The order of penalty kicks, corner kicks and free kicks for professional teams is determined in advance, and in the Bucks Steelers school team, professional rules are also followed.

Bread had the best free kick training results, so the free kicks of the Bucks Steel Horns were basically taken by Bread. After Bread, Minato was the second and Sissy was the third...

As for Gu Ran, because he had been in the team for too short a time, he had not had time to practice free kicks, so naturally there was no arrangement for his free kicks.

So, logically speaking, it would never be Gu Ran's turn to take the penalty kick.

Of course, Mianbao also knew that Gu Ran’s kicking was quite accurate.

During the team admission test, Gu Ran once kicked an incredible crescent-shaped ball in front of the entire team.

However, being able to kick accurately and well does not mean that you can kick free kicks well.

Testing and actual combat are two different things.

What's more, free kicks require defense. How to break through the human wall and how to pass the ball to teammates all require coordinated training.

Especially at a position of 25 meters, although it is close, the human wall's defense will have more advantages - such a free kick is very difficult to kick.

but……

Bread hesitated for a moment, "Gu, are you sure you want this opportunity? If you don't play well, Coach Carter will scold you."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "It's okay. I will take the initiative to explain to the coach after the game. Besides, I feel good. Let me try."

Now that things have come to this, it’s naturally hard to refuse the bread.

The reason why Bread can be the captain of the Bucks Steel Horns, in addition to his good strength in all aspects, the most important point is that he has a good temper and is easy to discuss with.

What's more, this free kick was originally fought for by Gu Ran, and for this ball, Gu Ran almost got injured!

Besides, there is only half a minute left in the game. Even if the ball can't be kicked in, it won't affect the Bucks' qualification! "Why not?" Bread smiled, "Gu, just kick it. If you do well, it's yours. If you don't, it's mine. I'll go explain to the coach."

Gu Ran high-fived Bread, "Thank you, Bread."

Bread smiled and said, "What are you thanking me for? Just kick well! Come on!"

"Um!"

Mianbao patted Gu Ran on the shoulder and then walked away from the penalty spot.

Gu Ran stood in front of the football and bent down to adjust his socks.

When the students of Southampton Private School in the stands saw that Gu Ran would take the free kick, they screamed and cheered with great excitement.

"Husband! Come in! Come in! Come in!"

"My god! Let me experience the feeling of flying to the sky!"

"Steel Horns of the Stag! Fight to the bitter end!"

"Gu! Score a goal! I'll recognize you as my big brother!"

"Gu! As long as you can score a goal, I will call you daddy from now on!"

“…”

The stands were quiet for a moment, and then there were crazy roars and shouts again.

Before the game started, almost no boys were optimistic about Gu Ran, the new left-back.

There are even many people who think that they can do it too.

However, in the first minute of the game, those who were not optimistic about Gu Ran were all shocked! Gu Ran led the Bucks Steel Horns team to face the powerful Rugby Golden Fleece team with one pass and one shot! It can be said that Gu Ran became famous in the Bucks Steel Horns home court! Now there is only less than 1 minute left in the game, and the score is still 2:2. If Gu Ran can really score this penalty and reverse the score again, then Gu Ran's status in Southampton Private School will be sealed in one battle! Many boys have already knelt in the stands to watch the game!

The girls clasped their hands in front of their chests and prayed silently for their husbands.

The glider who was substituted out secretly took out his mobile phone and prepared to record this random ball scene.

Coach Carter also crossed himself.

If someone else had tried to grab the free kick, Coach Carter would have started scolding him a long time ago.

But Gu Ran is the only exception.

Gu Ran's performance in the past few games is indeed worthy of his special treatment from Coach Carter.

On the green field,

After Gu Ran tidied up his socks, he turned the ball on the free throw spot and rearranged it.

Gu Ran positioned the air nozzle of the football towards the goal.

These are the details of my experience in playing set pieces in my previous life.

The position of the football air nozzle is the relatively hardest part of the football ball.

If you want to kick a free kick longer than 35 meters, it is best to point the ball mouth towards where you are kicking your foot.

When your foot kicks the relatively hardest air nozzle, the conduction force can be maximized, so you can kick farther and the accuracy is easier to control.

When kicking a free kick of about 25 meters, the speed of the ball is not the most important thing. The most important thing is how to make a crescent-shaped arc.

So at this time, you can't kick at the air nozzle position, you can't pursue strength and speed, but you should pursue the arc angle.

Only by kicking out a crescent-shaped arc can you bypass the human wall and shoot directly.

...That's right, it's time to show off my star skill - set-piece: Crescent Moon Scimitar! After Gu Ran placed the football, he took three steps back diagonally, then put his hands on his hips and stared at the human wall.

Two other tricks for kicking a set piece are the distance and angle of the run-up.

The distance of the run-up must be such that your strong foot can perfectly touch the ball.

Everyone has a different height, stride length, and sprint frequency, so everyone's perfect contact point is also different.

Beckham's scimitar kick requires support from the left foot and the ankle to bend as far as possible with the body, which looks like a sprained ankle. Therefore, the supporting foot for this kick should be positioned 10 to 15 centimeters away from the side of the football.

The greater the bend of the left ankle and the body, the larger the arc of the right foot.

Therefore, Beckham's crescent kick is the classic curved banana ball - every player can kick a curved ball, but Beckham's curved ball requires too much control over the details of the body. Out of ten people who imitate it, eight get injured, and the other two fail to imitate it well.

This is a star-level skill.

In addition, the angle of the run-up is not completely fixed.

The angle of the run-up is actually related to the distance of the set-piece.

If you are within 25 meters of the goal, you can use a run-up angle that is parallel to the goal and 90 degrees to the football.

If you are 25 meters away from the goal, you can use a run-up angle of 45 degrees to the goal and the football.

If you want to kick out a real crescent-shaped scimitar kick, there are certain requirements for swinging your leg and the point of contact with the ball.

First of all, you need to exert full force. In addition to the inertia of the sprint run, you also need to swing your thighs, use your thighs to drive your calves, and fold your calves to the extent that your heels hit your buttocks. Then, when the timing is right, swing them out suddenly, relying on the drive of your thighs and the force of your calves to kick the ball away.

Left-footed players should kick the lower left part of the football, and right-footed players should kick the lower right part of the football. As the ball is kicked away, the calf should also be sent out, using the curvature of the body to make an angle - this way the arc will be larger.

The point where the foot touches the ball is also important.

Generally speaking, if you want to kick a curve ball, you need to touch the ball with the inside of your foot.

If you want a bigger arc, use the lower side of the arch to make the arc. If you want a faster speed, use the upper part of the arch near the shoelaces.

Generally speaking, if the arc is large, the speed will be relatively slow, and if the speed is fast, the arc will be smaller.

Beckham is the representative of the big arc, and Pirlo is the representative of the small arc.

Beckham is good at using the arch of his foot, Pirlo is good at using the instep, and there is also a free kick master, Juninho, who is good at using the toes and the instep.

It is worth mentioning that Ronaldo's free kick is very similar to Juninho's touch. Ronaldo likes to kick the ball in the lower center with the instep of his foot. The ball he kicks basically does not rotate in the air, so its flight path in the air is also erratic and difficult to judge - such as the elevator ball with a very high difficulty coefficient.

These are Gu Ran’s experiences of playing football in his previous life.

The reason why stars are stars is because they control the details to the extreme.

Of course, in this life, Gu Ran not only has these detailed experiences - experience alone is not enough, he also possesses the two star skills of "Golden Right Foot: Accurate Long Pass" and "Set Kick: Crescent Moon Scimitar" that he got for free from Beckham.

Star skills naturally have a higher accuracy bonus than ordinary skills.

Therefore, even if Gu Ran’s shooting accuracy is not high, as long as he has the bonus of star skills, his performance in this kind of amateur competition will not be bad.

To be on the safe side, Gu Ran added his last talent point to the skill "Set Kick: Crescent Moon Scimitar".

In this way, "Set-piece: Crescent Blade" will be +2! At this level, it should be enough to beat the Golden Fleece Team! What's more, the 2 points of strength attribute added before will also make up for some of the lack of ball speed when taking free kicks.

Just as Gu Ran was looking at the human wall, the Golden Fleece Team was also busy arranging their defense for set pieces.

I have to say that the Golden Fleece team did a great job in defensive training.

They first deployed the first human wall with three tall players at a position about 9.15 meters away from the set piece.

9.15 metres is the minimum distance required by the set-piece rules.

This first human wall is positioned slightly to the left, responsible for blocking Gu Ran's near corner route.

Behind the first human wall, there were three midfielders standing in the middle near the small penalty area to defend Gu Ran's long-range shot from the middle, and cooperate with the goalkeeper to compete for the first penalty kick in the threatening area in front of the goal.

There were also two defensive players standing on the left and right sides of the small penalty area to prevent other offensive players of the Bucks Steel Horns from entering the dangerous area to provide support.

It can be said that this three-layer defensive positioning is almost at the level of a professional team's defensive positioning.

But... there is a loophole in this three-level set-piece defense.

Gu Ran observed with his basketball IQ in his previous life that the height of the human wall on the far right of the first layer was not enough! Logically, this place should be the most important position for defending against arc balls, and the players standing here should be the tallest and the best bouncers.

The candidate should be someone like Gavin.

And Gavin was sent off!

This is the weak spot of the human wall! The arc ball can pass through here! Gu Ran slightly adjusted the angle of his position.

At this time, the Golden Fleece goalkeeper was ready and raised his hand to signal the referee.

The referee immediately blew the whistle and allowed Gu Ran to take the free throw.

Gu Ran took a deep breath and concentrated.

At this moment, the whole audience held their breath along with Gu Ran!

here we go!

Gu Ran suddenly sprinted and rushed to the football in a few steps. He stepped hard on the outside of the football with his left foot. His body was stretched to the extreme like a strong bow stretched to its full strength. He swung his right leg and used his calf to scoop up the lower right part of the football! Bang! The football flew up while spinning on itself.

Gu Ran's body was twisted to the extreme, and all the weight of his body was pressed on his left ankle at this moment, and his left ankle was almost completely sprained! Gu Ran instantly leaned forward, and his raised right foot quickly landed, relieving the pressure on his left ankle.

At this moment, the first and second human walls of the Golden Fleece Team jumped up almost at the same time to compete for the header!

The ball was spinning faster and faster, and in the first half it flew accurately through the weak right side of the first human wall! When the goalkeeper of the Golden Fleece team saw the ball flying towards the goal, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly jumped up to save it! The ball was clearly flying through the right side of the human wall and towards the right post, but when the goalkeeper of the Golden Fleece team jumped up towards the right post, the ball suddenly turned and flew towards the left post as if it was controlled by a remote control!!!

After passing over the two walls of players, the football drew a classic crescent-shaped arc in the air and hit the center of the goal! The goalkeeper of the Golden Fleece team was stunned!

He had never faced such a strange ball path! The football shot into the net...the ball went in!

At this moment, the scene was completely silent! Everyone was stunned, unable to believe what they saw! What did they see? The Crescent Moon Scimitar...

Black-haired... Beckham!!!???

Beep! The referee blew the whistle and pointed to the center circle with a brief and powerful gesture, indicating that the goal was valid! The score on the scoreboard was rewritten, Bucks Steel Horns 3:2 Golden Fleece!

Reversed!!! Gu Ran reversed the score again! The Bucks Steelhorns took the lead again!

Everyone at the scene suddenly woke up from their dream and cheered wildly! At this moment, the adrenaline and dopamine in Gu Ran's body burst! He roared to the sky!

All the pressure and anger were released at this moment! The players of the Bucks Steelhorns rushed up like crazy and carried Gu Ran up! At this moment, Gu Ran was the god of Southampton Private School!!!

The Southampton private school students in the stands went crazy! The entire stand was almost about to collapse!

More than a thousand throats shouted "Gu Ran" at the same time!

Now, not only the girls were shouting "Gu Ran, I love you", some boys were also shouting "Gu Ran, I love you"! This time, all the students in the school learned an authentic Chinese sentence with accurate pronunciation and clear articulation, which is: Gu! Ran!

This ball is so explosive!

Southampton Private School, proud! This was not only a goal that defeated the top-tier Golden Fleece team, but also a goal that established the group's qualifying ranking! Teacher Maria leaned against the wall, her flaming red lips trembling uncontrollably, "Tonight, I must, must..."

Coach Carter slid to his knees excitedly, clenched his fists and roared: "It's been more than 20 years! We finally qualified again! Finally qualified again!"

After yelling, Coach Carter seemed to have thought of something. He stood up quickly, turned around and grabbed the glider's shoulders. "Did you take a picture of that ball just now with your phone?"

The glider quickly said, “Coach, you know I never play with my phone.”

Carter said angrily: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you! If you take the picture, I will give you a big reward. If you don't take the picture, you are dead!"

The glider opened his mouth, "...Coach, I took a picture of it."

"Hurry! Let me see!" Carter shouted anxiously.

This crescent-shaped goal could allow the English Football Association's review committee to give extra points to Gu Ran's work permit issue!

After seeing the not-so-clear video of the glider on his cell phone, Carter was so excited that he almost cried, "Ahaha, thank God! Thank God!"

Glider: Coach, that's too polite...

Carter casually put the glider's phone into his pocket and said seriously, "I'll use the phone first and return it to you after I'm done."

The glider was stunned. "Coach, please don't. I can just go back and upload the video of Gu Ran scoring a goal and send it to your email, coach? Coach?"

On the other side, the entire Golden Fleece Team was extremely depressed.

They thought the game was a draw, at least it was acceptable in terms of face, but in the last half minute, Gu Ran reversed the situation again! And Gu Ran's goal... was too amazing! This was just an amateur game, how could such an amazing goal appear? How did the Bucks Steelhorns, a bottom-ranked country team, suddenly become so strong?

In this game, the biggest loss of the Golden Fleece team is not just an unnecessary defeat, but also the loss of a defensive midfielder ace and their mentality.

No one on the Golden Fleece team was willing to admit that they would lose to a weak team like the Milwaukee Steelhorns, let alone admit that they would lose to a Chinese kid, but... that was the fact.

Gu Ran's kick with the crescent-shaped scimitar just now was really a fatal blow!

There is no solution! Beep, beep, beep——

Amid the revelry of the Southampton private school students, the referee blew the whistle to end the game!

The score is frozen!

Southampton Stags Steelhorn beat Rugby Golden Fleece 3:2 in an unexpected victory! So far, all three rounds of Group E have ended, and the ranking of the group has been announced: Stags Steelhorn, with one draw and two wins and 7 points, ranks first in the group, surpassing the first-tier strong team Rugby Golden Fleece with two wins and one loss!

Yes, the Milwaukee Bucks not only qualified, but also qualified as the first in the group!

This was a dark horse upset, something no one had expected before the start of the group stage! Even the Bucks Steelhorns themselves had never expected it! The Southampton private school Bucks Steelhorns qualified from the group stage again after 20 years! The Rugby Golden Fleece could only finish second in the group! Although the Rugby Golden Fleece also qualified from the group stage, no one in their team could laugh.

This should be the worst result in their history since the team was founded!

For them, qualifying is a common thing, and even reaching the quarterfinals should be no suspense.

If they had followed head coach Wilkinson's plan and played this meaningless game with a substitute lineup, perhaps it wouldn't have been so bad.

But they wanted to step on the Bucks Steelhorns, but the Bucks Steelhorns didn't back down, and slapped them in the face! The Rugby Golden Fleece couldn't swallow the slap in the face by the country bumpkins they looked down on! The players of the Rugby Golden Fleece were still dissatisfied! Especially the captain of the Golden Fleece, Jolly, who walked off the court with his head held high, muttering "unsophisticated" and "country bumpkins who have never won".

"Hey you!"

Just when Qiao Li was about to leave, Gu Ran called him from behind.

Jolly said angrily: "If you want to exchange jerseys with me, I'm sorry, I'm not interested in exchanging things with a Chinese guy."

Gu Ran smiled contemptuously, "You really think too much. Even if you want to exchange jerseys with me, I don't want to exchange with you."

Qiao Li raised his eyebrows and asked provocatively: "Why, you want to fight?"

Before he finished speaking, a large group of celebrating Bucks players immediately stood behind Gu Ran.

Jolly immediately said: "Fighting is wrong, and although the game is over, the referee still has the power to show a red card."

Gu Ran sneered: "Don't be afraid, if there is any problem, we can solve it with the score - and you have already lost."

The muscles in Jolly's face trembled slightly.

This is simply a slap in the face!

Gu Ran continued bluntly, "I know you are not convinced of your defeat, but it doesn't matter. As long as your Golden Fleece Team plays well in the next game and doesn't get eliminated, we will eventually face each other again - and by that time, I will make you admit defeat with all your heart."

"You..." Jolly's fists clenched and creaked. "Okay! We'll see what happens!"

After saying that, Jolly turned around angrily, slammed the door and walked into the player tunnel.

The players of the Bucks Steelhorns booed and cheered happily.

Lights~ At the entrance to the player tunnel, Jolly dropped a filled blue bubble!

Gu Ran quickly concentrated his mind and looked: sideways stop the ball +1.

Finally!

This is what I've been waiting for!

2. Successfully mastered the side kick skill! This is also the last pickup progress for today.

Today is perfect!

If the night could be a little more perfect, it would be awesome! Gu Ran then concentrated his mind and collected this skill from a distance, then turned around and continued to party with his teammates! The collective party of the Southampton private school students lasted for more than half an hour, and still no one was willing to leave.

Finally, it was Coach Carter who came out and called all the players back to the locker room, saying that he had an important announcement to make. Only then did the students leave the court with a sense of reluctance.

Rusty was far behind. When he was about to run back to the player tunnel, a girl waved at him from the fence, "Hi, Rusty, hello, can I meet you?"

The rusty tiger trembled! Is spring... finally here?

Is it true that if you are good at playing football, girls will come to you?

Gu Rancheng never lied to me!!!

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(End of this chapter)