Team Spirit

Chapter 78: Three Geniuses of the European Cup, Freezing Iniesta (Please Read)

In the 21st minute, a slightly impatient Iniesta launched a long pass attack, trying to directly break through Dartford.

But Duff blocked Senel and Benjamin easily cleared the ball with a header.

After Kailuo picked up the football, he passed it to Lu Kai immediately.

Lu Kai walked down the middle and pushed the ball forward.

Iniesta tried to steal the ball, but Lu Kai carried him and continued to advance.

Iniesta is less than 1.7 meters tall, and Lu Kai is close to 1.8 meters tall.

Although both of them are thin, when it comes to confrontation, what matters is relative values ​​rather than absolute values.

Lu Kai is sure to defeat Iniesta, not to mention he also has the support of [Basic Confrontation]!

In this way, Lu Kai was like a tank, pushing all the way through the center circle and passing the ball to the pressing Macov, who then moved forward without the ball and completely got rid of Iniesta.

Makov then passed the ball back to Lu Kai.

boom!
Lu Kai [added spin pass] completed the transfer and found Ashley Young on the left.

The latter made an inverted triangle pass from the bottom.

The triangle offense was played very well.

Eastwood scored with a quick shot.

One to zero.

Dartford leads.

"Yeah!!!" Eva Green cheered happily on the sidelines.

Iniesta saw it with his own eyes and felt the pain in his heart. He told himself: "She just likes to watch the goals. All girls do that!"

"Lu Kai had neither an assist nor a goal, this can't possibly be a cheer for Lu Kai!"

After calming himself down, Iniesta began to reorganize the team.

In the 25th minute, he received a pass from Hidalgo on the side and shot the ball into the goal from a long distance.

The route was too straight and was blocked by An Qi.

In the 29th minute, Iniesta dribbled and caused Kailo to foul, winning a free kick opportunity.

Unfortunately, the position was too far, so he took a tactical free kick.

Eastwood cleared the ball with a header.

The Spanish do not have an advantage in height.

In the 33rd minute, the situation entered a stalemate.

After Iniesta faked a pass, he sent a real through ball in an attempt to break the deadlock violently.

Sennell started the offside trap and his passing and running combination was superb.

But the football was intercepted by a figure midway.

"Oh! It's Lu Kai again! He was like a moving roadblock today, making several key interceptions!"

Lu Kai made a low long pass to To Madeira.

Dartford strikes back!

To Madeira made a breakthrough on the wing, but his route to the inside was blocked and he couldn't shoot directly, so he could only go to the bottom.

Lu Kai and Makov caught up from behind and crossed each other.

Makov cut in from the wing without the ball and moved to the middle before advancing to score.

Lu Kai moved from the right rib to the right side and received a pass from To Madera.

"He's going to pass the ball!"

Iniesta directed his teammates to defend.

Lu Kai targeted him, so he naturally targeted Lu Kai as well.

After several encounters, Iniesta judged that Lu Kai had very good vision and strong passing intention, so even though his personal skills were average, he could still get a lot of assists in low-level leagues.

For this kind of player, all we have to do is limit his passing!
With the help of Iniesta, the Galician defenders did not rush forward, but left space to prevent Lu Kai from passing the ball.

then……

boom!
Lu Kai took the opportunity to pass the ball inside.

With the help of [Basic Cut Inside], he successfully shook off the opponent and made a low shot with his right foot at the edge of the penalty area.

On the right side of the penalty area, shooting with the right foot has a smaller shooting angle than with the left foot, which is not a good offensive choice.

However, Lu Kai had a Beckenbauer-style pass, using the outside of his foot. It also created an arc.

The ball successfully passed the Galician goalkeeper and went into the far goal.

"GOAL! Two to zero!"

"Lu Kai's cut-in was smooth and seamless. The Galician defender was like a wooden stake. He left Lu Kai too much space to dribble the ball!"

"Dartford has attracted a lot of attention in this tournament. Their players each have their own characteristics, but Lu Kai is undoubtedly the core of this team."

"Of course, this also has something to do with the nature of the Dartford team."

"Among the teams that made it to the semi-finals of this tournament, they are the only original team. The lineups of the other three teams were all made up temporarily."

“It is precisely because of their higher proficiency that Dartford has a stronger fighting capacity.”

"But in terms of player talent, he is far inferior to the three midfielders Iniesta, De Rossi and Aquilani!"

That's right!

The three most recognized stars of this tournament all come from the midfield.

They are Iniesta, the Barcelona youth training genius of the Galicia team, and De Rossi and Aquilani, the Roma youth training twin stars of the Palermo Youth Team!
In the 36th minute, Senel cut in from the left and shot.

The football was blocked by Duff.

Lu Kai then organized Dartford to control the ball in their own half.

Iniesta, who was a little anxious, took the initiative to grab Lu Kai, but Lu Kai made a V-shaped pull and knocked Iniesta to the ground.

Lu Kai took the opportunity to break through with the ball.

Iniesta fell to the ground and felt dizzy. He tried to trip Lu Kai with his foot.

Lu Kai staggered a few steps, but eventually he managed to steady himself and continued to advance with the ball.

Ashley Young and Eastwood charged in front.

Lu Kai dribbled the ball to the front left, passing through the vacuum area left by Ashley Young, avoiding the opponent's central defense and maintaining the speed of advancement.

Then a powerful pass.

boom!
The football was like a scimitar, drawing a huge arc on the ground.

Over the middle, Ashley Young, defender, Eastwood, defender...

Connected to To Madera on the far end.

[Curved Knife Cross], truly worthy of its name!

To Madeira was unguarded. He received the ball, took a slight step on the right side of the penalty area, and shot hard.

The Galician goalkeeper was distracted by Eastwood who was looking for the ball in the middle and failed to save the ball.

This alone determines that the goalkeeper's level is not high.

Although To Madera does have the possibility of passing the ball horizontally, the goalkeeper's first priority is to save the ball, not to predict whether the opponent will pass the ball.

The goalkeeper is not to blame for the goal scored by the opponent passing the ball.

But if the opponent takes a direct shot and the goalkeeper fails to save it, points will be deducted no matter what.

"Three to zero! Dartford is in the game!"

"This is a one-sided massacre!"

"I really didn't expect that the two sides would actually play with such a score."

"Galicia is a seeded team. Given their strength, the score shouldn't be like this!"

"Iniesta didn't perform in this match the way he had in the past."

Not only that, the referee also gave Iniesta a yellow card.

After he fell to the ground, his interference with Lu Kai could not escape punishment.

Three to zero, the first half ends.

Iniesta was severely criticized by the head coach in the locker room. He was frozen by an amateur player whose talent was obviously not as good as his!

This is totally wrong!
But Iniesta was distracted and couldn't hear anything.

My mind is full of Eva Green's every smile and frown on the sidelines.

His condition today is very different from before, and he himself has not realized it yet.

Sixteen years old is an age when one loses control of oneself or whose mentality becomes distorted without realizing it.

(End of this chapter)