Chapter 16 Leadership

Benfica U17 captain Ruben Dias used both hands and feet, quickly got up from the ground, and immediately complained to the referee.

The referee smiled and pointed to his eyes.

It means that I can see clearly that you tripped the Porto U17 captain.

Seeing the referee's firm attitude, he gave up and continued to struggle.

After all, he is just a 17-year-old youth.

Madi Queta and Felix pulled Martin off the ground together, high-fiving the team to celebrate the penalty.

The Benfica U17 head coach Herder on the sidelines is much more experienced and thick-skinned. Even if he saw Ruben Dias trip Martin, he could still complain to the fourth official without blushing.

He wants to tell the players with practical actions that they have to struggle a lot.

What if the referee can't stand the pressure to change the sentence?
The result in exchange was naturally a yellow card warning from the referee.

Herder: "..."

At the same time, Porto U17 coach Simon pointed at Martin and shouted: "Martin, you take this penalty."

Nani?

Σ(⊙▽⊙"a
What an international joke?
Martin has never taken a penalty, nor has he practiced...

He watched Simon's passionate body movements, and he didn't know how to express the words.

You can't say that I can't do it as a coach, can you?

Man, can't say no!

The penalty kicks displayed on the personal attribute panel are only 57, which doesn't even reach the pass line.

How does this kick?
Madi Queta put the football directly in front of Martin: "Come on! This goal may be the only goal in your U17 career."

"..."

Martin felt depressed: "Uh...the only..."

He suddenly remembered the memory of his predecessor, and found that he hadn't scored a single goal in U17.

After playing this game, I will report to U19, so I should have no regrets.

Be confident!

Hold the football in your arms and put it on the penalty spot.

The ability displayed on the attribute panel is the attribute of the ability completed for the division of the strength of professional football players in the world.

The goalkeeper Duarte in front of him may become a professional player in the future, but... now... he is still far away!
Besides, it wasn't an important match, and the atmosphere was just like that, without any interference at all.

"wu~wu~wuuuu~"

There were only sporadic Benfica U17 fans booing wildly on the sidelines, trying to influence the mood of Martin, who was about to take a penalty kick.

He suddenly remembered that someone once said that whether a penalty kick is hit has little to do with footwork, and more depends on whether the player's psychology is strong enough.

He used to be a professional player of Longguo, so he knows this well.

The goal is 7.32 meters wide and 2.44 meters high, and the standard distance from the penalty spot to the goal line is 11 meters.

At such a close distance, it is difficult for the goalkeeper to judge the trajectory of the penalty kick before saving the ball.

Therefore, it is more to rely on the penalty kicker to actively make mistakes or to make accurate predictions in advance.

Martin put the football on the penalty spot, took two steps back, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly.

He can clearly feel that his emotions are not as fluctuating as he imagined, and he still has extra thoughts to think about the countless penalty kicks he has seen.

Kick two bottom corners?
Or a strong volley in the top corner?

Push the middle?
"beep~"

The referee's whistle blew and Benfica U17 goalkeeper Fabio Duarte stretched back and forth like an octopus following Dudek's solo show in Istanbul.

Martin smiled.

He started to run up, adjusted his pace, supported his body with his left foot, tilted his body to the left, about 75° with the ground, swung his right foot backwards, and the explosive force of his calf drove his knee forward quickly.

There is a noticeable outward movement of the right foot just before impact.

Fabio Duarte is in good spirits!
Obviously, the direction of the penalty kick was judged from Martin's approach and leg swing (foot shape).

right!

This kind of penalty kick angle is also often completed by right-footed players.

The corner of Fabio Duarte's mouth can't help but rise when he thinks that turning the tide will win the support of the whole team, and the center of gravity of his body moves.

Half a second later, the smile froze.

Martin's slightly outstretched leg swing did not touch the ball straight up and down, but retracted 90.00% of his strength at the moment of touching the ball, and the ball touching part changed from the arch of the foot to the inside of the instep.

The kicked football rose from the ground at a very slow speed, flying in the same direction as his save.

But Fabio Duarte is still ashamed...

The body that originally lowered the center of gravity is pressed down sideways to the right, in order to catch the football that is close to the ground.

The football Martin kicked was a half-high ball.

Duarte, who fell to the ground, reached out unwillingly, like a drowning person.

But... all in vain.

"Beautiful! Spoon penalty!"

The fans in the audience knew the ball, and their emotions were instantly ignited by Martin's penalty, which tested his strong heart.

"Good boy, you really have a big heart."

Coach Simon and his assistants couldn't help applauding.

The Porto U17 players on the field hugged Martin excitedly, and the funny black brother Madi Queta also excitedly said: "Great! How did you think of using a spoon? You should go to the first team!"

"That's right! Don't go to U19, go directly to the first team to report!"

The tall Diogo Wright rubbed Martin's hair: "Me! Diogo Wright!"

Only Martin let out a sigh of relief.

Because the spoon penalty just now had a lot of luck...

At the same time, he also made up his mind in his heart that he must consider adding calmness if he has attribute points.

To kick a penalty kick, you need to be calm enough!
Audience seats outside.

Miguel Mario excitedly kissed his wife Clara Ana on the forehead and danced: "My son is awesome, he has the same style as I did back then, and he really has a big heart!"

The sound was loud, and the stadium was not very noisy. Several fans wearing Porto jerseys looked sideways.

"Martin is your son? My God, my own?"

Behind him, a middle-aged man wearing Nike sports short-sleeves but with a beard on his face couldn't believe it. He patted Miguel Mario on the shoulder and glanced suspiciously at Clara Ana, who was still charming.

The meaning you want to express is very clear.

The ecstatic Miguel Mario gave a speechless expression: "What are you thinking about? You, Martin is the child my wife and I adopted while traveling in Longguo more than ten years ago."

"So that's the case, you have eyes."

The man rolled his eyes, gave a thumbs up, and began to approach: "By the way, my name is Daniel Oakes, what's your name?"

"Miguel Mario."

"Mario? Why didn't you take Martin's last name? No... I mean why didn't Martin take your last name?"

Daniel Oakes, a detail-oriented man, asked instinctively.

"Is such that……"

Miguel Mario looked up at the sky at 45 degrees, recalling the past when he adopted Martin.

His wife, Clara Anna, got into a car accident on a high-speed road during a business trip. She saved her life but lost her chance of getting pregnant forever.

The two love Longguo culture very much, so they went to Longguo to relax after his wife recovered.

On the third leg of the tour, I passed an orphanage.

I saw a very cute little boy wearing crotch pants squatting at the door. He held a branch in his hand, kept drawing circles on the ground, and said something in his mouth.

This boy is Martin.

Clara Anna fell in love with the little boy at first sight, and thought of adopting him after learning that he was an orphan in an orphanage.

As for why it is called Martin, it is because the dean’s surname is Ma, and the children’s names are arranged in the order of A, B, C, D, W, Ji, Geng, Xin, Rengui, and Martin ranks fourth.

The couple did not change their names later, they only added Mario's surname in front of Martin.

The name of Martin's previous Portuguese and Argentine passports was Ma Ding Mário.

……

Benfica U17 kicked off again and tried to create an absolute killer, to see if they could pull one back before the end of the first half.

1:2 behind is better than 0:2 behind.

It's just that their offense is too impatient and lacks enough time to observe and think.

It also caused the offense to be sloppy, causing the players in front to be unable to complete the shot in a relatively loose environment.

As Eddie Semedo received Jota's goal and fired an anti-aircraft gun outside the penalty area, the referee decisively blew the whistle to end the first half.

Porto U17 led by two goals, the players were very happy, talking and laughing.

On the other hand, Benfica U17, the whole team was depressed, shaking their heads and sighing.

Not long after, Porto U17 coach Simon made corresponding tactical adjustments for the second half of the game.

The main purpose is to tell the players to concentrate on defense at the beginning of the second half, so as to avoid losing the ball prematurely due to carelessness.

From the point of view of scoring, the two goals in the last game and the two goals in this game were all scored in the easiest time to score.

No one understands the scoring/conceding probability in this period better than them.

Martin's performance in the past half a month has impressed the whole team, and his inadvertently shown leadership can make his teammates trust him. In addition, he is the oldest U17, and his words carry great weight in the team.

Simon is very satisfied with Martin. With mutual cooperation, the players restrained their contempt that they shouldn't have.

Originally, Benfica U17 was better than Porto U17 in all aspects, so they were not qualified to look down on opponents stronger than themselves.

"Brothers, let's end the final competition with a hearty victory, is there any problem?"

Martin spoke impassionedly, his clenched right fist hit his open left palm hard, making a crisp sound.

"no problem!!"

All the players of the Porto U17 team said in unison.

The auditorium is not far from the coach seats of the two teams, and the fans and scouts can hear it clearly.

Many scouts began to add an excellent quality to the column full of Martin's characteristics: strong leadership.

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