Chapter 82: China Yang’s free kick!
Manchester United showed their intention to sign a new contract with Yang Xiaozhuang. Of course, Yang Xiaozhuang had no objection. David Andrew also handled these matters, and negotiations with the club were naturally handled by an agent.
What Yang Xiaozhuang has to do is to continuously improve his level on the training ground. After careful measurement, he began to practice free kicks in daily training, and of course he is still the best at... Butterfly Ball!
Yang Xiaozhuang now has two types of butterfly ball kicking styles, one is the S ball that is strongly shot from the outside instep, and the other is the leaf ball. When he easily kicked these two free kicks in training, Manchester United players were scared.
Pogba, who was also practicing free kicks, couldn't help but exclaim when he saw it: "Hey! Yang, your free kick is so amazing, you're going to catch up with me!"
Yang Xiaozhuang laughed shyly: "Paul, stop teasing me, this... I can only play these two balls, which is incomparable to yours."
Pogba shook his head seriously: "Yang, although I can play many set pieces, my level is not higher than that of you in S balls and fallen leaves! Come on, let's compare!"
"Paul, don't you?"
"No, are you still my brother? If you are a brother, just compete with me!"
Pogba is very competitive. Although he is still the team's first penalty kicker for the set piece, it is because Ibrahimovic has not fully recovered due to his injury and can only play as a substitute. Otherwise... Manchester United's first penalty kicker for the set piece is Ibrahimovic.
Seeing Pogba insisting, Yang Xiaozhuang sighed helplessly: "Then... well, let's compare five balls, right?"
"Okay! Just five!"
Pogba and Yang Xiaozhuang had to compete for free kicks, which immediately attracted other players. Even the old captain Carrick came to watch the fun. Rashford, Lukesha and Martial were also very active in helping them set up humanoid obstacles.
The positions of five free kicks were distributed in a fan shape outside the penalty area. Yang Xiaozhuang and Pogba first arrived at the far left position.
"Yang, come first, or if I kick in first, you will be under pressure."
Yang Xiaozhuang nodded with a chuckle. What's so fucking about pretending to be fake in a super midfield game like Pogba?
Doing all your strength...it may not necessarily win!
"Yang, don't be afraid of Paul, you will definitely win. I've put 10 yuan on you!"
"Marcus, didn't you press 20 on Paul?"
"Damn! I've pressed both sides, what's wrong? No matter who wins, I won't lose money! Hehe..."
"Marcus, I realized that you are too cunning! You have bet on both of them, and you will not offend anyone?"
"Hahahaha...Marcus is indeed a cunning guy!"
"Guys, everyone has finished betting, you can start!"
Players have a bet of 10 pounds and 20 pounds as the first prize of the game. This kind of thing is very common in professional teams. Mourinho not only will not stop it, but he will even bring other people in the coaching staff to participate. However, the upper limit of the bet is 50 pounds. This little money is nothing to professional players. It is really just to increase the fun and allow the players to be more serious.
After placing the ball, Yang Xiaozhuang took a few steps back, rushed up, swung his right leg and thrust up...bang!
The ball was kicked out by Yang Xiaozhuang with inch strength. After flying through the obstacle in the air, it fell down "whispered". Finally, it bounced back in front of the goal before bounced into the goal... The power of this kick was not controlled well, and the ball fell too fast.
But no matter what... I entered!
"Wow—beautiful! Yang, Jin is beautiful!"
"Paul, you are behind, come on, I have put 50 pounds on you! The highest bet!"
"Paul, come on... 0:1 behind!"
Pogba chuckled and waved to the audience, without any sign of nervousness. After setting the ball, he chose the running angle and rushed forward with a kick... With a "bang", the ball flew out and drew an arc, and finally fell into the goal, but the goal was scored relatively well, and if a goalkeeper guarded the goal, he would not be able to enter.
"oh------"
“Huh——————”
The bystanders booed, and the Manchester United stars could see clearly. Pogba's ball...is suspected of being tricky.
Pogba smiled awkwardly and shouted: "Okay, OK, this ball is not counted. I did not play well just now. I am behind 0:1 now. Is this OK?"
"Smack sex..."
The spectators didn't say much, but just gave applause, affirming Pogba's voluntary abandonment of this ball, and taking advantage of the opportunity... that would be boring.
For the second ball, Yang Xiaozhuang drew an S ball with his left foot outside the instep. Unfortunately, the ball eventually missed out of the upper right corner of the goal. If it really scored, it would be unsolvable to put the ball in the game. So although it was kicked away, it also received applause.
Mourinho said to Rui Faria on the side: "Rui, although this ball was not scored, it can still be seen that Yang has put some effort into set pieces."
Rui Faria nodded: "Jose, I think we have discovered another advantage of Young. This kid's set-piece is very threatening."
Mourinho nodded with a smile, very satisfied with his assistant's understanding...
Pogba did not take any tricks this time and shot violently, kicking the ball from the space between the obstacles into the lower right corner of the goal.
In the third ball, Yang Xiaozhuang kicked a fallen leaf ball directly opposite the goal. The ball finally hit the left side beam and fell into the goal. Pogba was not inferior. After running in the side direction, he rubbed a large arc free kick with his right foot arch, which also allowed the ball to fly into the upper left corner of the goal.
In the fourth goal, Yang Xiaozhuang drew an S ball with his right foot outside the instep. This time he controlled it better. The ball flew into the upper right corner of the goal. Pogba was not willing to be outdone, and also kicked an S ball. He used almost the same method to tie the score again!
On the fifth goal, Yang Xiaozhuang kicked a fallen leaf ball very seriously. As a result, the ball finally hit the crossbar and fell on the white net behind the goal. Pogba proposed a ground-to-ground arc ball. The ball drew an arc on the lawn, and finally stuck to the right post and drilled into the goal from the dead corner of the lower right corner.
3:4, Yang Xiaozhuang finally lost!
However, Yang Xiaozhuang was not discouraged. After all, he only had S balls and two ways to play free kicks. Pogba's skills are really comprehensive, which shows that the world's top midfielder is indeed capable.
"Paul, you are still great!"
Pogba smiled and patted Yang Xiaozhuang on the shoulder hard: "Yang, I am seven years older than you! Seven years...Farke! Who knows how powerful you will become in seven years! Come on, boy!"
After glanced at the teammates and coaches who were making noise and sharing money, Pogba laughed and said, "Okay, let's go back and take a shower first. Do you have time tonight? I'll treat you to a meal!"
"Please me?"
Pogba nodded seriously: "Yes, I want to talk to you."
"this……"
"Don't worry, I'll take you back to your place after dinner!"
"Oh well."
Seeing Yang Xiaozhuang accepting his invitation, Pogba smiled happily and hugged Yang Xiaozhuang and left the training ground with his arms around him...
Chapter completed!