Godfather of national football

Chapter 408 Special Training
Redondo placed 10 footballs in the middle circle of the court, and then asked the players to lob the goal one by one. Finally, after the balls crossed the sky one by one, the hit rate was pitifully low. Only Fang Suo's lob scored. And he voluntarily admitted that he was blind.

If this scene is seen by the media, greetings will definitely appear in the minds of the reporters.

What is the Chinese team doing?

Do you want to imitate Beckham's ad?

No.

This is a special training set up by Li Guo - lob shots in any area of ​​the pitch, because Li Guo knows that the goalkeeper of the German team, Neuer, is a restless goalkeeper, and he always has a strong desire to run out of the penalty area.

This seems to have gradually formed a popular trend, and the goalkeeper has become a lagging central defender, but the risk of this style of play is also great.

On April 2011, 4, in the first round of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Inter Milan played against Schalke 6 at home. Only 1 seconds into the game, Inter Milan scored a long pass into the penalty area. Neuer, who was still playing for Schalke at the time, headed the ball out, but unexpectedly, Stankovic did not stop the ball near the center circle and shot directly. The ball flew into the goal behind Neuer as accurately as a missile.

It was the worst attack in Neuer's career. Li Guo knew that in the upcoming game, Neuer would definitely not be able to stay idle. This would leave opportunities for the Chinese players, and whether they can grasp it depends on the ability of the Chinese players' long-range shots.

But seeing everyone's dismal success rate, Li Guo shook his head, but he couldn't blame the players either. After all, no player would deliberately practice ultra-long-range lob shots. It's like basketball. The mid-circle shot is very beautiful, but no one would specifically practice it. The reason is very simple and unnecessary.

"Head, I think practicing this is putting the cart before the horse. Even if Neuer attacks, we can't lob the goal. Why don't we practice other tactics."

But Li Guo knows that the Chinese team is not yet the opponent of the German team, so opportunistic tricks are still needed. What if it really wins?Maybe a ball will decide the outcome in the end.

"Continue to practice. If you feel that the distance is too far, then get closer. Push forward by 5 meters and 5 meters to find a suitable distance. I have a hunch that it will be used."

In addition to super-long-range lob shots, another key drill is penalty kicks. Li Guo thinks that the German team is likely to be dragged into a penalty shootout, and the Germans have a very high penalty kick win rate. In other words, the Germans are the big winners before the penalty kick.

"Everyone knows Neuer's level. This guy has quick reflexes, is tall, and is known as the world's number one goalkeeper. If we meet him in a penalty shootout, it will be a problem."

The players were silent and didn't know what Li Guo meant, but Li Guo didn't talk nonsense. Since he said that, there must be a meaning behind it.

"We simulated a penalty shootout, but with different rules."

"Why is it different? We have also played penalty shootouts, what tricks can we play?"

Li Guo said with a sly smile: "I stipulate that when kicking a penalty kick, only the left side is allowed, and the footwork is free."

Damn, as soon as this remark came out, everyone was dumbfounded. The essence of penalty kicks lies in deception. If you can only kick one side, how can you play?
This is Li Guo's goal. In Asia, you can easily fool the opponent's goalkeeper, but facing a player like Neuer, you can only be safe if you shoot the ball from a tricky angle.

Team training, no grouping, one by one in turn, those who miss the penalty will run one kilometer as punishment, and those who did not kick the left will run five kilometers.

Wang Dalei stood in front of the goal, and Geng Chong was the first to play. After a small run-up, Geng Chong shot low and kicked the ball out. Because he knew the direction, Wang Dalei threw it ahead of time and threw the ball. Everyone applauded, and Geng Chong needed to be punished.

Then everyone proceeded in turn, and when it came to Fang Suo, he was the fifth, and the hit rate of the five people was 0.

No one made a free throw. The most important thing is that Wang Dalei can move in advance. As a professional goalkeeper, when he knows the direction of the ball in advance, the success rate of catching the ball is very high.

The sixth one was Mu Fei, who protested, "It's not fair."

"Whoever told you that training needs to be fair, and training needs to improve skills, then extreme situations must be simulated," Li Guo said plausibly.

"Yes, I know, but at least Wang Dalei can't move ahead of time, he has to stand on the goal line and wait for my kick before making a save."

"No need, stop talking nonsense, or you can go for a five-kilometer run."

Mu Fei closed his mouth and looked at the upper left corner of the goal. Only by kicking the ball there can he score a goal.

But when taking a penalty kick, the reason why many people choose to shoot instead of volley is because professional players volley with great power and are easy to miss. The first point of penalty kick is to hit the goal frame, otherwise there is no hope.

Mu Fei gritted his teeth, started a run-up, aimed at the upper left corner of the goal, and volleyed.

Wang Dalei still made a shot ahead of time, but this time even if he jumped to the limit, he was still a short distance away and the ball was scored.

Mu Fei was very excited, turned around and made a Ronaldo-style celebration, looked at Li Guo proudly, his eyes seemed to say: "You see, old man."

Li Guo smiled slightly, and thought: "That's right, I just want this effect." At this time, Geng Chong, who was the first to take the penalty, had already run back and saw that Mu Fei kicked in, so he said, "Damn, seeing Mu Fei can score, this is more uncomfortable than letting me run a mile for penalty."

The big guy laughed, Mu Fei didn't care, "Jealousy, you guys are Chiguoguo's jealousy, I don't care."

In fact, other people can also see that Li Guo's rules are very strict, and the only way to score goals is Mu Fei's - hit the upper left corner.

This kind of ball surpasses the goalkeeper's time in the air, and it is impossible to defend against. Even if Neuer is 2 meters high, there is probably nothing he can do.

Everyone followed suit, but the success rate was still not high, almost 50%, but they were not thrown down by Wang Dalei, but were beaten into the air.

In the end, Li Guo's goal was achieved. For those who were flying, Li Guo said: "There is no need to run away. Those who are flying go to Liao Lisheng and Chen Gelin, worship them as teachers, and let them teach you how to control not to fly."

Generally, free-kick masters have relatively strong control over the ball. Li Guo knows that is all he can do. The German team is very strong. Against such an opponent, it can only be a protracted battle. Survive first and then consider defeating the opponent.

This point Algeria has given the Chinese team a lot of inspiration. Only by fighting hard against the opponent like Algeria can it be possible to win.

Li Guo looked into the distance and thought, "Loew, I'm ready."

(End of this chapter)