Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 80 Free Kick Coach

Zhang Yuan has not considered transferring for the time being. Although he vomits bitterness, he still has thoughts in his heart. Inter Milan’s group of strikers will always encounter injuries. Then it is time for him to seize the opportunity. As long as he can grasp the opportunity, he still has the opportunity to join Manchester United. Ni's eyes.

The first game was tied by Udinese at home. It may be said that it was a draw with Udinese at home.Mancini is naturally the target of criticism from the major media, and the fans also expressed strong dissatisfaction. The domination of the league, whether it is Inter Milan's top management or the fans' appetite, is getting bigger and bigger. I hope the team can make a difference in the European arena. However, Inter Milan has not performed well in the Champions League in the past few seasons, which does not match its own strength. .

The more he was under such pressure, the less Mancini dared to use young players at will, so Mancini still did not include Zhang Yuan and Balotelli in the squad in the second round, and Zhang Yuan could only watch at home. this game.

In the end, Inter Milan defeated the weak Empoli 2:0 with Ibrahimovic's brace and won their first victory of the new season.

After two rounds, Inter Milan ranked sixth with one win and one draw, which is not too bad. Ahead of them are Atlanta and Fiorentina in terms of goal difference, AC Milan with five points, Juventus and Roma with six points .

After this game, the national team match day will be ushered in. Most of the Inter Milan players are the national football teams of various countries, so the Pinettina base seems empty, and only some players who have no national team match tasks are left to train here.

This afternoon's training ended, Zhang Yuan carried out his own extra practice as usual, today he practiced shooting, mainly to practice accuracy, so he thought of a way, a single humanoid human wall was inserted in various positions in front of the goal, and then shot, Where to hit where.

After the training, he did not practice alone, sometimes other teammates, such as Balotelli also practiced today, practicing free kicks.But the two of them don't know how to feed each other to practice, and each practice their own.

Figo took a shower and was about to go home. When he came out and saw the two little guys still training on the field, he went straight to the training field and watched the two training there silently.

He found that the effect of training like Zhang Yuan was not very good. No one fed Zhang Yuan the ball, so he could only shoot at the goal by himself, or throw the ball with his hands.In the actual game, it is not so easy to get such an opportunity. Some teammates pass the ball with rotation, some are fast, and some are strong. If you want to practice shooting well, you must have someone to feed the ball.

He shouted to Zhang Yuan and Balotelli: "Hey, Zhang, Mario, you two come here!"

Zhang Yuan and Balotelli turned their heads and saw Figo standing on the sidelines, and they walked to Figo holding the ball.

"Zhang, the effect of your practice like this may not be good. Someone must pass the ball to you!" Figo first said to Zhang Yuan.

"Yeah!" Zhang Yuan felt that the effect of this kind of training was indeed not good, but he was too embarrassed to bother others. It was already 5 o'clock after the training ended every day, and many people had to go home. It didn't matter that he lived in Gentile, but other teammates, The coaches of the coaching staff basically live in Milan and have to go back.

"Mario, do you live nearby? Why can't the two of you help each other?" Figo said to Balotelli.

"Ah, this guy also lives near here!" Zhang Yuan really didn't know, the two roommates really didn't know enough about each other.

Balotelli was silent on the side, and Figo continued: "What? You don't want to? This is also good for you!"

"Yes, but he has to apologize to me first!" Balotelli pointed at Zhang Yuan.

"Me?" Zhang Yuan pointed to his nose, how did I offend you? !I apologize to you.

"Tell me what's going on?" Figo asked curiously, wondering why the two of them didn't seem to be in harmony at ordinary times. It turned out that there was a story. As a veteran player, he still wanted to help them resolve their conflicts.

"This kid usually doesn't respect me!"

"How can I disrespect you!"

"You don't usually talk to me, and you take my seat every time you take the bus!" Balotelli said that he thought Zhang Yuan didn't respect him.

"Is this called disrespect?" Zhang Yuan wondered.

This is where Zhang Yuan doesn’t know much about Balotelli. Balotelli is a black man and was adopted by a Brescia couple. He is unavoidably sensitive psychologically. He himself is called a genius by others, so he is a little arrogant. A little thing touched his self-esteem, and it was inevitable that there would be knots in his heart.

After hearing this, Figo felt that this was really not a big deal. After thinking about it for a while, he asked Zhang Yuan to apologize to Balotelli, because Zhang Yuan was more magnanimous and hearty in getting along with his teammates. We can all joke around from time to time, it's not boring.In contrast, Balotelli is much more bored. It is estimated that Zhang Yuan's apology will not cause any embarrassment, but Balotelli will remember things for a long time.

Zhang Yuan listened to Figo's words, well, let me apologize, just apologize, anyway, there is a lot of meat, and it will be good for me to have an extra training partner in the future. It is thanks to Rimini that I can improve so fast I have three roommates of my own.

"I'm sorry, Mario, please accept my apology!" Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand, eyes full of sincerity.

"Okay, I accept your apology!" Balotelli looked at Zhang Yuan, nothing unusual, and also extended his hand to accept Zhang Yuan's apology.

"Okay, now that you've reconciled, let's practice together! Don't be too late!" Figo said and was about to leave.

"Louis, can you teach me free kicks when you have time?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Free kick? Well, to be honest, my free kick level is really average! But I have a good person to teach you! Go to Sinisa tomorrow, and he will be happy to help you!" Figo was a little self-effacing.

What Figo was talking about was assistant coach Sinisa Mikhailovich. Mikhailovich’s free kick is definitely a master among the masters. He is unique in Serie A and is the record holder for free kick goals in Serie A. .

Zhang Yuan and Balotelli both know about this person. They are familiar with a team, but they don’t have much contact with each other. It’s the same reason for not looking for Mikhailovich. After all, he doesn’t live here. nearby.

"You can learn more from Sinisa between training sessions!" Figo said.

The two nodded, Figo smiled and left by himself, leaving the two to continue practicing.

Zhang Yuan's apology finally narrowed the distance between the two roommates. Balotelli's pass is actually very good, and it is perfect to feed Zhang Yuan. In this way, the two of them practiced until dark in the afternoon, and then went home after the game go.

Taking advantage of the training gap the next day, Zhang Yuan found Mikhailovich and begged Mikhailovich to have time to guide him and Balotelli's free kicks.

"Looking for me? No problem." Mikhailovich said heartily. This is not a big deal. In fact, he often competes with Inter Milan's free kick masters on the training ground now.

"You stay after training in the afternoon, and I can talk to you alone!" Mikhailovich said proactively.

"Thank you so much, Sinisa!" Zhang Yuan was really grateful. He originally thought that it would be enough to get Mikhailovich's professional guidance during training intervals. It doesn't get any better than coaching at the end of the day.

After training in the afternoon, Mikhailovich promised to stay. Facing the two students Zhang Yuan and Balotelli, he began to explain his free kick know-how.

"First, first of all, you must have strong self-confidence and tell yourself that you will definitely score! If you are not confident, you will not be able to score without kicking the ball!"

"Second, learn to observe, what to observe, the position of the opponent's goalkeeper, the position and height of the opponent's door wall, and observe the details of each human wall player."

"Thirdly, you have to choose how to kick. I can tell you that I don't always play free kicks. I have many ways."

What Mikhailovich said is the truth. There are many ways to kick free kicks in world football, such as banana balls, powerful shots, falling leaves, etc., but Mikhailovich does not seem to have a fixed one. This is how he said that he can choose to take the free kick based on the previous observation.

It's still very simple to say, but it's not that simple when it comes to kicking. Then he still demonstrated to Zhang Yuan and Balotelli.

After kicking 10 goals, Mikhailovich scored 9. The one he missed was because he slipped on the sole of his foot and kicked on the wall. As expected, he deserved his reputation. He scored 9 goals in 9 different positions. Goal scored.

Some of his shots were powerful, some were curve balls, and some were leafy balls. Balotelli, who was standing in front of the goal, didn't save any of them.

Zhang Yuan and Balotelli also came up to try. As you can imagine, Mikhailovich was able to save their balls as a goalkeeper, and the two of them could only score one or two goals.

"Practicing free kicks doesn't happen overnight. You have to practice every day. You have to practice all kinds of free kicks, and you will improve soon!" Mikhailovich concluded, unwilling to overly discourage the enthusiasm of the two .

With the end of the national team match day and the restart of Serie A, Inter Milan will welcome Catania at home on September 9. As usual, Mancini announced the squad at the end of training the day before the game, allowing Zhang Yuan and Balotelli Disappointed that they are still missing from the big list, and Adriano replaced Suyaso and entered the big list.

The day before the home game, all the players have to live at the Pinettina base, and tomorrow they will go to the home stadium San Siro. Spectators like Zhang Yuan and Balotelli also have to live here.

After the training, the two carried out additional training as usual. After this period of joint practice, the relationship between the two of them naturally became much closer, and living in the same room also led to more laughter.

(End of this chapter)