With only half of the garbage time left, Woller called out early to withdraw the troops, and after Zheng Zhi and Emerson were substituted one after another, the team's control dropped a lot, but in the end they still won the game 3:0.

After three games, two wins and one draw ranked first in Group B with 7 points. In another group match, Fiorentina defeated Manchester United 2-0 at home, ranking second with 4 points with 4 points. Although Manchester United also scored 4 points, they lost in the direct match with Fiorentina, so they could only rank third. Bordeaux, with one draw and two losses, can only be at the bottom. Although they still have hope of qualifying in the group, it is difficult to make a difference with such strength.

At the post-match press conference, Bordeaux coach Boku said bluntly:

"Leverkusen is too strong, stronger than Manchester United and Fiorentina. I think they may even win the Champions League this season. I have met many strong opponents, but I have never seen a team like Leverkusen. They keep holding the ball under their feet and then search for loopholes through constant passing. Then they did it. We originally wanted to seek opportunities through defense, but the opening was only two minutes, and this hope was shattered. Zheng scored an incredible free kick. I have never seen such a free kick. This ball is like a fallen leaf ball, a banana ball, but it is more aggressive than them. It seems that it can completely ignore the goalkeeper. When we wanted to equalize the score, the opponent used the team to complete the second and third ball. I think the game is over..."

Boku praised Leverkusen and Zheng Zhi, and he was convinced to lose. Even in China, Bordeaux is not the strongest team now. In Europe, they are even less likely to be ranked and can reach the second stage of the group stage. In fact, it is also the last stage of the journey. If you want to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, it is almost the same to recall Zidane and Lizarazu.

Woller also talked about Zheng Zhi's goal at the press conference, completely ignoring the next two goals. The next two goals were nothing surprising at all. Leverkusen often scored such goals, not to mention that it was just a bargain for Kirsten and Ze Roberto?

"I don't know what language to look for to describe Zheng's goal."

"This is one of the most beautiful goals I've ever seen. When he stood at the free throw point, I thought he would kick a curved ball on the inside of his foot, or just a shot on the right foot, but when the ball suddenly fell from the air and flew into the goal, I was stunned on the sidelines, and I thought my mouth could be stuffed into my fist at that time."

"ah,"

"I think he created a brand new way to score a free kick?"

"Zheng?"

Waller turned his head and looked at Zheng Zhi beside him.

"Can you tell everyone, what is this called a ball?"

"This is called an elevator ball."

"Elevator ball? It is very appropriate to describe it. The ball's running trajectory is like an elevator, with a very strange arc and the goalkeeper was stunned." The reporters off the court began to discuss it.

"This really creates a way to shoot."

"The three words "Elevator ball" will definitely be popular all over Europe tomorrow."

"No,"

“It wasn’t what I created.”

"I'm not the first player to play this kind of ball. Maybe there are many people who can play it, but they are not standing on the Champions League stage, and their talents are not seen by everyone."

Zheng Zhi would not have shamelessly said that he created the way to play elevator balls. If it weren't for Juninho, Pirlo and Ronaldo, three guys, played such balls, he wouldn't have practiced. If it were the originator, he thought it was Juninho.

So he continued to explain, "I have watched geometric videotapes in China. They are not stars. They should be games with young Brazilian players. I have seen such shots, and then I thought it was very good, so I started to study them myself and tried them for a long time before finally finding out."

If Juninho could hear Zheng Zhi's words, he would be very happy. He would definitely think that the guy in the video tape was him.

He has played elevator balls for so long with the youth team and the first team, and has never seen anyone else in Brazil be able to play!

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The next day, European media were hotly discussing this free kick.

Germany's "Kicker" gave Zheng Zhi the most gorgeous praise - this is the genius. Since then, there has been an additional shooting method in the history of free kicks - elevator balls. As we all know, Zheng Zhi's free kick skills come from the teachings of his mentor Schuster, but the elevator balls he scored last night came from his original works.

"Kicker" also summarizes the characteristics: it seems beautiful when you first set off, with an arc, but it falls very quickly in the middle. The entire arc is not high, and the goalkeeper can't react.

"Bodiac" ran to interview Bayern goalkeeper Kahn, who immediately answered: "I can't save it. I watched the game's goals after the game. Zheng's shot was too terrible. I felt that the ball quickly rose to the sixth floor, but it quickly dropped to the first floor. I saw the Bordeaux goalkeeper's reaction, and he actually reacted. He should have seen the ball fly to his left and he tried to move to this side, but the ball suddenly changed direction and flew into the net from the other side of his, and then he simply stood there... If he was given another chance, he would definitely not move in advance! Of course, if I were me, I should have reacted the same way. Thank God, I didn't meet it."

The reporter from the Frankfurt Report ran to interview Frankfurt coach Schuster:

"Birnd, is it the way you taught you to shoot?"

"No, it's not me, but I think he didn't create any free kick shots. This is Meng's kick. This ball completely violates the laws of physics and is almost impossible to happen. Maybe, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the sky at that time? Haha, I think Zheng is Meng's. Look, let's see if he can kick such a ball on the weekend? I think the probability is very small..."

The mentor is knowledgeable and doesn't believe that Zheng Zhi really created any way to play. "If there were any, it wouldn't have been discovered now. Football has been around for more than a hundred years."

A French physicist known for his romance actually became interested in elevator balls. A physicist named cohen wrote a special article explaining elevator balls:

——Physically speaking, if a forward sphere rotates at the same time, the ball will be subjected to direction measurement force and will change direction. If it rotates forward, it will fall down and not go inside, so we call it a fallen leaf ball. But another type of descending is called an elevator ball.

——The principle of the elevator ball is different from it. The elevator ball does not rotate. However, it is extremely fast and generally has to be kicked to 100-120 kilometers per hour. Moreover, due to the air resistance, the elevator ball is erratic, so it is difficult for the goalkeeper to judge, and the sudden fall in the end is its characteristic.

——The front of the elevator ball is arched with the foot. The kicking speed is very short. The center of gravity of the kicking ball must be lowered and there is no need to rub against the ball. It is mainly due to the force of the calf, and the speed must be extremely fast. Physically, the ratio between the initial speed and the final speed is called the Reynolds number. The larger the value, the more severe the fall.

——If the shooting angle is the same, the initial velocity on the left is not very fast, its whereabouts are relatively flat. If the initial velocity is particularly fast, there is a ratio below, the ratio of the initial velocity to the final velocity reaches 100, and then it falls sharply. So for the goalkeeper, if you see the ball heading towards the goal, you originally thought it would fly out, but in fact it may fall sharply and drill into the net.

This is called professionalism!

In England, The Times interviewed Beckham. He lost to Fiorentina away and made Beckham feel in a bad mood, but when talking about Zheng Zhi's free kick, he still expressed his opinion.

"I've never seen such a shot. I want to watch the video a few more times and try it out. Carlos's shot at the 1997 Four Nations Invitational Tournament was incredible enough, but this ball made me feel even more incredible. Compared to Carlos's shot, I think this shot is easier to succeed, after all, the ball is within control."

Italy's "Sports of Milan" ran to Lazio to ask Michelovich.

Mihailovic touched his round chin and said, "This goal is quite beautiful, and this shooting method is also quite weird and gorgeous, but I don't think the success rate will be high. I think it's good to score with one of the ten shots. This is a flashy shooting method. Free kicks depend on the success rate, and the highest success rate is undoubtedly the arc shot of the inner instep."

Flashy and sensational. This is Mihailovic's evaluation. He does not deny the beauty of the goal, but he believes that the success rate of such a shot is extremely low.

As one of the best free kickers on the planet, Mikhailovic can look down on anyone, and his opinion is not unreasonable.

After all, Zheng Zhi was only the first time he had kicked an elevator ball. If he wanted to make it popular all over the world, he had to continue to conquer in this way.

Mikhailovich's comments quickly reached Germany. The Frankfurt Report transferred his original words to Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi was not angry after hearing this, but admitted: "Yes, the scoring rate is a problem."

"But it's not flashy, it's just because the shooting skills are higher, not everyone can kick out the elevator ball and have a high scoring rate, but I think there will be a few people who can play pretty well. It's because it's difficult to kick out that the goalkeeper is even more helpless."

"Don't believe it?"

"Let's see."

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Is it difficult?

On the training ground in Benfica, Portugal, a guy practiced from 8 am to twelve noon, and almost shot all the birds in the sky, without kicking the ball into the goal once.

airplane,

Each foot was an airplane, and they all headed towards the upper right of the goal, flying high towards the stands.

But he was not discouraged. He kept adjusting his kicking posture, kicking movements, and footing skills, and studying how to lower the ball and fly into the goal.

But the third goalkeeper Marquis, who was standing in front of the goal, kept mocking him.

“Cristiano,”

"You want to laugh to death, don't you?"

"I don't even save once now."

He was standing in the middle of the gate line before, but then he simply sat down and leaned against the right door post.

There is no need to defend it. Cristiano hits the sky with every shot. He is a waste of energy when standing there, so he just sits down and rest and waits for when Cristiano can hit the goal before getting up!

The team is on holiday today and there is no need for training at all, but he came to the training ground to train with Cristiano as usual. Unexpectedly, Cristiano actually wanted to practice the elevator ball that Zheng Zhi had last night?

"Do you really think you are a genius?"

"I think you will have to practice for at least a month before it will be interesting."

"It's noon, you can play by yourself. I'm going home for dinner."

He finally stood up, took off his gloves, waved his hand, and left.

"Of course I'm a genius,"

"I'm still the most diligent genius!" Cristiano nodded and raised his confident chin, "Wait, I don't need a month, I only need three days to kick such a ball!"

After saying that, he stopped watching Marquis and continued to practice with his head down.

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Regina, Italy.

"Get it?"

"You'll send it to me now."

Andrea Pirlo, with long hair, hung up the Nokia phone and began to take off his training suit. He was indeed interested in Zheng Zhi's elevator ball, and many of Zheng Zhi's ideas coincided with him.

But he didn't start practicing blindly like Cristiano Ronaldo. He called an important figure in the family and asked him to help him find scientists to analyze Zheng Zhi's shot, and soon he got what he wanted.

"Why,"

"Why do I have to play football?"

He gently touched the football beneath his feet while shook his head.

"What can't I do with family resources?"

"I just love this damn football."

It seems that underneath the feet is not a football, but a woman's head...

Pirlo is a super rich second generation. The family business is one of the best steel giants in Europe, and his father is the "steel king" famous for the Apennines.

But he likes to play football and does not want to accept family businesses.

Football is his favorite, even better than women...
To be continued...