Chapter 93 Free man in the frontcourt

Zidane was very pleased to see the team members united as one.

It seems that Bai Ran has also been recognized by all his teammates.

Bai Ran also nodded and showed a smile.

"thank you all."

Not everyone is allowed to free up a teammate to attack with all his strength and wipe his butt by himself.

Not to mention what Cristiano Ronaldo is to Real Madrid and Messi to Barcelona.

Even though they are the absolute core and leaders of their respective teams, they still have an unshirkable responsibility on the defensive end and cannot shirk it.

This is the task of the coach and the responsibility of the players.

Nowadays, there is no such treatment like Bai Ran in football, and the only one in the world is when Messi is in Argentina.

He has this right and does not need to participate in defense at all!

But this premise... But Argentines regard Messi as a god!

There is no doubt that the current Bai Ran cannot reach that level at all.

What he relies on for this privilege is the recognition of the coach, the trust of his teammates, and the cohesion of the team!

This is also the reason why they have been able to win eight consecutive games.

After Zidane gave brief instructions to the team members, the training ended and everyone dispersed and returned to the dormitory.

Bai Ran walked directly to the training ground.

Although Zidane has completed the task he set for himself, and his dribbling attribute points have also been increased a lot, there must be a qualitative leap compared to before.

But this ability value has just been added to myself, and it has not been fully adjusted yet.

In actual competitions, I'm afraid I won't be able to perform at such a high level.

Bai Ran didn't intend to let go of any opportunity. He had nothing to do at home anyway, so he might as well train on the field for a while and strive for a good performance tomorrow.

This was also the first time he heard Zidane give him such tactical arrangements.

Frontcourt free agent?

This positioning seems to be a new concept in today's football!

Bai Ran was wearing training clothes and running on the court, digesting his enhanced sense of the ball and dribbling skills, while also thinking about what he should do.

Before I knew it, it was getting late.

Bai Ran was also sweating profusely, running on the field for several hours and panting.

After simply tidying up, I was ready to go home and rest.

Soon, the team members gathered on the bus at the entrance of the base, preparing to go to Toledo's home stadium, the Vault Stadium.

Toledo is not only a football club, but also an ancient city in Spain, located 70 kilometers south of Madrid.

It is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Castile and the provincial capital of the Province of Toledo.

The Tagus River over there is very famous and surrounds most of the city.

The architectural style is unique and has a classical beauty. The players couldn't help but look out the window a few more times while sitting on the bus.

They also know that Toledo is an old club, founded in 1928, with a long history.

In this game, they have to give 100% of their efforts.

Soon, the Prancing Horse Stadium welcomed Castilla’s bus.

The reporters waited for a long time with their cameras, and the players came out one after another carrying their suitcases and smiling at the camera.

Some players even made friendly gestures toward the camera.

Bai Ran's face was calm and expressionless.

He can't say anything more in front of the media. This is not only his wish, but also a task.

The players quickly came to the locker room to change clothes and were always ready to go into battle.

The time has come to 5:50 in the evening, and the game will officially start in ten minutes.

At this time, the players also have to line up and enter one after another.

Bai Ran took a deep breath as usual, and then followed the team into the greenery.

The opposing players are also eager to try. They know that Castilla has been gaining momentum recently and are ready to kill their winning streak in the ninth round of the league.

The players from both sides held a pre-match ceremony, returned to their respective half-courts to warm up, stood in position, and the referee blew the whistle——

The game has officially begun.

The opponent, Toledo, who was wearing a green jersey, took the lead in kicking off the ball in the center circle!

Their main midfielder Lerma handed over the ball, and the ball came to the feet of the opponent's defender Sanz.

This defender is 196 centimeters tall and heavyweight, but his duty on the court is as a full-back, which shows that he is also very fast.

He came to Toledo on loan from Osasuna last season and performed well. He looks to be in good shape today, and his passes are very reasonable.

But at this moment, Castilla's full-back stepped in and defended with Hermoso!

After being taught by Zidane, they have accepted their responsibilities. The entire defensive task is entrusted to these players, and they work very hard.

Sanz breaks through with the ball, and with his ability there is still no pressure in one-on-one situations.

But no matter what, Castilla sent two people to help defend!

Seeing Hermoso running over, Sanz stopped the ball, stepped on it, and faced the two defenders. Everyone was stunned!

Hermoso?

Isn't he a midfielder?

Why did you come to defend me?

There are also the opponent's full-backs waiting for opportunities inside.

Patri stood at the far end of his teammates and stared at him eagerly. What should he do with this ball?

The tightness of Castilla's defense was somewhat beyond their imagination.

Don’t these people attack?

Toledo's players simply didn't understand why these midfielders were returning to defense.

They didn't know why Castilla was suddenly on defense.

Because there is Bai Ran in the frontcourt!

This brand-new position: the "frontcourt free man" can cooperate with the forward trident to complete all offensive tasks!

The midfielder organizes the entire offensive end, and one person is enough.

Hermoso took advantage of Sanz's distraction and raised his foot to steal the ball. The ball lost control during the fight between the two and flew to Patri at the far end.

After Patry caught the ball, he looked up and directly found Bai Ran!

Snapped!

The ball rolled to Bai Ran's feet. Bai Ran stood near the center circle and stopped the ball steadily.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Frontcourt libero...

Bai Ran turned around to protect the ball and looked at the situation ahead, his mind running rapidly, looking for every loophole on the field.

He first advanced with the ball, and his superb movements fully reflected the results he has achieved during this period.

I've really gotten better at dribbling the ball!

One step, two steps, speed up...

Step on the ball, pull back to the left, change direction, and observe!

Every move reveals his progress.

Bai Ran's smooth movements on the court and his highly alert consciousness made Zidane a little surprised when he watched from the sidelines. His dribbling skills were good.

He controls the distance between him and the ball very well and has the right to control the ball at all times. This is a very important thing for players.

However, has he really improved so quickly?

At this moment, the opponent's midfielder suddenly moved forward to press!

Facing the opponent's oncoming tackle, everyone felt that Bai Ran needed to help defend the ball.

Because with his foot skills, it would be very difficult to deal with such a menacing steal.

"Bai Ran! Be careful!"

"Give me the ball, pass it to me!"

Rodriguez, who was on the side, had already moved forward, but when he saw Bai Ran was in trouble, he hurried over to ask for the ball!

"This way! I'm here to pick you up!"

The teammates are also pointing over there. If you have any teammates, please pass it out first!

Don't be cut off!

Bai Ran swallowed his saliva, looked at the opponent's defensive trajectory, and made up his mind.

You have to try it!

Uh-huh!

I saw Bai Ran facing Rodriguez, raising his feet to prepare to pass the ball!

When the opponent's midfielder sees this situation, he will definitely not let you pass the ball so comfortably!

So he quickly went over and stretched out his legs to block it!

At this moment, the group of people suddenly discovered that Bai Ran did not pass the ball out, but just made a deceptive move, then stepped on the ball and pulled it to the right!

ah?

The opponent's player was stunned for a moment, then pounced on nothing, and was completely beaten!

Where have people gone?

Damn it!

This little escape, this technique at your feet!

Strong!

Even his teammates didn't expect Bai Ran to have such detailed work.

It’s not a waste of practice!

Bai Ran easily shook off the defender and continued to move forward. In order to prevent him from catching up, this time the speed was much faster than before.

At the same time, the ball just now gave Bai Ran a lot of confidence.

Another central defender came up to cover the defense. The man was not very tall, but he was relatively flexible. Facing Bai Ran's advance, he defended sideways and closely adhered to Bai Ran's body, which made him very uncomfortable.

And Bai Ran accelerated to the left with the ball, suddenly stopped suddenly, pulled the ball to change direction and dribbled the ball to the right.

After taking two steps, he knocked the ball to the left with his heel again!

That defender is going to be dazzled!

Where to break through! ?

Just when his center of gravity was being swayed and he was about to lose his balance, Bai Ran suddenly changed his rhythm, accelerated suddenly, and passed the player directly!

Everyone on the field was shocked, is this Bai Ran!

So good at getting ahead of others?

The ball control ability is too strong!

Compared with before, they are completely different!

Of course, the striker was not idle either. Seeing Bai Ran break through, he quickly ran forward!

"This way!"

At this time, Bai Ran remembered Raul's teachings. Before passing the ball, he had already observed the movements of the opponent's players and the form on the field.

Whoosh——

A direct kick, the ball stuck to the ground, bypassed the opponent's defender, and accurately reached the feet of Gomez!

After receiving the ball, Gomez simply adjusted his position, and then decisively kicked the goal!

The ball hits the far goal post!

There was just a bang as the ball hit the inside of the crossbar and bounced into the net!

The ball went in!

Castilla challenged Toledo away from home. In the 10th minute of the game, Gomez opened the scoring and scored successfully!

The score came to 1-0!

The one who sent the assist was Bai Ran!

Teammates ran towards Bai Ran and hugged each other excitedly, very warmly.

Bai Ran, as the core of their offense, performed very well, which was a huge improvement compared to before!

When the Chinese fans saw the live broadcast of pictures and texts, their mood also reached a climax.

"I'll go! Look, it says, Bai Ran connected two people, and then sent a wonderful assist!"

"Really!? Bai Ran can surpass others in the league?"

"Oh my god, why did the picture show a shot taken by this foreigner! I want to see Bai Ran pass!"

"I remember he is not a passer and is not good at foot skills!"

"You are just a dog looking down on others, why can't they be trained every day?"

It is true that I train every day, but the growth rate is too fast...

These fans were stunned.

After the celebration, the game continued.

The opposing Toledo players did not show any signs of discouragement and quickly took the ball to the center circle. At the referee's whistle, they moved the ball.

After Bai Ran got this assist, he suddenly had an idea.

Since the tactical instruction given by the coach is to be a free man in the frontcourt, why not try other positions to support him?

Due to the strength of the midfield, Zidane was fully engaged in defense, so the opponent's offense did not pose any threat, and Castilla soon intercepted the ball.

The ball came to the wing and Gomez held the ball again.

The player has already scored a goal and is now full of confidence.

He stopped the ball at his feet, faced the opponent's midfielder's marker, and made two fake moves.

The other party did not stumble, but stood still, looking closely into Gomez's eyes, concentrating on him. This made his chances very slim, very slim.

There is no other way, Gomez can only try to break through inside!

Uh-huh...

He was about to take the ball forward, but who would have thought that the opponent had already seen through his thoughts and directly stretched out his foot to poke the ball out.

But the next scene stunned everyone.

No one expected that Bai Ran would appear behind Gomez!

He caught the ball with a snap, and there was a proud look in his eyes!

The opponent was dumbfounded. Isn't this the midfielder? Why did he appear on the side road!

Bai Ran chuckled.

Midfielder?

That was my past role.

My brother is now in a new position - a free man in the frontcourt!

At this time, Bai Ran suddenly accelerated, threw away the midfielder, and continued to break forward. Facing the opponent's full-back, Bai Ran passed the ball to the side to Gomez.

He took Raul's advice to heart.

The moment he passed the ball, he had already thought about where to run!

After he poked the ball out, he inserted it from the outside and formed an excellent running position.

Gomez discovered Bai Ran from the side and immediately sent the ball out.

Isn’t it easy to fight two against one?

The full-back didn't know who to guard for a moment, and could only be left behind in vain!

Bai Ran was on the wing, standing on the winger's position and wandering around the outside of the penalty area.

But he knows very well that speed is not his strong point!

In his panel, the speed has just reached 55, which is a medium level in the second division B.

It's definitely impossible to compete with the opponent's full-back.

So Bai Ran chose a 45-degree angle to cross in advance!

This cross passed through a beautiful arc and landed in the penalty area.

Gonzalez stepped in in time and pulled away all the defensive players!

Zidane told him that he didn't need to retreat to respond, he just needed to grab points in front!

He has been waiting for a long time!

boom!

Gonzalez was like a bomber, diving from high altitude to the top and slamming the ball into the opponent's goal!

2-0!

The score was expanded again. The goal was not offside, no foul, no problem, the goal was valid!

It’s crazy, the gap will soon be too big to catch up!

And Bai Ran's pass was also particularly beautiful.

The movement makes the opponent completely confused.

Is this guy a midfielder or a winger?

The unexpected operation directly tore open the opponent's entire defense line!

Zidane stood up and clenched his fists. He knew Bai Ran was making rapid progress, but he didn't expect it to be so fast!

Raul's figure also appeared on the assistant coach's side of the coaching bench this time. Seeing Bai Ran's performance, he was also extremely excited.

This kid's performance is amazing...

This is no longer a promising future, but a realization of his talent on the court!

At this time, the first half has reached 40 minutes.

After the celebration, the game returned to the stadium again, and the fans in the stands burst into bursts of applause and waves to welcome the divine performance of this Chinese angel.

Bai Ran's two assists have ignited the fans' enthusiasm, and even neutral viewers in front of the TV can't sit still.

But they never thought about it.

The exciting show is yet to come!

Bai Ran got a taste of the sweetness this time. Zidane gave himself such a tactical instruction that all positions for more than half a game were his.

He can play football completely with his own awareness and understanding!

Sometimes, the more people in the same area, the harder it is to cooperate, because it is impossible for everyone to use the same brain and think about the same thing.

Therefore, if Bai Ran can do everything well, it will be more efficient if only one person handles it!

What's more, it's not like I don't have any teammates!

His teammates were just supporting him from behind!

After the game continued, the first half was almost over, and there were three minutes of injury time.

The attack started from Castilla's left wing, and Rodriguez advanced with the ball.

He remembered Zidane's request to try to cut inside to find opportunities. Their full-backs were clumsy.

So he deftly made a fake shot and smashed the ball, and sure enough! Easily passed the full-back.

He's in!

Then he saw Gonzalez in the penalty area, and then made a pass!

Although Gonzalez's position can reach the first point, his position is not good. There is a central defender in front of him on his waist.

If you want to swing your head in the direction of the goal and hit the goal, your body is too awkward.

It can't be turned around at all!

So, Gonzalez had an idea, jumped high, and headed the ball to the outside of the penalty area.

He only saw with his peripheral vision that there was a white figure outside the penalty area, that must be Castilla's teammate.

He didn't see who it was, probably a teammate who came to support!

Gonzalez was too tall, and he didn't intend to use too much strength to pass the ball to his teammates, resulting in the ball not being passed well and the quality was not high.

The ball slowly fell in the air, which gave the opponent a long time to prepare for defense.

Looking closely, it was Bai Ran who came to receive the ball!

He actually appeared in this position?

Even Gonzalez was shocked, wondering when this kid came!

The ball was too high, and when it was still in the air, the opponent's defensive players were already waiting beside Bai Ran, ready to steal.

Bai Ran, after Raul's special training, naturally went up to meet the ball, and he had noticed the situation nearby before receiving the ball.

Front, back, left, right...

4 people!

A total of four defensive players were running in this direction!

Why hasn't the ball landed yet!

If he doesn't land, the ball will be lost!

If these four people come over, Bai Ran will have no chance of winning.