Fame with a ball

In the second half of the second leg of the Italian semi-final, the score was still 0:0.

In the 47th minute, Lin Zhigao took a long shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was blocked by the wall in the Palermo penalty area.

In the 55th minute, Lin Zhigao received a pass from his teammate Marchisio in the same position and hit the goal with a header, which was confiscated by Palermo goalkeeper Viviano.

On the surface, it seems that the situation in the second half is exactly the same as that in the first half, and Juventus has still not scored, but after comparing the data, careful people can find that the various data of Juventus and Palermo have actually undergone earth-shaking changes.

Juventus' possession rate rose from 20% in the opening 45 minutes to an astonishing 70%, 16 shots, 11 shots on goal, 1 save, 2 fouls, no yellow or red cards.And Palermo?30% ball possession, 3 shots, 2 shots on target, 11 saves, 5 fouls, 3 yellow cards.

From this data comparison, it can be found that in order to completely defend Juventus, Palermo really sacrificed a lot. They almost completely gave up attacking in this game. As long as they can successfully block Juventus' striker, Palermo Mo players seem to be very satisfied... But, can they really get what they want?

In the 60th minute, Lin Zhigao took a long shot with his right foot after receiving a pass from Verratti near the arc of the penalty area, but due to the position being too right, the football was embraced by Viviano, and Juventus shot for the 17th time in the audience fail.

Although he saved the opponent's shot, Viviano's face was not happy at all, because his stomach hurts so much... The football just flew into him with a very ferocious force In his arms, the force was so strong that Viviano felt that his heart would fly out of his chest if he hadn't clenched his teeth tightly.

Reluctantly throwing the ball to one of his own team members, Viviano cast a glance at Lin Zhigao indiscriminately, with fear and hatred that could not be concealed in his eyes, then he lowered his head, grinned and said a few words that he didn't know what it was.But judging by his expression and the frequency of his mouth movements, that must not be a good word.

Viviano lowered his head before swearing. His intention was definitely not to let outsiders discover his actions, but unfortunately, because of Lin Zhigao's frequent headers, a camera at the oblique corner of the goal had already fixed and locked the lens. Palermo's goal, without exception, all these small movements he made were captured by the camera lens. The commentators from various countries either gloated or sympathized with the commentary: "Ha, Viviano cursed! I He can tell the difference between the words 'damn' and 'his fucking', and he can guess who he hates the most at the moment with his knees!"

"The goalkeeper in Palermo has been secretly rubbing his stomach, I don't know if he's praying to God and don't let Lin shoot again, because if Lin keeps hitting his stomach a few times, I think Viviano Probably going to end with an injury.”

Although the team failed to score a goal, the enthusiasm of the Juventus fans has not diminished in the slightest. This is because the team's offensive is so strong that they don't feel bored at all. Instead, they are full of enthusiasm for scoring goals. .Some fiery fans even waved their fists and yelled at the stadium: "A few more shots at that Palermo goalkeeper! Shoot him off the field, let's score another 10:0!"

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"Viviano once again showed a happy expression! Menliang saved him again!"

"Lucky Palermo, unlucky Juventus!"

"If a team with poor defense came over, it is estimated that their goal would have been pierced no less than ten times."

"Otherwise, what do you think Juventus relied on to make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League this season? And they also defeated the mighty Real Madrid at home!"

"I'm just very worried. Lin Zhigao just grabbed the header more than a dozen times in this game, right? His head...is it alright?"

"Haha, have you forgotten? Lin has an invincible head! Last season, he hit his forehead against the goal post, but he didn't even have a slight concussion in the post-match examination."

This is really the game in which Lin Zhigao used the header the most times, which can be called the most in his career.

By the way, it also shocked many people who were not optimistic about him.

When Lin Zhigao competed for the header with the Palermo defender for the first time, many fans sneered at it. They thought with disdain: You, a forward who is not even 190 tall, still wants to compete with those tall defenders. Header?joke!

But when they saw Lin Zhigao successfully grabbing headers again and again, and even those Palermo defenders who grabbed the ball were afraid of him, and only dared to go forward to double-team after he successfully steals the ball, one by one The mouth has grown into an O shape.

Lin Zhigao failed his first header and people thought it was normal.

Lin Zhigao failed to attack the goal for the fifth time, and people were a little surprised.

Lin Zhigao failed to attack the goal for the nth time, and some people shouted unbearably: Why haven't you scored yet?This unscientific!

Even the Palermo players themselves felt very strange. Many times when they were broken by Lin Zhigao and saw the opponent shoot with their own eyes, the Palermo defenders felt that their goal was definitely over.But after a few seconds, they looked back into the goal: Hey, the ball didn't go in?

This made the Palermo players couldn't help feeling elated: In this game, God, the old man is standing behind us, right?

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During the intermission, many Juventus players were very concerned about Lin Zhigao's head, and shortly after the start of the second half, this concern increased significantly.

Even Pirlo, who was the most low-key and introverted in the team, came to Lin Zhigao's side during a run, looked at his head seriously and asked: "So many headers, can your body still bear it?"

Lin Zhigao shook his head, "Although my head is a little dizzy, I think it's caused by excitement."

"Well..." Pirlo raised three fingers: "How much is this?"

Lin Zhigao glanced past Pirlo's fingers, and said casually: "Isn't it 2? Andre, I'm really fine, you don't need to test me."

Pirlo's expression was obviously tangled.

He was thinking whether he should remind Lin Zhigao that it was three fingers, or go directly to the sidelines and tell the head coach to ask him to replace Lin Zhigao...

Lin Zhigao burst out laughing suddenly: "Ha, Andre, you really got fooled! This is 3, I just lied to you!"

Pirlo fell silent for a moment—the quiet and coquettish old man had the urge to punch Lin Zhigao on the forehead at this moment.

Lin Zhigao took the initiative to put his forehead under Pirlo's nose, bent his waist and stared at Pirlo face to face, and said, "What are you in a daze for? Could it be that you are tired?"

Just finished speaking, without waiting for Pirlo's reaction, Lin Zhigao hugged his shoulder affectionately again: "You have to hold on, Andre, we haven't scored yet? But I think it's coming soon, work harder, We can open another 5 points away from Milan in the standings!"

The little unhappiness in Pirlo's heart dissipated again before it could condense into shape.He thought: No matter who is angry with such a lively and boundless person, isn't he angry at himself?

Lin Zhigao's words to encourage himself and Pirlo are self-encouraging, but they are also close to reality.

At this moment, anyone can see that Palermo's defense is indeed a bit crumbling under the onslaught of Juventus...

"Although Lin Zhigao has yet to break through Palermo's goal, we can see that Palermo's defense is on the verge of collapse."

"The fourth official showed his sign on the sidelines, and Palermo made a substitution! Coach Derio Rossi replaced two defenders in one go, Boudin replaced Aquaa, Bacinovic replaced Miliacio. The two players who were replaced did not show any displeasure. On the contrary, their expressions even showed some joy. Aquaa also hugged Boudin and patted Boudin on the shoulder to wish him good luck. "

"Capello showed an impatient look on the sidelines, he didn't even hide his disgust, and stared at the Palermo coach... Ha, he must think it's Delio Rossi delaying tactics , because Palermo's player substitutions wasted 2 minutes of game time... Derio Rossi didn't turn his head, but judging from his stiff movements and expressions, uh, he knew that the Juventus coach was watching look at him..."

"But I want to say that the Palermo players are not deliberately delaying the game now. Look at Aqua's tired look and his footsteps when he is off the court. Palermo's defensive generals are really tired. , they were a bit exhausted by Lin Zhigao's endless shooting... Bacinovic, who was replaced on the field, went to greet Munoz, but Munoz just gestured to him with his eyes. The rare neutral time to bend over to rest..."

As soon as the game resumed, Lin Zhigao impatiently lobbed the ball into the wing.

Juventus once again kicked off a quick offensive prelude.

The new Palermo defender was forced into a tense offensive and defensive battle before he could take a good position.

In the 67th minute, Verratti bounced the ball continuously after taking the ball in midfield, and volleyed with his right foot 20 meters from the front of the penalty area.

His ball is a bit too low and too far if it is a pass, but it is too high and too far if it is a direct hit. The Palermo central defenders are not sure what kind of ball it is, so they can only be scattered. Standing, carefully observe the trajectory of the ball.

Just when their eyes were all focused on the football, a person was running towards the Palermo penalty area with extremely fast steps.

Palermo defender Munoz stared at the football, stepping back step by step, seeing that the football was about to fall, and when he thought about taking two more steps back and jumping up to catch the ball, something warm was suddenly rubbed against his left shoulder , Then there was a gust of wind around me!

Munoz turned his head strangely, and was about to see which teammate ran so crazy to catch the ball, but he was shocked to find: this is not his teammate, this person is clearly Lin Zhigao!

But it was Munoz's mistaken time, Lin Zhigao had already run to the position where the football landed, and he didn't even stop, his eyes were fixed on the football, he adjusted his body orientation while running, and then twisted The muscles in the waist and abdomen, a little grass on the toes, jumped up from the ground!

God, he's about to shoot again!

Munoz only had time to think of this, and he jumped up in a hurry, but when he rose into the air, he found sadly that his height was not low, but he was still not as tall as the Juventus No. 10 , Not only that, because he jumped too fast, his judgment on the football's landing point was completely wrong. Even if Munoz stretched out his hand, it was difficult to reach the football!

So he could only helplessly, watching Lin Zhigao flick his head in mid-air with a very elegant and natural posture, and the football flew out!

Palermo goalkeeper Viviano thought "Again!" with a touch of desperation, and then had to jump up to the ball with all his might.

Originally, Viviano thought he could easily reach the header, but he really overestimated his physical strength... More than 60 minutes of non-stop saving has exhausted all his strength. Viviano tried his best to jump, thinking that he jumped very high, but in fact he jumped only 20 centimeters!

Viviano's fingertips also did not reach the football!

Under the helpless and fateful gaze of all Palermo players, the football flew into the goal!

The Italian commentator originally thought that it was the fate of Lin Zhigao and Juventus not to score a goal, so he didn't notice the fact that the football entered the net in the first place!It wasn't until the New Alpen Stadium was full of cheers, and the live broadcast director couldn't bear to wave to him desperately through the glass, that he stretched his voice belatedly: "... GOAL... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"

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"This header, God! It's as if Lin Zhigao suddenly flew up while running, and then headed the ball into the Palermo goal!"

This is an iconic goal with special significance, which means that at least in Serie A, Juventus has completely cracked the iron barrel formation.

This seemingly flawless intensive defensive tactic has already been drilled a small hole by Lin Zhigao, torn and crushed, and trampled under his feet.

From now on, Juventus will be completely unstoppable.

No one said that Palermo did not do enough, and no one laughed at the Palermo players, because everyone knew that they did their best in this game.

Palermo coach Derio Rossi had a strange look of helplessness and relief on his face. Even he probably knew that the game had been completely reversed from this moment on.

Capello's expression is also very strange, but no one can guess what he is thinking.

The media likes to tout the winners. Before the game is over, commentators from various countries have already offered all kinds of nasty words for Juventus and Lin Zhigao: "Using the word 'ghost' to evaluate this header is not at all Not too much."

"Verati's pass is actually very unqualified. It is a bit too high for a shot or an ordinary pass, but it is a bit too low for a header pass, but how did Lin Zhigao run just right? In the penalty area of ​​Palermo, with a jump of his body and a flick of his head, he easily pushed the ball into the goal? It seems that Verratti is deliberately passing the ball towards his head. It is simply amazing Alright! In addition to expressing the tacit understanding between Lin and his teammates, I have to say one thing - Lin's judgment on the landing point is simply a mess of accuracy!"

"Although Lin Zhigao's header is not aggressive enough, it is very beautiful. Through the slow motion playback, we can see that when he jumped up from the turf to reach the top, his limbs were very stretched, and he seemed to have a flowing feeling. The action is natural and pleasing to the eye.”

"Lin's sense of smell in front of the goal and his ability to judge where the football will fall is really more and more similar to Inzaghi. Superpippo's headers are always like this, there is no brutal body collision, no sturdy mid-air support, just not Stop running and excellent jumping ability, and then I don’t know when I jumped lightly, and the ball went in!”

"When Lin was playing for the Rangers before, I remember that some British media once commented that he was quite opportunist like Inzaghi in the frontcourt. After Lin Zhigao came to Serie A, we carefully compared him and Inzaghi. Zaghi also found that Lin Zhigao's shooting relied more on his excellent physical talents, such as speed, physical fitness, physique, etc. Inzaghi, a veteran player, is really playing with experience and skills. But now , we saw the shadow of Inzaghi from Lin Zhigao, at least this shows that Lin has always known who his role model is, and he is also working hard to train and enrich his skills."

"Juventus completed the overall transformation of the team as early as the 11-12 season. The Bianconeri is very united. There is no doubt that no matter what the game situation is, Juventus players rarely perform badly. It is the key to why Si can win the league championship in the 11-12 season-but, at that time, Juventus lacked Mr. 'flash of inspiration' who changed the game."

"If the Bianconeri want to achieve a comprehensive revival, re-dominate the Apennines or even compete in the European battlefield, it is not enough to rely solely on team unity or stability. Because those giants who compete in the Champions League every year, they have exactly the same or even better qualities than Juventus. Good things, and there are still things that Juventus did not have before-those superstars who can save the game at critical moments, such as Barcelona's anti-weather artifact Messi, Manchester City's big killer Aguero, Silva, Real Madrid's Goal-scoring machine Ronaldo, Manchester United's Rooney, etc."

"The existence of superstars is very important for any giant club. Although football is a game of 11 people, it is a sport that perfectly combines teamwork and individual heroism. Just like this has plagued the Juventus football team. The iron barrel formation was finally cracked after 3 games. Although everyone knows that set kicks, high center forwards, and long shots are the three magic weapons to crack the iron barrel formation, before Lin finally scored the header on his own, Doesn’t Juventus as a whole have nothing to do with Palermo?”

"Well, when it comes to this, probably many fans sitting in front of the TV can hear what I want to say, yes, what I really want to express is actually only one meaning-Juventus have also had their aura since then Twinkle sir!"