Chapter 300

While Nigeria was constantly trying new tactics and trying to score goals, the Chinese team was naturally still trying to counterattack by taking advantage of the empty space in Nigeria's backcourt.

If they could score the third goal, they would basically win this semi-final.

In the 32nd minute, the Chinese team had a wing counterattack, with Hao Junmin making a cross from the bottom, and Jiang Xiaolin competing for the header in the middle, but the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar due to the close interference of the opponent's defender.

In the 37th minute, Jiang Xiaolin was ready to repeat the old trick and use his speed to chase the ball that his teammates had passed to the frontcourt.

But this time the Nigerians were prepared.

A central defender and a full-back blocked and delayed Jiang Xiaolin's running route, and the other central defender quickly chased back and kicked the ball to the goalkeeper before Jiang Xiaolin, resolving the crisis.

As the first half drew to a close, the Nigerian players became more and more anxious.

The urgent fact of falling behind by two goals made them gradually forget Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability.

Of course, it cannot be said that they forgot, but it can only be said that in this situation, they can no longer care so much.

Coupled with the lack of overall tactical discipline, Nigeria began to press forward in the last few minutes, and the gaps in the backcourt were exposed more and more.

In the 42nd minute, they really got a good opportunity through a frontcourt attack.

Striker Ensofor relied on his outstanding dribbling skills to rush left and right at the front of the penalty area. Although he failed to break into the penalty area under the overall defense of the Chinese team, he forced Zheng Zhi, who was defending him closely, to commit a foul, winning a frontcourt free kick with a good position and distance for Nigeria.

The ball was about 24 meters away from the goal, and it was located on the right side of the top of the penalty area. If there was a free kick expert, the threat was very great.

However, Nigeria did not seize this excellent free kick opportunity.

Ensofor, who created and took the free kick himself, kicked the ball over the wall, but failed to hit the perfect arc like Jiang Xiaolin. The arc was slightly worse and did not go around the goal frame. In the end, it missed the goal along the post.

In the 44th minute, seeing that the first half of the game was about to end, the full-back Adefemi, who had been dragging behind and forming the last line of defense with the two central defenders to prevent the Chinese team from counterattacking, could not hold back and rushed up to assist.

And his teammates actually passed the ball to him.

After Adefemi got the ball on the wing, he tried to break through the winger Cui Peng, and crossed the ball or cut inside to shoot or pass the ball along the wing.

As a result, all his expectations disappeared the moment he approached Cui Peng.

Cui Peng, who was in full form, suddenly fell to the ground and shoveled the ball behind Adefemi with a precise shovel. Adefemi himself screamed and was knocked to the ground by Cui Peng.

The nearby Nigerian players immediately shouted "foul" and reminded the referee: Cui Peng's shovel foul.

However, the referee ignored it and signaled the game to continue.

Cui Peng did not sit on the ground and wait.

The moment he tackled the ball, he knew that he had done it himself. There was no foul. Adefemi was brought down by himself because he was unlucky during the tackle.

Therefore, when Adefemi was still lying on the ground, holding his feet and rolling over to try to win the referee's sympathy, Cui Peng had already rolled over and climbed up from the ground, caught up with the ball he had shoveled out, and kicked the ball to the Nigerian backcourt with a long diagonal pass.

Jiang Xiaolin turned around and sprinted towards the opponent's backcourt at the moment Cui Peng successfully tackled the ball.

Same routine, same counterattack.

If Jiang Xiaolin surpassed Apam and Adrie again, and successfully got Cui Peng's pass after offside, it would be another one-on-one meeting.

With Jiang Xiaolin's performance and shooting skills, Nigeria would definitely lose the third goal.

So, when Jiang Xiaolin was about to surpass him from the outside line while retreating and blocking, the central defender Adrie stretched out his hand and forcibly pulled Jiang Xiaolin down.

He used a tactical foul to prevent Jiang Xiaolin's offside and possible single-handed goal, giving the Chinese team a long-distance free kick about 30 meters away from the goal.

Jiang Xiaolin got up from the ground and shook his head helplessly, expressing his frustration at Adriye's tactical foul.

If he had gone a little further away from Adriye in the last offside, the opponent would not have been able to pull him.

Unfortunately, there was no second chance, so he could only try his best to kick the entire free kick in.

Although the free kick at a distance of 30 meters is a bit far, it is not that no one has scored a free kick at about 30 meters.

It mainly depends on technique and luck.

If the free kicker takes a good free kick, and the opponent's goalkeeper reacts a step slower, it is possible to really get a free kick at a distance of 30 meters.

However, Jiang Xiaolin has not scored a free kick from 30 meters away.

He really wants to score one.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin scores a free kick from 30 meters away, his free kicks will have a greater deterrent effect on opponents in the future, and opponents will not dare to use foul tactics easily even if they are 30 meters away.

Because even from 30 meters away, Jiang Xiaolin can score a free kick directly.

For this game, if Jiang Xiaolin scores this goal, the Chinese team will basically lock in the victory and enter the finals.

The final of the World Series is a dream that many Chinese fans have dreamed of but never realized?

Today, the Chinese Olympic team may really realize it.

Of course, most people do not think that Jiang Xiaolin can score the ball directly.

Therefore, players on both sides are preparing to compete for the top or the second landing point.

Especially the Nigerian players, they guarded the penalty area tightly, fearing that Jiang Xiaolin would not shoot, but pass the ball into the penalty area, and the Chinese players would compete for the header.

In fact, not many people from the Chinese team came up.

Except for two or three taller players such as Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi, the others were in the midfield and backcourt to prevent the opponent's counterattack.

The Chinese team, which was already two goals ahead, had no need to take risks.

Besides, others didn't know, but they knew that Jiang Xiaolin would definitely shoot directly, not pass the ball into the penalty area, and let his teammates compete for the header.

Therefore, they didn't need to squeeze into the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin stood behind the penalty spot, constantly accumulating energy, wanting to use the best state to kick this free kick.

In fact, 100% on-the-spot state on the football field is just to play the highest level that one should have.

There is another situation, called extraordinary performance, where the state will exceed 100%, just like some players in a certain game are like gods helping gods and Buddhas to kill Buddhas.

This is obviously not the player's usual ability and state, and can only be explained by extraordinary performance.

Jiang Xiaolin is now taking the free kick, and it is difficult to kick it into the goal with a normal full-value on-the-spot state.

Jiang Xiaolin is sure to hit it within the goal frame, but because the distance is too far, Jiang Xiaolin no longer dares to deliberately pursue the angle.

If you deliberately pursue the angle at such a long distance, then if you kick the ball slightly off by one millimeter, it may go out of the goal after 30 meters.

Therefore, for this angle of the free kick, even if Jiang Xiaolin can't deliberately pursue the angle of the blind spot, it is very good to be able to kick it within the goal frame and threaten the goalkeeper.

This is already more threatening than most players taking free kicks.

But this is not enough.

Because the dead corner point cannot be controlled, the free kick of this distance flies in the air for a long time, which will give the goalkeeper more time to prepare. Even if it is kicked within the goal frame, it is likely to be saved by the goalkeeper.

Even held directly in the arms.

To successfully shoot a free kick from 30 meters away, it must be performed exceptionally and of very high quality.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin constantly adjusted the run-up point and run-up distance, trying to find the best run-up and force method.

Moreover, after looking at the position of the wall and the goalkeeper, he prepared to kick a super-large arc ball.

The 20 full-value "arc" skill makes Jiang Xiaolin's arc and control power much better than other football players.

Coupled with the power brought by the full-value physique, if Jiang Xiaolin kicks a powerful arc free kick like Roberto Carlos, even if the distance is 30 meters, it is not impossible to score directly.

On the football field, the speed of a general shot is only a few dozen kilometers per hour, but once it exceeds 100 kilometers per hour, the speed will make the goalkeeper unable to react at all.

For example, when the ball speed reaches 100 kilometers per hour, it is 100,000 meters/3,600 seconds, which is an average of 27.8 meters per second.

Even a 30-meter free kick will fly into the goal in just over a second.

For example, in the 2002 World Cup match between China and Brazil, the powerful free kick that Roberto Carlos scored into the Chinese team's goal reached an astonishing speed of 149 kilometers per hour, which is 41.4 meters per second.

A 30-meter free kick flew into the goal in less than a second.

In such a short time, even if the goalkeeper predicts the save in advance, it is difficult to save it. If you delay for half a second, you will not even have time to make a move, and you can only watch the ball go into the net.

Of course, even with Jiang Xiaolin's full physique, it is difficult to kick a ball that is faster than 100 kilometers per hour. Generally, it is only when he receives a low cross from his teammates at a very fast speed or volleys, and the speed of the cross from his teammates is rebounded, that he can kick a ball faster than 100 kilometers per hour.km/h shot.

Moreover, it requires the right time, right place, right people, and extraordinary performance to be able to play it.

To hit a static free kick at a speed of more than 100 km/h, even if it is an extraordinary performance, only a few people in the football world, such as Roberto Carlos, can occasionally do it.

This requires excellent extraordinary performance, and ordinary 100% on-the-spot state cannot do it.

But now Jiang Xiaolin has been making physical and mental preparations in this regard, constantly adjusting his state, preparing to mobilize his whole body and mind to send a long-distance free kick with super fast speed and super large arc, and achieve the effect of direct scoring.

Fortunately, Jiang Xiaolin's basic conditions are better than Roberto Carlos.

Whether it is physique or shooting skills and arc skills, Jiang Xiaolin is better than Carlos, and Jiang Xiaolin has a greater chance of shooting at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour than Carlos.

Jiang Xiaolin's free kick was on the right wing, slightly to the right of the front of the penalty area. The three-man wall blocked the near goal on the right, and goalkeeper Fan Zejin stood at the far goal to prevent Jiang Xiaolin from shooting directly.

When the referee blew the whistle for a direct free kick, Jiang Xiaolin once again confirmed the position of the wall and the goalkeeper and began to run.

Jiang Xiaolin, whose starting point was farther than usual for free kicks, used his speed to run seven or eight steps, pushing his speed to the limit, and then stood firm with his left foot at the penalty spot, raised his right leg, used all his strength, and kicked the ball.

The ball instantly lifted off the ground, flew over the right side of the wall, and then flew around an arc in the air to the Nigerian goal frame.

Jiang Xiaolin's shot exerted the power of dreams, and the ball was very fast.

Keita, who was on the far right of the wall, didn't even see the ball clearly, and felt a gust of wind flying past his ears.

The same goes for goalkeeper Fan Zejin.

Before Jiang Xiaolin shot, he predicted that Jiang Xiaolin might hit the near corner.

When he saw the ball flying from the right side of the wall, Fan Zejin, who had predicted that Jiang Xiaolin would hit the near corner, moved one step toward the near end of the goal like a conditioned reflex, ready to dive with his whole body.

However, the next second, Fan Zejin was horrified to find that the arc of Jiang Xiaolin's shot was too exaggerated.

After the ball came around the right side of the wall, it not only went into the goal frame, but even flew to the far corner of the goal.

As a result, Fan Zejin, who was standing at the far end, just moved one step toward the near end and prepared to dive to the near end.

When he realized that something was wrong and wanted to stop and turn around to save the ball, it was too late.

The opposite direction of the center of gravity made Fan Zejin fall into a state of stiffness. He looked like a fool, watching the ball fly into the goal from above his side.

In the 45th minute of the first half, Jiang Xiaolin scored the third goal of the game for the Chinese team with a powerful free kick with a huge arc, and the Chinese team led Nigeria 3-0.

As the ball entered the net, the entire Shanghai Stadium instantly boiled up, and the ecstatic Chinese fans roared, screamed, and cheered like crazy.

The commentator of the National Television Sports Channel in the commentary booth also screamed with excitement and hoarse voice:

"The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in... "

"Direct free kick, Jiang Xiaolin scored a 30-meter long-distance direct free kick!"

"The arc is too big and the speed is too fast. Goalkeeper Fan Zejin had no reaction at all and watched the ball fly into the goal from his side."

"Hat trick, Jiang Xiaolin completed a hat trick before the end of the first half, helping the Chinese team lead Nigeria 3-0."

"Although the game is not over yet, I can tell you for sure that this is a goal that locks the victory. The Chinese team will win."

"With Jiang Xiaolin, the Chinese team will not give Nigeria any chance to turn the tables. ”

“If Nigeria dares to press forward in the second half, Jiang Xiaolin will definitely continue to score goals.”

“It’s perfect! Jiang Xiaolin’s direct free kick is perfect!”

“Whether from the perspective of power, speed, arc, or goal, this free kick is perfect.”

“Goalkeeper Fan Zejin was deceived! He thought Jiang Xiaolin was hitting the near end, but he didn’t expect Jiang Xiaolin’s ball to have such a large arc, and finally turned into the far corner.”

“And Jiang Xiaolin’s ball was too fast. It flew around the wall and into the far corner of the goal in almost a blink of an eye.”

“No wonder Fan Zejin stood stupidly on the goal line, without any time to do anything, and watched the ball fly into the net.”

“Jiang Xiaolin’s free kick is simply too unsolvable!”"Future opponents, even if they are 30 meters away, will probably have to consider the threat of Jiang Xiaolin's free kick before committing a foul."