There is a belief called football

Chapter 275 Full Moon Scimitar
The Chinese team won a free kick in an excellent position, about 25 meters away from the goal.

But Stan didn't think so. He would rather the ball be farther away, preferably about 35 meters, so that Li Qiao's fallen leaf ball could exert greater power.

If it was a free kick from 30 meters away, no one in the Chinese team would stand in front of the ball except Li Qiao, but Lin Zhijian, Hao Junmin, and Zhang Xizhe all came to the ball for such a short free kick.

Li Qiao looked at the opponent's human wall, and then at the distance, and he walked away on his own initiative.But Stan didn't think so, he called Li Qiao over.

"Haven't you been learning curveball from Recoba for a long time"?Stan asked.

Li Qiao nodded.

"Then why did you walk away?"
"Stan, Fallen Leaf Ball, this is me", said Li Qiao and stretched out his thumb.

"But the curveball, I'm just this," Li Qiao said and stretched out a little finger.

Stan knows that the difference between these two free kicks is huge. For a fallen leaf ball, the direction in which the ball is shot and the direction in which the ball finally enters the goal are on the same line, but the ball has passed an "arch bridge".

As for the curve ball, the direction in which the ball is shot is different from the direction in which the ball finally enters the goal. It feels like playing a "boomerang".

So no one in today's football world can be good at two free kicks at the same time, not even Ronaldo and Messi. We know that Ronaldo focuses on falling leaves, that is, elevator balls, and Messi is still good at scoring with curved balls.

"Give it a try," Stan said.

Li Qiao seemed unbelievable, "Try it? Try it in the league or in a friendly match. Now it's the World Cup group stage."

Although Li Qiao has a free kick master like Recoba as his teacher, because Li Qiao has practiced falling leaf ball since he was a child, it can be said that he has penetrated into his bone marrow.

Stan patted Li Qiao on the shoulder, "You have talent, but you need talent for free kicks. Although your free kick mentor "Juninho" has a bad personality, he has a good eye, and he knew you had this talent back then."

"Go ahead, you will take the penalty and I will take the responsibility. Just tell everyone that it is my arrangement."
Faced with Stan's great trust, Li Qiao was very moved. He resolutely ran back to the court. After whispering a few words to the other three, Li Qiao was the only one left in front of the ball.

*****
Li Qiao took a look, the Nigerian goalkeeper was standing on the left side of the goal, and the human wall was blocking the right half of the goal. The Nigerian goalkeeper was 5 people, and the one on the far right was "Yabo". Li Qiao's plan was to pass the ball over Yabo's side and then draw an arc and fly into the goal.

Everything is ready, the referee blows the whistle to indicate that it is time to kick.

Li Qiao silently recalled the technical essentials in his heart. The technical essentials of the curve ball is the word "squeeze". It takes longer for the arch of the foot to contact the ball. It is best to "wrap" the football and rub the ball into an arc.

After taking 3 steps back, Li Qiao started to make free throws. Unlike the 6 steps back for the deciduous ball, Li Qiao only took 3 steps back for the curve ball. Usually, he took 1 step with his right foot, then took 1 step with his left heel to step on the ground as a supporting leg, and finally touched the ball with his right foot.

After the ball flew out, it looked like a first-quarter moon. At the beginning, it seemed to be flying towards the corner flag, but after a while, the "crescent moon appeared" and slowly and naturally extended, forming a more beautiful trajectory.

900 years ago, Genghis Khan conquered the West with a curved bow, and today China No. 9 conquered Nigeria with a crescent moon. When the curved ball kicked by Li Qiao bypassed "Yabo" and suddenly appeared in Enyeyama's sight, perhaps the arc was so beautiful that he did not make any saves.

The goal was scored and the Chinese team led 3-1.

*****
The moment Li Qiao touched the ball, he knew he had the ball. A good shooter has a special sensitivity to football, and he can understand the language of football from the feedback of the ball skin to himself.

When his teammates were celebrating, Li Qiao rushed to Stan. Without Stan’s trust, this goal would not have been possible. When the master and apprentice embraced each other passionately, the most heartwarming scene in the World Cup occurred. The other Chinese players were going to rush to celebrate together, but when they saw this scene, they consciously stopped.

"I did it",
"Joe, when have I lied to you",
"Haha, really not",
After the celebration, Nigeria re-kicked off, but the next few minutes were reduced to garbage time. At the moment the referee blew the final whistle, Kathy shook hands with Stan and left the field. The Nigerian players were very frustrated. When the dust settled, maybe all the grievances did not matter, and they were eliminated.

The Chinese players rushed to the stands where the Chinese fans were. The national flag fell like raindrops. Now there was no one to stop them. Each Chinese player picked up a national flag and put it on their body. They danced and celebrated this hard-won victory with the fans.

After greeting the referee, Stan went to comfort the opponent's players. He chatted with Musa and Moses. After doing all this, he also rushed to the stands where the Chinese fans were. He was looking for something on the ground, and finally he found it. A Serbian flag and a Chinese flag.

Stan gave the fans a thumbs up, meaning that you are actually the best. After winning a game, many strong teams in Europe never forget to thank the fans, and even kneel down to the fans. Such a tradition is very good. There is a famous saying in the football field - without fans, football is worthless.

Stan gathers the players and proposes that everyone bow to the fans.

"Go and call the substitute players, the team doctor, and the coaching staff," Stan said to Park Sung.

After the whole team arrived, everyone bowed to the fans in unison, thanking them for coming from afar. This scene was recorded by the live broadcast, and many fans were moved to tears.

*****
After the game, the Nigerian players hurried through the mixed interview area. This seems to have become an unspoken rule, that is, the loser goes first.

When the Chinese team appeared, everyone couldn't let Stan go this time anyway. After the first game, he just gave the reporter a "ya", and this time he had to accept the interview no matter what.

Stan appears "disheveled" with his shirt soaked through, but his face is still excited.

"If you want to ask anything, just ask," Stan said aloud.

The first question was a BBC reporter. Stan just repeated the word "amazing" repeatedly. Stan felt that this game was incredible.

Stein even exaggerated that this reversal reminded him of the 1982 World Cup semi-final, when the Federal Republic of Germany reversed the game against France.

Of course, this is too exaggerated, but none of the reporters at the scene would refute Stan, because after watching the game, they also felt that the Chinese team's comeback was wonderful.

The second question was from a local reporter in Brazil. He asked: "Stan, what is your goal for the next game against England?"

"Maybe England coach Hodgson won't be happy if I say that, but whatever, what I want to say to England is, i`will`rock`you".

The third question is the turn of the Chinese reporter who finally squeezed in, "Coach Stan".

Stan saw that the "Jiayuan" glasses were about to be squeezed out, and he made a "push people" gesture, which meant that everyone should stand back and not squeeze the reporters who asked questions.

"First of all, congratulations to the Chinese team for their first victory in the World Cup, which is an epic victory",
"thanks",
"Stan, what I want to ask is, when we are behind, you keep holding a finger up on the sidelines, what does that mean."

Stan laughed, "So I wanted to ask this?"
Stan repeated that action again in front of the reporter, "There is no doubt that a victory means, we need a victory."

"I'm glad the players did it." At this time, Jiayuan was also a little excited, and his voice changed.

"If I can, I really don't want to ask anything, I just want to step over the fence and hug you, Stan, you are too great."

Stan chuckled and thought: "This is not okay, so many reporters, if everyone does this, it won't crush me."

He patted Jiayuan's chest and said, "Come and see us for training tomorrow."

*****
After the game, on the bus back to the hotel, the players were still very excited. For a young man of this age, the adrenaline is like turning on the faucet-enough.

Stan feels the need to cool everyone down.

"It's not that the group has qualified, it depends on your happiness," Stein said.

"Of course I'm happy. The first World Cup victory in the history of the Chinese team will be recorded in history," Qi Bing said.

"Have you thought about the next game and going further"?
This sentence played a very good role in cooling down, and many people immediately calmed down.

"Stan, didn't you say, i`will`rock`you", Qi Qi said.

"Yes, but that's for the media. Don't you think it's easy to beat England?"
Indeed, although the results of the Three Lions in the last 10 years have been mediocre, if you look at their lineup, they are all big names. It is no exaggeration to say that they are all top European stars, Rooney, Gerrard, Joe Hart, Lampard, etc.

"It's not that I don't want you to be high, but I'm afraid that you will be too high. Now it's far from the end of the Chinese team, you know?"
Everyone nodded silently, feeling that they were really carried away just now, and they were so happy just after winning a game. You must know that in the last World Cup, South Korea and Japan all made it to the top 16, and we can't be worse than them.

Stan is a master at controlling players’ psychology. It’s okay to be too happy, but it’s also okay to be too worried, so after the players’ emotions calmed down, he was ready to “rub” again, “The winning happened today, and it’s history for tomorrow. Well, you can celebrate wildly today, but forget about the game tomorrow.”

As soon as everyone heard it, they started to get high on the bus again.

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