Chapter 168: Porto Away (2)
Ringer equalised late in the first half with a header to keep the score 1-1 until the break.
At half-time, Simeone said: "There were definitely a lot of fouls in the second half, so we have to try to take those set-pieces and if there's a well-placed free-kick, you can do it yourself. ”
Everyone turned their heads to look at Ringer, they all knew that Ringer had been practising free-kicks, but had never taken a penalty in an official match, and they didn't expect Simeone to choose to let Ringer try it in this Champions League game.
At the start of the second half, Porto started with a wave of attacks, and they were unhappy to be equalized at the end of the first half.
In the 48th minute, after they reached the front, Danilo's inward shot from the right was blocked by Courtois.
In the 53rd minute, Thiago pulled down Devore again and received a yellow card after being breached.
Porto's offensive was like a tidal wave hitting the shore and failed to cause much wind and waves.
In such a situation, in the 57th minute, Atletico Madrid's counterattack, Baptistang was pulled down, and Atletico Madrid won a free kick on the right side of the field.
This time it was Gabi who took the penalty, but this time Ringer was not taken seriously, and the header in the first half was considered more by Porto than luck.
Gabi hoisted the ball into the small penalty area, and as soon as Ringer turned around, the ball actually came towards him again, so he immediately rushed up to jump up and head the ball, and the Belgian De Four, who defended Ringer, couldn't react at all.
However, Gabi hung the ball a little deeper, and the opposing goalkeeper came out.
Bang~
Ringer barely managed to get a header, but he hit the crossbar a little higher under the interference and bounced off the crossbar.
'It's a pity, it's a pity, it's another header that threatens the opposition goal, he grabbed points in a short period of time, but unfortunately he couldn't score this time.
Ringer grabbed the point twice in a row, finally caught the attention of the opponent, and then whenever there was a set-piece opportunity, Ringer would be specially targeted. Ringer's own header ability was not very strong, and now he became silent.
So the field returned to fighting with each other, Porto's attack on the whole is difficult to shake Atletico's defense, and Atletico's counter-attacking opportunities are often blocked by fouls, and there are many fouls on each other, in fact, there are not too many good opportunities.
In the 70th minute, Raul Garcia was tackled by the opponent, and Simeone chose to put 19-year-old Oliver Torres on the pitch and let him come up and rush.
However, although this youngster's surname is Torres, he is far from the former Atletico Madrid golden boy Torres, and he has not been effective at all.
The game went by quickly, and soon to the final stage, both sides began to contract to a certain extent under the direction of the manager. For Porto, it is acceptable to get 1 point at home against the strongest Atletico Madrid, and on Atletico Madrid's side, the players who have just finished a big game are still a little tired, and it is acceptable to bring back 1 point Simeone.
In this way, in the 88th minute, the teenager Torres finally made a little contribution, he broke through Fernando with the ball in front of the penalty area, and the Brazilian pulled him down, so Atletico Madrid won a free kick in front of the penalty area.
The position of this ball is slightly to the left in front of the penalty area, about 23 meters away from the opponent's goal, which is very suitable for right-footed players to hit the goal directly, so Gabi looked up directly at Ringer, just now Simeone told him that with this kind of good opportunity can Ringer try it.
Ringer walked over and whispered in Gabi's ear.
"It's a well-placed free-kick, but there are no good free-kickers in the Sheets team, and although Gabi is the team's first choice for free-kicks, his ability is very average, and he will choose to play tactically in most cases."
"Lin is secretly talking to Gabi, they are probably going to use more complex tactics to deal with this ball, and now that the game is almost over, this may be Atletico's last chance to threaten the opponent's goal, it should indeed be more detailed."
When the opponent lined up the wall, Ringer and Gabi stood in front of the ball at the same time.
Porto goalkeeper Heldon, like the Spanish commentary just now, believes that Ringer has done tactical cooperation in the past, and it is mainly Gabi who handles the ball, because he has never heard of the Chinese handling a free kick.
However, how Gabi deals with it, whether he chooses to do a tactical match or chooses to hit the goal directly, this is possible, after all, this position is very good.
The referee blew the whistle, and Ringer was five steps away from the ball, which was the best position he had found in practice, kicking the ground and running five steps in a row to get in front of the ball, but instead of jumping off the ball as others had expected, he swung his leg sharply and struck the lower part of the ball with his right foot like a whip.
"Lin~~Run over~~uh~? ~~ Knock on the door!! ”
Porto's wall only jumped after seeing Ringer really hit the goal, jumping crookedly in a hurry, and the ball flew over their heads in an arc and towards the near side of the goal.
Hayden was also unable to make a good save in advance, and only made the save after seeing Ringer's shot come into the net, by which time it was too late, and the ball had already flown into the net from the near post.
“Goooooooool~~~”
"Lingoal~~It's Lingoal~~~"
"Lin's free kick went straight to the goal, he caught the Portuguese off guard, and unexpectedly scored a free kick straight into the goal, it was a goal that reversed the score, it was a killer goal!"
"Ringer~~ Ringer's free kick scored, this is the first free kick in his career, and he scored from his first free kick!"
Ringer had thought before that through various covers, he himself took a free kick for the first time, and the opponent was caught off guard, and it was very likely that he would score directly after the kick. But the moment the ball really flew into the opponent's goal, he was still enthusiastic and ran wildly.
Running to the stands of Atletico Madrid fans, I felt thousands of cheers rushing to my face.
Soon, one by one, his teammates jumped on his back and roared excitedly in celebration.
"Well done~~ I knew that kid could do it!" Fat Boggs is also throwing his fists and yelling.
The surprise free-kick goal left most of Porto's players stunned, and they did not expect such a result, which could well be a killer goal, a goal that they were very unhappy about.
The game was restarted after repeated protests from the Porto players, but for so many times their attacks had been unable to overcome Atletico's defence, and now they are powerless to turn things around.
Beep~Beep~Beep~~~
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, everyone at Atletico Madrid cheered, it was a tough game, and finally it was won.
"At the end of the game, the Sheets relied on Lin's brace to reverse Porto 2:1 away in Portugal, which is revenge for being eliminated by the other side twice before, Atletico Madrid won two consecutive rounds in the Champions League and accumulated 6 points, group rivals Zenit and Porto were defeated by them successively, Atletico Madrid can be said to be dominant in this group."
At the end of the game, Ringer was really asked by many reporters about the free kick.
"A free kick? Yes, I've been practising free-kicks but this is my first time taking a penalty and I'm happy to score from the first free-kick and if I don't take any more free-kicks in the future, my career free-kick rate will be 100 per cent. Ringer also made a little joke.
Inzaghi just took one free-kick in his career and just scored, so he was the player with the highest free-kick percentage of his career, and Ringer temporarily equalled him.
"Champions League goals? Our goal now is to top the group and as for this season's Champions League, of course, we want to go as far as possible and win the title. ”
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