American winner takes all

Chapter 108 “Tornado destroys parking lot” (14)

"It's the familiar Friday again, at the pleasant FNL scene. We can see the student cheering group singing in unison, and the offensive team led by Ethan O'Connor is standing on the sideline preparing to go onto the green field! The audience burst into laughter Let’s give a warm cheer! Let’s give a round of applause to our heroes! Let’s give a scream and cheer to our Tyrannosaurus Rex!”

"The opponent this time should not be underestimated. As the overlord of Nevada, we don't know what kind of sparks it will have when it collides with California's new team. We all know that the entire Norman team started a closed game last month. Training camp, for which the rugby players even chose to suspend classes..."

Live hosts and analysts spoke of the transformation of the Normans during this time.

The analyst present at this game is Jim Hill of CBS-2. He was a professional defensive back in the NFL. He has played for the San Diego Chargers, Green Bay Packers, and Cleveland Browns. He has also entered the Super League in his career. bowl.Later, he became the sports director of CBS2-2 (KCBS-TV) channel, and also became a member of the Los Angeles City Council and the honorary chairman of the LAPD Committee.

As for the CBS-2 channel, it is the local exclusive channel of the CBS television network in Los Angeles. It is in direct competition with FOX Sports West in the sports field.

CIF (California Intermediate School Federation) has always maintained good cooperative relations with many major television stations, and naturally many television commentators can appear in its affiliated games.

It was the Normans' first quarter offensive round. Ethan received the Wild Boar's serve and passed the ball. The Flea jumped high on the spot, but no ball was passed. The Bishop High School defensive player When his attention was attracted, Ethan had already handed the ball to the running back Munster next to him. This was a simple fake pass.

Munster decisively went around and broke through the defense. The forwards and tight ends immediately took over and provided cover for Munster. At the same time, the linebacker had already outflanked Munster, and Munster collided with him head-on. Even though he was being held, he still relied on brute force to cross the ten-yard line and get the first down!

"Well done!" Ethan high-fived several teammates before forming up and arranging the attack.

From the perspective of the quarterback, Ethan could see it very clearly. It seemed that Munster only used brute force to get the first attack, but in fact it was inseparable from the support and cover of several players. It was obviously different from before. Yes, this time the teammates and opponents were not at a disadvantage in the stalemate.

This is the role "tonnage rise" plays in physical confrontation.

And with the foundation of the body, even if you only use very basic and simple tactics, you can still achieve good results.

This is like a top boxer and a junior boxer throwing the same punch, but with completely different effects.

"We can clearly see that compared with the strong confrontation at Highland High School last month, the Normans showed a completely different tactical style from the beginning, becoming more steady and steady, and no longer just relying on Ethan O'Connor Personal ability. It's like becoming a brand new team. We won't know what happened in the training camp until the FOX documentary is broadcast."

The host brought the topic to the behind-the-scenes documentary being produced by Fox Sports.

As the commentator of the rival CBS TV station, he naturally had to avoid this topic skillfully.

"There is only one truth. The physical fitness of the Norman team members has been significantly improved, which will make the tactics that were ineffective before achieve completely different results. The effort behind this is beyond imagination."

"In fact, for the Normans as a whole, even if they have a rare talented player like Ethan O'Connor, in my eyes they can only be the pinnacle of a second-rate team. But as the overall strength of the players increases, I believe that Normans can The Manns are already qualified to become a first-class high school team!" Jimmy Hill gave a very positive evaluation.

The audience also cheered after hearing this sentence.

"This team is becoming a miracle!"

Catherine heard an audience member not far away say.

This time she set off from Yale early and took a flight back a day early just to catch up with Ethan's game tonight.

Next to her is Mia. Now her family has got rid of the financial crisis and is gradually coming out of the quagmire. Her work has also made very good progress. "Seven Deadly Sins" has also been officially launched. Ethan and Catherine have also entered the stage of life. In the new stage, I even found a long-lost friendship... so many good things added up.The previous frown had all disappeared, and now Mia looked radiant.

Even the owner of the supermarket was inviting her to go for an outing to the Natural National Park north of Los Angeles this weekend, but Mia didn't agree. With Lisa as a good role model, she enjoyed this single life very much.

On the other side of Mia is Lisa. Ethan has such an important game and of course she has to come. Not only does she come, but she also brings Susan.

As for the edge seat, there sat Charlize Theron, looking frequently at Lisa at this moment.

She knew very well that this was the woman standing behind Ethan...

In the far corner of the stands away from these five women, there were two other people who came specifically to watch the game. The young man wore a hat and a mask, only showing a pair of cornflower-like eyes. It was none other than DiCaprio. Needless to say, Sitting beside him was his mother.

The two of them had nothing to do tonight, and it happened that Xiao Lizi suggested that he come over to watch a friend's game, and his mother Emeryn also came along.

"That No. 9 is Ethan O'Connor? He's so big!" Mother Emeryn couldn't help but sigh.

"Athletes will of course be stronger!" Xiao Lizi smiled bitterly.

"When I was young, I liked college football players, but unfortunately, they had girlfriends. I just met dad, who didn't know he was a baseball player." When this matter was mentioned, my mother was still a little worried. "Baseball and football are both players." Xiao Lizi laughed quickly.

His parents divorced when he was a child. After that, Xiao Lizi often stayed at his mother's house from Monday to Friday and went to his father's house on weekends. He still had some affection for his father.

"That's different." Emerin looked at the young people on the green field, still thinking about it.

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At the same time, the game is also in progress, and the Normans often use the most plain tactics to achieve good results.

In addition to the great improvement in the physical fitness of the players themselves, it is also related to the defensive tendency of the Bishop High School defensive team. Bishop High School chose the same marking tactics as the St. John Bosco High School Warriors and Highland High School Rams. Two linebackers were dedicated to quarterback Ethan O'Connor.

Ethan, on the other hand, is more about passing the ball steadily to his teammates. He only does his "job" as a quarterback and does not rely too much on his body.

False passes, bombing with long passes, and penetration of short passes in the central zone can often accurately seize the opponent's fleeting openings, and a single pass can penetrate the opponent's defense.

Of course, this is not easy either and requires precise passing skills and flexible judgment.

"Before, Ethan O'Connor's personal style was too obvious, which made people subconsciously ignore Ethan's passing skills. It can be said that even without his powerful T-Rex physique, Ethan is still a very good quarterback. , possessing extremely solid basic skills.”

"Yeah, I have to remind Norman's opponents later on, while they're trying to target Ethan O'Connor, don't forget that he's still a great passer."

In fact, it can be heard from the relatively relaxed tone of the host and analysts that this game was under the control of the Normans from the beginning.

It can be said that Ethan chose the "smartest" and "least effort" style of play from the beginning. In addition, the Norman defensive team played very stably under the leadership of Albert. Bishop High School, the Nevada hegemon, fell into passivity.

"Don't underestimate your opponent. As a team with rich experience and historical heritage, the opponent's resilience when lagging behind is stronger than we imagined. Hold on to the advantage and win the game in one fell swoop." During midfield, Thomas warned the Norman players It's a big taboo among military strategists - popping the champagne at halftime.

In fact, as Thomas expected, Bishop High School made corresponding adjustments in the second half. First, it gave up the more aggressive pressing strategy and switched to a more traditional combination of four forwards and three linebackers.The defensive strategy has also changed from "press man" positioning to "off man" position. The difference lies in the distance between defenders when marking.

The closer they stand, the less time the ball carrier has to react, and the more aggressive the press becomes.

On the contrary, standing farther away will reduce the pressing intensity, but it will give the defender more time to predict, and at the same time, it will increase the defensive area and form a larger coverage.

In other words, Bishop High School is also starting to prepare to play it safe.

However, Ethan once again chose to focus on tactics at this time and issued a new tactical command to his teammates before forming the formation...

The center served the ball long, and Ethan received the ball. As usual, he handed a fake fax to Munster who started behind him, and Munster still used the roundabout arc path that was used many times in this game.

This time, the opponent's defense was very timely, and the three defensive players, linebacker, end, and corner, formed an outflank on Munster.

Munster did not attack at this time, but directly passed the ball horizontally. The rugby flew directly to the front line. At the same time, almost all the front line players on both sides began to jump to compete for the ball.

To be precise, the defensive forwards are there to intercept and the offensive forwards are there to interfere. They are not legal receivers unless they are "dropping the ball".

But he saw a particularly abrupt figure appear above the front line. He jumped higher than everyone else, and almost his entire upper body was taller.Due to his exaggerated jumping ability, the football only flew to his chest at the moment of catching the ball, which allowed the player to catch the ball very easily.

After falling down, he kept walking and collided head-on with the two oncoming linebackers.

The two linebackers are also tall and powerful. The two almost form a semicircle, surrounding No. 9 holding the ball.

But No. [-], without any hesitation, roared into the obstruction and knocked the two of them down.The next second, several nearby defensive players rushed forward.

At the same time, he was pulled, pulled and tackled by five or six defensive players who weighed at least 180 pounds. His feet were tightly restrained by two free guards who had fallen to the ground before. His shoulders were pulled back and his chest was pushed back. , the waist was pushed back.

But No. [-] still didn't fall down, and was even moving forward. He raised his elbows to block the left side, sank his right shoulder and knocked away the right side. He leaned forward and arched forward, blocking the body. The person in front of him was knocked away, and finally he swung his foot with great force and stepped directly on the chest protector of the lineman.

Within a few seconds, one person used the simplest and most brutal way to challenge the entire front line, causing the defensive team to overturn, like a tornado destroying the parking lot!
This extreme power charge immediately detonated the audience. Regardless of men, women, old or young, everyone's blood was awakened and they burst into deafening carnival...

(End of this chapter)