Chapter Ninety-Four: Don't Bow Your Head
The ball whistled through the wind, and Liverpool centre-back Carragher watched the ball fly over his head, but was helpless. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Liverpool's goalkeeper Harrison has also surrendered and stood in place, as if impressed by the long-range shot.
But the man did not fulfill his wish, and the ball smashed on the left post impartially and popped off the bottom line. There was an uproar in the stadium, followed by cheers of joy.
Seeing this, David Pluton fell to his knees and slammed the lawn hard, venting his emotions. Also regretful is head coach Chen Zhun, but after seeing more of such a situation, he immediately calmed down. Goalposts, beams. These two brothers are destined to become a legend on the football field. Sometimes you will become your twelfth teammate, and some will become your nemesis, this is the charm of the unknown.
There is a saying in China. "If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future." This is also true in football stadiums, where there is a famous "goalpost law". This law is a good illustration of this saying.
In the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the most tragic was the Swedish team. In extra-time for the quarter-final against Senegal, the Swedish player shot from inside the box and hit the post and bounced. If the ball is deflected another 3 centimeters inward, then the "African Dark Horse" will go home early. Then the Senegal players scored the "Golden Goal", and the Swedish team said goodbye to Japan. This 3 centimeter is no longer a difference in strength, it is a trick of luck, so the Swedes sighed "We are the goalposts, and others are the golden ball".
The most disappointing was the goalpost for France. In the final game of the group stage, France had to win against Denmark to have any hope of qualifying. But the goalpost stopped the defending champions from advancing. If this one wins, then maybe the French team can rewrite history, and the fact is that the French team has not won a game and has not scored a goal, and in this perspective it is as gray as the Chinese team.
In fact, it didn't matter to the French, and they were heartbroken when the defending title collapsed overnight. But they don't need to prove themselves with a single goal, and no one will think that France are not a strong team, and when the bridge to the throne was washed away by a nameless flood, the proud French were not uncommon. It is the Chinese team that regards this straw as a spiritual pillar. After the first defeat to Costa Rica, scoring a goal has even become the hope of hundreds of millions of Chinese. However, Zhao Junzhe's shot hit the post, and China lost 0-4 to Brazil, and Yang Chen's shot hit the post, and China lost 0-3 to Turkey. The dream was disappointed, and there were 9 bullet holes on the body, all of which were damn goalposts, otherwise the Chinese team could go home happily for the New Year. However, the defeat of the Chinese team has little to do with the goalposts, so these are the two most boring goalposts.
The "evil kiss" at the goalpost was also the Argentine team, which symbolizes romance and passion, and in the life-and-death battle with the England team, their shots and the goalpost were passionately kissed, and the "Tango Army" was disgraced.
The teams that participated in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were: South Korea, England, Japan, etc. In football, especially in heavyweight events such as the World Cup, it seems that many people have become superstitious and accustomed to using supernatural powers to explain phenomena and scenes. For example, "if you don't die, you will have a blessing" is the most common saying on the football field, if a team's shot hits the post in a game, then it is likely to be unlucky, because its opponent has a "blessing". This is jokingly known as the "Law of the Goalposts".
Chen Zhun still remembers these things vividly, and he also vaguely caused a trace of uneasiness in his heart. Sure enough, five minutes later, Southampton's door was breached by Liverpool.
Liverpool followed Southampton's style of play and made a successful tackle up front. Alonso cut through Southampton's backline with a through ball before Pongler slotted home a solo effort.
What Chen Zhun had told him before the game was shattered in this attack. The team members also lowered their heads one after another, and their eyes were very lonely and depressed.
Chen Zhun walked to the sidelines, put his hands in front of his mouth, and shouted loudly to the players in the field: "Don't bow your head, raise your head for me, you are the strongest!" ”
The players in the field heard the wide and calm voice from the sidelines, and couldn't help but raise their heads and look at their head coach still talking hoarsely. There is still so confidence in his eyes. The players in the field were also excited by Chen Zhun's confidence and enthusiasm, what reason did they have to be willing to fall, they had to fight for themselves, they couldn't bow their heads, and continued to fight with their heads held high.
The game continued, and the mood was important, but the disparity in strength caused the Southampton team to still be at a disadvantage. In particular, Liverpool played more easily after scoring, so that Southampton did not have the same great opportunity as before. In football, if you can't take a chance, then the opponent will make you regret it for the rest of your life.
Chen Zhun was also anxious to see such a situation on the sidelines, the ball couldn't get out at all, even if it went out, the players cleared the siege with their big feet, and easily gave up the initiative of the ball, so that the Southampton team couldn't get any counterattack opportunity at all. At this time, Chen Zhun really realized why Rafa Benitez was evaluated as a master tactician in his previous life, and he really deserved his reputation. In terms of tactics against this, it is really world-class.
Of course, Benitez was also nervous, a one-goal advantage was far from completely killing the game, Benitez needed more goals to put out the flames of Southampton's equaliser once and for all. However, in the face of Southampton's ironclad defence, Benitez's Liverpool players had no choice but to hold high, and at this time, Benitez wanted Crouch to be their striker.
The game came to 38 minutes, the last few minutes of the first half, which was the most likely situation for the players' memory to be unfocused and sluggish. Liverpool's players also began to slowly fall to their feet at the back, intent on controlling the tempo of the game.
Chen Zhun loudly told the strikers and midfielders to press, press, press, press, press. Kevin Phillips is desperately trying to harass goalkeeper Harrison. Seeing this, Harrison kicked near the center circle. Delap used his body advantage to beat Gerrard to grab a header and head the ball over to Plutton. Pluton looked up at Crouch's position and then made a long pass.
Crouch was running forward looking in the direction of the ball when he felt a gust of wind blow behind him, and it was the wind that Kevin Phillips had brought over.