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Chapter 50 The Football Game
Five minutes into the game, Frederick was in the same mood as other spectators.

The players on the field have only been in contact with this sport for half a month, and they have no skills at all. Remember that if you can't touch the ball with your hands, you will win.

But also because of this, the players behaved very wildly on the court, and every inch of turf was fiercely contested.

The fierce confrontation instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the audience. Whether they were sailors, farmers, porters, or shop assistants, accountants, and scribes, they cheered and shouted regardless of each other, and their voices could be heard a kilometer away.

During a throw-in, Philip suddenly calmed down, looked around at the fanatical crowd, and shivered.

If this frenzy were elsewhere...

Philip dared not think about it any longer.

The first goal came in the 15th minute, when the Fishhooks opened the scoring.

On the bench, Richard Nall had a smile on his face.

Playing this kind of game with strong physical confrontation with ordinary people is not without challenges for his extraordinary force. It is easy to reduce the dimensionality of his physical fitness. He prefers to use his brain to arrange tactics so that the team can achieve victory.

He listened to everything Frederick said, and he thought of many things by inference.

The members of the Fishhook team are all white-collar workers such as businessmen and employees. Their physical strength is definitely not as good as that of the blacksmiths, but they have an advantage in that they are flexible in mind. Because the work requires the cooperation of many people, everyone has a sense of cooperation.

The Hammers are different. When they work, most of them do their own things. One person can do everything, and they rarely pass the ball when they play.

So coach Richard Nall formulated the team's tactics, reducing physical confrontation, passing more, especially long-distance passing, to mobilize the opponent, and to let the opponent run back and forth to waste energy.

This tactic worked very well. The players of the Hammers were quickly lured by the long pass of the Fishhooks. Some people swarmed up to press down in a hurry. In the end, there was a big gap, and a one-handed duel was staged. .

Supporters of the Fishhooks immediately burst into laughter.

But the Hammers quickly overtook a goal. At a corner kick around 25 minutes, their forward relied on physical strength to squeeze away the opponent's defender and grabbed a header, and then broke the opponent's goal.

However, the Fishhooks repeated their tricks and scored two goals with a long pass before the end of the first half.

Frederick just smiled slightly, and then greeted the players with a smile to go back to the big tent outside the stadium to rest.

The current level of these players is just like that. In "Football Manager", I am afraid that none of the technical attributes is higher than 3. He can't make them all reach 20 at once.

However, the blacksmiths still have advantages, and there is still a chance for a comeback in the second half.

The second half began soon, and Maria asked Philip, holding half a glass of juice, "Father, will Frederick lose?"

Philip saw a little way, shook his head and replied: "I don't know, I think he should have a way."

A few minutes into the game, Archbishop Victor said: "The Hammers are not the same as they were in the first half."

Philip nodded and said, "Yes, something is different."

Richard Nall also noticed the change in his opponent, but he didn't care.

The corners of Frederick's mouth twitched slightly. This gang of blacksmiths has an advantage, that is, they are obedient and disciplined.

A blacksmith's shop is a dangerous place. Blacksmiths who don't obey the discipline will either get burns or other injuries.

So during the break, he reiterated the discipline, and let everyone be responsible for their own area. These guys finally learned how to behave.

Now everyone is in their own area. As soon as someone enters with the ball, they will step forward to press, and others will watch the opponent in their own area.

This trick is very useful when the rookies are pecking at each other. The opponent's pass error rate is not low. Now that someone rushes over and feels nervous, the pass will be even more inaccurate.

The Hammers took advantage of the opponent's pass error to fight back, and the scene suddenly became back and forth.

The impact brought by the blacksmith's physical fitness cannot be resisted by the merchants and employees with weakened physical strength, and the Fishhooks' defense line was washed away in an instant.

Fans like to watch this kind of back-and-forth game. Amid bursts of cheers, the Hammers tied the score at 60 minutes.

At this time, the mentality of the players of the Fishhooks changed. Those merchant players were like gamblers who had lost money. When their blood came to their heads, they led the whole team to fight fiercely, and agreed to fight back immediately when the ball was lost.

The blacksmiths saw that turning defeat into victory was just around the corner, and they also kicked their blood with enthusiasm.

The scene became more and more intense for a while, and both sides scored a goal.

Psyche blew his whistle from time to time to let the priests of the Church of Illuminati enter the field to treat the injured players.

The enthusiasm of the fans also increased, and they bought a glass of beer and continued to shout when their throats became hoarse.

In the last 15 minutes, the Fishhooks, who were initially exhausted, used up 5 substitutions. Relying on the strength of the new players, they not only blocked the impact of the Hammers, but also led by two goals.

Frederick had previously replaced the two most energetic midfielders, allowing him to act as a full-time midfielder in front of the penalty area, specializing in disrupting the opponent's offense, thereby curbing the opponent's attack from the new force.

At this time, he used up the remaining three substitutions and replaced two wingers and Bryant as a forward, and at the same time arranged to use the tactics that had been agreed.

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

……

The Fishhooks' iron goalposts have withstood their toughest test since the start of the season.

Richard Nall wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, he hadn't been so frightened in many years.

Frederick was a little helpless. The tactics of long pass and flying with both wings combined with Bryant, the tallest header on the field, which no one can beat, worked well, but there was a problem with his accuracy, and many balls were wasted on the goal frame. offensive opportunity.

A player passed by, and Frederick said to him, "Tell Bryant to aim for the goalie's face."

Five minutes later, the Hammers tied the score.

The scene in the last 5 minutes was extremely hot. One side looked like they could win but now they couldn’t win.

At the last moment, the Hammers seized the opportunity of the Fishhooks to bet on the 0-0-10 formation and launched the last counterattack. The first shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, and then another follow-up winger made a supplementary shot. At this time, Pu Cyke blew the final whistle.

The stadium instantly turned into a boiling ocean.

"Frederick wins!"

Maria jumped up happily.

On the carriage back to Wesson City, the tired little girl fell asleep as soon as she relaxed.

Archbishop Victor, who was rubbing the car, asked Philip: "What do you think of today's game?"

Philip had completely calmed down.

Although he has never been on the battlefield, he served as a diplomat of the Grand Duke of Mainz to negotiate with all parties in the war last year, and he also has some intuitive understanding of the war.

"Morale, unity." He simply said something that smart political creatures can see, "If Baron Wesson can make everyone in the territory like this, he will not fail."

"Yes." Victor agreed, "The future of Baron Wesson... can go a long way."

Then he said a seemingly insignificant thing: "I have a rumor that someone in the city council of Nuremberg is planning a no-confidence proposal against the current mayor."

Philip narrowed his eyes slightly, and replied calmly: "Thank you for letting me know."

(End of this chapter)