The biggest fanatic in football

The minds of the coaching team and the main players have already flown to the first round of the English League Cup on August 12, but for Lee Polo and other rotation players, the opening game of the league on August 9 is what they should pay attention to.

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August 9, 2014, 9pm.

City of London, Southwest, Wimbledon Town, Kings Meadow Stadium.

As a low-level team, New Wimbledon's home court has only 4,722 seats. Compared with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and other giants competing in the Premier League, this number is even less than one-tenth.

To put it bluntly, the hardware facilities of most high school and college playgrounds can completely blow up this "bird's nest"!

The "Crazy Gang", who are struggling to avoid relegation every season, have no funds to expand the stands and seats, otherwise their coaches and players will run out of ammunition and food in minutes!

Although New Wimbledon's performance last season was very poor, with a total of 24 teams, they were only ranked 16th, and were only four points away from the relegation zone. However, benefiting from the mass heritage of the "Crazy Gang", this

The opening game still attracted more than 3,000 die-hard fans to the scene.

But those fans soon felt some disappointment.

Because... among the team's starting 11, they did not see Akinfenwa, the "biggest muscle tyrant in British football" who carries huge expectations, nor did they see familiar players such as Fuller, Smith, Shea, etc.

Face, the lineup compiled by head coach Adelai is surprisingly composed of eleven old, weak, sick and disabled!

The front line is composed of three veterans: Andy Frampton in 1979, David Connolly in 1977, and Matthew Dubis in 1984. It is difficult to expect them to be a threat with an average age of 33.

Opponent's goal.

The age composition of the midfielder is a little more optimistic: Danny Boorman in 1979, Sean Rigg in 1988, and Frank Suitland in 1993, which can be regarded as three generations of old, middle and young.

But the defense was terrible: Mark Phillips, the field captain in 1982, was in his prime, and the remaining three were Jack Goodman and Adedeji Oslaja in 1993.

Lee Polo in 1994, and Ryan Sweeney in 1997, and the last center back was not even 17 years old yet!

Looking at those little guys with no hair at all, how could more than 3,000 spectators not understand the intentions of the coaching team?

Li Poluo, who was warming up, was a little worried.

After all, it is the first official game of the new season. Seeing the team they support so perfunctory, will the spectators who paid money let out a roar:

"rnm, refund the money!"

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"drop!"

As the referee blew his whistle, the first round of the 2014-15 English Second Division Football League officially began.

Although New Wimbledon's opponent Shrewsbury was relegated last season with last place in English League One, as the saying goes, "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", without large-scale sales of people

, they are still one of the teams most promising to advance this season. As for New Wimbledon, even the most die-hard fans cannot be optimistic about their progress.

The home team wanted to preserve their strength to face their mortal enemy, but the away team had no worries. The game quickly turned into a one-sided offensive and defensive exercise. New Wimbledon all retreated on defense, while Shrewsbury pressed forward unceremoniously.

The storm-like offensive allowed the fans of the home team to feel for themselves that the gap between the third level and the fourth level is as different as the football level between England and China!

However, even if the England national team plays with all its main players, it is impossible to break down the defense of the Chinese rotating lineup every minute - especially when the Chinese team is still fully defensive.

Therefore, it is not surprising at all that after 25 minutes of the game, the score is still 0:0.

Assistant coach Cox, who was sitting on the coaching bench, muttered:

"We seem to have underestimated the fighting spirit of these young men."

Head coach Adele nodded slightly and agreed:

"Shrewsbury wants to win too much. Their offensive is too simple and direct. It is easy for others to see through and then attack..."

Before he could finish his words, Shrewsbury launched an offensive. Their right midfielder Ashley Vincent accelerated and got rid of Lee Polo, and he made a cross with his foot!

Lee Polo turned to look in front of the goal and saw the second goalkeeper Ross Woerner abandoning the goal and knocking the football away with one punch!

The ball didn't fly too far, and it was veteran midfielder Brightman who caught the landing spot. He quickly observed the situation around him, turned around and chose a long pass!

At the front is the new Wimbledon forward Matthew Dubis!

Shrewsbury went out with all their strength, and their backfield was now flat!

Dubis was flying at high speed on this prairie. He only had to increase his speed to the extreme to get rid of Shrewsbury's entire back line!

Adray and Cox stood up at the same time.

Under their intense gaze, the 30-year-old Dubis broke into Shrewsbury's penalty area!

One-on-one one-on-one!

The visiting team's goalkeeper Jason Leutweiler gritted his teeth and chose to abandon the goal to block it, but the experienced Dubis caught the opportunity and easily completed a rub shot!

1:0!

The home team, which held on for 26 minutes, took the lead!

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"Ma~~~Xiu!!!"

The King's Lawn Stadium suddenly went into a boil. The three thousand fans who had no hope for this game spontaneously burst into violent cheers. They shouted Dubes's name, applauded vigorously, hugged fiercely, and celebrated wildly.

After completing the fatal blow, Dubis jumped directly into the home team's stands and accepted the worship of 3,000 fans like a hero.

As a rotation forward for the English League One team Crawley last season, he played 18 league games throughout the season and scored 8 goals. His efficiency was quite impressive. I originally thought that by "condescending" to join the English League Two team, I could firmly become the main striker.

Position, but with the joining of Akinfenwa and Aziz, he is obviously not the first choice of the coaching staff.

Dubis was very satisfied with his performance just now, and even felt elated after being slapped in the face!

Coach, don’t you think about it again?!

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Although Adelai was also very excited, one goal was not enough for him to change his positioning as a player.

What's more... his excitement and happiness didn't last long.

After only 11 minutes, Shrewsbury, who learned from shame and showed courage, equalized the score and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

This was an attack in the middle. The three visiting team players used fast and brutal passing and cutting to break through the temporary defense combination of Phillips and Goodman within five seconds. Their tall center James Collins passed the football

Sent into the home team's goal.

Unlike the forward line, the defense line requires more stability and tacit understanding, and it is most taboo to change formations at will. This loss of the ball perfectly illustrates this point of view.

Adre frowned and was not too disappointed. He just stood on the sidelines and signaled the players to continue executing his pre-planned tactics.

"Dip~~"

With the efforts of the whole team, New Wimbledon successfully brought the score of 1:1 into the halftime break.

The players who tried their best were all sweating profusely, and Lee Polo was breathing heavily as he slowly walked to the locker room with his teammates.

The home team goes to the left and the away team goes to the right.

The stadium is so dilapidated, and the locker room cannot be so luxurious. Most of the players can simply pick up a towel and wipe their sweat, and then gather around the coach to listen to the analysis.

In the visiting team's dressing room, Shrewsbury coach Mickey Mellon was criticizing his players:

“Our goal this season is to return to League One. If we can’t even beat Wimbledon, how can we even talk about promotion?!

Look at their defense, it's basically a makeshift lineup, especially No. 1 and No. 22, who don't even have experience in official games. Don't tell me that you will lose to them!"

The head coach had just taken office in the new season, and his criticisms could be described as merciless. The old players were somewhat blushing and stood up to express their opinions:

"Coach, don't worry, we will try our best to win!"

After the atmosphere was stirred up, the next work was handed over to assistant coach Mike Jackson (real name), who began to analyze the performance of both sides in the first half:

"Our defense does not need to press too hard. The offensive in the midfield and frontcourt is enough to destroy the opponent. Several of their players have good air defense capabilities, so we need to pass them more through the ground..."

While the visiting team was arranging tactics, Adelai was also not idle. He drew a circle on the tactical board and completely surrounded his own penalty area:

"The tactics in the second half are very simple, stick to the penalty area!"