Chapter 271: FA Cup Final
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On 11 May, the highly anticipated FA Cup final was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
This season, the two sides are Newcastle United from the middle of the Premier League and Leeds United, who have already won the Championship.
Such a match really surprised many people.
In this season's FA Cup final, there is no "big6 team", and there is also a Championship team, which is indeed a huge upset.
However, although it is an underdog, no one thinks that the strength of the two teams is weak.
Newcastle defeated Tottenham and Liverpool all the way to the FA Cup final, and no one dared to say anything about such a record.
As for Leeds United, as a Championship team, it is not "good luck" to beat Premier League powerhouses such as Southampton and Wolves to advance to the final.
However, compared to Newcastle's brilliant path to promotion, Leeds United's record is a bit lacking.
But it doesn't matter, Leeds United is a dark horse in everyone's hearts.
Dark horse, black is over, why should the record be so brilliant.
As long as you can go black to the end and win the FA Cup, who cares so much.
At the pre-match press conference, the managers of both teams were polite, harmonious, and happy.
The two sides exchanged commercial blows, which made people wonder whether this game was a warm-up game or an important FA Cup final.
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In the dressing room before the game, Jurgen Klopp was giving his final words to the players.
"Boys, go on the pitch and give your best.
We made it all the way to the final, not for a runner-up.
I have only one requirement of you and one goal, which is to win this game and win the FA Cup.
I know a lot of people don't look at us well at the moment and they don't think we're Newcastle's opponents.
However, before, we were also not favored, but we still made it to the final. We're going to win this game.
Newcastle are not much better than you, so I hope that from the very beginning, you will attack and try to score early! ”
Klopp's words made the Leeds United players think so.
Naturally, they don't think they are inferior to Newcastle's players, they have reached the final, and who doesn't want to win the championship.
In fact, there is no need for Klopdo to say, the hearts of each of them are full of fighting spirit.
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In the pick-up, Leeds United got the pick-and-go right, so the tee-off was Newcastle's.
Newcastle didn't take advantage of the kick-off and quickly played the ball into the Leeds United penalty area. It's about passing all the way back and then slowly attacking upwards.
For both teams, this game is actually an encounter.
Although everyone has collected and learned about each other's intelligence materials in advance.
But what is on paper and in video is not as real as what you experience in person.
How strong the opponent is will still have to wait until the game is played to find out.
Newcastle manager Paul has not taken Leeds United's poor form in the last two league games to take him lightly.
The opening game is still cautious.
Mainly in the protection against land winds.
Lu Feng's speed is too fast, give him a little gap, maybe he can get through.
Jurgen Klopp's tactical arrangement has not changed in this game, and Leeds United is still playing 442.
The partners who play forward are Lu Feng and Robert.
The strength of these two people is good, and they are now cooperating with each other, so such a forward line should not be underestimated.
442 was also the lineup that Leeds United have been playing this season.
This style of play is already very familiar to the players of Leeds United, and they can naturally play their best.
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As soon as the game began, Leeds United launched a swift attack, trying to score in the early stages of the game, taking advantage of the potential laxity of the Newcastle players.
However, it is a pity that in this game, Newcastle manager Paul has been on guard against this.
In the early stages of the game, Paul allowed Newcastle to retract and successfully prevented Leeds United from attacking in the opening stages.
Seeing that the rush could not work, Leeds returned to their normal rhythm of the game. Both sides have also become cautious, after all, this is an important final.
On Newcastle's side, their leading striker Callejon, like Land Breeze, is also a player with skill and speed.
Before the game, many good media compared Callejon and Lu Feng.
For such a comparison, Lu Feng didn't care, but Callejon was very unhappy.
As the star of Newcastle, he has been famous for a long time and can be regarded as the number one person in world football.
And who Lu Feng is, he is just a rising star player, such a player, I don't know how many such players will emerge in world football every day.
Therefore, when Callejon saw those media and compared him to Lu Feng, Callejon decisively expressed his position on his social media.
"I don't know if Lu Feng is a so-called genius, but even if he is a genius, he is nothing before he grows up. Therefore, in a game like the FA Cup final, it is better for Lu Feng to keep a low profile. ”
Callejon's words were naturally frantically reprinted by many media, and everyone thought that Callejon was expressing his dissatisfaction with Lu Feng, and some media reporters wanted to ask Lu Feng for his opinion on this matter.
However, Lu Feng didn't fall for it, just said that everything would be known on the day of the game, and he respected Callekhon Yunyun very much, and it seemed like he was half weak.
Therefore, when the football fell to Callejon in this game, the local commentator of Castille in the commentary box came to the rescue.
"Callejon! He got the ball for the first time in the game! Let's see what he can do for us! ”
Newcastle fans who came with the team also cheered for Callejon.
As Newcastle's star player, Callejon is very much in the attention of the players, and Newcastle fans naturally like to cheer him on.
Callejon plays as a right winger, opposite Lu Feng and his counterpart is Leeds United's left wing-back Gomes.
Two people are separated by a court.
Callejon held back the fire in his belly, and wanted to let Lu Feng see what he was capable of, so when he took the ball to face Gomez, he didn't pass the football out.
Instead, he dribbled the ball towards Leeds United's young full-back.
As he approached Gomez, he paddled with his left foot towards the ball, but it didn't touch the ball, just a feint on a bicycle.
Sure enough, his right foot also crossed the football and pedaled the bicycle twice in a row!
Callejon then kicked his right foot back suddenly, and his heel knocked the ball to the left side of his body.
His left heel kicked out with force, and suddenly changed to an inward cut!
This action is to knock the ball with the heel from behind, and the visual effect is very good.
But because the move itself was awkward, Callejon had to adjust his pace in small steps.
The speed slowed down.
Gomez was initially shaken by Callejon, but despite his young age but experience, he quickly made up for it and continued to cross in front of Callejon.
Callejon was not in a hurry and continued to cut inside.
Gomez knew what Callejon was going to do, and he refused to let him continue to cut so inside, so he simply came up and broke the ball.
This time, Callejon moved faster with his feet than Gomez, and with a pull of his right foot, he pulled the ball away from Gomez, continued to cut inside, and avoided Gomez.
Next, facing Leeds United central defender Eisenmond who came up to make up for the defense, Callejon raised his right foot and shot!
"Callejon's shot!" The British commentator exclaimed.
Between Callejon in the process of cutting inside, suddenly slashed the ball with the outside of the instep of his right foot!
The ball made an outside arc in the air, bypassing Eisenmond and heading straight for the back corner of the Leeds United goal!
This is Callejon's proudest and best shot from the right side with the outside of his right foot!
It's his signature skill, and it's rare for people to kick like that, and it's rare to be able to kick him so well!
Regarding this, the whole Leeds United team has done special exercises when preparing for the game.
Seeing Callejon cut inside, goalkeeper Reina moved to the back corner, and sure enough, Callejon's shot went to the back corner, he soared into the air, stretched his arm as far as he could, and finally poked the ball out with the tip of his finger!
I have to say that Callejon's arc is indeed quite high. Reina moved ahead of time to keep the football out.
If he hadn't moved in advance, he might have let the ball spin straight past his fingers and fly into the goal, right?
Reina, who had been following the football in the air, was a little scared when he saw this scene.
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"It's a pity! Callejon's shot! That's just a little bit! The Newcastle local commentator in the commentary booth held his head in his hands and shouted in frustration.
"Oh! Pretty! Callejon's genius shot almost opened the scoring for Newcastle at the start of the game! ”
"It was obviously a tentative attack, but Callejon's talent turned it into a dangerous one! That's where genius comes in! ”
The commentator's seat resounded with praise and praise for Callejon in various languages.
Callejon also held his head in his hands, regretting that the ball did not go in.
But he quickly put his hand down.
It's just the beginning, I still have time, it's definitely not a coincidence, it's just getting started!
He looked back at the land breeze on the other side of the court.
He noticed Lu Feng's somewhat surprised expression.
And he smirked.
It was as if he had defeated Lu Feng.
Lu Feng was indeed a little surprised when Callejon shot in such an ingenious way - he didn't expect Callejon to be able to shoot in such a way
Players who usually cut inside from the right side are basically left-footed players, and they will finish with their left foot.
The advantage of a left-footed shot is that there will be a shooter between the ball and the defender, so it will not be so easy for the defender to break the ball.
Because as soon as the opponent wants to step forward to break the ball, the dribbler can move the ball outside.
In this way, when the dribble player wants to shoot with his foot, he does not have to worry about lifting his foot and cutting off the ball by the opponent.
In addition, when a left-footed shot is made when he cuts in, he can shoot naturally without adjusting the direction of his body, so that the shot is relatively sudden, and the defender is unable to defend against it.
In short, there is a reason why most of the shooters who cut inside on the right choose to use their left foot.
Callejon, on the other hand, did the opposite, he was a right-footed player, but he cut inside and shot with his right foot.
Of course, in order to solve the above problems that may be solved with the right foot, he chose a very unique way to shoot, that is, to shoot with the outside of the right foot, so that he can also run without adjusting his body orientation, and he will not pick his foot to prepare for a long time, but shoot directly at the goal very naturally.
However, this time it requires a lot of power from the calf swing of the right foot.
Callejon is very good at doing this, he has practiced it.
He enjoyed the feeling of curling the ball out of the outside of his right foot and then going around the goalkeeper and into the far corner.
That feeling is even cooler than the moment before entering the time of the sage!
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However, now that Callejon has shown his strength, then, next, it should be Lu Feng's turn.
Although when asked by the media, Lu Feng said that he didn't care, but in fact, Lu Feng is a person who holds grudges, and he wants to wait until the end of this game to slap the other party in the face with the result, instead of talking quickly before the game.
After Lu Feng replayed Callejon's shot several times in his mind, he found that Callejon chose to shoot in such an awkward way, and he did have a reason. In this way, you don't have to worry about being cut off by the opponent when you cut inside with your right foot.
And this kind of shot is so sudden that the opponent can hardly guess when he will shoot, so there is no way to block his shot in advance.
He didn't expect this person to be quite a set.
Lu Feng suddenly had an idea - if I scored in the way Callejon was good, would Callejon be so angry that his nostrils were blue?
Now Lu Feng's heavy foot is the right foot, so when he is on the right side, Lu Feng will rarely cut inside like this, he will cut directly into the penalty area, and then shoot with his right foot after facing the goal.
If he were to cut inside directly from outside the box, he would cut inside from the left.
However, there is nothing difficult about this way of playing, it is just not very customary.
But for Lu Feng, it's not a problem at all, since you think of it, let's do it.
Anyway, playing like this is nothing advanced in Lu Feng's opinion, it is nothing more than using the outer instep of the right foot to make an outer arc.
It's the arc and strength of the arc, as well as the accuracy.
For Lu Feng, who came out of the Brazilian training system, his control of the ball is still very good.
In this regard, he has confidence in himself.
Try it now and find out how you feel it!
Anyway, Leeds United must be trying to attack and don't ask for goals. After the failure of the opening attack, the two sides still played very cautiously, for fear of being caught by the other party.
Thinking of this, Lu Feng glanced at Callejon in the distance and squinted his eyes.
Look down on me, then wait, I'll let you know I'm awesome.
Oh, isn't that the trick, and so will I!
Wait and see!