Chapter 69: Free Kick Routine
Under the condition of being taken care of by the opponent, Shen Feng's task in the game spontaneously changed from attacking the city to containing the opponent and creating opportunities for his teammates.
Once you've got the ball, instead of trying to get your own shot, you can pass to a team-mate in a better position to make the final shot.
In the next 30 minutes, the situation on the field almost became a half-court offensive and defensive battle, with the Dragon Team attacking, the Uzbekistan team defending, and most of the time the ball was in the area between the middle line and the Uzbekistan team's penalty area.
During this period, the Uzbek team also seized the opportunity, made several counter-attacks, and tried two shots on goal, but still did not make an inconcite.
On the side of the Dragon Country, in the past 30 minutes, a total of ten shots were completed, half of which hit the goal range of the Uzbek team.
During this time, the Dragon Country team seems to have fallen into a strange circle of "no score", with the advantage of the field and many shooting opportunities, but it is in the final kick, lacking some luck, and it is always a fraction of a goal difference.
During this period, Shen Feng also tried to make two shots, one long-range shot, hit the crossbar of the Uzbekistan team's goal, and popped out of bounds, allowing the Uzbekistan team to escape; A header from a corner kick tactic was powerful and heavy, but the angle was too square, and it hit the Azbekistan goalkeeper.
After many failed attacks, the players on the field of the Dragon Country team began to become a little impatient, and the next few shots began to be a little uncalm, and they began to shoot in waves.
However, the situation of the game is still developing in the direction of the Dragon Team, which has a two-goal lead, and in the situation on the field, it is to press the Uzbekistan team in the half of the siege, and as the game time passes, the balance of victory is tilting more and more towards the Dragon Team.
On the Dragons' side, whether it is the players on the field, the bench, or the fans in the stands and in front of the TV, they are generally optimistic about the outcome of this game.
Only the head coach Lippi, sensing the hidden worry behind this optimism, couldn't sit still, got up and came to the side of the field, signaled to the disciples on the field with gestures, stabilized the mood, and continued to attack.
During this time, Shen Feng's mood was also a little fluttering.
After all, a young man under the age of 20 was able to start in such an important game, score two goals, and help the team to win, and inevitably breed some smug emotions in his heart.
According to the truth, the two shots that Shen Feng got behind were better than the two goals he scored, and if he was put in the case of concentration, those two shots could score at least one goal, and it was precisely because of this change of mentality that his shooting action was not enough, and the result was not enough to score.
Fortunately, after Lippi came to the sidelines and personally gave instructions to the disciples on the field, Shen Feng was the first to calm down.
Receiving the pass from his teammates again, Shen Feng did not force himself to shoot with his feet without observing that his teammates had a good position to receive the ball at the first time, but chose to protect the ball, take two steps forward, get closer to the goal of the Uzbekistan team, and then look for opportunities.
The defenders of the Uzbekistan team now understand how much of a threat the ball will be to their goal when the ball is at Shen Feng's feet, so when this happens, at any cost, the ball must be destroyed from Shen Feng's feet as soon as possible, even if it is a foul and a yellow card!
Prior to this, the Uzbekistan team had already received a yellow card on Shen Feng.
After Shen Feng got the ball before, he didn't let the ball stay under his feet for too long, and he would pass it to his teammates as soon as possible, and there were also factors to avoid being deliberately targeted by the opponent and maliciously violating and causing serious injuries.
This time, Shen Feng chose to dribble the ball himself, giving the Uzbekistan defenders a chance to make physical contact, first one player's sliding tackle was dodged by Shen Feng, and then the second player kicked sideways, the ball passed but Shen Feng tripped to the ground.
The referee's whistle sounded in time and awarded the Dragon Country a direct free kick in front.
Shen Feng got up from the ground by himself, patted the grass clippings on his body, and didn't care about the foul of the Uzbekistan team.
This time it was violated, although the defenders of the Uzbekistan team moved a little big, but Shen Feng could feel that there was no malicious intent, just a tactical foul.
This was reasonable in the game, and the referee on the field did not even give the foul Uzbekistan player a verbal warning, let alone a card.
In the starting lineup of the Dragon Country team, Shen Feng is not the first penalty taker of free kicks in the front court, Hao Junmin, Zheng Zhi and other big brothers, the set-piece skills at their feet are good, and in the Dragon Country team, there has been a record of direct free kicks.
Prior to this, the Dragon Country team had also received several direct free kick opportunities in the front court with good positions, and Shen Feng did not take the initiative to fight for the opportunity to take the penalty, but this time, he wanted to try his footwork.
After making this request to Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin, the two big brothers happily gave him the opportunity to take the penalty.
However, in order to confuse the opponent and make this free kick more effective, the three decided to play a routine.
On the surface, it was still Hao Junmin who took the free kick, and the ball was placed on the penalty spot by him, and he adjusted it for a long time, and stepped on the position of the supporting foot; Shen Feng stood with his hands on his hips, as if he did not intend to participate in this attack; Zheng Zhi stood a short distance to the left of the ball, turned sideways to the ball, waved his arms and pointed at his teammates gathered in the Uzbekistan penalty area, pretending to be directing them to stand.
On the field, the referee blew the whistle that could be free-thrown, Hao Junmin took a step ahead of Shen Feng, began to run, according to the speed of the free kick that he was in charge of, ran to the penalty spot, put on a posture, and seemed to kick the ball directly to the goal of the Uzbekistan team, but the moment his foot touched the ball, his ankle shook, and the ball passed horizontally to Zheng Zhi.
Zheng Zhi had already prepared for this, raised his foot to step on the rolling ball steadily, and then took a step back and gave way to the position.
At this time, Shen Feng had already run into place, flew up, and kicked the ball towards the goal of the Uzbekistan team!
Such a routine usually appears on non-direct free kicks in the front court, and now Shen Feng, Zheng Zhi, and Hao Junmin are using it here, which is unexpected and the effect is quite good.
When Hao Junmin started to run, the players of the Dragon Country team who were ambushed in front of the opponent's goal were also interfering in the middle of the game, while diverting the attention of the opponent's defense, they were also interfering with the opponent's goalkeeper's sight, so the goalkeeper of the Uzbekistan team failed to observe the trajectory of the incoming ball for the first time when Shen Feng really took the free kick.