Chapter 392 Free kick that does not follow the routine
Although it was not the first time that the Napoli goalkeeper had played against Lin Yu, it was the first time that he really felt the terrifying power of Lin Yu's shot, and the explosive power almost made his entire wrist seem to be broken. He thought he was injured, so he stopped the game, but after the team doctor checked it, it was confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his hands, but because the impact was a bit strong, so there was some pain for a while.
The team doctor suggested that when he saved this kind of ball, it was best to smash it with both fists, so as to ensure that the impact on the wrist was minimized, and not with the palm of his hand, because the force area was too large, which would lead to the danger of cracking the wrist bones.
The advice of professionals made the goalkeeper really feel the fear of Lin Yu's violent shooting, although that kind of shooting has almost no angle at all, and there is no arc, it is almost completely straight, as long as the direction is judged, the problem of saving is not big, but this terrifying power is scary to think about.
"The whole world knows that Lin Yu is a great threat, but no one knows what kind of threat he will bring to the goal in the next moment! Is it a header? Is it a pick-up? Is it a dribbling breakout? Or is it a tie-in with a teammate? Or is it such a violent long-range shot? There are too many ways he can score goals, and they are all dangerous, which is the fundamental reason why his opponents are at a loss! What I want to say is that if Napoli can keep Lin Yu from scoring, then even if they lose this game, it will be worth it, at least they prove that Lin Yu is not invincible! ”
"But is that really possible?"
Benitez also heard the commentary, and heard it very clearly. There are loudspeakers on the scene, and the sound is not small. Even the roar from the stands can't completely cover it out, but the question is the explanation. He also knew in his heart that he knew that Lin Yu was terrible, that Lin Yu was a great threat, and that it was very likely that he would pay a heavy price if he put Lin Yu alone in his half of the court and ignored it.
Although the long-range shot just now didn't go in, it shocked him into a cold sweat!
But even so, he still has to attack!
Gotta attack!
Because Napoli have no other options, they still have the possibility of progressing to the quarter-finals in theory, but to qualify. You have to score, if you want to score, you have to attack, you have to attack, you can't focus on Lin Yu.
He fights his counterattack, Napoli fights his own attack! The so-called ruined boat, in fact, is like this, if you don't give yourself a way back, if you lose, you will lose to the bottom. If you win, you'll make a lot of money.
The more Napoli pressed, the more solid Chelsea defended and Mourinho stood on the sidelines, calmly watching the game. From time to time, he walked to the sidelines and shouted twice at the impatient players: "Calm down!" Don't rush! ”
It's not hard to attack at home, and it's very easy, and the players just have to talk to the fans. Because no one wants to lose face in front of the fans, as long as the coach gives orders. They will all join the attack without hesitation. But to play defensive counterattacks at home, you have to have a bit of courage. Fans are the most difficult group of people to serve, and many fans may be dissatisfied with the defensive counterattack, and they may accuse you of being shrinking, cowardly, and cowardly!
Many players can't stand this kind of abuse, so they can't help but rush up and fight hard with their opponents, which results in messing up the overall defense and making the team's efforts go to waste.
For example, many fans in the stands of Chelsea are now shouting: "Attack! Attack it! Attack like a man! ”
Except for those who dream of becoming women, I'm afraid that no man likes others to treat themselves as sissies, so hearing such shouts, some players with more irritable personalities can't bear it.
Like Louis, like Ivan.
Mourinho shouted from the sidelines, it was against these people, he didn't want the impulse of the players to ruin his whole tactical thinking.
He can endure the scolding of the fans, just to win the game, he doesn't care if he plays ugly, as long as he wins the game, he is the winner.
Napoli's situation is almost exactly the opposite of what it was before Schurrle's goal, when almost all of their players retreated to their own half to defend, but now they have only two centre-backs at the back, and the rest of the players are all joining the attack.
Such a crazy move has indeed greatly boosted the morale of the Napoli players, but as the so-called boom and bust, the higher the morale, the worse the fall, and what they are most afraid of now is to be counterattacked by Chelsea, because a counterattack may make them completely collapse and completely lose the confidence to resist.
But what they are afraid of, Chelsea will give them something, since Lin Yu's long-range shot, Chelsea's counterattacks have appeared frequently, just Lin Yu's shot, has been more than three times, and each time the threat is great, if it weren't for Napoli's goalkeeper's performance today, the score has been rewritten.
Originally, such a defense should be happy, but the Napoli goalkeeper was not happy, he didn't even dare to laugh now, he was hit by Lin Yu's ball three times, and each time he was smashed, as long as he smiled, it would affect the pain in his muscles, it was really difficult.
Now when he sees Lin Yu shooting, he has an urge to run away, but fortunately, reason still has an advantage and does not let him do that kind of strange thing, otherwise, Napoli may have scored several goals by Lin Yu now.
With the passage of time, the physical strength of the players of both teams has decreased, and Napoli's offensive has naturally slowed down.
Lin Yu's current physical strength is an extraordinary 102 points, which is two points higher than the limit of ordinary people, so if he only plays one game, his physical strength can basically keep the whole game sufficient, unless it is a difficult situation like that against Manchester City, it is possible to lose physical strength.
Napoli put less pressure on Chelsea than City that time, and Lin Yu didn't make much movement up front, only when he was attacking, he suddenly accelerated. So to this day, the physical strength is still very abundant.
Eden Hazard and Schurrle on the flanks are tired with the ball. If you can't take it, just pass the ball to him, and he can turn a pass that is obviously not a threat into a very threatening one. Even if they are still far from the goal, they can still make the Napoli players feel a lot of trouble.
For example, this time, Hazard brought it and brought it, but he was never able to break through the opponent's defense, and in desperation, he could only pass the ball to Lin Yu, who was stunned and carried the other two people alone, forcibly turned around and shot, and did not pay attention to the opponent's defenders at all. This domineering way of shooting is not only particularly powerful, but also not a small threat, although this shot was too reluctant to score, but once again made the Napoli goalkeeper feel the power of terror.
"Don't let him get on his feet!" Every time the Napoli goalkeeper yells at his teammates like this, but what's the use, his teammates don't want Lin Yu to get up, but the question is can he stop it? Lin Yu, the monster, stood there, like a Hulk who could do magic. Not to mention the physical strength, he can also play all kinds of tricks, so that you are overwhelmed and want to prevent him. It really depends on luck.
That's it, although he didn't score several shots, Lin Yu made the Napoli goalkeeper more and more afraid. As long as there is another chance, it is estimated that it will not be far from scoring. Anyway, now that Chelsea are ahead, he's not in a hurry. Just take your time.
Mourinho on the sidelines saw Lin Yu's calm and calm performance, and he was really comforted in his heart, you must know that after he returned to Chelsea, it was not smooth at first, because he wanted to implement his own philosophy, but this new Chelsea team has been imprinted with too many other people's marks, always can't play, defensive counterattack can't work, short pass coordination is not the style of play he is familiar with, he can't point if he wants to, as a result, he lost to Everton in the league last season, and the Champions League group stage was not ideal, At that time, even many Chelsea fans complained that Mourinho could not keep up with the times and asked Mourinho to step down.
He didn't say anything on the surface at that time, but in fact he was under a lot of pressure in his heart, and later, because of good luck, he avoided several strong teams, and finally entered the final, but lost to Lin Yu's Dortmund, which was always a knot in his heart.
So he told Abu at that time, no matter what, he had to dig Lin Yu over, now it seems that that decision is simply too wise, as soon as Lin Yu came, the whole Chelsea was completely different, whether it was the front court or the back court, it seemed that there was conditioning all of a sudden, whether it was playing defensive or positional warfare, it was all at ease, the key is that Lin Yu could hold the ball and score goals!
Benitez replaced a few players with sufficient physical strength, planning to launch another wild attack, anyway, time is running out, the opportunity is getting slimmer and slimmer, it is still possible to fight hard, and there are examples of Jedi reversals in the history of football, not that there is no chance at all.
This was Benitez's extravagant hope, but Chelsea had to shatter even his little hope.
When the game reached the sixty-fifth minute, Lin Yu gave Hazard a wonderful pass, when Hazard took the ball, he could already form a single knife, but he was put to the ground by the Napoli defender, fortunately he was not injured, otherwise Mourinho would really have to scold his mother.
This free kick opportunity, of course, still has to be handed over to Lin Yu to take the penalty, and now Lin Yu has completely become the direct free kick penalty taker in the team, whether it is Hazard or Lampard, he has to make way for him.
The place where the free kick was won was about twenty meters away from the goal, which was relatively off-limiting, so it was not easy to choose the elevator ball, and Lin Yu planned to try other methods.
For him, it's an opportunity to work out, and it doesn't make a difference to Chelsea's reach for the quarter-finals anyway, it's just that his Champions League goals increase or not.
He has never been afraid to try new ideas on the field, if he just blindly seeks stability, then he has no development potential, even if his attributes are good, no matter how strong his ability is, you dare not try a new style of play, so what is the difference between it and ordinary players? What's the difference between you and your old self?
In the penalty area, Napoli's players have lined up the human wall, and as Chelsea players, Hazard and Schurrle have also squeezed in, their intention is obvious, that is, to make a hole in the human wall, and wait for Lin Yu to suddenly get out of the way when he throws a penalty.
This method is used by many teams, Real Madrid uses it the most, and many of Ronaldo's free kicks are scored in this way, but the Napoli goalkeeper is obviously aware of this, so he called one of his players to stand behind the opening and block it, so that if Lin Yu wants to penetrate the opening and shoot directly to score, the difficulty will become very high.
When the referee blew the whistle, Lin Yu began to run, and the moment his foot touched the ball, the Napoli human wall jumped.
Almost everyone's attention was on the gap between the air and the human wall, and they thought that Lin Yu was nothing more than two free throw methods, one was an elevator ball, and the other was a heavy artillery bombardment to open that gap.
But no one expected that there was no ball in their sight, and it was not until the referee blew the whistle that someone exclaimed.
"The ball is in! I've seen this kind of free throw, but it's not very successful! ”
It turned out that Lin Yu did not shoot violently, nor did he kick out the elevator ball, but at the moment when the human wall jumped, he directly pushed a bocce ball, penetrated under the feet of the human wall, and shot into the goal. (To be continued......)
PS: PS, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the poor couple has to work overtime, I guess many friends are the same as me, it's hard!