Chapter 20 Free Kicks

"What are you talking about? Tell me not to interview the varsity football team?"

In the office of the school press corps, Liu Xiying asked a man in his thirties in front of her. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 The man is also the head of the school's press corps, and is mainly responsible for summarizing the reports of the following school reporters, and then handing them over to the school.

"Yes, the school decided that you don't have to cover the football team. ā€

Liu Xiying didn't understand: "Why? What did I do wrong?"

"You didn't do anything wrong, but it was the school's decision. ā€

"So how do I report to my classmates at school about the team?"

"The school just said that it would not be interviewed, but it did not say that it would not be reported. ā€

"How can you report without an interview?"

"Naturally, the school has other options. ā€

Liu Xiying asked sharply: "Teacher He, please tell me if you have arranged reporters from other schools?"

The teacher replied, "No." ā€

"And how can the school report about the team?"

"Let's be honest, the editor-in-chief of "Youth Cup" arranged two professional reporters to follow up and report on our school football team throughout the process, and the school has agreed. ā€

Liu Xiying asked: ""Young Youth Cup"?"

Teacher He nodded: "That's right, it's "Young Youth Cup". In the past, these newspapers and magazines had always ignored our school's football team, but now that there are two separate reporters, the school will of course agree. ā€

"So you don't need me? Teacher He, you should know that not every student in the school is a fan, not everyone will buy the "Youth Cup" to see, since you don't buy it, then you have to rely on the "School Newspaper" to know the specific things of the team, and the "School Newspaper" is available in every class. ā€

Teacher He said: "I know what you said, the "Youth Cup" tracking school team report is only one of them, and another thing is that the team's coach An Rong is applying to the school, hoping that the school can arrange a 'team reporter' for the team." ā€

"Is the school approved?"

"Approved. ā€

Liu Xiying was helpless: "This is okay?"

Teacher He explained to her: "The football team has played recently, and you have seen it. As long as Coach An Rong speaks, if the request is not too much, the school will agree. Many people in the school know about this 'reporter with the team' this afternoon, and it was posted on the bulletin board, but you, a reporter on campus, don't even know about it?"

"I'm busy writing this afternoon, so I don't have time to worry about that. ā€

"That's fine, it's not too late for you to know. ā€

"Teacher He, what kind of 'team reporter' is a special treatment that no club has ever had, how can the football team ......?"

Teacher He sighed: "The football team has won two consecutive victories, and it has also defeated a strong team like Ling'an No. 1 Middle School, which also gives the school hope of entering the national competition." Once you make it to the national competition, the school gets a lot of prize money. As for where this bonus goes...... There are some things I don't need to say too clearly, and you know them. ā€

"Is it because of the professional reporters and the team's 'team reporters' that I, the on-campus reporter, am redundant?"

"At least that's what the school thinks. ā€

Liu Xiying has no choice now: "Who is that 'reporter with the team'?"

Teacher He said: "The school press corps has her name on it, haven't you seen it?"

"I am not responsible for the registration of journalists on campus, I have not paid attention to it. ā€

"It's a girl in the third year of junior high school. ā€

"The third year of junior high school, our high school team actually wants a junior high school student to report?"

"The school has no rules on this, and the junior high school can also report on the affairs of the high school. After a pause, Mr. He said: "Don't worry, the school has not completely ignored you, the photos of the stadium taken by the 'team reporter' and the transcript of the team manager will be handed over to you, and then you will sort it out and finally publish it in the "School Newspaper". How's that going? You're kind of covering the football team, right?"

"What's the point of not being able to follow the team?"

"Okay, don't complain. The school has already made a decision, and no one can change it. ā€

Liu Xiying finally said: "Teacher He, you haven't told me the name of the 'reporter accompanying the team'. ā€

Teacher He thought for a while: "It seems to be called ...... Wang Shihan. ā€

Wang Shihan was on the training ground, holding a camera and taking various photos of the players. At noon today, An Rong gave the work card of "reporter with the team" to Zhou Ying, and then Zhou Ying handed it to Wang Shihan, so in the future, Wang Shihan can also stand on the side of the court and take pictures of the players like Zhou Ying generously.

Now these young players are beautiful, the team's manager Zhou Ying is already a beauty, and now there is a more beautiful reporter with the team, the players can't lose face in front of these two beauties, they have to behave positively.

Everyone is doing ball training, dribbling and jogging for five minutes. Liu Fang took the ball and said to Zhang Shujie beside him: "I didn't expect the school to arrange a reporter for our team! ā€

"When the team has results, the school will naturally take care of it. ā€

"That's right. If we do make it to the national competition, we will be able to take care of the school. ā€

"But captain, I heard Zhou Ying say that Wang Shihan hasn't been preparing for the midterm exam recently? I'm very busy, why do I have time to come to the training ground now? Besides, as an accompanying reporter, she doesn't have to go on the field or manage the team, she just needs to take photos of the game, and she can not use it at all during training. ā€

Liu Fang was stunned: "You don't know, how can I know?"

Yan Tao caught up from behind: "I know, I know." I asked Zhou Ying earlier, and she said that Wang Shihan finished her homework ahead of schedule today, and it happened that today was her first day in office, so she came over. ā€

Zhang Shujie smiled and said, "You are very clear. ā€

"That's, and don't look at who I am. ā€

"I don't know if you have inquired about Wang Shihan's mobile phone number from Zhou Ying. ā€

Liu Fang smiled: "You don't need to go to Zhou Ying, you can find the coach, the coach has the contact information of all our team." Since Wang Shihan also belongs to the football team, I think she should tell her mobile phone number to the coach to facilitate contact. ā€

Zhang Shujie suddenly realized: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? Yan Tao, why don't you go directly to the coach." ā€

Yan Tao didn't speak, glared at the two of them, and ran to the front with the ball.

Liu Fang looked at his back: "This kid is working very hard today." Do you know why?"

Zhang Shujie smiled mysteriously: "What do you think?"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

On the sidelines, An Rong heard laughter and shouted loudly: "Zhang Shujie, Liu Fang, be attentive during training." ā€

Liu Fang immediately held back his laughter after hearing this, and Zhang Shujie even made a "pistol" action at An Rong. An Rong didn't embarrass him after seeing him, if it weren't for him, where would the team get today's attention, so intentionally or unintentionally, he was also extra gracious.

When Wang Shihan on the side saw Zhang Shujie's action, he immediately pressed the shutter and recorded this moment forever.

Due to the strong support of the school football team with two beautiful women, it also attracted many onlookers in training. There are many club activities in Yuying Middle School, football is only one of them, and other clubs such as basketball also have managers, but this is the only one, like the football team also has a team reporter to take photos for them, which is unique in the whole school.

This also made other clubs envious, not to mention that one of them was a beautiful girl from junior high school. Although the school does not explicitly restrict the cultural and sports exchanges between the high school and the junior high school, they will not be involved in their respective fields.

However, recently, because the football team played two beautiful games, the school saw the "money road", so when it was announced on the bulletin board that Wang Shihan, a junior high school girl, became the team's accompanying reporter, it also set off a lot of waves in the school, and many people wanted to come and see the excitement.

Liu Xiying didn't come, she wasn't in a good mood and was staying in the classroom.

After the five-minute dribble run, An Rong arranged set-piece practice, mainly to train free kicks, because free kicks are more diverse. You can shoot directly on goal or cooperate with teammates, and you are more of a threat to the goal. None of the team's free-kicks were a threat after two qualifiers, so it had to be forced to train. Sometimes, in a strong dialogue, sports battles may not be able to break through the opponent's city, and set-pieces become a very good choice.

Just like the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup European qualifiers, Greece vs. England in the game, it was Beckham's last-minute free-kick that scored to make England directly into the round of 32. There was also the free kick of Brazilian star Carlos at the 1997 Four Nations Invitational Tournament, which was a super arc that completely violated the laws of physics. There are many, many more, direct goals, assists teammates, and countless others.

Any strong team has a set-piece master, and although Yuying is not the strongest at the moment, if you want to go further, free kicks will be key. What gave An Rong a headache was that no one in the team was good at taking free kicks.

An Rong had a row of wooden human walls placed, and no goalkeepers were arranged. He asked each player to shoot from a fixed point 25 yards from goal. Liu Fang, as the captain, was naturally the first to come.

After a small trot, Liu Fang raised his foot and shot, the ball flew over the human wall, and when it was close to the goal, it did not fall, and flew directly into the sky.

"Oh!!" came from the crowd. Liu Fang's shot is indeed a bit outrageous, even if the height of the goal reaches five meters, he can't shoot this ball.

The second was Pan Yongcheng, who obviously pressed down when he shot, but it was too hard and the ball hit the wooden wall.

Then a few more players shot at goal, but it was either too high, too low, or too off. Occasionally one or two shots are good and go into the net, but the power is too small to score in an official match with a goalkeeper in place.

It was Zhang Shujie's turn, he put the ball away, slowly took a few steps back, and after running, he used the inside of his right foot to make an arc, and the ball went around the wall in front of him, and fell sharply as he approached the small penalty area, and finally hit the crossbar.

Zhang Shujie smiled helplessly, he still thought that this goal would be scored.

Next up was Yan Tao, whose running distance was a bit long, and the ball flew out almost in a straight line towards the far point of the goal.

"When!!" Like Zhang Shujie, he also hit the crossbar with the ball. Although the rotation speed is not as good as the ball that Zhang Shujie kicked just now, the power is greater, and the entire door frame is shaking.

The players practiced one after another, but the effect was not very good, and many of the players' shots were enough to knock down the moon in the sky.

After practicing dozens of times, An Rong changed the angle, and then kicked everyone next to each other in the order just now, and after a few rounds, the effect was similar to the one just now. An Rong changed positions again and let the players continue to practice. This has been repeated many times, and even the onlookers are a little tired, and An Rong finally told everyone to stop.

"You guys come first. ā€

The players came to An Rong, and An Rong said: "The free kick practice just now was not very good, and there are no players in our team who are good at taking free kicks. But we all know that free-kicks are a very important means of scoring, and we've played two games, let alone scoring, not even a single threat. ā€

The players didn't speak, and An Rong said: "If the two friendly matches are also counted, then only Zhang Shujie kicked a slightly threatening free kick in the first friendly match, and it hasn't been since, and I can't let everyone master this skill in a short time." Based on the characteristics of everyone's shots, I decided to select two people to train first, and try to let them master it in the fastest way. Zhang Shujie, Yan Tao, it's just the two of you. ā€

"Yes, Coach!"

"The rest of the team continues to cooperate with each other in a continuous technical and tactical manner!"

An Rong called the two aside: "Do you know why I want to train you two alone?"

The two shook their heads.

An Rong said: "Zhang Shujie's shooting is very skillful, the arc is very large, and the kicked ball falls quickly; Yan Tao, although you are a defender, you have strong feet and strength, so you can train power free kicks." Okay, without further ado, let's start practicing now. ā€

An Rong set up the human wall in the way just now, asked the two of them to put the ball in the designated position, and told them both the practice methods and precautions.

Zhang Shujie is based on the skill of the arch of the right foot, so the angle of the run-up should be maintained at about 45 °, after the run-up, the body leans back slightly, while aiming at a dead angle, and kicks the middle of the ball with the inside of the foot to ensure the speed and arc of the ball, so that the ball can fall quickly towards the goal in high-speed rotation after crossing the human wall.

Yan Tao focuses on the power type, so when releasing the ball, you should pay attention to it, you should aim the air eye of the ball at yourself, and take five to seven steps back. The power type of shot is best to be able to carry a little outside arc, Yan Tao's habitual foot is the right foot, his standing position should be slightly to the right side, in the last step of the run, the step must be accelerated, when shooting, the right foot swings back as much as possible to increase the power.

Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao listened to An Rong's explanation and mastered the basic essentials, but these are all theories and need to be proved by practice.

An Rong asked them to shoot ten times each, rotating in turn. Of the 20 shots the pair had combined, only one or two were slightly decent.

An Rong threw the ball over again and told them to practice again.

Another 20 shots on goal, but the results were still not very good. An Rong threw the ball again: "Go on." ā€

The two set the ball and continued to practice.

An Rong decided to ignore them first, for technical and tactical issues, these two people no longer need to be too fixed to use a certain set of methods, judging from the last game against Ling'an No. 1 Middle School, they can make appropriate adjustments according to the situation on the field, so An Rong asked Zhou Ying and Wang Shihan to help him watch the two, and he himself went to see the training of other players.

Zhou Ying took notes for the two of them, how many times she kicked them in total, how many they scored, how many hit the posts and crossbars, and how many of them were outrageous, she had to write them down.

Wang Shihan is mainly responsible for taking pictures, she has to take pictures of the sweat shed by the team members bit by bit, which is not just a photo, but also a swaying youth and burning blood.

Compared with Zhou Ying, she worked harder. Zhou Ying only needs to stand in one place to take notes, but she has to constantly change positions and take photos from different angles. A few times she stood behind the goal and wanted to take a frontal photo of Zhang Shujie, but she was almost hit by a ball that bounced off the crossbar.

She doesn't know how many photos she has taken, and she will take at least one shot every time the two of them practice, and she has taken more than one for Zhang Shujie. Because she felt that Zhang Shujie was more photogenic than Yan Tao, she took more photos.

It wasn't until the two of them finished practicing that she stopped. Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao sat on the ground to rest, and Zhou Ying told them the results of the practice. Wang Shihan wanted to go up and show them the photos he took, but when he thought it was training time, he dispelled this idea.

With a smile on her lips, she looked at the sunset in the sky. The sunset is infinitely beautiful.

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