strictlysupreme Chapter 291 The Goalkeeper's Mysterious Smile
Chapter 291 The Goalkeeper's Mysterious Smile
Chapter 291 The Goalkeeper's Mysterious Smile
Ukraine counterattacked quickly. In order to be as fast as possible, the ball was directly handed over to "Yarmolenko" who was at the top. In this attack, the Chinese team was desperate, leaving only two players in the backcourt - midfielder "Zhang Linpeng" and right back "Chen Fei".
Yarmolenko looked to the right, but his teammates didn't have time to press up. After making up his mind, Yarmolenko prepared to break through the ball by himself.
With a speed change, Yarmolenko easily passed Zhang Linpeng, and now only Chen Fei and goalkeeper "Wang Dalei" are left in front of him.
At this time, the whole audience shouted "Chen Fei" in unison, but for Chen Fei, this was not encouragement, but made him a little confused.
Chen Fei stepped back and squinted at his teammates, but this quick counterattack was too fast. The Chinese team's defensive players couldn't come back, and the Ukrainian offensive players couldn't keep up.
Football commentators like to say a word - "Don't eat your opponent's fake moves". The word "eat" is particularly good. A player's fake action is like throwing a dose of bait. In fact, he hopes that the opponent's defensive player will "eat" it.
If it is a positional battle, Chen Fei can carefully observe the opponent's "body language" to judge whether it is a fake move, but now it is a quick counterattack, all Chen Fei's attention can only be concentrated on the ball, and it is impossible to take the time to see which way the opponent's shoulder is leaning.
Yarmolenko ran forward along the left side of the court, and suddenly he waded the ball with his left foot, posing as if he was overtaking. Just after Chen Fei "eating" his fake move, he touched the ball with his right foot again and waded forward. This time the waving distance was very far, about 10 meters away, and Chen Fei couldn't turn his center of gravity.
Passing Chen Fei is a real one-on-one fight!
The cheers and shouts at the scene suddenly increased, and everyone was as excited as the ancient Romans watching the duel of gladiators, or the Europeans watching the duel between knights in the Middle Ages.
Wang Dalei shouted and went forward to meet him. He is China's "national gate" and the last gate in front of the goal. Now is the time for him to stand up!
After entering the penalty area, Yarmolenko glanced at the far corner of the goal. He dribbled the ball for a long distance and passed two people in a row.
Wang Dalei didn't give his opponent a chance to hesitate. Just like "Butters" rushed to Ronaldo desperately in the 98 World Cup final, he stepped on the soles of his feet and threw himself on Yarmolenko, and finally both of them fell to the ground at the same time.
The Ukrainian players surrounded the referee to ask for a penalty kick, and the Chinese players also surrounded the referee to judge the opponent for charging the goalkeeper.
But it all happened so fast that even the referee didn't run back in time, he was still in the middle circle.Enrique ran to the line referee. In the scene just now, the line referee in this half had the most say.After a brief communication, the referee pointed to the 12-yard penalty spot.
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When the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Stan on the sidelines immediately scolded, "Fuck your referee, how could this be a penalty".
Grinning his teeth, Stan attracted the fourth official on the sidelines. He pointed to the white line on the ground and reminded Stan not to leave the coach's command area.Stan points to his eyes to the fourth official, meaning "do you have eyes".
The fourth official was unmoved, still pointing to the white line on the ground with a bad face, Stan had no choice but to smile at the fourth official, then turned back to the coach's bench to chat with his assistant.
In the 24th minute of the second half, the Ukrainian team won a penalty and China's goalkeeper Wang Dalei also received a yellow card.
It was "Yarmolenko" who created the penalty kick that Ukraine was going to take the penalty kick. He set the ball at the penalty spot and then looked at the Chinese goalkeeper.Wang Dalei was gearing up on the goal line. Wei Xiao was very experienced. He pointed to the penalty spot and complained to the referee that the ball was not placed on the penalty spot.
Facing such a "turtle" referee, Wei Xiao didn't say anything.
Yarmolenko ran up and shot. At the last moment of touching the ball, Wang Dalei made a false move on his ankle. Wang Dalei was tricked into jumping to the right, but Yarmolenko pushed and shot to the left of the goal.
The penalty kick was scored, but the referee suddenly blew the whistle. He said that the ball needs a heavy penalty. It is clear in slow motion. At the moment of Yarmolenko's shot, Prahimi entered the penalty area ahead of time. According to the rules, the ball needs a heavy penalty.
Under normal circumstances, the referee will not be serious, but Enrique is aware of the details. He said that the heavy penalty is not negotiable.Yarmolenko held his head in disbelief, and the referee also gave Corbin a yellow card for protesting. Now everyone knows that this Chilean referee is probably relatively empty at ordinary times. He needs to show his presence when he whistles a World Cup. Basically, he will give a yellow card for a little conflict.
The pressure was on when Yarmolenko stood in front of the penalty spot for the second time.Taking penalty kicks twice in a row is like playing poker and someone has seen the hole cards. The mystery is gone. Now Wang Dalei has a certain understanding of Yarmolenko's penalty kicks. At least he knows that he is not the kind of Popeye penalty shooter, but the kind of fake moves.
Yarmolenko looked at Wang Dalei, and his heart tightened, because Wang Dalei didn't know why, and suddenly showed a mysterious smile to Yarmolenko, "Wang Dalei's smile" made Yarmolenko feel terrified, "Could this guy see through me"?
"Is it a feint this time, or not"?Yarmolenko was hesitant, because this was a multiple-choice question with a 50% probability, coupled with "Wang Dalei's mysterious smile", he finally decided to volley vigorously.
Yarmolenko drew the ball with all his strength, but he never took a penalty kick like this. Unexpectedly, he kicked the ball away.
When Yarmolenko’s penalty kick flew, the audience burst into cheers, and Wang Dalei also turned around and shouted at his fans. From then on, when everyone remembered the goalkeeper’s penalty kick, there was not only Dudek’s "noodle dance", but also Wang Dalei's "mysterious smile".
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There is a saying in China - those who survive a catastrophe must have a future blessing.
The opponent's penalty kick was a great boost to the morale of the Chinese team. Stan judged the situation and immediately made a substitution, replacing the defensive midfielder "Hao Junmin" with the offensive midfielder "Zhang Xizhe".
Li Qiao on the sidelines wrote something on a small note, and then limped towards Qi Bing, who changed to play left winger. Li Qiao handed the note to Qi Bing, Qi Bing opened it and looked at it, which read, "Let Zhang Xizhe pass the ball in the direction of the corner flag more often. "Gusev" has no stamina. Qi Bing, you can run back and forth with him again and again, don't be afraid of hard work."
Qi Bing immediately handed the note to Zhang Xizhe. Zhang Xizhe looked at it and nodded at Qi Bing. Zhang Xizhe has good footwork. He often took free kicks in the club. After getting the new tactics, he passed the ball behind the Ukrainian defense line every time without thinking, and then it was up to Qi Bing.
Qi Bing jumped forward like a bunny, and from a distance, he looked a bit like "Alba" in Spain.
Gusev was indeed as Li Qiao said, lacking in stamina. After several times of high-intensity back and forth running, he felt that his legs were a little heavy as if they had been filled with lead.
If the defender can't run anymore, then the defensive action will change. When the physical fitness is good, they run with the ball. After the physical fitness drops a lot, there will be more unconscious hand movements. The so-called "legs are not good, hands help".
After a few rounds, Gusev started pulling Qi Bing's jersey. Of course, the referee gave him a yellow card without hesitation.
Marsh was very vigilant. He saw that the situation was not good, and the game after accumulating yellow cards was likely to be suspended. He decided to make a substitution immediately, replacing the veteran "Timoshchuk", and transferred Brahimi to the right back position.
Prahimi made a stop to the right, and it would be very difficult for Qi Bing to break through. Prahimi has the physical fitness to participate in the Olympic marathon, with fast speed and good endurance. Even if Qi Bing tricked Prahimi with fake moves, he immediately chased after him with great strides.
Li Qiao saw that his plan was blocked by Prahimi, and helplessly punched the ceiling above the bench.
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After Zhang Xizhe came on the field, the only improvement for the Chinese team was the ball possession rate. Ukraine's defense was very blocked, and several passing points were difficult to pass. As a result, the Chinese team received more balls in the midfield, but the number of passes was less.
Stan held his cheeks, looking helpless. He wanted to call Zheng Zhi over to give some advice, but seeing that Zheng Zhi was so tired that his hands were resting on his lap, forget it.
At 35 minutes into the second half, Stan used up the last substitution and replaced Zheng Zhi with Li Weifeng. This was not a tactical substitution, but purely because Zheng Zhi's physical fitness was failing.
Looking at his watch, there were still 10 minutes left. The scene was very passive, but Stan was not the kind of person who would admit defeat. He turned around and went back to the bench to find a notebook to write down a sentence - "The closest distance in the world is 0 to 1 behind".Then Stan tore off the page and returned to the sidelines to hand it to the left back "Zhang Chengdong" who was closest to him.
"Pass it to everyone," Stein said.
Zhang Chengdong nodded.
Soon, this small note spread to 11 players on the field. Stan had done this before, but it was all "tactical small notes", but this was the first time this kind of "chicken soup note for the soul".
Everyone turned their heads and saw a touching scene. Stan held up a finger high. In the game against Nigeria, Stan once did this.
Stan thought to himself: "Unless you guys tie the game, I'm going to hold it like this".
The players exchanged glances with each other and swore inwardly—"For Stan, for honor, for the [-] fans who came from afar, and for the billions of fans in front of the TV, let's fight!"
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