our champion dream

Chapter 82 Witness
When the game resumed, Chelsea changed from a shrinking defense to a full-court press.

This is of course Ancelotti's instruction.Chelsea's most important thing is their unparalleled physical confrontation ability, which is their way to win on the pitch.

In the face of Chelsea's pressing, Manchester United's countermeasure is that Li Xiaoming retreats to the backcourt, takes over the control of the football, firmly controls the football, and then uses Li Xiaoming's cooperation to open up space and calmly deal with Chelsea's pressing , and then quickly transfer the football to the empty space.

In other words, Li Xiaoming's retreat and the cooperation with Carrick strengthened Manchester United's ability to control.

The countermeasure Ferguson wanted was to counterattack after controlling the ball, and take advantage of the space left behind Chelsea's press to hit their counterattack.

In the actual game, several attacks launched by Manchester United also threatened Chelsea's goal many times.If it weren't for the person standing in front of Chelsea's goal called Cech, he might have scored again.

That didn't hold Chelsea back, though, as they pressed harder up front.

This is the time for the two sides to fight the bayonet. There is no overtime in the Community Shield, so after nine 10 minutes of the game there will be a penalty shootout.

There are more than ten minutes left in the game, and everyone still has the possibility of scoring.And the goal at this time is the goal that can decide the game.

In response to this situation, Li Xiaoming and Jamie led Manchester United's midfield to slow down their speed and rhythm, and began to make frequent inversions. On the one hand, they hoped to pull Chelsea's defenders out, and on the other hand, they hoped It can consume a little more stamina of the Chelsea players. Although the physical stamina of the Chelsea players is indeed very good, Li Xiaoming can feel the sound of rapid breathing coming from behind every time the ball is passed, and he can't help but tremble in his heart.

If the pass is a little slower, it may be intercepted and counterattacked.

How could Chelsea fail to see Manchester United's intentions?

Every time a Manchester United player falls, there will be overwhelming boos from the stands of Chelsea fans at Wembley Stadium.

At the same time, Chelsea's players also rushed even harder, and there was still a wave of emotion in this kind of pressing.

The infinite desire for the championship and the expectation of pushing Manchester United off the altar make the current Chelsea full of desire for victory.

No.801 minutes, Chelsea's midfielder Essien made a malicious foul in a confrontation with Berbatov. Berbatov who was shoveled was lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

Ferguson jumped up on the sidelines, and he cursed "shit!"

As the most important pillar of the team's frontcourt, Berbatov will inevitably become the key target of each team, but he did not expect Berbatov to be taken down by Chelsea's meat grinder at the most important time.

Berbatov is injured!

Essien's foul caused chaos on the court.In the chaos, the grumpy Rio Ferdinand pushed the fouled Essien, but he was also pushed back by Ballack. However, although everyone on the red and blue sides was cursing, Rooney and Lampard finally handled the conflict. Make a big fuss.

However, the referee of the game, Howard Webb, showed a red card to the fouled Essien and directly expelled him from the court!
But Ferdinand and Ballack, who participated in the talk, also received a yellow card.

Although Chelsea is missing one person.But Manchester United may not want to have one more player than the opponent. Berbatov can't continue to complete the game. This is the first game, and Manchester United has two grand prizes injured and left the field.

When the players of the two sides clashed, Manchester United's team doctor Rob Swell ran onto the pitch to check Berbatten.

Then he made a substitution gesture to the sidelines.

Berbatov couldn't hold on to the game.to be replaced.

The stretcher also quickly ran onto the field and carried Berbatov onto the stretcher.

Li Xiaoming patted Berbatov on the shoulder lightly and said, "Boss, we will bring the champion back to the locker room."

Berbatov gave Li Xiaoming a thumbs up on the stretcher.

At the same time, on the sidelines, Ferguson, who had scolded everyone, was making adjustments.

Another England star, Michael Owen, will play to replace the injured Berbatov, and he will bring the latest instructions from the coach.

soon.Forner is substituted.

"Manchester United has lost a general. Although the opponent has one less player in exchange, I don't think Ferguson will want to make such an exchange." Martin Taylor said. "The first game of the season has just started, Scholes and Berbatov left the field due to injuries, I hope the Bulgarian and Paul will not be injured too seriously, otherwise the following games will be troublesome for Manchester United... "

While talking, Irving ran onto the court, and he ran straight to his players

"Wayne, you and I play two forwards. Park, we need a right forward."

Park Ji-sung nodded.

"Li, you play the attacking midfielder, while Michael, you are responsible for the defense. The boss means to use the offense to hold Chelsea in the half."

"Li, I'm tired of organizing and launching attacks."

Both Carrick and Rooney cast their trusting eyes on Li Xiaoming and said, "Just follow what you mentioned during the training match. Don't be nervous, we will cooperate with you."

Li Xiaoming nodded: "Okay. I will work hard. When the time comes, you, Wayne, will come up to cooperate with me. Michael, you need to look for more opportunities."

Owen quickly spread Ferguson's meaning to the whole team, which is not too surprising, because Li Xiaoming has been training with them for more than a month, and they have already known Li Xiaoming's ability during this month's training. I got acquainted.In terms of ability, Li Xiaoming has this qualification.And no matter whether he was on the field or not, everyone liked this naturally dumb little junior, so they all looked at him with trusting eyes.No matter how bad it was, behind the others stood Rio Ferdinand, the biggest boss in the locker room. He nodded, who would dare not agree.

Rio Ferdinand touched Li Xiaoming's head, and gave Li Xiaoming a thumbs up to encourage him, and Li Xiaoming nodded.

Because Manchester United fouled Li Xiaoming in Manchester United's backcourt.So the first thing after the game restarted was that Manchester United had to take a free kick in the frontcourt.A free kick in an excellent position 20 meters from the goal.

Rooney, Li Xiaoming and Carrick all stood behind the football.

"Do you want to kick? Li."

Li Xiaoming nodded: "Wayne, give me a chance, I want to try."

Rooney asked little by little: "Do you want us to cover you?"

Carrick nodded: "You have never kicked a free kick before, so the opponent will never think that you will kick it. Let us help you interfere with the goalkeeper and the wall, so that your scoring rate will be higher."

Li Xiaoming waved his hands and thanked them for their kindness: "Thank you, but no need. You go to the restricted area, maybe there will be a chance at that time."

Seeing that Li Xiaoming was so resolute, Rooney rubbed Li Xiaoming's hair: "Then I'll see to you."

Carrick returned to the middle of the midfield, doing what a defensive midfielder should do-here to guard against Chelsea's counterattack.

And Rooney moved to the top of the free throw arc at the front of the penalty area.

"No way! It shouldn't be." After Ryan Giggs, Scholes and Berbataba went off one after another, Ferguson did not specify who would take the free kick.

As soon as this thought popped out of Ferguson's mind, he startled himself—how is this possible?Li doesn't seem to know how to kick free kicks!At least he never practiced more during training. Although he had a beautiful long shot, after Ferguson hesitated, he still looked at Li Xiaoming trustingly and did not look back.

This is young players, if you don't give them a chance, they will never grow up in their lives.

Under his gaze, Li Xiaoming placed the football, got up, stepped back, and stood diagonally behind the football.

This is the standard preparation for kicking a free kick!
Not to mention Manchester United's own coach Ferguson, the Chelsea players who faced Li Xiaoming on the field and lined up the wall all had incredible expressions on their faces. They looked at Li Xiaoming, then at each other, and then at Li Xiaoming.

Super bold newcomer?

The goalkeeper Petr Cech, who was in command of the human wall, also straightened up and looked at Li Xiaoming who was standing behind the football with some doubts.

This Chinese kid will take the penalty?
How does this guy kick a free kick?Is he left footed or right footed?Is it a habit to kick up or down?Is it the near corner or the far corner?Is it going around the wall from above or from the side, or is the bocce ball going through the wall?
As a goalkeeper, he doesn't know anything about it...

That being the case, how should the human wall be arranged?
Even with rich experience and super fast response, the world's top few Czech super nationals are a little dazed in the face of this sudden situation.

Not to mention others.

"Li... come... kick... this... free kick? Is this Chinese really the new Beckham?" Alan Hansen paused every word, each word with an obvious questioning tone.

No matter how unbelievable this scene is, facts are facts, and the facts are Li Xiaoming standing alone in front of the football, ready to kick a free kick.

When the referee saw that the wall had been lined up and the free throw players were in position, he blew his whistle.

With a whistle, Li Xiaoming started running.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on him, and many people's eyes were still in disbelief.

This is really a historic scene, the great No. [-] is about to shoot a free kick in the first game.

Judging from his approach to running, he is quite professional...

After a two-step run-up, Li Xiaoming stepped on the left side of the football with his left foot, and at the same time, his body leaned back slightly, with his arms spread out to maintain balance.

Twist the waist and abdomen, driving the right leg to swing over, the outer instep of the right foot is slightly twisted outward, the ankle is fixed firmly, and a stable posture is maintained.

Then, the inside of the right foot was whipped hard on the lower right side of the football.

The football was kicked into the air.

All eyes were fixed on the football, they saw the football flying to the far corner and crossing the human wall from above!

The wall jumped up, but was completely unable to stop the football.

The football flew over their heads, and some Chelsea players who jumped high could even feel the wind blowing over their heads, and then blowing their hair...

call!
When Cech was directing the volleyball, because he didn't know Li Xiaoming's habit of kicking free kicks at all, he followed the general rules and asked the wall to seal the near corner of the goal as much as possible, while he himself stood in the slightly back corner. Place, this is a very normal choice.

In this way, when the football flies over, he only needs to take a step across, and then rise into the air to ensure that the football will be saved.Because of his height and long arms, he has to stand in the middle like some short goalkeepers.

But when he saw the football flying from behind the wall, he didn't immediately move to the near corner and flew over.Because he found that the football seemed... to come to where he was...

So he hesitated, shouldn't it be a curveball?

There are of course many kinds of free kicks, but the one with the highest proportion is the curve kick, which is also known as the "banana ball", which means that the trajectory drawn by the football in the air is like the arc of a banana.

If Li Xiaoming has never kicked a free kick before, he is still a rookie, he should choose to kick a curve ball, because this kind of ball is also the best to kick.

But why did the football fly towards him?Is it a powerful shot?

But looking at the action of his shot just now, I don't think it was a vigorous attack...

How could this be?
Should I continue to pounce on the near corner?
These thoughts appeared in Cech's mind instantly, making him undecided.

And just when he couldn't make up his mind, the football in the air changed.

The football that was flying towards him suddenly turned a corner after crossing the human wall!
Turned to the near corner!
Really banana balls!

Cech was taken aback, but it was too late for him to make any more saves. He didn't even have time to jump, so he could only stand still, turned his head and watched the football fly into his goal...

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"Look at Li Xiaoming's direct free kick..." He Ping had just finished speaking when he saw Li Xiaoming take a shot.

In the eyes of Cech, a world-class goalkeeper, every process of flying football can be divided into steps, and then analyzed, and finally a result is obtained so that he can make a save.

So he saw the football flying directly towards him first, then turned a corner in the air, and was caught off guard.

But in fact, in the eyes of most people, from when Li Xiaoming kicked the football to when the football flew into the goal, it was only a second.

So what everyone sees is that the football draws a very obvious arc in the air, bypasses the wall of people, falls again, and drills into the goal.

The goalkeeper Petr Cech didn't move, just turned his head and watched the football enter the goal...

"My God!!! Lai----!!! I, Alan Hansen, declare that I am his fan today"

Alan raised his arms and shouted coldly.

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!"

"Wonderful free kick!" Martin Taylor couldn't help shouting. "It's really beautiful! When Li stood in front of this football, who would have thought that he could kick such a free kick? The perfect arc, the height, speed and arc are very, very suitable!"

"That's right! This goal was completely beyond Chelsea's expectations. You can see how surprised Cech was when he stood in front of the goal and didn't move at all..." Martin Taylor said.

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After kicking the ball, Li Xiaoming tilted his body and looked towards the goal. He also wanted to see if the football had gone in, but part of his vision was blocked by the human wall.

When he saw the football flying into the goal without any mistakes, he froze for a moment. In fact, he was not very good at free kicks, and his free kicks were only used to pass the ball.But at that time, he thought that his long shot was similar to a free kick, so he decided to try it.

Just at the moment when he was sluggish.

Excited Manchester United teammates have already rushed forward. He was hit by Rooney, almost fell directly, and took several steps back to stabilize his body.

But more teammates have rushed forward.Push Li Xiaoming to the ground.

"Nice job, Li!"

"You surprised them! Hahaha, look at their faces! It's so cool!"

"Congratulations on your journey to legend!! I promise tomorrow, tomorrow you will be the dream girl of every woman in England."

They shouted excitedly, as if they scored the goal themselves.

Although he had never kicked a free kick in any game before, his teammates still chose to believe him. In this kid, they saw Manchester United's new hope after Cristiano left. Maybe Cristiano should feel disappointment.

(End of this chapter)