"Uh...... BOSS, I'm tired all day, and you still want me to continue to work as a coolie? Courtois pretended to be hard.

"Hehe, I won't let you work in vain." After a pause, Diego Simeone continued: "Wind, how about we bet on your weekly salary? ”

"No problem."

"Thibaud, whoever wins, you'll be paid half of it." Diego Simeone said towards Courtois, who was already standing in front of the goal.

Hearing this, Courtois in front of the goal suddenly looked happy. You know, half of Feng's weekly salary is 75,000 euros.

The reason why Feng Quan took this bet is that in addition to the pride in his heart forcing him to be unwilling to accept the evaluation of the opponent's "lack of confidence in shooting", Courtois's saving area that is enough to cover half of the goal is Feng Quan's biggest reliance.

In Feng Quan's opinion, although Diego Simeone's penalty skills are better than his own, the Argentine, who has been retired for many years, has long been inferior in terms of shooting angle and strength.

Courtois was able to save most of his shots, so there was no reason why he couldn't stop Diego Simeone, who had been retired for many years. Unless, Courtois, this guy deliberately released water.

So, before Diego Simeone was about to take the penalty, Feng Quan shouted at Courtois in front of the goal: "Thibaud, if you deliberately release water when the boss shoots, I won't pay you." ”

Hearing this, Courtois did not speak, but only raised his middle finger towards the position where Feng Quan was.

After seeing the other party's reaction, Feng Quan not only did not mean to be angry, but showed a smile on his face. In fact, Feng Quanquan knew very well that even if he didn't say that, even if it was just to maintain his dignity as a goalkeeper, Courtois would not have let Diego Simeone water at all.

After all, in European leagues, the most important thing for coaches is the ability of the players themselves and the competitive form shown in the game. Unlike in China, when the strength of the players is not much different, choose those players who have a better relationship with them to play.

But even so, when this gamble really started, Feng Quan, who was still full of confidence before, immediately felt that something was wrong.

Diego Simeone, who took the penalty kick first, took advantage of the change of tempo during the run-up to trick Courtois into moving his centre of gravity to the left first, and then fired a ball in the direction of the right side of the goal.

Immediately after Feng Quan placed the ball firmly on the penalty spot, his eyes immediately locked on the top left corner of the goal.

Although Feng Quan's gaze stayed in the upper left corner of the goal for only a few seconds, Courtois, who had already discovered Feng Quan's "bad habit" in previous practice, still captured this important detail very keenly.

Moments later, when Feng Quan finished running and picked up his right foot, Courtois, who had already made up his mind, immediately pounced in the direction of the left side of the goal without hesitation. Then, just as the football flying to the upper left corner of the goal was about to cross the goal line, it was blocked by the Belgian goalkeeper flying in mid-air, with his left hand raised high.

In fact, the quality of Feng Quan's shot is not bad, and there is no big problem with either the ball speed or the angle of the shot. If Courtois hadn't accurately judged Feng Quan's shooting line and made a save in advance, it would have been impossible to stop this goal.

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Although Diego Simeone, who was standing not far from the goal, saw the problem of Feng Quan's goal very clearly, he did not break it immediately. The main reason why he did this is that he hopes that Feng Quan can truly recognize his problems, and only in this way can he solve his own problems faster and better, instead of being "forced to submit" to his own guidance because of his status as a head coach.

In the ensuing 'match', Diego Simeone took all the penalties on target, six of which were scored by fooling Courtois.

The 9 penalties taken by Feng Quan were saved by Courtois 5 of them, even the 4 goals scored by Feng Quan, Courtois also made an accurate judgment, but because the speed of these goals was too fast to intercept successfully.

Looking at Feng Quan, who had a depressed face, Diego Simeone said with a relaxed expression: "Feng, I will ask the agent to send you my account number later, and then you can transfer the money to my account." ”

As soon as Diego Simeone's words fell, Courtois, who had been in charge of the "sparring" work, continued: "Then who should I ask for my remuneration?" ”

Feng Quan glanced at Courtois, and said angrily: "The boss won the bet, of course you should ask him for it." ”

"Hehe, no problem. As soon as the wind's money arrives, I will immediately transfer half of it to you. After a pause, Diego Simeone turned his head to look at Feng Quandao: "Feng, even I, an old guy who has been retired for many years, can't win, you should have nothing to say, right?" ”

"Well, I'm convinced. BOSS, please help me with penalty training. Feng Quan said sincerely.

Diego Simeone smiled and patted Feng Quan's shoulder and said, "Of course, it's no problem to help you with special training, but in addition to me, you need Thibault's help." ”

"Thibaud, as long as you help me with the penalty training, I will treat you to a big dinner every day." Feng Quan said quite arrogantly.

"Forget it. Eat a big meal every day, and I can't be overweight? Courtois said with a look of disdain. Anyway, you still have to give me half of the bet you lost to the boss, so I'll help you for 'free' this time. ”

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Since the biggest problem with the penalty kick was the lack of deception, Diego Simeone started here.

"Wind, you had a very bad problem before the free throw, I don't know if you noticed?" Diego Simeone asked.

Feng Quan shook his head blankly.

Diego Simeone changed his previous relaxed expression and said: "You always have a habit of locking your eyes to the side of the goal before you hit the ball and then shooting the ball in the direction that was previously locked. That way, if the goalkeeper pays attention to this detail, there's a good chance of blocking your shot. ”

"Thibaud was able to block your penalty six times because he noticed your penalty habits and made the prediction in advance. Therefore, the first thing you have to do is to get rid of this bad habit. ”

"BOSS, can I lock my eyes to the side of the goal before I make a free throw, and then kick the ball in the opposite direction when I actually make a free throw?"

"This can solve the problem of shooting deception to a certain extent, but what if the opposing goalkeeper is not fooled, but relies on his instincts to make a save and happens to be in the right direction?"

"So, if you want to really improve your penalty skills, you have to get rid of this problem first. At the same time, you're going to have to add a change of pace to the run, like I did with the free throws. If the opponent makes a save before you make a move, you can easily break through the opponent's goal as long as you are able to shoot the ball in the opposite direction while keeping the ball within goal range. ”

"On top of that, you don't just want to just volley, you can add some arch shots. After all, with your strength, it's still very difficult for a goalkeeper to block your boccia ball as long as it's not a shot from a particularly bad angle. ”