Ortega would say such things because of his very strong faith in Raphael. In his heart, Rafael's talent cannot be matched even by Messi (the family and friend filter is activated).

Although Rafael never stood at the penalty spot again after taking that shocking "S" free-kick.

In Rafael's own words, it was he who scored the previous goal, he didn't know anything about free kicks, so let's give up the penalty to someone who is proficient.

At the Under-20s, he wouldn't have volunteered if it weren't for the hesitation and dreadiness of his team-mates at the time to take a free-kick. He thought very simply, he scored so easily in sports battles, how difficult could it be to take a set-piece?

It was this fearlessness and a little bit of luck that allowed him to score that incredible goal......

Of course, when Rafael tried to score such a goal, he found that he couldn't do it......

Just like his 40-meter upside-down golden hook, which made him deliberately kick but couldn't score the goal, this kind of unique goal is generally accidental and unique.

What's more, the free-kick is not as simple as he imagined.

Rafael also thought about practicing free kicks, but first, he didn't have time, and second, the team had a penalty officer, so he didn't need to worry about it, and over time he forgot about it.

Lamela was the penalty taker for short-distance free-kicks at River Plate, and Acevedo for long-range free-kicks, although the latter was generally tactically linked.

Lamela's free-kicks also started to improve by leaps and bounds this season, and his daily practice was very effective, and his efforts were also seen by Capa, who gradually selected him as the team's number one free-kick taker this season.

I have to say that a good free kick is a real plus in the eyes of the coach.

For example, there are more fouls against Rafael now, and Lanzini has not as many opportunities to play as Lamela. Because more fouls mean more free-kick opportunities, Lamela is worth more than Lanzini in terms of tactics.

But a free kick is not a penalty after all, and the success rate is not high.

In the last few games, Rafael has given Lamela nearly 8 opportunities to create free kicks in front, and Lamela has only scored one, if it weren't for the media focusing on the team's number one star Rafael, Lamela would definitely be bombarded.

Sometimes seeing Lamela don't score a free kick, holding his head and being annoyed, Rafael is also very sorry, he also thought that if he could take a free kick, the team would be able to win more easily, and now, Ortega's words have completely consolidated the idea of learning free kicks.

As for why he won't take a free-kick...... Well, not only him, but no one in Daming will.

Daming World Football advocates the fluidity and coherence of the game, and prefers flashy offensive football, so when Rafael first came into contact with the World Cup in this plane, he was a little unbearable, and he didn't appreciate the ugly utilitarian football that emphasized defense.

And the referees on the Daming Stadium rarely blow the whistle, the penalty is fast, there are red and yellow cards, corner kicks and goal kicks, but they can only use their feet, not their hands to throw this, and there are no penalties and free kicks.

Once an opponent fouls, the referee only gives the other side the ball, and the strict zhòng is discarded, and then the strict zhòng is punished, and the stricter zhòng will be deducted moral points off the court.

As for the penalty shootout, of course Daming didn't either. Their rule is that extra time will be played after 90 minutes without a winner, and there is no time limit for extra time, whoever scores the first goal in this period will end the game directly, and the winner is the side that scores.

In order to avoid going into brutal overtime, and with overtime wins giving only 2 points instead of 3, most teams will choose to end the battle within 90 minutes.

The referee is not allowed to have a sense of zài on the court, and the penalty must be accurate quickly, wasting everyone's time and waiting to be complained.

As long as there is no accident, it is likely that after a game, the referee's whistle timeout will not add up to more than 30 seconds, and of course, there is no stoppage time.

So watching the Daming League game, the offensive is very smooth, and the offensive and defensive conversion is also very fast, and Rafael's club is one of the best.

Placed in this plane, it is probably that Da Ming has gone through the technical flow to the madness......

After getting familiar with the style of play here, Rafael didn't dare to say which side was better. From a player and fan point of view, of course, the world of technical flow is convenient for protecting the players' bodies and the game is more pleasing to the eye, but again, the tactical diversity and complexity here is not comparable to that plane.

Ahem, I accidentally pulled it away.

In short, Rafael conceded points because he didn't take this kind of goal to heart at all.

I didn't think about learning free-kicks before, and that's why I didn't think about it.

In some ways, he is stubborn and makes people laugh and cry.

……

Lamela stayed at the base as usual after training, and he couldn't be happy about the team's recent bad games, and after saying hello to his team-mates in the locker room, he came to the pitch alone with a bag of balls.

He is ready to continue practising free-kicks, and although there hasn't been much media attention to his watch lately, he knows that he is also not in good form and has wasted a lot of chances.

Although Rafael carried all the black pots for the team's defeat.

But he is not at all happy about it, because ignoring only means mediocrity.

When he concentrated on kicking all the bags of balls and was about to go to the goal to pick up the ball, he found that there was someone next to him.

Raphael.

He was looking thoughtfully at the goal.

Why didn't this guy go to practice his own project and came over to watch him?

Because there are several training pitches in the riverbed, they generally do not interfere with each other, and each chooses a pitch to train, that is, sometimes on a lawn, and on one side.

Lamela was a little weird, but decided to ignore him anyway and continue her training.

Who knew that Rafael watched him play for about ten minutes from the sidelines, and Lamela felt more and more difficult to ignore the other party.

"Raphael, aren't you going to train today?" said Lamela, wiping her sweat.

"I'm training. Raphael took a towel from a nearby stool and walked over to him and handed it to him.

Buenos Aires is hot and humid in autumn.

Raphael is an outlier who keeps his body dry without intense training.

Lamela took his towel and said in a small voice, "Thank you." Then he wiped his face and raised his voice again, "Your training is to watch me practice from the side?"

Rafael nodded: "Well, I'll see how you take the free-kick first, and I'll try it myself later." ”

Lamela: "......"

He suspected that he was hallucinating.

"Wait. You're going to practice free-kicks?"

Raphael continued to nod, and at this point he looked quite well-behaved.

"So you're going to learn how to take free kicks the way you watch?"

Raphael corrected him: "No, watch first and then practice." ”

Lamela gave him a blank look, "Then you might as well go and look for some free kick masters' highlights!

Raphael thought about it and felt that it made sense: "Well, then I'll go back and look for it, but it should be clearer to see it on the spot." ”

Lamela was completely speechless, he was just joking, whose free kick can be learned by looking at it. You can ctrl+c and then ctrl+v.

"Are you serious?"

Raphael looked at him innocently, as if he didn't know where he was wrong.

Lamela couldn't bear to look at it: "Forget it, if you don't dislike it, I can teach you a free kick." ”

Raphael's eyes lit up, "Really, Eric, thank you so much!" he happily rushed to the goal, "I'll pick up the ball for you." ”

Lamela had a subtle feeling of being calculated.

"First of all, I can only take free-kicks with my left foot, and my skills are not very good, otherwise I don't think you would have thought about learning free-kicks. He laughed to himself.

Rafael walked over with the ball in his arms and smiled at him very sincerely: "Eric, why do you think that, if I dislike you, I won't come to see you play, your free kick level is very good, and it is still improving, now is not your limit." I just wanted to learn one more skill and nothing else. ”

He didn't think about fighting with the opponent for the right to take free kicks now, just like he said, learning free kicks is to have one more skill, and the so-called skills are not pressing. After Eric doesn't play, he can also make a cameo. The second is to relax, change your mood, and liberate yourself from the quagmire of poor state.

When Lamela heard him say this, she felt a lot better, and finally got rid of her previous awkward and embarrassing thoughts.

"I won't say to guide you, after all, I'm just getting started myself, let's make progress together in the future. Usually you can also go to Coach Sodak to consolidate the basic training, and I started with him. ”

Sodak is one of River Plate's Academy coaches, specialising in teaching set-piece skills.

Lamela is a do-it-all personality and immediately began to talk to Rafael about his own shooting skills.

"My free-kick is the easiest curling take. There are many ways to shoot, but I usually use the inside of my left foot to kick it, which makes it easier to go around the wall in an arc. But this way of free kick is easy to be seen by the goalkeeper before mastering it, so when taking the penalty, first of all, the action must be fast, and the ball speed must be fast, so that the goalkeeper will not have time to react, and secondly, it is best to kick the ball into the dead corner, so that he can not save if he reacts. ”

"Generally, it is best to shoot the arc ball to help run, and the distance should be appropriate, which is very important, as for how long the distance should be, it depends on your own habits, you need to master your own running distance, so that you can swing your legs along the way. Be sure to stand firm with your feet, or the ball you shoot will go wide. The amplitude of the swing leg is based on your strength, then the calf exerts force, leans back, and kicks the ball with the inside instep, and the swing leg is thrown out naturally. ”

Lamela put the ball on the ground, first slowly split her movements to Raphael, waited for Raphael to nod to show that he understood, and then ran a few more steps and kicked the ball out.

The ball went nicely around the wall and into the goal.

However, Lamela shrugged her shoulders a little disappointed: "If nothing else, she should be held in the arms of the goalkeeper." ”

He glanced at Rafael's left foot: "The curling ball should not be difficult for you." ”

Rafael doesn't know how many goals have been scored with his left foot.

So why did he just talk about it in such detail? Didn't he know about Raphael's talent? This is a freak who can get an "S" free kick with Mondot.

Raphael smirked twice, if it was that simple...... He wouldn't have thought about stealing the teacher......

Lamela was speechless for the next half hour to discover that Rafael's free-kick did not inherit his talent for shooting at all.

There were twelve balls in a bag, five of which were kicked off, four of which smashed into the wall, two of which arced but failed to go around the goal, and only one ball succeeded, but it was also shot too right, and it was basically saved.

Lamela looked at Raphael and was silent for a moment: "Are you really the Raphael I know?"

Raphael was depressed.

Lamela was silent again: "Forget it, it's much better than when I first practiced free-kicks, when I was on a two-hour plane. It would be nice to practice more......"

Raphael was not comforted at all.

He asked Lamela to pass the ball to the penalty spot.

Lamela complied.

Rafael started from behind and when the ball rolled to the penalty spot, he met it with his left foot with a beautiful inside curling ball that went perfectly around the wall and into the far corner.

Lamela: "......"

Yes, that's Rafael's biggest problem with free-kick practice at the moment, as once the ball is stationary, he can't play with his amazing shooting talent......

So, that "S" free kick can be kicked out, it's really a luck.