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Chapter 90 The Importance of Thinking
Move one step forward to lure the opponent to keep up, and then retreat quickly to use the time difference to throw off the opponent's defense. With the strength of the retreat, he jumped up suddenly. When it reached the highest point, the ball just flew right there. With force from the waist and abdomen, he suddenly hit the ball on the top of his head!
The suddenly stressed ball immediately changed direction and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!
The opponent's goalkeeper was originally pointing before the block, but he immediately returned to the center of the goal when he saw the surrounding crosses.
But now Long Bisheng just pushed the ball towards the place where he was standing just now!

The goalkeeper of the Hubei team reacted very quickly. He made several wonderful saves in the previous games and tried to keep the goal clean—but this time, no matter how fast he reacted, it was impossible for him to jump to the left side of the goal from the moment he just moved to the center!

The ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal!

The Yunjiatianyu substitute players on the sidelines cheered immediately, while the Hubei substitute players looked sad!
Long Bisheng watched helplessly as the ball he pushed hit the inside of the goal post and then bounced into the goal. This was his first goal in an official game. Logically speaking, he should be very excited, but he was stunned at this moment. After landing, he just stood there and stared blankly at the football in the goal.

"I scored? My first goal in an official game, and that's it?" Long Bisheng's mind was in confusion: "By the way, Li Jie seems to have said that after scoring a goal, there should be a celebration. What should I do?"

While he was still in a daze, the surroundings had already run over from outside the restricted area, jumped onto Long Bisheng's back suddenly, laughed loudly and said, "Aaron! What are you doing in a daze? You scored a goal! This guy, he is so happy!"

"Haha!" Hearing the shouts around him, Long Bisheng came back to his senses at this time, and felt that he should do something to express his joy, otherwise, if he just stood there after scoring a goal, others would think he was an idiot.

So he raised his hands exaggeratedly, and laughed loudly. After laughing twice, he heard a "plop" from behind, followed by moans from around.

"You don't have anything to raise your hand... Ouch..." The unlucky surroundings didn't expect Long Bisheng to raise his hand suddenly, and one of them fell off Long Bisheng's back without grasping it firmly. With his small body, he would really fall apart after such a fall.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't feel that you jumped on my back." Long Bisheng hurriedly bent down to help him up. At this time, other teammates also arrived, surrounded him and congratulated him. Cai Guoqing stood on the outside, his face full of unwillingness.

"God of Songs, don't be discouraged." The goalkeeper threw the ball out of the goal with a wry smile, and said to Cai Guoqing: "I'm afraid that if the defense changes this time, everyone will be confused... Who knew that such a guy can move so fast."

Cai Guoqing glared at him, and said reluctantly: "It's my fault... I only noticed that his speed is not fast, but I didn't notice that his feet are not slow... In the next game, I will notice this, Qin Xiaolei, I will not let him shoot so easily again."

The goalkeeper Qin Xiaolei laughed: "That's a good relationship!"

Although Cai Guoqing began to pay attention to Long Bisheng's movements, and doubled his watchful eyes, what Cai Guoqing did not expect was that it would be so difficult to accomplish this.

Long Bisheng didn’t have the problem of lack of physical fitness of ordinary big players at all. He ran very actively on the field, which made it much more difficult for Cai Guoqing to mark him. After running for another 10 minutes, Cai Guoqing began to feel a little short of breath, but Long Bisheng still looked calm and heartbeat.

The rapid consumption of physical energy put Cai Guoqing at a disadvantage in the confrontation. Although he had kept pace with Long Bisheng several times, he was knocked away by Long Bisheng in the top battle and lost control of the ball. The goalkeeper Qin Xiaolei also seemed to fluctuate after losing the ball. If it was not for bad luck, another header from Long Bisheng before the end of the first half might have killed the Hubei team...

After finally hearing the whistle for the end of the first half, Cai Guoqing let out a long breath—with this 15-minute break, I will keep an eye on you even if I run out of breath in the second half!
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"Dragon will win, how does it feel to score?"

After returning to the sidelines, Long Bisheng had just sat down to take a bottle of water from his teammate when he heard Ding Yu ask such a question. Long Bisheng smiled shyly and nodded: "It feels good!"

"At any time, the first time is always unforgettable." Just as Ding Yu said this, there were two weird laughs from the surroundings. At this time, Ding Yu realized that his words were a bit ambiguous. After staring at this little ghost's disciple, Ding Yu continued: "But the feeling of scoring goals can be left for later. Don't be distracted by this in the second half of the game."

Long Bisheng nodded: "I won't."

"In the first half of the game, we played very well. I am very happy, but not for the [-]-[-] score, but for the clear minds you showed on the court." Ding Yu said to all the players: "Our opponents are very strong, especially in the midfield. Their four players in the midfielder Li Mu, right midfielder Hua Ming, left midfielder Tian Xiaofei and midfielder Huang Zhenghong are not weak. I am happy that you keenly observed the opponent's weaknesses and action habits during the game, and the goal we scored was the result of careful thinking."

Ding Yu pointed to Hu Gandang: "During the game, you noticed that although the opponent's midfielder has good skills and overall view, he is weak in physique and is not good at physical confrontation, so he used a close defense method to break the ball." Then he pointed to Dai Guangming: "And you found that the opponent's midfielder is slow, and you used the method of using speed to force a breakthrough to get rid of him... You were teammates with him before, didn't you?"

Dai Guangming shook his head: "No, when I left Hubei Ejinlong Football School, this kid hadn't come yet... Judging from his accent, he is not from Hubei. The problem with speed is easy to spot. When I sprinted and counterattacked a few times, I found that his return to defense was not fast."

"Very good." Ding Yu nodded: "This is the importance of keeping a calm mind on the court. How to discover the opponent's strengths and weaknesses in the confrontation, avoid what the opponent is good at and take advantage of the opponent's weaknesses. This will help you defeat opponents who are stronger than you or more easily defeat opponents at the same level as yourself."

The players nodded one after another. The performances of Dai Guangming and Hu Gandang have already proved this point. At the beginning of the first half, Yunjiatianyu's midfielder was not dominant, but as the game progressed, Yunjiatianyu's advantage in the midfielder was gradually revealed.

"What surprised me even more is that you, Long Bisheng, have also started to learn to think." Ding Yu said with a smile, which caused a burst of laughter from the players, and Long Bisheng also smiled embarrassedly.

"What are you laughing at? This is totally commendable! The opponent's defender's ability to defend against high-altitude balls is even better than Li Jie's! Have you seen his performance at the beginning? Long Bisheng also had a 30.00% chance of winning a header in the team's confrontation with Li Jie, but in the first 10 minutes, he failed to win a decent header from his opponent! One point, he scored the goal with the only successful header, which is enough to prove that he can play the center forward! Think about it, how many of you can still do this in a fierce official game!" Ding Yu became serious.

The players stopped laughing, and Long Bisheng felt even more embarrassed. It was the first time the coach praised him like this, and it was also the first time he became the focus of other teammates in the game...

"Of course, that successful summit fight brought more than just the goal." Ding Yu stared at Long Bisheng and said, "When the opponent finds out that he is inferior to you in terms of foot movement, and you have already started to take advantage of this, he has to consume more physical energy to keep up with you, which directly leads to his weakness in the aerial duel due to a large amount of energy consumption. Sometimes defeating an opponent is not about going head-to-head with the opponent, but looking for opportunities from other aspects... Long Bisheng, I don't think the opponent will follow you so closely in the second half, because in fact he doesn't need to waste his energy so much, and he can definitely keep an eye on you when Zhang Yi and the others cross. Someone will tell him this... Tell me, how should you deal with him?"

After saying this, Ding Yu glanced at the Hubei team. Sure enough, Cai Sheng, wearing sunglasses, was standing beside Cai Guoqing, saying something to him in a stern voice.

Long Bisheng wiped off his sweat, thought for a while and said: "He is really good at defending high balls, but his technique is rough and his movement speed is slow. If I can get some ground passes and turn around at the front of the penalty area and forcefully break through, it will be difficult for him to defend. Although he is physically good, he must not be as good as me in ground confrontation."

(End of this chapter)