Chapter 127: The whistle sounds
With Kenny's gradual emergence in Europe, it can be said that there are a few of them who are hot among the young players now, and they have been repeatedly studied by various teams, and Samuel is confident that he can stop Kenny. But in the next moment, all his thoughts were in vain. When Samuel's body center of gravity had shifted to the left, Kenny, who made a feint and shook his foot to stop, suddenly stuck the ball with the inside of his right foot and scraped the ball towards the other foot! Then, in Samuel's shock, the other foot pushed the ball forward quickly the moment it touched it!
Immediately afterwards, Kenny's whole person burst out from Samuel's left side, and the ball was intercepted again by Kenny's right foot, only to see him slam at full speed!
A suffocating breakthrough!
(End of chapter)
Chapter 323: Striking at Weakness
"Wow!!!" When Keni held the ball between his legs and shook off Samuel, who was unsteady in his center of gravity and tried to force a turn but fell to the ground, there was an uproar in the stands, and even the commentators were speechless in surprise.
"This is La Croqueta???" Finally, a reporter from Italy's Speed Sports TV said with hesitation in confusion after a brief shock. As if with a hunch, when the commentator opened his mouth, the other commentators also came back from their brief shock and said excitedly: "Unbelievable, what did we see? Keni used a fluid La Croqueta move to shake Samuel down and complete the breakthrough! Just now, Samuel had been completely deceived by Kenny's feints, and the center of gravity of the whole person had all moved towards his left side, and he didn't realize that Kenny's real purpose was on his right side! ”
La croqueta, translated into Chinese, is a breakthrough that fans will relish. This is a very simple and practical two-legged move, using an initial breakthrough to confuse the enemy's center of gravity when encountering the enemy in a narrow way, and then playing with each other with the left and right feet, using speed and slit to get past the opponent. In this action, the player's two legs are like chopsticks, and the balls here refer to the football, as the name suggests, it is like two chopsticks stirring the balls back and forth on the flour.
In fact, many players will do this action, but it is not very common on the playing field, and the reason is that this series of actions requires the ball to be controlled under their center of gravity at all times, and the line of the ball needs to have a certain arc to make it easier for them to take the ball after changing feet, and make it difficult for opponents to steal. Therefore, La Croqueta's action is very demanding on the ball holder's ball sense and foot skills, which can be done in weekday training, but it is not easy to really play on the tight field. After all, the ball is basically not out of the control of the feet, and the use of shaking to deceive the opponent's defensive center of gravity, and then use their own dominant feet to transfer the ball, and the non-dominant feet are used to dribble forward and get rid of the opponent.
Only when this series of actions can be made smoothly, can the breakthrough be completed, in the process once the enemy sees through the interference, then it is easy to lose the ball, so in the top league with similar strength, except for the surprise like Keni, it is almost difficult to have a successful example, let alone against a top team like Roma.
"Kenny! Kenny! Kenny! In an instant, tens of thousands of Leeds United fans in the stadium recovered from their shock, and at this moment they almost forgot what they were trying to say, but they felt a feeling of not vomiting in their chests, so they opened their mouths and released everything, and the name of Lloris Skeni resounded at Elland Road.
Of course, Leeds United's attack was not over at this time, and when Samuel fell the field, Zago, who was hanging behind, rushed up with a cold glint in his eyes. He had been with Samuel one after the other to guard against such a situation, and now that it has really appeared, then he will naturally not show mercy. When he saw his partner fall on the pitch, Zago knew that if he didn't be ruthless, they would become the target of countless fans' sneers and accusations after the game. Countless brocades will make themselves two pathetic backdrops, which he absolutely does not want to see, and the boundless anger makes his eyes red, and he rushes up frantically and pounces on Kenny.
At this moment, Kenny, who was running wildly at a re-accelerated speed, was also in his heart when he saw Zago in such a state, and he knew that if the two really met, he didn't know what drastic things Zago would do. But how could he be willing to let go of such a great opportunity to break the goal? I saw that after he observed it carefully for a moment, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. So when Zago was still a few steps away from Keni, Keni suddenly picked up the ball and pumped it hard!
"Bang!" The impact was so strong that the ball hit the grass as it flew downward, then bounced off and headed towards the goal!
It turned out to be a shot!! In this location!!
Seeing this scene, Zago, who was full of anger, was like a punch on cotton, and he couldn't find the target of his power at all, so he could only turn his head to observe the result of Kenny's shot. He clearly understood that even if he wanted to go up and give Kenny a kick now, if he did such a dangerous move when Keni had already completed the shot, then the matter would be a big deal, so Zago forced his frustration to suppress it.
But when he turned his head, he was stunned!
The ball bounced high into the net after hitting the turf under Kenny's blast, and goalkeeper Antonioli looked like he had seen it. Antonioli, who was already ready to make a save, did not expect Keni to shoot in such a strange way at this moment, and the huge impact and rebound made the ball far faster than he imagined.
So before he had time to make an effective save, the ball flew into the net.
2:0
After the ball went into the net, Kenny ran to the corner flag and opened his arms to receive the crazy cheers and shouts of the fans, and instantly erupted like a volcano in the stands of the Elland Road Stadium!
"No. 9!!! Loriskeni !!!! Kenny was the star of the pitched roar of the home announcer, and an ecstatic Bowyer ran over and picked Kenny up from behind, then knelt down on one knee and put Kenny's foot on his own knee, polishing Kenny's shoes in style. Such a move triggered a frantic cry from Leeds United fans, and all kinds of streamers and petals fell at this moment. The coach on the sidelines, O'Reilly, was also excited to hug the assistant coach, as if he had scored a goal that year!
O'Reilly was relieved at the moment, and although he had everything planned before the game, Roma did put a lot of pressure on him, and their top-class squad was almost a notch above Leeds United. In such a situation, although O'Reilly has set a strategy for Roma's performance and lineup in the league and previous rounds of the group stage, his heart is still high until the dust settles. And now, when Leeds really relied on counter-attacking tactics to score two goals in the first half, he was also excited and couldn't help himself, O'Reilly knew it really worked, this tactic really worked!
"The ball went in!! Loriskeni! Beautiful, perfect and incredible! A fantastical goal! He opened the scoring again for Leeds United! 2:0! In this crucial conversation, Kenny scored a brace! Sure enough, this is a valuable recruitment, just more than 10 million pounds to buy such a strong player for Leeds United! They're making a lot of money! Looking at these European matches, almost all of Leeds United's goals came from Keni, and that's what makes him great! The ability to take chances is extremely strong, scoring two goals in two shots, which is comparable to his national team team-mate Inzaghi during the European Championships! ”
"This kind of goalscoring ability and single-point blasting is simply one of the best among players in his age! According to the assessment of the German transfer magazine, Lloris Scini's value has reached a terrifying 26 million pounds, if this trend continues, as long as Keni does not make a big mistake before the World Cup, then his value will exceed 30 million pounds sooner or later! It's an unbelievable value! You must know that if he does make a deal during the transfer period, then his value will definitely exceed the minimum assessment given by the German transfer market magazine! ”
"But I think as long as Leeds United show their mouth, then it can be said that there is no big club that will not think about it, Kenny's ability has been proven in the Premier League and the Bundesliga respectively, as time goes by, Kenny's style of play is not only getting sharper and sharper, but his attacking ability is also deepening!"
"It's 2:0! With eight minutes to go until the end of the first half, it was a tough time for Roma to take advantage of the opportunity to pull a goal back. After all, they are fully equipped with this ability, and in the previous attack, Cafu Nengnin showed their strong dominance! ”
"However, at this time, the Roma coach Capello on the sidelines looked very bad, he never thought that the Roma team, which was able to draw at the worst in the previous games, would fall into such a passive situation at the beginning of this game, which is a big bad situation for Rome!"
As the commentators in the stands said, Capello looked furious at the moment, he looked at the players on the pitch with a dark face, and he had nothing to say about both goals. If the first goal was indeed because Leeds United took advantage of the disadvantage in the Roma squad and used the counter-attacking opportunity to attack the Roma weakness and score. Then the second goal can be said to be completely Kenny's personal performance! He didn't understand when such a young player who was not yet 22 years old had such a powerful ability to change the game!
Thinking of this, he looked at the players under his command, Cafu, Totti, and Batistuta are undoubtedly the top players in world football in their respective positions, and Capello believes that there are still opportunities for Roma!
(End of chapter)
Chapter 324: Change
Winning the Serie A title is just the first step for Roma at the moment, and with a lot of money to bring in some of the best players, from the club's board to the fans and players on the ground, there is no doubt that everyone is looking to higher goals.
Defending the league title and winning the Champions League are the honours they care about the most.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, the situation is very unfavorable for the Roma team, and the two-goal deficit to Leeds United in the uncertain situation of qualifying is almost a fatal blow, is it really about to stop in the group stage? At this time, Capello silently asked himself in his heart, no, never!
After only a short period of doubt and hesitation, Capello's eyes became firm! It's not what he wants! He wants a Champions League title, he wants a chance to prove himself again in Europe! How could Capello not know about the overwhelming rumors of the media outside? Although the league experts are much better than the cup soft-footed shrimp, the meaning revealed in this is enough to make Capello angry! I believe that no coach will want to be criticized like this, not to mention that these angry reporters and media have sworn to come up with many data and examples as proof!
How can this make him face it calmly!
Thinking of this, Capello forcibly suppressed the anger that had surged into his heart, and looked at Batistuta in the field, Capello thought.
Is he old? There is no doubt that this is the case, and perhaps when this question is asked, many fans will stubbornly say: "No, God of War never ages." ”
But as the head coach of the Roma team, a famous coach who has coached many giants, Capello clearly knows Batistuta, the long-haired god of war is old, no one can resist the erosion of the years, even compared to last season, Batty's state has declined a lot, Capello believes that even if he can have Batistuta a year ago, then the condescending header just now has already broken through Leeds United's goal, where will Leeds have the opportunity to counterattack later!?
When Rome brought Batistuta to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in 2000 for €32.5 million on Capello's own initiative, the player who set a record for a player over the age of 30 brought a lot of different things to Roma. With the arrival of the God of War, this season's Rome has shown strong combat effectiveness, and more of a domineering spirit has never been shown before, if Totti's football is the art temple of ancient Rome, then the football at the feet of Batistuta is like the Iron Army that once swept across Europe. At that time, the attacking combination dominated by Barty, Totti and Montella after the start of the season was invincible, and on November 5, 2000, Barty scored a hat-trick against Brescia. On November 26, 2000, Roma faced Fiorentina, Barty volleyed the winning goal against Fiorentina, after the goal, Barty did not celebrate, just silently wiped the corners of his eyes with his shirt, and the scene of him hugging Toldo after the game was also touching.
Before the winter break, Batistuta's two volleys for the team to reverse Parma, thus widening the gap with Juventus to six points, and in the entire 00-01 season of Serie A, the Roman prince Totti and the god of war Batistuta under the adjustment arrangement of Capello jointly contributed 33 wonderful goals, more importantly, they pushed the Roma team to the throne of Italy, on June 17, 2001, in the final round of Serie A, Roma defeated Parma 3-1, Batty scored a goal to seal the victory, As a result, Juventus won the first Serie A title in 18 years by two points, and the moment the final whistle blew, the entire Stadio Olimpico in Rome turned into a sea of carnival on that sunny afternoon!
Barty scored 20 goals this season despite injury, and those goals played a huge role in the team's eventual title.
At this moment, Capello looked at Batistuta who still revealed a fierce battle intent in his eyes and suddenly laughed, he took advantage of the game to restart and called Totti to his side, looking at the captain who already had many conflicts with himself, Capello said earnestly: "Don't worry, we still have a chance, I want you to start from now."