Chapter 33 Contest
On the court, in order to get more attention from the first team coach Mancini, the Red and Yellow teams desperately chased the black and white elf and showed their superb footwork.
This is the tenth minute after the opening. In these ten minutes, Diamanti and other young players wearing yellow vests representing the main players were active in fighting, but after the initial loss, the players of the Red Team performed harder on the court.
"I'm not the main force, but I can do better than them!"
Except for Lu Hao, the goalkeeper, who only felt very surprised and had no other ideas, almost all the Red Team players used their full strength on the court with this idea. So in the first ten minutes, the ball always cruised near the midfield. Sometimes at the feet of the Red Team players and sometimes at the feet of the Yellow Team players.
Lu Hao stood in front of the goal, looking at the ball that was constantly changing from his master, and he muttered to himself in annoyance: "Oh, how can this ball be directly crossed to the middle? It would be better to be divided into the right side. He clearly saw the opponent concentrate his troops in the middle and still hit the middle side, which isn't it crazy. He divided the side, attacked the side, and then crossed the bottom. Isn't this easy to tear open the Yellow Team's defense line? Oh, why are he still hit the middle side, so stupid."
At this moment, he seemed to be back when he was watching others play the live scene. Seeing that his teammates could not tear open the yellow team's defense for a long time, he wanted to go forward and organize a standard wing attack himself.
In the fifteenth minute, the Yellow team finally got rid of the shadow of unfavorable start, used their superior skills, and after a series of smooth cooperation, they brought the ball to the front of the penalty area where Lu Hao was located for the first time.
In the end, the yellow team's right forward Marco Biagianti, who held the ball, controlled the ball on the right side of the penalty area. In front of him, the red team's full-back Gia nervously guarded the ball. Now it was the first time the ball was approaching the penalty area. Gia and wanted to turn this into a scoring on himself for the first time.
Marco Biagianti kept changing his feet, trying to confuse Gia and then make a breakthrough. However, Gia's concentrating defense made Marco feel that he was not alone in front of him, but an unattainable mountain. After more than 30 seconds of ball protection, he finally saw his teammate Diamanti use a small mistake to mark his central defender and enter the penalty area like lightning.
"Opportunity." Marco did not hesitate, deceived Jiya with a fake move, pulled out an empty space, and then quickly picked up the ball and sent it into the penalty area.
At this time, Manciniton on the sidelines felt his eyes lit up. What he admired was not Marco, who was shaking away from the player's pass, but Diamanti, who was using his strong body to compete for the position. The young center forward's sense of grabbing points and physical fitness made Mancini begin to consider whether to bring this young big man to the first team.
"Maybe a center with good consciousness and good physical conditions can make the team's tactics richer." Mancini was very satisfied with Diamanti. As for whether this ball could score, there was no problem in his opinion. Because he had seen Diamanti jump high, a powerful head shook his head and hit the ball that was falling rapidly.
A powerful header at the front of the small penalty area, and the goalkeeper was unable to attack due to his teammates. Is it possible that this header not to go in?
Mancini's idea is also what most people on the court think now. The Red Team players were a little depressed when they thought they were going to fall behind. But the next moment, those who had the idea of breaking the deadlock saw a magical scene.
Faced with this crisis, Lu Hao stared at the ball with all his attention and moved quickly under his feet. When the ball left Diamanti's big head, Lu Hao made a judgment: "On the right."
This is not Lu Hao's excellent prediction ability. This time it was a choice made entirely by his terrifying reaction ability. Because when he made a save action, he had already seen the direction of the ball flying.
Snap!
Lu Hao felt the violently spinning ball rubbing against the gloves, and smiled proudly. He swept the header that was extremely threatening.
The next moment, Lu Hao hugged the ball and fell on the soft grass. He got up and threw the ball hard towards his teammates fifteen meters in front of the penalty area, and shouted: "Counterattack!"
After receiving Lu Hao's powerful hand throw, his teammates did not waste this opportunity and immediately dribbled the ball forward. Other teammates from the midfield were not willing to fall behind and rushed to the frontcourt excitedly. They wanted to use a goal to repay the goalkeeper who brought them out of the desperate.
Lu Hao was very proud of his high-spirited teammates' counterattack. The two Italian words he just called out were the ones he said the most smoothly.
The teammates did not disappoint Lu Hao's intentions. After a series of downs, the ball came to the front of the yellow team's penalty area. The last Red Team forward who touched the ball did not even stop the ball and adjusted his body, and directly followed the ball and shot with a shot.
This sudden shot caught Scotti off guard. Although Scotti tried his best to save, the ball still rushed into the goal before he touched.
1:0
Mancini showed a look of surprise for the first time on the sidelines. He thought that heading would undoubtedly make a header, but the result surprised him very much. The young Chinese goalkeeper actually blocked this goal and grabbed it firmly in his hand, not even giving a corner kick to the opponent.
"Maybe it was just an accident." Mancini found himself underestimating this young Chinese.
The leading red team is full of momentum because they know that their last line of defense is that there is that magical Chinese boy. Since this is the case, they don’t have to spend too much energy on defense and do their best to attack.
With this momentum, the Red Team launched another threatening attack three minutes later. Unfortunately, the Red Team was not strong on the front line. Facing Scoti who was attacking, he wasted this single shot with a bizarre shot.
Scoti successfully resolved this solo attack, allowing the Huang team players to recover. Immediately afterwards, the Huang team relied on their superior strength to launch wave after wave of attacks, forcing the Red Team to relieve the pressure on their magical Chinese boy first.
In the 29th minute, the Yellow Team Marco seemed to adapt to Gia's defense and performed better and better. After a simple change of direction and speeding over Gia, he made a straight pass and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Diamanti, who had been waiting there, made a smart move, and at the same time suddenly turned around and easily shook the Red Team central defender behind him, forming a single shot.
Diamanti made this single shot without pride. After his must-scoring header was snatched by Lu Hao more than ten minutes ago, he knew that the Chinese goalkeeper's reaction speed was much higher than Scotti. So, when he dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he kept making fake moves. When he saw Lu Hao's body's center of gravity shift to his right, he knew that the opportunity had come.
With his right foot, his left foot followed immediately.
Push shot.
The ball obediently began to perform according to the script written by Diamanti, jumping and rolling straight towards the lower left corner of the goal.
"There's it." Diamanti was delighted. He saw that he had completely deceived Lu Hao, and this ball was undoubtedly a must-try.
However, Lu Hao, under his nose, just used three simple moves to press the ball under his hands again in an instant.
Sit down, fall down, and reach out.
In three simple moves, the script carefully planned by Diamanti was torn mercilessly by Lu Hao. This time, the save full of fantasy brings different feelings to the Red and Yellow teams.
"Ha, Lu, I really love you."
"So handsome! Imaginative save."
...
The players of the Red Team immediately jumped. One word of praise was worthless and hit Lu Hao's head who had not had time to get up.
And in the hearts of the Yellow Team players, the same thought came to their minds: "God, this is not true..."
In the 35th minute, the Yellow Team was unwilling to fail and made a comeback again. It was still Diamanti. He was saved by the Chinese twice, which made him feel very dissatisfied. After receiving a straight pass from his teammate, he did not stop the ball and directly shot near the penalty area free throw arc. He just wanted to use this sudden shot to catch Lu Hao off guard. Just like the Red Team knocked on the goal guarded by Scotty in the 16th minute.
Lu Hao was not worried at all. This kind of shot outside the penalty area gave him enough time to react. With a side save, the ball surrendered to Lu Hao's master again.
Seeing this, Mancini felt that he was right today. The young Chinese goalkeeper brought him too many surprises. The first time Diamanti's header was saved by him was surprised. The second time Diamanti's single shot was resolved by him with an imaginative save. The third time he saved the shot outside the penalty area was saved by him, which surprised Mancini to find that he was not surprised by this successful save.
"This Chinese is the one I need to save the team. He can definitely curb the team's losing streak. Fortunately, I saw his performance. Otherwise, the great Purple Lily would lose a hero who saved the team." Mancini changed his previous disapproval of Lu Hao and began to put Lu Hao as a hero.
"Well, that big center is not bad. The team now needs a young man full of fighting spirit." After Mancini praised Lu Hao in his heart, he took Diamanti into his tactics.
The confrontation continued. The Yellow Team could not equalize the score for a long time and became anxious. The Red Team took the opportunity to launch several threatening attacks, but in the end, the forward player was not in a hurry and could not rewrite the score.
Until the 57th minute, Mancini felt that there was no need to continue watching, so he turned his head and ordered Harman: "Mr. Harman, I have to leave. The team is not good now, and I have to go back and adjust the tactics of the next game. The young Chinese goalkeeper and the center who made wonderful shots in succession. I hope to see them in the first team training in the afternoon. Is it OK?"
Mancini thought that after he said this, Haman would nod immediately. But he saw Haman shook his head at him.
"I'm sorry, sir. Diamanti is fine. It's just that the young Chinese is not a player in the club. He has only been trying for a few days and the club has not signed him." Harman happily threw the problem to Mancini.
As expected by Haman, Mancini widened his eyes in surprise when he heard that Lu Hao had not been signed by the club: "Man, aren't you joking? What did the guys in charge of signing players in the club do? If such a genius cannot sign as soon as possible, it will definitely be the club's biggest loss. Well, I will report this to the club. Listen, Mr. Haman, your job is to get the Chinese genius to adapt to the game as soon as possible before the winter transfer period. I need to let him save the team after the winter transfer period begins. Do you understand?"
"As you wish, sir." Harman was in a good mood and Shiran nodded to Mancini.
Chapter completed!