Fox in the Penalty Area

In the office of the coaching staff of the football team of Jiaxiang High School, Feng Yuanchang is leading his staff to watch the video of Dongchuan Middle School’s away game against Gaoshun City Jiulong Middle School. This is a quarter-final match of the Anton Cup.

The game finally ended with a score of 3:2. Dongchuan Middle School in the away game eliminated the home team Jiulong Middle School.

Kowloon Middle School, which played at home, was very tenacious. They fell behind twice and equalized twice in the game. It was not until the seventy-fifth minute that their goal was declared lost for the last time.

And it was Hu Lai who scored the goal for Dongchuan Middle School.

"...It can be seen that Kowloon High School's defense against Hu Lai is tighter. Not only did they not leave him space in the penalty area, but they also adopted a lot of close defense to interfere with him getting the ball. When facing the close defense of Kowloon High School Hu Lai seems to be struggling." While watching the game, the assistant coach introduced the situation to the colleagues of the coaching staff.

"This is what I said about his lack of strength." Feng Yuanchang said. "It can be seen from the video that the defensive players of Kowloon Middle School have not deliberately oppressed Hu Lai in terms of strength."

"But in the end I couldn't stop him, and he scored in the 75th minute." The assistant coach sighed.

"Hu Lai's running is very active, the range of activities is too large, it is really difficult to guard against. It can be seen that Li Ziqiang should have strengthened Hu Lai's physical training, so that he has better running ability." Feng Yuanchang said, His tone was very flat, and he didn't seem to care much. "When we are playing, we must pay great attention to the defense in the middle. No matter how they pass the ball or fall, as long as there is no space in the middle, they will have nothing to do with us."

"Well. Hu Lai has outstanding advantages, but also has outstanding shortcomings. After all, he hasn't practiced football in the past 16 years. Now Li Ziqiang doesn't have time to train him step by step, so he can only strengthen his original advantages. , causing Hu Lai to be serious." The assistant coach echoed. "It can be seen that what Hu Lai is good at is to grab some shots in the penalty area, all of which are close-range attacks. Let him pull out of the penalty area, and his threat to the goal plummets. He doesn't even know how to shoot from long distances. ——In this year's Anton Cup, he shot a total of 20 goals, all of which were in the penalty area."

Just like studying Luo Kai last year, the coaching staff of Jiaxiang High School studied Hu Lai this year.

"Twenty shots, seven goals, the scoring efficiency is quite high!" a coach exclaimed.

"How many times did Luo Kai shoot last year? I remember that he seemed to have more shots in one game than all of Hu Lai's shots in this Anton Cup?" someone asked.

"That's still not. The game with the most shots in the last Anton Cup by Luo Kai was the quarter-finals and Brown North High School,

Luo Kai shot nineteen times in a game, which is still one less than Hu Lai's shots in this Anton Cup. "The assistant coach explained very seriously.

Others laughed: "Hu Lai's shots in a game are only one more than Luo Kai's shots in a game. Just looking at the number of shots, it really makes people wonder if he is the core of Dongchuan Middle School's offense. ..."

"This shows that Hu Lai's scoring efficiency is higher. But this is also determined by his playing style." Feng Yuanchang said.

After watching the video of the game, everyone basically had a good idea. Feng Yuanchang said again: "Just like our previous judgment, Hu Lai is good at running without the ball and catching fighters in front of the goal. But his physical confrontation ability is too weak. Once the defensive player presses him closely and uses his physical advantage to contain him, his performance will be compromised. This game is also the same. The last goal, I think the opposing defender is worried when he sticks up He would be fouled by Hu Lai, and he did not dare to increase his strength, which instead gave Hu Lai a chance..."

Having said that, he replayed Hu Lai's third goal just now.

Hu Lai staggered when the opponent's defender stuck it up. The opponent's defender seemed to be afraid that Hu Lai would fall down, so he quickly raised his hands and held his body at the same time. It was this contraction that allowed Hu Lai to find him. With the opportunity to get rid of it, he was a little short and slipped over, then received a cross from Xia Xiaoyu and hit the football into the goal of Jiulong Middle School.

"Actually, the defender of Kowloon Middle School doesn't need to be so flustered. You have to trust the referee's level. As long as he doesn't have obvious hand movements, it is difficult to be called a foul for this kind of collision. And if Hu Lai dares to fall, he will Take the risk of being shown a yellow card for diving - he already has a yellow card in this Anton Cup, and if he gets another yellow card, he will be automatically suspended for one game - so don't worry too much about having a physical In the confrontation, it will call the defensive foul." Feng Yuanchang emphasized.

Using your body against Hu Lai, the only risk you need to worry about is fouling.

Feng Yuanchang still has a deep understanding of the rules, knowing that normal physical confrontation does not need to worry about fouls. After all, football is a sport that allows physical confrontation, and there is no such requirement as "no physical contact when entering the penalty area" in terms of rules.

As long as there is no force on the arm and no kicking the opponent with the leg, there is no need to worry about being sentenced to a foul for ordinary collisions.

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"Strength! Try harder!"

"Didn't you have lunch at noon!"

Li Ziqiang's roar resounded through the football field of Dongchuan Middle School.

The football team of Dongchuan Middle School is training, while Hu Lai is doing a special training just for him.

He was in the penalty area, and Li Ziqiang was behind him, with his hands behind his back, pushing Hu Lai forward with all his strength. And what about Holly? His body leaned back slightly, and from the bulging muscles on his two thighs and the bulging blood vessels and veins on his neck, it could be seen that he was fighting hard against the head coach behind him.

At this moment, Xia Xiaoyu passed the football into the penalty area, and Hu Lai was about to catch the ball, when he felt the coach behind him push him hard and push him forward with his shoulders, the ball was naturally missed at all. Got it.

"Don't relax your body when you're about to catch the ball. It's the easiest time to be squeezed out by the opponent." Li Ziqiang looked at Hu Lai, who was using his hands and feet to prevent himself from falling to the ground, and shook his head. "Come again!"

Hu Lai got up from the ground and retreated to the edge of the penalty area. After Li Ziqiang issued an order, he ran into the penalty area. Then he and Li Ziqiang stood together.

At the same time, Xia Xiaoyu's football came again.

This time, Hu Lai successfully received the ball under the interference of the coach, but when shooting, he could no longer maintain the state of wrestling with the coach. Under the interference of the coach, the shot lost its aim.

"When you shoot, open your hands, stand up, and don't let the defenders approach you! Did you train your upper body strength for nothing before?!" Li Ziqiang criticized again. "continue!"

Li Ziqiang issued the order again, and Xia Xiaoyu passed the football to the space.

At the same time, Hu Lai ran to the empty space, and Li Ziqiang also ran over.

The moment Hu Lai caught the ball and shot, Li Ziqiang leaned forward.

After a bang, Hu Lai fell to the ground, but he had already shot the football towards the goal.

While falling, he still didn't forget to turn his head to observe the final result of the shot - he saw that the football shot by him drew a parabola in the air, and then fell steadily into the motionless ball standing in front of the goal. In Meng Xi's arms.

Li Ziqiang, who also turned his head to observe the result, said: "Hey, this time is not bad, at least I can shoot within the range of the door frame."

These words make people wonder whether he is praising Hu Lai or mocking Hu Lai.

"When shooting, you must stabilize your body. If you need to vacate casually, you will lose your center of gravity as soon as the opponent approaches. Come again!"

"Come again!"

"continue!"

...

Just tossing Hu Lai again and again until the end of the training.

Hu Lai sat slumped on the ground, feeling sore all over his body.

All the strength seemed to be drained, and the legs shook uncontrollably.

Seeing Hu Lai's embarrassment, Li Ziqiang shook his head and said, "Actually, you can pretend to wrestle with the defender at the receiving point, then suddenly pull back and turn around, and then run to the correct landing point to catch the ball and shoot. You don't have to force yourself to shoot. .”

Hu Lai, who was panting heavily, stopped breathing when he heard what the coach said. He looked up at Li Ziqiang in surprise: "Can it still be like this?"

"Why not? In football, as long as you can score a football in the goal, who cares how you score?"

"It's not the coach...then why should I practice this?" Hu Lai felt aggrieved—coach, you said it earlier, have all my sins these weeks been in vain? !

"Heh." Li Ziqiang snorted with a half-smile, "Before you withdraw your strength and turn around, you must first have the strength to hold the opponent's defenders back. How do you fight when you are down? Do you kneel down and beg for mercy?"

Hu Lai was right when he thought about it...

So he lay back again, panting heavily on the turf again, and rested.

Li Ziqiang turned his head and glanced at Hu Lai whose chest was heaving on the ground, then turned and walked towards his coach's office.

This weekend is the semi-final against Jiaxiang High School, and I hope that the special training I gave to Hu Lai can play a role.

He believed that with Feng Yuanchang's level, he would definitely notice Hu Lai's weak physical confrontation ability, and he would definitely make defensive arrangements for this point.

He hoped that he could give Feng Lao a little surprise then.