Chapter 261: Did the Ball Go In?
"Beep!" With the referee's whistle, the first half of extra time officially began. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Sure enough, as Ortra had guessed, when extra time began, Real Madrid immediately launched a frenzied attack.
Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain took turns and frequently attacked Deportivo Deportivo at the back.
Fortunately, Zhang Xu is really tough, and with the help of the advanced ultimate meaning "control the rhythm" skill, he gave full play to his defensive ability, and built Deportivo Lacoruna's midfield into a solid defensive line, which made Real Madrid's attackers sigh.
At the same time, while stabilizing the defense, Zhang Xu also used high-speed interspersing and simple and practical passing and receiving from time to time to penetrate into the hinterland of Real Madrid, causing threats to the gate guarded by Casillas again and again.
In the ninety-fifth minute of the game, Kaka received a pass from Essien near the middle line, and quickly turned around, but before he could start the pace, he was stopped in front of Zhang Xu.
Kaka's reaction was fast, his right foot came back quickly, and then he took advantage of the momentum to give the ball to Modric who received it on the right, and then prepared to bypass Zhang Xu from the left side and ask Modric for the ball.
However, Zhang Xu knew what he was going to do when he passed the ball, so he just took a step to the right suddenly, directly blocked the route of Kaka's forward insertion, and then quickly ran to the backcourt.
Modric saw that the pass to Kaka was unrealistic, so he had to dribble the ball forward and stab the ball to Benzema in front.
Benzema was flanked by Pablo, who stubbornly pushed Benzema on the periphery, not giving the other party a chance to turn around and break through.
Benzema had no choice, and after making a feint to form a breakthrough to the right, he quickly turned to the left, and then made a direct horizontal pass to pass the football to Ronaldo who came to meet him.
What he didn't expect, though. Zhang Xu had long expected that he would pass the ball to Ronaldo, and the moment he passed the ball, Zhang Xu also fell directly to the ground and slid at a distance of three meters.
The football was less than a meter away from Ronaldo and was broken by Zhang Xu's sliding tackle. The football was picked up by Eivaldo and then passed to Marchena.
Marchena gave the ball to Gama, who was on the left side, and after Gama took the ball, he found that he didn't have a good passing route, so he simply moved sideways with the ball.
Then. He saw that Zhang Xu had rushed up, and immediately passed the football to Zhang Xu.
Zhang Xu didn't stop the ball, and directly pushed with his right foot, and sent the football to the feet of Aguilar on the right side.
Aguilar quickly took the ball and turned around, quickly cut diagonally, and after being entangled by Real Madrid's Modric, he cleanly pushed the ball to Zhang Xu in the middle.
As before, as long as Zhang Xu gets the ball, Essien and Pepe will definitely pounce at the same time, although everyone knows that Zhang Xu is difficult to defend. Especially Zhang Xu's passing, it is elusive, but it is better to defend than not to defend.
After Zhang Xu saw the movements of the two, he did not hesitate at all, and directly pushed the football to Oliveira in front, and then prepared to pass through between Essien and Pepe.
Unexpectedly, Essien came to Niu Jin at this time, and directly hit Zhang Xu who ran over.
After a sinking wooden sound, the two collided directly, and Essien naturally flew out without surprise, and Zhang Xu was also hit by Essien and was a little unstable.
It was at this time. Pepe's scissor leg arrived very timely and inserted his two legs directly into the middle of Zhang Xu's right leg.
If it weren't for Essien's impact, or Zhang Xu wouldn't have tripped over Pepe, but because of Essien's impact. His body was already a little unstable, but fortunately, he was finally successfully tripped by Pepe.
What made Zhang Xu even more annoyed was that Pepe's scissor leg also twisted his right foot a little, and after Zhang Xu fell to the ground, he found that his right ankle was a little painful.
It looks like it's twisted to the bone!
Zhang Xu didn't care what the referee decided. He immediately rubbed his right foot and noticed that the pain had eased, although there was still a slight tingling sensation, but it basically did not affect his movements.
Seeing Zhang Xu sitting on the ground rubbing his ankle joints, which startled his teammates, Ricky immediately asked anxiously, "How is it?" No problem, right? ā
"Hehe, it's okay, it's just a little twisted, it doesn't matter!" Zhang Xu smiled and stretched out his right hand towards Riki.
The teammates finally put their minds at ease, and Ricky also smiled and dragged Zhang Xu up.
Unsurprisingly, Essien and Pepe, who were off the ball to stop Zhang Xu, received a yellow card each and awarded Deportivo a direct free-kick.
Deportivo really couldn't find a good player to take a free-kick, especially after Belleron left, and couldn't find a suitable candidate.
So this direct free-kick was kicked away by Thomas.
In the next game, Real Madrid saw that the raid had no effect, and immediately switched to positional warfare.
Zhang Xu is not in a hurry to attack, after all, there are thirty minutes of overtime, and there is no need to take risks.
However, what made Zhang Xu feel a little uneasy was that the tingling sensation in his right ankle joint had not been eliminated, but had a tendency to aggravate because of the fast running and frequent turning.
It seems that I was really injured just now! If I keep going, I'm afraid the injury will get worse.
However, now is the most tense time of the game, and even if you go off the field and ask the doctor for emergency treatment, it will greatly affect the morale and mentality of the team.
Therefore, Zhang Xu thought about it and could only insist.
Soon, the first half of extra time was over, and the players from both sides returned to their seats for a short rest.
In fact, according to the regulations, there is no halftime break in extra time, but considering the physical problems of the players, generally speaking, the referee will give the players on both sides three to five minutes to drink.
Zhang Xu took a bottle of energy drink thrown by Ricky, and then without everyone paying attention, he found a familiar doctor and sneaked to a hidden corner.
"Give me a closed shot in my right foot!" Zhang Xu said directly to the doctor.
"What?" The doctor was a little puzzled.
Zhang Xu had no choice, so he took off the shoes on his right foot directly, and then removed the shin guards and socks, exposing his right foot.
This exposure, Zhang Xu himself was also fluted, because his ankle joint had begun to swell, and it was a little obvious.
The doctor was also flustered. He hurriedly pressed Zhang Xu's ankle a few times and asked Zhang Xu how he felt: "Zhang, I suspect that your ankle ligament is damaged, and you can't participate in the competition anymore!" Must go to the hospital for a check-up! ā
"No way!" Zhang Xu immediately and resolutely denied: "I can't go to the hospital. At least not now! If I can't play, doesn't that mean giving the trophy to Real Madrid? You give me a closed shot, and I'll go to the hospital after the game, how about it? ā
"This, this. I can't be the master, I have to report to Mr. Ortra! The doctor said hesitantly.
"Report a fart!" Zhang Xu couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "I know my body, don't worry, there won't be any problems, hurry up, give me a closed injection!" The race is about to begin! ā
"This, well! You must pay attention to the right foot and don't use too much force, otherwise it will aggravate the injury! The doctor finally compromised with Zhang Xu and took out the closed needle from the medicine box. quickly gave Zhang Xu an injection.
After the injection, Zhang Xu hurriedly put on his socks and shin guards, then put on his sneakers, and pretended to be relaxed Shi Shiran walked to his teammate's side.
There was still a slight tingling in his right foot, but soon he couldn't feel it, he just felt that his right foot was a little wooden, not as dexterous as before.
But this doesn't matter to Zhang Xu, anyway, his skills are not very good.
Soon, at the signal of the referee. The second half of extra time begins!
Zhang Xu inevitably used his right foot when he was running fast, and slowly he felt that the effect of the closed needle was decreasing. It seems that the tingling sensation is getting worse.
But Zhang Xu could only grit his teeth and insist, insist, and insist!
During this time, Zhang Xu's sweat flowed much more than before, not because he was tired, but because he had to endure the pain.
Little by little, time passed. Seeing that extra time was about to end, Real Madrid's attack became fierce again.
The opponent has increased the intensity of the attack, which also means that the opponent will weaken the strength of the defense, which is also an opportunity!
Zhang Xu naturally will not give up this opportunity. Of course, chances have to be built on solid defence.
In the 118th minute of the game, only two minutes before the end of extra time, Higuain received a pass from Kaka and turned and shot directly!
However, his shot was blocked by Zhang Xu's suddenly outstretched right foot, and then it was picked up by Marchena.
When the football hit his right foot, Zhang Xu obviously felt a sharp pain in his right foot, which made him almost stand unsteadily and fall to the ground.
But soon he held back, quickly stepped forward, and then motioned for Marchena to pass the ball over.
After he got the football, he endured the sharp pain in his right foot, quickly turned around, poked the toe of his left foot, and gave the football to Thomas in front of him, and he accelerated again and ran towards the front quickly.
After Thomas took the ball and turned, a beautiful through ball sent the ball straight to the feet of Ricky in front.
Ricky cut in diagonally, moved quickly to the right side of the penalty area, and when he pulled away from a position, he immediately passed the ball over the top to the other side of the penalty area.
There, Oliveira backed up to the opposing defender and jumped decisively!
Header!
However, Oliveira didn't hit the goal with a header, he passed the ball!
Pass the ball to Zhang Xu who plugged in!
Seeing the football flying towards Zhang Xu in the middle, Pepe didn't say a word, and directly shoveled towards the football!
Zhang Xu looked at the spikes shining with cold light on the soles of Pepe's feet and hesitated.
He knew that if he didn't care about it and shot directly, then at such a close distance, there was still a lot of hope for scoring a goal!
But the price to pay can be even greater!
The injured right foot is likely to be aggravated to the point where it has to be carried down on a stretcher!
At this moment, Zhang Xu seemed to see the championship trophy shining with golden light, as if he saw the injured expression of captain Belleron, as if he saw the eager eyes of the players, as if he saw the solemn entrustment of head coach Ortra, and as if he saw the expectant faces of countless Deportivo fans in the stands!
Fight!
Zhang Xu gritted his teeth, picked up his right leg, and in everyone's frightened eyes, his right foot slammed into the back of the football!
There was a loud bang!
The soccer ball flew like a cannonball into the top right corner of the goal!
Before Zhang Xu could see the football fly into the goal, his right foot hit Pepe's feet fiercely!
Immediately, he seemed to hear the sound of something breaking, and from his right ankle came an indescribable sharp pain, and as soon as his eyes were dark, he completely fainted on the grass!
Did the ball go in? (To be continued.) )