Team Spirit

Chapter 66: Barton is like Keane, Duff has a creamy belly (asking for monthly tickets)
Because the chance of scoring a goal with a header from the front point is much lower than the probability of scoring a goal with a header from the middle position.

But the problem is that reality is sometimes contrary to the data.

No matter how low the probability is, as long as it happens, it is 100%!

And Eastwood is the anti-probabilistic pioneer who possesses this magical ability.

As the future "Gypsy Rooney", Eastwood seems to have inherited the gypsy's ability to divine.

Many of the goals he scored had extremely low probability of scoring and were extremely unwise. If he hadn't known in advance that the ball would go in, how could he dare to kick it like that?

You know, during his peak period, he was known as "two must advance one"!
Every two appearances, he will score a goal!
This kind of goal-scoring efficiency makes him the top striker in this period.

It was not until the birth of Messi and Ronaldo that the standard was raised to one goal per game.

Lu Kai: Then I scored 30 goals and 27 assists last season...

Ashley Young: The king of football without a doubt!
In the 78th minute, Eastwood became active and hit his head while competing fiercely for the ball with the opponent's central defender.

Both players were substituted.

On the Dartford side, local "Rooney" Oliver came on the field.

In the 83rd minute, Barton showed real fire in the fight for the ball.

First, he knocked over the opponent's No. 6 who had already passed the ball, and then slid towards the opponent's No. 7 who had just received the ball.

It almost caused a conflict between the two sides.

In the end, the referee showed Barton a yellow card.

Lu Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sometimes, it is normal to get a red card for this operation.

Barton is no longer fit to stay on the court.

Lu Kai sent a signal to Alfred.

Alfred immediately replaced Patton with Daniel, the "son of the money man".

Barton was a little dissatisfied with this decision. He still wanted to continue to mess with his opponent on the court.

"This old Biden!" Barton cursed Alfred with the swear words he learned from An Qi.

"That's right, what a stupid substitution!" Lu Kai came to Patton's side, "I'll go find Alfred later. You can't just replace our core players like that anymore."

"But speaking of this game, you played a big role. Both offense and defense depended on you. If Keen played at this intensity, he would probably be exhausted."

Barton laughed at the time: "That's right. Why didn't Manchester United dare to take me? Isn't it because they are worried that I would replace Keane's position!"

Alfred finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Patton’s three major hobbies are playing football, bullying teammates, and beating up his coach!

Only Lu Kai is proficient in the art of controlling people and can lead Patton.

In the 86th minute, An Qi made the most brilliant save so far, deflecting the opponent's world-class shot out of the goal with one hand.

Finally, Dartford fans realized that goalkeepers have this role.

In the past, Jason's shots were always on target and some new fans attracted by Dartford thought that the goalkeeper's job was to retrieve the ball from the goal.

In the 87th minute, Alfred made another substitution, replacing Macover with Dartford's substitute right-back from last season.

After stopping his crazy dribbling, Makov's presence declined rapidly and he seemed to have lost his ability to play.

This was Dartford's fourth substitution of the game.

However, super cup-like competitions such as the FA Charity Shield and the Community Shield are often used by major teams as warm-up matches to integrate lineups, identify problems and test new players.

Therefore, the number of substitutions is as high as six.

There are also some friendly matches and warm-up matches where there is no limit on the number of substitutions and you can make substitutions whenever you want.

In regular matches, there are usually only three substitutions.

During the pandemic, the system was adjusted to three five-man games. Because it worked so well, it was retained after the pandemic. Furthermore, a series of related regulations were added, including additional substitutions in overtime. Overall, this is a good thing.

Because there will be more games in the future, the pace will be faster, and the players will be required to run more, insufficient rotation can easily lead to large-scale injuries.

But this also means that when big teams face small teams, the advantage of lineup depth is more obvious, reducing the rate of upsets in the game.

And upsets have always been one of the most exciting elements in football.

For example, Dartford, who are now leading 4-3, have received cheers from almost all the fans.

Among the 50,000 fans watching the game, at least 44,000 were neutral fans who came to watch the fun.

In the 89th minute, Victor made a long pass to his son-in-law Marin.

Marin received the ball well, then passed it inside, wanting to put on a solo performance.

Unfortunately, his dribbling skills were not as good as Ashley Young's, and the ball was destroyed by the opponent.

But the next moment, Lu Kai rushed towards the football.

"Good opportunity! No, Xiao Lu's pace is messed up!" Huang Jianxiang saw Lu Kai's problem at a glance.

Han Qiaosheng also nodded and said, "Xiao Lu is still a little too anxious. He was three steps away from the ball. He ran normally during these three steps, and that means he touched the ball with his left foot."

"But he's right-footed, so he just has to adjust his pace."

"Take a small step, turn three steps into four, and shoot directly with your right foot."

"But Xiao Lu was anxious, so he changed his three steps into two. But your step was too big, and the second step couldn't form a shot at all."

"It still requires a third step, but because the second step was too big, it just blocked the left foot from making a cross pass in the third step."

"All kinds of interference, this is very..."

boom!
Lu Kai took a big step in the first step, and an even bigger step in the second step. He kicked the football out directly with the outside of his right foot.

[Beckenbauer-style pass]!
This is also the least noticeable of the three major advantages of the outside of the foot.

The first advantage is to solve the problem of weak foot.

The second advantage is to take the shot quickly and catch the opponent by surprise.

The third advantage is to expand the range of touching the ball, which can also enhance the effect of the second point.

The football flew up, drew an arc, and bypassed the opponent's central defender.

"All kinds of interference, that's great!" Han Qiaosheng changed his words in time, "It's a pity there's no Dartford player at the back post, and the ball was a bit high. Even if Oliver and To Madeira were there, they couldn't get it... The ball goes in!"

Han Qiaosheng made two changes in one sentence, demonstrating what professionalism is!
Huang Jianxiang slammed the table again and said, "This isn't a pass at all! This kick was more like a pass than a shot. Perhaps Lu Kai was aiming to score!"

“A beautiful brace!”

"Nice five to three!"

"Lu Kai killed the game!"

As expected, as soon as the ball went in, the players of Droylsden visibly withered.

It gives people a feeling of a trapped beast fighting.

Dartford is confident of winning.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Droylsden launched a final press.

Dartford left-back William made a mistake in his back pass and the ball went too far.

Benjamin didn't catch the ball and panicked, so he turned around and made a flying tackle, trying to make up for it.

It turned out that Duff was also there to help remedy the situation.

The football was kicked away and hit Duff's belly, and was accelerated by the fat layer and bounced towards the goal.

(End of this chapter)