Chapter 338: Barcelona's geniuses are too bullying!
As a left-back, Del Horno has performed well in Athletic Bilbao this season. At a time when left-footed players are in short supply, he has begun to attract the attention and favor of many top teams, which has also made him more confident.
He became more confident after keeping a close eye on Giuly.
Unexpectedly, the 17-year-old young player of Barcelona sent a cross as soon as he came on the court. This made him feel humiliated, but he also found a reasonable reason for himself.
Messi is also left-footed and plays as a right winger with his left foot, which makes it very disadvantageous for him to defend.
After Barcelona equalized the score, Del Horno noticed that the short Argentine boy from Barcelona was basically alone on the right side, and seemed a little out of place with his teammates.
What's more interesting is that he is always observing, mumbling something, sometimes looking at the midfield teammates passing the ball, sometimes looking at the direction of the penalty area, which makes Del Horno feel that this kid is secretly thinking about how to receive the pass from the midfield and then pass the ball into the penalty area? Especially when he sees Messi taking a break from his busy schedule, kicking the ball into the air from time to time, it seems that he is studying the footwork of crossing, sometimes with his left foot, which can only be used with the outside of the foot, and sometimes with his right foot.
His right foot was obviously not good, his footwork was a bit stiff and his control was not very natural, so after trying two or three times, Messi clicked his tongue and shook his head and sighed.
"This is too difficult!" Messi frowned and sighed.
"What's too hard?" Del Horno asked suddenly.
"Cross it." Messi blurted out.
But the Argentine boy immediately realized the problem, and when he saw Del Horno looking at him with a smile, he looked just like a greasy, ugly middle-aged man who kidnapped little girls, extremely bad.
"Sure enough, you have been studying the cross." Del Horno thought that this kid was silly and cute, and quite interesting.
Messi glared at him hatefully, turned and walked away, not wanting to pay any attention to him.
I was blaming myself in my heart, wondering why I accidentally spoke out my thoughts.
If Su Dong and Xiao Bai knew about this, they would definitely call me stupid again.
Am I really that stupid?
Of course not, I was innocent and was fooled by the ugly uncle! Seeing Messi shaking his head and walking back, Del Horno felt the pleasure of an uncle exposing a child's mischievous plan, and laughed: "Boy, I was accidentally passed to you once just now, don't expect it to happen again!"
Messi turned around and glanced at him, speechless.
Is it difficult to earn a cross from you?
The real difficulty is how to pass the ball that Su Dong wants, okay?
You don't know anything, and you're just showing off over there! However, Del Horno's words only aroused Messi's blood, because he hated being looked down upon the most.
There are people who can make him admit defeat, but so far, the only one who can do so wholeheartedly is Su Dong.
Others... humph...
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Messi finally got the ball.
Great pass from midfielder Iniesta.
The ball suddenly moved from the left attack to the right and was given to Messi.
Messi took the ball and faced Del Horno one-on-one.
Horno still looked at Messi with a playful smile. He had already guessed what Messi wanted to do, which made him confident of winning.
If you are not proficient with your right foot and want to cross the ball, you must use your left foot.
From what we saw just now, the pass with the outside of the left foot was not good either. On the contrary, the pass just now was the most threatening.
With certainty in his heart, Horno paid more attention to Messi's cut inside.
Messi dribbled the ball skillfully and approached Horno, then lowered his left shoulder and was about to cut inside.
Orno thought to himself, "As expected," and immediately took action to block the attack.
Unexpectedly, just as he blocked the ball, Messi knocked the ball to his right side with his left heel, and then moved his right foot forward, and the whole person changed from cutting inside to making a cross from the bottom.
The unlucky Del Horno was completely defeated by Messi in the first encounter.
The left-back of Athletic Bilbao was shocked, but it was too late.
Messi dribbled the ball into the penalty area with his right foot and went down the right side.
Central defender Puerto rushed towards Messi immediately to help fill the gap left by Del Horno.
Messi controlled the ball, silently counting the rhythm in his mind, while also subconsciously planning his footwork.
Before Puerto arrived, Messi was already in position.
The young Argentine player stood still with his left foot, then quickly swung his right foot and kicked a high cross.
Everything is similar to Messi's previous guess, except for some errors in accuracy.
He really tried his best!
He had gone over the technique in his mind several times in order to pass the ball well, and was even treated as a fool by Del Horno.
Anyway, this is really all he can do.
The rest is up to you, Sue!
Messi looked towards the penalty area and shouted in his heart.
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In the penalty area, Su Dong quickly rushed to the front of the small penalty area.
The goalkeeper stood close to the right post, obviously attracted by Messi.
It seemed that the kid was not confident in his right-footed cross-field skills. In order to be more stable, he shortened the distance. It was originally agreed that the cross would be outside the penalty area, but he ended up running into the penalty area and even passed Del Horno.
Now, even center back Puerto rushed over to assist in defense.
Murillo was the only one left beside Su Dong.
Messi's cross was not particularly good. The landing point was well controlled, but the speed was a bit slow and the arc was a bit high, which made it easy for the opponent to predict it.
But Su Dong knew that Messi must have tried his best, so he didn't think much about it and rushed directly to the front of the small penalty area. After judging where Messi would land, he used his body to push Murillo away, turned his back to the goal, and flipped over.
When Messi's cross fell above Su Dong's head, Su Dong had already flipped into position.
Su Dong also went over this move in his mind many times. He had secretly practiced it during indoor football and daily training, but all his teammates, including Ronaldinho, felt that this kind of ball was hard to come by and could not be deliberately created.
Su Dong didn't believe it. With Iniesta and Messi as such tacit passers, he didn't believe he couldn't do it.
This time, after he turned over, he exerted force from his waist and abdomen and kicked out with great force with his right foot.
In order to avoid being saved by the goalkeeper, he deliberately kicked the ball slightly to the left of the goal.
Almost at the moment when Su Dong turned over, Ronaldinho shouted in surprise, "Oh my God!"
The Brazilians knew very well that this guy was actually going to try the overhead kick.
This is definitely what all professional players, no, all players and fans dream of.
Who doesn’t want to do a cool overhead kick?
Iniesta and Messi were very excited, their faces were full of excitement, and they couldn't help but clench their fists to cheer for Su Dong.
All the fans in the stadium were speechless with surprise.
Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Aranzubia was standing a little to the right just now, but when Messi made the cross, he had already adjusted. At this time, Su Dong suddenly turned around and shot to the left with his right foot. He immediately dived sideways without hesitation.
The Basque Lions' goalkeeper stretched out as far as he could, stretching his arms as far as possible.
Soon, he felt a distinct touch at the fingertips of his right hand.
He touched the ball! But soon, he felt like he was falling into an ice cellar, because before he could even put any force on his fingertips, they were blocked by Su Dong's shot.
The ball hit the target, but it just deviated a little and still went into the goal.
At this moment, the entire stadium fell into deathly silence.
After Su Dong landed, he was dizzy and dazed, but he turned around and looked at the goal as soon as possible.
When he saw his shot go in, he screamed, jumped up from the ground, opened his arms, and rushed out of the stadium as if he was taking off, shouting loudly for Messi and Iniesta along the way.
“Oh my god, overhead kick!!!”
"It's actually a hook shot!!!"
"I couldn't believe my eyes. Su Dong performed a bicycle kick!!"
Not only the commentator was stunned, but also the Athletic Bilbao players, and even the Barcelona players themselves were stunned.
Damn, this guy actually did a golden hook! At this moment, Su Dong was so excited that he completely forgot himself and rushed to the sidelines, dancing and clapping with joy.
Messi and Iniesta also rushed over immediately, hugged Su Dong from the left and right, and the three of them swayed wildly on the sidelines.
"Wuhu, did you see that, Leo, overhead kick!!!"
"Xiao Bai, you said it was impossible before, but did you see it? It's a hook!!!"
Messi nodded with great envy, and he admired Su Dong more and more.
Iniesta had an expression that said, "I really can't stand your complacency." It was just a bicycle kick, right? So cool! So good! "No, we'll help you this time. You have to help me score one when you get a chance!" Iniesta shouted with a smile.
Messi kept nodding his head. He also wanted to score, preferably tonight.
"Of course!" Su Dong agreed readily.
When it comes to justice, he never compromises.
Ronaldinho also chased after him. He was so envious of Su Dong's goal. It was so cool!
Overhead kick, this is definitely what every player dreams of.
It is played a lot in training, but it is extremely rare in official competitions.
Just when the Brazilian was hesitating whether to let Su Dong help him score a goal, the surrounding Barcelona players had already swarmed over and all asked Su Dong to treat them to a meal.
If you don't take advantage of the opportunity to make a big profit after getting such a good deal, how can you show your importance?
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Del Horno sat on the field in a daze, staring blankly at the Barcelona players celebrating on the sidelines.
He finally understood now!
The commentator and even his teammates thought that Su Dong's bicycle kick was a quick thinking move, but Orno knew in his heart that it was intentional.
Just now, Messi was planning and preparing to cross the ball in order to create the best opportunity for Su Dong to score a bicycle kick.
He was so arrogant that he thought he had figured out Messi, but he didn't know that Messi easily passed him by in the blink of an eye.
For a player like this, do we need to consider how to cross the ball?
He lacked confidence, but he needed to prepare because he had to pass the ball with his right foot to the right position for Su Dong to hook the ball. Otherwise, it would only take a few minutes to pass the ball. Thinking of this, Del Horno almost dug a hole in the grass and buried himself in it.
These geniuses from Barcelona are such bullies!
(End of this chapter)
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