Chapter 259: Penalty Shootout
Neymar's foot injury was completely healed, and he changed direction several times on the edge of the box, directly past Subotic, and before Hummels could make up for it, he calmly fired into the back of the net against the attacking goalkeeper Langerak, and the ball flew straight into the back of the net.
Five to five, the score was equalized again!
After the goal, Neymar didn't celebrate, ran straight into the goal, picked up the ball and ran to the center circle!
His meaning is obvious, scoring a goal, not enough!
When Durm saw this, he held his head and was extremely annoyed.
Obviously, it is Dortmund's defensive formation that lacks one person that will allow Neymar to find an opportunity, although Klopp has used the last substitution before, replacing the 34-year-old veteran Kyle with Piszczek as a supplement to the right wing-back, but Durm ate the card very suddenly, Piszczek did not warm up enough to play, so his performance was not good.
Seeing Neymar's actions, Dortmund's players were a little indignant, and under the urging of the referee, they returned to their positions.
Dortmund serves, and after serving, it passes straight back.
Now they have one less person, so the attack is unrealistic, and the only thing that can be done is to drag out the remaining five minutes or so, and the two sides will have a penalty shootout!
For Barcelona, penalties are far less stable than their direct wins, so as soon as Dortmund's players kicked off, they all began to press high, and with the advantage of numbers, Dortmund was a little embarrassed when passing the ball at the back.
Dortmund didn't drag on for long, the ball was snatched by Barcelona's players again, and then, naturally, it entered the rhythm of Barcelona's siege and Dortmund's defense.
The countdown to the end of the game was three minutes and forty seconds.
Suarez dribbled down the middle and tried to find a shot on goal, but was disrupted by Hummels and Shinji Kagawa, who had retreated to the back line.
There are three minutes and ten seconds to the end of the game.
Messi had to pass the ball out under Shen Peng's marking, and his passing skills were also first-class, and the ball found Neymar who came to the front of the penalty area directly in the crowd.
Neymar receives the ball and shoots straight at goal, a tricky boccia ball rolls straight to the bottom right corner of the goal! However, perhaps because of the excessive pursuit of angle, the ball eventually rolled off the bottom line by grazing the post.
Borussia Dortmund won a goal kick.
Longlake certainly took the opportunity to ink again, and then drove the ball up front with a big kick.
It also managed to buy Dortmund a lot of time, and by the time the Barcelona players came back to the siege, there was less than a minute left in the game.
In the last minute, none of Dortmund's players were even near the centre circle, and even Mbappe was back outside the box.
And Barcelona, under this stubborn defense, still did not score after all.
When the referee blew the whistle, all the players, coaches, and fans of Dortmund breathed a sigh of relief.
Klopp also let out a sigh of relief, and when he came back to his senses, he found that his own back had already been soaked with sweat.
Now, after 120 minutes of fierce battle, the two sides are tied 5-5, and according to the rules, there will be a brutal penalty shoot-out.
When the coaches of both sides lined up for the penalty shootout, Germany's commentary was also a little embarrassing.
"I didn't expect this game to end up like this."
"Although the two teams were drawn, the process of the game was not dull at all, as you can see from the 5-5 scoreline."
"Yes, this is the best game I've seen in years."
"I agree. This Barcelona team is very strong, Messi, Suarez, Neymar, the three of them seem to have chemistry together, and the offensive efficiency together is terrifying. On Dortmund's side, a group of young people dare to fight, especially Shen Peng and Mbappe, as long as the two of them maintain their current performance, they will be two Messi Ronaldo-level players. ”
'Well, we see that the managers on both sides are already arranging the order of play for the penalty shoot-out.
"Well, because Dortmund have sent off one man, Barcelona only need to pick ten men."
"Although you have to choose 10 people, but generally only the first five people have a chance to shoot, and most of the time, after the first five people have played, the results come out."
"The most important thing in the penalty shootout is mental quality, according to past statistics, the higher the standard of the game, the greater the probability of missing a penalty, which may be unfavorable news for Dortmund's group of young players."
"I don't think so. We can look at the penalty shoot-out in the World Cup, the four penalty shoot-outs that our country has experienced, and we have the last laugh, which shows that our players have the spirit of never admitting defeat, so I think that in this penalty shoot-out, Dortmund has a slightly bigger chance of winning. ”
"Okay, let's not talk about this, in fact, what I'm more concerned about now is that Shen Peng is the first appearance. Generally speaking, in the first five rounds, the first and last players are the core players in the team, and I think Shen Peng will appear in these two positions. ”
"Actually, I don't think Klopp will necessarily let Shen Peng play the first or fifth position. Although Shen Peng's skills are very good, in the penalty shootout, skills are not so important indicators, so I think Klopp will let Shen Peng play the second or third position with less pressure. ”
"Okay, apart from Shen Peng, who do you think the other players who will take penalty kicks will be?"
"There should be Hummels...... Maybe there's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, although this kid has good shooting skills, but he was impulsive in the previous game, and his mental quality is not very good...... Then there are Shinji Kagawa and Piszczek, the two of them came on as substitutes, and they have more physical strength at this time......"
"It's pretty much what I thought...... This time the two of us finally came up with a plan. ”
"Haha...... Okay, let's not talk about that, no matter how good we say, it still depends on the performance of the players, and at this point in time, the Dortmund players are already very good, and now I just hope that Klopp has trained the players specifically for the penalty shoot-out before the game. ”
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On the sidelines, Klopp thought carefully for a while and made a decision in his heart.
"We were on the side of the penalty after the penalty. According to the past statistical rules, the late side in the penalty shootout is at a disadvantage in terms of winning percentage, but I am sure that you will be able to play your best in the subsequent penalty shootouts. ”
"Now I'll announce the order of play."
Klopp said, pulling out a note, "The first one, Hummels." ”
It was no surprise to everyone that Hummels was experienced and capable of doing well, and he was the current captain of the team, so it was only fitting that he would be the first to take the lead.
"Second ......" Klopp paused, "Shen Peng! ”