The furious Arnold turned around to chase back, and Lu was retaliatorily knocked down by Arnold.
The main referee gave Arnold a yellow card.
Arnold is still too young.
He thinks that Lu Yang, as an attacking midfielder, is defending against him due to personal grudges, targeting him.
But actually, this is just the defensive task that Sotu assigned to Lu Yang.
Up to now, Lu Yang has been performing very well.
In terms of offense, able to respond to the returning passes from the left and right wingers.
In defense, he has made multiple steals and interceptions.
And once the offense can’t be executed, he decisively passes back, allowing the backfield to redistribute the wings, shifting the offensive side, not striving for merit but for avoiding errors.
In just the first thirty minutes, Lu Yang’s running distance had already reached a terrifying 5,500 meters.
This might be the only drawback of his playing style.
It’s too exhausting for stamina.
The modern attacking midfielder position inherently consumes stamina, not to mention Lu Yang also bears the B2B defensive tasks.
After the referee issued a yellow card, he indicated the free-kick could be taken, but Arnold was still arguing with the referee that Lu Yang should have gotten a card too.
The experienced Latu Yidi didn’t say a word and directly executed the quick free-kick.
Lu Yang received the ball and kicked it to the left side with a big foot.
Vision is one of his biggest advantages in this position.
Bai Zhami was well-positioned, holding the ball with a long distance to sprint.
The Brescia players woke up as if from a dream, scrambling back to defense.
Bai Zhami successfully entered the attacking third, although he had a chance to cross, for some reason, his football IQ came alive at this moment.
What’s Brescia’s weakest point right now?
The defense?
No, their defensive players have always been in position.
The quick free-kick just affected Brescia’s midfielders.
Most of them have been left behind by Lu Yang.
The forward attacker allowed Lu Yang’s speed and positioning to come into play at this moment.
They either couldn’t catch up with Lu Yang or were blocked by Lu Yang’s positioning, being forced to slow down.
Lu Yang was like he had eyes on the back of his head, singlehandedly holding off three midfielders from returning to defense.
Bam!
Bai Zhami made a fake cross, and the opponent lifted a foot to block.
Then Bai Zhami switched position, calmly took the shot, pushing the ball towards the outer left area of the penalty box.
There, known as Lu Yang’s zone in San Remo.
There, Lu Yang left a bunch of Brescia midfielders behind, rushing to the spot.
The Brescia center-back thought something terrible might happen and charged out of the penalty box with a firm slide tackle.
This reaction almost deserves full marks.
If Lu Yang shoots directly, he is most likely to block Lu Yang’s shot with his own body.
If Lu Yang plans to stabilize, this center-back will, at the risk of a foul, forcefully knock Lu Yang down, letting the ball pass but not the player.
Even if it means taking a card, he’ll accept it.
This is a very tough defense.
However...
Lu Yang lightly flicked the ball with his toe.
Then, he and the ball soared over this center-back.
Near the penalty box line, Lu Yang landed first, then when the ball descended, he volleyed with the top of his foot!
The ball soared exaggeratedly, at least half a meter above the goal frame.
However, it suddenly descended steeply two meters from the goal, swiftly drilling into the net.
An incredibly curved Rapid Descent Shot!
Totally unreasonable!
GOAL!
Lu Yang rushed to the corner flag area, his blood boiling, shouted at the camera excitedly: "We will advance! We will wait for you in the Italian Cup, Morici!"
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