Chapter 18: Chapter 18
Genk defeated Ghent with 3 goals at home and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Belgian Cup. This match was also widely reported by the media, everyone focused on Wang Feng, who represented Genk for the first time.
Belgian sports newspapers such as "Sports", "Latest News", etc., which have a relatively large readership, covered the match on a large page.
The cover photo of Sport magazine is an image of Vuong Phong celebrating after scoring a goal. The headline was: "One pass and one shot in first match, Wang leads Genk into top 8 of cup." The cover of "Latest News" shows the Genk team celebrating together. The headline was as follows: "Genk's rookie surprised everyone, won and reached the top 8 of the cup".
Besides praise, the media also expressed many different opinions. They said that Vuong Phong's performance in this match was indeed very good, but this did not mean that his ability was recognized. Let's take a closer look at Wang Feng's tracking performance. "Standard" and other newspapers expanded on this point of view, and the article pointed out: "Wang Feng is only 16 years old and Henk cannot put all his hopes on him."
Whether praise or doubt does not affect Vuong Phong. He didn't even know that in just one match there would be such a huge reaction from the outside world, but the reward after the victory made him happy for a long time. Even Karl Bess laughed. After observing him for a while, I felt he knew too little.
After the team's daily training session, Wang Feng chose to practice more as usual.
Although he contributed many threatening crosses in the match, Wang Feng still felt unsatisfied. Caspar Blanche was unable to convert the ball into a goal, not only because of his limited ability to seize opportunities, but also because Wang Feng's cross was placed in an awkward position and he had no way to maximize its power.
Previous fixation-crossing training has yielded some results. When making a short pass, Wang Feng can control the ball to fall into the designated area by controlling the shot position, strength and body position.
For large-scale long passes, Vuong Phong still lacks some warmth, his accuracy is not high, and needs more practice.
Additionally, players are constantly on the move throughout the match, so landing control must be anticipated to recognize ball-reachers as the greatest threat. This requires cultivating a dynamic sense of distance. Vuong Phong thought for a long time about countermeasures, and finally came up with a strange cultivation method.
He placed two soccer balls under his feet at the same time and kicked one of the soccer balls with control, rolling it in different directions at different speeds, then kicked the other ball himself and finally passed it. ball at my feet. correct. Allow him to touch the rolling soccer ball.
At first, Vuong Phong still couldn't hit these two bastards, but he continued to adjust according to the information provided by his senses, and his success rate gradually increased. Time passed during Vuong Phong's boring training. Thanks to the cup, Genk will play twice a week. They will play Brussels at home this weekend. Cups and leagues are held at home, no need to travel back and forth. That's the only thing worth being grateful for. Wang Feng is also certain to make his League One debut, playing as a starting striker. In this match, head coach Aimee Antonis rotated personnel, mainly in defense. Midfielder Karl Bess and center forward Caspar Blanche still start.
The head coach is always in a four-three-three formation. During the recent cup match, he noticed that the tacit understanding between Vuong Phong and the two of them was gradually improving, and he planned to cultivate it well. .....
At Luminus Arena, Wang Feng stood in the middle of the field, listening to the tsunami-like cheers of the home team's fans, feeling full of energy and wanting to repay the enthusiastic fans with a better performance.
Brussels is currently ranked 6th on the rankings, so if they win all 3 points, improving Genk's ranking will be very important.
At the start of the match, both teams played cautiously and had almost no chance of threatening the goal in the first 10 minutes. It is worth mentioning that since Wang Feng was reported by major sports media, Brussels defenders have been following him very actively. With the experience of the previous match, Vuong Phong also has some experience in facing fixed defenses, that is, constantly running, consuming the opponent's physical strength, gradually distracting the opponent, there is always some opportunity.
The match situation gradually became tense. In the 21st minute, the Brussels striker received a pass from this midfielder. Realizing there was no chance in the front yard, he coolly shot an arrow 25 meters from goal. Luckily the goalkeeper was focused and saved the ball. at the end of the line.
34 minutes, Wang Feng retreated to the middle of the field to catch the ball, trying to use his speed to eliminate the opponent's defender, but the opponent's defense was very tight, leaving him no space to break through, so Wang Feng Carefully protect your opponent. ball.
At this time, from the corner of his eye, he saw left winger Adrian Gale preparing to enter the field, so he passed the ball long to the left striker based on his training feeling. Receive the ball and still have no defender.
He did not hesitate and quickly made an underhand pass. Unfortunately, the pass went too close to the goal and was easily caught by the opposing goalkeeper.
Gale helplessly shook his head at Blanche in front of the small penalty area, thinking that it was his own problem, and at the same time was surprised by the quality of Vuong Phong's pass.
Vuong Phong was very happy. Looks like his training has paid off. The position he just predicted was relatively accurate, allowing him to easily escape into space to catch the ball. In the 44th minute, Gail returned the favor and made a clever cross from the left wing, bypassing two defenders and finding Wang Feng. Unfortunately, other defenders quickly took their place. Vuong Phong saw no room to make a breakthrough. Decided to return midfielder Karl Bess and wait for the opportunity again.
The match ended 0-0 at half time. The two teams played boring matches. Overall, Genk has a slight advantage because Wang Feng's right wing is very active. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com driving to Brussels There is no way to attack with all your strength.
The head coach continued to emphasize defense in the dressing room, hoping for at least the first 45 minutes of the second half to not concede a goal. At the same time, praising Wang Feng's offensive role, hoping he can once again destroy the opponent's defense and make him make mistakes in his busy schedule. In the 67th minute, after Bess cut the opponent's ball in the middle of the field, he quickly set his foot behind the Brussels defense. Vuong Phong understood this and started galloping as soon as the ball was passed, next to him. The guard quickly grabbed his clothes.
But his speed was so fast that the defenders only touched a corner of his clothes.
"Vuong Phong started fast, defended using draw tactics, failed! Vuong Phong continued to dribble, broke through!"
"The offense was favorable, the referee did not blow a penalty, Brussels' left back arrived promptly and defended tightly, let's see how Wang Feng handles the ball."
"Good, Vuong Phong hooks the ball and passes it past the defender, making the pass!"
"Caspar Blanche scored goal after goal, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. At 67 minutes, Genk finally knocked on the visitors' door."
"We can watch the replay in slow motion. Vuong Phong handles the ball very well. Under pressure from the defensive player, he deliberately stepped forward with his right foot to confuse the opponent, then suddenly used his right foot to pass the ball from behind. Hook him and make the opponent lose focus of defense, it's a classic Cruyff trick!
As for Vuong Phong, who escaped the defense, made a delicate cross, the ball fell right next to Blanche's feet. He only needed to push lightly to score. It can be said that Vuong Phong has achieved this goal!
"After his pass and shot against La Gantoise three days ago, youngster Wang Feng changed the game again tonight."
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