Chapter 81
The position of Apuba's foul was still a certain distance from the penalty area line, so the referee did not directly give Apuba a yellow card, but gave the other party a verbal warning.
Seeing that the referee did not take out the cards, the audience made huge boo protests. After all, this is the home court of the Chinese team, and the support of the fans is directly one-sided.
Lu Feng was not disappointed when he was pulled down by Apuba. Although he could directly enter the penalty area after passing the opponent. However, at this position, it was also quite good to get a free kick opportunity.
Lu Feng has been practicing free kicks for so long, but he has basically never shown them in the game. Although he has scored many free kicks in the Shuntian Youth Team before, most of them are not very accurate. Moreover, Lin Hai, the number one free kicker in the team at that time, was Lin Hai, who was often given to him because of his good relationship with Lu Feng.
This time, in the National Youth Team, Lin Hai is still responsible for taking the free kick.
However, Lu Feng is ready to do this ball by himself.
"I'll do it." Lu Feng rushed in front of Lin Hai and stood in front of the free throw point.
"Xiaofeng." Lin Hai shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Just say it directly. As for robbing like this, I won't give it to you."
"Haha." Lu Feng touched his head. "Well, it's a habit to grab it. Please help me with some cover."
Lin Hai nodded. It was just a free kick. He had such a good relationship with Lu Feng, so he didn't care who took the penalty at all. Moreover, this free kick opportunity was created by Lu Feng, and there was no problem with Lu Feng taking the penalty.
Lu Feng and Lin Hai stood in front of the free throw point at the same time. Not far away, the UAE's human wall was lined up.
With the referee's whistle, Lin Hai started first, but he bypassed the football.
Lin Hai's behavior successfully attracted the attention of the UAE Wall, and the UAE players jumped up when Lin Hai started.
So, the UAE players were helpless in the next free kick that Lu Feng kicked, and could only watch the football fly over their heads and fly towards the UAE goal.
When Lu Feng flew out, he felt that the ball had already existed and the possibility of scoring was more than 80%. Lu Feng exerted his strength in this ball and also kicked the ball straight.
The football barely rotates in the air, and after crossing the human wall to reach the highest point, it begins to fall at a high speed.
UAE goalkeeper Muric made a judgment almost immediately, the elevator ball. However, Muric had no idea how to play the elevator ball.
If you pounce on the elevator ball, it is a world-class goalkeeper problem. The elevator ball falls very quickly, and there is an uncontrollable change in the process of falling. The most difficult thing for the goalkeeper to judge is this change in direction. Because you don’t know whether the football flies to your left or right in the next second.
Therefore, when playing the elevator ball, except for those world-class goalkeepers, most goalkeepers can only make judgments in advance and bet on the direction of the football.
Muric is not a world-class goalkeeper and has no accurate judgment on the ball path, so he has to take a gamble. This time, Muric bet on his left hand side. Muric moves ahead of time and moves a small step towards his left hand side.
Unfortunately, Muric was wrong in betting. When the football fell, it did not change direction too significantly. He rubbed the post and directly jumped into the goal in the middle.
When Muric realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment, it was too late, and the football flew into the goal in front of him.
When Land Feng scored the equalizer goal, the entire stadium suddenly became excited, and the cheers of the audience once again proved to the UAE players that this was the home court of the Chinese team.
After scoring the goal, Lu Feng did not celebrate too much. After all, it was just an equalizer and not a lead. Lu Feng was preparing to score another goal to Su Linqi sitting in the audience.
Lu Feng simply hugged Lin Hai to celebrate, and Lin Hai said softly in Lu Feng's ear.
"That's great, this free kick skill is even better than mine."
"Of course." Lu Feng smiled proudly. "You don't even look at who I am. It's normal that you are better than you."
"Get out." Lin Hai responded to the proud Lu Feng with one word.
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For the rest of the first half, the Chinese team continued to attack the UAE team. Unfortunately, for the rest of the time, the Chinese team still failed to overtake the score and could only end the first half with a 1-1 draw.
Back in the players' locker room, Francis criticized the team's performance.
Francis believes that when his strength is far superior to his opponent, he actually conceded the ball first and was unable to score a goal for a long time. Even Lu Feng, who scored the equalizer goal, received criticism from Francis.
"Lu Feng, where is your speed and technology gone? You have to use your personal strength to hit the opponent's defense, instead of often retreating to the midfield to make long shots.
You are a forward, why do the forward retreat back to the midfield? Do you don’t want to play the forward? You want to play the midfield? Also, in the first half, how many times did you try to pass? Are the opponent’s players stronger than you?”
Francis' series of words made Lu Feng unable to speak. In the first half, his performance was not good except for the free kick. However, Lu Feng was relieved when he heard that Francis did not mention Zheng Tao.
After all, it is really not a glorious thing to fight revenge on teammates.
After a series of criticism of the players, Francis asked the players to think carefully and left the locker room first.
As soon as Francis left, the locker room was in an uproar.
Many players with good relationship with Zheng Tao took this opportunity to question Lu Feng.
Zheng Tao was no longer in the locker room and was sent to the hospital. Concussion is not a trivial matter, so of course he has to receive treatment.
However, teammates who have good relationships with Lu Feng will also watch Lu Feng be bullied and make a statement to defend Lu Feng. The furious moment in the locker room was tense for a moment.
"Whatever you do." Dai Zhi, the deputy captain of the team, stood up. "Are you going to fight? It is normal for an accident on the court. I believe Lu Feng did not intentionally. This is the end of the half-game. If there is anything, I will talk about it when the game is over. Do you want the UAEs to see us laughing at us?"
Dai Zhi spoke and finally calmed down the signs of civil strife. However, looking at the emotions of the players who accused Lu Feng, Lu Feng knew that it was only a temporary calm. It was estimated that it would be the official time to be lively after the game.
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At the beginning of the second half, neither China nor the UAE made any personnel adjustments. In addition to Zheng Tao being replaced due to injury, the Chinese team basically continued its starting lineup.
Chapter completed!