Chapter 367 It’s not just you who has become stronger
As soon as Luo Kai took the ball and turned around, he was hit by Marvin, the midfielder of Shining Star. He stumbled and lost the ball.
However, the referee did not call Ma Wenyi a foul because it was a very standard and reasonable collision. Ma Wenyi seized the opportunity very well to grab the ball and seized the opportunity to use his body when Luo Kai had just turned around and was not yet stable. When the advantages come into play, you don’t need to use too much force, but you can get good results.
Just like this defense.
"...Luo Kai was heavily guarded by Flashing Star!" Shen Lang, the commentator of Soaring Video, said. "As soon as he gets the ball, flash star players will immediately come up to restrict him... It can be seen that Zhao Kangming attaches great importance to Luo Kai in this game. Of course, Luo Kai's performance in recent games is also worthy of him. Pay attention to..."
Pan Hongwei saw this scene on the coaching bench, shook his head and said to the assistant coach beside him: "I still imagined that Zhao Kangming would not pay so much attention to Luo Kai..."
His assistant laughed: "Coach Pan, aren't you kidding? Before Luo Kai came to our team, he almost went to Zhao Kangming's Flash Star. And with Zhao Kangming's habits, it is not normal for him to pay more attention to young players. ”
Pan Hongwei smiled, shook his head and said: "Yes, I was too wishful thinking... Now the problem is troublesome. The opponent has obviously focused on defending Luo Kai. I am afraid it will be difficult for Luo Kai to perform well in this game."< br>
"It's also a good time to see what Luo Kai can do when facing a targeted defense of Flash Star's level." said the assistant coach. "After all, Flash Star has only conceded eight goals so far, which is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in our league. Their defense has always been very strong."
Pan Hongwei nodded and agreed with the assistant coach's words.
In the first half of the season when Zhao Kangming went to Flash Star to coach, the team's performance was up and down and the offense was weak. He was almost kicked out. Fortunately, Flashing Star withstood the pressure and continued to give Zhao Kangming a chance. Only then did Flashing Star become able to arm-wrestle with their Nanhai team.
But in fact, Pan Hongwei knew that Zhao Kangming did nothing in the first half of the Stars season. The reason why the team's offense was weak was because he had been training the team's defense. As the former main center back of the Chinese national team, he has considerable experience in defense.
The Flash Stars gained a solid defense at the cost of unsatisfactory results in half a season. He boldly used the young player Wang Guangwei, entrusted him with important tasks, and paired him with the experienced Li Tielin. In the end, the Flash Stars only conceded 33 goals in the 34 league rounds last season, the league's second-best defensive performance.
In a sense, Pan Hongwei's decision to place his bet on Luo Kai this season and give this young player such important trust and opportunity also drew inspiration and confidence from Zhao Kangming's treatment of Wang Guangwei and Hu Lai.
The Nanhai team has encountered strong and weak opponents before, but their defense is not the best. Now Flashing Star is a good whetstone for Luo Kai.
He wants to use the Flashing Star to help the Nanhai team sharpen a sharp knife.
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After Luo Kai lost possession of the ball, he did not scream like someone and rolled to the ground in an attempt to attract the referee's attention. Nor did he roll on the ground unable to get up when the referee didn't call the opponent a foul.
Instead, he turned around very simply and chased back.
Halfway through the run, Flashing Star's attack failed and was interrupted by the Nanhai team to counterattack. He turned around and ran forward again.
Before the ball was passed, there was already a shining defensive player beside him.
There was no need to guess or feel, the fact was right in front of him - Flashing Star was very strict on his defense.
Especially after entering the 30-meter area, Wang Guangwei faced him, which made him feel like he had returned to the Anton Cup final that year.
At that time, he couldn't even score a goal under Wang Guangwei's guard. In the end, Hu Lai came up to help him attract Wang Guangwei away, and then he scored a goal...
Speaking of Hu Lai, this game has been going on for more than 20 minutes now, right? I haven't seen him a few times.
This guy is still the same as before...
But I am different from before!
Luo Kai didn't care about Flashing Star's tighter defense against him, and even... he welcomed it.
Because he has long wanted to play with the top defense in China League One, and he also wants to prove to those who know his past that he is no longer what he used to be, and he no longer needs Hu Lai's help to be able to face Wang Guangwei. Score a goal in defense!
Thinking of this, he raised his hand for the ball.
"Luo Kai is asking for the ball! Even though he was closely guarded by Flash Star one after another, he did not flinch!" the football commentator of Nanling TV said loudly.
The football was passed.
As soon as he caught the ball, he collided with Wang Guangwei.
Luo Kai swayed and stopped to protect the football behind him. He did not lose the ball due to this collision.
But his plan to take advantage of the situation and attack with the ball also failed.
Wang Guangwei stopped him at a very critical position.
"Hi, Luo Kai, long time no see." Wang Guangwei, who stopped Luo Kai, even had the heart to say hello to him.
Luo Kai glanced at him and didn't answer. He didn't want to say "Long time no see" to Wang Guangwei under such circumstances.
This sentence should be kept for Qingqing to hear!
Wang Guangwei was not annoyed by Luo Kai's attitude. After greeting Luo Kai, he stared at Luo Kai's feet intently. He saw Luo Kai's feet swaying, as if he was planning to use the outside instep of his right foot to deflect the ball, but he remained unmoved because he judged that Luo Kai would not be so simple when facing him, and he must have feinted. I want to trick myself into making the first move.
Sure enough, Luo Kai's right foot went around the football and did not kick the football, but quickly took it back.
But just as he was retracting his foot, he gently moved the football to the left. At the same time, he started, seemingly intending to break through from the left.
Seeing the ball moving, Wang Guangwei followed him to his right and shifted his weight to Luo Kai's left. He didn't know if Luo Kai was feinting this time, so he could only follow him out, otherwise he would have just let him go. Luo Kai?
Luo Kai saw Wang Guangwei shift his focus. He crossed over the football. His right foot, which was supposed to continue to play the ball, also crossed over the football. Then he immediately put it back and used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football in the opposite direction... This time we are really going to break through from here!
He changed direction to catch up with the football, trying to speed up the breakthrough.
But it didn't work out.
Wang Guangwei rushed up immediately and made a clean tackle, shoveling the football he had just picked up out of the sideline, and at the same time bringing Luo Kai to the ground.
"No foul! No foul!" Anton TV commentator said repeatedly. "A clean tackle! This level of defense is a piece of cake for Wang Guangwei!"
Judging from the slow motion, it was indeed not a foul. Wang Guangwei shoveled the football first, and then brought Luo Kai down because he could not stop the car.
"You want to break through me so easily? Luo Kai, have you made a mistake? You are not the only one who is growing stronger!" Wang Guangwei pushed away Luo Kai, who was half-pressed on his thigh, and climbed up from the ground stand up.
Luo Kai also stood up from the ground: "Wang Guangwei, when did you become so verbose? I didn't see you talking so much during the Anton Cup finals."
Wang Guangwei was stunned for a moment, and then showed a helpless smile: "Sorry, this is the sequelae of Hu Lai and I practicing together for a long time, but I think it will get better after a while. Maybe next time we play against you away from home, I won’t chat with you on the court.”
Luo Kai shook his head: "You have indeed spoken more."
"Luo Kai and Wang Guangwei seem to be communicating something... By the way, they also know each other. They were opponents in the Anton Cup final." The commentator of Anton TV mentioned it for everyone. Old things. "Today's game is really a gathering of old friends!"
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"Aha! Our Jiaxiang High School won first in this round!" Wu Yue slapped his thigh in the stands and said very happily.
Yan Yan, who was sitting next to him, pointed to his surroundings: "I told you to pay attention. There are people from our Dongchuan Middle School around you. You are too arrogant and will not be able to leave the stadium."
Wu Yue turned around and looked around. The former members of the Dongchuan Middle School team all grinned at him, showing their white teeth.
He chuckled: "Don't you support Flashing Star?"
"Of course I support it." Yan Yan said, "In the eyes of our Dongchuan Middle School graduates, the perfect ending of this game is that Luo Kai scored a goal against Wang Guangwei's defense, while Hu Lai scored a goal against the Nanhai team's defense. Zhong scored twice and eventually defeated the Nanhai team 2:1 and won, shortening the points gap with the top-ranked Nanhai team. What do you think? ”
Wu Yue twitched the corner of his mouth, but still had the courage to retort: "No. In the eyes of me, a graduate of Jiaxiang High School, the perfect ending of this game is that Luo Kai frequently hit the wall on the King's team, and finally changed his offense. direction, scored, and then Hu Lai scored twice to help the Stars defeat the Nanhai team. You see, everyone is happy.”
"Then why did our Luo Kai lose to your Wang Guangwei?" Yan Yan asked.
"No, brother, you are so pointless in arguing? Can't we, Jiaxiang, win even once?"
Yan Yan did not continue to compete with Wu Yue because he saw on the court that the attack launched by Flashing Star hit the edge of the Nanhai team's penalty area.
Wu Yue also immediately put aside his school's stance and stood in the same trench as Yan Yan. He stood up and shouted: "Hu Lai!"
This was the last name he ever wanted to hear.
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"The Nanhai team threw a sideline ball, but it didn't result in an attack. Their ball was intercepted by Anton Flashing Star, who took the opportunity to launch an attack! It's dangerous, hurry up and get back on defense!" Nanling TV commentator saw this scene He shouted anxiously.
Qin Lin did not give the Nanhai team a chance to defend. He only used a long pass to accurately find Chen Xingyi who had already rushed to the front.
Chen Xingyi removed the football beautifully and then dribbled horizontally.
During this process, Hu Lai had already rushed towards the penalty area and was about to cross with Chen Xingyi's dribbling route.
Beside him, the Nanhai team players followed closely, preventing Hu Lai from getting the ball easily.
Of course, in this case, there is no need for Chen Xingyi to pass the football to Hu Lai.
He could take advantage of Hu Lai's movement to take away the defensive force and try to shoot.
So he kicked and shot!
But the Nanhai team's defense was very tight. The Nanhai team's No. 5 central defender Zou Zhongzhong, who was blocking Chen Xingyi from the front, stretched out his foot to block, and the football hit his leg and bounced out!
The ball bounced out and fell back to the midfield. Zhang Qinghuan, who followed up in time, took the lead and controlled it. Flashing Star took advantage of the situation and launched a second attack.
Hu Lai, who had just rushed to help Chen Xingyi pull away the defensive players, saw this but did not immediately go to meet Zhang Qinghuan. That would have been too obvious. He had to wait for more people to come up to help him spread the defense. attention.
At the same time, Qin Lin had already pressed forward, and the two full-backs of Shining Star also advanced at the same time, one on the left and one on the right.
But the players of the Nanhai team are also returning to defense, and it seems that Flash Star will turn the fast break into a positional battle.
Chen Xingyi's shot failed and he quickly retreated to widen the angle. At the same time, he used gestures to ask Zhang Qinghuan for the ball.
Zhang Qinghuan did turn to him and made a gesture to pass the ball to him, but it was just a feint to trick the Nanhai players who were intercepting him from shifting their focus.
After the opponent was really deceived, he pulled the ball in a V shape, turned the football in another direction, broke through with the ball, and penetrated into the penalty area!
This made it impossible for the Nanhai team players, who had just returned to defense in a hurry, to organize a complete direction and could only respond hastily.
All of a sudden, two players came up to block him. One was the center back Zou Zhongzhong, who had just blocked Chen Xingyi's shot, and the other was his "old friend", the right back Feng Lei of the Nanhai team.
The two of them seemed to be closing the door in front of Zhang Qinghuan. If Zhang Qinghuan insisted on breaking through, he would have to pass the ball!
But Zhang Qinghuan didn't want anyone to follow him... He directly kicked the ball through and passed the football between the two Nanhai players!
Behind that door is an empty space.
Hu Lai, who was still on the left before, is making diagonal cuts at high speed, rushing towards the football!
"Don't let him shoot!" Nanhai team goalkeeper Xie Fang moved to the near corner and shouted.
What reassured him a little was that Liu Gan, the team's other central defender, did not lose his goal. He still followed him and got stuck inside him!
If Hu Lai wanted to shoot directly, Liu Gan would shovel it down decisively and use his body to block his shot like Zou Middle School did just now.
And if Hu Lai doesn't shoot directly, then he will stick to it, giving him no chance to shoot in this attack!
Hu Lai adjusted his pace while running. It was obvious that he was going to shoot directly.
Liu Gan stared at his right leg, lowered his center of gravity, and was ready to throw his body out at any time to block his shot with his legs or back!
He saw Hu Lai's left leg stepping hard, sticking a distance behind the rolling football, and at the same time raising his right leg.
He confirmed that Hu Lai was going to shoot directly! Because the range of Hu Lai's swinging movements made it almost impossible for him to have any subsequent control of the ball... So he threw his body out, tackled the football, and at the same time covered Hu Lai's shooting angle!
But Hulay didn't shoot!
Although his right leg was indeed a shooting action, when it came into contact with the football, there was a very obvious retraction action, and then he used the inside of his foot to push the football back!
Instead of spiking the ball, he pushed the ball, causing the football to roll to his left from behind his left leg, which was only supporting his body!
Then he turned around!
Because the previous shooting action was too realistic, his center of gravity was unstable and he stumbled under his feet. He had to use his hands to support the ground to maintain balance during the turn.
This makes his "Francis turn" look a bit embarrassing.
Liu Gan slipped to the ground, stared at the embarrassed Hu Lai, dumbfounded, then passed him by and slid to the front.
He hasn't forgotten to look back.
Under his gaze, the staggering Hu Lai stood up again, caught up with the football and swung his right leg again!
This time, it was no longer a fake move, he hit the football with the outside of his right foot!
Shoot!
The football drew an arc, bypassed the hands of goalkeeper Xie Fang, who turned over to fight back, and rushed into the goal!
The entire provincial sports center burst into cheers!
Luo Kai, who was halfway back to defense, stopped when he saw this scene.
Soon Wang Guangwei cheered and ran past him, opening his arms and running towards Hu Lai who scored. Looking at his running back, Luo Kai thought of what he had said to himself before:
You are not the only one who has become stronger!
(End of chapter)