Chapter 445: The Abyss
If there is a football moment in the world, nine out of ten fans will say that it is a penalty shoot-out.
Ninety minutes of hard work on the football field may be just one or two minutes to bring the climax of the whole game, so many non-football fans generally don't like football for most of the reason, of course, real fans also want this kind of passionate moments, but when this kind of moment is really too much, they are often a little unbearable.
So when the two teams on the Etihad Stadium discussed the order, when the coin in the referee's hand fell from the air, the atmosphere of the entire Etihad Stadium suddenly fell into a tense situation.
Whether it's a Manchester City fan or a handful of Bayern fans, everyone feels like their heart is going to skip a beat.
And in the eyes of everyone, Manchester City's Dzeko, who had taken the priority, finally stood on the free throw line.
Dzeko took a deep breath.
Although he has participated in many penalty shoot-outs, he can never get rid of the fear in his heart every time he does it.
Because every shot you have is so important at this time, you can jerk off indefinitely in normal games, but not at this time, your mistakes can lead to the defeat of the whole team, so whenever Dzeko is in a penalty shoot-out, he has to bear more pressure than usual, let alone in the Champions League semi-finals.
Dzeko was still a little younger, after all, and he had been at the penalty spot for a little too long.
The referee frowned slightly at the moment, at this time it was actually very taboo to remind the players, but looking at this situation, he felt that it seemed necessary.
However, without waiting for the referee to make a move, Tevez behind Dzeko seems to have noticed his abnormality, although the relationship between the two is not good enough to wear a pair of pants after the ice is released, but there is already a friendship between teammates, so Tevez doesn't mind letting Dzeko relax.
So he reminded him a little.
"Edin! Think of the leaves! ”
Tevez's voice was not small, and Dzeko, who was highly sensitive at this time, naturally took this sentence in his ears.
Think about leaves?
What do you want to do ......!
Dzeko suddenly slapped his head in annoyance, he was really stupid, how could he forget Ye Xin's penalty performance in the indoor training ground that day, it seemed that he was too nervous.
And Dzeko, who thought of this joint, suddenly relaxed.
It's just that Dzeko is relaxed, but his opponent Neuer is puzzled at the moment.
Although he is a German, he also understands English and everything, and he naturally heard Tevez's shouting clearly, and he still has a very good chance of saving his shot when he sees Dzeko's state, after all, when people are nervous, their muscles are easy to stiffen, and the power and speed of the shot will be much lower than usual, which is the experience he has accumulated since he became a goalkeeper, so when Dzeko relaxed, Neuer had to start to treat him with one hundred and twenty percent spirit.
As for that shout, it also made him have great doubts, but at this time, he didn't have time to think too much, and Dzeko on the other side had already begun to move.
With a slight lift of his shoulders, Dzeko began to run.
One-step.
One and a half steps.
The football flew diagonally to the top left corner of the goal in the eyes of everyone.
Corner.
Neuer naturally moved at the moment when Dzeko moved, and when he swooped out at 1.92 meters, the movement brought up made Dzeko not even dare to breathe.
It's just that although Neuer pounced in the right direction, he didn't seem to have much to do about this kind of close-range shot.
The distance of 30 centimeters became the gap between him and the goal.
1:0
Manchester City scored a goal!
The Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium breathed a sigh of relief, and many fans who had just covered their eyes dared to open their eyes.
However, the relaxation of Manchester City fans did not last long, when Gomes put the ball on the penalty spot and Ye Xin replaced Manuel Neuer.
Once again, everyone was in a state of great tension.
Nima, the penalty shootout is like a dead man, the fans keep complaining in their hearts, but they still don't dare to miss any moments, except for those timid fans, of course.
However, as Manchester City fans' own home stadium, they naturally won't let Bayern players shoot without distraction in the penalty shootout.
The fans on this side of the goal all began to use various moves to confuse Bayern's Gomez.
Those who shook their hands, threw their scarves, and even began to take off their clothes.
Both men and women are counting on Gomes to have a little bit of an impact at the moment, certainly not by anyone who showed their butts in the Anglo-Italian penalty shoot-out at last year's European Championships, but now it has become popular in the Premier League to undress to interfere with penalty shoots.
It's just that although the fans of Manchester City work hard, it is meaningless in Gomez's eyes, and he is not very young on the pitch at the age of 27, on the contrary, he can already be regarded as a veteran, so these distractions of the fans seem to him as if there is no other.
It's just that the fans' interference is useless, but Gomez at this moment doesn't dare to be careless at all.
Ye Xin.
Although his coach Josef Heynckes instilled in them a lot before the game that Ye Xin was not so strong, no one in Gomez or the rest of the Bayern team would underestimate the goalkeeper who has been mixed in the lower leagues in Germany.
It's not something anyone can do to bring Jena's third-rate team to where they are today, let alone just a goalkeeper.
It's just that it's not underestimated, and Gomez won't be defeated without a fight.
Ye Xin is very strong, but he is also very strong.
Thinking of this, he straightened his football and stood up, taking the same deep breath before shooting the penalty like everyone else.
Then he quickly glanced at the goal and lowered his head and never looked at the goal again, and the moment he completely lowered his head, he took a little step, and after a small swing of his calf, the football flew out in everyone's eyes.
Then all eyes immediately moved from the ball to the goal, and they wanted to see what the figure would do this time.
And then they didn't see it.
But where can the movement of a person compare to the speed of the eyes.
In the next moment, everyone's eyes had already captured the body that had already flown out.
The shadow of football, the shadow of Ye Xin.
At this time, the two shadows quickly began to converge like two intersecting lines.
And when they converge in a moment.
The entire Etihad Stadium was finally in a frenzy again, Mancini on the sidelines was once again in a huge state of pride, and Joseph Heynckes on the other side was finally stepping into the abyss for the first time.