Chapter 41
Wu Jie is completely popular now, and after tonight, there should be few people in Hong Kong who don't know his name.
But there is a downside to being too hot, and the next day when the Chinese team was training at Nanhua Football Club, every once in a while, someone would break into the training site by crossing the checks, and then rush to Wu Jie to ask for an autograph, or shout like a psychopath.
Under such circumstances, the Chinese team could not train with peace of mind, and even safety could not be guaranteed, so in the end, the training venue could only be temporarily changed to the University of Hong Kong through the organizers of the event.
The court in the university is a closed field, and these brain-dead fans and neuropathy cannot enter, so the Chinese team can train with peace of mind.
Su Yongshun was naturally not very satisfied with Wu Jie's participation in the New Year's party and singing on stage, he was worried that the core of the national team would put too much attention on football.
But he didn't know that Wu Jie just wanted to adjust outside of football, he wouldn't participate in too much of this kind of party, and the next time he participated in it would be the Spring Festival Gala.
After his performance last night, he didn't even wait for the party to end, so he went back to the hotel to rest alone.
His teammates waited until the end of the party to come back, so the most energetic today was actually him Wu Dashao.
Two days later, the semi-finals of the World Preliminary Group will be held, and the Chinese team's opponent will be Hong Kong.
During training, So instructed the team to practice more free kicks and corner kicks, and prepared to use them against the Hong Kong team's bucket formation.
Wu Jie also thinks it's a good idea, and he is also practicing free kicks today.
"Applejack, how did you kick the ball?"
Rong Zhixing, who was on the side, saw Wu Jie kick a very high-quality elevator ball from a position 30 meters away, and the surprise on his face was even more serious than when he saw him sing on stage yesterday, because he had never seen such a strange free kick in an arc.
"yes, I feel like I'm suddenly falling, is this the legendary banana ball?"
Gu Guangming's eyes widened, they had heard that there was a Brazilian nickname "White Pele" Zico, who was said to be able to kick a banana-like arc with his free kicks.
But Rong Zhixing, the free kick master of the Guangdong team + national team, studied for a long time, but still didn't figure out how to kick a banana-like arc.
This time, Wu Jie kicked three unbelievable elevator balls in one breath at a distance of 30 meters, which immediately attracted the whole team to come over and watch, including head coach Su Yongshun, who couldn't help but come over to find out.
Lu Jianren helped as a goalkeeper just now, and he experienced first-hand the horror and weirdness of this kind of free kick.
In his eyes, the football kicked by Wu Jie will fly above the wall at high speed, and then suddenly fall violently, and there is even an S-shaped line change, that is, it floats to the side at the beginning, and suddenly turns in the process, and the entire flight trajectory is erratic, and the goalkeeper is naturally difficult to judge and save.
The two goals he kicked in front of him just fell quickly, but there was no obvious change of line, but Lu Jianren still couldn't react, and the football went into the dead corner.
The third goal, Lu Jianren finally reacted after being prepared, but this time the football had an obvious change of line on the way, at first it was obviously flying to the left, and after crossing the human wall, it suddenly turned to the right, which seriously affected his prediction, and he didn't know which way to pounce, and what was even more annoying was that the football also had an obvious fall, and finally almost didn't flash his waist.
Wu Jie himself was a little surprised by this goal, like this kind of speed, angle, line change, and falling are all perfect free kicks, and he can only make such a single shot with dozens of feet.
He can usually kick the angle is not bad, the speed is fast enough, and it is not easy to have an obvious drop in the elevator ball, this is really a fairy ball that is blindfolded, and any goalkeeper can only recognize the unlucky kind when he touches it.
"I don't know how to kick the banana ball, this is the skill I came up with myself, just kicked out and flew up diagonally, fell very fast halfway, and when I played well, there was a change of line from left to right, at this time the goalkeeper even if he reacted, the prediction will be wrong, I call it the elevator ball!"
Of course, Wu Jie can't tell the truth, but the name of the creator must be grabbed, and he is counting on the invention of the "elevator ball" to get some Olympic coins.
"Applejack, can you ...... this trick?"
Yung Zhixing has long wanted to learn banana balls, but he has never seen it with his own eyes, but he has only seen some introductions from Hong Kong magazines.
Now Wu Jie's "elevator ball", he feels even more amazing in his heart, but he also knows that this kind of stunt is generally not transmitted, so he is embarrassed to speak.
"No problem, I can teach everyone, in fact, I still have a lot of details to improve this trick, otherwise I won't be able to score in training, I didn't succeed once in the game, everyone will improve faster with me!"
Of course, Wu Jie knew that many people wanted to learn, but they were all embarrassed to speak.
But he won't hide his secrets, especially if Gu Guangming and Zhao Dayu have learned it, so that they can become another capital for them to go abroad.
Su Yongshun nodded on the side, the more he looked at it now, the more he felt that Wu Jie was a treasure given to the country by God.
This kid is not only talented from ordinary people, but the most rare thing is that he is selfless.
This kind of stunt will be easily taught by anyone, and it will not even let you watch from the sidelines, and it is all secretly practiced in a private time and place where no one is looking.
This was also the norm in the sixties and seventies, when the live broadcast technology was not developed, and it was difficult to capture the details of the players' movements.
The Brazilian who invented the bull's tail will not do it in training, nor will he pass it on to his teammates, and will have to wait until he retires.
This has led to many Brazilian players not knowing this trick until now, and it has also given Wu Jie the opportunity to carry it forward, and he has even taught it to his teammates.
It is estimated that after a while, Gu Guangming and Zhao Dayu should be able to make this move in the game.
At that time, the actions that every Brazilian would do were likely to become the actions that every Chinese would do.
Wu Jie didn't even hesitate this time, and when he preached him, he immediately taught, picked up a football at his feet, and carefully explained his playing style to his teammates.
At this time, no one knew that Wu Jie did not hide his secrets, he was confident that there are not many people who really learn these skills, and even if they do, it is difficult to use them in the competition, and the difference between "learning" and "using" is big.
This is especially true of free-kicks, which are no secret decades later, but why are there still only a few true free-kick masters?
Because this thing requires a lot of talent, but also a lot of time for boring training, and finally has to be eligible to take the lead in the game.
Gu Guangming learned, Zhao Dayu learned, and Zuo Shusheng also learned......
So what?
Do you have a higher success rate than me?
Do you have enough experience?
Can you take my penalty?
After they learned these skills, the only use was that they could add a lot of capital to the main competitors after going to Europe, and at the same time, Wu Jie would not have to come back to play Asian games all the time, and these little brothers would be enough to cover the sky with one hand in the Asian fishpond.
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"TMD, I played so accurately in training, and I failed in the game!"
Two days later, when Wu Jie was substituted in the 85th minute of the second half, the expression on his face was not very happy, as if he had lost.
Of course, it is impossible to lose, and the score at the moment is 4:1.
The Chinese team easily defeated the Hong Kong team playing at home in the 30,000-capacity "Government Stadium", and gave the home team a point at the last moment as a father's love.
His frustration was that he missed four more free-kicks in the game, and although he still scored two goals with an overhead kick, he still felt bad luck after five games without scoring from a free-kick!
This time, the Hong Kong media can accept the failure of their team, to put it bluntly, the level is too far apart, so there is nothing unwilling.
Two years ago, the match between China and Hong Kong was still a June Fourth, and they had the strength to beat the Chinese team at that time.
But now the Chinese team is completely beating Hong Kong, even if South Korea and Iraq want to defeat Hong Kong, it will not be difficult.
There are seven or eight teams in Asia and Oceania combined that have the strength to beat them, and even if the Hong Kong media is unwilling, it will not be their turn to compete with the Asian champions.
Hong Kong fans also know that their team will not qualify from the group, so it is better to support the mainland, which is also Chinese.
"I want to play Iraq in the group final because we have played South Korea three times in three months, so I really don't have anything new about them!"
When U Jie was asked after the match who he would like to win tomorrow's match between South Korea and Iraq, he directly said something that made the South Korean media half angry.
But in a fit of rage, neither the South Korean media nor the South Korean fans will be able to fight back.
Because they did lose to China three times in a row in three months, and they all lost by a big score!
In this case, how can they get their mouths back?
After Wu Jie finished taunting, the Chinese team still watched the next day's South Korea vs Iraq match.
In the end, the process and the result were very satisfactory to China, because the two teams played a 2:2 in regular time, and after 30 minutes of extra time, there was still no winner.
But after 120 minutes, several players cramped on each side, and Che Fangen fought so hard that he was injured.
The Chinese team was naturally happy, and although the South Korean team finally beat Iraq on penalties, they had three cramps throughout the game, and the team leader Cha Fan Geun was also injured in a tackle, which was really miserable.
But after gloating, everyone still maintained a serious attitude.
This is of course the credit of the self-discipline card, the team plus Wu Jie and other 6 main players, two young rookies, in recent months have been showing an extremely professional attitude, both in training and in private are very disciplined, and at the same time very dedicated.
This made other players dare not relax themselves, the Chinese team was not as good as North and South Korea's physical fitness continued to improve, and the physical confrontation was also better than the original plane.
As long as this attitude continues for another year, then the Chinese team can surpass North and South Korea in terms of physical fitness, at least it will not be worse than them, and the already good confrontation ability will be further improved, and it will not suffer a big physical loss when facing New Zealand again.