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Chapter 84 Hleb, here we come
The next day, Ljubljana's Centtralny Stadium.

Slovenia is a country that is proud of basketball, and the people's enthusiasm for football is not as high as basketball.But when Zahovic led us to the World Cup that year, it really set off a wave of football in China.Therefore, this home game, although the venue was not full, was already a rare football feast in Ljubljana.

We wore Slovenia's traditional green jerseys, while Belarus played in their white jerseys.When I walked out of the stadium with the team, I found that the entire Centralni Stadium was almost full of fans wearing our green jerseys.This kind of home field really boosts morale, and... I rarely see so many people, this time is really an eye-opener.

From the beautiful Port of Rose, wearing the NO.18 jersey, the boy named Zago Jeruhovic is about to start his national team career here!
The opponent also walked out of the stadium!They had Arsenal's star Hleb in his white No. [-] shirt, which glistened in the afternoon sun.Because of a tackle, my position changed from a striker to a midfielder, and the person I dealt with was this Alexander Hleb!I saw his eyes, swept towards me, and stopped on my body for a while.His eyes suddenly changed from soft to sharp. Presumably, he still remembered the grievances from last time.It doesn't matter, after all on the football field, you still have to rely on your strength to speak. If you want to get back your grievances from me, then come!

The referee whistled, and the much-anticipated game, the 2008 European Cup qualifiers, the debut of the Slovenian team began!

Let's kick off first!Striker Novakovic passed the ball to Ljubjankic, who then passed the ball back to Pečnik.As the front midfielder, Pechnik is the best player here besides Djic, so he will control the ball when attacking. As for me, I am mainly responsible for sweeping, not dribbling. Comb offense.Pechnik quickly dribbled the ball up to the opponent's 30-meter area. At this time, the Belarusian midfielder came to defend him.Pechnik didn't dare to be careless, and split the ball to the side. Ljubyankic took the ball from the right and passed it immediately!Novakovic has come to the front of Belarus' penalty area at this time, he leaps high and wants to hit the goal with a header!
However, the central defender of the Belarusian team is tall and big, and the two jumped up together, suppressing Novakovic abruptly!Novakovic didn't win the header and was very depressed. At the moment the ball was pushed out, he couldn't help roaring!
The ball was pushed out by the central defender and flew to the front of the penalty area!The Belarusian team's midfielder kept the ball and immediately cleared the siege, and kicked the ball directly to the frontcourt with a big foot!
This ball is flying in my direction!

I looked at the ball, which was flying towards me, however, there was another person in front of me, who was also flying in my direction!
That man is, Hleb!
Hleb, even if it's just a header, you still have to compete with me!
Come on then!

I rushed forward a few steps, and then jumped high!
At the same time, Hleb also jumped high!He wants to compete with me for the first advantage in the air!However, the ball was flying in my direction, and I was facing the ball head-on. Naturally, I had a greater advantage in this ball than Hleb!
"Boom!" With a loud noise, Hleb and I collided heavily and fell together!The ball was cleared by me heavily, but the impact of Hleb was also very huge. He hit me, and my balance was directly broken in the high air, and I fell unbalanced!
Danger!My head fell to the ground!In desperation, I bent my hands to support the ground first, and made a buffer to protect my head, without the worst consequence of landing my head on the ground!But in this way, the force on the arm will be very severe, and the joints of my hands suddenly hurt. Fortunately, they are bent, so there is no fracture!
At the same time, Hleb fell obliquely!Although he also fell hard, but fortunately he was below, the center of gravity did not change much, and there was no too much impact when he fell, so he was not injured!

However, Hleb's impact this time clearly constituted a dangerous collision!The referee blew his whistle, rushed over, and showed Hleb a yellow card!
Hleb couldn't believe his eyes: he looked at me with angry eyes and made a contemptuous gesture!

This gesture is very hidden!He escaped the eyes of the referee, but it made me very angry!Isn't this ball a foul? !I was about to be injured by his collision. Could it be a foul?Could it be that because we are the home court, does he think that whatever he does, he will be hurt? !
But he never considered that this dangerous action of his would easily hurt people!

The referee didn't see Hleb's contemptuous gesture, but the fans did!All the fans are angry!They booed loudly, expressing their dissatisfaction with Hleb's actions!They hoped that the referee could hear their boos and show Hleb a second yellow card, but the referee did not see Hleb's action on the one hand, and on the other hand, they could not be affected by the home audience!Instead of giving Hleb a second yellow card, they gave us a free-kick from the back.

I resisted Hleb's insult to me, and with a big foot, I took this free kick in the backcourt!
(End of this chapter)