Chapter 19: No More Fear
"! Fouled! The Brescia fans roared in front of the TV. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
What a good counterattack opportunity, there are only two people left in the opponent's backfield, and the ball is at Zhang Shu's feet, and every fan in Brescia is full of confidence in Zhang Shu.
How could two defenders with such scattered positions be able to stop our Chinese boy! In just a few seconds, he'll get you clean, maybe get past the goalkeeper and shoot straight into the empty net.
Originally, they were ready to cheer for the team's goal, but who knew that the opponent actually stopped Brescia's counterattack with a tactical foul.
"Red card! Definitely a red card! "Many fans have already scolded in front of the TV. They wanted to be the referee on the pitch and kick out the foul player in Krakow with a red card.
But the referee put the spoon in his mouth and did not blow it.
Because Brescia still has a chance, according to the principle of attacking advantage, the game can not be suspended at this time.
The football rolled farther and farther away, and suddenly, a figure appeared in the oblique stab.
When Brescia counterattacked, other attacking players were also sprinting forward, hoping to support Zhang Shu, but now Zhang Shu is too fast with the ball, and Baggio and Toni are not good at speed, and they can't keep up for a while.
But Brescia still has someone who can keep up with the pace of Zhang's counter-attack.
Bacchini cut in at high speed from midfield and caught up with the ball rolling out while Krakow's centre-back and Zhang Shu were tangling on the grass.
Then he kept at his feet and kicked the ball towards the opponent's goal.
"Bacini!" Sky Italia's Fabio let out an exclamation, "Bacchini got the ball!" He's fast! Now there's only one defender left in front of him! ”
"Rush! Bacini!! Punch Punch !! The mood of the Brescia fans who saw this on the TV screen also instantly changed from anger to excitement, and they waved their fists and shouted in front of the TV.
Bacchini couldn't hear the fans' warnings and didn't need to be reminded as he raced close to the Krakow penalty area with the ball.
Running at high speed made his golden hair flutter, the air was broken, and a breeze blew across his face. It's been a long time since he's enjoyed running at full strength on the field.
The goal kept getting bigger and bigger in his eyes, and the goalkeeper and the last defender slowly took up more and more of his vision. Gradually, he could see the expressions on his opponents' faces: the goalkeeper in Krakow had a solemn expression, while the last centre-back had a fierce face.
He had seen the fierce expressions of Krakow defenders countless times before, and in general, most defenders, with the exception of players like Redondonesta, like to intimidate their opponents with fierce expressions when they go up and down. And those who are not brave enough are often frightened by these villains and lose their rhythm with the ball.
Bacchini was no such coward before, and he was never timid in the face of fierce opponents. But after the injury, it was different, although he kept telling himself that there was nothing to be afraid of, but the instinctive reaction of his body made his own moves.
On several occasions in this match, he lost possession of the ball in order to avoid his opponent's rough movements.
Will it be the same this time?
The answer will soon be revealed.
With the ball, Bacchini was already close to the Krakow penalty area, and the last of the opponent's central defenders finally met him.
The opponent has already made a judgment and cannot let him in anymore. If Bacchini is allowed to enter the penalty area, the defenders will inevitably be a little restrained when defending, for fear that if they make a big move, they will accidentally give Brescia a penalty.
And in the case of only one defender, he can't completely block all the shooting angles of Bacchini, it's okay outside the penalty area, if it's in the penalty area, the opponent can just shake off an angle and shoot directly, when the distance is close enough, even if the shot can't be fully enforced under the entanglement, the threat to the goalkeeper is still huge.
Therefore, the best way is to keep the enemy out of the box, and if you can't do it, you can also follow the example of your companion and solve the problem with a tactical foul.
Watching the opposing defender come up, Bacchini was not stupid, in order not to let the opponent get entangled, he flicked the football outward with the outside instep and broke through to the right side of the penalty area.
When the Krakow centre-back saw Bacchini change direction, he immediately turned his body and made a move to the right to block.
He also kept an eye on it, and in order to avoid this being a fake move by Bacchini, the center of gravity of his body did not follow in the first place.
But Bacchini didn't think about feints, and the next time he touched the ball, he took a step harder, then the Achilles tendon and knee exerted force, and the spikes of the shoe dug deep into the dirt of the grass, so that the sole of the shoe firmly grasped the ground. A few tenths of a second later, Bacchini sprang to the right and caught up with the ball in two steps.
Then he lifted his right foot and shot straight at the goal.
Krakow's central defender didn't expect Bacchini to break through so resolutely, and he was caught off guard by Bacchini by a distance. Seeing that Bacchini was about to shoot, he didn't care if it was a feint, and directly sank his body and shoveled towards Bacchini.
When tackling the ball, he remembered the information that the coach had told them before, the Brescia No. 11 in front of him had just recovered from a serious injury for half a year, and now he should still have concerns about physical contact, so he can be more fierce in defense to deter the opponent.
And in the previous game, he also felt this, many times the opportunity of the half goal, as long as he and his teammates moved a little bigger, the opposite No. 11 would take the initiative to dodge and give up the ball.
So he lifted his legs, which had been attached to the lawn, up about 20 centimeters high, and the bright spikes of his shoes carried the sound of the wind towards Bacchini's calves.
"Goal or leg? Boy, you look at it! He shouted inwardly, and although it was a question, the answer was obvious. He absolutely did not believe that this player who had been intimidating for the whole game could be brave in this last moment.
Bacchini lifted his right foot and dropped halfway, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see his opponent scooping towards him.
For a moment, he almost jumped up with his supported left foot, a choice his body made on its own, and if he had thought about it, he might have chosen it too.
The game was already in the final minutes, and the team's lead was unbreakable, and they also scored in this game. With such a flawless comeback, why risk injury and pursue a goal that is icing on the cake?
But a familiar voice in his heart kept torturing him.
"Are you willing to miss such an opportunity?"
What's unwilling, isn't it just a goal? I've already scored one in this game.
"Relying on Zhang's nanny to assist in scoring an empty goal, are you satisfied?"
Zhang's pass was really good, and the involvement of my teammates also allowed me to get a wide angle to shoot, but it was I who scored! Scoring on my first start after coming back, can't I be satisfied?
"Since then, you have become a coward who is afraid of confrontation, playing football without physical contact, have you accepted your fate?"
I just don't want to get hurt again! I just don't want to leave the best years in a hospital bed! I just gave up the opportunity this time, and I will never run away from it again!
"You're lying." The cold voice said.
It dawned on Bacchini that the voice was familiar—it was his own.
Damn it...
Yes, I am not reconciled! I'm not satisfied!! I, no! Recognize! Life!
The raised right foot finally landed, and the instep hit the center of the ball hard. In the face of approaching steel spikes, his left foot remained firmly in place.
The ball flew out like a cannonball, and in order to make the shot more powerful, Bacchini's left foot, which was used as a support leg, did not leave the turf until the end, driven by the right foot.
Almost at the same time, the Krakow player's tackle leg arrived, and at the last moment, seeing that Bacchini had no intention of dodging, he twisted his ankle with all his reflexes and strength, changing the direction of his foot a little bit.
Even so, it was only a facebone that grazed Bacchini's left foot, and the metallic spikes slashed through Buckini's calf like a sharp steel knife in high-speed movement, and the sock was instantly torn open with a long knife cut.
Fortunately, the studs were on the front of the calf, and the back of the socks was protected by shin guards, otherwise for Bacchini even if the tackle was not solid, it would have been enough for him to get on a stretcher.
But even if he dodged his foot, the opponent's body arrived immediately, and this time there was no way to avoid it, and Bacchini was directly carried down on the lawn by the impact of the opponent's body.
But whether it was Bacchini or the Krakow centre-back, they didn't care about such a collision at this time, their eyes did not fall on the intertwined legs of the two of them, but flew towards the goal with the football.
"Shoot!!" Not just the two of them, but all the players and fans are all on football.
Bacchini shot a little in front of the penalty area, because he had taken two steps to the right before, the position was a little off, but the advantage was that the power was enough, and there was no rotation, such a shot would not be because the football did not rotate into a straight line, but because of the disturbance of the air there was an abrupt change that no one could predict.
The ball initially flew towards the middle of the goal, but halfway through the flight, it made a strange arc and flew towards the far lower corner of the goal.
The sudden change of line caught Krakow's goalkeeper off guard, and he spun towards the far post, but his reaction was half a beat slower than the speed of the ball, which swept past his fingertips before his palm reached the path of the flight, and then slid into the net without hesitation.
“goooooooool~~~!!! The ball is in! Fabio yelled, "The ball is in!" Then he repeated it as if to confirm it for the audience.
"In the 91st minute of the game, Baccini scored twice! He scored the equaliser for Brescia and completely killed the suspense! Although the game is not over yet, I can already congratulate Brescia in advance on entering the Champions League! They defended the Serie A honour, and since the Champions League restructuring, all the teams in Serie A who participated in the play-offs have successfully qualified, and today Brescia also continued that record! ”
"It was a perfect match for Bacchini! Although this match was not his first comeback game in the strict sense of the word, Bacchini's performance in this first start after recovering from injury was completely indicative of the fact that he had been out of action for half a year. If most of the credit for the first goal should be credited to Zhang Shu, this goal finally shows Barcini's ability! He dribbled the ball through the midfield for a long distance, faced the opposing central defenders, and calmly shook off the angle to score. ”
"I said so much lyricism after his last goal that I can't think of anything to say about his goal this time, but today's night belongs to Barcchini, the man who has been reborn from the ashes!"
Fabio did not hesitate to praise Bacchini, and at this moment, even Brescia has Baggio, Guardiola, Di Biagio, Zhang Shu, these more famous players than him, Jonathan Bacini, who was originally only a little famous in Brescia, still became the most eye-catching focus of the game.
There is nothing more inspiring than a player who has been seriously injured and has become so popular all over the world, not because he lost a penalty in the dramatic 94 years of single-handedly taking Italy to the final, but because he has experienced injuries again and again, stood up again and again, been rejected by the coach again and again, and has returned to the national team again and again on his own.
There are many such players, Maradona, Ronaldo, Piero, Redondo, Pire... There are many more unknown players.
Today, Bacchini is one of them.
This spirit of never giving in to doom is the most beautiful splendor of football, or human beings.
Seeing the ball fly into the goal, Bacchini lay directly on the turf.
Floccy clouds floated in the blue sky, and no matter how fierce the battle was going on below, those clouds still drifted unhurriedly through the oval sky on the pitch.
Bacchini seems to have gone back to the days when he was a child, lying on the turf and watching the sky after training every day.
The fatigue of his body and the tranquility of his mind made him want to close his eyes.
Compared to the excitement after the first goal, he only felt relieved and relaxed in his heart now.
He scored almost entirely on his own, and in the speed competition with his opponent, he defeated his opponent without feeling any soreness in his knees, and in the face of his opponent's ferocious movements, he overcame his inner fear.
This marked that he had returned to his best physical and mental condition, and that the unbearable days were finally over, and he no longer doubted or hesitated.
He didn't know how long he had been lying there, he felt it for a long time, but it was actually just a moment, and soon, a voice pulled him out of his little world.
"Are you alright?" The Krakow centre-back asked Bacini.
Anyway, now that the ball has been scored, there is no need for him to pretend to be fierce anymore. Although he tried his best to avoid it just now, in this kind of high-speed movement, even if he didn't kick hard, it was easy to cause injury to the other party, so he still cared about Bacchini. In addition, the toughness of the No. 11 player on the opposite side at the last moment made him have some admiration in his heart.
Bacchini opened his eyes and sat up, he lifted his left leg and squeezed it with his hand a few times, "No problem, you finally put your foot away, thank you." ”
"You're great, I didn't do it to hurt you." The Krakow player explained.
"I know." Bacchini reached out and shook his hand, quickly letting go as he was surrounded by teammates running from the back.
"I was horrified to see you tackled," Tony said, hugging him, "Don't think about shooting in the future, you can choose other ways to attack, such as... Send me a few more. He winked his eyes at Bacini.
Bacchini just laughed.
"Well done. It looks like you're fully recovered. Baggio said.
"Hmm." Bacchini nodded to the captain, "I'm fully recovered." ”
Matuzaren, Martinez, Pep Guardiola... One by one, the Brescia players surrounded Bacchini and congratulated him on his brilliant goal.
Only Zhang Shu couldn't squeeze into the crowd because he came late, and he jumped outside the human wall, shouting at Bacchini who was surrounded by his teammates.
"I poked this ball out! Gotta count me half an assist! (To be continued.) )