Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 40 Powerful Free Kick (Second Update, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 40: Powerful Free Kick (Second update, please vote for me!)

When Chen Yingxiong fell to the ground, the whistle sounded. There are already commentators who know what's going to happen next.

"Oh, oh - no! Lucio is going off! His turning tackle did not hit the ball, but tripped Chen Yingxiong..."

Sure enough, the referee ran over with a red card in his hand.

Lucio got up from the ground and saw the red card in the referee's hand. He was stunned for a moment, then rushed towards the referee.

"I did not do it on purpose!"

This was the only excuse he could make.

Of course he knew he had committed a foul, but he was taking a chance and thinking that maybe it was a yellow card?

Who would have thought that the referee would impose the death penalty on him!

"This is a dive! He's a dive!"

Another centre-back, his partner Samuel, roared at the referee.

Other Inter Milan players also rushed forward, trying to influence the referee's decision and make him take back the red card in his hand.

But it was useless. The referee could see clearly whether it was a flop or not. When Lucio put his foot down, there was no obstruction in front of him, and he saw the ball clearly.

Lucio didn't touch the football, he tripped Chen Yingxiong. And if he hadn't tripped Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong would have been facing the goalkeeper Julio Cesar directly. So this foul directly resulted in a red card, and Lucio was not unjust.

He ran to Lucio and raised his arm, with a red card held high on it!

Lucio was sent off.

Mourinho was very angry at the referee's decision on the sidelines. He roared at the fourth official: "This must be a dive! A dive!"

Seeing that the fourth official ignored him, he shouted to the court: "Hey! You, you are a liar! Liar! Liar!!"

But besides swearing a few words to vent his anger, he had no other option.

Lucio finally walked down, with an unhappy look on his face. Amid the boos from Meazza, he walked directly into the locker room passage.

Meazza's boos were not for Lucio, but for Chen Yingxiong and the referee.

Although the slow-motion replay has cleared Chen Yingxiong and proved that he did not dive, the home team fans will not care so much. Fans are not rational to begin with. They only know that Chen Yingxiong’s fall and the referee’s red card have left them with one less person, and the most important central defender is missing...

Mourinho no longer bothered to argue with the fourth official and Chen Yingxiong. He was calling substitute center back Materazzi to warm up.

Lucio was sent off, and one of the two central defenders was missing. This vacancy must be filled, otherwise Naples will definitely seize this opportunity to attack. It would be terrible if they scored a goal...

Materazzi put on a yellow vest and ran to the warm-up area. He won't be given much time to warm up, he has to be quick.

During this period, Muntari was temporarily the central defender on the field.

Mourinho was already waving his arms and shouting from the sidelines, asking Muntari to play as a central defender.

But in fact, the problem facing Inter Milan is not the central defender, but the defense of Naples's frontcourt free kick.

But no one took this problem seriously. After all, the free kick was still 34 meters away from the goal, and the position was slightly off. Naples did not have a long-distance free kick master who could hit the football into the goal from such a distance— - Mourinho is very clear about this.

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This was a direct free kick. Both Hamsik and Cassano stood in front of the football, and they discussed how to take the penalty.

Direct shot? Neither of them had this intention.

It's too far away, and the hit rate is very low. It's really... not worthwhile to waste an opportunity so easily.

The football still has to be passed out, so should it be passed directly into the penalty area and let Chen Yingxiong and the captain compete for the top? Or short pass to reorganize the offense?

The two people have somewhat inconsistent opinions.

"Let's pass the long pass in." Hamsik thought this was more threatening.

"No, reorganize the attack." Cassano shook his head and rejected.

Chen Yingxiong ran over: "Don't fight, I'll do it!" He picked up the football and placed it in the free throw position.

The two people were dumbfounded. "You come?"

Everyone knows that Chen Yingxiong cannot take free kicks. Is he causing trouble or doing something else when he takes free kicks?

"Can you take free kicks?" Cassano asked Chen Yingxiong.

"This kind of free kick...isn't it just like the long-range shooting practice we practice in training?" Chen Yingxiong pointed to the front and said.

Inter Milan's wall was loose and slow, because it was thirty-four meters away from the goal. Inter Milan's players didn't think anyone in the Naples formation could directly threaten Cesar's goal, so they I'm a little distracted about building a human wall.

Their thoughts are the same as Hamsik and Cassano, they are all thinking about preventing Naples' second attack.

Cassano glanced at it, then smiled and clapped his hands: "You are right, hero! Just use the long-range shots you used in training!"

Since he didn't have any hope of scoring a goal, Hamsik thought it would be good to let Chen Yingxiong try a free kick, so he nodded in agreement.

"Do you want us to cover you?" Hamsik asked.

Chen Yingxiong shook his head, "No need."

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"The hero held the football and placed it on the ground... Is he going to take the free kick?" The commentator was also a little surprised.

"Did anyone know he was good at taking free kicks?"

"I do know that he has an excellent long-range shot...but there is still a difference between a free kick and a long-range shot..."

Amid the surprised voices of the commentators, Chen Yingxiong was ready to take the free kick. He placed the football and then stepped away.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps... He strode back, about six or seven meters, and stood still.

Seeing him like this, Hamsik and Cassano stopped covering him. One of them ran to the penalty area, while the other stood aside as a spectator.

When Inter Milan saw that Chen Yingxiong was planning to take a free kick, a new person was added to the wall - after all, they were still aware of Chen Yingxiong's long shot.

In this way, there are finally five people in the human wall.

"It seems that Chen Yingxiong really took the free kick..."

Cassano walked away. Hamsik was further away from football than Chen Yingxiong. It was basically a certainty that Chen Yingxiong would take the free kick.

Julio Cesar stood in front of the goal, looking at the football in the distance, which seemed very far away.

He didn't know how far away it was, but he knew that it would be difficult to shoot directly from this position. What if the opponent really shot directly? He had the confidence to pounce. With such a long distance, the opponent's view of the goal becomes smaller. It is not easy to hit within the goal range. You have to pursue angles to ensure the goal - because the hit is too straight, you can easily block it. Cesar is not a nobody. Now in Serie A, his condition has surpassed Buffon and he has become the number one goalkeeper in Serie A today.

Want to make such a long shot in front of yourself?

You have to pursue the angle.

If you're looking for angles... there's no telling where the football will fly!

So, actually, he wasn't too worried.

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Chen Yingxiong came to take the free kick, which surprised the Naples coaching staff on the sidelines, because this kid had never practiced a free kick in training, and Mazzarri did not arrange for him to practice - because he felt that this person did not have this ambition.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly wanted to try a free kick today.

But this free kick is too far, right?

It's more than thirty meters away from the goal.

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Chen Yingxiong stood in front of the football, and Inter Milan's human wall had been set up. Because he had never taken a free kick before, Naples didn't know how to cooperate with him. If another player who is good at long-range free kicks takes the penalty, one of his teammates will definitely find a way to squeeze into the opponent's wall, and then suddenly evacuate when the ball is kicked, making way for a path - this It is often a specific tactic formed through long-term contact and running-in.

But Chen Yingxiong had no such support.

But he has his own methods.

Just like what he said just now - isn't it just a long shot from a further distance? No one is defending yet!

He has no pressure.

The referee blew his whistle, and the clear whistle sounded in the Meazza Stadium, and the scene became a little quieter.

Everyone focused on Chen Yingxiong.

After hearing the boos, he leaned over and started sprinting forward.

One step, two steps, four steps, five steps... He took a few steps back at first, but now he sprints a few steps. In the last step, he placed his left foot firmly on the left side of the football, swung his right foot over, and hit the football hard with the instep!

"Bang!"

The football flew into the air, carrying grass clippings, and flew towards Inter Milan's goal.

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When Chen Yingxiong started his run-up, no one thought there was anything special about this free kick, but when the football was kicked out, everyone found something was wrong.

Because... this ball is so fast!

In Julio Cesar's view, football has grown from small to big in almost an instant!

He jumped up reflexively and made a save, but the football flew from his side into the goal!

When the football hit the net hard, the commentators didn't even react - which shows how fast the ball was!

Of course it was fast, because this was Chen Yingxiong's thunderous strike with all his strength!

How hard does Chen Yingxiong exert himself? When he shot the football, his whole body was turned almost ninety degrees in the air by the power of his shot. He staggered a little when he landed and almost lost his balance!

In almost just two seconds, the football went from completely still to being wrapped in the net.

It is not easy for Cesar to make a save!

However, a loser is a loser. No matter how difficult it is, it cannot change the fact that the football flew into the goal he guarded.

He fell to the ground and turned his head to look at the football in the goal in disbelief, as if he had just had a brief nightmare.

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***, this is definitely a historic moment worth remembering! Chen Yingxiong scored the first free kick in his career!

At this turning point in history, I beg you all for ***! !