It’s not about consciously not using it, but doing so subconsciously.
People who have been injured should understand that feeling well.
Injuries to bones and muscles are hidden beneath the skin and are hard to see with the naked eye.
Therefore, people mostly rely on "feeling" to judge their physical condition.
Even with high-tech aids, the habit of "it hurts as soon as I move" developed during the injury period will still subconsciously make people hold back.
Many athletes unconsciously increase the power and load-bearing function of the other foot because of this, resulting in overuse of the uninjured leg, leading to new injuries.
This is a psychological barrier.
And this psychological barrier is initially reflected in... players who have just recovered from injury are afraid to exert too much force.
Naturally, they only dare to use about eighty percent of their strength.
Every subsequent increase in power becomes a risk for them.
It’s very possible that if you go all out with one kick, your previously comfortable knee or thigh will hurt again.
By then, new damage has already been done, and it’s too late for regrets.
Whether Lu Yang can overcome this mindset of just recovering from a major illness depends on his performance at crucial moments, not just his current performance.
And soon, a test for Lu Yang arrived.
The Italy Team formed a high-position ball control mode in the front field, constantly pulling on both sides.
Sevajos, who had just wreaked havoc on the left flank, directly made a long pass, transferring the ball to the right flank. His vision is very good, perhaps second only to Lu Yang and Morici.
After receiving the ball on the right, Pompey had some space to cut inside. He cut inside to create a threat and then passed the ball to Canyes, who overlapped to the bottom.
The right wing of Italy played very actively today, showing a strong offensive stance.
Canyes crossed from the bottom.
This time he chose to pass to the far post.
After Sevajos transferred the ball, he roamed around the penalty area, and this time Canyes passed the ball to him.
Bam!
Sevajos took a volley shot at the far post.
Unfortunately, the ball hit a Polish player and bounced out of the penalty area.
Morici held the ball at the top of the penalty area arc, and the Polish players quickly charged toward him.
Poland had already temporarily withdrawn to their own half, with many players, and their defense was in place.
After stopping the ball, Morici found no space to shoot, so he decided to pass the ball back to the right rear.
There, Lu Yang was roughly in the right flank area, more than thirty-five meters away from the goal.
This position is considered a safe position in the minds of normal players because, theoretically, except for super top-tier long-range shooters, normal players wouldn’t choose to shoot here even if unmarked.
The distance is simply too far, shooting from here equals a wild shot, one hundred shots might accidentally score one or two, wasting opportunities in vain.
Bam!
Before the words were finished.
With no one marking him, Lu Yang suddenly kicked with his right foot, and an earth-shattering long shot appeared.
Polish players were dumbfounded.
You can shoot from here?
Is it fake?
Can shooting from this spot be threatening?
Is this person out of his mind?
Our bus has only been parked for a little over ten minutes, and the Italian players are already collapsing from not finding opportunities?
Wait, this ball...
Swish!
The ball flashed across the air, leaving only a streak of white light.
The ball speed was extremely fast!
Lu Yang on the right flank, shooting with his right foot, chose the left side of the goal as the breakthrough point.
He used the outside of his foot for the shot, with a slight curve.
The ball bypassed a series of defensive players, including Morici, heading straight for the goal’s dead angle.
At this moment, Morici might have had an MMP data floating through his mind.
I pass you the ball, and you want to blow me up with a cannon?
If this ball had hit me, I’d have shown you a live rib explosion and died on the spot!
Bang!
The Polish goalkeeper was at least one meter away from the ball and simply couldn’t react in time to save.
But the ball hit the left post of the goal.
When a ball hits the post, there are generally three outcomes.
It rockets into the net.
It bounces out of bounds.
And it rebounds at a certain angle.
But from a physics perspective, the ball can actually bounce in any direction depending on its spin and the point at which it hit the post.
And Lu Yang’s shot was quite interesting.
The ball bounced to the right, but did not go into the net. Instead, it flew along the goal line to the right post of the goal.
Bang!
It hit the post again.
Then it bounced back into the small penalty area.
It sounds slow, but these two bounces took only an instant.
After two bangs, the Polish goalkeeper was still on the ground, and the Polish defenders were still standing in salute.
But Sogel in the small penalty area realized the opportunity.
He lightly lifted his foot, without even applying force, and directly tapped the empty goal!
The ball hit the net accurately!
The Italy Team leads one-nil!
After the goal, Sogel was still somewhat unsatisfied.
This pie came too comfortably.
Sogel promised he didn’t watch the ball or judge the drop point the whole time because no one could have expected Lu Yang’s shot.
So, this goal was purely because the ball was smart enough to find Sogel on its own.
"YYDS!" Sogel spread his arms wide and turned to run towards Lu Yang, very excited.
This was not the first time Sogel was selected for the Italy National Youth Team.
But this was his first goal for the National Youth Team.
Previously, his selection had been infrequent, and he was mainly a substitute, with few opportunities and no previous scoring experience.
Undoubtedly, Sogel opened up a brand new statistic in his professional career.
And all of this came from that earth-shattering thirty-five-meter fierce long shot by my Brother Lu!