The strongest blade in football

Chapter 87 Weapon Arsenal Upgrade

Every time Wang Nuo walks into the stadium in front of more than 2 fans, it is easy to get excited and the adrenaline starts to soar.

Especially in this game.

This is the European arena, a new field to be conquered.

A huge banner was hoisted in the diehard fans' section of the stands bearing the names and portraits of Standard Liege's starters for the 1982 European Cup Winners' Cup final.

The European Cup Winners' Cup is contested by national cup champions. That year, Standard Liege won the runner-up, which is also the best record in the team's European history.

After the restructuring in 1999, the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued, and the domestic cup champions began to participate in the UEFA Cup, which is the so-called Europa League this season.

That flag is the work of the "Kop Rouche" fan club.

The flag looks a little old, because it was made in the early 90s, and it is not bad that it has not been completely damaged.

If you look closely, you will find densely packed signatures on it. According to statistics, more than 3 signatures have been left on it.

These autographs are left by Standard Liege fans.

This flag also serves as a historical witness, and when Standard Liege reaches the next European final, fans will make a new one.

Today, "Kop Rouche" fans will bring this family heirloom, hoping that it will inspire the players on the field and bless the team's success in the Europa League.

The game started, and the fans sang.

"Liege, oh - Liege, oh oh oh - Liege, Liege, oh - Liege, oh oh oh - Liege."

"We have gone through all the twists and turns, we have lost our way countless times, but our faith supports us to persevere, we fight bloody battles, we are fearless—"

"Liege, the great, the great, the invincible Liege!"

The standard Liege for this game still has a 433 formation, Ma Baokani is at the top, and Camargo and Wang Nuo are separated on the left and right.

The midfielders are the defensive midfielder Witsel, the central midfielder Dufour, and Mangala, who has played well recently.

The black guy who just finished his 19th birthday gradually showed amazing talent.

He is tall and strong, with excellent frontal interception and header, and has gradually replaced Dalma and Casella.

He and Witsel form an unbreakable double midfielder, one defense and one attack, quite powerful.

His defensive ability is so good that Boloni even had the idea of ​​letting him play as a defender during this period.

On the back line, Felipe partnered with Sarr as the central defender, flanked by Di Coya and Max.

In fact, since Dikeya likes to plug in, the position of Camargo on the same side will also be premised, and 443 will become 3412 in mad attack mode at any time.

After the game started, Wang Nuo played very actively. Boloni told him before the game not to be stingy with physical strength and to attack the opponent's defense as much as possible.

Jovanovic, Goccibi, and Traore sat on the bench. Any of them could come on in the second half of the second half and inject fresh strength into the team.

In fact, Red Bull Salzburg play the ball slowly in the backcourt, so pressing in the frontcourt is a good idea.

Wang Nuo and the others did the same. The standard Liege frontcourt trio and Dufour kept rushing to press, causing Salzburg to have a lot of hasty feet in the backcourt.

As a result, in the first 10 minutes of the game, the ball was flying around in the air, and the most frequently seen scenes were all kinds of top fights.

Wang Nuo didn't stop for a moment, running out of breath, and worked hard to complete the tasks assigned by the coach.
It didn't take long before his hard work finally paid off.

The opponent's No. 23 Shikaye made a pass error, and the magical boy Casella got the football.

He took two steps, caught a glimpse of the space on the left, and tried to divert the ball to the left with a long pass with his foot on the ground. As a result, the football hit the defender's knee and flew towards Wang Nuo.

Wang Nuo stopped the ball, calmly passed it to Dufour who quickly put on the sideline with his back, and then quickly rushed to the middle.

Dufour made a breakthrough on the right side of the penalty area, and he stuffed the ball to Mabo Carney in the penalty area.

Mabokani seemed to have eyes behind his back, knowing that the two central defenders of the opponent were not far from him, he passed back without hesitation, playing with Salzburg's defense, and Dufour received the ball again.

He crosses again—

This time it's a high ball.

Wang Nuo took a gamble and pressed forward to the penalty spot. He probably guessed where Dufour's pass would land, because Standard Liege has practiced many similar routines in training recently.

Usually in an 8-on-8 practice match, Mabokani receives the ball and controls it well in the penalty area. Other players run empty to respond, and he will pass it to his teammates at the right time, which may be Wang Nuo, Jovanovic, Witsel, Dufour.

Then the person who received the ball made a fast cross to the penalty area.

Pass, run, score.

The key to this routine lies in the tacit running position, as well as Mabao Kani's ball protection and series connection.

Mabokani is a selfless person, as long as Standard Liege wins, he doesn't care whether he scores or not.

The tacit understanding between players determines the speed and accuracy of passing and receiving. Wherever Mabokani stands, Dufour knows where to run to catch the football that is about to be passed back.

When Dufour received a pass from Mabokani, Wang Nuo knew in his heart that he had to grasp the timing of running into the penalty area.

Basically, when Dufour is about two steps away from the ball, Wang Nuo starts to run to get rid of the defender who is watching him.

At this moment, the most difficult thing is to choose where to run.

Wang Nuo hated guessing about this the most.

His feeling is always ineffective, and this is also the key problem that restricts him from becoming an excellent spot-grabbing center.

The winger can choose to control the ball at his feet and choose the timing and position of the shot by himself, but in the middle, he has to learn to use his sense of movement and adjust his body at any time to catch the ball and hit the goal.

At this moment, he has not seen Dufour pass the ball, so the cross may fly forward or behind him.

It's pure luck.

Fortunately, Wang Nuo was lucky today, he moved towards the penalty spot, and the football just flew towards him.

Did I run off the defender?Wang Nuo thought to himself.

He didn't know what to do, and in the blink of an eye, he had to make the next decision.

Should he stop the ball and shoot, or should he just head it in?

This is again one of the hardest questions about center selection.

But Wang Nuo didn't have time to think so much. He was in the right position, ready, and the ball had already come.

He sees the football, he sees the goal, and the arm of a defender rushing up to try to steal the ball...

Wang Nuo shook his head and attacked the goal directly.

He felt the football hit him on the forehead, then changed direction on his intervention and flew towards the top left corner of the goal.

By the time he hit the ground, the football had spun and crashed into the net!
The ball is in!
Score with a header!

After Wang Nuo came to Standard Liege, he scored with a header for the first time!
It all happened so fast, this is the goal Wang Nuo dreamed of scoring when he woke up in the morning.

At the same time, all of this came so slowly. This is the kind of goal he has been thinking about day and night during the two months of practicing header!

He practiced for hours at a time, shooting and heading five days a week, just for this moment.

Wang Nuo knew that when these routine training improved his game level and consolidated his muscle memory, the instinct of the body finally helped him to complete the goal!

In the nick of time, he simply aimed at the target, shaking his head and exerting force as he had done countless times in training.

In fact, every player standing in the penalty area is taller than him, they bounce equally well, and even head the ball better.

Wang Nuo just found the right position and reacted faster.

Two months of hard header training was not in vain. The moment just now was the key to winning or losing, success or failure.

This header greatly enhanced Wang Nuo's confidence, and his arsenal was upgraded!

(End of this chapter)