Chapter 47: Exhausted
Wilhel’s opponent is naturally Zhou Yi.
At first, the Arsenal youth team thought they could easily grab the ball from the feet of these Chinese teenagers and launch an attack.
But the reality is that when the Chinese team controls the ball in the midfield, it is not so easy for them to grab their ball.
Football passes around the Chinese players, and sometimes even passes one consecutively without pause.
Although it was a down-and-out, it made the Arsenal youth team players feel a little tired of running.
Wilhel is among them, too.
Although he is an offensive player and is not good at defense, it is normal for him to go up and grab the ball when facing a team that is much weaker than him. But after grabbing it a few times, he found that he could not grab the ball, so the football was passing around him...
Wilshire, who was a little gasping, stopped this stupid move after the fifteenth minute.
To be honest, this feeling should be given to their opponents.
Arsenal's football philosophy is to pass and control the running, pass the ball, especially the cooperation between two or three people in a small range.
So in the past, their opponents were exhausted by their passes. When will they be so distracted by their opponents?
Wilhel began to think about this issue seriously.
Soon he set his sights on the Chinese team's No. 16.
He saw that this man was the core of the Chinese team's midfield, because all the football went to him and he also passed it on.
Rather than saying that the Chinese team was mobilizing Arsenal youth team players to run hard, it was better to say that this person was mobilizing everyone.
He used passes to give orders, allowing Chinese players to keep running on the court, and also allowing Arsenal youth players to run around, like a marionette in his hand.
And all of this is achieved by him only relying on the most basic actions of passing and running.
Is there such a powerful person in the Chinese team?
Is this a mysterious master from the mysterious China?
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"Zhou Yi's performance is really outstanding. Thanks to him, we are now in a match with Arsenal on the scene!" Assistant coach Xu Yang sat on the sidelines and sighed. "His blessing" was said, which shows that Xu Yang did not hide his appreciation and praise for Zhou Yi.
Hao Dong was also satisfied with Zhou Yi's performance, but at the same time he was a little worried: "You can't be happy too early, Xu said. Zhou Yi's physical fitness is a big problem. After the last game, he has not recovered yet."
Hearing this, Xu Yang's expression of excitement really faded a lot, and then he sighed: "Oh, it would be great if this kid had been trained in the professional echelon since he was a child..."
"That's hard to say, Xu Zhi. You don't know what the requirements for the physical fitness of players in our country are. I think this kid's physical fitness is probably not even able to survive the twelve-minute run, and there will be no youth coaches who can like him. In that case, maybe he has been interested in football for a long time? It's great now. He is silently sprouting and growing in a place where none of us pays attention to it and is not polluted by those messy things. When we see him, he has already bloomed for us to appreciate. How great."
"That's right, but I still hope he can perform better. With such talent, he should be seen by more people and flowers should bloom more beautifully."
"Take it slow, Xu Zhi. He is only seventeen years old, and his physical fitness can be trained, and his strength can be enhanced by training, but here..." Hao Dong pointed to his brain, "It is an innate talent. He is already luckier than 99% of the people. At least he came to participate in our program. So many people in China signed up for auditions, and he was the only one in the end. If I didn't do the judges in the finals, maybe he would have been eliminated?"
Speaking of this, Hao Dong suddenly smiled.
Because he thought that Zhou Yi fell asleep on the bench in such an important finals!
This kid... in addition to his smart brain, he might also have a big heart innately!
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Hao Dong's worries are correct. Zhou Yi's physical fitness is not good, which is no secret within the team. He played the whole game with Dortmund, and played the whole game in the first game. He performed very hard, which brought a considerable burden to his body.
Although it was the fifth day since the last game, Zhou Yi's physical fitness has not returned to its best condition.
In fact, even in the best situation, it will be difficult for him to stick to the next whole game.
The last game was because Hao Dong had no one to change, so Zhou Yi could only stick to it on the court, and even called it to see if he could play to the point where he was not physically strong. Although Zhou Yi actually gave everyone a big surprise with a goal in the end, this was not a long-term way after all.
Moreover, Zhou Yi's way of playing actually requires running ability, because he must keep looking for space on the court. It is not possible to find space with his eyes, but he must use his legs to run over to be considered to be found, otherwise it would be useless to see it.
He had to run on the court, running from one person to the next.
Even if such a running is not a sprint, the whole game will probably have to run more than 10,000 meters after 90 minutes.
Zhou Yi played for a forward in school football and did not need so much running. Perhaps after a 90-minute game, he would be diligent even if he ran for at most two thousand meters. You should know that the average running distance of the Chinese Super League players in the Chinese Professional Football League is only about 7,000 meters per game, and some players even only ran more than 3,000 meters in a game. In the current domestic football world, there are only a handful of players who can run 10,000 meters per game.
With Zhou Yi's current physical fitness, it is indeed difficult to hold on for too long. In fact, not only Zhou Yi, but other players have encountered physical fitness problems to a greater or lesser extent, but they are not as obvious as Zhou Yi. There are many reasons for this, such as they are experienced and know how to use physical fitness. For example, some people are lazy in the game. They will never walk if they can stand and walk if they don't run...
Only Zhou Yi is moving constantly, so his physical energy consumption is more.
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Thirty minutes later, the Chinese team's control in the midfield began to plummet, and the Arsenal youth team could finally control the absolute advantage.
And their offensive threat also arose.
Sun Pan received a high and low block, desperately preventing Arsenal's attack. Guo Nu also received a yellow card at the end of the first half.
For a moment, the Chinese team was in a panic.
Hao Dong also stood up from his seat and walked to the sidelines. He looked down at the watch on his wrist. It had been forty minutes in the first half.
Then he raised his head and stared at the field nervously.
When the team was suppressed by Arsenal, Zhou Yi disappeared on the court. He really couldn't play any role in defense. Once he lost his physical fitness, he would be powerless in the offense.
Hao Dong pursed his lips. Although he was not very willing, he could only replace him during the halftime break...
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When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was temporarily frozen at 0:0.
This result made it difficult for Arsenal youth players to accept, and they couldn't believe they were unable to score in the first half!
You know, they think they can end the game in the first half...
In sharp contrast to them are Chinese players, and the first half ended 0:0, which made them very happy.
After all, in the last fifteen minutes of the first half, they were completely beaten by the Arsenal youth team and had good luck without losing the ball.
This is a draw without conceding!
So when the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, some Chinese players still waved their fists excitedly, and everyone was celebrating the first half.
Only Zhou Yi stood there without moving, neither walking down the field nor celebrating.
He just stood there motionless with his hands lowered and his back slightly hunched.
Yang Muge came over and grabbed Zhou Yi's arm and shoulder: "Is that okay?"
Zhou Yi turned around and smiled at him, but didn't say anything because he didn't have the strength to speak. He was so tired that he wanted to stand here, and he felt as if he wanted to empty all the remaining strength in his body when he took a step.
Yang Muge could see that Zhou Yi was so tired that he couldn't walk anymore, so he held Zhou Yi and walked towards the sidelines.
Sun Pan also ran over from the door and asked with concern: "Did you get cramps?"
Zhou Yi didn't have the strength to speak, just shook his head.
"It should be just tired." Yang Muge speculated.
Zhou Yi nodded.
"I'll do it!" Sun Pan took Zhou Yi from Yang Muge's master. His nearly 1.9 meters tall and physically supported Zhou Yi and walked like he was catching a chick.
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In the locker room, the head coach of the Arsenal youth team, Steve Balder, was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half.
"You are Arsenal! Although you are not even eighteen years old, you are wearing Arsenal jerseys. When people see this jersey, the first thing they think of is that you are the youth team, but only 'Ah, this is Arsenal'! We didn't even score a single goal in the first half, which is simply incredible! Young men, did you not sleep well last night?"
Everyone was scolded by the head coach and bowed their heads. In fact, even if the head coach didn't scold them, they would feel uncomfortable.
The first half was really bad.
Everyone was secretly trying to do it in their hearts. They must score more goals from their opponents in the second half, and must use a hearty big victory to wash away this shame!
At the same time, in the locker room of the Chinese team, Hao Dong was making arrangements for the second half, and he replaced Zhou Yi, who was exhausted.
You can see at a glance that Zhou Yi cannot persist in finishing this game.
Liang Qiqi was secretly proud - of course he didn't dare to show this emotion - he didn't expect that Zhou Yi only persisted for half the game, leaving him with forty-five minutes. He wanted to seize these forty-five minutes to show off himself well.
Chapter completed!