Extra time begins.

At this time, Jack was feeling a little tired. Although Jack's physical strength was good, he ran for ninety minutes after all. Jack has now run more than 10,000 meters. More than a lot of players are running.

After going into extra time, Liverpool stepped up their attack.

Liverpool don't want to take penalties. After all, the penalty kick is based on whose luck it is, and it is not a stage that can reflect strength. Now Liverpool's players are becoming more and more impetuous, while Grimes' players are becoming more and more confident.

If it comes to penalties, the calmer the team, the more likely it is to win. Therefore, no one knows who will win the penalty.

So Liverpool's idea was simple, to solve the problem in extra time.

Liverpool are strong after all. And the more physical strength declines, the team with good technology and good coordination has an advantage. Because they can compensate for the physical disadvantage with possession and passing.

Although the decrease in physical strength will affect their technical movements, the impact on Grimes will be even greater.

Grimes was able to keep Liverpool at bay because they kept running. They run more than Liverpool and are more physically exerted. Originally, their basic skills were not as good as Liverpool's, and in the case of severe physical exertion, their technical movements would also be deformed.

As a result, Grimes is now unable to complete the counter-attack.

"Borg, pass the ball to McAllister. McAllister, McAllister gives the ball to Murphy. Murphy, passing the ball to Gerrard. ”

It's just passing the ball non-stop.

Houllier is a French coach who holds the ball and passes the ball. Liverpool are not Arsene Wenger's Arsenal team, but they still have quite good possession.

They're looking for opportunities.

First, they kept passing the ball, and as soon as there was any hole on Grimes' side, Liverpool would immediately catch it. With non-stop passing, non-stop transfers, Grimes' defense is in trouble.

This time it was. The ball kept shifting on the left and right until Murphy handed the ball to Gerrard and Grimes had a little slit in the middle. This is due to the fact that Grimes' defensive area has expanded, resulting in a less dense defense in the middle. Seeing this Gerrard was immediately a direct pass.

'Gerrard, pass...... Owen, Owen got the ball. ”

Owen is a player who has just played and is very physical. Originally, Houllier wanted to let Owen rest, but because he couldn't take the opponent, he let Owen, the ace player, play.

Irving is at his peak right now.

Since his inception in '98, Owen has been doing well. This year, Irving reached the pinnacle of his career.

Liverpool won the five crowns this year, and the biggest contributor was Owen. Owen didn't just score a hat-trick for the national team, teasing Kahn and shocking the entire European football world. Even in the finals of the five-time champions, they performed well.

Owen is even a strong candidate for this year's European Ballon d'Or.

Such a top superstar should not have appeared in the third round of the League Cup. But now that he's on the court, Owen won't be perfunctory. When Irving got the ball, he wasn't in a good position.

However, because Grimes' players have lost a lot of physical strength, they can't keep up with Irving's speed at all.

Owen is very explosive.

With the ball suddenly accelerating, Grimes' defenders simply couldn't keep up with Irving's pace. Owen sped up and slipped between Grimes' two defenders.

This is Owen.

Not tall, explosive, and fast.

"Owen, Owen is in. Owen, it's a penalty! Penalty kick! ”

Owen is too fast, too fast at his feet. When the Grimes defender reacted, a tackle didn't touch the ball and instead tackled Owen. Although Owen is a top star, he is also a very good fallmaker.

Even fake falls can be beautiful, let alone at this time.

Owen must have fallen to the ground.

"Toot-"

Jack's whistle blows. To be honest, with Owen's ability just now, he can dodge it. But Owen's approach is not wrong, and it has nothing to do with fake falls. Everyone has a choice for everyone.

There may be strikers who will continue to dribble the ball and then choose to shoot. But Owen chose the easiest way.

You tackle and knock me down, I didn't dodge, I fell to the ground. It's normal, and a lot of strikers choose to do that. Because such an option is the easiest and most advantageous.

"Penalty."

Owen yelled at Jack. Speaking of which, there is a not-so-good past between Owen and Jack. Back then, Jack didn't just punish Owen for faking a fall.

And then he chased and beat him in the newspaper, focusing on the ridicule of those players who faked falls. And Owen is the typical example of what Jack said.

Therefore, Owen was a little nervous.

That's true of a lot of referees. If you don't have a good impression of a player, then you will focus on a certain player during the game. And there will be some bias in his punishment.

The same is certainly true for Owen.

Owen was afraid that Jack would say that he was faking a fall.

But Owen's fears didn't materialize. Although Jack didn't like Owen's choice very much, it was just a clever understanding of the rules, and there was nothing wrong with it.

It was an unmistakable penalty.

"Penalty, penalty. The referee awarded a penalty. It was eleven minutes into the first half of extra time and Liverpool had been awarded a penalty. ”

"McAllister, McAllister is ready to take the penalty."

When Jack said it was a penalty, the whole Liverpool players were very excited. Originally, they were aggrieved in this game, and they couldn't win it in the face of a little Grimes, which was really embarrassing and disgraced home.

But the good news is that the deadlock has finally been broken.

"McAllister, McAllister was at the penalty spot."

McAllister, a thirty-six-year-old veteran. After a free transfer to Liverpool, he was the absolute hero of this year's five-time crown. Also Liverpool's penalty taker, standing at the penalty spot.

"McAllister, this ball hits the bottom left corner."

“gal！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ McAllister, McAllister scored this goal. ”

"One to zero, one to zero. Liverpool finally broke the deadlock as Liverpool scored first in extra-time. Owen, still depends on Owen. Owen's individual ability earned a penalty. ”

It's Owen.

Now Owen is in the prime of life, and even those commentators dare to speak ill of Owen. Because Owen is another English player who has a chance to win the European Ballon d'Or after Shearer in 96 and Beckham in 99.

Of course, the English commentators will praise Owen.

But the ball is a credit to Irving. If it weren't for Owen's personal strength, Liverpool would not have been able to get a penalty opportunity. Owen broke through alone, and Grimes' defenders simply couldn't keep up with his pace.

'Liverpool had a really tough game. I didn't take advantage of so many good opportunities, and in the end, I relied on Owen to get a penalty to win. ”

Extra-time wasn't over yet, but Liverpool had already won after the commentator saw it.

In this game, the opponent has no chances at all, on the contrary, Liverpool has a lot of chances. Now that the deadlock has finally been broken, the victory of the match is certainly a logical one.

Even Jack thinks so.

Liverpool and Grimes are not at all in the same tier. If Liverpool are a little lucky, this game could be a carnage. It's a pity that the luck is too bad, so the deadlock has only been broken until now.

Liverpool are also reluctant to storm because everyone's physical strength is not enough. Liverpool started to settle the pace of the game and wanted it to end like this. It's just that sometimes the sky is unpredictable.

That's the case with Liverpool.

It's really bad luck that Liverpool is home today.

As the second half of extra time went into the eighth minute, and the game entered the 123rd minute of full-time, the game was played lazily, and both sides were playing there. It seemed to everyone that the game was over and that's it. But just when everyone thought so, Grimes, who had not performed for the whole game, suddenly scored a goal.

This ball was too unexpected.

Grimes' goalkeeper kicked the ball off with a big kick, Grimes' centre-forward headed it over, and then their other striker, Brumis, fired a shot at goal. It was the first time Grimes had a shot on goal from the woodwork of the game.

But such a shot equalized.

I was surprised.

The Liverpool players who had just cheered for the goal were stupid.

Because such a goal is simply inexplicable. 123 minutes, seven minutes left until the end of extra time. Unexpectedly, Grimes equalised.

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