Captain Football System

Chapter 309 Elegant free kick

While the fans booed Klavan, the referee came to the place of the foul, showed Klavan a yellow card, and then awarded Manchester United a free kick.

Tuchel looked annoyed at this time, and his eyebrows were all twitched. They were clearly ahead a few minutes ago, so why do they look like they are about to lose now?

After the free kick was awarded, the boos on the sidelines became a little bit smaller, but they still didn't completely disappear. Perhaps, they thought it should be a red card and a penalty kick.

After a while, Tuchel was slightly relieved.

Because the position of this free kick is a bit close to the goal, and the angle is also a bit positive.

In addition to tactical free kicks, direct free kicks generally pay attention to a suitable position. If it is too far away, the opponent's goalkeeper will have enough reaction time, and the goal looks relatively small, which is not conducive to aiming; if it is too close, in order to shoot into the goal, the arc of the ball must not be too large.

So a good distance is very important for free kicks.

In addition to the distance, the angle is also a bit particular.

Generally, free kicks have some arcs, so when the ball flies to the goal, it is best to fly in a direction perpendicular to the bottom line. This requires the place where the foot is shot to have a certain angle with the goal. If the shooting angle is too straight or too biased, when the ball flies to the goal, the angle between its trajectory and the bottom line will become smaller, and the scoring rate will decrease.

So in general, the best free kick distance is about 23 to 27 meters, and the best angle is [-] to [-] degrees from the central axis.

Now Manchester United's free kick is only about 20 meters away from the visual inspection, and the angle with the central axis is almost zero degrees.

The Manchester United players obviously also discovered this situation, so they were negotiating with the referee, but they were naturally persuaded by the referee.

At this time, they all looked at Shen Peng. Shen Peng was the number one penalty kick and free kick taker in the team, so they wanted to see what Shen Peng thought.

However, Shen Peng didn't seem to care. After placing the ball, he stood aside.

This made everyone puzzled, Shen Peng is also sure that he can enter?
Shen Peng's free kick is really good, but the scoring rate of the curve ball at this distance is very low. If you want to go around the wall, it is easy to hit the goal frame; as for the deciduous ball, Shen Peng's deciduous ball has been gradually figured out by the opponent, so the scoring rate is not high.

Does he want to send a tactical free kick?

But soon these teammates were disappointed, because Shen Peng didn't have any secrets at all, and he didn't discuss with other teammates.

Can he play tactical free kicks alone?
In the end they came to the conclusion: Shen Peng was going to shoot directly.

However, they would not show it, but pretended to rub against the wall, pretending that Shen Peng was going to take a tactical free kick, so as to distract the Liverpool players.

After everyone was ready, the referee signaled Shen Peng to start.

Shen Peng nodded and started running slowly. When he got to the side of the ball, he shot directly!

But the moment after he took the kick, almost all the fans on the scene were dumbfounded. Where did Shen Peng aim for the ball?

If this is a curve ball, it must be higher than the crossbar, and if it is a deciduous ball, it will definitely miss the post.

Although it is very easy to bypass the human wall, it is meaningless to hit it directly.

But then, they were speechless again, because at this time the ball actually turned inward, and while spinning inward, it was still falling at an accelerated rate!
Originally, Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet also thought that the ball was out of bounds. Judging from his experience, the direction of the ball was very elegant-in fact, it was a flawed kick.

So he just took two steps in the direction where the ball flew out, and then he was about to stop. At this moment, he happened to see the ball turning towards the goal!

He was shocked and rushed out, but even if he jumped directly, he might not be able to reach it, let alone stopped in the middle, so it was no surprise that the ball hit the goal in his eyes.

The audience was silent for half a second, and then there was a roar of cheers. Some people called Shen Peng's name, and others called "Kung Fu Boy", but soon, it changed into this rhythm:

First someone called "Kung Fu Boy", and then another wave of people called "Shen Peng".

Shen Peng also happily found his teammates and began to celebrate.

Now, with two goals, he is one step closer to completing the task.

This shot is naturally a gliding shot, just like the tiger's tackle, and he specially prepared it for this game.

Originally, this skill was intended for him to find a chance to shoot directly, but it is the same when he uses it during a free kick.

And the effect was as good as he expected. This shot, which is equivalent to a combination of "curve ball" and "leaf ball", really made a difference and scored the goal.

In a few minutes, Manchester United went from being behind zero to one to leading two to one.

The Liverpool players were all in a daze. They felt that Shen Peng's condition seemed to be particularly good today, a little unstoppable.

But the game will continue, and they can only bite the bullet and continue the game.

After Shen Peng scored two goals in a flash, Liverpool's defense became more careful. Of course, the price they paid was that their offense was greatly reduced.

Obviously, they got Tuchel's order to stabilize first. They are only one goal behind. After the midfield adjustment, they still have a chance to win. What they have to do now is to avoid their edge and avoid Shen Peng's good state during this time.

After Liverpool started to defend, the Manchester United players also slowly took control of the initiative of the game, but there were no good chances to score for a while.

Shen Peng is also constantly looking for opportunities at this time. Of course, he will not be satisfied with two to one. If he wants to complete the task, he must score at least two goals.

So he kept looking for opportunities in the frontcourt, which made Liverpool's defenders miserable. When Arnold was defending him, he was cramping too hard because he had to barely keep up with Shen Peng's speed.

In this way, the game slowly came to the end of the first half.

During this period, Liverpool was suppressed in front of their own goal and had no chance to attack. This can be seen from their statistics: since Manchester United began to besiege their goal, their number of shots was 0, and they took the ball to the Manchester United half.

However, one thing that satisfied Tuchel was that Liverpool's players kept the goal under such pressure. It is not terrible to fall behind by one point. He is confident that after the midfield adjustment, he will recover the score in the second half.

(End of this chapter)