Chapter 718 Free Kick King
The Freiburg players were almost crying!
Damn, Bayern's players suddenly became like chicken blood, constantly taking the ball and passing the ball around the perimeter of their penalty area, especially in the center area right in front, each of them seemed to have turned into a dribbling master.
These two guys seem to think of themselves as Zidane, right?
Why don’t you take a good look in the mirror!
No matter how angry they were, Freiburg's players were still exhausted by Bayern.
After the lessons learned from Su Dong's two consecutive direct free kicks, Freiburg's players also learned from the experience and began to pay attention to their actions in front of the penalty area to minimize the free kick opportunities for Bayern.
I just didn't expect that Bayern's players would be so shameless and try every possible means to get a free kick. Isn't this just trying to scam people?
Why don't you just call yourself Bayern Munich anymore? Call yourself "Pingci Munich"! Although they were angry and scolded each other, Freiburg's players accidentally gave Bayern a free kick opportunity in the front right corner of the arc during a defense. Captain Butcher fouled when defending Su Dong.
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Holding Klose's hand and getting up from the ground, Su Dong patted the grass debris on his body and exhaled heavily.
He actually fell down on purpose just now, otherwise he could have rushed forward directly.
The referee was indeed very observant and called a foul on Butcher, giving Bayern a chance for a free kick in the frontcourt.
Su Dong walked straight over and stood near the penalty spot. He received the ball kicked by his teammate, and after getting ready, he slowly backed away.
Freiburg also treated this time as a formidable enemy and set up a human wall of four people. They also arranged a player to stand on the right side of the wall, trying to block all of Su Dong's shooting angles.
"Come on!" Pepe ran over from the backcourt, high-fived Su Dong, and encouraged him.
"Come on, Sue!"
"Don't worry, if we don't score this time, we'll try to create another chance."
"You can do this, Sue."
Teammates came over one after another to encourage Su Dong.
Su Dong nodded confidently to his teammates, quickly calmed down, and focused all his attention on the penalty area, especially the goal position, where goalkeeper Pubrun was nervously arranging the human wall.
He adopted the conventional human wall position, standing on the left side and leaving the right side to the human wall. In order to prevent Su Dong from taking another free kick with a strange arc, he also specially asked a teammate to stand on the right side of the human wall, ready to block at any time.
Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with his defense, as basically all goalkeepers are arranged like this.
But this arrangement has a natural flaw, that is, if the free throw is higher than the human wall, then there is no solution.
Of course, it is not difficult to kick a free kick higher than the human wall. The difficulty lies in making the ball fall back into the goal range after passing the jumping human wall. At the same time, the speed of the ball cannot be slow. If it is slow, it will give the goalkeeper time to react.
Therefore, usually most of the free kicks taken on this line are basically high.
Even a free kick master like Beckham had taken free kicks from this position in the previous two games between AC Milan and Bayern, but all of them were high. On the contrary, Pirlo's falling leaf kick was very well pressed, but the angle was not good, and Neuer tipped it over the crossbar with one hand.
Su Dong is confident enough in his free kick skills, but he still dares not be careless.
While no one was paying attention, Su Dong inadvertently took a step forward.
The running start was reduced from three steps to two steps.
This may be a big trouble for others, but not for Su Dong.
Even with a slight swing of his leg, his shot is very powerful.
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When Pubrun set up the human wall and the referee left the penalty area, he finally blew the whistle for the penalty kick.
At the same time, all the Bayern fans in the stands were cheering for Su Dong at the top of their lungs.
Su Dong took a deep breath, took light steps, and ran forward.
One step... two steps... take off! Everyone who paid attention to Su Dong's run-up was shocked.
Why only two steps? The human wall had already jumped high, but Su Dong took two steps and then kicked the ball directly. The ball quickly climbed up, jumped over the heads of the human wall, and then fell rapidly.
Goalkeeper Pubrun was prepared. He dived sideways and stretched his hands forward as far as possible.
Even though Pubrun was well prepared and even though Su Dong just swung his leg slightly, the ball was still very fast.
Publan could almost feel his fingertips touching the ball, but he was still a little slow.
If he was a few tenths of a second faster, he would probably have been able to use his fingertips to block the ball.
But now, he felt the ball hit his fingertips, and its momentum continued unabated as it went straight into the goal behind him.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
Almost at the same time as the live commentator blew the long sound of the goal, Bayern fans in the entire stadium rushed out of their seats frantically.
A thunderous cheer erupted from the sky above the Allianz Arena, spreading down and sweeping across every corner of the stadium.
"hat trick!"
"Free kick hat trick!!!"
"After coming on as a substitute, Su Dong scored a free kick hat trick to help Bayern reverse Freiburg 3-1!"
After Su Dong scored the goal, he turned around quickly, escaped the entanglement of his teammates, rushed directly to the sidelines, roaring all the way, and finally kissed the ring on his left hand hard and raised his hands high.
The Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena were shouting Su Dong's name in unison.
All of Bayern's players rushed to Su Dong's side, hugged him, and congratulated him on his free kick hat trick.
"A very exciting direct free kick to score!"
"Su Dong scored all three of his free kicks tonight, a hat trick!"
"In my limited memory, only Mihajlovic has ever performed a free kick hat trick in a game. Su Dong is the second one in my impression. With this hat trick tonight, Su Dong will join the ranks of free kick masters."
"Every Bayern fan who came to the Allianz Arena tonight deserved it."
"Each of Su Dong's three free kicks was like a wonderful work of art. Normally, just seeing one goal would be worth the price of admission. Tonight we were lucky enough to witness three goals in one go."
"At the same time, we also witnessed the birth of a free kick master!"
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In the end, Bayern reversed Freiburg 3-1 thanks to Sudong's free kick hat trick.
After the game, Su Dong was once again pushed to the forefront of the world's media.
After Mihajlovic, no one in the four major European leagues has been able to perform a free kick hat trick. Su Dong is the first.
Before Mihajlovic, Italian striker Giuseppe Signori scored a free kick hat trick in Lazio's match against Atalanta in April 1994. He was also the first player to score a free kick hat trick in the four major leagues.
On December 13, 1998, while still a Lazio player, Mihajlovic once again scored a free kick hat trick in the match against Sampdoria, becoming the second person after Signori.
Now, after eleven years, Su Dong has become the third player to score a free kick hat trick in the four major leagues.
Bild praised Su Dong's performance, believing that each of the three direct free kicks was extremely exciting and very difficult, reflecting Su Dong's outstanding free kick skills.
"With this free kick hat trick tonight, Su Dong will not only be among the free kick masters, but also, after Juninho left Lyon, he can be called the free kick king among the active players in the four major European leagues!"
Not only Bild, but Kicker magazine also believes that Su Dong's free kick skills are among the best among active players.
Juninho moved to a football club in Doha, Qatar, in the Middle East last summer. The departure of this free kick master even caused regret among many European media and fans.
But now, Su Dong's sudden emergence, especially tonight, with a wonderful free kick hat trick, has once again created surprises and unexpected events in front of the whole world, making everyone feel the unique charm of free kicks.
"Three free throws and three hits, Su Dong's free kick performance tonight is destined to go down in football history!"
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Albertini was once Su Dong's teammate and was the free kick master that Su Dong repeatedly emphasized.
After learning that Su Dong had scored a free kick hat trick, the Italian star said in an interview with the media that he was not surprised at all, because Su Dong had been practicing free kicks hard and accumulating experience over the years.
"I watched his three free kicks, the level was very high, each one was very difficult, each one was very classic. I think he is already the best free kick player in the world today, even free kick masters like Pirlo and Ronaldinho are not as good as him."
Albertini also commented on Sudong's free kick, believing that he had gone beyond the scope of the falling leaf ball he taught him back then, adding more strange arcs and looking a bit like Juninho.
"He told me before that he had studied free kicks with Juninho and it seemed that he had learned a lot. This can be seen from the free kicks he took. The arc is very strange and unpredictable."
Albertini believes that although Su Dong does not take many free kicks, his success rate is very high, especially this kind of three-for-three free kicks, which is really amazing.
"I hope I can have a chance to spar with him!" Albertini couldn't help but feel itchy.
As for playing football, he is too old and has retired for so long that he can no longer play. But when it comes to taking free kicks, he is still good. If he can practice more, he will definitely not lose to anyone easily.
Su Dong, who was far away in Germany, made a special phone call to Albertini to express his gratitude after hearing Albertini's praise. The two also decided to make an appointment to have a good fight.
"Don't worry, I will work hard on practicing free kicks in the next period of time, and I guarantee that you won't be let down!" Albertini was still very belligerent, and the blood in his chest had not cooled down.
While the whole world was hyping up Su Dong's free kick hat-trick, the remaining four games of the second round of the Champions League round of 16 were all played in the middle of the week.
The next day, UEFA held the draw for the quarter-finals at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
(End of this chapter)
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