green knight

Chapter 14: Coming off the bench again

Buffon kicked the ball vigorously to the middle circle. Vidal had already arrived at the landing point to take off to grab the ball, but Alan stood in front of him.

Almost at the same time, Alan and Vidal took off to fight for the ball together, but when they were in the air, Alan pushed Vidal slightly, and Vidal fell down because of his unsteady center of gravity. Alan snatched the ball as it should.

Vidal raised his hands high to signal to the referee that the opponent fouled, but Alan's body blocked his view just now, and the referee did not see it.So the referee ignored Vidal's accusation at all.

After Alan grabbed the ball, he dribbled the ball and attacked. As for Vidal who fell to the ground, who cares?
Seeing Alan dribbling the ball towards the penalty area and rushing towards Bonucci to steal the ball, Alan stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area, flicked to the right to avoid Bonucci's body coming towards him, and then lifted his foot vigorously. shoot.

The sudden shot startled everyone, even Buffon didn't react.The high-speed spinning ball flew towards the goal, and the fans and players on both sides were all staring at the ball.

"Alan's sudden long-range shot, it hit the crossbar, just a little bit!"

The ball that hit the crossbar was cleared by Barzagli.

Buffon, who was in a cold sweat, yelled dissatisfiedly at the defender: "Be serious, leading by two goals is not safe. Keep people in check and don't give them a chance to enter the penalty area." Thinking of Buffon's long-range shot just now Added another sentence: "Don't even give them the chance to kick."

Bonucci almost rolled his eyes: It's easy to say, do you think this is basketball? "Hey, I said Pirlo, you come back to defend anyway, forget the tactical drill a week ago?"

Pirlo grinned: "Got it, got it."

No. 305 minutes in the first half, Udinese made a comeback.

Pereira broke through with the ball from the sideline, Asamoah stepped forward to steal the ball, and Pereira made a direct cross.Alan stopped the ball with his chest, took two steps and passed it to Di Natale in front.

Di Natale changed a route and broke through on the left, and Pirlo rushed forward to defend.Di Natale kicked the ball high with his feet, and the ball passed Pirlo who came up, but he accelerated to go around Pirlo.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Pirlo intends to turn around and chase the ball. As soon as he turned around, he saw Di Natale rushing past him.In desperation, Pirlo followed quickly while pulling Di Natale's clothes and squeezing him.

Little boy, brother is only 33 years old, you are 35 years old, can you beat him?Pirlo thought to himself.

It turns out that not everything can be measured by age.

Di Natale stretched out his arms to prevent Pirlo who was next to him from "overtaking", then strode forward and poked the ball with the toe of his left foot.

In this way, the ball, which was rolling slowly, suddenly rolled forward quickly, and it happened to roll to the feet of Michael Sur, who turned around to support Di Natale.

After receiving the ball, Maksuol couldn't turn around in time, and Barzali stuck to his back tightly. If he turned around forcibly, the ball would be easily broken.

As if he had eyes behind his back, Mykosur stepped on the ball with his right foot, and then his foot slid down to the back of the ball.As soon as the ankle was retracted hard, the heel kicked the ball.

The ball was forced to roll forward and passed through the crotch of the two, and Ranej, who was next to him, quickly inserted diagonally to catch the ball.Without hesitation, he pushed Buffon lightly in the small penalty area on the spot.

Buffon was attracted by Mycosur, but before he could react, he saw that the ball was about to roll to the goal line.

The Juventus fans at the scene closed their eyes tightly, and the Udinese supporters had already stood up and prepared to cheer, and some guys even hugged their friends around them to celebrate the goal in advance .

"Udinese's chance!! Mycosul's heel pass through the crotch, Laneje puts a kick in and pushes up!! Buffon is still in the middle of the goal and has no time to react. The ball!! The ball!! Goal!!! No goal. Iaquinta, Iaquinta!! He saved Juventus and kicked Udinese out of the abyss again. How did he end up there?"

Just as the ball was about to roll into the goal, Iaquinta rushed out from the side.He strode into the goal with his left foot, pulled left with his right foot, and then kicked the ball, which was about to come into close contact with the goal line, to the stands diagonally in front of the left side of the goal.

Where the hell did this guy come from?Seeing the cooked duck fly away, Lanej asked the same question as Uncle Zhan Jun.

Seeing the crisis resolved, Iaquinta fell back and lay on the grass inside the goal.He was panting heavily, and his chest rose and fell violently, it could be seen how much exercise he had just done.

Buffon also lay down on him and hugged him tightly: "Wild wolf, thank you! Thank you...thank you"

"Back then you...you saved me...so many balls...to face...to other people. How could you...let the water go?" Iaquinta spoke heavily.

Nearby Juventus players such as Barzagli, Bonucci and Pirlo ran over and lay on the two of them, one on top of the other, and they celebrated the clearance as a goal.

And the Udinese supporters who were just about to cheer suddenly fell silent, and their fiery hearts suddenly turned cold.The ups and downs of the fans felt like their heartbeats were about to stop.

Those Juventus fans who closed their eyes did not hear the cheers of the Udinese people. When they opened their eyes, they saw their own players stacking up arhats to celebrate, while the lost Udinese players sat down helplessly On the ground, his eyes are lifeless.As for the ball...they haven't found it yet.

Um. Looks like they didn't score?Why are you being polite?In an instant, the cheers of the Juventus fans swept across the Friuli Stadium.

It's not that we don't understand, but that the world is changing too fast!At this moment, the fans of both sides deeply understand this sentence.

Udinese coach Guidolin kicked away the mineral water bottle on the sidelines, and Udinese's substitute players closed their eyes in disappointment.

On the Juventus bench, which was in stark contrast to the depressed mood of Udinese's bench, the players jumped up and hugged each other's teammates. Even Li Zihan was hugged by Bendtner.If it weren't for the fourth official and assistant coach Massimo, Uncle Conte would have rushed into the goal to celebrate with them.

At this time, the scene of Udinese's attack just now was played back in slow motion on the big screen on the sidelines.

After the "passion", the old Conte turned around and grabbed Li Zihan's collar and said loudly, "Go warm up."

Before Li Zihan could react, he stared blankly at Conte.

Seeing that Li Zihan did not move, Conte yelled again: "Go warm up, now!!"

Startled, Li Zihan crawled to the warm-up area on all hands and feet: Damn, warm up as you warm up, why are you shouting so loudly.

Although he was a little depressed when he was startled by Uncle Conti's loud voice, the joy on his face was undisguised.

Huh... Finally, I don't have to worry about being deducted "character value" (ability value).

On the bench, Qiao Wenke and Matri looked enviously at Li Zihan, who was going to warm up: This kid is so lucky, he is about to play.

Like Li Zihan, they are at the same suture position.

"We saw that Li Zihan has already gone to warm up, which means that he will basically come off the bench. There are still 8 minutes in the first half. Let us look forward to his playing together."

A few minutes later, Conte looked at the time on the big screen, which showed that the game had lasted for 10 minutes, and he called back Li Zihan who was warming up.

While waiting for the dead ball to play on the sidelines, Conte pulled him and told him: "You go on the field as a winger. After a week of observation, I know your ability, so don't let me down. You tell Arturo (Vidal) ) and Leonardo (Bonucci), we defended in the first half, retreated across the board and defended until the end of the first half. No matter what happens to the opponent, the five of you in the midfield must be behind the center line or in the penalty area, leaving only Mirko (Vucinic) and Fabio (Quagliarella), know the tortoise? That's it."

A dead ball chance Li Zihan was ready to play, and the fourth official also held up the sign for a substitution.

No. 48, Li, up; NO.40, Iaquinta, down.

Iaquinta saw the sign of the fourth official on the sidelines, and he ran slowly towards the sidelines.One is to try to consume the limited time in the first half, and the other is that after four to 10 minutes of intense exercise, he has already lost his physical strength, especially the clearance just now, which consumed a lot of his physical strength.

Iaquinta's end in exchange for warm applause from the fans, they used this to express their respect for this dedicated veteran.

Not only Juventus fans but also almost all Udinese supporters stood up and applauded, which made Juventus fans wonder: one assist, one goal, both goals in the first half were tied with Yakun Tower is related, and he also prevented the opponent from a must-goal. It stands to reason that they should wish to tear Iaquinta alive. Why do they still stand up and applaud him?

In fact, the Udinese fans were greatly relieved: this crazy wild wolf finally went down, and this opportunity came, thanking Uncle Conte on behalf of God.

Iaquinta also raised his hands and clapped his hands to thank the fans for their support, then walked to the sidelines and gave Li Zihan a hug: "Come on, Li!"

"No problem, Vincenzo (Iaquinta), you can watch my performance from the sidelines." Li Zihan laughed.

In the whole team, after a week of getting along with each other, Li Zihan gradually fell in love with this burly, rough-looking good old man of the team.

And the wild wolf Iaquinta also likes this quiet and shy boy from the mysterious ancient eastern country.

Yes, the surface is quiet and shy.Iaquinta repeated in his mind.