Chapter 117: Absolute Draw, Overtime!
The 2013-2014 Champions League final entered the final stage of injury time at the end of the game, and the frenzied atmosphere at the Stadium of Light also reached its peak, like boiling water, wave after wave.
In particular, Courtois subconsciously blocked Tang Zheng's header in front of the goal, which brought the frenzied atmosphere of the Stadium of Light to a critical point.
Luka Modric was standing in the corner flag area on the right side of Real Madrid's attack, and he was about to take Real Madrid's last corner of the game, and every fan in the Stadium of Light left their seats and stood up, including countless fans sitting in front of the television, staring intently at the picture for fear of missing a shot.
Godin has been in hot form this season, and this game is even more unsuccessful, repeatedly beating Real Madrid players to complete header clearances when they are at a height disadvantage.
In addition, the attacking side also helped Atletico open the scoring.
If the match ends with the current scoreline, Godin has a good chance of being named Man of the Match.
In the face of Youken, who could become the last defensive corner of the game, the Atletico Madrid defenders agreed with Godin's defensive strategy, and he was responsible for marking Tang Zheng, the most dangerous player in Real Madrid, and the other players were responsible for marking other Real Madrid players.
When Modric raised his right arm and raised his index finger, Tang Zheng suddenly started and ran from the back of the penalty spot to the direction of the small penalty area.
Originally, he wanted to follow Tang Zheng, but it happened that Modric took a corner kick from the right side, and Godin made a keen judgment during the move!
According to the trajectory of the football, it is very likely that the football landing point will be controlled by itself.
At the same time, the attention of other Atletico Madrid defenders was focused on their respective defending Real Madrid players, and Godin did not follow, Tang Zheng, who wanted to be a cover, suddenly had an idea, and he cleverly went around behind his teammate Ramos.
Thinking of his various heroic performances in this game, Godin did not analyze the pros and cons, and he did not have any extra time.
As a result, Godin took a step back, stood in place and stuck in position, preventing the Real Madrid player Ramos from heading the ball around the front, and then looked at the landing point, exerted his feet and jumped on the spot.
He's confident that he's going to be able to push the ball out!
Tang Zheng, who went around behind Ramos, took a big step forward with his right foot, and at the same time jumped hard with the help of inertia, flashing in front of Godin, who was stuck in position.
"Oops!"
Simeone, who was standing in the command area of the coach of the home team, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his heart was shocked.
"Oh, oh, oh-"
Courtois's eyes suddenly widened when the Atletico Madrid fans guarding the back of the goal raised their hearts to their throats, and subconsciously created a wave of exclamations like a tsunami.
"Oh-My-God!!" German Sky commentator Marcel Leif looked at the Real Madrid No. 10 who suddenly flashed in the lower left corner of the broadcast screen, almost instinctively stood up, supported the commentary seat with both hands, and suddenly stretched out his voice: "Don-"
There were also many forward-looking commentators who reacted in the same way, including Yang 5 commentator He Wei, who yelled almost frantically: "Tang Zheng unexpectedly grabbed in front of Godin and scored with a header!!"
Tang Zheng jumped high, but the location was far from the goal, and his running distance was not enough, so he could not give him enough inertia to complete the header.
In order to bring extra strength, Tang Zheng's arms naturally opened to maintain the balance of his body, with his left waist as the axis, driving the whole body to throw out from the abdomen, and at the same time, the elbows along the waist and abdomen extended to the neck, and then aimed his forehead at the flying football.
An extremely difficult lion shakes its head and appears in the broadcast screen!
Although Tang Zheng does not have much power to rely on, his own energy is strong, and he strengthens the power of the ball through the rational use of his physical strength.
The trajectory of the football is refracted by an external force and flies quickly towards the lower left corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Courtois reacts very quickly, just like he had to score before blocking Tang Zheng's goal, his arm span is his advantage, but the speed at which his body sinks is affected by his height and arm length.
Tang Zheng's header is very powerful, the angle is also very tricky, and the football is flying from top to bottom, Courtois needs to sink his body and use his palm to block the ball.
This, it takes time.
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Courtois gritted his teeth and tried his best, but it was still half a beat slower than the speed of the football.
Godin, who was flashed in front of him by Tang Zheng to complete the header goal, looked remorseful, his vision was the widest, just to see the football almost grazing the lower edge of Courtois's right palm, and then bounced off the ground, crashing into the unguarded goal behind him, until the snow-white net tied it up.
“Goooooooooooooooooooooooal——”
Half a second later, the deliberately elongated chant of Marcel Leif, the German Sky commentator, rang out from the commentary booth.
"Whoa—"
Suddenly, the huge chant created by Real Madrid fans and neutral fans resounded over the Stadium of Light, which was deafening.
At this moment, the roar of Real Madrid fans echoed from afar in the square outside the stadium, the bustling square of Madrid, the square outside the Bernabeu stadium, bars, family quarters and other places.
Countless fans in the stands who didn't know each other hugged each other excitedly, raised their arms high, and tore their throats to vent the great pleasure brought by Tang Zheng's goal.
Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, staggered with both hands on the grass and staggered to stabilize the center of gravity of his body at the first time after landing, and then opened his arms and ran all the way to the right corner flag area, leaning back with his upper half, clasping his instep back, his knees parallel to the front of his instep, and then sliding quickly on the grass, leaving two obvious marks.
Modric, who gave the assist, knelt directly on the ground, opened his arms, and hugged Tang Zheng, who scored the equalizing goal.
Behind Tang Zheng was a group of passionate Real Madrid players, who, like Tang Zheng, played a sliding kneeling celebration full of flavor.
The Real Madrid players were equally excited, sprinting straight and grim-looking as they joined in the celebration of the equaliser.
After all, coach Carlo Ancelotti has experienced strong winds and waves, as a player and manager, he won two Champions League titles with the team, and when Tang Zheng equalized, he just chewed gum mechanically, and then raised his arms and waved vigorously.
Assistant coaches Clement and Zidane are different, they can't suppress the excitement in their hearts at this time, they both jump three feet high, raise their arms and shout.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei was full of passion, and his mouth was like a river: "Tang Zheng! It's Tang Zheng again! Last season's Champions League final was Tang Zheng's use of a world wave to beat Real Madrid in injury time of the whole game! A season later, he helped Real Madrid score his tenth goal in the Champions League this season in the final stage of injury time, and Real Madrid came back to life! The suspense of the 2013-2014 Champions League championship was reborn!"
The live director gave a close-up of the Real Madrid players celebrating the goal, and then gave the entire slow-motion replay of the goal.
British Sky commentator Andy Gray exclaimed after being excited: "Incredible choice! Even if I were a defensive player, I would never have guessed that Don would ghostly go around behind him and then participate in the header attack while everyone was watching the ball! And his judgment of the football landing point is really too accurate, there is no deviation! Atletico Madrid defended him for the whole game, but lost his marking of Don in the last corner kick opportunity, which is a bit undeserved!"
Commentator Martin Taylor was very excited: "Don is a big-hearted player who is good at seizing opportunities! As the old buddy Andy said, Atletico Madrid's defensive system limited him to a full ninety-three minutes, no! Ninety-three and a half minutes to be exact, but it was a little slackness at the last moment, Don seized the opportunity! He was a natural big-spec player! He also popularized new knowledge to defensive players all over the world, and if he wanted to win! He had to concentrate on the game until the whistle blew throughout the game! But ...... Is there such a person? Yes, robots!"
In the end, Martin Taylor made a rare joke.
Immediately, the live director switched the camera very meaningfully and gave it to the rostrum, Real Madrid President Florentino rarely had a gaffe, he raised his arms excitedly, and his elbows were almost parallel to the top of his head, which shows how excited he is.
In fact, it is easy to understand when you think about it, Real Madrid invested 200 million euros last summer, and the league champion lost to Atletico Madrid with a home and away points disadvantage, and if the Champions League champion loses to Atletico Madrid again, his re-election will definitely not be optimistic, and he may even be impeached by his rivals.
Tang Zheng's equalizing goal undoubtedly saved his political and business empire.
Even if Dortmund pays an additional 20 million euros this summer, Florentino will not blink an eye!
If you can win the Champions League in the end, it will be worth it!
Captain and goalkeeper Casillas was the most excited, because Real Madrid conceded the goal because of his mistake, and now Tang Zheng's equalizer before full-time is undoubtedly equivalent to saving Casillas.
So Casillas ran most of the court, hugged Tang Zheng excitedly, and vented something.
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Atletico Madrid coach Simeone had mixed feelings as he stood in the home coach's command area, and he finally knew why he was feeling uneasy as the game time dwindled.
It turned out that Tang Zheng's goal would have been produced at the last moment of the game.
Just now, Simeone was inciting Atletico fans to create a louder shout, and in the blink of an eye, his beloved disciple Tang Zheng equalized with a priceless goal.
As the head coach, he naturally knows that the team can maintain the score of 1:0 until the end of injury time, and once the game goes into extra time, the team with fitness problems will inevitably become lambs to the slaughter.
Atletico's bench players put their heads in their hands, feeling the constant chanting in their faces, and they had a sense of doubting reality.
This...... Unreal!
Because in just half a minute, they can hold high the Champions League trophy, the highest glory for a club in world football.
There was still half a minute left before the end of the game, but Tang Zheng scored a goal, like a slap in the face, and the whole person was stunned.
The Real Madrid fans and neutral fans at the Stadium of Light were in high spirits, and the Atletico fans behaved like the players on the pitch, with their heads bowed and unable to make any sound.
The feeling of being drawn at the end of injury time and being only half a step away from the championship trophy was even more uncomfortable than a duck in its mouth.
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Tang Zheng got up from the grass and did not follow his teammates diagonally towards his own half, but walked back along the offensive right sideline.
As the absolute hero of Real Madrid's equalizer, the close-up of the live director was aimed at Tang Zheng.
I saw Tang Zheng, who was broadcasting the picture, walked to the stands, opened his arms, and hugged Tang's father and Tang's mother, who were crying with joy, and his girlfriend Zhao Lina.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice changed: "Tang Zheng's performance detonated the whole game, but he was able to equalize at the end of the game and chose to share this joy with his family, it is not difficult to see that he is a very family-oriented person......"
Not long after, the referee on duty, Kuppels, blew for the resumption of the game.
However, Adrian kicked the ball to David Villa and then quickly blew the whistle for the end of the game, which meant that the 2013-2014 Champions League final was over in regular time, and the two sides would prepare for a total of 30 minutes of extra time in the first and second halves.
Before extra time began, the two sides were given a five-minute break.
In the meantime, Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas and Atletico Madrid captain Gabi came to referee Kupels again to guess the side for extra time.
In the end, Atletico won the right to pick the side and Real Madrid won the right to kick off. (10 goals, 15 assists)
The close-up shots of the live broadcast were switched one after another, and the frenzied atmosphere of the Stadium of Light had decreased to a certain extent, but Real Madrid fans were still in high spirits and dancing.
There is a lot of noise in the area where Atletico Madrid fans live, but there is no shortage of fans with strong hearts among Atletico Madrid fans, who are full of confidence in Simeone's team.
The league champion can beat Real Madrid, and the Champions League winner can still beat him!
What is an equaliser?
Not yet thirty minutes of extra time?
At this moment, both Ancelotti and Simeone feel different degrees of nervousness, especially Simeone.
You must know that before Tang Zheng equalized, he kept using his body movements on the sidelines to incite the excitement of Atletico Madrid fans, and Tang Zheng's equalizing goal undoubtedly slapped him in the face.
The 30-minute extra time in the first half is very difficult for Atletico Madrid now, and the players' physical decline is very obvious, and they don't know if they can hold on to the extra time.
The team's early three substitutions meant that the remaining 30 minutes of extra time would have to be completed by the existing players, which would be a difficult task for the current set of players who have played three games throughout the season.
Of course, Simeone's concern is not unfounded.
Diego Costa and Felipe's muscle injuries are the result of match fatigue, and if any other player is injured next, they will have to face playing more with less.
Thinking of these headaches, Simeone sighed again, but he quickly realized that this negative emotion could not be expressed, and once it was transmitted to the players, the Champions League winner would be completely out of play!
Therefore, Simeone constantly made self-psychological hints, inciting the players to gradually sink to the bottom of their hearts to win, and strive for the final overtime.
At the other end, Carlo Ancelotti in front of the visiting team's dugout arranged the tactics of the first half of extra time step by step.
The players seized the time to lie on the ground and receive different degrees of massage from their substitute teammates and team doctors to relieve their physical fatigue.