Chapter 90: Just because I don’t say I don’t need it doesn’t mean I can’t do it
"Okay, let's get back to the game. Less than 3 minutes into the second half, Lopetegui replaced Brahimi, who had a poor performance in the first half, with Jiang Yuan."

"This young player from our country was patting his thigh muscles on the sidelines. You can see that he is a little nervous now."

"In addition, the team's substitute midfielder Ruben Neves was also substituted. If you have watched the previous games, you must know that Lopetegui likes to substitute these two young players at the same time."

"It is worth mentioning that Neves just celebrated his 18th birthday at the Porto base, and his current market value has reached 500 million euros."

"I believe everyone has a question in mind, that is, how much will Jiang Yuan be worth when he turns 18?"

……

At the game scene, Madeira Stadium, Jiang Yuan, who came on as a substitute, stood in front of his own penalty area. This was a corner kick opportunity for Madeira Nacional.

"Snapped!"

Madeira Nacional midfielder Aurelio took a corner kick and the ball went straight to the back post. Jiang Yuan saw the opportunity and used his body to hold Sequeira back.

He grabbed the first landing point!

After making sure that he could get the first point, Jiang Yuan didn't think too much and simply headed the ball out. In this situation, the most important thing was to get the ball out of the penalty area.

As luck would have it, Herrera, who was guarding the long-range shot at the front of the penalty area, got the ball and immediately turned around and dribbled away.

Seeing his teammates successfully take the ball, Trezeguet on the right took a big step and rushed out.

Obviously this was a standard defensive counterattack opportunity. The moment Madeira Nacional's corner kick tactics were disrupted, almost all the players gathered in front of Porto's goal. In this situation, only goalkeeper Gottardi was left in the Madeira Nacional half.

Now it was Porto's massive push and Madeira Nacional's quick return to defense. Abubakar in the middle reached out for the ball, but Tello was in a fast running state and was unable to stabilize his body center of gravity in the first place.

late!

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan on the left gave up running and slowly began to move towards the middle.

Tello's mistake in handling the ball was fatal. Madeira Nacional's defense line stabilized and the 532 formation became 550 at this moment, which was almost impeccable.

There was no other way. If Abubakar crossed the ball from the bottom, he would have no chance to get the ball in the penalty area. Tello could only choose to dribble the ball into the penalty area little by little.

Then, while waiting for Madeira Nacional's defense to shrink to the backcourt, Tello suddenly made an inverted triangle.

!

Jiang Yuan seized the opportunity and kicked the ball with his right foot.

"Boom"

Defender Ghazal cleared the ball with his head and it flew out of the baseline.

Corner kick for Porto.

"Jiang Yuan's long shot from the left edge of the penalty area won Porto a corner kick, but the problem now is that Madeira Nacional's 532 formation is too targeted at Porto."

"The 532 formation briefly changed to a 550 formation when defending. The defensive system of 3 defensive midfielders + double fullbacks made Porto's two left lanes very uncomfortable. It can be seen that Lopetegui's substitution of Neves and Jiang Yuan did not have a significant effect."

"Of course, this substitution did have some effect. Jiang Yuan and Neves' long-range shooting ability forced Madeira Nacional's defense to push forward, which also gave Tello the opportunity to complete an inverted triangle pass."

"Neves took the corner kick, Casemiro got the ball at the front point, eh, Gottardi's hand hit Casemiro's head, wait, what's going on, a foul from goalkeeper Gottardi"

"Oh my god, is this a red card?"

The ball was hit out of the baseline and Casemiro, who was hit on the head by Gottardi, fell to the ground in pain. The entire Porto team immediately surrounded him and pushed away all the Madeira Nacional players next to Casemiro. The second captain Herrera and Jiang Yuan went to argue with the referee together.

"Sir, his hand hit our ball-handler's head. You should have seen it clearly, right?"

Herrera stood in front of the referee, making gestures while speaking.

Porto is now trailing 0:1, and the situation on the field is in favor of Madeira Nacional. If Madeira Nacional, who is leading at this time, receives a red card, then Porto's chances of tying the score will double.

Jiang Yuan was also very anxious and kept gesturing to the referee: "Sir, this is definitely a red card. Gottardi interfered with our offensive player's header. This is a deliberate foul, no doubt!"

The referee put his five fingers together to form a palm shape, blocking himself and Jiang Yuan, and said: "Please return to your seats, I will make a judgment"

"What's there to judge? It's just a red card!"

Jiang Yuan shouted, and Herrera, who was standing next to him, noticed that the referee was about to take out a card and pulled Jiang Yuan back.

"beep"

The referee blew the whistle and Gottardi was given a yellow card for a foul outside the small penalty area. Herrera and Jiang Yuan spread their hands and smiled helplessly after learning the result.

[How much did the referee receive? ]

[It’s amazing! This is not a red card. Casemiro is still on the ground and hasn’t gotten up yet]

[This is a rubbish Portuguese Super League. It’s really dark! ]

【Everyone, please be rational. I checked the progress bar and found that the goalkeeper hit Casemiro after he headed the ball. The yellow card is already pretty good! 】

[Is this true or not? Can’t you tell? Damn, it’s true]

[Okay, it was indeed Casemiro who failed to hold down the header, but it seems that Gottardi didn’t stop either! ]

[Red card, red card]

[It's over, Porto really has no hope at all now! ]

[Given Porto's current form, it's no surprise they lost. There wasn't a single normal person in the entire frontcourt]

[The above, you understand now? Jiang Yuan and Neves have been on the field for less than 5 minutes and you made a judgment. The team analyst is not as efficient as you! ]

……

After the penalty was announced, Casemiro still fell to the ground and couldn't get up. It can be seen that he was really injured.

The team doctor came on the field and did some treatment. Jiang Yuan was in a position where he could see the blood flowing out from near Casemiro's eyes. A small part of the vision of his right eye was blocked by the blood.

After asking Casemiro what he thought, the team doctor raised his hand to Lopetegui.

Substitute!

"shit!"

Lopetegui on the sidelines cursed at the air. The team was already at a weak position, and now the main midfielder was injured.

It’s bad enough that we can’t score, but next time we may not even be able to defend!

……

Afterwards, Porto struggled in defense for a full 20 minutes. In the 74th minute of the game, goalkeeper Elton made a move to block Madeira Nacional's corner kick.

"Erton throws the ball to Herrera, it's a counter attack opportunity for Porto at the back"

"Jiang Yuan is reaching for the ball! Jiang Yuan is standing on the offside line on the left. Herrera makes a beautiful through ball, which finds Jiang Yuan precisely. Jiang Yuan starts to dribble the ball. Will this be a one-on-one opportunity?"

"Shit, Joao blocked the position and Jiang Yuan had to spend time protecting the ball. Unfortunately, Madeira Nacional's defense was already in place at this time. Facing the 550 formation defense, Porto obviously lost this great scoring opportunity."

"It's a pity, but Jiang Yuan didn't give up. He dribbled past Joao and then dribbled past him. Jiang Yuan rushed forward with the ball. Marcano was on the sideline. It was a familiar two-on-one combination from Porto's left wing."

"Hey wait, Jiang Yuan didn't choose to pass the ball. He is slowly dribbling the ball into the penalty area. What is he doing?!" Jiang Yuan was seen dribbling the ball with the outside of his foot, getting closer and closer to the edge of the opponent's penalty area. Two defensive players in the backcourt of Madeira Nacional were staring at Jiang Yuan.

"Rui, guard his right foot, watch out for his right foot!"

The speaker was the team's Egyptian defender Ghazal. In the pre-match analysis, Madeira's coach emphasized that Porto's left side is full of inverted wingers who are not good at crossing the ball, so they just need to prevent them from cutting inside and shooting.

For this reason, Ghazal reminded Correa to keep an eye on Jiang Yuan's right foot.

Sure enough, after Correa's body moved a little bit to the left, Jiang Yuan gave up the idea of ​​shooting and instead rode his bicycle, moving closer to the baseline little by little, with the angle of the shot getting smaller and smaller.

Lopetegui on the sidelines covered his face and sighed. There was no angle left for this ball. The best result would be whether Jiang Yuan could get a corner kick.

Jiang Yuan rode his bicycle diagonally forward and suddenly swung his left leg before reaching the baseline.

Correa naturally thought it was a fake shot, because Jiang Yuan had never had a record of shooting with his left foot.

As a result, Jiang Yuan kicked the ball with his left leg with great force. The ball, which had already half crossed the bottom line, suddenly rushed towards the goal. Gottardi was caught off guard. The ball flew straight into the blind corner on the right side of the goal and hit the right post.

The ball ricochets into the net!

"Oh my god! What the hell is going on? Jiang Yuan scored from a zero-angle angle, and with his left foot!"

"Isn't Jiang Yuan a right-footed player? How come he can shoot with his left foot, and every time he shoots it hits a blind spot!"

"With Jiang Yuan's zero-angle goal from the left, Porto equalized the game in the 76th minute. It was undoubtedly Jiang Yuan's personal performance, an ultimate personal performance."

"I believe that the audience in the live broadcast room now have the same question as me, that is, why does Jiang Yuan use his left foot? I have broadcast almost every game of Jiang Yuan live, and I have never seen Jiang Yuan shoot with his left foot. He even deliberately avoids using his left foot when dribbling the ball. But why did Jiang Yuan suddenly score with his left foot today? It doesn't look like he has an inverse foot!"

In the Huanledou live broadcast room, with Jiang Yuan's tying goal and the host A Kun's shouting, more than 2 fans were extremely excited.

"what--!"

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan rushed to his own bench and yelled at Lopetegui. Of course, this was Jiang Yuan venting his pent-up emotions, not that he had any opinion about Lopetegui.

"Jiang, you are really awesome!"

Lopetegui rushed over and jumped up, forcing Jiang Yuan to reach out and hug his coach.

At this time, Lopetegui was so excited that he had no time to think about why Jiang Yuan could score such a goal with his left foot. The sudden winning goal after being behind for a whole game ignited the hearts of all Porto players. Casemiro, who was injured and came off the field, ran towards Jiang Yuan with gauze on his head and hugged both Jiang Yuan and Lopetegui in his arms.

Lopetegui grabbed Jiang Yuan's hair with one hand and Casemiro's hair with the other hand, and said, "Haha, Carlos, you left the field too early and couldn't participate in this wonderful goal!"

Casemiro laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "What's the point of me playing? Jiang didn't use his teammates much in this goal. He played alone. Jiang, you are as independent as Mr. Ricardo!"

As Casemiro was speaking, he didn't notice Quaresma who was running onto the field. The Portuguese star came on as a substitute in the 71st minute, which was three minutes before Jiang Yuan scored the equalizer.

Casemiro then realized that he had said the wrong thing. He hid behind Jiang Yuan, looking at Quaresma who was jogging towards him with some embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Quaresma opened his arms and hugged Jiang Yuan and Casemiro at the same time: "Carlos, what you said is true. Jiang can score more goals than me!"

"Hahaha"

……

"beep"

"The game ends with the referee's whistle."

"Porto tied with Madeira Nacional 1-1 in an away game. This score seems fine, but friends who watched the whole game know that Porto was under pressure throughout the game. If it weren't for the heroic performance of goalkeeper Eltun, Porto would have lost to Madeira Nacional, which is only ranked eighth in the current Portuguese Super League."

"But the more crucial thing was the equalizer scored by our young player in the 76th minute of the game, which was a zero-angle shot with the left foot."

"Hey, speaking of weak foot, judging from that shot, Jiang Yuan doesn't seem to have weak foot. Are we being fooled?"

The host A Kun and the Chinese fans in the live broadcast room started chatting about the topic of Jiang Yuan's reverse foot.

[No matter if it was a weak foot shot or not, this ball was so cool anyway. I saw that the ball was just about to go out of the baseline, and Jiang Yuan just volleyed the ball! ]

[Is there a possibility, I mean possibility, that Jiang Yuan actually has no weak foot, and the data he gave is actually false? ]

[Indeed, Porto has this trick up their sleeve. Lopetegui is so scheming.]

[Are you kidding me? Just kicking a corner shot means you have no left foot? With a little left-footedness and a little luck, you can actually kick this kind of ball.]

[A ten-year-old fan of Jiang Yuan said that he had never seen Jiang Yuan shoot with his left foot like this before, it was really outrageous]

[The guy above said that this ball was a matter of luck. Can you guess it out in one afternoon? ]

[The ball blind filter belongs to this. With this kind of force and angle, you can't kick it with your weak foot, unless you have a high level of proficiency in using your weak heel to your dominant foot.]

[Jiang Yuan: Actually, I am a bipedal monster. I am telling you my true colors!]

……

In the locker room after the game, Lopetegui and a group of Porto players stood together, and Jiang Yuan was trembling in the corner.

"Mr. Hullen, Mr. Ricardo, and Carlos...what do you want?"

Jiang Yuan is not wearing a shirt now, and it is hard to imagine whether these players have other ideas about him.

Lopetegui stepped forward, his expression serious, and said word by word: "Why! Do you have a left foot? "

"Ah, so that's what it is!"

Jiang Yuan let out a breath and lowered his hand from his chest.

Quaresma asked: "Why didn't you tell me you have left foot? If Mr. Hullen knew you have left foot ability, we could develop new tactics!"

He was right. If Lopetegui knew that Jiang Yuan had the ability with his left foot, he might have replaced Jiang Yuan directly after seeing the difficulty in breaking through on the left in the first half.

No matter what, wingers without weak feet are very popular in modern football.

He can cross the ball from the bottom, cut inside and shoot, and especially someone like Jiang Yuan can take direct free kicks.

He is simply the perfect winger template for modern football!

Jiang Yuan licked his lips and replied somewhat embarrassedly: "Just because I didn't say it doesn't mean I can't do it..."

"You kid, why do you deliberately avoid using your left foot when you play?"

Lopetegui was both angry and happy. He was angry because Jiang Yuan could use his left foot but no one told him about it. He was happy because he suddenly discovered that Jiang Yuan did not actually have a heel defect. In Lopetegui's eyes, his ceiling had increased a lot.

Jiang Yuan touched his head, and only after Lopetegui said that he realized that Ronaldo's ability to dribble and shoot with his left foot was something he had acquired not long ago, but because he was not used to it, he often forgot to use it.

Jiang Yuan felt embarrassed when he heard this. In the eyes of others, he seemed to have suddenly become enlightened and could shoot with his left foot, so he had to find an excuse to get away with it.

So Jiang Yuan swallowed his saliva and explained: "Just because I don't use it doesn't mean I can't do it..."

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