Chapter 298: Elevator Ball
In the 21st minute, the Brazilian team suddenly played a simple combination from several people in the front.
Adriano was found directly in the backfield, and Adriano used his strong body to protect the ball and handed it to Licardo next to him. Ricardo immediately stuffed the ball into the space on the right, and Kaka cut in at high speed to catch the ball and pass it back to Ricardo.
By this time, Ricardo had already run to the edge of the penalty area and was ready to shoot with his feet, and the chasing Frings had to push Ricardo down from behind to disrupt the attack.
Brazil were awarded a free-kick in a great position.
Ronaldinho, Ricardo and Adriano stood in front of the ball at the same time. All three of them had a free-kick kick.
Although Ricardo did not take a few free-kicks at Inter Milan last season, he did score once because of the free-kick maestro Mihajlovic and Ronaldo.
He looked at the goal and took the initiative to say, "I'll take this ball." β
Adriano also wanted to take the penalty, but he thought about it for a moment and smiled: "Okay, then you come." With that, he slowly walked into the forbidden area.
Ronaldinho stayed: "You can be punished, I'll cover for you." β
Ricardo cherished the penalty opportunity. Brazil has too many free kick masters, in addition to Ade and Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Robert. Carlos and Juninho Jr. are also masters. It wasn't easy for him to get a free throw.
He carefully arranged the ball, took a few steps back, and waited for the wall to be laid out.
The German players are relatively tall, especially Mertesacker, Huter, Ballack, etc., all of whom are over 1.9 meters, and after the wall is discharged, there is very little space left for shooting.
After taking a closer look at the position of the wall and the position of German goalkeeper Lehmann, Ricardo decided to send a lift ball.
The name of the elevator ball was proposed in 2012, in fact, the first to use this free kick technology was Juninho Jr., but it was Ronaldo who carried it forward and made this free kick technique familiar to fans all over the world.
In fact, the free-kick Juninho Jr. scored against Greece was a standard lift kick.
This kind of free kick is characterized by the small spin of the football, but when it reaches the goal, it suddenly changes and falls, giving the impression that the trajectory of the ball is S-shaped, which makes the goalkeeper unable to guard against it.
Li Cardo has practiced tens of thousands of elevator shots in private, and he can't say that he is a master, but the shooting rate is still considerable, and he can basically control that every free throw will fall obviously, but the timing of the fall is not necessarily perfect.
He took a deep breath and ran with small broken steps, then suddenly accelerated and kicked the ball hard with the inside of his right foot.
The ball flew up almost without any spin, over the heads of the German players who were jumping high, and the trajectory was flying out of the frame, but suddenly began to fall about two meters from the goal.
Lehmann reacted, he was tall and arm-long, covering most of the goal with a single stretch, and he was about to pounce on the ball, but the ball fell faster than he expected, and the ball hit the underside of his palm.
It was a weak position, and although he tried to pluck the ball out with his fingers at that moment with his experience, it was too late, and the football did not appear to be hindered in the slightest, and it exploded into the bottom of the net like a cannonball.
"Ricardo takes the free-kick...... GoalοΌοΌοΌοΌ A wonderful free kick that can be replayed 100 times! It's so beautiful! He opened the scoring for Brazil, 1:0, Brazil took the lead! β
"It's not the first time Ricardo has taken a free-kick in an official match, but it doesn't seem to be the same way he's used to it, so let's see the slow-motion replay."
"The ball doesn't fall immediately after it goes over the wall, but it starts to fall sharply in front of the goal, which makes it difficult for the goalkeeper to judge. It's really not his previous way of making free throws, this one is more like Juninho Jr.'s free throws. β
Juninho Jr.'s eyes widened in surprise from the bench. He invented this free-throw technique, and he didn't teach it to anyone else. Although there were other players who had learned this technique on their own, he did not expect that Ricardo, who had just celebrated his 19th birthday, would also learn it.
After scoring the goal, Licardo ran to the sidelines, and suddenly played a few Tai Chi movements: the wild horse split its mane, the white crane flashed its wings, and the tail of the bird.
Adriano and the others ran over to celebrate with him, but when they saw his movements, they were dumbfounded.
The narrator smiled: "Li Cardo is this performing Chinese kung fu?" Is he trying to emphasize his Chinese roots? I have to say that these moves are very beautiful, but they are too soft and seem to coincide with the fierce confrontation of football matches. β
And his commentator seemed to know a little bit of Chinese culture, and interjected: "No, no, no, I remember that in Chinese kung fu there is a profound technique called 'overcoming rigidity with softness', you see this set of movements is very soft, maybe this is what Li Cardo wants to express." β
On the court, Adriano said regretfully: "Are you Chinese kung fu?" You can teach us this movement, and next time we will perform this Chinese kung fu with you. β
Li Cardo smiled: "Okay, as long as you have the patience to learn." β
This 1.89-meter-old mixed-race man must be particularly emotional when he performs Tai Chi.
After the restart, Ricardo found himself following a man with him. Frings.
Ricardo couldn't laugh or cry about this, is this treating himself as Ronaldo? It is also closely guarded.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the German team is not wrong to do this, after all, they are already world-class, although they are relatively weak in the world-class, but it is absolutely normal to get close marking.
It's just that...... Does it really work to keep an eye on yourself? In this Brazilian team, Ricardo is not the core of the organization, that is Ronaldinho's responsibility. He is not the core of the attack, only Ronaldo can be regarded as the core of the attack.
And today Ronaldo is not on the field, Pereira's tactical deployment is to let the midfielders play more to Adriano, and let Adriano act as the fulcrum of the front.
Adriano actually played very alone, but the death of his father seems to have changed him a little, at least he is happy to pass the ball today.
In the 27th minute, Brazil finally played a dazzling series of passes and was not tackled by the German team in the middle of the game. Kaka found Adriano on the wing, Adriano headed back, Ricardo jumped up in the crowd and turned and volleyed, the ball was of high quality, Lehmann pounced on the ball, Ronaldinho followed up and hit the side-netting, unfortunately missed the opportunity.
As he walked back, Ricardo heard Klinsmann yelling at Frings from the sidelines, as if to say, "How can you let him get up in such a dangerous position?"