Chapter 69 Pain
In the national team's match week, one of the two warm-up opponents contacted by the Belgian Football Association is Cameroon, an African giant, and the other is a South Korean team from Asia. Both teams are called giants on their respective continents.
The first opponent is Cameroon. Although there is a lack of big stars like Eto'o, Cameroon's strength still cannot be underestimated.
As planned, Antiennis has completely sent a starting lineup dominated by young players in this game. The goalkeeper is Bayley, which is very optimistic about Antiennis. From left to right in the defense line are Lombarz, Vertongen, Vermaren and captain Van Bitten. In the midfield, the central defender is Ferley Ni, the two sides are Martens and Witessek, the front midfielder Dembele, and the double forwards are Deculler and Dred.
Except for Van Bitten, other starters are the first time to represent the Belgian national team, with infinitely close to zero experience.
Although Degan was not on the list, he still sat on the sidelines with Antienes. Now the Belgian national team is concocted by both of them. In case something goes wrong, a big break will fall on their heads at the same time.
The stands are also full of Belgian fans. They also want to see how this new national team will perform and play well. Of course, they will not be stingy with applause, but if they are a straw chicken, they will wait for the Belgian national team to curse.
At the beginning of the game, the problem appeared. Cameroon is worthy of being a world-class strong team. Although there is a lack of Etooh, their little fast tactical style still makes the Belgian youth team in a hurry, and there is not much problem with the defense line. After all, Van Bitten is experienced, Vermaren and Wiltongen are in Ajak. Si is the partner. In the face of Cameroon's middle raid, he can still cope with it.
But the midfield was completely subverted. In the past, the Belgian team's midfield was characterized by being tough. Against Cameroon, which is a physically good team, it can be said to be captured. However, today, the Belgian team's midfield has made a big transformation. The main players of the previous national team have been sitting on the bench, and these young people on the field People are at a loss in the face of Cameroon's fast pass and catch cooperation.
Especially the midfielder Fellaini, who is highly expected by Digan and Antienes. Among the influence of Degan, Fellaini is characterized by his wide range of runs and fierce steals.
Antienis sent him as the main force in this game, hoping that his wide-range interception ability in the midfield could block the Cameroon team's penetration in the middle.
During the previous training, Fellaini's ability even made Antiennis plan to let him be Gour's successor, but now, the game has lasted for nearly ten minutes, and Fellaini's role is completely invisible.
Fellaini is clumsy like a wooden pile on the court. Cameroonian players can easily bypass him and then directly hit Belgium's defense.
There are still two sides. Martens and Witessek are like headless flies. After receiving the ball, they are buried in their head and running, and the connection with their teammates is equal to zero.
Denberge's performance was good, and there were several wonderful things. In the ninth minute of the game, he made a long shot outside the Cameroon team's penalty area, which almost caused Cameroon goalkeeper Kameni to escape.
But Dembélé has the biggest problem. The task given to him in this game is to connect the team's midfield and be responsible for organizing the attack, but Dembélé, who played on behalf of the national team for the first time, obviously forgot his task and was probably too eager to use one. The goal is to add luster to his first national team game. He often rushes and squeezes the strikers to the sidelines. The contact between the midfield and front court is completely gone. He can only rely on two sideways and a direct long pass from the backcourt to hit the opponent's back.
Although Cameroon's defender is generally not tall, the defense around the front and the card position are very unique. For a while, the Belgian team's attack also fell into a dilemma.
The situation can't be opened in the middle and front court, and the pressure on the rear defense line can be imagine. In just a few minutes, Vermaren and Vertonheng, Ajax's central defenders, became the busiest people on the court, constantly shoveling and always beingware of Cameroon hitting the ball to the side.
The Belgian fans in the stands have been booing intermittently, and Antienes beside Degan gradually frowned, which is obviously not what he planned to do.
Before the game, Antiennis' plan was to use the combination of side and middle to pull Cameroon's back defense, and two strikers as fulcrum to attack Cameroon's frontal defense and create opportunities for Dembélé.
Now, except for Fellaini, other areas of the Belgian team are actually playing well, but the problem is that these areas cannot be connected. The local battlefield has advantages, but the overall situation has fallen into a passive situation.
Antiennis has never encountered such a strange scene. At this time, he can only think about how to break this situation.
The game on the field is still going on. Cameroonian players have found problems with the Belgian team. Before the start of this game, their coach is still telling them to slow down the pace of attack after the opening. After all, Belgium is the runner-up of the World Cup and is still very strong.
But looking at this new Belgian national team again, Cameroonian players find that their opponent today is a bunch of broilers, which is not worth being so careful.
Although it is only a friendly match, no one wants to lose, especially to teach the World Cup runner-up team a lesson, which is also a big ** for Cameroonian players.
Soon, Cameroonian players began to speed up the pace of attack, and the pass and catch became faster and faster, making the Belgian team even more confused.
Fellaini has become the most tortured person on the court. He is the team's first defense line, but now it is true that his first defense line has completely become a decoration. Cameroonian players do not confront him head-on at all. With just one pass, they can easily bypass his defense and hit him.
Fellaini began to become impatient. He knew that this main position was hard-won. As a young man, he was more eager to represent Belgium in competitions such as the European Cup, but with his current performance, no matter how much he valued him, it was impossible for Antienes to take him to the European Cup.
The impatience also made Fellaini's mentality gradually become unbalanced. When the game reached the 20th minute, Cameroon directly cut off Fellaini's pass in the midfield, which was still a small range of passing cooperation.
The Cameroonian player who broke Fellaini's pass was probably too high to rush directly towards Fellaini and stepped on two bicycles in a row. Just as Fellaini was about to break the ball, the Cameroonian player's arch and passed the ball to The teammate next to him, and then took advantage of Fellaini's stunnedness, rushed over from his side and received a pass to the Belgian team's penalty area.
In shame, Fellaini didn't care so much and turned around with a flying shovel.
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The referee's whistle sounded at the first time, pulled out Fellaini, who was surrounded by angry Cameroonian players, and then directly issued a red card.
In an instant, Fellaini woke up and knew that he had done a big stupid thing, but there was no way to change the matter. He was sent off for a malicious foul in just 20 minutes. It can be imagined that Fellaini's national team career will be bleak in the future. Maybe from now on, the international competition will be completely with him. Bottom insulation.
Young Fellaini never thought that his first game for the national team would be like this, which was completely different from his idea. Before the start of the game, he still fantasized that he would become a gate of the Belgian national team on the court and become a hero of Belgian football, just like him. The idol Dugan used to do what he is doing now.
But now everything has been ruined by his stupidity.
When they finished, the stands were full of curses. With the resurgence of Belgian football and better results, the appetite of Belgian fans gradually increased. They were really unbearable, Fellaini's poor performance.
Fellaini always lowered his head. If there is a crack in the ground now, he will definitely plunge his head in and never come out for the rest of his life.
Although Antienis was also angry about Fellaini's foul, after all, he was his disciple. He was about to comfort him, but he was stopped by Degan.
"Coach! At this time, no one can help him. If he can't look up and stand up again, it will only prove that I am blind and like a soft egg!"
Antienis hesitated for a moment and accepted Degan's advice. Degan was right. He couldn't protect Fellaini like a nanny. Sometimes, people need to stand up by themselves.
The game continued, and Fellaini's foul gave the Cameroonians a free kick, and it was this opportunity that they scored the first goal of the game.
The Belgian fans in the stands cursed another one this time. The young goalkeeper Bayley made it easy for Cameroonians to score goals because of his mistakes in his position.
The young and handsome Baili also looked a little confused. He was very clear about the goal he had just now. He had to pay a lot of responsibility, and the fans' scolded made his heart feel like a big stone.
As a result, before the end of the first half, the Belgian team conceded another goal, and Cameroon's long-range shot outside the penalty area caused Bayley to throw away the ball. The Cameroonian striker, who had been ambushed in front of the goal, seized the opportunity to go to the next city.