Chapter 71 Remote Hanging Door

Sensing Rafinia's unfriendly gaze, Tang Zheng grinned, then raised his right index finger and shook it.

"Oh shit!"

Seeing Tang Zheng's insulting gesture, Rafinha spit angrily, and glared fiercely again.

Rakitic took a direct free kick to attack the left. The football was pushed out of the penalty area by Subotic. Rafinha, who was waiting in front of the penalty area line, was about to take advantage of the situation, but he saw it from the corner of his eye. Tang Zheng rushed out aggressively, then suddenly changed his mind.

As a Brazilian player, even if he is a defender, he has good foot skills.

The reason why Rafinha has always occupied the main right back of Schalke 04 is because of his outstanding speed and foot skills.

Rafinha, who exaggeratedly raised his right foot to hit the goal, saw that Tang Zheng was close to two meters away from him. His lowered right foot did not hit the football, but kicked the ball to the left.

The next moment, Rafinha felt a little regretful.

The moment Tang Zheng smashed the ball with the inside of the instep of his right foot in front of Rafinha, he chose to drop the shovel, and the direction of his shovel was exactly the direction of Rafinha's smash.

"Aww-"

The home fans saw Tang Zheng shoveling in front of the right side of the penalty area and subconsciously erupted into a huge momentum, hoping to interfere with referee Kim Herschel's penalty.

Seeing that Tang Zheng's shoveling right foot was about to come, Rafinha only regretted it, but did not panic. He quickly stretched out his right foot hoping to kick the ball away first, so that he could help the team get a free kick in an excellent position. At the same time, it can also put pressure on the referee, and maybe even get Tang Zheng a yellow card.

But the tall and long-legged Tang Zheng was not slow with his feet, his right foot quickly swept towards the football.

Rafinha, who was trying to disguise himself, met Tang Zheng who fell sideways!

"Boom!"

There was a muffled sound from the football under the strength of both sides.

Tang Zheng who fell sideways on the ground was obviously much more stable than Rafinha whose center of gravity was concentrated on the left side of his body, so Tang Zheng took advantage of the momentum to hook the ball to his feet.

Rafinha staggered and fell to the ground due to an unstable center of gravity.

Tang Zheng ignored Rafinha who was lying on the ground, he kicked the football hooked under his feet to Kuba when he was half down on the ground, and then stood up on the grass.

Rafinha, who fell on the ground, turned angrily and roared in the direction of the referee, but what he saw was the ruthless back of the referee.

That is to say, there was no foul in Tang Zheng's fall to the ground and shovel just now!

Of course, Rafinha also knew that Tang Zheng did not foul, he just hoped that the referee would favor the home team according to the previous penalty standard.

But this time the referee did not favor the home team. He was in a good position just now, and the continuous deflected whistle has made him the focus of the game. If this clean tackle and blows the whistle again, then he will be famous in the Bundesliga.

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Facing the incoming ball, Kuba directly kicked the ball from the arc top of the penalty area to his right rib, and sprinted diagonally.

There, there were no Schalke 04 defenders.

"This is your chance to fight back—"

Marcel Leif, the German sky commentator, yelled loudly.

Judging from the broadcast footage, the only ones closer to the center line than Kuba are Farfan and Kruger who did not participate in the offense.

Um, and... Rakitic who took the set kick.

Rakitic, who kicked off from the left, turned and rushed towards Kuba, and Farfan, who had a speed advantage, did the same.

The defensive midfielder Kruger stayed in the middle to defend against other Dortmund offensive players.

The players from both sides who were still in Dortmund's penalty area just now filed out, like the speedy Owomoyela and Gross Kreutz subconsciously rushed towards Schalke 04's half.

The same is true for many Schalke 04 players, who ran back desperately.

It has only been ten minutes since the game went on. If Dortmund was beaten into a quick counterattack at this stage, it would be really terrible!

After Tang Zheng kicked the ball to Kuba, he quickly got up from the ground, but he neither approached Kuba, nor ran along the middle road,

He chose a ghostly detour to the left.

From offense to defense, the defender's attention can easily be diverted by the ball holder.

Farfan is a forward, Rakitic is an organizational midfielder, and Kruger is also a defensive midfielder. They are Schalke 04's frontcourt free kick players, so the defensive pressure is particularly high.

Rakitic and Farfan have the same goal. They hope to keep Kuba in place, even if it costs a yellow card.

However, Kuba didn't give them a chance. He made an emergency stop fifteen meters away from the center line, and threw the ball back to Shaheen, who was following up on the left rear side, with the instep of his left foot.

It's not that Shaheen is fast, but that he moves flexibly and is temporarily unmarked. He is a midfielder who is most suitable for a series of quick counterattacks.

Shaheen observed the basic running positions of his teammates before receiving the ball. Owomoyela and Gross Kreutz who ran along the middle road were strictly guarded by the Schalke 04 players. Only Tang Zheng, who chose to run far away, was in the middle No one was marking, so he took the initiative to face the ball and shifted with his big foot.

From Kuba's emergency stop pass to Shaheen's long pass transfer was almost completed in the blink of an eye, so that the Schalke 04 players who returned to the defense in the middle had not had time to react.

It wasn't until the Schalke 04 fans on the far side of the halfway line erupted in huge boos that they realized what it was...

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"Shhhhhhh—"

With the huge boos erupting from the Veltins Arena, Schalke 04 coach Magath realized that the team was in big trouble in the transition from offense to defense!

Even if it was 60 to 70 meters away from the far end of the court, he could still see it clearly. Shaheen's non-stop ball transfer was very clear, and the amount of advance was just right, which was suitable for Tang Zheng's sprint.

Many Bundesliga fans really saw Tang Zheng's speed back to Dortmund's away game against Bayern two rounds ago, when he scored the second goal showing amazing speed.

Kruger, who had returned to the center line, rushed towards Tang Zheng, and handed over the heavy responsibility of defense in the center to Matip and Farfan who gritted their teeth and chased back.

"--so fast!"

Although Marcel Leff had seen Tang Zheng's speed in Dortmund's game against Bayern, he was still very surprised to see Tang Zheng in the camera.

Tang Zheng, who is more than 1.9 meters tall, gave people an extremely strong sense of visual impact during the acceleration process. The Schalke 04 fans in the stands at the far end of the camera kept booing Tang Zheng, but he did not think that Moved, those two long and powerful legs swung quickly on the Veltins Arena.

Soon, Tang Zheng crossed the center line.

Shaheen's non-stop ball transfer football also fell to the ground and bounced forward.

But then, a problem arose.

Since Shaheen transferred the ball from the right side of the backcourt without stopping the ball, his strength and footwork were not well controlled, and the football accelerated forward after hitting the ground.

Tang Zheng, who was moving at high speed, had to make a small turn to the left to go outside the left sideline.

This will not only increase the probability of saving the ball, but also directly face the direction of the goal after a successful save.

Emperor Tian paid off, Tang Zheng stretched his right foot and long leg while running, and lightly flicked the ball into the court.

Kruger, who rushed towards Tang Zheng, raised his hand to signal that the football has gone out of the sideline.

The Schalke 04 fans in the stands followed suit, thinking of the effect of fishing in troubled waters, but the assistant referee did not raise the flag to signal, which means that the football did not go out of bounds!

Of course, Tang Zheng also knew that the football didn't go out of bounds, so he didn't stop, but went diagonally to control the ball.

While turning back to the court, Tang Zheng consciously looked up at his teammates following up in the middle.

Owomoyela and Gross Kreuz are fast, but they have Schalke 04 players around them.

Um?

At this moment, he saw from the corner of his eye that the goalkeeper Neuer, who was guarding the near corner, retreated hastily between the penalty area line and the penalty spot and did not retreat again.

This...is an opportunity!

Anyway, passing to the teammate in the middle to follow up doesn't have many chances, so it's better to try.

German sky commentator Marcel Leif saw Tang Zheng slowing down, full of doubts: "Huh? What will Tang do?"

In the broadcast transition, Tang Zheng flicked the ball to the right with the outer instep of his right foot, adjusted to a suitable position, and then swung his right foot at a distance of about 50 meters from the goal.

His choice of footwork is not much different from the long pass to find teammates in the past. If there is any difference, it is that the football he kicks has a lower parabola but a higher hit rate.

"This is—" Marcel Leff saw the football flying towards the goal, he suddenly changed his voice, and shouted: "The hanging goal!"

Goalkeeper Neuer watched the football coming, and his heart thumped: "Oops!"

"Ooh-oh--"

The Veltins Arena, which was still full of boos just now, followed the football towards the goal, as if the CD player suddenly changed its style, and burst into loud exclamations.

Neuer's reaction speed was very fast, and he stepped back hastily almost at the same time he felt bad, and at the same time looked up to pay attention to the football flying in mid-air.

The exclamation of the Veltins Arena quickly swept the entire stadium from several stands.

Magath and Klopp looked at the football in mid-air at the same time, as did the players on both sides of the pitch, they stopped and looked up.

The on-site director switched the rebroadcast camera, and the fans sitting in front of the TV watched from the screen, only seeing the slowly falling football and Neuer who kept retreating.

Of course, there are also home team fans in the background.

If the live director gave a close-up shot of the home team fans, they could definitely see their dumbfounded facial expressions clearly.

Tang Zheng's attention never left the football. His precise long balls in the past were not necessarily perfect, and the long-range lob was the first time for a big girl on a sedan chair, so she didn't know what to do.

But the moment I kicked out just now, I felt very good, there should be some drama!

The football flew past the penalty area line and began to drop significantly, and goalkeeper Neuer also retreated to the small penalty area line.

The height of the falling football is still a bit high for Neuer, but he didn't want to give up easily, so he concentrated on the process of retreating hastily, and then jumped back, the whole person soared into the air, and his waist and abdomen exerted strength at the same time, trying to achieve as much as possible. increased reach height.

However, when he vacated to the highest point, his fingertips still did not touch the football.

"It's over!"

Neuer's body was extremely stretched in mid-air, but it was a pity that it didn't have any extra help for the save...

(To be continued.)