team they support has a good performance, but if the performance is not good, they would rather go to a cafe to drink coffee, and at most just read the news reports after the game.This is also the main reason for the low attendance rate in Ligue [-]. After all, there are only a few teams with good results in a league. Unlike countries with fanatical football atmosphere such as Germany and the UK, no matter the performance is good or not, even if they are relegated, there are still many people who support their favorite teams.

Liu Ting, who had just switched to the left, also knew that the game was lost, and now the morale of the whole team seemed to be low. Now he just wanted to see if he could save some face at home and not get his head shaved at home.

In the next game, Lyon had already won and did not continue to press so high. Bordeaux also had low morale and seemed weak in attack.Liu Ting began to ask for more balls from the left, just to take this opportunity to adapt to the left-sided style of play, and his teammates were also willing to pass the ball to him. Now that he has fallen behind 0:3, no one will fight for the ball. This makes Liu Ting the most active player on the court during this period.

Baptiste, who was in charge of the commentary, also saw the change in Liu Ting's position and said: "The Chinese kid seems to have switched to the left. He is a right-footed player. Although reverse footed play is popular in Europe now, even full-backs have begun to have reverse-footed full-backs. But this requires talent and practice. Without that kind of talent and practice in training, it will be even worse if you switch to the right-footed player rashly."

Liu Ting was indeed a little uncomfortable at the beginning. He hadn't practiced much, at most he had practiced by himself occasionally in a mental illusion. Now he suddenly changed positions on the field and was intercepted twice by the opponent's right back Anthony Revier.

But soon, Liu Ting combined his own memory to find a suitable way to play on the left. After advancing from the left to the frontcourt, because the right foot is more flexible, it will be much easier to cut in. As long as he cuts in, he can pass the teammate, hit the goal directly, and continue to break through with the ball. It is simply the three threats on the court.

Liu Ting got used to playing against the foot on the field, and the time passed quickly. During this time, everyone played calmly. Lyon was very satisfied with the current score, while Bordeaux’s morale was low, and Liu Ting kept asking for the ball.

The time has come to 80 minutes, and the scoreboard is still 0:3. With the home game and the away game behind, Liu Ting has also become more and more active during this period of time.

On the sidelines, Blanco said to his assistant coach Gasset: "That kid is getting better and better. It seems that he is very talented. Maybe he will become another top superstar of our Bordeaux in the future."

Gasset was taken aback. He always thought that the kid was talented, at most he would be able to play football in a wealthy club. What Blanco meant was that the kid would be able to become a star of a wealthy club in the future.

Blanco saw the disbelief on Gasset's face and said, "Jean, now the entire European football world is playing against the foot. There are such reverse football stars as Messi, Ronaldo, and Robben. Why? Football has always been improving. In the earliest days, all teams didn't pay much attention to defense. At that time, the team was basically a goalkeeper and ten forwards. The good results made everyone start to pay attention to defense, but even so, there were five strikers on the field. At that time, the team used five strikers without exception. Then some people found that five strikers were not enough to defend, and then reduced the number of strikers, and started the use of modern football tactics. 65:66 at home, 10:0 away, 8:0 on aggregate, and others such as Feyenoord 18:0, and others 12:2, which is now almost a score that is difficult for the champions of the Champions League to play against amateur teams."

"After the rise of Serie A and the small World Cup, people really realized the importance of defense. Italian teams always put defense first. Even if I can't break your goal, you don't want to break mine. This is at least a draw and you won't lose. So many European teams followed suit. Even in the World Cup, the defensive team performed better. There was a 'truth' like 'attack wins fans, defense wins championship'. Introduced things like the golden ball system in extra time, that is, the sudden death law, etc. to encourage offense, but it didn't have much effect, and it was abolished within a few years."

"But fans always prefer to attack. Some teams have always maintained a style that likes to attack. So since the 90s there has been a reverse foot play, which was also forced out by the defensive team. In the past, wide players played with their feet. In the frontcourt, only crosses from the bottom are the most suitable. Cutting inside is also possible, but it will be awkward. Then the defensive team only needs to recover the penalty area to defend the opponent's players in the penalty area. The best sideways player is Beckham. , but it is more of a huge commercial value addition, he is more often a bottom pass or a long pass from the backcourt to the frontcourt, plus his free kick, in fact, Beckham rarely scores goals, but his Beckham arc makes every goal look beautiful."

"When Beckham was at Manchester United, Van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, could send Beckham's pass into the opponent's goal. This helped Beckham get a lot of assists. Even a top-level winger like Beckham needs a top-level center forward to be effective. But not every team has a good center forward, so there are reverse-footed wingers."

"Inverted wingers can make it easier to cut inside. The main reason is that there are more options after the inside cut than there are fewer choices for forward players. If you let the defensive player keep a close eye on the opponent's inside cut, it means that there must always be a good defensive player on the side. A gap will be opened in the defense line. The appearance of an inverted winger is a huge damage to a team that is good at defending and winning."

"After these years of development against the foot and the side, the frontcourt free man has begun to appear again. In the frontcourt, he not only stays on one side, but can also play along the side, against the foot or in the middle. This requires players to have a strong ability. They can pass and shoot, and both are good. At present, the most potential frontcourt freemen in European football are Messi and Ronaldo. Even players like Robben and Ribery are currently only very powerful wings."

(End of this chapter)