Lu Yang saw this and knew he needed to help Bai Zhami regain his confidence.
He exchanged positions with Morici and appeared behind Bai Zhami.
Bai Zhami lost the ball again, and Sevajos, unimpeded, saw the first half was about to end and started trying to showcase his skills against Lu Yang.
Because he had not gained any advantage against Lu Yang before, this was a challenge that a talented player must conquer.
But Sevajos didn’t expect Lu Yang’s defensive interception to be so fast, as if he had faced many speed players before.
He was dispossessed!
Sevajos immediately attempted to regain the ball.
However, Lu Yang performed a knee bounce, coolly drifting past Sevajos.
The opponent’s midfield was useless, standing in a parallel formation facing Lu Yang’s dribbling, nearly instantly breached.
Lu Yang advanced with the ball at high speed.
The opposition’s left center-back was the first to rush at him.
The result was that Lu Yang, without slowing down, performed a series of cycling moves.
The opposing center-back simply couldn’t react in time.
When Lu Yang nudged the ball past him, he was left dumbfounded.
Honestly, Denilson’s cycling moves, just who can compare!
Near the penalty area, Lam and Lu Yang met on a narrow path.
He was the only obstacle between Lu Yang and the goalkeeper.
Lu Yang continued cycling, while slowing down.
But Lam remained unmoved.
One of the basic skills of a top center-back is to watch the ball, not the man.
No matter how you fake it, I follow the football.
Everyone thought Lu Yang’s breakthrough would end here.
Unable to pass Lam, with the following defenders closing in, Lu Yang might not even have a chance to pass back.
But to be fair, Lu Yang’s move this time opened many people’s eyes.
Ancelotti: "Didn’t they say Lu Yang’s dribbling and breakthrough were lacking? Why does this cycling move look quite interesting?"
Carrel: "He always has some unexpected small skills."
Perrotta: "But next, he probably won’t have any other options. From high speed to almost a stop, trying to break through a top-notch young center-back like Lam is almost impossible."
Taji: "Yeah, Lam’s explosiveness and speed are good, even better than Lu Yang’s. Even as a center-back comparison, Lam is considerably more comprehensive than Lu Yang."
Just after these statements were made.
The slowing Lu Yang suddenly launched an attack, using the outside of his right foot to nudge the ball, preparing to break through to the right.
The movement was so large that it was clear it was a genuine breakthrough.
But such a breakthrough seemed too reckless for a center-back of Lam’s level.
Did they really take Lam for that earlier screened-off rookie?
As mentioned, Lam’s explosiveness is nothing less than Lu Yang’s!
He decisively reached out with his foot.
The football was about to be kicked by him.
Lu Yang’s foot suddenly quivered, and with the inside of the foot, the ball originally heading right suddenly bounced left, brushing past Lam.
Simultaneously, Lu Yang’s right foot landed, using it as a pivot, unleashing full speed, rushing to the left.
Rabona!
Everyone’s mind conjured these words.
Lam has seen Rabona moves before, but one with such a large swing is truly rare.
Typically, to control the ball, the gap between the first outward flick and the second inward flick of a Rabona is kept very short; this way, one can still perform a Rabona but with less deception.
A truly top-level Rabona has a long time delay and distance difference between the first and second flicks.
This kind of Rabona is theoretically indefensible.
It’s akin to the changes in direction of top NBA players.
I move to your right, do you guard?
You guard, I’ll just make a body shift and go left.
And you, having made a defensive move, can’t keep up.
You don’t guard?
Fine, then I’ll just go right past you!
This is an open strategy!
This is Ronaldinho, the soccer elf’s Rabona—Divine Dragon Tail!
Lu Yang’s Rabona just now was a divine Rabona, an unstoppable Rabona.
If Lam hadn’t extended his foot earlier, Lu Yang wouldn’t have flicked the second part of the Rabona, instead directly breaking through the right.
This is one of the secrets why Ronaldinho is hard to defend.
So often, defenders easily beaten by Ronaldinho may not have missed the predicted direction of his breakthrough; it’s just that knowing it doesn’t help them.
Lu Yang swung past Lam and took a powerful shot.
The football blasted into the net, unstoppable!
GOAL!
The players on Team B’s bench jumped up one by one in excitement.
They seem to realize they might not necessarily lose?