Chapter 29: Football is War
Football is war in peacetime, this sentence is not wrong at all, and players are soldiers on the battlefield, ball skills are the weapons that soldiers rely on to survive on the battlefield, and ball quotient is the intelligence of soldiers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Nan Xiao is undoubtedly an excellent soldier on the battlefield of football, and his foot skills are comparable to those of professional players, so when facing the pressing of the players of the "Argentine team", he is always enough to get rid of the opponent through a few seemingly simple actions, maybe a heavy shoulder, maybe a pull ball, maybe an incomplete bicycle; Shen Chao once described him in one sentence, as long as he thinks about you, there are a hundred ways to close his eyes, of course, Shen Chao's words are a bit too exaggerated, but it also expresses Nan Xiao's talent in football, his understanding of football seems to be born a level higher than others, it can be seen from the passing on the field, Chen Mingshuo also once said such a sentence, saying that if he becomes a professional player, then there may be another Harvey in the world.
Nan Xiao, Shen Chao and Chen Mingshuo have played together since they were children, and they also watched football together, but their playing styles are completely different, Nan Xiao likes Barcelona-style ball control and passing, Shen Chao likes to shoot, there is an angle to shoot, there is no angle to shoot, there is a chance to shoot, there is no chance to shoot, Chen Mingshuo is more willing to make a wedding dress for others, he has the ability to break through one-on-one, but you rarely see him do this, just like Paul of the Clippers, he has a strong scoring ability, But if you see Paul scoring a lot of points in any game, then the situation for the Clippers at the moment must be unfavorable.
As well as their different styles of play, their respective clubs are also different, Nan Xiao likes Liverpool, the founder of the "Istanbul" night more than ten years ago, known as the "Red Army"; Shen Chao likes one of the most successful clubs in the world, Real Madrid, known as the "Galaxy Battleship"; Chen Mingshuo's favorite team is the "Hornet" Dortmund who competed with Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
The attack of the "Argentine team" is much sharper than the previous teams, so that Shen Chao and Achill can only participate in the defense more than in the previous games, Clifford's play is still steady, he is like an iron gate to block the opponent's shots out of the goal, Nan Xiao's team looked passive in the first ten minutes of the game, the opponent adopted a pressing style of play at the beginning of the game, as the runners-up of the previous edition, they did not allow themselves to take a defensive posture against a team dominated by Chinese.
In the 15th minute of the game, the No. 7 player of the "Argentine team" knocked Nan Xiao to the ground in an interception, Nan Xiao felt like he was hitting a wall, and he only felt that the scene in front of him was shaking, and then he closed his eyes tightly and knelt on the ground with his hands propped up.
Shen Chao and Chen Mingshuo hurriedly ran over when they saw Nan Xiao fall to the ground, Shen Chao pushed the opponent's No. 7 player aside and shouted, "You are looking for death!" After shouting, he realized that the other party could not understand Chinese, so he yelled at him again in English.
The No. 7 player on the opposite side was suddenly pushed away by Shen Chao, and he suddenly became angry, took two steps forward aggressively, and collided with Shen Chao chest to chest, Clifford saw that Shen Chao and the player opposite seemed to be about to fight, and hurriedly stepped forward to block, he was physically strong, and pulled the two apart one by one.
"Dizi, how are you?" Chen Mingshuo held Nan Xiao's shoulder and asked anxiously.
Witnessing the situation on the court, You Lu and the three of them also stood up immediately, but when they wanted to go to see Nan Xiao's situation, they were stopped by the assistant referee, so they had to look nervously at Nan Xiao kneeling on the opposite side of the court.
"It shouldn't be a big deal." Nan Xiao opened his eyes and said with a frown.
"Shall I help you to the sidelines for a break?"
Chen Mingshuo said that he was about to set up Nan Xiao, and Shen Chao immediately came over when he saw the situation, and asked, "Dizi, are you okay?"
"It's okay, Mingshuo, put it down for me." Nan Xiao propped himself up on the ground with one hand and reluctantly stood up.
"Brother Nanxiao, are you okay?" Lu Ying shouted loudly from the sidelines.
Nan Xiao heard Lu Ying's shout, and hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he was fine; Lu Ying, Shi Yao, and You Lu all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts when they saw Nan Xiao standing up.
"How's your doing? Do I need to go down for treatment? The referee walked over and asked Nan Xiao.
Nan Xiao shook his head when he heard this, "It's okay, let's continue." ”
"Dizi, if you can't do it, don't hold on!" Shen Chao said to Nan Xiao with concern.
In the end, at Nan Xiao's insistence, the game continued, and there were still 15 minutes before the end, which was also the most tense 15 minutes You Lu had ever spent.
Due to the episode of Nan Xiao's injury, the smell of gunpowder in the second half of the game is getting stronger and stronger, and it is the hot-tempered Shen Chao who keeps adding to it, as long as the opponent gets the ball on the 7th, he will rush up directly, regardless of 3721, first have a solid confrontation with the opponent, as for whether to grab the ball or not, it doesn't matter.
Nan Xiao and the three of them have also fought a lot since they were young, but most of them are because they are young and ignorant, naively thinking that fists are the only criterion for testing the truth, and at the same time, the reasons for doing it are also the same, basically because of women, and the remaining small part is for the righteousness of buddies.
Nan Xiao and Chen Mingshuo watched Shen Chao's anger become more and more angry, knowing that a vicious battle was inevitable, it was like this since childhood, as long as Shen Chao lost his temper, even the nine cows couldn't pull it back, although he usually obeyed Nan Xiao's words, but there was only one thing that was useless even if Nan Xiao spoke, and that was fighting.
Towards the end of the game, the opponent's anger was finally provoked, so the whole scene became more uncontrollable, and the scrambling actions of both sides began to get bigger and bigger, but fortunately, before anyone was injured, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, which should have been a high-level contest in the end.
The two sides were tied by one goal in regulation time, and there was no extra time, and the two teams went directly to the penalty shootout.
"Dizi, you arrange the order!" Shen Chao said with a snort.
"Superman, you've had a lot of physical exertion in this game." Nan Xiao had basically recovered, and began to joke with Shen Chao again.
"You can't spare them with these grandsons, the No. 7 just now made the buddy step on it several times, and the right should be for you to dissipate your anger."
"Okay Superman, I'm glad the game is over, otherwise you'd have to get into a fight sooner or later." Chen Mingshuo said with a wry smile.
"Fight, fight, buddy has been afraid of anyone since he was a child, and he can't kill him." Shen Chao said angrily.
"Yes, yes, how else would you say you're Superman?" Nan Xiao said, "Don't talk about it, the penalty will start in a while." ”
"Yes, yes, you can arrange it quickly." Shen Chao also came back to his senses.
After a coin toss, the "Argentine team" got the opportunity to take the lead in the penalty spot, according to the data, the team that takes the first penalty in the penalty shootout tends to have a higher winning rate, I don't know if this factor will have a certain psychological impact on Nan Xiao's team.
The first penalty of the "Argentine team" was No.7, who shot the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal through a change of pace; Nan Xiao's side was the first to send Chen Mingshuo, who had the most stable mentality, and he was also very relaxed, Chen Mingshuo twisted his ankle slightly when he touched the ball, deceiving the opponent's goalkeeper.
Next, the two players of the "Argentine team" scored the ball steadily, and Clifford and Achill on the side of the "Chinese team" did not disappoint their teammates; The turning point of the game came on the fourth penalty taker of the "Argentine team", because the angle of the ball was too positive, Clifford easily took the ball into his arms, and the "Chinese team" ushered in a great opportunity!
Shen Chao stood at the penalty spot, and his "tiger shot" flew into the goal by grazing the scalp of the opponent's goalkeeper, fortunately the goal was scored, otherwise the opponent's goalkeeper might be lying in the nearest hospital now.
The last player of the "Argentine team" withstood the pressure and scored a crucial goal, which allowed them to keep the suspense of the game and allowed them to continue to stand on the field of the quarter-finals, but in the end it was not themselves who decided their fate, but the masked Chinese who slowly walked to the penalty spot at this moment.
Nan Xiao leaned over and picked up the ball on the ground, found the position of the ball eye, and then let the ball eye face him, put the ball back on the penalty spot, and straightened his body.
He took a few steps back, then stared at the opposing goalkeeper with both eyes, and with the referee's whistle, his body slowly moved and ran away, his eyes fixed on the goalkeeper opposite, his body formed the shape of a bow, his left arm raised high in the air, his right arm bent across his chest.
Like a sharp arrow off the string, the ball flew towards the goal in an arc behind Nan Xiao's feet!