Chapter 34: A Counterintuitive Way of Kicking
The spectator stands at the Ruhr Stadium can accommodate nearly 30,000 fans, and nearly 20,000 are here today, most of them local Bochum fans.
Local fans will certainly support Bochum, and they will also talk about their opponents, St. Pauli.
In the eyes of most fans, St. Pauli cannot be an opponent for Bochum, with one team at the top of the league and the other in the relegation zone.
When Bochum fans talk about St. Pauli, they mention St. Pauli's players.
St. Pauli has no stars.
The so-called star Jonny Surentic, in the eyes of other fans, is nothing, worth one million euros and has a monthly salary of less than 30,000 euros.
Zhen Shaolong has become the most talked about player among Bochum fans, firstly because he is a Chinese, and Chinese players, and even East Asian players, are extremely rare in Germany.
The second important point is that his jersey is '13'.
The default rule in German football is that the owner of the '13' is the core player of the team and the best player.
Zhen Shaolong?
An eighteen-year-old young player can wear the number 13 fan, what does he rely on?
Bochum fans don't understand.
While watching the game, they will also observe Zhen Shaolong's performance.
The Bochum players didn't understand it either.
In the same league, Bochum and St. Pauli have played against each other, so naturally they also have a certain understanding, and the Bochum players know that Zhen Shaolong is a new player.
How could he wear number thirteen?
Could it be that this Chinese player is a new talent from the St. Pauli academy?
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After the game started, Zhen Shaolong found that the opponent seemed to be intent on defending him.
In the previous game, he also experienced the opponent's targeting, but the degree of targeting was much weaker, and the opponent's strength was also limited, and now the situation is more difficult, the opponent is always stuck on his and the football route, in addition, when he arrives near the penalty area, there will be opponents who will run over and defend him closely.
This is the treatment of a star!
Zhen Shaolong secretly complained in his heart, and said to the black man with the braided head who was defending himself, "You follow me? I'm the weakest one on the team. ”
The pigtail head ignored him.
The pigtailed head's name is Sanvini, a black South African player who has been in Bochum for three seasons, and he noticed Zhen Shaolong's number at the beginning.
Number 13?
This guy is definitely going to focus on defense!
Other teammates also asked him to pay special attention to Zhen Shaolong, so he took care of Zhen Shaolong.
Sanvini is hard to pester.
On the surface, Sang Wini is small, thin, and swarthy and easy to bully, but every time he fights with Sang Wini, Zhen Shaolong is the one who is at a disadvantage, especially when the scrum collides together, the muscles in the hit part hurt, and the scalp is numb after two or three times.
"Can't go head-to-head with this braid!" Zhen Shaolong covered his arms and gritted his teeth, "Sure enough, it's African, this body ...... Barbarous! It's so barbaric! ”
No way.
The strength index and endurance index are too poor, and the two attributes are closely related to the ability to fight, and Zhen Shaolong found that he was not on the same order of magnitude as the braided head.
"Perhaps, even if the strength and endurance are improved, it will be difficult to compete with this guy......"
Zhen Shaolong thought.
From the perspective of attribute names, strength and endurance are related to physical fitness, and the ability to resist is probably related to rough skin and thick flesh? But in any case, there is still no way to confront Sanwini, and he is at a disadvantage in the scramble, and there is not much advantage in technology, which means that it is difficult to break through Sanwini's defense.
Zhen Shaolong's performance can be imagined.
Ten minutes before the start of the game, Zhen Shaolong only had a pitiful two touches of the ball, one of which was when he kicked off, passing the ball to Felix.
He was completely reduced to a 'transparent man'.
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Sidelines.
Head coach Bergman watched the game seriously.
In this German Cup and Bochum's encounter, Bergmann interrupted and gave up, one is that it is too difficult to beat Bochum away, and the other is that St. Pauli is still in the relegation zone, and the most important thing is the league results.
Bergman mainly observed the performance of the players, and he was not surprised to see that Zhen Shaolong was very dead defended and barely performed.
Zhen Shaolong's strength state, not to mention compared with the Bochum team players, is at the bottom of the St. Pauli team.
Bergman observed Zhen Shaolong, mainly to confirm his guess, maybe this Chinese teenager belongs to the kind of genius with a keen sense of smell in front of the door?
After watching it for a while, Bergmann was somewhat disappointed.
It's not that Zhen Shaolong didn't show disappointment, but he couldn't see anything at all, because St. Pauli played very passively, and most of the attack belonged to Bochum.
Zhen Shaolong stays in the front court, even if he has strength, it is not easy to perform.
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St. Pauli is very passive indeed.
Bochum sat at home, hoping to win the game, and they also sent most of the main players, completely suppressing St. Pauli, and playing a siege posture in the front.
St. Pauli's offense relied mostly on counter-attacks.
Kreuzer performed very well, relying on his speed for two consecutive counterattacks, and the commentator Esfeld also talked about Kreuzer, "He is a rookie from St. Pauli, and according to the information, he is playing for St. Pauli for the first time in the Bundesliga!" ”
"Being a threat to Bochum on the wing from the first appearance is a big future for this young player!"
Kreuzer got noticed.
Zhen Shaolong was completely ignored.
Sang Wini regretted taking over the task of defending Zhen Shaolong, because he found that the Chinese kid next to him had no strength at all, his body was terrible, and his skills were ...... I can't even catch the ball, what kind of technology are we talking about?
Although I don't know why the opponent dared to wear the number 13 jersey, it was certainly not because of strength and performance.
The other Bochum players also saw Zhen Shaolong's performance, and they immediately didn't care, when St. Pauli launched an offensive, they focused on Felix's point, and Zhen Shaolong was surrounded by someone.
This style of defense is very efficient.
At the beginning, some players were worried, but later found out that this Chinese teenager really didn't show any performance, so they didn't care even more.
When St. Pauli played a steady offensive, Zhen Shaolong, Felix, and the two forwards all rushed into the penalty area, Zhen Shaolong was left with only one Sang Winni left, and Felix had three defenders in front, middle and back.
There is only one defensive player, Zhen Shaolong still feels a lot of pressure, and Sang Wini has a lot of experience in defense and constantly blocks the way of the ball.
Zhen Shaolong found that he couldn't catch the ball, so he simply took the initiative to retreat to the big penalty area.
Sang Wini didn't care a little and didn't follow up as soon as possible, Zhen Shaolong received a pass from Kreuzer.
"Good shot!"
Seeing the football rolling over, Zhen Shaolong gave a thumbs up to Kreuzer, then glanced ahead and waved his right foot directly.
"Look at this time...... Shot ——! ”
Zhen Shaolong's movements are so realistic that even the commentator Esfeld has been deceived, perhaps because of the position, the position of pressing the penalty area line, he can indeed shoot.
It's the same with Sanwini.
Sang Wini was in front of Zhen Shaolong, and when he saw the shooting, he subconsciously jumped up and blocked it with his body, but Zhen Shaolong didn't shoot, and the right foot waved up very much, but he gently put it down and walked the ball over from Sang Wini's side.
"Zhen! He shook Sanvini! ”
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, because Zhen Shaolong took the ball into the penalty area.
Zhen Shaolong will definitely not shoot, and if he has the same opportunity, he will not be able to shoot, because the big penalty area line is still a little far away for him, even if the shot can be kicked out of the angle, it is difficult to play much force, not to mention, the penalty area is densely populated, and it is not easy for football to rush to the goal.
After rushing into the box with the ball, it is very difficult to move forward.
Bochum's central defender Brooks easily came over to make up for the defense, just in front of Zhen Shaolong.
If it were an ordinary striker, he would definitely choose to continue to control the ball, use feints to flash out of space, and find gaps to complete the shot, but Zhen Shaolong would not do that, the chance to do so is too small, he understands his own skills more fully than others, and the opposing defender cannot be easily deceived by himself.
His choice was......
Kick the ball into the corner of the small penalty area, and then start to accelerate and chase it!
“……??”
All the players in the stadium, including the fans and media reporters in the stands around them, didn't understand Zhen Shaolong's routine at all, and kicked the ball in that direction, are you sure that it is not to help the other party clear the siege?
"What is he doing!"
Bergman, who was on the sidelines, covered his face and couldn't bear to continue watching.
The other St. Pauli players also looked helpless, they completely thought that after Zhen Shaolong took the ball into the penalty area, he chose to kick directly......
Break the siege?
The fans in the stands even burst into laughter.
Brooks was also a little confused, but he immediately turned around and chased after him, he started a little slower, but his position was advantageous, enough to be on a par with Zhen Shaolong.
The two chased together.
The Bochum fans in the stands around all exhaled a long breath, because under normal circumstances, the opposing young striker, even if he caught up with the ball, would not be able to complete the shot.
That's how everyone sees it.
The only one is Zhen Shaolong who doesn't see it that way, his purpose is very simple: to kick the ball into the small penalty area and activate the "Must Kill" ability by touching the ball with his body.
Shot?
Leave it to the system!
This kind of unreasonable choice makes everyone scratch their heads.
It's the same with Brooks.
When he found that the Chinese kid next to him couldn't complete the shot, he moved a little slower, as if waiting for the opponent to help the team clear the siege.
And then......
Zhen Shaolong's toes stretched forward and touched the ball at the limit.
The ball turned in an instant, reversing and sprinting into the bottom corner of the goal.
“……?”
The audience was stunned.