Manuel Neuer drove the ball out and straight into midfield, where Kroos topped it down and struck it to Gundogan. The Chinese team immediately entered the stage of all-round defense, and now the game time is very small, and the Chinese team does not get the ball, so don't think about it anymore when you score, and don't lose the ball is the right thing.

There was one minute of stoppage time in the second half, and the German team was in possession of the ball in the outer circle of the Chinese team. He Wei said: "These two teams are likely to have a final penalty shootout! ”

Royce's pass was blocked by Bai Shoushan, Muller got the ball, Xu Zhixin forced over, forcing him to pass the ball back, and at this moment, the referee's whistle also sounded: "Toot, beet, !——"

"The game was over, and after 120 minutes of battle, the two sides were tied 3:3. This led to a penalty shoot-out. This makes people a little worried, but there is no way, the single round-robin knockout match of the football game must be a decisive victory, the winner advances to the semi-finals, and the loser can only return home. ”

Xu Yang said: "The five people in the Chinese team who took penalties can guess more than half, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu are definitely there, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi must also be there, it depends on who the rest of them will be." ”

The players of both teams are now gathered in front of their respective head coaches, most of them sitting or even lying on the ground, and the team staff are constantly massaging and decompressing them.

Yan Tao was lying on the lawn, with a staff member taking turns pressing his legs, and some substitutes were also helping the main team to press. Zhang Shujie's legs were also a little sore, he was sitting on the ground, and the staff were massaging him.

An Rong walked to Zhang Shujie's side, squatted down and said to him: "When you and Neuer choose the right to punish first, you must choose us to punish first." ”

Zhang Shujie nodded and said, "Okay, An Zhi." ”

"Also, what do you think was the most important penalty in the shoot-out?"

Zhang Shujie thought for a while and said, "I think it's the first and the last." ”

"Which of these two do you want to punish?"

"The first!" When he said these three words, Zhang Shujie did not hesitate.

An Rong nodded slightly. The importance of the first penalty is something that everyone who plays is known to be the first player to take the penalty, and it is often the player who takes the first penalty to take the penalty is the one who is under the most pressure. Many teams are the first to take the penalty spot, such as Argentina's Lionel Messi.

Since one of the two most important penalties has been picked by Zhang Shujie, the penalty taker of the last penalty kick is naturally Li Mu. Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi were placed in the second and fourth by An Rong, as for the third...... An Rong looked around, Zhao Wenkang had been replaced, otherwise An Rong would not have bothered with this problem. Tang Ling and Yan Tao in the current team are good, but An Rong thought about it for a while and handed over the free throw qualification to Xu Zhixin. If the winner is not decided in these five rounds, then the remaining penalty team players are Yan Tao, Tang Ling, Bai Shoushan, Li Yongxuan and Ma Junqiang.

An Rong informed the players of the free throw order he decided, and everyone said that it was no problem, but An Rong Xu Zhixin's expression was not normal, and he could see that it was a kind of nervousness.

"Xu Zhixin, what's wrong?" An Rong asked.

Xu Zhixin replied: "It's nothing, An Zhi." ”

An Rong looked at him: "Do you dare to take this penalty?"

"Dare. Xu Zhixin's voice seemed weak, as if he had no confidence.

An Rong said again: "Be louder, let us all hear your voice." ”

"I dare to penalize! An Zhi, I dare to take this penalty!" Xu Zhixin's voice was much louder.

An Rong said "um" and said, "Very good, now, I will submit this list, you guys take a break, and the penalty shootout will start immediately." ”

Ma Junqiang was observing the players of the German team at this time, and he was guessing who would stand on the penalty spot, in fact, according to the mutual research of these strong teams, everyone knew each other better, and Ma Junqiang could also guess that there would probably be those people who would take the penalty. And carefully recall the habit of these players to make free throws in their minds.

Zhang Shujie and Neuer had just picked the right to make the first penalty at this time, and he followed An Rong's instructions to let the Chinese team take the free throw first. When he returned to the crowd of his teammates, he saw Ma Junqiang looking at the side of the German team.

"Dashuai, what are you doing?" Zhang Shujie walked to his side.

Ma Junqiang glanced at him and said: "I didn't do anything, I was just thinking about who the German team would take penalties, and then thinking about his penalty habits." ”

Zhang Shujie glanced at the crowd of the German team, his eyes quickly wandered back and forth on Kroos, Muller and other players, and then looked at Ma Junqiang and said, "I said Dashuai, you won't be nervous, right?"

"Am I nervous?" Ma Junqiang looked at Zhang Shujie with a smile, Zhang Shujie saw his appearance, and thought that he would say, "I won't be nervous", but Ma Dashuai said: "Indeed, I'm a little nervous." ”

Zhang Shujie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's normal, this penalty shootout is different from the regular game, it doesn't rely on skills and tactics, it doesn't rely on physical strength, it all depends on the psychological quality of the players." ”

Ma Junqiang nodded and said, "I think you should be more nervous than me." It's not news that the goalkeeper can't save a penalty, it's news that a player can't score. Have you ever seen that goalkeeper make headlines for not saving a penalty? Absolutely not! Only strikers, especially top strikers, who miss penalties, get noticed. ”

"Yes, you have a point. Penalties are really special, especially when it comes to penalty shootouts. ”

"But I want each of you to score. ”

"I want you to save every penalty. Boss, the penalty shootout is the goalkeeper's most photogenic moment, it is not too much to say that it is up to the goalkeeper to win, whether we can advance or not, it depends on how many penalties you can save. ”

Ma Junqiang didn't speak, his hands pinched each other, Zhang Shujie thought there was something wrong with his hand: "The injury on your hand ......"

"It's fine. Don't worry, just take the penalty. ”

As goalkeeper, Ma Junqiang certainly wants to save every penalty in the shoot-out, and the same is true for Germany's Manuel Neuer. Of course, this is too unlikely, and no goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup can do it. In fact, in the first five rounds of penalty shootouts, it is already great to be able to save two, and basically, to save two penalty kicks of the opponent can guarantee the victory of your own team.

Therefore, Ma Junqiang did not have a very arrogant request, he only hoped that if he could really save the opponent's penalty, then his five penalty players could hit the target!

(End of chapter)