Football irons are burning

Chapter 90 Penalty shootout

The Croatian fans in the silent half finally roared crazily.

At the last moment, they finally equalized the score, and the Croatian team is still alive!

Chinese fans can't believe everything in front of them. We in China are just doing April Fool's Day, okay?
Rehhagel was furious on the sidelines. Such a good situation was ruined in just a few minutes.

But now there are no substitutions, and no adjustments can be made.

There is not much time left, and it is about to enter overtime, take advantage of this gap, and then adjust and adjust.

The overtime game adopts the golden ball winning method, whoever scores the goal, then the opponent is finished.

Therefore, overtime is very exciting.

After the re-kick-off, the Chinese team launched a round of offense. Shao Jiayi's long-range shot won the corner kick, and then Ma Yongkang also rushed up in the corner kick tactics.

"This kid wants to take credit for his merits?" Li Tie also became energetic.

He stared at Ma Yongkang with all his attention. Some players can burst out suddenly in the face of tremendous pressure.

When the corner kick was taken, Ma Yongkang took off vigorously and smashed the ball into the goal!
Just as the Chinese fans were cheering, the referee blew his whistle, indicating that the goal was invalid, and Ma Yongkang was overwhelmed!
Ma Yongkang said to the referee unwillingly, but was directly shown a yellow card.

Subsequently, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the 90-minute game, and the two sides entered overtime.

This is not the first extra-time game in this World Cup. France and Paraguay played overtime in the quarter-finals. Blanc won the golden goal. They played against Italy for 120 minutes in the quarter-finals.

In addition, Argentina and England have also engaged in it.

This game is the fourth overtime game of this World Cup.

On the sidelines, Rehhagel arranged tactics in a hurry. The ball cannot be lost in overtime, so defense is the most basic.

"Keep an eye on Su Ke, don't let him shoot easily, Ma Yongkang, you should concentrate, don't think about the things ahead, follow Zhang Heizi and Zheng Zhi carefully, you are responsible for assisting defense, understand?"

After listening to the translation, Ma Yongkang nodded hurriedly.

He was really under a lot of pressure, and the two conceded goals were all his responsibility.

But Rehhagel did not hit the confidence of the young players, but gave him enough trust.

In overtime, Zheng Zhi will definitely have to retreat. There are enough people in the back line. It is safer for Ma Yongkang to help defend.

Daxia Wei also patted Ma Yongkang on the shoulder, and said, "Little Ma, don't be burdened, and help defend."

"Okay, Brother Wei."

Soon, overtime begins.

China attacked first, and there was no fulcrum in front. Yang Cheng and Shao Jiayi cooperated a few times and quickly lost the ball.

The ensuing game was basically controlled by the Croatian team.

In terms of overall strength, the opponent is still slightly higher.

In the 96th minute, Su Ke received a direct pass from Prosineski, dunked with his left foot, swayed a little and volleyed.

Ma Yongkang struggled to block the ball out of the baseline with his body!

This can be regarded as a crime.

Two minutes later, Jiaerni threw away Wei Daxia again from the side, then buckled Yao Xia's defense, and swept across the goal.

Boksic pushed and shot, the ball was too straight and was confiscated by Ou Chuliang.

In the 103rd minute, the Croatian team pushed forward across the board, Simic made a 45-degree diagonal pass, and Suk headed back when the ball was about to go out.

Prosineski got rid of Sun Jihai's defense and headed to the top, and the ball hit the post hard and popped out!

Prosineski also looked up to the sky and sighed, the Balkan geniuses are considered exhausted, and such a good opportunity has not been pushed forward.

In the first half of overtime, the scores of the two sides remained unchanged.

Entering the second half of overtime, both sides have exhausted their energy, so they don't have much strength to attack now.

At this time, both sides are extra cautious, so as not to lose the ball and be killed suddenly.

The game has no choice but to enter the final penalty shootout.

The players from both sides came down to prepare for the penalty kick. The team doctor became the busiest person. He was busy massaging the penalty shooter and relaxing his muscles.

Li Tie's mood at this time also became tense, and his heart was raised in his throat.

I thought I could reach the top four before, but now I have come to this point, my efforts are all in vain.

The two sides quickly settled the list, and the penalty shootout began.

The Croatian team took the penalty first, which is beneficial to the Chinese team.

If the first team misses the penalty, the pressure will be entirely on their side.

All the players of the Chinese team formed a circle and stood in the middle circle, as did the Croatian players.

No one is not nervous right now.

Ou Chuliang stood in front of the door, Li Tie suddenly shouted again: "Old Ou, relax, don't put any pressure, you will succeed!"

Ou Chuliang recognized Li Tie's voice, and didn't look back, but waved his hands to the back, signaling Li Tie to rest assured.

The first one to take the penalty was Su Ke.

His penalty kick was very tricky. Although Ou Chuliang judged the right direction, the angle was too tricky to prevent the ball from entering the net. 4:3, Croatia temporarily took the lead.

The first Chinese team to take the penalty was Wei Daxia.

Wei Daxia made a miracle with great force, and made a powerful shot, so that Latic did not have any reaction. The ball went directly to the upper left corner of the goal, 4:4, and the two sides drew again.

The second player from the Croatian team was Sordo, who also volleyed vigorously, and Ou Chuliang almost jumped in. Unfortunately, he is still a little shorter in height and with shorter hands.

The second Chinese team to take the penalty kick was Yang Cheng. As a shooter, Yang Cheng did not need to practice the penalty kick. He shot the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal with one kick. The angle was so tricky that Latic had nothing to do, and the score continued to draw.

Boksic came up third from Croatia. Although he is not in good condition, the shooter is still a shooter. The same tricky grounder kicked the ball into the goal, 6:5.
The third one from the Chinese team was Shao Jiayi.

Seeing Shao Jiayi suddenly tremble while walking, Li Tie had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, after the whistle sounded, Shao Jiayi kicked the ball on the goal post!

"Damn it, today seems unlucky enough! This kid can score free kicks but miss penalty kicks. What kind of footwork is this?" Li Tie was extremely depressed.

The Croatian players and fans cheered, but the Chinese team was silent.

As soon as Shao Jia walked back to the midfield, his teammates comforted him, but only he knew the loss in his heart.

The fourth player of the Croatian team was Gianni. Gianni volleyed vigorously at the upper right corner of the goal. Ou Chuliang had nothing to do, 7:5!

The Croatian team took the commanding heights.

If the Chinese team's next player fails to make a penalty, then the game is over.

Sun Jihai came over, hugged the ball and put it away, then backed away.

After the whistle sounded, Sun Jihai rushed up and shot the ball into the net, 6:7, the Chinese team was still alive.

Sun Jihai also waved his fists a few times before running back.

But at this time, the Croatian team is still in control of the situation. As long as the last player to play, as long as he scores a penalty kick, the last player of the Chinese team does not need to play.

Stanic came up, put the ball in place, and then stared at Ou Chuliang.

Ou Chuliang jumped a few times on the goal line and pointed to his right.

The whistle sounded, Stanic took a deep breath, and then rushed forward with a burst shot.

Ou Chuliang pounced to his left, watched the ball go into the goal behind him, and then heard the crazy roar of the Croatian fans, and the Croatian players hugged excitedly.
(End of this chapter)