Time flies so fast and February is about to pass.
Since the group fight at the beginning of the month, Wang Xiaodong rarely appeared in front of the crowd, and Keegan did not allow him to participate in the following games.
In addition to the 2-1 victory over the opponent in the League Cup, there were four league games where Wang Xiaodong did not appear. If Wang Xiaodong hadn't appeared on the bench in the last two games, fans would have thought that the Football Association had banned Wang Xiaodong from the league too!
It stopped for a month, and the group fights slowly passed away.
But Keegan was unhappy.
He found that without Wang Xiaodong in the team, it was difficult for the front and backcourt to form a whole.
In these four games, Southampton drew two and lost two, completely falling out of the promotion circle.
If this continues, there will really be no chance of promotion this season.
In desperation, Keegan had no choice but to announce at the press conference that Wang Xiaodong would definitely be sent to play in the next game against Burnley.
However, on the day of the game, the fans discovered that Wang Xiaodong was still a substitute.
The game lasted until the 63rd minute of the second half before Wang Xiaodong was sent off by Keegan.
After Wang Xiaodong came out, he did not go to the home team's stand to boo him like before. The fans noticed that Wang Xiaodong's face, with his hairy head, had a calmer look, and his eyes had a more solemn look.
"Wow, our winter has grown up!"
"Yeah, look at his eyes, he's so serious!"
"He is already a mature man!"
Wang Xiaodong's change made the fans extremely happy. Woohoo, our bad boy has finally grown up!
When Wang Xiaodong came on the field, the score was still 0-0. The two sides were not inextricably tied, but neither showed much momentum.
That is to say, a relatively boring Championship game.
Kevin Keegan's idea is very clear, which is to let Wang Xiaodong, who has not played football for nearly a month, find a feel for his feet, so as not to perform abnormally in the League Cup final two days later.
As for this league, it's best if you can win, and if you can't win, at least don't lose.
Now that there is no FA Cup game to play, it will not be too late to focus all our energy on the league after the League Cup final.
Anyway, there are still 10 games left, and Southampton still has a good chance of advancing if they coordinate well.
Although Kevin Keegan didn't say anything, when the team members saw Wang Xiaodong coming on the scene, they all rushed to the front line as if they had been given a shot of blood.
Our midfield pillar is on the field, why should we show mercy?
The team members rushed forward with no shirts, held down their opponents and beat them hard!
Burnley naturally knows how good Wang Xiaodong is. It’s an away game anyway, so we won’t suffer a loss in a draw. Let’s defend first!
As a result, Southampton's morale was high, and almost all the players passed half-time to launch a siege against Burnley.
However, positional warfare has never been Southampton's advantage.
Whether it is Bell or Wang Xiaodong, they can show their greatest advantage at the moment of transition between offense and defense, when they fight quick counterattacks.
Facing the tortoise shell presented by the opponent, even with Wang Xiaodong, Southampton's attacking midfielder did not find any good opportunities.
In this way, the two sides go back and forth, you pass the ball, and I make a big kick.
After more than ten rounds of back and forth, there was still no winner.
It's not that Wang Xiaodong has never thought about long-range shooting, but he didn't find a very suitable opportunity. Secondly, his opponents were too defensive. As soon as he got the ball in the frontcourt, opponents immediately surrounded him and blocked the shooting route.
That does not work!
Wang Xiaodong felt it was time for a change.
Deliberately retreat and let the opponent come over for defensive counterattack?
But Burnley were not fooled at all!
Your defensive midfielder is new. Not to mention your physical strength, you can also pass the long ball accurately.
And your left winger, who can catch up when he starts having fun?
We just don't attack!
I'm mad at you, I'm mad at you! ! !
Seeing the opponent's forward and midfielder kicking in the midfield, Wang Xiaodong couldn't bear it anymore and immediately rushed forward to intercept the ball.
The situation returned to a few minutes ago.
In the 78th minute, Wang Xiaodong made a pass and dropped the ball into the small penalty area.
The Burnley goalkeeper jumped high in the crowd. To be safe, he did not pick off the ball rashly, but directly punched the ball out of the penalty area.
The ball that was knocked away made a "buzz" sound, and flew back along the original path in full view of everyone.
Wang Xiaodong, who had just moved out of position, quickly stopped, otherwise he would have missed the ball.
I just kicked you in, why are you back again?
Looking at the falling trajectory of the ball, it should just land at the position where he took the ball before.
And the opponent who was marking him was really moving laterally with him at this moment.
What a great opportunity!
Wang Xiaodong's heart trembled, and a tickling feeling came from his toes.
This is going to be a counterattack to kill him, who can guard against it?
Who can react?
After figuring out the joint, Wang Xiaodong struggled to put all his weight on his left leg and made an emergency stop with all his strength.
In an instant, the left foot gripping the ground was carried by inertia and slid seven or eight centimeters to the left. The spikes left several horizontal lines on the turf.
Such a sudden emergency stop shocked the players defending Wang Xiaodong.
By the time he imagined Wang Xiaodong making a sudden stop and returning to defense, the ball had already landed in front of Wang Xiaodong.
At this moment, Wang Xiaodong's figure was unstable and his legs were not straight.
Although it is almost facing the goal, this strange posture coupled with the inertia of strong confrontation is not suitable for players to hit the goal directly.
so what?
I have advanced targeting charms.
Are you still afraid that you won’t be able to create a world wave?
The moment he waved his leg, Wang Xiaodong stuck an advanced aiming charm on the upper right corner of the door frame.
I’ll give you an angle today!
What kind of flying fairy?
What is the rainbow shining through the sun?
What knocks the mountain and shakes the tiger?
It doesn’t work!
bring it on!
The "winter-style world wave" will return to the world today after a month's absence!
Whoosh!
The right leg that he put out with all his strength kicked out the air, and he volleyed across the body. That posture was so cool!
Come in for me! ! !
Wang Xiaodong roared so loudly that the eardrums of the surrounding players burned.
Seeing Wang Xiaodong's posture, the Burnley defender who had just planned to turn around and defend simply stopped and even twisted in the opposite direction.
This posture, this power, this roar...
If I get stupefied, will I be paralyzed?
The guy in front of me is the terrorist who sent most of the Portsmouth team into the hospital!
It's not worth risking my life for this goal!
Hiss~~~
Exclamations and panic had begun to spread in the stands, and everyone's eyes widened, waiting for that powerful and heavy blow.
However, the next second, the whole audience burst into laughter.
The football that Wang Xiaodong "blasted" with all his strength landed on the ground according to its original trajectory, bounced up, and was then cleared by his opponent.
As for Wang Xiaodong, after his body turned 180 degrees on the spot, his center of gravity was finally unstable and he was slapped on the ground.
Feeling the twitching in his right leg, Wang Xiaodong began to doubt his life.
Did I just touch the ball?
Why does it look like it was kicked in the air?
No, I just kicked the air!
Listening to the laughter coming from all directions, Wang Xiaodong simply covered his hands and pretended to be injured.
Ouch, it hurts so much!
My legs are cramping!
I don't want to get up!
How embarrassing for Teemo!
