Chapter 302: Ultra-long-distance sideline ball
Puyol didn't expect Lu Wenbin to change direction halfway, and the ball passed to Pique a little lighter, but Lu Wenbin stopped halfway.
After stopping the ball, Lu Wenbin took the opportunity to take the ball forward and went straight into the forbidden area, which was about to form a single knife.
However, Puyol and Pique also reacted quickly, and when they saw Lu Wenbin change direction and run between them, they realized that something was wrong, and they had already started to chase Lu Wenbin in the direction of progress at the same time.
Then, after Lu Wenbin intercepted the ball, Puyol and Pique made a flying tackle from both sides at the same time, similar to Maldini and Cannavaro flying Ronaldo at the same time.
The result was the same, although Lu Wenbin jumped up to avoid Puyol, who arrived first, he was brought to the ground by Pique, who arrived later, and threw himself out and rolled twice.
However, he was not injured, and before other teammates nervously surrounded him, Lu Wenbin stood up.
The referee showed Pique a yellow card and then awarded Hoffenheim a free-kick from about 25 yards from outside the penalty area to the right.
When Lu Wenbin's single knife was stopped, all the Barcelona people breathed a sigh of relief.
But when Lu Wenbin stood in front of the ball and was about to take the free kick, everyone became nervous again.
Lu has scored more than 20 free-kicks in less than two years, an average of more than 10 per season.
This is definitely a master of free kicks, some strikers have only scored more than 10 goals in the whole season, and Lu Wenbin has scored more than 10 free kicks alone.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin's first two official games this season, a German Cup and a Bundesliga, also scored a free kick each, which made people nervous.
At this time, it was already more than 80 minutes, and there was not much time left, and Barcelona victory was in sight!
If Lu Wenbin scores another free-kick, who knows what will happen?
But no one can take the set-piece, not even interfere, so they can only try to make the taller person line up the wall, and then pray that Valdés will save the ball, or Lu Wenbin will directly fly off the crossbar.
Under the nervous gaze of the Barcelona people, Lu Wenbin, who had used up his system skills but did not score, took a deep breath, and then ran and kicked the ball himself.
The ball soared into the air, went over Pique's head, arced through the air and flew into the near corner.
Valdés made a save, but Lu Wenbin's own free kick level was getting higher and higher, and the free kick went straight to the corner, Valdés didn't even touch the ball, and could only watch the ball drill into the goal in the air.
Seeing the ball into the net, Lu Wenbin, who scored a brace, suddenly raised his head to the sky with excitement and let out a long roar, then rushed to the sidelines and knelt down in celebration in the stands where Hoffenheim fans gathered.
Other teammates also rushed over excitedly to hug Lu Wenbin.
Seeing that the 90-minute game was coming to an end, Lu Wenbin's goal at this time really saved Hoffenheim's life and made everyone see the hope of victory again.
The commentators roared loudly from the commentary bench, and the Hoffenheim fans cheered and screamed in the stands, only the Barcelona players and fans looked depressed and disappointed.
This time, everyone was tied again, the score of the two sides was 3-3, and I don't know if the battle can be resolved in 90 minutes.
After the restart, Barcelona launched a frantic attack.
However, the Hoffenheim players, who were aroused by Lu Wenbin's free kick, successfully blocked all of Barcelona's attacks by running and intercepting them at all costs.
Until the 92nd minute, when the three-minute stoppage time was about to end, Barcelona had not scored and everyone thought that extra time would definitely be played.
At this point, Ibrahimovic's hurried shot from outside the no-box area was saved by Ozcan and fell to Jankel.
Yankel didn't have time to observe, so he could only kick the ball out of the forbidden area and fly towards the midfield.
Midfielder Ibisevic got the ball in a tussle with Yaya Toure and headed it over to Eduardo.
Eduardo broke through the counterattack with the ball, but was forced to the side by Puyol, who was left behind by Lu Wenbin, and went to the bottom line.
When Eduardo dribbled the ball on the wing to a little over 10 metres from the baseline to prepare a cross, Puyol fell to the ground from the side and tackled the ball off the touchline without committing a foul.
It was a successful and beautiful tackle defence that undermined Hoffenheim's quick counter-attack.
Abidal, Yaya Toure and others who returned to the defense stepped forward to clapped Puyol with high-fives, saying that the captain's tackle defense was very beautiful.
At this time, the time had reached 93 minutes, and the referee looked at his watch and motioned for Hoffenheim's players to send a sideline ball, but it was estimated that Hoffenheim would blow the whistle for the end of the game when he sent the ball.
Puyol's tackle ruined Hoffenheim's last chance on the counter-attack and sent the game to extra time.
Fullback Jaisler ran over and picked up the ball to prepare to serve the sideline, Lu Wenbin was on the side to prepare to receive the ball, and in the middle there were not only Ibisevic and Demba Ba, but also the central defender and goalkeeper rushed up.
Anyway, the game is over when the ball is sent out, so let's see if we can use the last opportunity to score a header.
Jaisler also had the intention of throwing the ball directly into the penalty area, but he felt that his arm strength was not enough and he might not be able to throw it, so he hesitated.
Lu Wenbin looked at it and felt that his 20/20 physique should be able to be thrown into the forbidden area, similar to a corner kick, allowing his teammates to compete directly in the forbidden area, heading the goal, and maybe a chance to score a goal.
So, seeing that Yaisler was still hesitating, Lu Wenbin ran over and said, "Let me come!" ”
Relieved, Jaisler threw the ball on the ground and ran into the field.
Lu Wenbin ran out of the sideline, picked up the ball, took a few steps back, and prepared to do a front flip to throw the sideline ball over a long distance, which he saw on TV that other players had done and threw the ball directly into the forbidden area.
After taking a few steps back, Lu Wenbin retreated to the edge of the billboard, and the rest of the two teams stood inside and outside the forbidden zone of Barcelona, ready to fight for the top.
The area near the 'Little Forbidden Zone' is the most crowded.
Lu Wenbin took a deep breath and then started running.
After running two steps and getting up to speed, Lu Wenbin pressed the ball to the ground with both hands, used the ball as a support to complete the somersault, turned over and stood outside the sideline with both feet, and threw the ball in the direction of Barcelona's forbidden area.
Then, Lu Wenbin's whole person was almost thrown into the field by inertia, but Lu Wenbin finally barely maintained his body and did not rush into the field.
If the body rushes into the court when serving, the ball thrown out does not count, and Lu Wenbin did not let such a thing happen.
Lu Wenbin's serve is no problem, it just depends on whether it can be thrown into the forbidden area, and whether the Hoffenheim players can hit it.