Chapter 24
As the game time approached, the two teams also left the court. The hardware conditions of the university certainly did not allow them to have independent locker rooms, so the team could only gather near the awning of the bench to rest and adjust.
"Are you nervous, brothers?" Wei Le asked with a smile. He was about to start his pre-match speech.
"There is a saying called 'Do your best and leave it to fate', which brothers have all heard. Some people think this sentence is quite negative, but I don't think so. I think this sentence represents full confidence."
"When we have done all we can, then only the fate that cannot be violated can stop us. And now, we think back to everything we have experienced. We have been preparing for this game for a long time. I believe that we are ready."
Hearing this, Han Yang suddenly felt a little dazed. Only two months have passed, and the team and himself have undergone earth-shaking changes. The final stage that I had never imagined before is now in front of me, and I have accepted Wei Le's advice from the beginning, trained my basic skills, expanded my arsenal, and stabilized my main position.
This is especially true for Wei Le. He can see that Wei Le seems to be improving every day since he took over the team.
At this time, Wei Le looked around. On the data panel above each player, almost all abilities are in the rising stage, especially Yang Qi, whose "off-ball running" has increased from the original 15 to the current 17. This is the result of his active participation in tactical training in the team.
"You may have noticed that the warm-up in the outer courtyard next to us looks very chaotic." Wei Le continued. He saw some players nodded, and he smiled and said, "So don't worry, they are not that professional."
"No one is more professional than us in warm-up." Jiang Xin said with a smile. He also clearly remembered that Wei Le not only let him train alone in training, but also included him and another goalkeeper Bian Wenxing in tactical training. He remembered that Wei Le told him that his expectation for the goalkeeper was to become the initiator of the team's offense and to fully participate in the tactics.
Wei Le's understanding of football can benefit him a lot in every training. Even if he leaves the campus, such knowledge can also be applied to his games outside the school.
"We can't ignore the strong individual abilities of our opponents, but remember what I said, the weak board effect. No matter how fancy it is, we are a team! Then, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Wei Le clenched his fist firmly, his tone full of passion. The referee was ready, and they signaled the two teams to line up and prepare to enter the field.
"Tell them who we are!" Wei Le roared.
"Law School!"
"Must win!"
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Law School team starting lineup:
Goalkeeper: Jiang Xin
Defenders: Wang Chen, Fu Tengfei, Zhang Xin, Zhou Chang
Midfielders: Han Yang, Liu Ziyu, Li Bing, Liu Zihang
Forwards: Yang Qi, Zhao Pingping
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With a long whistle from the referee, Wintersal, who was standing in the center circle, passed the ball to the winger Thiago next to him, who passed the ball back to Luo Hai again.
At this time, Yang Qi had passed Wintersal, followed by Han Yang and Zhao Pingping, and the three of them directly launched a siege on Luo Hai!
Luo Hai was shocked to see three people attacking at this time. He made a mistake when receiving the ball and almost missed it. Zhao Pingping's two-meter-tall body bumped into Luo Hai unceremoniously, knocking him off balance.
Yang Qi took this opportunity to poke the ball away!
Just less than ten seconds after the start, the Law School had a steal in the opponent's midfield!
Luo Hai shouted and raised his hands to signal the referee that this was a foul. But the referee shook his head at him. He could see clearly that Zhao Pingping's action did not constitute a foul.
So Luo Hai had to get up and counter-steal, but Yang Qi had already started and rushed straight to the back line! In the few seconds that Luo Hai complained, Yang Qi had already run several meters away! At this time, he was unguarded!
Central defender Yuan Zhi hurried forward to prevent Yang Qi from shooting from a distance, but Yang Qi was not going to take it. He feinted with his left foot, passed the ball with his right foot, and flicked his left foot with a simple and skillful bicycle kick, shaking off Yuan Zhi and continuing to charge towards the penalty area!
The other central defender tried his best to chase back, but could only desperately pull Yang Qi's jersey to try to stop him. Seeing that Yang Qi's speed was slowing down, the central defender couldn't dodge and hit Yang Qi's back again!
Yang Qi lost his balance and fell to the ground! A whistle followed!
Luo Hai stopped. The moment he lost the ball, he was sure that he could not catch up with Yang Qi's wind-like footsteps. He looked back at the referee with an unbelievable look, and the referee was running towards the penalty area, with his right hand firmlyPointing at the penalty spot!
"Listen to me, this is not it! This is not it!" Luo Hai hurriedly rushed up and argued with the referee. But he couldn't give any effective reason. The central defender blocked the threatening attack in the penalty area by committing a foul.
The referee shook his head and indicated that his penalty was correct. Then, he took out a yellow card from his chest pocket and showed it to the last defensive player who had just committed a foul.
"It's good that there was no red card for this ball." He threw a word to Luo Hai and reminded the goalkeeper not to step out of the penalty area in advance when defending the penalty. Luo Hai heard this and didn't complain anymore. That's right. To be fair, even if the referee took out a red card and sent the central defender off the field directly, it would be reasonable.
The law school players didn't get too entangled in the red and yellow cards. Han Yang handed the ball to Yang Qi, patted him on the shoulder, and then left the penalty area.
Wei Le was already excitedly high-fiving Zhang Tie, who was sitting next to him with a cane!
And there was an exclamation outside the stadium! Soon after the game started, something unexpected happened, and the Law School got a penalty kick first!
"Fuck! This is too fast!" Ma Tiancai was shocked when he saw the change on the field.
Xu Peng also frowned, and he obviously didn't expect this game to go this way.
On the rostrum, Gao Hongbo was stunned for a few seconds and commented, "It's great!"
Li Jianjun asked, "What's great?"
"It's great to grab it. Your apprentice is also doing well."
Li Jianjun laughed after hearing this. He was in a good mood. His beloved apprentice is still in the game state and has even improved in his ability to read the game! In this penalty kick, his choice to fall to the ground might be better than him competing with the defender and forcing a shot.
Of course, the praise from Gao Hongbo, the "authority", made Li Jianjun even happier. Praising Yang Qi made Li Jianjun happier than praising Li Jianjun directly.
"Look at the penalty kick, hasn't it been scored yet?" Li Jianjun waved his hand pretending to be indifferent.
Yang Qi stood at the penalty spot. He exhaled a breath of turbid air. He didn't choose any roundabout way to take the penalty. Hearing the referee's whistle, he just slowly ran to the ball, took a big step, and kicked the ball right in the middle with his right foot, and the ball flew to the upper right corner of the goal!
No suspense! The goalkeeper even stood there motionless, and Yang Qi had already shouted and ran off the court!
1-0! The Law School team scored the first goal!