Entertaining Children

In the third round of penalty kicks, He Cheng took the penalty for the blue team.

He Cheng didn't do any weird moves. After the referee signaled that he could start, he took two steps to run up and lifted the football to the right of the goal.

This is a half-high ball with a slow speed and a small angle, and its height reaches the height of Xiao Yao's shoulders. Xiao Yao didn't even pounce sideways, but just moved a step to the right, and then stretched out both hands to the right at the same time, holding the ball firmly in his hands, without even letting go of his hands.

Amidst the cheers of the red team, the offensive and defensive sides exchanged. Both Cao Bin and Wen Zonglang had already made free throws. This time, the red team sent the female student who served as the team's forward to take the penalty kick in the third round.

This girl basically didn't show much in the game, but she still knows some basic football skills. During the penalty kick, the girl kicked the ball well. At least the speed of the kick was good. Unfortunately, the angle was a bit off, and it went directly outside the goal frame.

After three rounds, the red team still leads 1-0.

In the fourth round of penalty kicks, the blue team also sent a student player. Before saving the penalty kick, Xiao Yao once again danced the "noodle dance" that interfered with the kicker.

The student player, a boy, backed off a considerable run-up before the free throw. After the referee signaled to start, the boy sprinted at full speed, and then shot the football to the upper right corner of the goal.

This time, Xiao Yao also didn't let the football in. After the boy kicked the football, he jumped up quickly, rushed to the upper right corner of the goal, and slapped the football with one palm.

"Wow~" everyone at the scene exclaimed.

"Beautiful flutter!"

Lu Hang's shot was better at the angle, while Gao Bo's shot was more powerful, and the shot kicked by this male student has the advantages of both of them. The speed and angle are excellent, and it is better than the goalkeeper. The difficult upper corner, but still failed to break through Xiao Yao's ten fingers. This time, not only the red team cheered, but even the players of the blue team applauded Xiao Yao sincerely.

"Thank you!" Xiao Yao got up from the ground and bowed to thank everyone, then ran to pick up the football, put it on the penalty spot, and stood behind the football.

Xiao Yao himself took the penalty kick for the red team in the fourth round.

Facing Xiao Yao, the penalty shooter, the goalkeeper of the blue team stood on the goal line and twisted his lower limbs after taking his position, imitating Xiao Yao and dancing the "noodle dance".

"Haha~" Everyone else at the scene laughed out loud at the behavior of the goalkeeper of the blue team.

"You don't dance as well as I do!" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes and said loudly on purpose.

"But it's just as effective!" The goalkeeper of the blue team didn't feel embarrassed, but instead yelled back!

"Good job!" Both He Cheng and Gao Bo applauded the team's goalkeeper.

"Hmph!" Xiao Yao snorted in his heart, "You asked for it!"

Xiao Yao, who was originally only one step away from the football, temporarily changed his free throw method and took another three or four steps back. After the referee signaled that it was time to start, Xiao Yao sprinted with all his strength, and then volleyed vigorously with the instep of his right foot.

The football drawn by Xiao Yao almost touched the ground, and jumped towards the goal at an extremely fast speed. The goalkeeper of the blue team who had stopped the "noodle dance" when Xiao Yao started sprinting didn't even have time to make a save, and the football had already plunged into the net.

"Beep~" The referee signaled that the goal was valid, and waved at the same time to signal the end of the game.

In a normal penalty kick contest, five rounds of penalties are given first, and if there is a tie, another round will be added later. Now after four rounds, the red team leads 2-0. With only one round left, it is impossible for the blue team to tie the score. This also means that there is no need for another penalty in the last round. Won the penalty shootout.

"Oh~" The players of the red team cheered and ran towards the goal area, surrounding Xiao Yao after taking the penalty kick.

After some celebration, the next game was the third game between the red team and the yellow team.

"Director," there was a ten-minute break between the two games. Chen Li of the yellow team also took advantage of this time to turn around and ask the on-site director, "Now the blue team has won us, and the red team has won the blue team. What if We won the red team, and the three teams all won one and lost one, so how do we calculate the ranking? Is it the goal difference?"

The football matches that need to calculate the goal difference are generally group matches without penalty shootouts. Although their game is quite special, it is reasonable to say that the score of the penalty shootout will not be included in the goal difference. Now the goal difference of the blue team is plus 3, the red team is zero, the yellow team is minus 3, and the yellow team is the least. If the goal difference is counted, the yellow team must beat the red team by two goals to surpass the red team.

"It's no match for goal difference!" The on-site director shook his head and said, "If you win the red team, the three teams will tie in this session, and each team will get one point!"

"That is to say, as long as we win, we don't need to be at the bottom!" Chen Li smiled and nodded. It is naturally much less difficult to win one goal than two goals.

"We have Xiao Yao here, how could you win us?" Cao Bin smiled disdainfully.

"You have to kick it to know!" Chen Liyang said with his chin.

"Xiao Yao, how are we going to play this time?" Cao Bin didn't argue with Chen Li, turned his head and asked Xiao Yao in a low voice, "Arrange some tactics for us."

"Okay!" Xiao Yao nodded, "The yellow team won't want to play a penalty shootout with us. They definitely want to end the game within the regular time, so they will definitely attack aggressively, so we will still play defensive counterattacks."

"A defensive counterattack again?" Cao Bin said.

"Yes, the tactics remain the same, but we have to change the formation." Xiao Yao said, "The yellow team doesn't have a core player who is as skilled as Lu Hang, and our defensive pressure is not so great. This time we will play three-three-two Formation, reduce defensive personnel, increase the number of forwards, and after hitting the frontcourt, don’t end the offense too hastily, if the counterattack and fast break are not enough, you should also attack appropriately.”

"Brother Lang, you worked hard in the last game. This time you played forward and went to the front to disrupt the situation!" Xiao Yao arranged specific positions for the personnel, "Brother Bin, you still play as a midfielder, mainly in the midfield to sweep and defend. Pay attention to Brother Li, he has average skills, but his body is good, if he cannot be squeezed, he will foul, you know, we are not afraid of free kicks and corner kicks!"

"Others remain in the same positions as in the previous game. The defenders should pay attention to Brother Zheng. He is fast. Try not to let him get too far away from you." Xiao Yao continued, "We are all amateur players, and I also I can only give some advice on the defensive aspect, and you can play freely on the offensive aspect!"

"Okay, then let's do it!" The others nodded in agreement.

"The break time is over, the players of the red team and the yellow team are on the field!" Ten minutes passed quickly, and the referee blew his whistle to greet the players of the two teams.

"Come on!" Xiao Yao bent down again and stretched out a hand.

This time, everyone understood what Xiao Yao meant, and formed a circle and stretched out a palm to put on it.

"One! Two! Three! Red team! We must win!" Nine people shouted in unison.

"One! Two! Three! Yellow team! We must win!" There was also a shout from the yellow team.

After the start of the game, the yellow team launched a fierce attack as Xiao Yao expected. However, due to the absence of a core player with such superb skills as Lu Hang, it seemed rather chaotic, so even though their momentum was more lively, the red team's defensive number was reduced by one. , but the yellow team did not pose any real threat.

On the other hand, the red team, with the goalkeeper Xiao Yao sitting in charge, everyone was very relaxed and confident. Facing the aggressive offense of the yellow team, they did a decent job defensively, and they played a few counterattacks. More threatening than the yellow team.

When the game progressed to twenty minutes, the red team made a quick counterattack after stealing the ball. The left back of the red team brought the ball near the bottom line of the yellow team's half and kicked a cross.

The red team wins a corner kick. When the red team's left midfielder was holding the ball and heading towards the corner flag area to take a corner kick, Xiao Yao, who was standing in front of the red team's goal, suddenly abandoned the goal and ran towards the yellow team's half.

"What is Xiao Yao doing?" Many people at the scene were surprised.

"Xiao Yao is going to participate in the red team's corner kick attack!" Lu Hang understood Xiao Yao's intentions, and said to He Chengdao beside him, "It is not uncommon for goalkeepers to participate in their own corner kick attack in official games, but usually it is near the end of the game. , At the same time, it is a gambling tactic that only appears when the team is behind in the score."

"Now that the red team is not behind, and there are still ten minutes before the end of the game, it is reasonable to say that the goalkeeper will not participate in the corner kick attack." Lu Hang continued, "Because once the corner kick attack does not go well, the red team will not score, or The ball did not go out of bounds directly, but was caught by the yellow team, and the red team would have an empty goal. That is very dangerous!"

"Don't be afraid!" Xiao Yao happened to run halfway past Lu Hang, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, and when he heard Lu Hang's words, he turned his head and smiled and said to him, "There are two guards behind us, except for you. In addition, I believe that no one here can hang the ball into the empty goal across the half!"

"Hey, so confident?" He Cheng heard this, stood up and shouted to Chen Li and Kong Zheng on the field, "Brother Li, Kong Zheng, Xiao Yao ran over to fight for a corner kick! He said he will give you an empty goal Can't get in!"

"I'm going! Do you look down on us so much?" Chen Li immediately shouted angrily.

"Exciting generals!" Xiao Yao looked back at He Cheng, gave a thumbs up, and continued to turn his head and run towards the yellow team's penalty area.

From the perspective of height alone, Xiao Yao is undoubtedly the most threatening among the red team players. After Xiao Yao entered the yellow team's penalty area, Chen Li took the initiative to come over to defend Xiao Yao who was standing in the penalty area, and even reached out and hugged Xiao Yao.

"Referee!" Xiao Yao immediately raised his hand and complained to the referee.

"Di~"

The referee blew his whistle to stop the game, ran into the penalty area, and warned Chen Lidao, "Let go! You can't hug anyone, it's a foul! If you do this again, be careful and I'll give you a card!"

"Okay!" Chen Li nodded receptively, and let go of Xiao Yao's arm. When the referee turned around and ran out of the penalty area, Chen Li immediately stretched out another hand to grab Xiao Yao's arm.

Xiao Yao looked at Chen Li helplessly, and did not complain to the referee, but turned around and moved outside the restricted area. Xiao Yao stood at the outermost edge of the restricted area, and Chen Li followed. Since there was no other person blocking them at this time, the two of them were right in front of the referee outside the penalty area. Chen Li didn't pull Xiao Yao anymore, but pressed his chest tightly against Xiao Yao's shoulder.

After the referee waved his hand, the left midfielder of the red team took a corner kick.

Amateur players have average footwork. The red team's corner kick was high and floating, and it fell towards the yellow team's penalty area at a slow speed.

At the same time as the corner kick was taken, Xiao Yao turned away from Chen Li and ran towards the football's landing point. When the football started to fall, Xiao Yao also jumped into the air.

Xiao Yao's jumping was already very good, but at this time it was a rush jump after an accelerated run, so Xiao Yao jumped extremely high, and the heads of the other jumpers who competed for the top only reached the position of Xiao Yao's shoulders.

Xiao Yao, who seemed to stand out from the crowd, not only jumped higher than others, but also had a good judgment on the falling trajectory of the football. When he jumped to the highest point, the football landed just in front of his head. Xiao Yao's waist and abdomen exerted strength, and he paused slightly in the air. His upper body and head were slightly tilted back, and then he pushed his forehead against the football in the air.

Has Xiao Yao, who claims to have zero foundation in football, ever headed a header before? The answer is never. Although Xiao Yao was very accurate in judging the running route of the football, his header was very inaccurate. Xiao Yao put his head on the lower part of the football. Although the football changed direction, it didn't fly towards the yellow team's goal, but flew straight into the sky.

"Wow~" Seeing that Xiao Yao really grabbed the spot, Lu Hang couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise.

"Hey! What's this top?" Seeing the football being pushed straight up and down by Xiao Yao, Lu Hang couldn't help but slapped his thigh with regret, "He can't even head the ball! He really only knows how to keep the goal , can’t play football!”

The football was pushed straight up and down by Xiao Yao, and a yellow team player who was closest to Xiao Yao in the penalty area immediately approached Xiao Yao, ready to compete with him for the second goal of the football, and the goalkeeper of the yellow team was also ready to abandon the goal and attack , Jump up and hit the football in the air.

Seeing the goalkeeper of the yellow team running out, Xiao Yao, who was holding the defenders of the yellow team and scrambling for where the football landed, immediately gave up the idea of ​​using his feet to control the football after it fell, and immediately jumped up again. Fearing that he would be punished by the referee for blocking the goalkeeper's foul, Xiao Yao not only took off before the yellow team's goalkeeper, but even jumped with his back facing the yellow team's goalkeeper.

The goalkeeper of the yellow team was blocked by Xiao Yao, unable to get close to the football, so he could only stretch his arms to reach the falling football from behind Xiao Yao. Although the yellow team's goalkeeper did not jump as high as Xiao Yao, but the goalkeeper can use his hands, and with the height of the raised arm, the goalkeeper still touched the football before Xiao Yao. However, because it was not easy to exert force, the goalkeeper of the yellow team only moved the football, and did not hit the football out of the penalty area.

The football touched by the goalkeeper of the yellow team changed direction again and fell to another position in the penalty area. Immediately, several players from the yellow team and the red team grabbed together.

The two players of the yellow team and the red team who were jumping for the top missed the football, and the football fell to the ground, and then several feet stretched out at the same time.

It became a scuffle in the penalty area, with the football bouncing back and forth between many feet. At this time, the football was no longer under the control of the goalkeeper, so the goalkeeper of the yellow team quickly retreated to the goal line, but Xiao Yao did not participate in the melee, and started to run outside the penalty area, preparing to go back to his own goal to guard the goal.

Suddenly, someone stabbed the football, flew out of the crowd, and flew outside the penalty area. At this moment, Xiao Yao just ran out of the penalty area, and the football flew right behind Xiao Yao.

When Xiao Yao ran towards his own half, he turned his head and continued to observe the situation in the penalty area behind him. Seeing the football flying towards him, Xiao Yao immediately stopped and turned around, and ran towards the flying football.

When the football flew in front of him and began to fall, Xiao Yao immediately swung his right leg like an arrow, and slammed towards the football before the ball hit the ground.

Although Xiao Yao played football, he didn't get the parts right, so he basically kicked it. Judging from the direction of the football's flight, if there is no accident, it should be very outrageously wide of the goal. Unfortunately, Chen Li happened to be standing on the flight path of the football. The football hit Chen Li's back, changed direction, and flew towards the goal.

The goalkeeper of the yellow team couldn't react to the refraction, and watched the football fly into the net of the goal behind him.

"Beep~" The referee blew his whistle and raised his finger to the kick-off point in the middle circle, which means that the goal is valid and the yellow team kicks off in the middle circle.

"The ball went in? The ball went in!" Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment, then reacted, roared and rushed to the sidelines to kneel down to celebrate!

"I'll go! It's really a goalkeeper's goal!" Lu Hang opened his mouth wide and looked at Xiao Yao who was kneeling and celebrating in disbelief.