Chapter 35 Leading and Fighting Spirit
"The ball went in?"
"The ball is in?"
"The ball is in!!"
The football rolling in the Bochum goal stunned everyone in the audience.
Brooks stood next to Zhen Shaolong, looking blankly at the goal.
He is the closest person!
Seeing Zhen Shaolong touching the football with his toes, Brooks subconsciously felt that the football would definitely fly into the bottom line. For a moment, he even gave up chasing, but he never expected that the football route would be so strange that he did not fly into the bottom line directly, but turned over a ninety-degree angle and drilled into the goal against the post.
"How can the toes turn the ball ninety degrees?" Brooks kept thinking, and found that it was difficult to understand this problem normally with his own knowledge level. "Maybe I should learn physics?"
Bochum fans were also stunned.
Can you enter this?
They didn't see clearly Brooks, but they also felt that the scene of Zhen Shaolong rushing toward the corner of the small penalty area and then kicking the ball into the goal with his toes... It's very strange!
"How did this ball get into!" The same question became a question for 20,000 fans.
The same goes for players on the court.
It is difficult for both Bochum players and Sao Pauli players to understand the goal process.
Side by.
The quiet environment around him made Bergman feel something was wrong. He put down his hands covering his face, and then saw the referee pointing to the center circle in front of Bochum Gate.
Ball...goal?
"Is it a goal?" Bergman asked the others in confusion.
Freiberg, who was on the bench, helped to answer, "Sir, the ball is in! We seem to celebrate..." His voice was a little uncertain because no one else had any moves.
Freiberg reminded others.
“Hula…”
The players on the St. Pauli bench rushed out and shouted in groups.
That's 'symbolistic'.
They have very little excitement, and more doubts are "how did the ball get in"?
Only the TV station can answer this question.
German Sports One commentator Esfeld explained to fans based on slow motion, "Let's look at slow motion..."
"The No. 13 of St. Pauli, he received a pass from his teammate Cruze, followed by a fake shot... He broke through Sanvini..."
"Faced with Brooks... kick the ball to the bottom line..."
"Catch up and shoot!"
"...I can't see this angle clearly, let's change the angle..."
After several shots were dropped in a row, I found a shot to see the entire shooting process. I saw Zhen Shaolong's right foot toes pressed on one side of the football, but the time when the football and the toes were in contact was very short, as if it was a collision with the football on the side of the sneaker.
Esfeld explained based on the short, not very clear picture, "It should be the sneakers that play a role. The friction of the external instep also plays a certain role. When the football enters the goal, we can see clear rotation, that is, the shot is completed by the external instep."
Esfeld continued, "This ball can give people a strong visual impact, it is a very exciting goal. It may be the best goal in this round, and it can also be included in the most bizarre goal highlights of German football's single season..."
On the court.
Zhen Shaolong held up a single fist, his face full of joy. For a forward player, scoring a goal is the best performance. Regardless of how the ball is scored, the most important thing is to rewrite the score.
When everyone came to their senses, St. Pauli immediately began to celebrate.
Kruze was the first to rush over and hugged Zhen Shaolong tightly.
"Zhen, you are so great!" Kruze was excited and then concerned about a question, "This is my assist, right?"
"ah?"
"It's my pass! Maybe I can get the assist bonus!" Kruze said, "My salary is not much, and the assist bonus may be able to catch up with my half-month salary."
"miser!"
Zhen Shaolong simply ignored him.
Others came to celebrate, and each player was very happy because they were ahead of Bochum.
Bochung finally reacted.
They are behind!
When the 'goal process' was still being talked about everywhere in the stands, the score had been rewritten to "0:1", with the home team in front and the away team in back, and St. Pauli led Bochum.
The fans were immediately distracted from the mood to care about the goal process, and instead began to worry about the score.
The same goes for the Bochum team.
They felt deeply humiliated. The opponent was only Sao Paulo, a team promoted to the Bundesliga, with the bottom of the league points. The away game was sent with a substitute, but the opponent took the lead in breaking the goal?
How can I bear this?
Other Bochum players are better, but the one who feels most humiliated is the "pigtail head" Sanvini. Since the beginning, his job has been to defend Zhen Shaolong.
Zhen Shaolong shook away his ball and scored it!
shame!
Sanvini swore that he must defend seriously and never be careless again. He stared at the excited Zhen Shaolong and gritted his teeth, "I will let this kid know that he is amazing!"
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St. Pauli's fighting spirit became vigorous.
St. Pauli has been unmotivated since the opening game, and he has no concern about the outcome of the game, because half of the players who played were substitutes. Naturally, everyone knows that head coach Bergman has given up on the game to a large extent.
Those players who have not played naturally don’t care, but as long as they play, they will definitely hope to defeat their opponents and win, and no one will be willing to lose.
Now they see hope for victory!
"We are already ahead, maybe if we keep working hard, we can defeat Bochum to win!" Many players' passion burned with this thought.
Bochum players are learning lessons-
"We should pay more attention to the No. 13. It seems that he is still of course, otherwise it would be impossible to wear the No. 13 jersey."
"Sanvini, be careful of him! Don't be fooled easily!"
"No matter whether he takes the ball or not, be careful and don't give him any chance!"
"As long as you keep him, that stupid man will not be threatened."
The 'silly guy' is talking about Felix Luz. Felix probably doesn't want to hear that he is 'no threat', but he really doesn't create any threats.
Seeing Zhen Shaolong being defended on three levels inside and outside, and thinking of the opponent scoring a goal, Felix couldn't help but feel jealous. He cursed inwardly, "Dog-shit luck!"
"By the way! They all go to defend you, maybe I will have a chance!"
Felix gave his IQ a thumbs up.
On the other side.
Sanvini was criticized by his teammates and followed Zhen Shaolong in anger, staring at him with a tight look, as if he was watching his father's enemy.
Zhen Shaolong is very innocent.
In the next game, Zhen Shaolong was targeted even more seriously. As long as he ran to the penalty area, Sanvini would be by his side like a personal bodyguard, as if he was afraid that he would have any connection with the "dangerous football".
Under this targeted defense, if Zhen Shaolong wants to receive the pass, he must keep running, and it runs irregularly, which makes Sanvini unable to keep up as soon as possible, but he may not be able to get the ball when he runs out of the position, and his teammates' passes are not that efficient.
So most of the running is meaningless.
After a while, Zhen Shaolong was exhausted and panting, but he had never received the ball once.
Zhen Shaolong played very hard, and other players were not much better.
After the game started again, Bochum was eager to equalize the score and the offense was very fierce. Most of the time, St. Pauli could only shrink and defend.
One minute.
Five minutes.
Ten minutes.
For a long time, Bochum was the only attacking game, and St. Pauli could only find opportunities occasionally to fight a counterattack, but most of the time, it was difficult for football to pass too far.
Zhen Shaolong stood in front and could not find any opportunity. From the perspective of the audience, he was a little pitiful, but most fans would not be sympathetic because Zhen Shaolong's goal helped St. Pauli take the lead.
As time passed little by little, Bochum still had the advantage but not the ball.
The first half was over soon.
Chapter completed!