Chapter 309: Elegant Free Kick
Amid the fans' boos to Clavan, the referee came to the place where the foul was committed, showed him a yellow card, and awarded a free-kick to Manchester United.
Tuchel looked annoyed at this time, his eyebrows were twisted, and they were leading a few minutes ago, so why did they look like they were going to lose now?
The boos on the sidelines were a little quieter after the free-kick was awarded, but it didn't completely disappear, and perhaps they thought it should have been a red card and a penalty.
Moments later, Tuchel breathed a sigh of relief.
Because the position of this free kick is a little closer to the goal, and the angle is also a little positive.
In addition to tactical free kicks, free kicks that are generally shot directly at the goal pay attention to a suitable position, if it is too far, the opponent's goalkeeper has enough reaction time, and the goal looks relatively small, which is not conducive to aiming; If you get too close, the arc of the ball must not be too big in order to shoot into the goal, but in this way, it is not easy to go around the human wall, and if you want to go around the human wall, it is easy to fly.
So a good distance, it's important for a free kick.
In addition to the distance, the angle is also a bit particular.
General free kicks have some arcs, so when the ball flies to the goal, the direction of flight perpendicular to the bottom line is the best, which requires a certain angle with the goal, if the shooting angle is too positive or too biased, when the ball flies to the goal, the angle between the trajectory and the bottom line will become smaller, and the goal rate will be reduced.
So in general, the best distance for a free kick is about 23 to 27 meters, and the angle is 20 to 30 degrees from the central axis.
And now Manchester United's free kick is only about 20 meters away from the visual inspection, and the angle with the central axis is almost zero degrees.
Manchester United's players obviously found out about this situation, so they negotiated with the referee, but they were naturally persuaded back by the referee.
At this time, they all looked at Shen Peng, who was the number one person in the team to take penalty kicks and free kicks, so they wanted to see what Shen Peng's opinion was.
However, Shen Peng didn't seem to care, and after setting the ball, he stood next to him.
This made everyone wonder, Shen Peng is also sure that he can enter?
Shen Peng's free kick is powerful, but the goal rate of the curve ball at this distance is very low, and if you want to bypass the human wall, it is easy to hit the goal frame; As for the defoliating ball, Shen Peng's deciduous ball has gradually been penetrated by the opponent, so the goal rate is not high.
Does he want to take a tactical free-kick?
But soon these teammates were disappointed, because Shen Peng didn't have any code at all, and he didn't discuss it with other teammates.
Can he still play tactical free kicks and play a flower by himself?
In the end, they came to the conclusion that Shen Peng was going to shoot directly.
However, they will not show it, but pretend to rub next to the human wall, making it look like Shen Peng is going to send a tactical free kick to distract the attention of the Liverpool players.
After everyone was ready, the referee signaled that Shen Peng could start.
Shen Peng nodded, ran slowly, and when he ran to the side of the ball, he shot directly with his feet!
However, in an instant after he kicked out, almost all the fans on the scene were dumbfounded, where was Shen Peng's ball aimed?
If it's a curved ball, then it's bound to be high above the crossbar, and if it's a defoliant ball, it's bound to be off the post.
Although it was easy to bypass the human wall, it didn't make sense to fly directly.
But then, they couldn't speak again, because the ball turned inward, and it was spinning inwards at the same time, and it was still accelerating and falling!
Originally, Liverpool's goalkeeper Mignolet also thought that the ball was out of bounds, and in his experience, the direction of the ball was very elegant - in fact, it was a flawed kick.
So he just took two steps in the direction the ball flew out and was about to stop, just in time to see the ball turning towards the goal!
He was shocked and pounced directly, but even if he pounced directly, he might not be able to reach it, let alone stop in the middle, so it was no surprise that the ball smashed into the goal in his sight.
The audience was silent for half a second, and then there were immediately monstrous cheers, some people called Shen Peng's name, and some people shouted "Kung Fu Boy", but soon, it became this rhythm:
First, some people shouted "Kung Fu Boy", and then another wave of people shouted "Shen Peng".
Shen Peng also happily found his teammates and began to celebrate.
Now, he has scored two goals and is one step closer to completing the task.
This shot, naturally, is a gliding momentum shot, like the Tiger tackle, which he specially prepared for this game.
Originally, he was going to find an opportunity to shoot directly at goal, but it was the same when he used it in a free kick.
And the effect was as good as he expected, this shot equivalent to a combination of "curved ball" and "fallen leaf ball" really made a contribution and scored the goal in one fell swoop.
In a matter of minutes, United went from 0-1 down to 2-1.
Liverpool's players were a little stunned, they felt that Shen Peng's state seemed to be particularly good today, and there was a bit of an unstoppable taste.
But the game has to go on, and they can only continue to play hard.
After Shen Peng scored two goals in a lightning flash, Liverpool's defense was also careful, of course, the price paid was that their attack was greatly reduced.
Obviously, they got the order from Tuchel to stabilize first, they are only one goal behind, after the midfield adjustment, there is still a chance to win, now all to do is to avoid his edge, avoid Shen Peng's good form during this period.
After Liverpool started to defend, Manchester United also slowly took control of the game, but there were no good chances to score for a while.
Shen Peng is also constantly looking for opportunities at this time, of course he will not be satisfied with two to one, if he wants to complete the task, he will score at least two goals.
So he kept looking for opportunities in the front, which made Liverpool's defenders miserable, and when Arnold defended him, he was cramping too hard because he had to barely keep up with Shen Peng's speed.
In this way, the game slowly came to the end of the first half.
During this period, Liverpool were kept in front of their own goal and did not have the slightest chance to attack, as can be seen from their stats: since United began to lay siege to their goal, they have had 0 shots on goal, and they have only been able to dribble the ball to Manchester United's half time, which may add up to a minute or two.
However, Tuchel was pleased that Liverpool's players were able to keep a clean sheet under such pressure, and it was not terrible to be down a point, and he was confident that he could recover the score in the second half after a half-time adjustment.