Chapter 27

   "I have been practicing during this period, but I am still not very good at grasping some shooting movements. I want to delay you for a while and ask you about shooting. Do you have time?"

  "I have time, no problem!" Knockaert agreed wholeheartedly and tied the loosened boot laces again,

"Now?"

  "Yeah!"

  "Let's go!"

  The two of them left the locker room and ran onto the training ground.

  The summer days are very long, and although it was evening now, it was still very bright.

  Xia Xing's shooting ability has been outstanding since he was a child in China. After integrating the Henry card, the attribute points added made it even better.

  However, in the process of shooting, he still found areas that needed improvement.

  "Xia, you shoot a few more times and I'll take a closer look."

  Xia Xing placed the ball and shot continuously, all of which hit the net.

  "Well, that's alright," Knockaert nodded, "Tell me again, how you exert force and where you touch the ball."

  Xia Xing followed suit.

  Knockaert thought for a moment and spoke sincerely.

  "Xia, your shooting feels particularly good. It's obvious that you are extremely talented.

  "But you have some problems with power. Your shooting power is not fully given to the football.

  "I'm not a coach, so I can't provide any professional guidance. I can only express my own thoughts.

  "First of all, you are too hasty in your shooting.

  "It's a good thing to have the desire to score, but you shoot too early.

  "your right foot has not yet stood firm, but your left foot has already swung ahead of time.

  "It may only be a few tenths of a second off, but it will affect the power of your shot.

  "Before exerting force, the fulcrum must be stable.

  "Even if you want to volley, you must stabilize the suspended fulcrum of your body to ensure that the force is transmitted to the ball to the maximum extent."

  As a French player, Knockaert debuted from the French Ligue 2 team Guingamp and he had been in the French youth training system since he was a child.

  French football attaches great importance to offense, especially the cultivation of players' technical skills.

  Therefore, although Knockaert is not a coach and his expression is not that precise, his understanding of shooting, passing and other offensive methods is unique.

  Xia Xing listened carefully and kept training to find the feeling.

  He recalled Henry's ball handling and shooting in the "virtual arena", and then combined it with Knockaert's statement to start experimenting.

  "Anthony, is it like this?"

  "That's right! You are simply a genius! You can learn it as soon as i teach it! The few moves you made just now with the ball when shooting was as if you often played football with French players!"

  "Well, I do play with you French players often, and they are French football champions and superstars..."

  "What?"

  "It's nothing, I said I particularly like French stars, such as Zidane and Henry."

  "I also like them very much! Especially Henry, he is my idol! I will do a few of Henry's shooting and dribbling moves for you!"

After finding a common idol, Knockaert was very excited and did a few of Henry's Technical moves.

  Not Kidding, But they really lookalike.!!!

  Knockaert's next technical explanation also benefited Xia Xing a lot.

  It turned out that Henry's way of handling the ball in the system was so special!

  What a great harvest today!

  Thinking of the harvest, Xia Xing suddenly remembered the purpose of this training.

  Yes, He forgot about it.   

  He wanted to create an opportunity to be alone with knockaert, find a way to decompress his depression, and then try to get Vieri's card.

  Xia Xing thought and knockaert sighed.

  "Xia, you are really talented. I even think you can transform into a forward with absolutely no problem. I just said a few words, and you can improve so quickly. you are really amazing."

  "No, you did a good job teaching me haha."

  Seeing Xia Xing still trying to control the ball and shoot, Knockaert thought for a while and took him to the penalty spot.

  "Xia, if you want to practice shooting in the future, penalty kicks are also a very important practice. You should try it."

  "You can show me how to take penalty kicks."

  "Forget it?"

  "Huh? Why? Are you in a hurry? Sorry, if I am wasting your time."

  "No, no, it's not that I'm in a hurry, but I'm not qualified to guide you in taking penalties."   

"Why?

"You should know about that game last season..."

  Knockaert didn't say much, Xia Xing naturally understood what he meant.

  Yes, how can a person who was criticized for taking penalty kicks still have the nerve to instruct others to take penalty kicks?

  But after hearing Knockaert's words, Xia Xing's eyes suddenly lit up!

  "Anthony, I have some opinions about that game and the missed penalty kick.

  "A forward who plays football conscientiously and is also the second shooter in the team.

  "Just because of a missed penalty kick, He really shouldn't be criticized verbally.

  "The team's failure to advance is the entire team's problem, not his alone.

  "If the goalkeeper, defender, and midfielder had done better before, they wouldn't have pinned their promotion hopes on a penalty kick.

  "So I think it's unfair for the media to treat you like this.

  "One mistake shouldn't turn into a bullshit stain!

  "I don't agree with it!

  "So, my brother, I am still very optimistic about you. You are still an important shooter for Leicester City!

"In several friendly matches last month, I could see that your form has returned.Don't worry about the last game,

  "I believe you will be able to return to your peak state!

  "What we didn't finish last season, let's try again this season!

  "Let's play in the Premier League next season! "

  Just now when the topic of penalty kicks was mentioned, Knockaert's smiling face suddenly darkened.

  But now that he heard Xia Xing's words, Knockaert's eyes became brighter and brighter!

  Although his teammates also comforted him, they never said anything similar.

Although everyone talks about sharing responsibilities, Knockaert knows in his heart that many of them are just polite words. In the minds of many teammates, he   must bear an important responsibility for the failure of being promoted last season. But   they only said that considering the unity of the team and the friendship between teammates.

  But now Xia Xing is extremely sincere! It is definitely not his fault that the team failed to achieve promotion.

Betting on a penalty kick is a problem for the team as a whole!

  Before that penalty kick, his teammates had two chances to kill the game, but they failed to grasp it

Criticizing him alone is definitely not fair.

 It's not fair for him to take so much responsibility for the failure! And at this moment, After hearing what Xia xing said!

  A window that had been closed for a long time suddenly opened up in Knockaert's heart!   

"Xia!"

"Thank you!  

"Thank you for saying these words to me! "   

(End of chapter)