Chapter 150: Penalty Shootout
The audience around Mourinho can clearly hear his venting roar, no one is optimistic about Real Madrid, not even Real Madrid themselves, but they did it, although the result is not yet known, but at the Camp Nou, Real Madrid's flag is flying in the wind, and they are here to pull back the disadvantage step by step. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Real Madrid fans waved flags and sang Zhang Yuan's name loudly, but there was a joy of coming alive, but it must not be as hard as Mourinho and the players experienced, playing such a game is torture.
How miserable is Real Madrid, the possession rate is only 26%, and the three shots on goal are pitiful!
Earlier, Guardiola said that in this game he was going to use possession to suppress Real Madrid's attack, and they made sure that the ball was at their feet first rather than further on the scoreline, so they also had a very small number of shots on goal, only nine.
But Real Madrid's luck is obviously better, three shots actually scored two goals, this luck is really a bit rare, Guardiola wiped his forehead with his hand, he also said that he was puzzled, Barcelona really did a good job, Zhang Yuan's shot itself is not a huge threat, Mascherano is also at a loss, he did not take the initiative to touch the ball, but was passively hit in the leg.
Guardiola "hates Zhang Yuan to the core", why do you fucking like to give me such a moment at the last moment, Zhang Yuan's performance in the whole audience can be called restricted, and there is no chance at all!
But this annoying person just made himself suffocated, and Guardiola was a little ruthless in his helplessness, he didn't want to play extra time, he wanted to end the game directly.
In the last few minutes, he began to ask his players to go to the Real Madrid penalty area frequently!
And Real Madrid doesn't need Mourinho's tactical arrangements and reminders at all, and they have to defend with all their strength, and the front of the penalty area is already densely packed with people, and it is not easy for Barcelona to attack it, at most, it just adds some shots on the periphery.
The referee's whistle sounded, the game was over, the two teams still had to play extra time, and Barcelona's shots in normal games finally went double, while Real Madrid still stayed in an embarrassing 3 times, what an awkward statistic, Real Madrid actually won 1:2 against Barcelona in regular time.
Both teams are not in good physical condition until now, but Guardiola doesn't want to play extra time, of course, he doesn't want to lose, so before extra time, his arrangement is still limited to attack, not daring to let his team press too much, Real Madrid's fast horse in the team has caused a lot of pressure on Barcelona, he is not a fool and will not ignore this.
On the Real Madrid side, Mourinho has conveyed instructions to defend and counterattack, ensure defense, and directly use long passes to rush and hang.
The formation was adjusted to 442, and Zhang Yuan was moved to the position of right midfielder, and he had already played three positions in this game, but now his task is mainly to defend.
In the first half of extra time, Barcelona created a great chance in the 101st minute, or Messi's continuous dribbling and sending a picky pass, but Pedro actually kicked away in the case of declining fitness.
Real Madrid also had a chance, a long pass from the back, Adebayo actually chose to head the goal outside the penalty area, this idea is very imaginative, but unfortunately it is too contemptuous of Valdés and there is no threat.
The score in the first half was 0:0, and in the second half, Guardiola couldn't even if he wanted Barcelona to focus on attacking, everyone had reached a physical limit, and the two sides began to grind on the field, Real Madrid only cared about putting fences inside and outside the big penalty area, while Barcelona tried to control the ball at their feet, and never passed it into Real Madrid's penalty area without a suitable opportunity.
They were awarded another free-kick in the 114th minute, but this time it almost killed the game when Xavi's free-kick hit the crossbar of the Real Madrid goal with a bang and was held by Casillas.
Barcelona fans and Real Madrid fans exclaimed at the same time, Mourinho also had to praise in the audience at this time Real Madrid's luck is really good today, every team has such moments, Real Madrid has been unlucky before, and there are games where more than 30 shots on goal can not break through the opponent's door.
Real Madrid turned upside down today, luck was on their side, and Barcelona had a chance to kill the game.
Today we will qualify, Mourinho thought at this time, we will win the penalty because we will be lucky!
Unlike Mourinho, Guardiola, whether it is a manager or a player, are easily infected by something unwarranted, Chinese do not believe in God, but many foreign players and coaches are accustomed to praying God for their good luck, Guardiola now does not think that God is on his side today.
He feels bad, but he can't do anything about it, every season he has times when he can't help it, but nothing is worse than this one, because if Mourinho leads the team to beat him, it will be the second time in a row that he will step on his corpse to reach the final, which is a shame in Guardiola's eyes and he wants to be the winner.
When extra-time was all over, neither side was able to change the score, so everyone went into a brutal penalty shootout.
This kind of penalty shootout is very different from the usual penalty kicks, the pressure is very high, because everyone wants the highest stage of the Champions League, the more motivation there is, the greater the pressure, and it is impossible for every player to be calm.
Zhang Yuan collapsed on the court after the whistle, he needed to rest, he didn't even go to the sidelines, he sprinted back and forth too much today, and as a frontcourt player, his running distance was actually one of the best in the team, can he not be tired?!
Mesut Ozil, a substitute on Real Madrid's side, ran straight at him.
"Dude, you've done a great job today!" Ozil massaged him, of course he was a half-hung physiotherapist, but there were only three doctors on the team, and Ozil could only reluctantly massage his friend.
"Thank you!Mesut!We're going to make the cut today, right?!" Zhang Yuan asked weakly.
"Yes, because of you! you are a blessed general! I will not brag," Ozil blinked and laughed.
Mourinho has long been planning this moment, he has arranged who to use in the penalty, the small note has long been passed to the assistant coach, and now the assistant coach is holding the note to arrange the penalty players, this is also to ask everyone's opinion, some players may not be willing to take the penalty, the coaching staff will make corresponding adjustments.
Of course, if there are 11 rounds of penalties, then there is no way, you don't want to play it, you have to play.
The assistant coach came to Zhang Yuan and told Zhang Yuan that he would be the third to take a free kick, and asked him if he had any opinions, Zhang Yuan was also under psychological pressure, but this kind of thing must be done properly.
So he did not raise any objections, after a short break, Real Madrid and Barcelona both handed over to the referee the order of the penalty kicks, the captains of both sides Puyol and Casillas asked who to take the penalty first, and today's referee did not decide which goal to use, but a fair coin toss.
Today, Barcelona's away team tickets to Real Madrid fans are not on the other side of the two goals at all, so it doesn't matter to Real Madrid to use the goals on that side, but it will be more advantageous for who takes the penalty first.
Unfortunately, Casillas was not right, and Puyol guessed that of course he decided that Barcelona would take the penalty first.
In the first five rounds, the order of Barcelona is Xavi, Messi, Busquets, Iniesta, and Puyol, while Real Madrid's side is Ronaldo, Alonso, Zhang Yuan, Kaka, and Carvalho.
Across the center circle, players on both sides stood side by side, lined up in a line, and waited for the penalty to be decided.
The first penalty was Xavi, who came up with a simple run-up and deceived Casillas with a movement of his ankles, who misjudged the direction.
Anyone who has played the ball should know that the regular goal is very large, 2 meters tall is nothing in the whole area, the difficulty of saving a penalty is very large, in the saving penalty can not be said to be nothing, but at least a considerable number of goalkeepers are the opponent to shoot before reacting, the vast majority of them are based on the pace and posture of the penalty taker and so on in advance to make predictions.
Fundamentally, it's a game of deception, skill, mental quality, and a whole host of things, and it's hard to play, but it's exciting.
The first Xavi succeeded, the first Ronaldo to come up on the Real Madrid side, he was in a tomahawk-style position, the running distance was not long, and he shot with his feet, Valdés judged the right direction, but Ronaldo's angle was very awkward, and he failed to save the ball.
In the first round, everyone played 1:1.