Chapter 212 Strategic free kick
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho! Free kicks scored twice!" When the football flew into the goal, Caresa laughed. "Verona seemed to not believe in evil, and she must test her high free kick scoring ability on herself!"
"But for Rigoni, there is nothing he can do if he doesn't foul. If he doesn't foul, Gao may have slipped away from him..." Bergomi felt that this was an unsolvable foul for Rigoni. He wanted to give Gao Zheng a free kick, and if he doesn't foul, he might give Gao Zheng a single shot. He is also very unfair...
"Free kick! Another free kick! Gao Zheng scored twice! He really didn't score goals in three rounds of leagues, or he scored two at one time!" Liu Hong was very happy. Gao Zheng finally broke the goal drought. For a period of time, he finally didn't have to see those annoying discussions in the media.
What is Gao Zheng's condition declining, what is Gao Zheng's proud and complacent, what is Gao Zheng in trouble...
These discussions are disappointing just by looking at the title, and they are also serious discussions. Now the media really does everything they want to attract attention and traffic.
Now that Gao Zheng slapped those people in the face, they could finally shut up.
The world suddenly became pure.
After Gao Zheng scored two consecutive free kicks, Verona's tough defensive tactics against him finally ended and could not continue. As long as he committed a foul, Gao Zheng could use his free kick to score...
However, there is not much time left to the end of the game at this time.
In the end, Sampdoria defeated Verona 2-0 away and finally scored another three-pointer after losing in three rounds.
After the seven-round league match, Sampdoria scored 13 points and ranked fifth.
As a newly promoted team, although their performance is unstable and has some ups and downs, their results are already very outstanding.
You should know that the club's board of directors' goal for Di Francesco this season is only to relegation.
After the game, Gao Zheng mentioned his free kick score in an interview with reporters.
"I've been practicing free kicks all the time, just for this. I know that many people think I'm easy to bully when I see my body being thin. I'm glad they think that because that means I have another chance to score."
The reason why Gao Zheng said this is because he hopes to use the media to erect his image of "free kicks are excellent" and spread it. After all, if he is targeted by his opponent in every game, even if he can score free kicks, he will be very tired. Not to mention that the probability of free kicks is not that high. If the opponent violates his entire game and gives him ten free kicks, he will not score any of them. This is normal in the game, but it will be unfavorable to Gao Zheng.
So he now needs to let everyone know that his free kick is powerful. Once this fixed impression is formed, his free kick becomes a nuclear weapon and does not need to be used at all. It is mainly to deter the opponent and make the opponent dare not harsh on him during the game.
Gao Zheng could completely solemnly promise: never use this strategic weapon first, as long as the other party does not foul him.
I have to say that in the game against Verona, his free kick felt very good, so he played both and scored.
But he can't guarantee that he can score free kicks every time.
He believes that after this game, when other teams face themselves, they will consider whether to use the tactic of killing one thousand enemies and losing one thousand five by themselves.
Gao Zheng's teammate Obiang later confirmed Gao Zheng's statement in the mixed zone: "Since I knew him, he has been practicing free kicks. He obviously knows what method to use to deal with those foul tactics. I think he did a great job..."
Albertomasi got the first chance to play in this game. He performed very well and helped the team win the opponent completely. However, in an interview after the game, he did not talk about his performance, but told reporters: "High feet are full of magic, and he has proved his free kick ability again and again in training. So when we got the free kick, we were already thinking about how to celebrate the goal."
His words made the reporters laugh.
"You've been blowing too much, Alberto!"
"No, I'm serious, and there's no exaggeration at all!" Masi shook his head with a serious expression. "If you played with him in the reserve team like me, you will believe every word I said. Gao is the most outstanding genius I have ever seen, and he has such strength."
His seriousness scared the reporters.
Di Francisco also endorsed Gao Zheng at the post-match press conference: "Yes, after the training every day, President Gao will practice half an hour of free kicks. This has been the case since the first day I met him, even during physical training. I am very happy that the efforts he has put in have achieved the results he wants in this game. In fact, I am not worried at all that the opponent uses physical confrontation to curb Gao, which is why."
As expected by Gao Zheng, the media and the Internet on the next day were full of discussions about Gao Zheng's free kicks. After the media flipped through, they found that Gao Zheng had already recorded free kicks in the second division, so he really had a good ability to score free kicks, rather than talking big.
A player who is good at kicking with his right foot completed a hat trick with his left foot against A Milan, and now he can score twice with a free kick...
Does he have any weaknesses?
Well... it's true that Gao Zheng's header is not good. This is something that everyone knows, and Gao Zheng has never denied this.
However, many people think that a bad header is no longer a big problem, or to put it another way: Fortunately, Gao Zheng’s header is not good. If Gao Zheng even header is excellent, it will make people wonder if he is an alien. Now it seems that he is still a normal human, which is really relieved...
After announcing the end of the training, Di Francisco saw Gao Zheng taking the football and moving walls to practice free kicks on the training ground. He was no longer surprised by this scene.
But when he saw Gao Zheng put the football in the place where he was stunned: "What are you doing when you put it so far?"
He walked up curiously.
Seeing that it was the head coach, Gao Zheng explained: "I suddenly thought of a question, coach. The place where I leaned into the penalty area was a dangerous area, and the defending players would not easily foul. But my range of activities was not only near the penalty area, but sometimes I would retreat to the midfield. If they fouled me at this time, even if they gave a free kick, it would be a free kick away from the goal, which would not pose too much threat to the goal, but could hinder our attack..."
Di Francesco nodded: "Yes, yes. In fact, in the game against Verona, when you scored two free kicks, they did it, and they pushed you tightly when you retreated."
"So I thought, if I could kick a free kick directly into the goal far away from the goal, wouldn't that solve the problem?"
Di Francesco was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Gao Zheng to think and solve the problem from this perspective...
In theory, Gao Zheng's approach is certainly correct, but it is not so easy to operate, because the farther the free kick is from the goal, the lower the threat, and the chance of scoring a long-distance free kick is also much lower than a free kick of a suitable distance. It is simple to score a long-distance free kick, but how easy is it to do it?
Unexpectedly, Gao Zheng had to fight this difficult problem to the death.
When Di Francisco was stunned, Gao Zheng had already set up the football, then assisted and kicked the football towards the goal about 38 meters away.
The football flew into the goal.
But Gao Zheng shook his head and entered, but the ball was too slow, and the football fell significantly in the end, and it was almost close to the ground when it flew into the goal. Now it was an empty goal, so the football could enter. If there was a goalkeeper there, the ball could be said to be no threat.
Di Francesco's voice recalled: "If you want to score a free kick at a longer distance, you have to increase your leg strength. It is useless to just practice a free kick."
Gao Zheng turned his head and looked at the head coach, then slapped him: "Yes! Thank you coach!"
After saying that, he stopped practicing football, but ran to the gym.
Chapter completed!