Fame with a ball

On January 2013, 1, in the 8th round of Serie A, Juventus challenged Lecce away.

If we talk about which teams are more difficult to deal with in the league besides the few giants that are the most difficult to deal with, presumably all the head coaches will vote for the two or three teams that are about to be relegated this season.

The top leagues in every country are not all teams with superior strength. Among them, there are always a few overlords, a few teams that have been hovering in the middle all the year round, and a large number of small teams that struggle to relegation every year. Between fighting back to the top flight.

The Serie A club Lecce is such a typical small team. They do not have sufficient transfer funds, nor do they have superstars who are famous in Europe, but they have strong vitality and never-ending fighting spirit. When they were almost relegated from Serie A to Serie B, they would fight for promotion again in the second season.

And the more such a team is, the harder it is to deal with.On the court, sometimes what is compared is not the gorgeous technology, or the occasional brilliance of a superstar, when the whole team is fighting for a goal, the kind of unity and never-slack spirit that is about to burn , is even more terrifying.

In the 17th round of the league, AC Milan ranked first in the standings with 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses with 35 points. Juventus ranked second with 8 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses with 31 points. Lecce, The result is dismal 3 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, with 14 points, ranking 19th, above Lecce is Novara with 15 points, and behind it is Cesena with 11 points.

Nearly halfway through the league, the team's results are so bad that Lecce fans are afraid that they will be relegated next season, so when the Juventus team came to Lecce as a guest, they played at the Ville del Mare Stadium (below) Referred to as Mare Stadium) gave the Bianconeri an absolutely unforgettable home experience of the devil.

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More than 3 Lecce fans wore red and yellow striped jerseys, standing in front of their seats and shouting frantically. Whenever Juventus players took the ball, they roared desperately, making the loudest noise, trying to influence Juventus players.And if there is a player standing on the side of the field near the fans' stands, the Lecce fans will throw ribbons at him frantically, trying their best to interfere with Juventus.

Lin Zhigao just took a corner kick near the sideline, and Lecce fans threw more than a dozen streamers trying to block his sight.The kind of red and yellow strips flying all over the sky, several meters long, with small heavy objects tied at the end that they thought they could deliver farther, crackled and fell all over his body, which made Lin Zhigao feel a little helpless and ridiculous. He turned his head and faced The Lecce fans signaled a stop, only to be met with even louder boos.

"Hey, Lin! Don't pay attention to them! The more you pay attention to them, the stronger they will be!" Teammate De Qie Lie stood on the field and waved to him desperately.

Lin Zhigao nodded at De Chelie, and was about to tee off when a ribbon fell from the sky, just above his head, completely covering his sight.

Lin Zhigao got bored, he took a deep breath, and made a strong pass in the direction of his teammates, then he didn't walk away, but lowered his head, picked up all the ribbons, held them in his right hand, and stood on the sideline , aiming at the direction of the Lecce fans stand, and threw it out fiercely.

"Aww! Shameless!" "Arrogant Turin man!" "You have no hair yet, you dare to try again!"

A few mineral water bottles fell from the sky, but they missed Lin Zhigao because of the distance. However, it can also be seen that Lecce fans are angry with Lin Zhigao's behavior: they have always been the only ones who throw players' ribbons and mineral water bottles. What? Was it thrown back?Even if it was just symbolic than actual, it angered the Lecce fans!

Lin Zhigao really wanted to give them the middle finger, but on the field, such behavior would definitely result in a yellow card from the referee—so Lin Zhigao took a compromise method. He first made a face at the Lecce fans stand, Then he turned around again, twisting his buttocks with his back to the stands.

Twist left, twist right, clap, you can't hit me, you can't hit me~

After twisting his buttocks, Lin Zhigao turned his head and showed a bright smile, and then rushed towards the football on the field.

The Lecce fans were so angry that their lungs were about to explode!

The Italian commentator burst out laughing: "Oh, look, look! What was Lin doing just now?! He was twisting his ass at the fans' stands in Lecce! Lin's purpose is probably to retaliate against those fans who took a corner kick at him. At that time, he harassed him, but Lin did not choose to yell at the Lecce fans or give him the middle finger, he just used funny actions to vent his contempt for the Lecce fans! And he received almost immediately As a result, the volume in the Marais Stadium more than doubled violently! My God, I just sat in the commentary room, and my ears were about to explode."

Lin Zhigao, who returned to the court, soon fell into the siege of his teammates.

"Hahahahaha!" Pepe laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten up: "Next time they dare to boo me, I will do the same to them! There is no yellow card from the referee, and I can piss off those fans!"

"Twisting the butt... What a genius idea!" Decherie's teeth were white and white: "I'm about to die laughing! I will definitely record the replay of this game when I go back!"

On the coaching bench off the field, Capello's head was full of black lines. He was both annoyed and wanted to laugh now-Lin Zhigao's behavior played a trick on the Lecce fans, which of course relieved his anger.You must know that when Capello entered the field just now, he enjoyed the boos of the Lecce fans for up to 5 minutes!However, with Lin Zhigao's sloppy attitude, this time he twisted his butt, who knows if he will go to a striptease next time?Can't you learn the solemn point!

Capello, who didn't want to indulge Lin Zhigao's funny acting skills in the game, saw Lin Zhigao approaching the sideline again, although he knew that the opponent was probably running without the ball, rather than preparing for a new round of butt twisting However, he still walked to the sidelines and yelled at Lin Zhigao: "Play well for me! Don't show your fragile little body anymore!"

Lin Zhigao, who was cruising near the sideline, looked at all directions and heard all directions, suddenly trembled. He shrank his neck, showed a flattering expression to Capello, and then rushed to the field in desperation, saying to his teammates : "Hey buddy, don't pass the ball too far to the sideline, our boss is watching me!"

"What is he staring at you?" Pepe asked curiously.

Lin Zhigao looked gloomy: "As soon as I got close to the sideline, he thought I was going to twist my ass."

Pepe was embarrassed, he thought: If there is a mouthful of water in his mouth, I am afraid that he will have to choke himself to death laughing right now.

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The Lecce side was angry and anxious, but the Juventus crowd couldn't help laughing. From the coaches to the players to the fans of the team, everyone laughed so hard that they couldn't help but laugh.

However, there are also people who are not in such a good mood.

This person is Verratti who has just transferred from the Pescara club and exists as a substitute for Iaquinta.

Pescara is a Serie B club, but Juventus is a giant in Serie A. Verratti is of course very excited to be able to switch from an ordinary small team to a giant to play football.However, there are disadvantages in everything that is good. When Verratti decided to transfer from Pescara to Juventus, the head coach of Pescara once said to him in order to persuade him to stay: "Marco (Villa) Tiny’s name) You have to know that giants are not so easy to mess with. If you stay in Pescara, I will guarantee that you will be given the main position in every game, and you will never be left on the bench! But what about Juventus? There You have a lot of outstanding players, and you don’t have much fame yet—even their current main player, Lin, hasn’t played a few official league games in the past half a season since he transferred! He still had a head bump when he transferred. You are the top scorer in the Premier League! Do you think your worth of 350 million can be compared with him? Can you insist on sitting on the bench for at least half a year?"

At that time, in order to play for the giants, Verratti firmly said to his former head coach: I can!I could sit on the bench until I can play!

He came to Juventus with a heart that could endure loneliness, but after he joined the Bianconeri, he found that he didn't really like to sit and watch while his teammates were playing, that was too much. Hard work is too hard.

Verratti is an Italian, and he has been an outstanding defensive rookie in the past two years. He is naturally mixed in the Juventus locker room, which is dominated by Italian players. Although he is still soft-spoken, at least no one bullies him. ——However, what Verratti wants is to be able to play immediately!

It was just a league game, and he couldn't sit still on the bench. The blood in his heart was burning, and he was so excited that he immediately rushed to Capello to recommend himself!Then if he was really like Lin Zhigao, he would be lonely for almost half a season, how could he bear it!

Thinking of this, Verratti couldn't help turning his eyes to the Chinese player who was trying to break through.He thought enviously: Lin is one year younger than himself, and now he is the absolute main force of the team. How long will he have to hang around before he can have a place in Juventus?

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Turn your gaze back to the field.

Vucinic broke through with the ball and was brought down by Lecce defender Terra Nova. The referee awarded Juventus a free kick.

Vucinic grinned and got up from the ground, rubbed his knees while walking, and then slapped Lin Zhigao who came to take the free kick: "Teach them a lesson!"

"No problem!" Lin Zhigao replied.

When Piero was still at Juventus, he took the free kicks. After Piero left Juventus, Juventus' free kicks often changed-in view of the time No one in the team is as good at free kicks as Del Piero. Once the referee gives Juventus the ball, Pepe, Vucinic, Borriello and Quagliarella often take turns to take the lead. penalty.

And this situation has changed significantly since the first half of the season. The reason is that Capello suddenly discovered that Lin Zhigao's free kick shooting rate is actually higher than that of anyone in the team.

In order to verify and examine this point, Capello often has a free kick fight during the team's training, allowing the forwards to compete with their own feet, and at least seven or eight times out of ten times, Lin Zhigao won the championship.So Capello logically announced in the locker room when the league opened again, "Lin Zhigao will take the first penalty for the team in the future." The other players did not have any objections to this. Everyone can see what level it is, and where it is obviously not comparable to others, everyone is very winking and does not argue.

Putting the football on the penalty spot, Lin Zhigao exhaled slightly, took a few steps back with a relaxed expression, and started to run.

When the tip of his toe was about to touch the football, his body tilted significantly to the left. The inside of the instep of his right foot hit the bottom of the football. The tip of his toe waded under the football and slid to the arch of his foot. With force on his foot, the football was instantly sent flying , and rushed towards the goal with a strong rotation!

This series of actions is casual and natural, and completed very quickly.

After the free throw, Lin Zhigao didn't wait to see if the ball went into the goal net. He had a feeling when he kicked the football that the ball must be scored.So he turned around, opened his arms, and hugged a nearby teammate.

Sure enough, almost instantly, there was an earth-shattering sound in the Mare Stadium!

The tiny cheers were drowned out by the huge boos, and the Lecce fans booed him desperately, making insulting gestures at him.

But Lin Zhigao couldn't see their actions, he only knew that he had scored another goal, and Juventus was one step closer to victory!

At this point the score was 2:1 with Juventus leading.

Capello watched with satisfaction that Lin Zhigao scored the free kick, and then checked the game time, and found that there were only [-] minutes left before the end of the game. The current situation on the field is completely under the control of Juventus, it should be Nothing will change.

He turned his head and looked around, and when he saw Verratti with an excited, patient face, almost fidgeting, he frowned slightly, hesitated for a while between replacing him on the court and not replacing him on the court, and finally decided, or If Verratti is on the field, he should be trained more.

Capello asked the assistant coach to inform Verratti to warm up, while he himself observed everything quietly.When he saw Verratti jumping three feet high from the bench, he couldn't help but frowned slightly. He was a little dissatisfied with Verratti's performance and felt that he was not stable enough. When you transferred here, you often sat on the bench in the league when you played in the league. You just sat on a game and couldn't help it?

Capello suddenly regretted his decision. He thought that if he could press Verratti for another month or two, it would be better for him to become more flattered.But off the court, the fourth official has already raised the Juventus substitution sign.

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Verratti's playing did not bring any change to the game. Under the strong advantage occupied by Juventus, Lecce's defense line fully retracted, no longer trying to break through Juventus' goal, but less and less let their side lose points the better.

Lin Zhigao tried to break Lecce's goal again and again, but all failed because of the opponent's solid defense and his own poor passing.

Behind him, Verratti is desperately looking for any opportunity for himself, whether it is passing the ball or stealing the ball, as soon as he sees the football, he rushes away with enthusiasm, trying to conquer the host through his excellent performance. coach.

However, everything is too eager, it is not a good thing.

With only 8 minutes left in the game, Caceres sent a long pass from the middle to Lin Zhigao, which landed near Lecce's penalty area.

Lin Zhigao aimed at the landing point and accelerated forward, trying to grab the football before Lecce's defender.

But before he ran to the landing point, a figure suddenly jumped up high in Lecce's half-court and pushed the football away!

It's Verratti!

Lin Zhigao had to stop his steps, looked at Verratti who snatched the pass from him, and thought to himself: What is this guy doing?

At the same time, Cáceres, who passed the pass to Lin Zhigao, was also confused. He couldn't help but roared in Verratti's direction: "It's a good pass and there are no Lecce players there, why are you taking it away?" !"

But Caceres was a bit far away from Verratti, so Verratti didn't hear him.The reason why Verratti snatched the pass that Lin Zhigao deserved was because he was too excited to see the football, and his mind became hot and confused for a while.

Verratti, who hit the football, was a little dazed at first, but when he realized that he had missed the ball passed to his teammate by mistake, his face quickly flushed red!But he is absolutely not allowed to stand in a daze on the field, so rationally, he can only break through with the ball, looking for opportunities to pass the football.

The Lecce players did not give Verratti such a buffering opportunity. Three Lecce defenders rushed forward aggressively, surrounded Verratti, and with a few tackles, the football was transferred from the Juventus side to the Lecce side. .

Although Lecce's current tactic is to return to the defense in an all-round way, but the game is coming to an end, and football is under their feet. Those who don't take the opportunity to counterattack and try to equalize the score are fools!

Lecce midfielder Lepore rushed forward with his big feet, and several of his players responded from the sidelines, intending to take this opportunity to score into the Juventus penalty area.

Cáceres and others stayed in Lecce's half. They were planning to respond to Lin Zhigao and launch an attack every now and then. They never expected that the situation would turn one-sided so quickly. They waited until they saw the backs of the Lecce players. At Juventus halftime, he yelled and quickly returned to defense.

Lin Zhigao reacted a little faster than them. When he missed the pass, he was already withdrawing towards the midfield. At this time, he happened to catch up with Lepore, and he had the momentum of passing half his body.

Lin Zhigao stuck tightly to Lepore, just blocking the direction of Lepore's shot. Lepore had no choice but to pass the ball to his teammates.

Lecce striker Covia received the pass, and he felt a surge of excitement in his heart. He was about to raise his foot to shoot, but De Qie Lie just appeared in front of him, raised his foot and broke the ball!

Kovia's center of gravity was unstable, and he tilted. Seeing that the football had been stolen, he closed his eyes and immediately fell to the ground to pretend to be injured.

But this time he didn't cheat the referee to give the opponent a yellow card, mainly because the action of falling to the ground in a daze after the football under his feet was intercepted was too fake, otherwise, the referee would Based on the principle that the home field is favorable, the referee might actually award De Chelie a yellow card.

De Qielie received the ball at his feet, without stopping, and kicked off to the midfield with his big feet!

Seeing football return to Juventus, Lin Zhigao breathed a sigh of relief.But then he rushed towards the Lecce penalty area without even looking at the football, because he knew that as long as he could break into the Lecce penalty area, the football would always be passed by his teammates. Seizing the opportunity to receive a pass and shoot depends on his ability.

At this time, there were only 3 minutes left before the end of the game.

De Qie Lie long passed to Chiellini, Chiellini dribbled the ball for tens of meters, then passed the ball to Pepe.

Six meters in front of Pepe's left is Verratti, and there is no one guarding him now.Lin Zhigao is more than 20 meters in front of Pepe's right, and there are two or three Lecce players following him.

If it is the usual situation, Pepe will usually choose to pass the ball to Verratti, go to the penalty area to attract the attention of the Lecce defenders, and then let Verratti pass the ball to Lin Zhigao.

But now, Pepe couldn't believe that immature kid who just joined the team—look at what he did just now!Lecce almost reversed!

So Pepe abruptly ignored Verratti, who was staring at him with a guilty and eager expression, but chose to break through a few meters, and then hit the football high into the sky!

It's a header!

Indeed, high-altitude balls are also a good choice when the ground is defended by opposing players and it is difficult to pass the football to teammates!Because the high-altitude ball is accurate and the conceded rate is low, however, the high-altitude ball is a test of the heading and jumping ability of the teammates!

However, Lin Zhigao's jumping ability is also good!

He squatted slightly on his knees, and then jumped up from the turf with his strength. His upper body was straight in the air, his neck was raised high, and he was waiting for the trajectory of the football on his head. Bang!" After that, he shook his head in the air and headed towards the goal!

"Bang!" came another sound, but Lin Zhigao's header angle was not accurate enough, the football bounced on the post, and flew back the same way!

Lecce defender Schiave was worried that Lin Zhigao would make up the goal, so he hurriedly stretched out his hands to push Lin Zhigao away.

But Lin Zhigao had already twisted his body, and stood in front of Schiavey one step ahead. Facing the football flying across the sky, he used his left leg as a turning point to leap forward, sideways his body, and volleyed from the side!

Even if Lin Zhigao jumped high enough, he still only kicked the football with his toes, so the speed and strength of the ball flying are a bit small, but!Even so, it was enough to fly through the distance of less than ten meters and penetrate the goal!

Lecce goalkeeper Petrachi lay on the ground and hammered the turf angrily. He just thought that the angle of Lin Zhigao's follow-up shot would be different from last time, so he confidently rushed towards the right, but he didn't expect it. Mistake!

The score is 3:1, Juventus leads!

Moreover, less than half a minute after Lin Zhigao had just completed the shot, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Lecce failed to reverse successfully!

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Capello and the assistant coach high-fived, celebrating the first game after the new year was a good start.

And Lin Zhigao also embraced Pepe who passed the ball to him on the court. Of course, it was a kind of friendly hug like a buddy.When Pepe wanted to go one step further and walked off the field with Lin Zhigao's shoulders in his arms, Lin Zhigao pushed him away: "Go, go, go! You're covered in sweat!"

"Haha, Lin, you're sweating all over, aren't you?" Peipei smiled grimly, "Is the sweat on your body fragrant? Everyone is a stinky old man, why do you despise me!"

"I don't have as much body odor as yours!" Lin Zhigao quickly walked a few steps to avoid Pepe's clutches: "I'm going back to the locker room to take a shower and change!"

At this time, Verratti suddenly appeared beside Lin Zhigao, his young and handsome face was full of guilt, looking at Lin Zhigao, hesitant to speak.

Pepe glanced at the two of them, gave Lin Zhigao a look of "you can solve it yourself", and then walked away first.

Lin Zhigao wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked casually, "What do you want to tell me?" Lecce had only been in the team for four or five days, and Lin Zhigao had spoken less than ten words to him in total, not yet. It is familiar.

"On the field just now..." Verratti said in a very low voice, "Yes, I'm sorry."

"Why do you say sorry?"

"Because, because I stole the ball that should be passed to you... Also, I messed up the team's offense and almost made Lecce reverse."

Lin Zhigao suddenly realized: So this is the matter!But even on the court, he was just surprised at that time, and didn't think it was a big deal.But looking at Verratti's eyes, he seemed very guilty. Lin Zhigao thought for a while: "Then you shouldn't say sorry to me, you should tell Mr. Capello."

Verratti looked at him blankly.

Lin Zhigao stopped in his tracks, pointed to Capello who was talking to the assistant coach not far away, and said: "I have high hopes on you. It was Mr. Capello who let you play. If you were in the game just now, because of your argument As a result, Lecce reversed and we lost two precious points, so Mr. Capello is the most troubled and disappointed about this-so even if you want to apologize, it is to Mr. Capello, not to me."

"But." Verratti bit his lips: "Mr. Capello is so strict, but I messed up everything the first time I played, will he scold me, and then won't let me play again?"

"will not."

"why?"

Lin Zhigang asked instead: "What do you think of me now? I mean my position during the game."

Verratti said enviously: "You are the main force every game, and you never have to sit on the bench. The team's offense is still centered on you. There is nothing better than your current situation, I think. Me, if I can reach half of yours, it will be great..."

"Then you should apologize to Mr. Capello. He may scold you, but because of your attitude, he will definitely think that you are a good boy who knows his mistakes and can correct them. Then you will practice and become the main force. It's just around the corner - Mr Capello prefers straight-hearted players who he thinks are easier to manage than those who make mistakes and stay silent for fear of being punished."

Seeing that Verratti was still entangled and unable to make a decision, Lin Zhigao sighed and said helplessly: "If you don't believe me, I can't help it. Anyway, I think it's better to admit your mistakes to the head coach in time. You have Courage has come to me, why not take it a step further?"

Verratti bit his lower lip, and his expression gradually became firm. He took a deep breath, and said to Lin Zhigao, "I'm going to apologize now... Thank you, Lin, I believe we will become good teammates."

Lin Zhigao smiled slightly: "I think so too."