Chapter 40: Dali’s free kick (second update, please give me a monthly ticket!)

When Chen Yingxiong fell to the ground, the whistle sounded. An explanation already knew what was going to happen next.

"Oh, oh--no! Lucio is about to end! His turn and tackled the ball without scooping the ball, but instead tripped Chen Yingxiong..."

Sure enough, the referee ran over and held a red card in his hand.

Lucio got up from the ground and saw the red card in the referee's hand. He was stunned for a moment, then rushed towards the referee.

"I didn't mean it!"

This was the only defense he could make.

Of course he knew he was a foul, but he was lucky and thought it might be a yellow card?

Unexpectedly, the referee imposed a culprit on him!

"This is a fake fall! He is a fake fall!"

Another central defender, his partner Samuel roared at the referee.

Other Inter Milan players also rushed up to influence the referee's penalty and asked him to take back the red card in his hand.

But it was useless. The referee could see clearly whether it was a fake fall. When Lucio stepped down, he had no obstacles in front of him, and he could see the ball clearly.

Lucio did not encounter football, he tripped Chen Yingxiong. If he had not tripped Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong would be flat in front and face goalkeeper Julio Cesar directly. So this foul was directly given a red card, and Lucio was not unfair.

He ran to Lucio, raised his arm, and a red card was held high on it!

Lucio was punished.

Mourinho was very angry at the referee's penalty on the sidelines. He roared at the fourth official: "This must be a fake fall! A fake fall!"

Seeing that the fourth official ignored him, he shouted to the field again: "Hey! You, you are a liar! A liar! A liar!!"

But he had no other way except to curse a few words of venting.

Lucio finally walked down, he looked resentful, and amid Meacha's boo, he walked directly into the locker room passage.

Meacha's booing was not for Lucio, but for Chen Yingxiong and the referee.

Although the slow-motion replay has given Chen Yingxiong a clean, proving that he is not a fake fall, the home team fans will not care about so many. The fans are not rational at all. They only know that Chen Yingxiong's fall and the referee's red card have made them lose one person, and the fewer are the most important central defenders...

Mourinho no longer cared about quarrel with the fourth official and Chen Yingxiong. He was calling substitute center back Matrazi to warm up.

Lucio was sent off, and one of the two centre-backs was missing. This vacancy must be filled, otherwise Napoli would definitely seize this opportunity and attack with a fierce attack. If they were allowed to score the goal, it would be bad...

Matrazi put on a yellow vest and ran to the warm-up area. He won't have much time to warm up, he must do it as soon as possible.

During this period, the central defender on the court was temporarily guest starred by Montali.

Mourinho was already waving his arms inside and shouting, asking Montali to play a guest appearance as a central defender.

But in fact, the problem that Inter Milan is currently facing is not the central defender, but the free kick in the frontcourt to defend Napoli.

But no one takes this issue seriously. After all, this free kick is still 34 meters away from the goal and the position is a little off. There is no long-distance free kick expert in Napoli's team who can score football into the goal from such a distance - Mourinho is very clear about this.

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This is a direct free kick. Hamsik and Casano both stood in front of the football, and they discussed how to punish them.

Shoot directly? Neither of them had the intention to do this.

It's too far, the hit rate is very low, and it's really a bit...unworthy to waste an opportunity so easily.

We still have to pass the football, so we should pass it directly into the penalty area and let Chen Yingxiong and the captain compete for the top? Or should we pass it shortly and reorganize the offense?

The two people have some disagreements.

"It's better to pass it in for a long time." Hamsik thought this was a bit more threatening.

"Not good, reorganize the attack." Casano shook his head and rejected.

Chen Yingxiong ran over and said, "Stop fighting, I'll do it!" He picked up the football and placed it in the free throw position.

The two were stunned. "Come on?"

Chen Yingxiong can’t play free kicks, everyone knows that he is here to play free kicks. Is this a mess or something?

"Can you play a free kick?" Casano asked Chen Yingxiong.

"This kind of free kick...isn't it the same as our long-range shooting exercises in training?" Chen Yingxiong pointed to the front and said.

Inter Milan's walls are loose and slow, because they are thirty-four meters away from the goal, and Inter Milan's players do not think that anyone in the Naples can directly threaten Cesar's goal, so they are a little absent-minded about building a wall.

Their idea was the same as Hamsik and Casano, who were all thinking about preventing the second attack from Naples.

Casano glanced at it, then clapped his hands with a smile: "You are right, hero! Just show off the energy to train for long-range shooting!"

Since he didn't have any hope for the goal, Hamsik felt it would be nice to ask Chen Yingxiong to try a free kick, so he nodded in agreement.

"Do you want us to cover you?" Hamsik asked.

Chen Yingxiong shook his head, "No."

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"The hero was put on the ground with the football in his arms... Could he be here to take the free kick?" The commentator was also a little surprised.

"Does anyone know he is good at taking free kicks?"

"I know he has an excellent long shot...but there is still a difference between a free kick and a long shot..."

Amid the surprised voices of the commentators, Chen Yingxiong was ready to take the free kick. He placed the football and then stepped back.

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps... He stepped back, retreated for about six or seven meters, and stood still.

Hamsik and Casano saw him like this and did not provide him with cover. They ran to the penalty area alone, while the other person stood aside as a spectator.

When Inter Milan saw Chen Yingxiong planning to take the free kick, another person was added to the wall - after all, they still knew Chen Yingxiong's long shot.

In this way, there were finally five people in the human wall.

"It seems that this free kick was really taken by Chen Yingxiong..."

Casano walked away, Hamsik was farther away from football than Chen Yingxiong, and it was basically a foregone conclusion that Chen Yingxiong took the free kick.

Julio Cesar stood in front of the goal and looked at the football in the distance, looking very far away.

He didn't know how far the distance was, but he knew it was a bit difficult to shoot directly at this position. What if the opponent really shot directly? He was confident to save it. With such a long distance, the opponent's goal has become smaller. It is not easy to play within the goal range. He also had to pursue angles to ensure the goal - because he played too straight, he could easily block it. He is not an unknown person. Now in Serie A, his condition has surpassed Buffon and has become the number one goalkeeper in Serie A today.

Want to make such a long shot in front of you?

You must pursue an angle.

If you pursue angles...then football may fly wherever you want!

So, he wasn't worried.

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Chen Yingxiong came to take the free kick, which surprised the Napoli coaching staff on the sidelines, because this kid had never practiced a free kick in training, and Mazarri had never arranged for him to practice - because he felt that this person was not determined to be here.

Unexpectedly, he had a whim today and wanted to try a free kick.

But this free kick is too far, right?

It's more than thirty meters away from the goal.

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Chen Yingxiong stood in front of football, and Inter Milan's man wall had been set up. Because he had never played a free kick before, Naples didn't know how to cooperate with him. If other players who were good at long-term and powerful free kicks took the penalty, his teammates would definitely have someone trying to squeeze into the opponent's man wall, and then suddenly evacuate when kicking the ball, giving up a path - this is often a specific tactic formed by long-term contact and running-in.

But Chen Yingxiong did not have such support.

But he has his own method.

Just as he said just now - isn't it just a long shot from a distance? No one has defended yet!

He has no pressure.

The referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and the crisp whistle sounded at the Meacha Stadium, and the scene became a little quieter.

Everyone focused their attention on Chen Yingxiong.

After hearing the boo, he leaned forward and started running and sprinting.

One step, two steps, four steps, five steps... He took a few steps back at the beginning, but now he has sprinted a few steps. In the last step, he stepped steadily on the left side of the football, swung his right foot over, and hit the football hard with his instep!

"Bang!"

The football soared into the air and flew towards Inter Milan's goal with grass clippings.

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When Chen Yingxiong started running, no one would think there was anything special about this free kick, but when the football was kicked out, everyone found something was wrong.

Because... this ball is so fast that it's scary!

In Julio Cesar's view, it was almost a moment, and football grew from small to large!

He jumped up like a conditioned reflex and made a save, but the football had already flew into the goal from his side!

When the football hit the net hard, the commentators didn't even react - it can be seen how fast the ball was!

Of course it's soon, because this is a thunderous attack from Chen Yingxiong!

How hard does Chen Yingxiong exert? When he shot the football out, he was carried by his own shooting force and turned around in the air almost ninety degrees. He fell to the ground and almost stood firm!

In almost two seconds, the football went from being completely still to being wrapped in the net.

It is already very difficult for Cesar to make a save!

However, the loser is the loser. No matter how difficult it is, it cannot change the fact that the football flies into the goal he guards.

He fell to the ground, turned his head and looked at the football incredibly, as if he had just had a brief nightmare.

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***, this is definitely a historic moment worth remembering! Chen Yingxiong scored his first free kick in his career!
Chapter completed!