Chapter 222 – Show and Prove (4)

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Unlike the classic striker who competes directly with the opposing centre-back, the core of the pulse nine is linkage and attraction.

The key to play is to go down to the midfield area from time to time to help the midfielders fight numbers, facilitate linkages, and create space for allies to penetrate by luring the opponent’s center back.

From the standpoint of the opposing center back, the opponent you need to mark often runs away down there, so you are confused whether you should follow this or keep your seat.

If you follow the opponent to mark, there will be an empty space and you will be vulnerable to enemy penetration, but if you keep your position, your team will be outnumbered in the midfield area and your share will drop, and you will continue to suffer from the offensive, and a free striker without a markman will be free. .

However, this is only if the pulse nine plays its role.
If an inexperienced player takes on this role, it is neither porridge nor rice.

Falling into a dilemma of whether to follow a threatening player or keep his seat, how to be ridiculed even when an insignificant guy runs rampant like a goby.

In other words, you have to make the opponent center back feel like you can’t leave it alone, so you can put it in a dilemma or attract it.

In that sense, my turning shot just now played a sufficient role even though it did not lead to a goal.
It’s because Liverpool’s centre-back duo has made them startlingly alarmed.

“Shit! In addition! Adam, follow me!!”

At the call of Luciano Salve, who was in charge of the defensive reading, Scott Adam crouched down with a fierce look. However, I came downstairs and received the ball, handed the return pass with one touch and left the seat, so he had to go back to his seat kicking the grass.

‘Great. Shall we start soon?’

I opened the fire with the first shot, but the situation is not so good.
Liverpool is a team that has a tradition of intense forward pressure.

Liverpool is one of the teams with the strongest forward pressure in the EPL, although the intensity is much lower than Gegen Pressing, the bottomless and endless pressure that the legendary master coach Jurgen Klopp, who introduced the tradition, showed during his Dortmund days.

And against this, Newcastle is also a team that does not lag behind anywhere in terms of activity.
As a young team with the lowest average age of the starting lineup in the EPL, Newcastle is a team that actively presses based on a lot of activity.

Although the result was different from Liverpool’s gegenpressing-based pressure, anyway, the tempo of the game was incredibly fast as both teams were based on strong momentum.

A ball that moves from midfield to back, from back to side, and from side to center in an instant.
And the players who rumble along the ball like a neighborhood football.
The only difference from neighborhood soccer is that it follows tactical movements, not chaos.

However, Liverpool’s power was too strong to face head-to-head.
Even though our team was gaining momentum and Liverpool was not at full strength, it was the opposing team that gained the upper hand as time passed.

And it was at this time that I started to engage in the midfield fight in earnest.

“This way! Pass!”

After one turning shot, I was in the forefront and intermittently participated in midfield fights, but when I joined the midfield as if I were a midfielder, my share soared in an instant.

We and Liverpool are basically the same composition with three midfielders in midfield.
Here, the defenders on both sides, composed of inverted wingbacks, join the midfield fight, so there are 10 players on both sides.

No matter how different it would be to add one me to the oversaturated midfield, including the side striker who occasionally joins in, one player with ridiculous ballkeeping ability and depressurization ability is bound to exert more power than a simple number 1.

“Bullshit!! What kind of bastards are there!!”

As soon as I received the ball, I turned my back to the Liverpool player who rushed in and rolled the ball, and another guy approached, but even in a 2:1 situation, I was able to protect the ball leisurely and passed the pass again, and curse words erupted here and there.

“Fucking Adam!! That bastard keeps coming down!! You don’t mark properly!?”
“What are you saying to me!”
“What the fuck, come down and mark or break a leg!”
“Fuck!”

A throw-in situation where the ball goes out of line.
As the game pauses for a moment, Liverpool’s midfielders fire at Adam.

When the game resumes, Scott Adam, with his stern face painted red, runs in, snorting.

‘Done.’

The line is high due to strong forward pressure.
While the defenders on both sides were already involved in the midfield fight, even Scott Adam came down to mark me, and Luciano Salve was the only one left in the empty back space.

In the meantime, I sent a hand to Jonathan Silva, who was playing the role of a hole in the team due to awkward positioning and unstable connection.

Just right, the ball connected under your feet is sent as it is with one touch and shouts.
The only reason that guy came out as a starter in this game.

“Go!!!”

Excellent sense of smell,
Because of the clever move that penetrates right in.

My pass, sent straight from midfield, pierces the ground in an instant and heads for the penalty box.
In front of Jonathan Silva, who started sprinting even before I burst out screaming, narrowly passing Luciano Salve’s toes who twisted his body in a hurry.

* * *

『Newcastle, 1:0 lead over Liverpool, the first half ends!』

Sarah McGinn quickly finished typing and posted the article.

At the beginning of the game, Hong Min-jun’s turning shot was enthusiastic for a while. As the fierce battle in the midfield solidified with Liverpool’s dominance, Hong Min-joon came down and revitalized his hardened face.

“It’s definitely not a typical striker role. Seeing him joining midfield fights so often… Is it a false nine?”

As Sarah expected, Hong Min-jun constantly intervened in the midfield and quickly turned the tide of the battle based on his unique keeping ability and de-pressurization.

Sara was immersed in the game in a scene that clearly revealed how much a single outstanding player could affect the game.

And the first goal was scored shortly thereafter.

“Kyaaaaa!! Jonathan, that stupid guy scored a goal!!”

Realizing that Hong Min-jun was being dragged around, Liverpool’s center back duo kept their positions again, and Hong Min-jun, who had been running amok in the midfield, this time overcame one of the clinging players and hit a mid-range shot as it was.

A ball that hits the goal post and narrowly escapes.
Afterwards, Liverpool lowered the line and entered the holdout, and the first half ended.

Waiting for the second half, Sarah McGinn pounded frantically on her keyboard.
If it was just typing for writing articles, the only difference is that this time it is typing to post the emotions I felt from intuition on the spot to the fan club.

“Whoops. Are you happy to see it in real time? Stupid guys. You have to intuition to feel this vivid impression. The image of Lord Seong-nim sweating. Uh… “

In her wet panties, Sara crossed her legs, which showed off her smooth legs.
… This is an unavoidable physiological phenomenon. There’s no woman who won’t get wet looking at that face and her play.

After struggling to rationalize her situation, Sarah’s gaze returned to the ground.

[IN — Jose Gaya
OUT — Jonathan Silva]

‘Yes? Still, Jonathan scored a goal, but he was substituted at the start of the second half?’

A slender young Spaniard who came in as a substitute was stretching and twisting his body on the ground.

Go Jose.
Newcastle’s best prospect, who is considered the best in Newcastle, which focuses on youth development.
Even at the young age of 22, he is an irreplaceable playmaker for Newcastle, having already played in over 40 games.
And Sarah McGinn’s favorite.

… Was
Before the appearance of Hong Min-jun.

Now, the best prospect, the best player, the irreplaceable ace, and even Sarah McGinn’s favorite spot have been taken away by Hong Min-joon, but Jose Gaya is an indispensable talent for Newcastle.

‘I wasn’t pushed back in the central battle, but since Jose was also put in, are you saying that I’m going to overwhelm you?’

Second half just started.
This time, a strange scene caught Sarah’s eyes as she was expecting Hong Min-joon’s performance.

‘Yes? Wasn’t Hong the role of Pulse Nine…? ?’

Unlike the first half, when he actively participated in the build-up, the pass continued towards Hong Min-jun, who stayed in a higher position.

* * *

‘Like Ronaldo.’

Before going into the second half, I recall the manager’s order.
First half like Messi. And the second half like Ronaldo.

In the first half, I tried to play like Messi. It was too much to become like Messi with just a few days of training, and in fact, I showed off a false nine like ‘Hong Min-jun’, not Messi.

But if it’s Ronaldo… You can follow much more similarly.

Ronaldo.
Brazilian striker.

The 183 cm tall player who runs as fast as Kaka, is technical like Ronaldinho, dribbles like Maradona, and shoots accurately like Van Basten.

Ronaldo, who showed the perfect image of a ‘striker’ that could only come out of a cartoon, and said that the only shortcoming was the air power, seems like another me.

Same physique, same strengths, same weaknesses.
I am also 183 cm tall, with tremendous speed, jaw-dropping skills, dribble breakthrough, and accurate shooting skills. Here is the common point that the right to provide is weak.

Of course, it is still not enough to surpass Ronaldo in his prime.
His fighting ability, his personal skills, and his speed are still lacking a little bit.

However, as if the media is talking about the second coming of Ronaldo, I am really a type similar to Ronaldo… No, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is Ronaldo on the verge of his heyday beyond the type.

That means I can show the devastating performance that Ronaldo showed right before he entered his heyday.

Like now.