Midfielder

Chapter 8 Seeing is believing

Benfica's youth training base may stage several such group confrontations every day. This is a good opportunity for those who are trying out to show themselves on the court. Especially for those who want to stay here, the result of each group confrontation may determine their future. The elimination on the football field is so cruel.

Lin Yi also faced such a knockout match. In the temporary team he joined, almost all of them were outsiders. Everyone had to work hard to stay, because this was one of the few opportunities for them to get rid of their current living conditions.

In this type of assessment, the general confrontation method is also very simple. The team that scores first in 20 minutes will be eligible to wait for the next challenger. The defeated person can only wait for the next opportunity or be eliminated directly. Whoever can win until the end will be the winner today.

As for whether you can stay in Benfica, it depends on the coach's intention, but the winner will always win more opportunities, so this kind of game is basically a life-and-death war, and no one will hold back in the game.

In order to stay in Benfica, these people must rely on their desperate performance in the game to win the attention of the coach. So at this time, few people will pay attention to the damn teamwork, let alone expect someone to pass the ball to you and create opportunities.

Almost every striker is using the only opportunity to show how perfect his personal skills are. When they can pass two people, they will definitely not pass only one. In Portugal, only those with good personal skills can have a chance to stand out.

Not to mention how paranoid these strikers are in their individualism, even the defenders will not stay in their positions. The full-backs will almost seize every opportunity and launch crazy attacks from the wing, as if everyone is a copy of Roberto Carlos.

Those central defenders who have to stay in place are also seizing every opportunity to show themselves. They use fierce shovels to create danger for those strikers in order to defend their own defensive area.

Midfielders may be the most embarrassed at this time. Except for the goalkeeper who will leave the midfielders with a chance to touch the ball when the goal kick is opened, the rest of the time they can only make futile runs between the two penalty areas, and they don’t even have a chance to touch the ball.

Lin Yi ran in vain in the first five minutes of the game, without any chance to connect with the ball. The football always went beyond the midfield and hit the penalty area directly. Many midfielders began to press forward in a big way, wanting to try their luck in the penalty area, but Lin Yi was the only one who hadn't moved.

Mendes, who was standing on the sidelines, was probably more anxious than anyone else at this moment, after all, Edward only gave Lin Yi 20 minutes. This might be Lin Yi's last chance at Benfica. If he failed, they could only walk away from here in disgrace, and there would be absolutely no excuses at that time.

But the situation on the field now seemed not optimistic for Lin Yi. Mendes didn't even feel that Lin Yi was involved in the game. The little guy seemed to have been out of the game all the time, and had nothing to do with the fierce confrontation on the field.

"Old friend, your little guy seems to have encountered some troubles." Edward said to Mendes. He had seen too many such scenes, so he really wanted to see how the little guy who had just slammed the table and glared at him in the office would deal with it.

In such a stadium, no one will take care of you as a protagonist, even in the professional league. Opportunities are fought for by yourself. If you want to prove that you can do it, then go and prove it on the field. Edward hopes that he can see what this little guy does.

Mendes is anxious, but Lin Yi himself does not feel this way. He has been playing football on the street for several years, and he has long been accustomed to such scenes. In street games, no one will pass the ball to a stranger casually. All opportunities must be grabbed.

Lin Yi did not move. He was not wasting time on the field. He was just waiting for opportunities. He also observed in this waiting, observing the position of each teammate. Although these people are now only thinking about how to show themselves, Lin Yi knows what he should do.

The fewer people in the midfield, the greater the chance for Lin Yi to receive the ball. He does not need too many, just one time is enough. Lin Yi is not the kind of person who has to take the ball to handle everything by himself. What he needs is a space where he can calmly control the football and a chance to kick.

When Edward started to look at the watch to calculate the time for this game, the black-haired boy who was almost ignored by him moved.

When the defender of Lin Yi's team intercepted the opponent's forward's breakthrough, he directly poked the ball out. Lin Yi, who was wandering in the midfield, immediately controlled the ball that rolled to his feet. Facing a sufficiently open midfield, he immediately broke forward. Before the opponent's midfield had time to intercept him, Lin Yi had already quickly passed the defense of two people.

At the moment when Lin Yi started with the ball, Edward, who was standing on the sidelines, realized that he had made a big mistake. He only paid attention to Lin Yi's performance in the 100-meter test, but did not test how fast this little guy could run with the ball.

Others' running without the ball is far faster than running with the ball, but the black-haired boy seems to be unaffected by the ball on his feet. His straight-line breakthrough speed just now is as if he is testing the 100-meter, and it is not slowed down at all because of the ball under his feet.

"This kid..." Edward could only use this method to cover up the embarrassment of his misjudgment, but there was no chance for the game on the field to stop. While Lin Yi was embarrassingly covering up his mistake, he had already dribbled the ball through the midfield.

The empty midfield gave Lin Yi the opportunity to calmly press forward. When the opponent's back midfielder rushed over, Lin Yi used his foot to pull the ball directly past, without giving the opponent a chance to pull him. The continuous passing action made Edward open his mouth wide on the sidelines.

However, the next scene made Edward understand why Mendes cared so much about this kid, because he finally saw the knife-like pass.

After Lin Yi shook off the back midfielder who rushed over, he faced two central defenders directly. The two fierce and very strong guys wanted to stop Lin Yi directly outside the penalty area. The defensive actions of the two guys could no longer be described as fierce, but simply murder.

However, Lin Yi had already made his own response the moment the two guys rushed over. While his whole body was still rushing forward and accelerating, his toes had already poked the ball out.

He found a narrow gap between the two central defenders, and the football slid out tightly along the grass. The force was just enough to penetrate the opponent's defense, but the opponent's goalkeeper couldn't run out to catch the ball.

The striker of Lin Yi's team would not waste such an opportunity. He volleyed the ball directly into the opponent's goal. Fortunately, the boy did not forget who passed the ball to him. This was the first time that Lin Yi enjoyed a hug full of goodwill in this game.

Edward saw it all clearly on the sidelines. The striker's shot was no longer within his consideration. Anyone could easily score that kind of ball. But now he understands that the young team of Sporting Lisbon was penetrated by such a pass four times.

Always pay attention to the running position of teammates on the field, choose the angle and strength of the pass just right, and the most important thing is his vision and calmness on the field.

From the moment the boy took the ball and pressed forward, he knew what he should do. This organizational ability on the field has made Edward realize that his judgment has been wrong more than once.

Lin Yi's pass was like a slap directly on Edward's face, crisp, loud, and without leaving face.

However, Lin Yi didn't seem to let Edward go. He deliberately ran to the position closest to the sidelines and kept pointing his fingers at his eyes. Eduardo didn't need to think about the meaning. The boy was telling Edward to use his eyes to see clearly whether I was the waste written on the torn paper! ! !

"There is a saying in the East that seeing is believing. He seems to be reminding you of this." Mendes squeezed his old friend at the right time.

Mendes likes Lin Yi to express his emotions in this way, simple, direct, and effective. Except for being a little arrogant, there is nothing wrong with it.

Edward could only smile awkwardly to cover up, and he could only mutter in his heart.

Sooner or later, you kid will fall into my hands. . .

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