Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 412 Zero-degree angle fish leap to the top?
In the 78th minute, Manchester City had another chance, a corner kick.

Dan Yongzhuo immediately racked his brains and ran straight over.

When Silva saw Shan Yongzhuo arrive, he was puzzled for a moment, and then prepared to leave. In his opinion, if Shan Yongzhuo was going to take a corner kick, he would definitely shoot directly.

However, Shan Yongzhuo pulled Silva aside and whispered in his ear.

Silva then nodded and left the corner flag, while Shan Yongzhuo simply stood at the corner kick spot.

Schmelzer was standing not far from them and overheard Shan Yongzhuo and Silva's conversation, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. So he could only warn his teammates, "Be careful, they're going to play a corner kick!"

Hummels immediately laughed and said, "Don't worry, they're unlikely to cooperate. But you should be careful with Roman."

Subotic clearly agreed with Hummels's point of view: "That's right, Roman, Shan Yongzhuo's corner kicks are always direct shots, he almost never coordinates with anyone."

“No, I heard what they said, it must be cooperation!” Schmelzer insisted.

“No, that won’t happen,” Weidenfeller said smugly. “I’ve studied Shan Yongzhuo’s games. He takes an average of one corner kick per game, and those are all direct shots. He never combines with anyone else.”

"In other words, he will take a direct shot from a corner kick at most once per game, and he will never take any corner kicks at other times."

"So, what I need to be careful about now is preventing him from scoring directly."

"You must help me too!"

Weidenfeller's words were very certain, and they served as a reminder to all the team members.

Hummels and Subotic unconsciously retreated a bit, bumping into the front of the goal to prevent the opponent from shooting directly into the corner.

The two players stood at the far post, while Weidenfeller stood in the center of the goal, and Sven-Bender was positioned inside the penalty area, ready to drop back and cover for the goal at any time.

Then, Shan Yongzhuo took the free throw.

He took several steps back, glanced up at the goal, and then, with small, quick steps, came up and kicked the ball away.

"!"

The entire Dortmund team was stunned.

Shan Yongzhuo passed the ball directly to Silva.

Everyone wanted to curse the women in Weidenfeller's family right now. This guy had confidently said it would be a direct shot from a corner kick, but now Silva was being defended by five men, and he could easily cross the ball.

Meanwhile, as the unmarked Silva took a shot, Dortmund's penalty area descended into chaos, with no one noticing Shan Yongzhuo running along the byline.

Then, Silva passed the ball.

Instead of passing the ball into the penalty area as everyone expected, he kicked it directly towards the right side of the penalty area near the byline.

That didn't look like a pass at all; it looked more like a clearance.

Should we come to our rescue?
Do not!
No!

All eyes turned to the ball, where Shan Yongzhuo had leaped high, executing a beautiful diving header towards the ball in mid-air within the penalty area.

There was no one guarding Shan Yongzhuo.

However, the Dortmund players didn't seem to care much, since Shan Yongzhuo and the ball were in a precarious position near the baseline, almost at a zero-degree angle.

Is this position a perfect spot for a diving leap to the top?

Please, how could that possibly be a goal?

Dortmund's players focused on defending inside the penalty area, assuming it was going to be a header pass.

As a result, Aguero and Yaya Toure were surrounded by Dortmund players in the penalty area.

However, the moment Shan Yongzhuo's head made contact with the ball, it immediately spun, tracing a bizarre arc. Instead of heading towards the penalty area, it spun rapidly and plummeted, slipping through the gap between Weidenfeller and the post into the near corner of the net. "Wow...look at that ball..."

"Silva made a passing error... Wait a minute!"

"Shan Yongzhuo, look at this ball! Shan Yongzhuo is diving for a header!"

"That wasn't a good choice... No, the ball went in!"

"God, what happened?"

"The ball went in!"

"A diving header from an almost zero-degree angle, a god-like goal!"

After a dramatic emotional shift, the BBC commentator jumped up in excitement when he finally saw the ball go into the goal.

"My God, a single header, a diving header from a zero-degree angle?"

"That was a beautiful goal! It was an almost impossible header, and only a single head could score such an incredible goal!"

"This is crazy!"

"The fourth goal, Shan Yongzhuo's fourth goal in his career!"

"The suspense of the match is over; Dortmund has no chance left!"

As the commentator shouted, the Etihad Stadium erupted in cheers, and the Manchester City players celebrated wildly.

Many Manchester City fans stopped chanting the city's name altogether and instead focused on Shan Yongzhuo. They felt that Shan Yongzhuo represented Manchester City, that he was the city's flag bearer, and that the goal was solely his achievement, completely ignoring even the passer Silva, let alone the other Manchester City players.

Manchester City's substitutes rushed out and celebrated wildly together.

Guardiola, with a very complicated expression, smiled wryly and said to assistant coach Domenech Torrent, "His excellence is simply incomprehensible!"

"Domenech, perhaps you think I'm wrong?"

Torrent was also feeling conflicted. He smiled and said, "What does it matter whether it's right or wrong, Josep? For us, what's important isn't the singles, but Manchester City."

“Even if you use him like Mancini does, he will still leave.”

Guardiola thought for a moment, nodded as if he understood, and said, "Okay, you're right."

After they finished speaking, the two of them calmed down considerably.

Yes.

There's nothing to be happy about; these were all goals scored by Shan Yongzhuo.

If we exclude Shan Yongzhuo's goal, Manchester City are now trailing 0-1, which makes it seem like there's nothing to be happy about.

How long can Shan Yongzhuo stay at Manchester City?

According to Guardiola and Mubarak's predictions, it would probably only last one season.

Therefore, for Guardiola, the most important thing is not how many goals Shan Yongzhuo scored, or what kind of victory Manchester City achieved with Shan Yongzhuo's help.

The question is, how would Manchester City perform if Shan Yongzhuo were not there?

Guardiola had already tested this before; without Shan Yongzhuo, relying on this group of players, Manchester City would not be able to maintain the results of the previous two seasons at all.

"For now, we can only rely on singles."

"But the team needs to strengthen, and in the summer, we must strengthen them according to my ideas!"

(End of this chapter)