Chapter 164: Tears and Hope (2)
Rita watched the boy with the "21" printed on his back slowly walking towards the goal, and complained with a little worry: "How did that Swede send Allen to play, he is just over 17 years old!" ”
After this period of learning about the football field, she knows very well that in this kind of international competition, the penalty kick can certainly show the team's trust in the players, but the pressure on it can be imagined!
"You have to believe him, Allen did a good job in the previous game!" Victoria said slowly. In fact, her heart is not here, but looking at Beckham standing on the sidelines with concern, the result of the game is not important, the important thing is that Beckham does not bear too much pressure, for her, family is the most important, maybe women are like this.
"That old man is very optimistic about him, I thought it should be Frank playing." Frank Lampard's wife, Brickley.
"Hopefully he can play in it, otherwise England will be in danger!" Colleen picked up, "I don't know what happened to Wayne's injury, though. ”
"You see he's been treated after he's been on the field, and he's been sitting there, so there's no big problem, don't worry."
At this moment, Angela Jr., who is far away in Los Angeles, USA, is also sitting at the computer, paying attention to the game, but some tragedy is that she just saw Beckham kick a penalty, and it seems that the development of the world's computer network has not yet reached the synchronization requirements...
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Wang Li put the ball on the penalty spot and looked up at goalkeeper Ricardo, who had also taken a penalty in a game before, but that was at least a few months ago. Although there was no expression on his face, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement, in fact, he was still a little nervous.
Perhaps, no matter who participates in such a large-scale international competition for the first time, it will be a little nervous to play this kind of decisive free kick on behalf of the team.
But although he was nervous, he was very confident!
Although he rarely deliberately practices the accuracy of angles when he usually practices shooting, he believes that even the best goalkeeper in the world will be able to save a shot of that speed as long as he plays the ball hard. In any case, martial arts and internal exercises, which are ways to exercise the limits of the human body, have declined in this world.
That's why football is passionate!
Just imagine, what would happen if all the major masters of the Tianlong World came to play football? At least, there is no such thing as a retirement in your 30s due to fitness problems! For practitioners of the inner family exercises, the older they are, the higher their skills, and the more powerful they are, for example, Wang Li's master Xuzhuzi......
At this time, maybe Wang Li thought a lot in his head, but in fact, it was only a dozen seconds, and after he straightened the football, he stood in place, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.
A crisp whistle of "beep" also announced that Wang Li could shoot! He instilled his luck in his right foot, swung his right leg back about 60 degrees, and then pumped the ball hard!
"Commanding ......"
Goalkeeper Ricardo was completely stunned by the ball, he could even hear the sound of the ball rubbing the air when it crossed the air, what kind of speed is this!! So, Ricardo --
Stunned!!
He didn't have time to react at all, and at this time he even had the idea that he was going to be injured! How funny it is to get hit by a ball and get injured on the field!
In the end, Ricardo couldn't get his wish, the ball grazed his right ear and flew into the goal, and after Corina blew the whistle for the goal, he reacted, and immediately touched his right ear to make sure that the parts on his body were still there, before he exhaled and relaxed.
"Oh! Allen's shot was so powerful, at least I think, it was even faster than Steven's kick just now! It reminds me of Real Madrid's super-defender Brazilian Robert Brown. Carlos!! It's hard to imagine how his emaciated body could kick that kind of ball!! Graham couldn't help but say in surprise, but he regretted it after saying that, using 'emaciated' to describe Allen, that would definitely offend many people, among them, female fans accounted for the vast majority...
Portugal 5:6 England.
Nuno Maniche, Porto's versatile midfielder, Portugal's midfield engine, has long straight hair but a chubby round face, which seems to be a bit out of place. Of course, looks don't mean much, and his quality is undeniable, and the 26-year-old international, who impressed Scolari with his good performances at Porto, is now a regular in the team and has the chance to take the fifth penalty.
At this moment, almost all the supporters of the England team are cursing him for not being able to play, because then the England team will win directly!
James was also a little nervous in front of goal, knowing that if he saved the goal, he would be able to establish himself in the main position of the England international for a few more years, and this temptation was indeed attractive to James. Of course, if he has to save the ball.
Succeed? Fail?
In that second!
Under the watchful eyes of the whole audience, Maniche was very calm, he slowly ran two steps, and then swung his right foot into the left corner of the goal in the rhythm!
James misjudged and he pounced on the right!
The ball is in!
The Portuguese fans immediately cheered again, and it was clear that now the pressure was back on England! Alternating between anticipation, frustration and excitement may be the charm of penalty shootouts.
Now, after 5 rounds, the score has become a 6:6 draw.
The rule of penalty shootouts is that if the two sides have not decided the winner after 5 rounds of free throws, they must adopt the "sudden death method" to add penalties: that is, the two sides continue to punish each other until there is a situation at the end of a round where one side takes a penalty and the other team does not score, then the side that scores the penalty wins.
Off the pitch, Eriksen's face was full of disappointment, under this kind of rule, he had to choose another player to take the penalty, and if he didn't score once, he almost lost the game, this kind of rule is too cruel!
In the sixth round, England sent Phil. Neville. The versatile defender of Manchester United is very skilled, he can even play as a striker, and he played as a left winger in place of Paul Scholes in this game, which shows that he is also unique in passing the ball. For Neville, set-pieces are also his forte, knowing that he was the team's number three free-kick taker before Beckham did not move.
Ricardo looked at the sturdy defender, secretly a little cowardly in his heart, he was frightened by Wang Li's kick. And now another power shooter has come to take the penalty, and while he is carefully staring at the ball, he also secretly curses in his heart that the opponents are all savages, can't they swing their skills and pursue angles? It has to be a rampage, a powerful shot. Hey, the current goalkeeper is in danger of a 'traffic accident' at any time, it's really scary...... So he decided to just stand still, maybe he could save the ball!
Unfortunately, Neville kicked the ball to the left and the ball rolled into the net with ease.
Portugal 6:7 England, the pressure is back to the Portuguese team.
Louis. Miguel, the 24-year-old Benfica native who was already in Scolari's squad last year, has once again gained the trust of the manager, stepping back a little after the referee's whistle and trotting two steps straight into the net, the ball hitting the left post and bouncing into the net!
Portugal 7:7 England, the pressure is on England again!
Frank. Frank Lampard, Chelsea's superstar and England's powerhouse midfielder, has finally made his debut. Perhaps, Eriksen trusts Beckham or Owen more, but in fact, the fans trust the muscular midfielder more because he is always in such a stable state!
At this time, Ricciardo's heart was mixed, and the entire England team, except for the captain David . Outside of David Beckham, almost all the players who take penalties on the pitch are looking for speed, not angle, not to mention Frank Lampard in front of him! He even felt that he would not have a nervous breakdown if he insisted on holding on for a few rounds like this, if it weren't for the fact that the rules of the game did not allow the goalkeeper to be changed in the middle of the penalty shootout, maybe he would have proposed a substitution a long time ago!
So, he still decided not to move this time! Because he simply doesn't have the confidence to save that kind of powerful shot!
Lampard stood still, looked in the direction of goal, and swung his right foot straight into the bottom of the ball! The ball whistles towards the goal!
"Ball ......!!" Graham's high pitch stuck in his throat as his voice turned low and lost, "The ball hit Ricciardo...... "Listening to his deep tone, the fans already knew the outcome.
A thousand words can't express the mood of England fans at this time! He had made it to the seventh round of the penalty shoot-out, but Lampard made a mistake!
In the court, Wang Li closed his eyes tightly, covered his cheeks with both hands, and looked at the goal not scored, he had some ominous premonitions. Yes, not only him, but also other players, all they can do now is pin their hopes on that 'nerve knife'.
Although, although most players have some hope in their hearts, it is more of a distrust. Even if James played well in this game, it could not change his position in the hearts of his teammates.
'Maybe that big man from the Bristol Rovers is nice, isn't it?' At this time, many English players remembered the warm-up game before the game, and the most impressive thing in that game was the tall goalkeeper, because he really played much better than James.
If Thomas, who was watching the England team and watching the movie "Yuwen" on the computer while watching the game, knew what these stars were thinking, I don't know if he would be excited, turn off the computer, and focus on watching the game
England failed to score, which means that if Portugal's next player can score, then England will be eliminated outright!
Perhaps, for the current England team, this kind of rule is too cruel. However, rules are rules and cannot be easily changed
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