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Chapter 74 A Free Kick
Amidst the deafening noise beside his ears, Li Rui bent down in the middle circle, tied his shoelaces carefully, got up and looked at the red ocean on the stage, took a deep breath, and managed to calm himself down. a little nervous.

Li Rui looked at Jones next to him, and was suddenly a little distracted. He remembered that Jones was going to move to Leverkusen after the season ended. This game was also of great significance to Jones. Does this count as familiarizing yourself with the turf of the Bayer Arena in advance...

"LEE, pay attention, it's time to kick off." Ivan Scola behind him came over and patted Li Rui on the shoulder. Compared with the kid in front of him, his inner tension was not much better.

Li Rui nodded and clenched his fists.

The German referee Kohler looked at his watch, put the whistle in his mouth, and blew the whistle to start the game.

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After the start of the game, there were no surprises. Bundesliga No.2 Leverkusen took advantage of the right time, place and people to launch a tidal attack towards Frankfurt's defense.

Augenthaler's Leverkusen team is famous for their nerves in the Bundesliga. They played smoothly. They dared to pour Bayern Munich 3 goals at the Allianz Arena. They didn't play well. They could also lose 0:1 against Rostock. North, however, Leverkusen's performance at their home court, the Bayer Arena, is indeed quite good. This season, at home, they have not tasted a defeat.

Augenthaler's coaching philosophy is very similar to his style when he was a player. He pursues strength and offense, supplemented by a small range of technical cooperation, and can play exquisite cooperation. Like that pot of spring water, he can also open wide. Dahe's three axes hack people to death...

After the opening, the Leverkusen team fully grasped the rhythm of the game under Basturk's scheduling in the midfield, and completely suppressed Frankfurt without any temper.

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Veteran Schneider received a pass from LaMelo, pretended to pass the ball, and caused Ingo Hedge to slip and fall in embarrassment. Then, he suddenly accelerated, and at the edge of the penalty area, he made a sudden stop, raised his foot and shot, and his movements were unusually stretched , it is not at all obvious that this is a veteran who has just returned from injury.

Fortunately, Frankfurt's old goalkeeper Oka Niklov was highly focused and lifted the ball over the crossbar.

Eintracht Frankfurt won a corner kick from the left after a threatening third kick after the opening. After Basturk's corner kick was taken, Leverkusen midfielder Hanno Baliqi was in the crowd, showing Thanks to his good jumping ability, he grabbed the landing point, shook his head and hit the goal, and the ball went slightly wide.

Seeing this guy who had a fight with him before the game, Li Rui beat the turf with his fist in frustration, then got up and glared at Li Rui who was looking at him, and ran back towards the midfield.

Li Rui was even more depressed than Hanno Baliqi. He found that although this guy didn't fight very well, he did have two hands on the field. Rui felt very uncomfortable and didn't get any chances, except for an outrageous long-range shot that almost disappeared on the court.

In the words of Zhang Lu, who was explaining the game on CCTV, "Li Rui was heavily marked by the opponent after the opening game. It seems that Augenthaler has learned the lesson of the last game, Bayern Munich."

Uh... no matter how you say it, Li Rui was completely lost on the court and fell into sleepwalking...

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Li Rui received Jones' kick back and was about to step forward, but Hanno Balizi kicked the ball out of the sideline first, and the castration continued unabated.

Hanno Baliqi bent down and pretended to reach out his hand, pulled Li Rui up, and looked at Li Rui fiercely, "Yellow monkey, I want you to understand what a real man is!"

"That's exactly what I want to tell you, you bastard." Li Rui pushed Leverkusen's hand out from behind.

Seeing Li Rui's action in the stands of the Bayer Arena, harsh boos rang out.

The referee Kohler ran over to warn Leverkusen's midfielder for too much movement, but in exchange for more harsh boos from the Bayer Arena.

To be honest, Hanno Balizi's bad additional action just now, even if he was shown a yellow card, is not too much. If you want to boo, you have to boo. If you have a clear distinction between likes and hates, you are the real fans!
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Alexander Schur ran over and pulled Li Rui up, "It's all right, LEE."

He could see clearly from the backcourt that Hanno Baliqi's incidental action just now, although it didn't look like a big deal, was very bad. If he was hooked to the Achilles tendon, it would be serious.

Li Rui jumped on the spot twice, feeling a little pain, "It's okay, it's all right."

This is a free kick about 35 meters away from the goal. If it is used well, it can still bring chaos and threats to Leverkusen's defense.

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Alexander Schur stood on the penalty spot, ready to take the free kick. He was Frankfurt's penalty shooter.

"Alexander, let me take the penalty. Go up." Li Rui walked over and pointed to the penalty area. He wanted to try his footwork.

Alexander Schur was stunned for a while. Generally speaking, in the team, the free throw shooter is fixed and will not be replaced casually. However, Alexander Schur was not too angry. He looked at Li Rui At a glance, he heard Li Rui whisper, 'click back', nodded in agreement, and ran towards the restricted area by himself.

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"We saw that Frankfurt's free-kick position is not bad. Ah, Li Rui exchanged a few words with his teammates. He stood at the penalty spot, and his teammates gave up the right to the free kick. This position is a bit far away. Will he hit the goal directly? I don't know what Li Rui will choose." Before Huang Jianxiang finished his sentence, a whistle sounded in the stadium, and after a short run-up, Li Rui swung his right foot on the ball, and the ball drew an arc and flew towards the back of the penalty area...

"This arc is a bit floating... oops... to grab a point in front of the goal, Schur didn't touch the ball, and the ball slid past the goal... a great opportunity wasted, Li Rui's penalty was very smart, behind the penalty area Point, as long as someone touches the ball, it will result in a goal." Huang Jianxiang's regretful voice reached the ears of Chinese fans.

Li Haisheng is ready to jump up to celebrate. After the opening, Frankfurt is completely passive. If, at this time, his son can assist his teammate to score a goal, it will be crucial for Frankfurt.

"Oh, why didn't you go in? It was almost..." Tang Zhaoer's clenched fists were loosened, and her palms were covered with sweat. The little girl thought Li Rui was hitting the door directly.

Next to Tang Zhaoer, Tian Leilei, who was yelling, gave Tang Zhaoer, a "fake fan", a supercilious look, and didn't bother to pay attention to Tang Zhaoer, anyway, "they are looking at the lover, not the football." '

Tang Zhaoer learned in advance that CCTV would broadcast the game, so she begged Tian Leilei to take her home to watch the game. Just as the old man of the Tian family went to Beidaihe to recuperate, Tian Leilei brought a group of classmates back home. Tossed.

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Alexander Schur ran back from Leverkusen's penalty area and did not forget to give Li Rui a thumbs up. He knew that he was not too confident in Li Rui's footwork just now, so he went forward It was half a beat slow, otherwise, it is very likely to score a goal.

Shhhhhhhhhhhh...

There were ear-piercing boos at the Bayer Arena. Li Rui's free kick with a strange arc just now made the Leverkusen fans in the stands break out in cold sweat. It was almost 15 minutes since his team besieged Frankfurt. Without scoring a goal, it would definitely be depressing if Frankfurt used a set-piece opportunity and just hugged a goal like that.

"Hanno!! Hanno, keep an eye on that Chinese man, don't give him a chance, watch him to death, damn it, be careful not to foul!" Leverkusen coach Augenthaler was on the sidelines, jumping up and down toward Hanno Balizi yelled, Li Rui almost sleepwalked on the field after the opening game, which made Augenthaler very satisfied. As for Li Rui, he certainly didn't study it before the game. After all, Li Rui was in In the game against Bayern Munich, the performance was really amazing.

Now, Li Rui's threatening free kick made Augenthaler a little nervous again.

"You have to watch death, and you don't want to foul..." Hanno Baliqi was a little depressed, but he didn't dare to raise objections to the head coach, the one who dared to punch opponents on the court when he was a player Mr. Coach, you are not a good-tempered bird.

(End of this chapter)