This is a free kick about twenty meters away from the goal and is obliquely 45 degrees on the left.

According to custom, this ball is more beneficial for right-footed players.

But the difficulty is also quite large, especially if you want to have a straight free kick, the optional angle will be much less than the middle.

Under normal circumstances, Gerald should be the penalty for this ball. Whether it is a direct attack or a choice to assist a teammate, he will discuss it with his teammates. This was not a problem in the past.

But today's situation is obviously different.

...

Referee Styles's penalty tonight was terrible.

Whether it was the false penalty kick that was previously or the subsequent yellow cards of Essin but not sending the Ghanaian out, it was obviously a very low-level mistake. According to the captain Gerald's negotiation with him, the referee seemed to mean that he did not intend to give Essin the second yellow card.

"He said that he just wanted to give Terry a yellow card, but then forgot to put the yellow card back in his pocket and pointed it directly at Essin." Gerald smiled bitterly. He didn't know if this was a reasonable explanation, and he always felt very perfunctory.

Of course, even so, it would be a very stupid low-level mistake.

"No more, what should I do if I have a free kick this time?" When Gerald asked, his eyes clearly looked at Yang Yang.

After the free kick match at the beginning of the season, everyone knew that Yang Yang had a free kick skills that were no less than other players such as Gerald, but he had not yet drawn his sword.

So far this season, Yang Yang has been standing by and covers Gerald several times, but has never done it himself.

"What does it mean?" Yang Yang asked strangely.

"Murinho has always been very meticulous in preparation for the game. I guess he must have made arrangements for my free kick. Otherwise...you can try it?" Gerald suggested.

It's only been more than seventy minutes now. If this free kick is scored, it's a good thing, but if it's not scored, it doesn't matter. The team still has about twenty minutes to slowly find a goal opportunity.

Moreover, Gerald felt that Yang Yang was in good condition tonight.

The reason why Chelsea failed to perform better is related to Chelsea's subsequent adjustment of its defensive strategy, focusing on letting Essin and Lampard watch Yang Yang, and Chelsea also retreated across the board. In this case, it is difficult for anyone to get a chance.

After hearing this, Yang Yang looked at his teammates around him and found that both Aurelio and Xavi Alonso had encouragement in his eyes, and obviously he agreed with him to give it a try.

During the last free kick match, he scored a penalty at this position.

"Then give it a try!" Yang Yang said eagerly.

...

After the division of labor was clear, Gerald still went over and set the ball in a similar manner, stood at the free throw point with Yang Yang, and then slowly took three steps back, with the purpose of making it difficult for Chelsea players to tell who will take the penalty.

Yang Yang was almost parallel to the penalty area line, retreating to the left, while Gerald faced the goal.

Chelsea also set up a wall of five players in the penalty area line, and arranged the position to Ashley Cole on the left, which was obviously bullying England's left-back.

With the five-player wall near the back of the goal, Kuyt and Terry stood there, and then leaned over to Lampard.

Czech goalkeeper Cech, wearing an anti-collision helmet, kept directing his teammates to set up walls and move their positions in front of the left post on the goal.

He needs to adjust some angles to be more confident in saving the free kick.

Yang Yang and Gerald retreated, but the distance was not far.

"Since he was injured, I don't know if it was affected by the anti-collision helmet, the injury, or his psychological shadow was at work. He always made mistakes in his judgment of the high ball." Gerald said lightly.

Yang Yang understood that this was Liverpool captain reminding him.

Yang Yang is not unfamiliar with Cech's problem, because this is the material provided by the coaching staff.

High ball, this has become a big problem after Cech returns from injury.

If the Czech goalkeeper before the injury was almost perfect and flawless goalkeeper, and was hailed as a super goalkeeper who will challenge Buffon's world's top goalkeeper position in the short term, then after the injury, Cech completely fell from the god to the human being.

Frequent mistakes have made everyone give up their confidence in Cech.

Of course, even so, Cech is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

...

The human wall is set up.

Five players stood in one plus four from left to right, with Ashley Cole hanging alone outside the wall.

I don’t know if it was affected by the yellow card incident just now, but the referee Styles was very meticulous this time and specially entered the penalty area to make arrangements. After it was done, it left the penalty area.

With the whistle from referee Styles, Gerald rushed to the free throw point.

At this time, Crouch, who had been ambushing the right side of the penalty area, suddenly rushed to the front point of the goal, while Chelsea's wall moved to the right side.

It was obvious that everyone was on guard against Gerald.

But when Gerald rushed to the front of the football, he stepped directly over and did not touch the football even for a moment.

It was at this moment that all the talents inside and outside the stadium suddenly realized that Gerald was not the penalty kick this time, and the player who took the free kick was Yang Yang.

"Yang Yang!" Andy Gray exclaimed.

After Gerald ran, Yang Yang jumped out quickly.

In the past few years, he has been practicing basic skills every day, and he has formed a set of his own rhythm and pace.

The same was true for his run-up when he was punishing this free kick.

He is very familiar with every step, from the length of the step, from the speed of the step, from the distance of the step, because this is his instinct, a conditioned reflex that is integrated into his blood and soul.

When he rushed to the front of the ball, he stood firm with his left foot, supported his entire body, and then tilted to an angle, and kicked his right foot out quickly.

Yang Yang wanted to make an arc with a noticeable fall!

Because he knew that Cech had some problems with his judgment on the high ball.

...

As a goalkeeper with many years of career and once known as the top goalkeeper in Europe, Cech has rich experience and has faced countless free kicks.

He has saved a lot, but he has also been punished.

But one thing is that it is very difficult for anyone to send a free kick into Cech's goal.

Because he is Peter Cech!

He was once hailed as the best goalkeeper in the world!

Since Yang Yang and Gerald stood at the free throw point, Cech was already guessing whether it would be Yang Yang?

He had obtained a lot of information before the game. He knew that Yang Yang had played cover for Gerald before, but the previous cover did not mean that this time he still played cover.

Sometimes, players will adapt to the situation on the court.

It’s like Cech will also put on different walls of people according to different player types.

Could it be Yang Yang?

Cech left a scrupulous look.

So, when Gerald quickly crossed the football, Chelsea's wall was deceived and some loosening occurred.

Terry and Lampard were also deceived by Kuyt and Crouch, and they both ran away.

But Cech was not deceived, he was always on guard against Yang Yang.

This is his habit, a habit he developed before he was injured.

There is only one remaining problem, which point will Yang Yang punish?

The front point near the door post on the left? Or the back point of the far door post on the right?

Cech noticed Yang Yang's running line just now, which was almost the same as the penalty area line, so he quickly made a judgment.

The far post on the right, point behind!

After hearing a bang, Cech quickly moved to the right, while his eyes staring at the top of the human wall.

He really hoped not to see the ball fly out, because it means that the free kick sent by Yang Yang hit the wall directly.

But to his a little disappointed, the ball flew out.

The whole process sounds very long, but in fact it happened in the blink of an eye. At this moment, the row of people wearing blue jerseys had just jumped up, and the ball barely crossed their heads and flew towards the goal.

Cech judged the ball path, and he stared at the football flying fast in the air. He couldn't see clearly at all, so he could only rely on instinct.

Although many people say that after Cech was injured, there were serious problems in predicting the high ball, only Cech himself knew that what was called serious was just because he made a mistake.

As a goalkeeper, a mistake means a conceding goal, which will always be infinitely magnified.

But in fact, Cech knew very well that his prediction ability was still there.

The Czech goalkeeper flew towards the right side of the goal, stretching his body as much as possible and stretching his left hand as long as possible.

He has already determined the trajectory of the free kick.

Moreover, he is very confident!

But just as Cech flew out, just as the ball in the air was flying closer and closer, Cech suddenly felt it moving and moving downward.

The feeling was like a hand in the dark, pressing the ball down hard to make it fall, but the ball speed did not slow down at all, just suddenly fell apart.

But it was this sudden fall that shocked Cech.

His body and his hands had already made movements, but the ball path suddenly changed.

The Czech goalkeeper wanted to make up, but he was in mid-air and had no ability to stop the ball from sliding past his hands.

At that moment, Cech suddenly remembered someone and something.

On February 22, 2003, in the 28th round of Ligue 1, Rennes challenged the overlord Lyon away.

In the 16th minute of the game, Rennes made a foul at the front of the penalty area, giving Lyon a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Lyon's midfielder Juninho scored a shot and sent the ball into the lower right corner of Rennes' goal with a wonderful fallen leaf ball. The ball almost rubbed against the post on the right and hit the bottom of the net in the lower right corner.

Rennes goalkeeper Eric Durand didn't even react and stood there in a daze.

After the game, the French goalkeeper, who was 37 years old at the time, told his teammates in the locker room that he did not want to react, but did not know how to do it, because the ball was not only fast, but it would suddenly fall in the area close to the goal.

"That was like a smile of death!"

Cech still remembers the old goalkeeper Durand's slightly terrified look at the time, and in that game, he was scored four goals by Lyon.

That season, Cech was the goalkeeper of Rennes, and he played thirty-seven games throughout the season, and he survived that game.
Chapter completed!