Chapter 295 Take a Gamble!
England are ready for a free throw.
Melberg's foul was on the left, 3 meters from the penalty area line, at a 45-degree angle to the goal.
This position is not very good, mainly because the angle is a bit biased, but it is only about 23 meters away from the goal. In terms of distance, it is quite suitable for direct free kicks.
After a brief negotiation, Morris stood in front of the ball.
A few years ago, the main free-throwers of the England team were Gerrard, Lampard and Milner. Germany can't compete either.
Generally speaking, a free kick that is a little further away requires Gerrard to take the penalty, and a ball that is closer and requires skill belongs entirely to Morris.
Morris has become very important in the England team.
The competition in the England team is still very fierce. In many games, the right to free throws needs to be fought. Morris is a good-natured man and does not like to fight with other teammates. But every time Morris free throws, he can play a good ball.
In the past three years, including the European Cup qualifiers and the warm-up games before the European Cup, because the former coach Capello did not call up Morris for several months, Morris only represented England in 9 appearances and scored 5 goals. The ball, as a playmaker, is extremely good at scoring goals.
Of Morris' 5 goals, 2 were direct free kicks, and he only took 4 free kicks, with a 50% free kick scoring efficiency.
Although the number of penalties is too small to be used as a judging standard, Morris's free-kick scoring efficiency is evident.
In official competitions, teammates will naturally not fight.
All the cameras were on when Morris was in front of the ball.
Morris is the most watched player in the England team, not even one of them, even Rooney is worse, because Morris has just led Atletico Madrid to the 'Triple Crown' and is the core midfielder of Atletico Madrid, Also considered to be one of the best players of the past season.
This kind of evaluation is still because Messi and C-Ronaldo have scored too many goals, and they are not comparable to a midfielder at all, otherwise they cannot be compared with Morris at all.
Now Morris has all the attention.
The England commentator looked forward to saying, "Morris is already the absolute core of the England national team, completely replacing Gerrard's role. In front of Morris, Gerrard can only hand over the core position."
"Morris's foot skills are recognized as the best in the world. He is a genius dug out from Derby County by Wansheng. Before the age of 25, Morris was still unknown, and then he jumped up and played in Derby. County, Manchester City, showing his dazzling light. Now that he has represented the best football in the world, we are proud to have such a veteran!"
"Unfortunately, Morris is already 34 years old, and veterans of this age are about to retire. Morris will definitely not be able to play for England for too long. This European Cup is likely to be the last European Cup for Morris to participate in. It is uncertain whether Morris' name will appear in the England team in the 2014 World Cup."
"Now that he's in front of the ball, helping England take free-kicks, we can look forward to his performance..."
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and asked Gary Neville next to him, "Do you think Lee can score?"
"It's difficult." Neville shook his head and said, "That position is a little too biased."
"Let's gamble!"
"Oh?"
"I said take a gamble." Wan Sheng smiled, "I believe that Li can directly score the ball. If I win, when the game is over, you stay here and don't understand, let everyone lift you up to celebrate the victory , or else just be me, how about it?"
Neville thought about it, "Yes. But are you sure you will win?"
"You don't even have that confidence?"
"……All right."
Neville looked at Morris, who was preparing for a free throw, and felt that he had taken advantage of it.
What are the odds of scoring a goal from a direct free-kick in Europe's top leagues? This question is not easy to judge, and few media have made complete statistics, but Gazzetta dello Sport made a statistic at the end of March last year. The number of free kick shots in the three seasons from 2008 to 2011 was 882, 794, and 795 respectively, while in 2011 - In the first 19 rounds of the 2012 season, there were only 340 kicks, while the number of direct free kicks in the three seasons from 2008 to 2011 was 43, 30, and 35. In the first 19 rounds of the 2011-2012 season, there were only a pitiful 9 times.
According to this data, the probability of scoring a direct free kick is only about 5%.
Players and players are different, and the efficiency of free-kick scoring is definitely different, but even a world-class free-kick master, the direct free-kick scoring efficiency will not exceed 30%.
Is Morris a world-class free-kick master?
It's hard to say.
Gary Neville is not sure, but even a world-class free-kick master, facing a ball in such a position, the chance of scoring will not exceed 30%.
In this way, Neville felt that he had won.
He had no doubts about whether England could win, so his mind was already imagining the embarrassment of seeing Wan Sheng thrown into the air after the game.
But what Neville didn't know was that Wansheng had already started to 'cheating'.
The moment he saw Morris standing in front of the ball, Wansheng turned on the football training master system, and added the "halo of honor in national competitions" to the "positioning ball" item in Morris's personal attribute ability.
In the official game, Morris's set-piece ability evaluation is '97'.
This statistic is already outstanding. Coupled with the effect of the "national event honor halo", his set-piece ability evaluation has reached '106', which is definitely an unimaginable value, only higher than Beckham's victory period.
If this is the case, it is difficult to improve the efficiency of scoring too many free kicks. After all, the evaluation value is one aspect. The performance on the field and the position of the free kick are more important. It can also be used for free kicks.
With the addition of these two skills, as long as Morris does not make personal mistakes, he can still take a free kick in this position with some confidence.
Wan Sheng didn't know the exact probability, but he estimated in his heart that it was at least over 50%.
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on the playing field.
The Swedish team is 'slowly' lining up the wall, and the slow speed is a bit worrying. Gerrard protested to the referee that 'they are delaying time', the referee immediately went over and asked the Swedish team to speed up.
The players of the Swedish team were thinking about delaying the time so that the first half could end quickly, completely unaware that the goal behind them was facing a huge crisis.
Finally, the referee signaled that a free throw could be made.
With everyone's attention, Morris took two steps back and trotted forward.
In the running rhythm, Morris swings his right foot and rubs the ball with the inner instep!
Football rushes off the grass!
Under the camera lens, the wall of people from Sweden jumped up, and the neat waves of people were crossing the penalty area line, as if they could block everything, but the football spun around the wall and went straight to the far corner of the goal!
The Swedish team didn't care about the free kick at all.
In their opinion, although the free kick is close, the angle is very bad. They always feel that even if the England team wants to score, they will use tactics, such as Morris kicking a high ball and letting other teammates compete for the top.
If Morris opts for a direct free-kick, they have nothing to fear, as the chances of scoring are so low.
When lining up the wall just now, the Swedish players paid more attention to the positions of Lescott, Gerrard and others to prevent them from suddenly inserting into the penalty area to grab points.
The Swedish player guessed wrong!
They still don’t know about Morris, they don’t know about the England team. If there is a tactical free kick, it is almost impossible for Morris to take the penalty. counterattack.
Morris is standing in front of the ball and will almost certainly opt for a direct shot.
That shot was pretty cool!
The football rushed up on the grass, crossed the arc of the inner instep, flew less than half a meter above the human wall, and then spun down quickly, heading towards the far corner of the goal in a blade-like arc.
Swedish goalkeeper Isaacson stands in front of the goal.
He has been paying attention to Morris just now, but like other teammates, he also thinks that Morris will not choose to shoot directly, but as a goalkeeper, he must consider all aspects. Even if Morris does not shoot directly, he still needs to pass Observing Morris's movements and judging the route of the football in advance, what he did not expect at all was that Morris's direct free-kick shot would be so sharp.
By the time Isaacson reacted, it was too late.
With past experience, Isaacson knew that he could not save. At that moment, he was a little desperate because England scored two goals, and Sweden became even more disadvantaged.
The other Swedes were also in despair. They followed the path of the football and turned around to see the goalkeeper Isaksen standing still.
The only hope for the Swedish team is that the football hits the post.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound was like a beautiful note, but before the Swedes could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the ball bounce inward over the goal line.
“Goooooooooooooooal!!!”
The England commentator let out a long roar, "Goal scored! Goal!! 2 to 0! Morris's direct free kick scored and helped England score the second goal!"
"I dare say this goal is comparable to Beckham's machete arc! It's wonderful! It's wonderful! At the end of the first half, England scored another goal!"
"2 to 0! 2 to 0!"
"Nice job! Maurice! His footwork leaves the Swedish team helpless!"
The Dynamo National Stadium in Kyiv was filled with cheers, and every England fan was cheering. Facing such a wonderful free kick, even the local Polish fans shouted together to celebrate the goal.
In the cheers, Morris raised a single fist and ran towards his half court.
Several England teammates followed behind, they waved excitedly and ran excitedly, as if they had won the game.
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, celebrating with the others.
Looking at the excited Morris, Wan Sheng was also proud of him, and then he didn't forget to turn his head and said to Neville, "Well, I won!"
Neville also smiled, not caring that he lost the bet at all.
"How do you know he's going to score?"
"He's my player and I know him well, like, I know we're going to win."
Neville shook his head with a wry smile.
Although he has worked with Wansheng for more than half a month, Neville still can't stand the excitement of Wansheng. He knows that Wansheng is a very good head coach, but sometimes he just finds it difficult to communicate.
"Like knowing we're going to win?" What kind of answer is that?
What game is sure to win?
Neville couldn't understand why Wansheng was so confident in every game.
"Maybe that's the world-class coach? Or, that's what makes him successful?"
Neville thought.
But in any case, this is a very crucial second goal. As Wansheng said, with the second goal, the team's hope of winning is even greater.
The Swedish team wants to equalize the score again, and it can already be called a 'miracle'.
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Wansheng doesn't like miracles, which means that the game is out of control; he doesn't like opponents to create miracles, which proves his failure.
In the second half of the game, Wansheng let the team use the 'kill miracle' style of play.
The England team slowed down and strengthened their defense.
England attacked the entire first half, unable to play the half that Sweden had once suppressed, and suddenly contracted the formation, making Sweden a little uncomfortable.
Swedish coach Hamlon took the halftime break and asked the team to open up the formation, preparing to fight with the England team for half-time, and strive for the chance to tie the first line, but what I didn't expect is that Sweden is not encountering an unsheathed sword. , but a hard iron ball, the iron ball is hard and has no gaps, and it is difficult to be attacked by foreign objects. Also have to face England's possible fast break at any time.
The situation of the game made the Swedish team very proud.
They need to score goals as soon as possible, but it is difficult to attack, but always pay attention to the defense.
The whole Swedish team felt a headache.
The same goes for Sweden coach Hamren, who did not expect that he would encounter such a difficult opponent.
Wansheng is very famous, he has heard of it, but he doesn't think the other party is really much better than his coaching ability, just has some ability and luck, but he found that in the official competition, he has always been at a disadvantage .
Now that the Swedish team is facing such a dilemma, a large part of the reason can be attributed to the pre-match tactical formulation. He explained to the players almost nothing.
What about the next time?
Hamren had no clue.
He only hoped that the team could strive for it, but he knew very well that the Swedish team had few opportunities. In this European Cup final, the Swedish team may become the first team to be eliminated from the group.