Chapter 181: Bad News for Roman Opponents
"I'm thinking...you said, what would happen if I shot here?" Zhang Tiehan said to the Regina goal.
De Rossi was startled, "You are kidding! This is forty meters!"
"Let's try anyway!" Zhang Tiehan measured in his heart.
Forty meters is very far, really far, and the distance at halftime is only fifty-five meters. Forty meters is almost equivalent to a direct shot in the halftime. A general long-distance free kick is only thirty meters away. If it is farther, the force of the football hitting the goal is too small. The goalkeeper can easily judge the position and save the ball.
"But this was a waste of an offensive opportunity! Are you sure?" asked De Rossi.
Zhang Tiehan shook his head, "Who will be sure of shooting so far? I want to try it. Anyway, I didn't attack at halftime, so it's difficult to score a goal with one more offensive opportunity."
De Rossi thought so.
Roma's attacks were dozens of times in the first half, and only scored one goal. The ball was scored by himself occasionally running to the right position. In this way, the offensive opportunity seemed not that important. Since Zhang Tiehan wanted to try it, let him try it! Besides, he is Zhang Tiehan, Roma's number one shooter, and maybe he can really create miracles!
De Rossi thought so, but he just comforted himself. After all, that was too far away. He didn't believe that Zhang Tiehan could score. Not to mention making a score, it wouldn't be easy to create a threat.
Regina players were still walking around, waiting for Roma to send off a set piece.
Regina players didn't care about this set-piece at all, and it was too far away from the goal. No one of them thought that Roma would shoot directly, and they thought that Roma would send the ball. Maybe it would be a free kick cooperation, such as hanging the ball to the goal to grab something, and the others would just pass a ball casually to prepare for this attack, so they didn't care and did not make any preparations.
Taking advantage of the time, Zhang Tiehan told other teammates about his thoughts, and the rest of Rome all supported him. Delren sent him to the goal just to score. Since Zhang Tiehan wanted to give it a try, they had no reason to object.
However, Montera, Mancini and others still have the heart to do it.
They don't expect that Zhang Tiehan can make a shot directly, but it would be nice if the shot can create a little threat to Regina, or if the shot can create a chance.
So when the referee signaled that he could start the free throw, they rushed forward together, and the posture was like Zhang Tiehan was about to pass the penalty area.
The Regina player was also shocked!
When Montera was waiting to do this, the Regina player immediately ran backward to defend, and the court was suddenly nervous.
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"The referee gave Roma a set ball, but the position of the ball was too far away, and Zhang stood in front of the ball. There were not many free throws when he came to the ball, but this ball was not threatening. I'm afraid Roma also wanted to quickly get the ball and prepare for another attack..."
"oh……"
"Montella and Mancini rushed forward, and De Rossi. This is a free kick cooperation!"
The commentator said for granted.
Zhang Tiehan ran back two steps to prepare for free throws, and it seemed like he was going to shoot. But no one of the Regina players took it seriously. They were paying attention to Montra and ran back to follow them. They thought Zhang Tiehan was going to pass the ball. Although it was strange why Zhang Tiehan was passing the ball, time did not allow them to think more, and they all ran backward to defend.
At the same time, they also disagree.
They knew that Zhang Tiehan, before the game, head coach Mazari did a lot of work to prepare for the game. Toti and Casano were injured were good news for them. Mazari emphasized that the players should defend Zhang Tiehan. Zhang Tiehan scored too many goals, and they couldn't help but not pay attention. But what they didn't expect was that Zhang Tiehan did not play in the first half and came on as a substitute in the second half, but they already had a goal advantage. Even if Zhang Tiehan was very powerful, they didn't think he could turn the tide. After all, they had the advantage. Without Toti, Roma did not necessarily score a goal even if this No. 13 boy appeared.
Now that Zhang Tiehan is free throw, they disagree even more.
Zhang Tiehan is good at heading and grabbing points, and they all know this very well. Now Roma actually lets Zhang Tiehan take the free throw and other players grab the points. How is this allocated? After Toti was injured, did this young No. 13 start to compete for power? Even the opportunity to take a free kick?
They don't understand.
But this doesn't affect them to defend.
Just as the Regina player was secretly speculating, Zhang Tiehan rushed forward with a quick glance, swung his right foot high, and shot hard at the football!
The football roared through the ears of Savolti, the closest Regina player.
Savolti was startled. He felt his ears hurt. He touched them with his hand and found that his ears were still there. He let out a long breath and couldn't help but sit down on the ground.
But he was more than the only one who was scared.
"Zhang is preparing for a free throw, he drove the ball hard... the football flew towards... Oh—!!"
"This is a shot!"
"He kicked the ball directly to the goal, my god! Maybe he treated the shot as a pass, and Roma really shouldn't have let him play the set ball..."
Most Regina players pay attention to the running of Montera and others. They think Montera and others are the most threatening. This is probably Roma's set-piece cooperation. They are all guarding against Montera and others. They did not expect that the threat comes from the rear... no, it comes from the air.
The football flew high and headed straight for the goal!
Many people turned to look up at the football. Seeing that the football flew too high and was about to fly out of bounds, they let out a long sigh. If they went out of bounds, it would be useless no matter how they ran. But in a blink of an eye, the football rose to the highest point and fell directly towards the goal.
not good!
The direction of the football is aimed at the goal!
Regina goalkeeper Berardi was a little ahead. When the football soared into the sky, he noticed it, but he didn't care. The football rushed too high. Seeing the football whereabouts, he realized something was wrong. It was definitely wrong. The football fell to the goal.
Berardi hurriedly retreated.
"Let's see... the football is whereabouts..." the commentator said, not knowing whether to say it to the fans or to himself.
Regina fans were also frightened by the ball.
They didn't expect this to be a shot. Just now, most of the people were staring at the position of the Roma fans in the direction of the penalty area, and they didn't pay attention to the air. When they were paying attention, they found that the football had fallen. They were all shocked. The second half had just begun, so why was their goal facing such a crisis!
Berardi kept retreating until the goal line stopped.
He leaned back and jumped high, stretched out his hands to block the ball. He wanted to lift the football out of the crossbar, but after jumping, he found that the football was a little rotating and directly hit the ball with his hands. The football might change direction and might not be able to fly out of the crossbar. He could only move forward with both hands, hoping to make the area where both hands and the football come into contact with the football larger. In this way, the football was held steadily, but the direction was not the crossbar, but in the penalty area.
The football was blocked by his hands and flew into the penalty area.
Berardi breathed a long sigh. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and did not let the ball enter the goal. Otherwise, if the opponent scored a 40-meter set-up ball, let alone scores or something, Berardi would definitely become the foil for this ball and become a joke in everyone's mouth - a goalkeeper who can't even catch a direct shot from 40-meters, so why should he be the No. 1 goalkeeper of a Serie A team?
Regina fans also breathed a sigh of relief.
The ball did not go in, and the ball caused them some trouble, but there was no result. This was the best. As long as the score was not rewritten, it would be fine, but at this moment, the Rome fans suddenly shouted excitedly!
What's wrong?
Regina fans reacted not well. Looking into their own penalty area, they saw the football at the feet of a Roman player wearing a crimson jersey.
The number behind that Rome player is ‘9’. Even they know what this number represents in Rome - that is the No. 9 striker, the player who scored the most goals in recent years, the small plane Montera.
Montera grabbed the right point and aimed at the football that was bouncing over, and shot at the football without any adjustments!
The football immediately flew into the empty gate with full motivation!
...
After Zhang Tiehan shot, he stood there and watched.
When the stadium was shouting loudly, he watched the football fall towards the goal and was about to raise his arms to celebrate the goal. Unexpectedly, the opponent's goalkeeper saved the ball. He was a little upset, thinking about the shooting training on weekdays, corresponding to the force, he knew that the ball could be more rotated, and that would be more chance.
But the next moment, Montera kicked the ball into the goal.
"Beautiful!" Zhang Tiehan waved his fist and praised.
The goalkeeper saved the ball, and he had no hope of scoring the goal, but he didn't expect Montera to find the right position and did a good job. It's not bad for him to be known as a small plane... No, it should be an old plane.
Thinking about what Montera did when he scored a goal before, Zhang Tiehan rushed forward with a hearty smile to help Montera celebrate the goal.
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"Gooooooal! The ball is in! Montera No. 9!"
"Just just started the second half, Roma equalized the score with Montera's goal! Montera's position was found quite well. The ball saved by Regina goalkeeper happened to stop in front of him, and he decisively sent the ball into the goal!"
"The most amazing thing is that Zhang's set piece just now chose to shoot, and the 40-meter shot is amazing... This is not good news for Roma's opponents. Zhang's long shot within 30 meters is very threatening, but now his attack distance has increased to 40 meters, 30 meters to 40 meters, which is a very large range, and Roma's opponents may have a headache."
Chapter completed!