Chapter 391: Desperate Penalty
Wu Jie's confusion is answered by Joel Butz's painful mask and the prompt of the -5 on the system.
This must be an injury!
But where did it hurt?
You only need to look at Joel Butz's movements and the level of pain, you should be able to guess this.
But it has nothing to do with him, and the blame can only be blamed on Joel Butz's substandard save, which can hurt his own eggs when he falls to the ground, which must be a mistake!
Fans in front of the TV watched the incident through replays, and Joel Butz was noticeably slower when he fell to the ground, and the ball not only broke through his arms, but also successfully hit him.
If you think about the terrifying power of Wu Jie's shot, the whole France will instantly be filled with sorrow for Joel Butz's balls!
"It's not going to be an own goal, is it?"
"Of course not, a goal that goes straight to the goal after the defender touches the ball, even if it is kicked by a defender, is not an own goal."
Most Chinese fans still listen to the ball, and many people are concerned about whether Wu Jie's goal counts?
Of course, forget it, there are many cases of the goalkeeper touching the ball when he saves, how can it not be a goal.
Wu Jie shook his head, he really didn't have that much desire to score goals now.
But when the ability is in place, it's hard to score even if you don't want to.
So he spread his hands on the spot and made a very annoying shrug motion, which instantly made the whole French mentality like a swollen foie gras about to crack!
After the Chinese team scored this goal, it was really stable, if the one-goal lead just now was not enough insurance, then even if the referee did something in the second half after the two-goal lead, they were confident to withstand the combined attack of the French + referee.
By the way, this referee is a South African national, but his parents and wives are British, so he is actually British.
The score stayed at 2:0 in the first half, and the French were two goals behind, so it was naturally difficult to adjust their mentality immediately, not only failed to launch a counterattack, but was even almost attacked by Ren Zhihui on the left at the end of the first half.
At halftime, the Chinese team not only led the score, but they once again won a big victory in team statistics.
This is not only the traditional possession rate and shots on goal, but also those statistics that appear for the first time in this World Cup, which are almost much higher than those of France.
In the past, without these detailed figures, you can't really see how well the two teams are performing.
But now through these data, whether it is the overall performance of the team or the individual performance of the stars, everyone can see it at a glance.
At this time, no one regards the Chinese team as a dark horse, and the fifth place in the last World Cup and the Olympic champion two years ago are enough to make people look up to them.
In this World Cup, facing Brazil with three crowns and Britain with one crown, the Chinese team can not only achieve a big victory, but also the score is also very different.
Today's semi-finals are the same against the French team, and the Chinese team still has an absolute advantage in the first half.
This consistent performance doesn't need to prove anything, it's a world-class team with championship credentials.
'In the second half, the French could not afford to lose, we have to run more aggressively to suppress their morale, and it is better to get them to rise to the mentality of 'destroy, I'm tired', then they can't beat us even with the help of the referee.
Wu Jie once again incarnated as Wu Gui in the middle of the field, and also planned to let the French surrender voluntarily.
It's humiliating, but it's the best tactical option at the moment.
Of course, in terms of play, they had to start moving closer to the direction of entrenchment, and they had to use a desperate iron bucket formation to force the French to surrender themselves.
"Don't worry, I'm not a crotch puller with air leaking under my crotch!"
Lin Yaodong's voice is quite Beijing-like, and he trembled twice after speaking, which is obviously beyond the scope of CCTV's broadcast.
Zhao Dayu consciously ran into the bathing area to take a shower at this time, he knew that since he was going to start defending, the formation would definitely become 4-5-1, and he, the striker, would naturally have to be replaced.
Yang Shuhua was slightly disappointed in his heart, which meant that he would not play in the second half.
The most disappointed are Liu Haiguang and Wang Yuanlin, one of these two has not yet played, and the other has failed to achieve his wish to score.
But there is no way, there is not only one player who has not played at the moment, Wei Xinghua, Mai Chao, and Lu Hongxiang have not played.
It's cruel to go home without playing a minute in the World Cup, but it's the same with any team.
In the second half, the French team did not make any changes to their lineup, which is already their most capable starting configuration at the moment, and there is no one to change.
Besides, if there is a substitution, it will be worse, the current generation of young people in France will not even be able to pass the qualifiers for two consecutive World Cups in the future, and they will only destroy France immediately.
The Chinese team replaced Zhao Dayu, and then added a Wang Dongning in the midfield to be responsible for sweeping, and Wu Jie was at the forefront as a single striker.
Wang Dongning's appearance is not surprising, he is also a Chinese player who plays in Ligue 1, and last season he joined Ligue 1 relegation side Marseille, with 25 appearances in his first season, 10 starts, as well as two goals and two assists.
This kind of performance is already very good for a player who has just arrived in Ligue 1, and his all-round attributes and impact are relatively inferior in Ligue 1, which is very suitable as a jack-of-all-trades player.
He has played most of the players in the French team today, even if he starts.
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team retreated in formation, but instead of placing a bus in front of the goal, it used the configuration of five midfielders to sweep in the middle.
The most special thing is that the Chinese team's back line is not far behind, but close to the sweeping line in the midfield, and these two lines are more like piled up in the midfield.
This kind of defense is equivalent to moving the bus forward in the middle, and the defense near the penalty line is not dense, and it is still Lin Yaodong who defends alone on the penalty line.
Normally, this kind of defence will give a super striker like Platini a lot of room to play, and he can easily deliver lethal through balls for the front line.
But at this moment, after the Chinese team piled up in the midfield, Platini not only had Chen Haonan close to him, but also Wang Dongning and Zhen Aiguo could quickly attack.
These two played sweeping midfielders in the second half, coupled with the current recognition of the first person in single defense to take care of him, Platini, whose breakthrough ability has declined, not to mention handling the ball, even has some difficulty holding the ball.
This is also considered a practical drill for the final, if this kind of defense can't even limit Platini, then it will definitely be no fun to meet Maradona.
Platini said that he was paralyzed, he struggled in the face of Chen Haonan's single defense, and now he is constantly embarrassed by two strong backs, and he is indeed a little unstable even with the ball.
The French fans were the first to feel desperate, because not only Platini was blocked, but the four swans in their midfield struggled to make a difference for a while under this kind of over-the-top defense.
Girese's decline was seen in the first half, and Tigana's form was off its peak, with both men struggling to share enough pressure on Platini in attack, and even Rochetto, who was still able to break through, didn't do what he wanted like four years ago.
Although Jiang Wei can't prevent Rochetto, he can at least rely on the help of his teammates to make it impossible for the French wing superstar to cut into the penalty area easily.
The Chinese team even intended to let Rochetto break through with the ball on the side, this person's physical fitness is not abundant, and his physical strength will be exhausted after a while.
Besides, as long as their defense does not have holes in the middle, it is impossible for Rochetto to break into the penalty area on the wing, and don't forget that Lin Yaodong is still standing in front of the goal, waiting to put on a wonderful performance.
After the French team attacked for ten minutes, they even barely completed the task of "big movement", and they couldn't force Lin Yaodong to make a thrilling save in front of the goal.
This made Lin Yaodong have to make a yawn when the Chinese team launched an attack in order to add drama to himself, which made many French people almost burst their livers.
The French players at the scene did not see this provocation, and they just breathed a sigh of relief with frightened expressions.
The onslaught of the French team is by no means risk-free, although the Chinese team began to switch from attack to defense, but the threat formed by Wu Jie alone is enough to make the French team fearful.
In the 56th minute of the second half, the Chinese team passed a counterattack, and Wu Jie, who only relied on the front, almost scored again.
This time, Wu Jie directly chose to shoot from a distance of 40 meters after successive passes.
He has seen from the system that Joel Butz's form has dropped dramatically since conceding the second goal in the first half, and this is of course a test of whether the guy's butter hand will have a seizure.
Joel Butz lived up to expectations, because the ball was too far away, the angle was not tricky, but the force was very strong.
And for a world-class goalkeeper, this kind of long-range shot must be in the bag.
Joel Butz got rid of it during the save, but fortunately the football rolled to the range of the goal frame after getting out, and the Chinese team did not invest many attackers, so there was no chance to grab the second point, otherwise the French would have to concede the goal due to the goalkeeper's mistake again.
At this time, I don't know whether there will be a blessing if you don't die in a big disaster, or if you don't die in a big disaster, there will be a next time, just when Joel Butz was scolded by French fans, the French team on the field soon got a great opportunity to score.
In the 61st minute of the second half, the Chinese team beware of the referee factor for most of the half, but it still inevitably became the protagonist.
The French did not look for an opportunity to threaten the goal this time and have become like England, always forced to split the ball and use Rochetto's individual ability to attack.
However, it was also difficult for Rochetto to cut to the penalty area with the ball, and in the end, he mostly made a blind pass into the box from the bottom line.
This time is no exception, what Lin Yaodong is not afraid of is this kind of passing.
But this time, Rochetto's pass was rubbed by Jiang Wei's stretched leg, and the ball landed very strangely near the sideline on the right side of the penalty area.
This prevented him from attacking easily and had to block the angle of his shot.
Papan was lucky to get the ball on the right side of the penalty area, but before he could stop the ball, Cui Yonghua stretched out his leg from behind and poked the ball out.
Then, the referee's whistle sounded in time!
"Haha, it's finally here!"
Lin Yaodong became the most eye-catching focus of the audience at this moment, I saw that he did not have the slightest anger, and actually laughed and applauded in front of the door for the first time, with a strange expression of joy on his face.
This action not only stunned the referee for a moment, but the French players were also confused, how could this be like the Chinese team got a penalty?
The fans in front of the TV are also very confused, this can't be so angry that they lose their minds, right?
But before this question was settled, everyone saw that many players in the Chinese team also looked as usual, and even Xuelin Yaodong made a gesture of please towards the penalty spot, but no one stepped forward to protest?!
Cui Yonghua, the victim who received a yellow card, also had a mocking smile on his face, and applauded the referee while stepping back!
Many fans in front of the TV quickly understood that the Chinese team was protesting in another way, because judging from the slow-motion replay, Cui Yonghua's goal really couldn't be cleaner.
Not only did he kick the ball with precision, but he didn't even touch Papan's leg after stabbing the ball, and the two barely made physical contact the whole time.
"This ...... Penalty kick...... It seems to ......"
Western TV stations will be embarrassed to make excuses, because the penalty is too far-fetched.
If the two teams turn around, the French will have to withdraw from the game in protest.
Anyway, if it were the Saudi princes, they would definitely have withdrawn.
At this moment, many FIFA officials are not looking good, and the semi-finals of the World Cup have this kind of punishment that gives people a handle, which really tarnishes the authority of this event!
But at the moment, the referee can't help it, who makes the French too uncompetitive and can't really threaten the goal of the Chinese team, what if they continue to fight like this, what if they surrender?
So, let's give them a hard push!
The referee even waited for the Chinese players to come up and protest to see if they could find another chance to issue a red card.
But at this moment, the faces of the three referees are all ugly, because the Chinese players don't even have a word of protest, so they can't just play their cards because of the applause and ridicule of these people, right?
They didn't dare to play like that, it was unprecedented!
"Michelle!"
Lin Yaodong spoke again at this time, only to see him shout out a person's name, and then openly stretched out his hand to Platini.
This action made Platini's face also darken, and the grievances between the two of them had long been known to the world by Lin Yaodong.
He didn't really want to take the penalty, because this kind of duel is not only too topical, but the point is that he can't afford to lose, and it's not fair to him.
Lin Yaodong, as the goalkeeper, even if he scored a penalty, it was normal, and no one could force the goalkeeper to save the penalty.
But conversely, if the side of the penalty kick does not score a penalty, it is difficult to be forgiven.
If Lin Yaodong fails to score a penalty, he will not only become the laughing stock of the world, but also leave an indelible shadow in his heart for the rest of his life, which is enough to make people retire early.
Lin Yaodong didn't give him a chance to avoid it, so the eyes of the whole world, including the eyes of the French players, immediately looked at Platini.
Now Platini is tantamount to being forced to the desperate, if he does not accept this challenge, it will not only lose his dignity alone, but also French football will not be able to raise its head, and even the Italians will be affected.
So no matter how reluctant I am, this war book must also be accepted.
But if you want to deal with it with a normal mind, it is impossible to do it.
So there was an unprecedented scene on the field, only to see the goalkeeper who defended the penalty kick smiling and high-spirited; And the side that took the penalty was like ashes, like mourning.