Chapter 047: Hanging ...... (Happy New Year!)

In the last quarter-final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the Dutch team took the initiative to kick the ball to the sideline of the Chinese team's defense, and then made the last substitution adjustment of the game, and goalkeeper Krul replaced the starting goalkeeper Cillessen.

There is only one reason to replace Cillessen without injury, and Krull is better at saving penalties than Cillessen.

The Dutch team's three substitutions were used in the goalkeeper's alignment, and the Chinese coach Lippi, who was standing on the edge of the visiting team's coach's command area, pursed his lips and frowned, and the word 'Chuan' was very obvious, and it was not difficult to see that he was worried about Van Gaal's substitution adjustment.

Because the specificity of Van Gaal's substitution is obvious, that is, to prepare for the next penalty shoot-out.

Lippi looked at goalkeeper Yan Junling worriedly, it is undeniable that Yan Junling is excellent, but his ability to save penalties needs to be strengthened, thinking of the Dutch star that Yan Junling will face next.

What a headache!

Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV also have a hint of concern, and their worries come from the analysis of the commentator He Wei and the commentator Xu Yang.

In fact, they can realize anything without He Wei and Xu Yang analyzing it, because the Dutch team took the initiative to kick the football out of the far end of the Chinese team's defensive half-court sideline when the ball was at their feet, and then made substitution adjustments, which means that the Dutch team's replacement of goalkeepers was deliberate.

The strength of the Chinese team itself is weaker than that of the Dutch team, and now the Dutch team has made targeted substitution adjustments for the penalty shootout.

Do you want people to live?

Li Xuepeng threw the sideline ball, and the referee on duty, Marco Rodriguez, blew the whistle, two short and one long: "Beep~Beep~Beep~~"

He Wei, the central 5 commentator, let out a sigh of relief, and said indifferently in a slightly hoarse voice: "At the end of overtime, the 1/4 finals between the Chinese team and the Netherlands team still have no way to break through the opponent's goal, the score is still 0:0, and the two sides will enter a very cruel penalty shootout!"

'The best result we could have thought of before the game was to take the game to penalties. Commentator Xu Yang carried forward positive energy and said confidently: "So the penalty shootout is not a bad thing for us, Coach Lippi also arranged a few penalty training sessions for the team before the game, and the most important thing in the penalty shootout is not the technical ability of the players, but more consideration of the strong psychological quality of the players, I believe that the final winner must be the Chinese team!"

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV listened to Xu Yang's comfort, and they were in a good mood.

As Xu Yang said, the Chinese team had targeted training before the game, and the most important thing in the penalty shootout was not the player's skills!

Although the strong psychological quality is somewhat contrary to the tradition of Chinese players, the pressure on both sides of the World Cup quarter-finals is equal.

Players from both sides of the game lay on the grass in front of their respective benches and received massages in the team's physiotherapy room or teammates.

The pressure on both managers is at its highest as they have to name five penalty takers.

Meanwhile, the captains of both sides of the game, Van Persie and Tang Zheng, walked up to referee Marco Rodriguez to guess the coin for the next penalty shootout.

It is worth mentioning that the goal selection in the penalty shootout is not decided by coins, but by the referee on duty.

Because the game was played by the Netherlands for a long time to suppress the Chinese team, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team Yan Junling guarded the goal The turf in front of the goal has been trampled on the mud and is not ideal to repair, so the referee Marco Rodriguez chose the goal of the Dutch team, that is, the goal on the left side of the broadcast screen.

Tang Zheng and Van Persie have no objection to the referee's choice.

When it comes to penalty shootouts to determine the promotion places, there will be a lot of pressure on whoever plays first, because if the first player does not score, the pressure on the players who take the penalty in the second round will be very high.

In the same way, if the first side takes a penalty, the pressure on the player who takes the penalty later is also enormous.

Therefore, Tang Zheng was very humble and took the initiative to give Van Persie the priority when referee Marco Rodriguez signaled who would choose to guess.

Van Persie originally wanted Tang Zheng to choose first, but Tang Zheng let himself choose first, and when he had no choice, he could only choose the front with a wry smile.

Half a second later, referee Marco Rodriguez's right hand covering the top of the coin was retracted, but the opposite side was revealed, which means that the Chinese team has the right to take penalties.

Tang Zheng immediately faced the away team's coach's bench, raised his right arm, and gave a thumbs up, which meant that his side kicked the penalty first.

Seeing the gesture given by Tang Zheng, Lippi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

In this way, the order of penalty kicks will change to a certain extent.

Also receiving the gestures from his players was Dutch coach Louis van Gaal, so he also made some fine-tuning to the order of the penalty kicks.

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"Whoa—"

The frenetic atmosphere at the New Water Stadium is still the same, even more so than it was at the end of extra time, because they know it...... The last semi-final spot of this World Cup will be decided in a penalty shootout!

Of course, a big reason is that the pressure felt by the fans on both sides is also very high, and they need to vent their stress through this hysterical way.

In the penalty shootout, the players are nervous, and they are even more nervous as fans!

The referee on duty, Marco Rodriguez, did not immediately signal the penalty kick for both sides of the game, but gave a reasonable rest time very humanely, so that the players on both sides who had worked hard for 120 minutes could get a short respite, especially the players who took the penalty.

Tang Zheng walked to the coaching area of the visiting team, first said a few words to the head coach Lippi, and then arched his arms in the frenzied atmosphere of the scene and walked to several teammates who participated in the penalty shootout who were receiving massage from the physiotherapy room or teammates.

The players didn't close their eyes while enjoying the massage, so they all looked at Tang Zheng in unison.

Tang Zheng swept over the faces of every teammate, quite satisfied, and pointed with his right hand to the area where the Chinese fans formed a sea of red joy, surging passion: "Hey~ brothers! It's going to be a penalty shootout soon! I want to ask if you have the confidence to beat the Dutch team in the penalty shootout?

The shouts that came to his face, every player heard it very clearly, coupled with Tang Zheng's incitement, almost every player could feel the excitement in his heart.

For about the past two minutes, two assistant referees have reminded each player on both sides that they should prepare for a penalty shoot-out.

At the same time, the managers of both sides also handed over the list of penalty players in the first five rounds of penalty shootouts to the official.

The live broadcast screen was given to the gathering area of the players on both sides of the game one after another, and the first Chinese players stood up one after another, and then formed a circle with all the members of the coaching staff, shoulder to shoulder, cheering each other on.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei was full of passion, even if his voice had become obviously hoarse, he still forgot to comment: "The Chinese players are all gathered together, they cheer each other on, and strive to be able to play the last train to the semi-finals! We need to fight the penalty shoot-out, and it is very possible to beat the Netherlands to advance to the semi-finals! Twelve years ago, the Korean team advanced to the semi-finals in a 'you know' way, and twelve years later, we have reached the quarterfinals with our own efforts, and the opportunity for further progress is just around us! Come on!!"

Hundreds of millions of Chinese fans sat in front of the TV and silently shouted: "Come on!!"

The home coach's Dutch players at the front of the zone were not as rigorous as the Chinese team, and their game was played with 11 men walking to the far end of the broadcast screen, 10 standing in a line on the halfway line, and only goalkeeper Krull walked towards the goal.

Immediately, the broadcast picture was given to the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Yan Junling.

British Sky commentator Andy Graylang said: "The penalty shootout is about to begin, the performance of Tim Krul and Yan will directly determine the place in the semi-finals of this World Cup, the Chinese team can draw 0:0 with the Netherlands, Yan's performance is very outstanding, as the starting goalkeeper of the Bundesliga giants Dortmund, he played his best state! High save to resist, try to keep the goal open! If he can continue the good form of regular time in the penalty shootout, the Chinese team is likely to advance to the World Cup semi-finals!"

As soon as the words fell, the guest commentator Martin Taylor tapped his head: "Yan's ability to save penalties is also quite good, I believe he can!"

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Yan Junling walked to the goal direction with the Dutch goalkeeper Krul, Tang Zheng, who was the captain of the Chinese team in this game, caught up with Yan Junling, and then raised his right arm to hold Yan Junling's outstretched right hand, and said indemgetically: "We are all optimistic about you Ah Ling!"

"Hmm!"

Yan Junling's nervous state of mind was obviously relaxed at this time, and he looked at Tang Zheng's determined gaze and nodded solemnly.

The frenetic atmosphere at the New Water Stadium continued to be frenetic, with the fanatics created by both fans getting louder and louder as goalkeeper Krul walked towards goal.

The first player of the Chinese team to take the penalty was Hao Junmin, a player who played for Schalke 04, and he played well in multiple positions in this game, and he was surprised by the rich European top league play, which was very reasonable as the first penalty taker.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice began to have a sense of apprehension: "The first penalty taker of the Chinese team is Hao Junmin! As one of the successful examples of the Chinese team's players in Europe, his psychological quality is excellent, and his foot skills are outstanding, obviously the head coach Lippi took these factors into account before putting him in the key first penalty kick!"

Dutch goalkeeper Krul was not a good man, and he dangled in front of the penalty spot with a football in his arms.

The surface of Artemisia Junmin in the broadcast picture is calm and bland, and the tense hearts of the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV have a certain sense of relaxation.

As long as Hao Junmin is not very nervous, then the penalty is basically available.

Krull's harassment was soon infected by the referee on duty, Marco Rodriguez, who had to return to the goal line.

The Chinese players standing on the halfway line were very nervous, and they put their shoulders on their shoulders and looked at Hao Junmin intently.

"Beep~"

Just then, referee Marco Rodríguez blew his whistle.

Hao Junmin did not adjust too much, and was very decisive under the overwhelming huge boos, without using any feints, and directly kicked the ball towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Krul did judge the right direction, but Hao Junmin's penalty was close to the ground, and it was very fast and the angle was tricky, so Krul could only declare that the whip was out of reach.

"The first player of the Dutch team to take a penalty was ......" CCTV 5 commentator He Wei looked at the broadcast screen and said: "Van Persie!"

Yan Junling is a very honest goalkeeper, he is not as careful as Krull, and stands on the goal line with his own self.

Van Persie's penalty selection was the same as Hao Junmin's, kicking it into the bottom right corner of the goal.

Yan Junling judged the right direction, but he was helpless to be forced by Van Persie's penalty angle and full of power.

1:1

The two sides went to the second round of penalty shoot-outs.

"Woo-woo-"

Suddenly, a deafening huge boo sounded over the Xinshuiyuan Stadium, and the second player to take the penalty on behalf of the Chinese team was Sun Jingbo, who came on as a substitute in extra time, and walked to the left side of the broadcast screen.

The Chinese fans consciously created a huge chant in solidarity with Sun Jingbo, but the Chinese fans' phalanx was too far away from the goal, and the voices were completely suppressed by the Dutch fans.

Regarding Lippi's penalty sequence arrangement, Yang 5 commentator He Wei's comments are relatively pertinent: "Sun Jingbo, who is only 18 years old this year, has performed quite well in this World Cup, and he was full of fitness when he came off the bench in extra time, so our second penalty is basically ......."

Before the words fell, Sun Jingbo, who took the penalty, suddenly slipped his supporting foot when he ran to the last step, and the football that was consciously kicked out with his right foot was weak, and the goalkeeper Krul, who did not make a prediction in advance, waited for him and easily hugged the football.

Sun Jingbo, who was sitting on the grass after slipping, had a blank mind, and he didn't expect that the penalty he took would have such an accident.

Goalkeeper Yan Junling ran to the penalty spot for the first time, stretched out his hand to pull Sun Jingbo, and comforted: "Jingbo, this is an accident, it has nothing to do with you......"

However, before Yan Junling finished speaking, Sun Jingbo, who was disappointed in himself, turned around in despair and walked back to the midfield, Yan Junling sighed and walked back to the door.

The second player to take the penalty on behalf of the Dutch team was Robben, who used the change in the center of gravity of his body to trick Yan Junling into making a judgment in advance, and then kicked the ball in the opposite direction of Yan Junling's save, so that the Dutch team led the Chinese team 2:1.

Tang Zheng's broad vision is not only reflected in the game, while paying attention to Robben playing a penalty, he also saw the depressed Sun Jingbo, so Tang Zheng, as the captain, took the initiative to greet Sun Jingbo and gave the other party a big hug, and said in a very soft tone: "Jingbo, don't think too much, we all know your ability, accident, everything is an accident!"

Seeing that Sun Jingbo was still full of guilt, his voice changed and he said in a vigorous tone: "Looking at the whole world of football, which star has not missed a penalty? Randy Gerrard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, the most famous Robert Baggio, are you so conceited? Still don't trust your teammates? Yan Junling can't save the opponent's penalty? Your penalty penalty miss means that we are out? Wake up! We still have three rounds of penalties!"

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's tone was obviously worried: "Now the score has become 2:1, and the ...... is hanging"