Sanremo Municipal Stadium.
Sanremo hosts Catania, the fifth-best team in the league.
Thirty-eight minutes of the first half.
There was silence.
And the Catania fans are cheering.
Catania took the lead 1-0.
"We can see that this is not a crushing of strength. Vidian was intercepted, and then Catania launched a counterattack. Sanremo's midfielder was not tacit enough. They made a mistake. Catania The midfielder successfully sent a very threatening through ball!”
"Lu Yang defended one against two. He did his best. He actually succeeded in destroying the offense and completed a perfect defense. But... Sanremo's other central defender failed to grab the first shot. , instead, he stopped the football and gave it to the opponent’s pressing striker to score the goal with a single shot!”
"This was a goal full of coincidences. Lu Yang's defense was already good enough, but God seemed to be on Catania's side today."
The explanation seemed a little helpless.
This lost ball is really a matter of time and destiny.
To be fair, the addition of Lu Yang and Moric has brought about a qualitative change in Sanremo's defense.
In the first twenty rounds of the league, Sanremo conceded a total of 46 goals, averaging 2.3 goals per game.
This is an absolutely terrible defense.
But in the last two games, Sanremo has only conceded three goals in total, one of which was conceded by Lu Yang and Moric without playing.
In the post-match statistics, the interception data of Lu Yang and Moric were also very exciting.
Especially Lu Yang!
According to his current efficiency, if he can finish the rest of the game healthy, he will actually be qualified to compete for the Serie D league's season steals and interceptions king!
You say it's scary or not.
For such an excellent player, fans really can't blame him.
But... what Sanremo fans want is victory.
"Come on, Sanremo!"
"Come on, Sanremo!"
Just when the whole audience was silent, the fans cheered from the south stand of Sanremo Stadium.
It's a brownie!
He waved a homemade Sanremo flag.
Behind him, dozens of die-hard fans shouted together.
This spirit of perseverance in adversity quickly infected the entire audience.
"Come on, Sanremo!"
"Lu Yang, save the game!"
"Moric, we are waiting for your assist!"
"Vidian, breakthrough, breakthrough!"
The voices of the fans reached the stadium.
Sanremo's players have the motivation to fight again.
They haven't lost yet, this game is still early!
really!
Before halftime, Lu Yang repeated his old tricks, almost replicating Moric's ping pong performance in the previous game, hitting the wall continuously to create murderous intent.
More than thirty meters outside the restricted area, Lu Yang shot a heavy cannon into the sky, and then fell rapidly.
The perfect heavy artillery, perfectly suppressing the football.
This was Lu Yang's plunge shot.
However, the Catania team's veteran goalkeeper has rich experience. He studied Lu Yang's shot before the game and believed that this was a player with regular long-range shooting ability, and he was definitely not lucky as rumored by the outside world.
So he had already made complete preparations.
And when making the save, he deliberately controlled his desire to fly up and save, choosing to half-kneeling to resist.
Before the football fell, it was like giving up the save.
As long as the football flies according to its normal trajectory, it will never be saved this time.
However, the football plummeted rapidly.
Just blocked by the half-crouching goalkeeper.
The fans howled.
What an opportunity!
Pity!
Suotu also took out a small notebook to record.
He was focusing on observing Lu Yang. In fact, he had always had his own ideas about Lu Yang's position. But before implementing it, he had to comprehensively examine Lu Yang's abilities in all aspects.
As far as long-range shots are concerned, Lu Yang's plunge shot is very stable. This kind of shooting method that will hardly kick the football away ensures that as long as Lu Yang's accuracy is not bad, the football will definitely hit the goal frame and create a threat. .
This is much better than those players who shoot like masturbating.
But the shot isn't without its flaws.
That is, the arc of the plunge is relatively predictable.
This was not caused by the sudden drop shot, but by Lu Yang's own shortcomings.
The strength at his feet is not strong enough, so that his plunge shooting skills are sufficient, but the power is lacking, which gives the goalkeeper time to make a judgment.
If Lu Yang's foot power was strong enough and his shot was fast enough, the goalkeeper would not be able to react and would have to follow the first prediction instead of thinking.
But now, the opponent's goalkeeper obviously has time to think.
For a moment, the theory of Lu Yang's true and false talents echoed in Suotu's mind.
Does foot strength fall into the range that can be trained to increase?
this is a problem.
"GOAL!"
Tom suddenly jumped up beside him.
Sotu looked towards the field, and the football was already lying in Catania's goal.
And Wei Dian was running towards Lu Yang, celebrating crazily.
The score is evened!
"Oh! Vidian, it's Vidian again, he lived up to expectations and scored a goal!"
"Lu Yang's shot was very tricky. It was impossible for the goalkeeper to confiscate the football and had no choice but to save it. But Wei Dian resolutely pushed forward into the penalty area from the beginning of Lu Yang's shot, and his efforts paid off."
"According to Serie D rules, Lu Yang got another assist!"
"And Vidian has successfully matched Arnold's goal statistics and is tied with Arnold as the top scorer in Serie D!"
"Of course, we cannot ignore Moric's huge role in this goal. His cooperation with Lu Yang completely penetrated Catania's defense!"
…
In the second half of the game, both sides' defensive work was better.
At the end of regular time, the score was still one to one.
Even if there is no victory, Sanremo fans will not be dissatisfied.
After all, Catania is the fifth-placed team in the standings, and they scored first.
It is not easy to equalize the score.
There is a total of two minutes of added time.
Sanremo got a corner kick opportunity.
But everyone noticed that Lu Yang, who would not have participated in the corner kick attack originally, ran over from the backcourt and entered the opponent's penalty area.
Lu Yang is not tall, only 1.78 meters tall.
So when attacking from the corner, it was his partner, a 1.9-meter tall central defender, who fought for the header.
Lu Yang is fast and good at defense, intercepting possible counterattacks in the backcourt.
This is a good arrangement.
But this time, Lu Yang came up.
This is not in line with the tasks given to him by the team.
But considering that after this corner kick, the game is likely to be over, so no one thinks that Lu Yang's behavior is wrong.
In the last corner kick opportunity in a major game, sometimes even the goalkeeper will come to participate in the challenge and attack.
Don't tell me, there are really goalkeepers who have scored goals in this situation. Sevilla goalkeeper Palop and Inter Milan's Santoldo have both created similar miracles.
The most recent one was Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson's header, which preserved the theoretical possibility for the team to play in the Champions League next season.
Entering the penalty area, Lu Yang went straight to the forward point, struggled with the opponent's center back, and gave Moric a look.
Moric was stunned.
Lu Yang means to drive the football forward?
But... can he catch the football?
After all, the opponent's center defender next to Lu Yang is 1.85 meters tall. He has a height advantage and looks much stronger than Lu Yang.
Not to mention whether Lu Yang could jump up under the opponent's suppression, even if he jumped up, Lu Yang would not be as high as the opponent.
For some reason, Moric suddenly remembered Lu Yang's last-minute jump to defend a corner kick in the last round.
His jumping ability and physical confrontation seem to have become stronger?
Morich thought and made up his mind.
boom!
Corner kick taken, high ball in front!
"Oh, Moric actually chose the forward point for this corner kick. This was beyond Catania's expectation. They had more than two people defending the tall Sanremo center back in the middle, and there was only one defensive player at the forward point."
"Lu Yang is confronting the opponent's central defender. He shouldn't be able to jump up. He is being suppressed."
"What? Lu Yang jumped up!"
"The confrontation in the air, Lu Yang and the opponent are still fighting!"
"What's going on? Why is Lu Yang higher than the opponent? He actually won the confrontation?"
"It's a pity that both Lu Yang and the opponent jumped too early. They would fall down before the football came over."
"Sure enough, the opponent's center back is already declining, and Lu Yang is also...what! He has no whereabouts!"
"Stay in the air! Lu Yang has such a strong ability to stay in the air! He seems to have escaped gravity! His physical fitness is definitely beyond everyone's imagination!"
boom!
"A nice lion head flick! The ball is in!"
"Header to kill! Lu Yang did it!"
"GOAL! Victory, Lu Yang has brought another victory to the team!"
"Oh my god! In three consecutive games, Lu Yang has scored the winning goal! He is simply the king of winning goals!"
"No one has ever performed such a crazy performance! Who would have thought that a 1.78-meter central defender could actually head the ball?"
Lu Yang, Moliqi, and Vidian celebrated together crazily.
From the south stand, there was a cheer worthy of a thousand people celebrating, but in fact there were only two hundred people there.
Sotu on the coaching bench picked up the small book again and started recording.
Lu Yang's confrontation ability and jumping ability are very good.
Is he always that strong, or is he growing up?
Considering Lu Yang's age of sixteen, Suo Tu thought it was the latter.
And if this is the case, then Lu Yang's talent is terrifying.
The only thing that's a bit pity is Lu Yang's height.
At 1.78 meters, he is certainly not short for a normal person.
Not short even in football.
But...the future trend of football is tall football, at least in terms of defense.
This can also be seen from the historical height data of defensive players in the midfield and backcourt.
In the past, there was nothing wrong with playing as a center back if you were 1.823 meters tall. If you were 1.88 meters tall, you would be considered tall.
But now, the entry threshold for a central defender has almost reached 1.9 meters.
The height requirement for midfield defensive players is at least 1.8 meters, with 1.85 meters being the best.
And the most speechless thing is that there are indeed many players above 1.85 meters who have a good sense of the ball, which means that the previous view of big men being inflexible is gradually becoming distorted.
If there are two players with the same ability, one tall and one short, whether he is an offensive player or a defensive player, you will choose the taller one.
Because height is also an advantage on the court.
"It would be great if Lu could grow taller." Suotu expressed his heartfelt wishes.
"Yes, he is only sixteen years old, although his height has already increased once." Tom said, "There is a saying in the East that a man grows slowly in his twenties. He can grow to at least 1.8 meters!"
Suotu shook his head, 1.8 meters is not enough.
What can those two centimeters do?
…
The news of Sanremo's third consecutive victory spread like wildfire in Italy.
Everyone knows that Sanremo is never the same as before.
And all of this has to do with that little Oriental central defender.
Three games, four goals and two assists.
Average two goals per game!
Is this a central defender?
This data is difficult to obtain whether it is a forward or a midfielder, not to mention that Lu Yang is only a central defender.
This is definitely the most offensive central defender in Serie D, bar none.
The achievement of three consecutive wins has also successfully landed in the authoritative reports of Italian football.
Many people were stunned for a moment when watching the news.
In the past, there was only news about Serie A, but little about Serie B. How come this time there is even news about Serie D?
But after a closer look, everyone felt that it was indeed qualified to be in the news.
After all, that was a three-game winning streak against his opponent.
And the opponents are ranked 14th, 1st, and 5th in the standings respectively!
What's more, these three games were won very beautifully, especially the second game, with a shocking 33-meter overhead kick, which is well-known throughout European football.
And those Serie B and Serie C teams that had been attracted by the fight between Lu Yang and Arnold were even more jealous of Vidian.
Another goal!
In a relegated team with poor defense, they can still rank first in the scorer list with 14 goals, which is much more valuable than Arnold's 14 goals.
Bisceglie was able to score two goals per game, but as a terminator, Arnold accounted for less than one-third of Bisceglie's goals, which is definitely an unqualified statistic.
Vidian, in turn, had previously been responsible for seventy percent of Sanremo's goals.
Weak teams use generals, and strong teams use brushes.
Vidian's goals were not scored by a strong team. Every one of them was scored by him running hard.
Vidian is becoming more and more popular in the transfer market.
…
After the game against Catania, Lu Yang only received a random gift pack, and it wasn't a kicking gift pack or a victory gift pack, but a three-game winning streak gift pack.
This is enough to show that not all competitions and victory systems will give rewards.
It's very picky.
"Ding! You have received a special reward and your height has increased by three centimeters."
When Lu Yang looked at the reward, he was a little confused.
There is even a height bonus?
You know, height has always been Lu Yang's flaw.
Even though he is only sixteen years old, he seems to be still growing.
But in fact, he has already developed once.
Normal people grow taller at different ages, some early and some late, but generally after they grow taller once, they won’t grow any more. Jumping from 1.6 meters to 1.78 meters is already earth-shattering, which saved Lu Yang's career.
But even if it grows later, it will slowly grow by two to three centimeters in three to five years.
Unless Lu Yang develops a second time.
There are really very few people with secondary development.
But now, the system's rewards directly brought Lu Yang to 1.81 meters.
Although he is still short among central defenders, he is better than 1.78 meters.
What's more... there will be many opportunities to open gift packs in the future, and it's not impossible to open up height rewards again.
For a moment, Lu Yang felt happy.
