Chapter 1561 Salute

As long as Xia Ruofei participates in the game, he must be in the first order in terms of free kicks, there is no doubt about it.

And the players are also convinced - after watching the fixed-point free-kick match between Xia Ruofei and Macroca, no one will have the slightest idea of ​​competing with Xia Ruofei to take a free-kick.

Before the game, Ruby even made it clear that no matter who created the penalty in the game, Xia Ruofei would also take the penalty.

In addition, the ball is about 33 meters away from the goal. If any other player shoots a free kick directly from this position, the success rate is very low, only Xia Ruofei is an exception.

After the free kick was taken, Wu Lei immediately ran over to pull Xia Ruofei off the turf, and asked with concern, "Brother Xia, are you alright?"

Xia Ruofei grinned and said, "It's alright, just unprepared. I was suddenly pulled and I lost my focus, otherwise I could put it in and shoot directly!"

"It's almost the same now. You have a high success rate for free kicks in this position!" Wu Lei said with a smile.

The team's midfielder and veteran player Victor Sanchez picked up the ball, trotted it to Xia Ruofei, and grinned: "Boss! Come on! Go for another one!"

Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile.

The foul just now was very obvious, and Xia Ruofei's jersey was seriously deformed, so Girona's players had no dispute about the penalty of the free kick and the yellow card, and soon began to line up the wall under the command of the goalkeeper.

The Spaniard's players also deployed troops at the front of the penalty area, ready to insert into the penalty area at any time.

This ball is far from the goal. If another player takes the penalty, Girona will basically only symbolically arrange one or two people to form a human wall. The focus will be on the defense in the penalty area, because the ball is big The probability will be hanged into the penalty area, and let the players on the own side go for a shot.

But Girona's head coach has obviously studied Xia Ruofei's game video. He knows that 33 meters is not a safe distance, and it is completely within Xia Ruofei's range, so he has also instructed in advance, this time there are four Herro The players stood in a row, on the line drawn by the referee, constantly adjusting their positions according to the goalkeeper's command.

The goalkeeper is also facing a formidable enemy. Xia Ruofei may shoot this ball directly, but the possibility of a long pass to the penalty area cannot be ruled out. After all, the Espanyol team also has several high points, and it is not a disadvantage to compete for the header.

Therefore, the defense in the penalty area cannot be ignored, but there are only 11 people in a team. After removing the four rows of people, the remaining people are a bit stretched to deploy in the penalty area.

Although the ball was far from the goal, Girona was very nervous up and down.

Xia Ruofei looked relaxed, placed the football on the point drawn by the referee with foam spray at the foul location, and then began to step back slowly to increase the running distance.

The Espanyol didn't even arrange for other players to come over for a fake run, leaving Xia Ruofei alone before the football.

Anyway, it's no secret that Xia Ruofei is the team's first free kicker.

The referee confirmed the human wall, and then made a statement to remind the players on both sides near the penalty area not to make any movements on their hands, and he would keep an eye on everyone.

Then the referee turned his attention to Xia Ruofei, put the whistle in his mouth, and made a free throw gesture while blowing the whistle.

Xia Ruofei first looked up at the big screen of the scoreboard. At this time, the game time had come to about 20 minutes and 30 seconds in the first half.

Xia Ruofei pondered for a while, made a gesture to the referee, and stepped forward to set the football again.

Although the referee was a little surprised,

But he recovered quickly, and he didn't say anything. After all, the Espanyol team is full of momentum now. Xia Ruofei has no need to delay time in this way, and it is only 21 minutes in the first half, and it is still early before the end of the game. It's on!

In addition, it is true that some players are more particular about swinging the ball, and some will specifically find out the position of the valve core. This position is the hardest place in football. If you hit the valve core when making a free throw, you can increase the speed of the ball. , and it is easy to throw out the elevator ball.

Once the grass is not level and the football rolls a little bit, many players will reposition the football.

This is also allowed by the rules, so the referee did not say anything.

The players of the Girona team were a little unhappy. They had been nervous for a long time, but Xia Ruofei suddenly threw the ball again. This sudden feeling was really not good.

Xia Ruofei took a leisurely ten seconds to put the football back in place, and then stepped back step by step.

He stepped back and looked at the big screen of the scoreboard.

The time came to 20 minutes and 55 seconds.

Xia Ruofei stood still, then looked up at Girona's goal, and started to run.

Girona's goalkeeper also lowered his center of gravity, staring intently at the football, ready to make a save at any time. The human wall formed by Girona's players was even more nervous, for fear of taking off too early or late, the football would slip over their heads.

Xia Ruofei's run-up took three seconds.

At 20 minutes and 58 seconds, Xia Ruofei ran in front of the football, his left foot plunged into the turf, his right leg did not swing a lot, but with the inertia of the run, he simply kicked the football with the outer instep neatly. Lower middle position.

Just looking at Xia Ruofei's actions, many people even think that this should be a pass.

But in fact, the power of Xia Ruofei's ball is quite large. After the "bang", the Girona players who formed the human wall subconsciously used all their strength to take off.

However, Xia Ruofei's ball was not only fast, but also very high. The human wall did not play any role, and the football flew over directly above the human wall.

Shots from the outside of the instep tend to have a large arc, so Girona's goalkeeper made a quick judgment between the lights and flints. When the football emerged from the top of the Girona players who formed the human wall, he quickly moved towards the goal. The direction of the far post swooped sideways.

But he didn't expect that the arc of Xia Ruofei's shot was so strange-the football was indeed going to the far corner at the beginning, if the arc was not pulled too far, it would not slide out the door. , the trajectory should be drilled into the far corner, but during the flight, the football swayed slightly under the friction with the air, and the arc further increased...

When Girona's goalkeeper made a save, he saw the football approaching him quickly, then quickly arcing away from him, heading towards the near corner of the goal.

Girona's goalkeeper felt very desperate. He had already thrown his center of gravity, and it was impossible to pounce in the opposite direction at this time.

In the process of landing, the Girona goalkeeper seemed to have countless alpacas galloping in his head. He secretly gnashed his teeth and thought: This is the first time I saw someone hitting a close horn and actually have to go around such a long way! Are you showing off your feet? hateful……

It's too late, but Xia Ruofei's shot is actually very fast. The time for the football to fly in the air is only two seconds.

When the time displayed on the big screen just jumped to 21 minutes, the football also slammed into the net at the same time.

boom……

The stands at El Platt suddenly boiled.

All the Espanyol fans stood up from their seats and applauded excitedly in the direction of Xia Ruofei.

After scoring this beautiful curve ball, Xia Ruofei signaled his teammates not to come up to celebrate.

He stretched out his index finger, pointed both hands to the sky, and then ran to the huge tifo in the north stand. He stood under the stand and made a salute to the tifo.

This celebration of Xia Ruofei made the Spanish fans watching the game even more excited. They applauded in the direction of Xia Ruofei and gave a huge cheer.

The fans in this stand were even more excited. Some young fans kept slapping their chests, while others waved the flags in their hands.

El Prat Field suddenly became a sea of ​​joy.

The commentator who is familiar with the history of the Espanyol also reacted immediately.

The football commentator of Spain's National TV Channel 4 immediately said: "There is no doubt that Xia's goal is wonderful, and he is indeed Mr. World Bo! However, what I want to say is that this goal is more important. The meaning of this, Xia rejected the celebration of his teammates immediately after scoring the goal, but pointed his hands to the sky, and then ran to the north stand... I think Espanyol fans should know best what this means!"

After a short pause, the commentator immediately explained to the fans watching the game in front of the TV: "Xia is paying tribute to the late Spaniard's captain Dani Halk! Nihalke's tifo makes a salute! Since Danihalke's sudden death from a heart attack, a tradition has been added to the El Prat Stadium, with fans in the 21st minute of every game There will be spontaneous applause and tribute to the late Espanyol captain, because Dani Halk's jersey number at Espanyol is 21!"

"The time Xia scored this goal was exactly the 21st minute." The commentator continued, "So, obviously he took this goal as a gift for Dani Halk. And the Spanish fans at the scene were obviously very moved, and we even saw several female fans with red eyes through close-up shots!"