Chapter Forty-Six: Scud's Goalline Rescue
Mutu's 1v2 in the front court made people quickly forget Tang Wu's strong hand throwing the ball.
In less than a minute from the corner kick to now, the attack and defense of both sides have changed again.
In order to freeze Mutu's sharp-edged knife, Costin moved his strong body in Mutu's path - "Allow the ball to pass, not to the man!" This is the "basic education" that almost every player who plays the man and man centre-back receives from a young age.
The Romanian was smart enough to slick the ball in the direction behind Kostin's feet and run to the outside of Kostin.
In this way, Costin and Sommeil overlapped, and Mutu only had to run faster than the slightly faster of the two.
With that, Mutu moved out of the middle and took the ball to the side smoothly.
"If my teammates hadn't followed, I'd have shot the ball myself!" In order to find the feeling of shooting faster, Mutu didn't care if the ball was shot away by him.
After entering the penalty area, Mutu suddenly accelerated and continued to take a step forward.
Seeing this, Costin hurriedly moved forward desperately, stretching out his legs to block Mutu's already swinging feet.
The most disappointing moment for Costin came when the Romanian's right foot was just a feint to pass himself and kick the ball back.
Sommeil hurriedly came over to make up for it, because Mutu's left foot was already swinging and he was shooting at goal.
Out of the instinctive reaction of the defenders, Sommeier, like Kostin, did his best to block the angle.
At this moment, Mutu once again showed his unparalleled talent in front of the world, and that he lived up to the title of "Zola's successor".
Between the left wolf and the right tiger, Mutu did not shoot with his left foot, but kicked the ball back to his right foot again.
At the same time, the arch of his right foot pushed the ball forward, and a sharp croquette allowed Mutu to stand out in the barely visible gap.
"Hiss~~~" All the fans gasped.
No one expected that Mutu would survive in this way, with one exception.
He is David. Seaman, England's legendary goalkeeper!
Last summer, the 22-year-old made fans around the world remember him with a "bizarre" free-kick like a flying fairy. And the 39-year-old Seaman has become the background board of this "feast".
After helping the Gunners win the FA Cup, the 40-year-old joined Manchester City this summer.
Before Mutu could stand still, Seaman was the first to react and immediately abandoned the door.
The 1.92-meter Seaman gives people a strong sense of oppression, and with a career spanning more than two decades, the veteran goalkeeper has plenty of experience to face such situations.
Tarzan collapsed in front of him without changing his face, spreading his arms and pounced on Mutu at his own pace.
Immovable as a mountain, moving as thunder!
The Romanian striker adjusted his pace, smiled at Seaman who pounced on him, and gently padded his toes to pick the ball over the opponent's head.
In this scene, let's take your sacrificial knife first!
Compared to the previous rapid breakthrough, the time of this moment suddenly slowed down many times.
Everyone's eyes were on the slowly falling ball, waiting for the ending they had already thought of.
Time almost slowed to a standstill, when a red-black figure burst into the camera and rushed towards the falling ball in the air at a frame drop.
Leg extension, volley, barb, the whole set of movements in one go.
"Boom!"
With a crisp sound, time returns to its original speed again. A ball with blue and white patterns soared into the sky, flying more than ten meters before it could fall. This place is already out of bounds.
“OHHHHHH!”
“IT'S SUN JIHAI!” The home team's commentator's regretful voice rang out in the microphone.
Some people may not know who this player is, but the unique pronunciation makes everyone's eyes focus on the face of the Chinese player who has just gotten up from the ground and patted his ass like no one else.
"Oh! Fack! Amid the cheers of the Chinese fans and the Manchester City fans, Mutu's disappointed expressions formed a great contrast.
The pace of celebration was two steps away, and now that the ball was kicked off the goal line, no one would be happy.
Seaman ran to the goal line, his hands excitedly messed up Sun Jihai's hairstyle, and Costin and others also ran to Sun Jihai's side to express their admiration.
In the replay on the big screen, from the moment Tang Wu took off the ball, Sun Jihai adjusted his direction in time and ran towards the backcourt.
When Tang Wu threw the ball across the half court, Sun Jihai hadn't even run to the position of the middle circle.
That's right, in the highly competitive Premier League, Sun Jihai's speed can only be at the midstream level.
But it was this spirit that made Sun Jihai the first and only defender who rushed back to the penalty area from the front court in addition to the two central defenders behind the palace.
In the post-match interview, Sun Jihai faced the camera and said: "I don't know what that ball will develop into in the end, but I know that I am a defender, and I want to return to my position as soon as the team is defending." As for whether it is futile, it is not something that can be influenced. All I can do is do my best and do my best! ”
Sun Jihai's superior performance was also applauded by many Blues fans, driven by Chinese fans.
That's the beauty of competitive football, and it's the first time at Stamford Bridge that Blues fans applaud their opposition players.
"It's so unlucky, it's just a little, it's almost that!"
"I didn't expect the Chinese to fight so hard!"
"Sun Jihai! Sun Jihai! Sun Jihai! ”
In a moment of heated discussion among the fans, a Chelsea corner was awarded.
Glen Charles played an inside spin, but with so many players in the box, Seaman had to stay on the goal line and wait for his team-mates to clear the ball.
Sommeil pressed Hasselbaink and jumped and headed the ball out of the box.
But is it safe for the ball to fly out of the penalty area?
Of course not!
Frank Lampard stood at the top of the arc, waiting for this moment.
Faced with the ball as it was approaching, Lampard took two steps and then raised his right leg straight away, apparently with a volley.
In the Premier League, Frank Lampard's long-range shots have made a name for themselves. Seeing that the situation was not good, Barton hurriedly turned his back and jumped.
If he hits the root of the life with this ball, he may ruin his whole season!
However, there was no expected slamming.
Frank Lampard isn't stupid either, and he can't afford to be a brainless volley.
With a flick of the feint, the left foot quickly sent a direct pass to the ground in the time it didn't take a beat.
The ball rolled behind Sun Jihai and Wright, and in the penalty area, Mutu took advantage of the chaos to meet the incoming ball, fell to the ground with his left foot, and kicked the ball in front of the Manchester City goal.
He-Man fell to the ground with the last of his strength, and although his left hand touched the ball, it hit Hasselbaink's leg and bounced into the net.
As the ball rolled across the goal line, the whole Stamford Bridge boiled like a pot.
Led by "The Big Black", the Blues ran along the sidelines with a forgetful look.
The shouts and drums intensified, and in the center of the thousands of passionate blues, a touch of red also stood in it, and the cry shook the sky.
"Ahhh Well, Chelsea scored, Chelsea scored! Nangong Yue hugged Zhou Haohao beside her, and the semicircular princess cut between the other party's face and neck.
"Nangong, don't be excited, have you taken the photo?"
Zhou Haohao was knocked over by Nangong Yue, reached out and grabbed the camera in Nangong Yue's hand, and pressed the check button.
In the screen, the green is the grass, the white is the sky, and the blue and black are distributed on the right side of the screen, making it difficult to see what is being shot.
"Nangong, look, nothing was filmed at all!"
"Woo, then I can only use this to ask Tang Wu for an autograph!"
Hearing Zhou Hao's words, Nangong Yue took the camera and flipped forward.
After a while, a photo of Tang Wu holding his left arm high and standing in front of the door like a god of war clearly appeared on the screen.
Looking at Tang Wu's "handsome photo", Zhou Haohao's pretty face turned red unconsciously.