Chapter 73 Traveling Thousands of Miles Alone

[Jiang Yuan scored a goal, hahahahahaha, membership has been opened, only play real games! ]

[Another goal scored by grabbing a point like this. Jiang Yuan's movement was really charming. The two defenders didn't find Jiang Yuan at all! ]

[Indeed, this kind of running technique in front of the goal is very difficult to practice. I can only say that Jiang Yuan’s talent is really amazing! ]

[It’s so funny, can you call a goal based on luck? The ball was cleared by the defender and hit Jiang Yuan’s feet. If I were in his place, I could score as well.]

[Cold Fact: Jiang Yuan also scored a goal like this in the Portuguese Youth League last week. One goal can be achieved by luck, but what about two? ]

[Brother above, don't pay attention to that idiot, level 1 account + homepage hidden, it makes me laugh to death]

[Jiang Yuan, come on, one more! Go, go, go!]

[To be honest, Jiang Yuan is my son's classmate. This kid has been smart since he was young! ]

[What's the point of going to the same school? My brother and Jiang Yuan are in the same class. Believe it or not, I can get Jiang Yuan's phone number.]

[I don’t believe it, but if you really get it, please remember to send it to me privately, thank you brother]

[One more goal, my secondary account will also become a member, the barrage is proof! ]

……

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan did not make any celebration gesture. Firstly, there were basically no spectators in the UEFA Youth League, and secondly, the goal was not particularly exciting, so there was really no need to celebrate.

Jiang Yuan is a man who has scored a goal in the Portuguese Super League, so a goal in this kind of echelon match is nothing.

Need to celebrate?

No need!
"beep"

At the end of the first half, Porto returned to the locker room with a one-goal advantage. Head coach Hermiel began to summarize the first half and explain the tactical changes for the second half.

"Clap clap clap!"

Hemiel clapped his hands first to increase the players' brain excitement, and then began to say: "Although we were leading by one goal in the first half, to be honest, we should have been leading by more. We missed two excellent scoring opportunities. I hope this situation can be reduced as much as possible in the second half."

"I emphasize the important things three times: don't act alone, don't act alone, don't act alone. After you get the ball, remember to pass it to your teammates. I'm talking about you, Jiang. Even though you scored a goal, you were too sticky to the ball on the left wing. This was not good for our offense!"

Hearing what Hemiel said, the Porto U19 players all showed shocked expressions. They didn't expect that Jiang Yuan, who had the best performance in the first half and scored a goal, would be the first to be scolded.

In fact, what they didn’t know was that Lopetegui had specifically instructed Hemil to scold Jiang Yuan more and improve his habit of sticking to the ball.

Lopetegui let Jiang Yuan play in the UEFA Youth League. Rather than making reasonable use of the rules to allow first-team players to help Porto U19, it is more like training Jiang Yuan.

The cost of training Jiang Yuan in the Portuguese Super League is too high, and the European Youth League is just right.

"Mr. Hemiel, I'm sorry. I'll try to improve in the second half..."

Jiang Yuan, who was scolded, was in a rather confused state, but what the head coach said was right. He had to change his habit of sticking to the ball. This habit would definitely do more harm than good to Jiang Yuan's future career.

It is definitely more energy-saving and efficient for two people to play together than for one person, which is why the frequency of passing increases in higher-level games.

Jiang Yuan also felt uncomfortable and he wanted to change this habit, but after all, this habit was acquired since childhood.

Since elementary school, Jiang Yuan has always been the strongest player in the team. The coach would ask the players to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan as much as possible, which has also led to Jiang Yuan's current unique style of play.

The bad news is that this habit is not easy to break.

The good news is that at least there is still a chance to change.

……

At the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid, who were behind in the score, played extremely fiercely and threatened Porto's goal at least five times in the first 10 minutes.

This situation changed in the 81st minute when Gondola, who came on as a substitute for Real Madrid, crossed the ball with a free kick and assisted Real Madrid to score a header in the frontcourt. However, the ball was offside and Porto still led. Then, in the 87th minute, Real Madrid scored a long shot to equalize the game.

"Grass!"

Jiang Yuan watched the ball fly into his own goal but could do nothing. He could only scratch the grass with his studs to vent his anger.

The players sitting on the Porto bench covered their faces and lamented. They could have won if they had held on for another 10 minutes at most, but now they were dragged into overtime by Real Madrid. Everyone felt bad.

No matter how uncomfortable it was, the game still had to be played. In order to cope with the 30 minutes of overtime, head coach Hemiel used the remaining two substitutions and replaced Santos and Pedro who were exhausted on the field.

As for Jiang Yuan, if it were normal, he would definitely be exhausted after playing for nearly 90 minutes, but today his physical strength was still good, because more passes in the second half reduced the time he spent dribbling and the physical strength he consumed was greatly reduced.

In the 114th minute of the game, Real Madrid made a shot in the frontcourt. Porto goalkeeper Amri held the ball tightly, and then kicked it directly to Jiang Yuan on the left.

Jiang Yuan stopped the ball with the outside of his right foot.

"Hey, Jiang, here!"

Evander Jong, who came on as a substitute, reached out for the ball. He was in a good position, and if Jiang Yuan passed the ball to him, he might be able to advance the ball a long distance.

Just when everyone thought Jiang Yuan would pass the ball, and even the Real Madrid defenders had begun to put pressure on Evander Jong, Jiang Yuan first lowered his shoulder to the right.

Then he suddenly accelerated to the left, pulling the center of gravity of the defensive player who was marking him. Jiang Yuan stepped hard with his left foot, returned to the left, and started moving towards the middle of the court while getting rid of the defense.

"asshole!"

Hemiel on the sidelines cursed directly. They had clearly agreed during the halftime break to pass the ball more. Jiang Yuan did do well in the second half, but what happened in overtime?
"You're just passing the ball. What's the point of you dribbling the ball alone?"

Hemiel shouted, but Jiang Yuan could no longer hear anything.

Jiang Yuan didn't want to leave the team's fate to a penalty shootout, but Porto became increasingly weaker in overtime. There was no way out and Jiang Yuan could only play according to his own ideas.

At worst, I’ll be scolded to death by Hemiel after the game!

"here!"

Another Porto player asked Jiang Yuan for the ball. Jiang Yuan saw what he meant, kicked the ball to him, ran forward, and received the ball back in front.

"Eat the shovel!"

Unexpectedly, Real Madrid's right back wanted to use a tackle to block Jiang Yuan's attack, but fortunately Jiang Yuan was more experienced in this situation. He hooked the ball with his toes and jumped to complete the pass.

Jiang Yuan, with the ball, strode forward and quickly forced into Real Madrid's penalty area. Two Real Madrid midfielders came up and tried to intercept Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan first made a fake shot and then kicked the ball directly into one of their crotches.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan bypassed the defense of two defensive midfielders and used his back to hold off Real Madrid's central defender. Facing the defense of another central defender in front of him, Jiang Yuan's eyes looked towards the far corner of the goal.

Then, he pushed the ball into the near corner of the goal with the instep of his foot.

The ball went in.

In the 117th minute, Jiang Yuan scored a solo goal and Porto U19 completed the winning goal against Real Madrid U19.

"Oh my God, good shot, good shot!"

"Jiang, you really are a genius, a genius!"

Hemiel jumped up excitedly and rushed into the field.

The Porto bench is now empty because everyone has rushed into the field.

A buzzer beater in the 117th minute, how can we not be excited?
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(End of this chapter)