Chapter 239: Reinforcement (II)
The Swiss team celebrated for a long time, and it was not until Dai Zhiwei went to protest to the referee that they relented.
By the time the Chinese team restarted in the center circle, the game time had come to the 85th minute, and it was not long before the end of the game.
After all, the Chinese team was still hit by the Swiss team's last-minute goal to morale, even if they wanted to attack, they were powerless, and in order to prevent the Swiss team, which was already in hot form, and even a little crazy, scored another goal, Lippi did not dare to let the team press on it, and was obviously ready to play overtime.
With Dai Zhiwei's unwilling long-range shot from 40 meters away from the goal, the referee blew the whistle that represented the end of the regular 90 minutes of play.
In the 90 minutes of regular play, China and Switzerland drew 1:1, so that the two teams will go into 15 minutes of extra time in each half to decide the winner of the game.
And if the two teams can't decide the winner in extra time, then the two teams will go to the most brutal penalty shootout in football.
Before the start of extra time, in order to maintain the vitality of the midfield, Lippi replaced Wu Lei and replaced the lucky star Yu Dabao. The Swiss team did not make any further personnel changes, and both sides retained a substitution.
At the beginning of extra time, the offense of both teams did not improve much, and they were both based on defense - in extra time, neither team dared to continue to attack.
Akanji was really nailed to the front of the penalty area, and Xhaka was careful to keep his distance from Dai Zhiwei, for fear that he would be passed again. Even Shaqiri honestly stayed at the back and refused to move, and the Swiss team actually set up an iron bucket formation in front of the Chinese team.
The Chinese team saw that the Swiss team also shrank up, and did not choose to attack, both teams were based on defense, and no team dared to completely press the midfield through the half.
However, just before the end of the first half, Dai Zhiwei almost gave the Chinese team the lead again.
The Chinese team won the sideline ball in the front court, Wu Xi staged a good show of Popeye, and threw the ball directly near the small penalty area of the Swiss team, which made the Swiss team panic in the penalty area, Dai Zhiwei took the lead at the penalty spot, but unfortunately his powerful volley hit Michael Lang who flew and deflected out of the bottom line.
The game went according to the plan of the managers of both sides, and both waited for the other to make mistakes.
There was not much rest in the middle of extra time, and neither side made any adjustments in terms of personnel, and they still played according to their own tactics, and it seemed that they would have to respond to all changes with the same.
By this time, the game was almost completely according to the script arranged by everyone, and both sides were consciously wary of the opponent's attack, so the attack of both sides was a shallow taste.
Both teams didn't mind the game continuing at this pace, and although the penalty shoot-out put too much pressure on the players, and too many good players had planted their hands here, it was better than attacking themselves and being killed by their opponents at the last minute.
In the 116th minute, the Swiss team destroyed Zheng Zhi's pass out of the sideline, and Lippi finally played the last card in his hand and replaced Liu Yiming with Gao Lin, Zheng Zhi changed to play central back to make up for the vacancy of Liu Yiming's departure.
Obviously, this is Lippi's substitution in order to wait for the penalty shootout, and Gao Lin, who has never appeared in the World Cup before, is one of the candidates for the Chinese team to take the penalty.
One minute later, the Swiss team entered the Chinese team's penalty area with great momentum. Dermic received a cross pass from his teammate Seferovic and volleyed directly, the ball hit the goal frame, but Zeng Cheng concentrated and pressed the ball directly under him.
Zeng Cheng's excellent performance also made the Chinese team players and fans particularly excited, because the penalty shootout largely relied on Zeng Cheng's play in front of the goal.
Just when the Chinese team was still rejoicing in Zeng Cheng's performance, the Swiss team's attack came again, Xhaka stole Chi Zhongguo's pass to Yu Hanchao in the midfield, and directly sent the ball to the side.
Seferovic did not stop to chase the ball forward vigorously, and hit the bottom line on the left side, because of Liu Yiming's down, there was a hole on the right side of the Chinese team, so this time his bottom barely encountered the slightest obstacle, and then crossed with his feet.
The ball drew a strange arc and fell to the feet of Shaqiri on the left side of the penalty area under Zeng Cheng's frightened gaze.
At this time, there was no one around Shaqiri for 1 meter, and the midfielder of the Swiss team who received the football could continue to break through with the ball, or he could directly hit the goal, which was no different from pie in the sky for him.
Shaqiri feigned a shot to deceive Li Xuepeng, who was in hot pursuit, and then changed direction and continued to kill the goal from the middle, and the angle of his shot was still a little too small just now.
At this time, there was only one person in front of Shaqiri, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team.
"Shaqiri! Shaqiri! Single Knife Ball! Golden opportunity! Shot ......" The Swiss commentator was ready to roar.
"Zeng Cheng came out...... Shaqiri moved too fast and went straight past the goalkeeper...... Empty Door ...... Didn't score? Shaqiri fell in the penalty area and was fouled......"
Zeng Cheng was at the moment when Shaqiri rushed into his own penalty area, and after attacking without intercepting the football, like many helpless goalkeepers, he was forced to choose to intercept the player!
So Shaqiri, who was running at high speed, suddenly looked like a rabbit hit by a shotgun, lying in the penalty area of the Chinese team in a very standard dog-eating posture, sliding forward for four or five meters, and almost rushed directly into the goal.
"Penalty, definitely a penalty......" The commentator of the Swiss team exclaimed with red eyes like a rabbit that had been stepped on its tail: "This is a deliberate foul, Zeng Cheng pulled to Shaqiri...... That's right, 100 per cent penalties! ”
"It looks like a deliberate foul, so let's see what the referee does...... Penalty kick! It's a penalty! This form is even more unfavorable to the Chinese team......" He Wei's tone became very sharp and frustrated, "Oh my God! What happened? Players from the Chinese team surrounded the referee...... The referee showed Zeng Cheng a red card...... At 118 minutes into the first half, Zeng Cheng received a red card......"
At this moment, He Wei in the live broadcast room said what all Chinese fans thought: "The form has become grim for the Chinese team in an instant......
Lippi on the sidelines, the Silver Fox, who has been full of confidence since coaching the Chinese team, squatted helplessly on the sidelines for the first time.
He Wei quickly said the reason for Lippi's frustration in the live broadcast, "The three substitutions of the Chinese team in this game have been used up, which means that now Zeng Cheng has been sent off, and the substitute goalkeeper cannot play, and now he can only find a player on the field to be the goalkeeper temporarily to save this penalty!" ”
Hearing his partner's words, Yang Cheng was also shocked, originally a goalkeeper had only a small probability of completing the block in the face of a penalty, if a player in another position was replaced to play the goalkeeper temporarily, then the probability of scoring a penalty was even greater to an extreme!
"Who will be the temporary goalkeeper?"
At this time, Dai Zhiwei began to take off his red shirt on the sidelines and put on Wang Dalei's light green goalkeeper jersey.
At the same time, he also recalled in his heart the conversation between Wang Dalei, the substitute goalkeeper of the Chinese team, and him.
"Zhiwei, your shoulders are a little stiff, which is not a good sign. You're a little nervous, and that's not good for a penalty. I'm sure your striker's shooting nose will help you, and this penalty is not a very difficult thing for you. Wang Dalei patiently comforted Dai Zhiwei.
"The temporary goalkeeper of the Chinese team is Dai Zhiwei!" He Wei let out an exclamation again, and he couldn't care too much, and asked directly: "Coach Yang, is his height a little short to kick the goalkeeper?" ”
I think it's the best option out there! Yang Cheng analyzed: "Although Dai Zhiwei is only 1.78 meters, which is indeed a bit short for the goalkeeper to be a general height of 1.9 meters, his bounce is very good, and he is a goal-scoring striker, maybe his sensitivity as a shooter can help him guard the goal." ”
"Big Sky Wing, which goalkeeper's skill can my points be redeemed for? It's best to save penalty skills. Dai Zhiwei adjusted the gloves on his hands to make his hands more comfortable, and at the same time communicated with the big empty wing in the system in his mind.
"You now have 32 points, and the best thing to redeem for is Gino Hernandez's Seamless skill, which is the best fit for your current situation." The Great Wing turns the skill page directly to this side.
After Dai Zhiwei got the "Football Player System", he naturally read this cartoon more than once, and naturally knew that Gino Hernandes, the Italian international, especially his superb defensive ability that had maintained a record of not conceding points for a year when he was a teenager, has been called the 'perfect goalkeeper' since then, and has the reputation of "golden right wrist"!
"Although Gino Hernandez is not the best goalkeeper, he is definitely one of the best in terms of penalty saves, and you only have 30 points, which is already the best, no pick!" Big Sky Wing urged, "Hurry up and exchange it!" ”
"Okay!"
Dai Zhiwei made the final adjustments to his gloves while trying to calm his nervous mood, and after exchanging Gino-Hernandez's seamless skill, he shook his hands and felt no discomfort, and then walked to the goal line.
The next moment, he turned around and moved his hands and feet as he looked at Shaqiri, who was carefully arranging the ball.
And Shaqiri looked at the guy opposite him, but it was Yile, Dai Zhiwei came to guard the door?
Ha ha!
At this point, the other players on both sides withdrew from the penalty area, waited for Shaqiri to take the penalty and rushed into the box to complete their duties.
"Tick!"
As the referee blew his whistle, Shaqiri began to run. A second later, he quickly increased his speed to a new level, and then used all his strength to kick the ball in front of him!
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the ball flew off the ground like a cannonball. Moments later, the ball was almost clinging to the blades of grass and whistling towards the bottom right corner of the goal.
"So fast!"
Dai Zhiwei almost accurately judged the direction of his shot at the same time as Shaqiri's shot. Suddenly, he kicked two steps in a row at a very fast pace, and then struggled to leap, a pair of big hands and five fingers spread out, and blocked the ball that was flying towards the goal.
"Bang!"
There was another slight muffled sound, Dai Zhiwei felt a sinking in his hand, and he didn't have time to be happy, so he immediately exerted his ten fingers without thinking.
The next second, he slammed down on the turf.
"What a tricky angle, he almost succeeded!"
Dai Zhiwei secretly exclaimed, and then a wave of excitement surged into his heart. Then, after making sure that he had indeed blocked the ball from the baseline, he jumped up from the ground excitedly, bent his arms into fists, and yelled in front of him.
"Ahhhhh......h
Dai Zhiwei's roar full of excitement and excitement seemed to wake up a sleeping ancient giant, and while his roar was still echoing in the St. Petersburg stadium, an even louder wave of sound from the stands completely drowned out his roar.
Every Chinese fan in the stands raised their hands almost frantically, and shouted at Dai Zhiwei, who was roaring in front of the goal, to send their heartfelt cheers, and the previous nervous expression on each of their faces has now been completely replaced by excitement.
The fans at the scene were excited, the fans in front of the TV were also excited, and the large and small bars in Huaxia were completely drowned out by the cheers of the fanatical fans, and there was no second voice, only the commentary from He Wei on the TV vaguely appeared from time to time.
Dai Zhiwei ...... The penalty was saved by him...... A beautiful save ...... Once again, he played the role of a hero! I don't know if it's an illusion, many viewers feel that He Wei seems to be crying at this time.
But who cares about that now?
In front of the TV and in the stands, when Dai Zhiwei successfully saved the penalty, the Chinese team's player area on the sidelines was also boiling.
Lippi's face was full of red light, and he hugged Cannavaro beside him. Then, he let go of his disciple and shouted loudly at the court with his fist.
The old Italian man felt that he was not so excited to win the Hercules Cup in 2006!
"Roar!"
Dai Zhiwei beat his chest with both fists, venting his excitement and excitement to the fullest, and soon, he was drowned in the shadows by his teammates.
On the bench of the Chinese team, all the substitute players have already jumped up, even Zeng Cheng, who was sent off the game, stood in the passage and laughed wildly!
"It was a great save! In the defense of this goal, we have to praise this young 'goalkeeper'! He Wei finally relieved himself, and after calming down, he was full of praise: "Accurate prediction, excellent reaction, perfect save, who would have thought that this was actually a striker?" ”
In the next game, the Chinese team's morale soared, although the Swiss team took advantage of the opponent's one less player to launch another round of offensive to the hinterland of the Chinese team, but in the face of the Chinese team's impregnable defense, it was in vain!
"Drip ...... Drip...... Drip! ”
The final whistle of two short and one long finally blew.
This also means that China and Switzerland are still evenly matched for 120 minutes, and then the most exciting penalty shoot-out will follow.
And the goalkeeper of the Chinese team is still Dai Zhiwei!
(End of chapter)