Chapter 667: Penalty Shootout (Three Watches)

With the whistle of the Italian referee, the overtime match of the second semi-final of the men's football team of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was officially announced.

Messi kicked the football at his feet to Aguero, and then ran to the front, Aguero, who had the ball, did not stick to the ball, passed the ball directly to Riquelme, and ran forward with Messi's footsteps.

Riquelme made a 360-degree continuous smash on the spot, blocking Dongfang Zhuo, who wanted to break the ball, behind him, and then passed the ball out, and the overall formation of the Argentine Olympic team also dispersed.

Sergio Aguero at the front, Di Maria and Messi on the left and right, midfielders Riquelme, Gago and Mascherano occupy the middle, still maintaining the original formation, Batista has not made changes to the team's formation, and is obviously very satisfied with the current set of team schedules.

The first attack of the Argentine Olympic team in overtime was after Messi broke through the joint defense of Zhao Xuri and Zheng Zhi in the middle, and completed the shot before Wan Houliang stepped forward to block the eye, and was finally blocked by Wang Xiaolei and ended with the ball out of the bottom line.

In the first five minutes of extra time, the Argentine Olympic team maintained a strong firepower, but as the clock went on, their fitness also became more or less problematic, and the attacking tempo had to slow down.

As a result, the game between the two sides was more tacit, but the number of people who invested in the attack was not much.

The lack of changes in the attack of the Chinese Olympic team relied on Ailo and Dongfang Zhuo, who had just been substituted, to counterattack, while the Argentine Olympic team insisted on pressing forward as a whole and maintaining the offensive pressure on the Chinese Olympic team.

But the quality of the offense has never been improved.

It didn't take long for Batista to make the first substitution adjustment to the lineup of the Argentine Olympic team, replacing Di Maria, who was obviously overdrawn, with Ravitch, and continued to maintain defensive pressure on the Chinese Olympic team.

Seemingly...... Batista wants to kill the Chinese Olympic team in extra time!

Sure enough, after the energetic Ravitch came on the field, he immediately posed a great threat to the backline of the Chinese Olympic team, and if it weren't for Wang Xiaolei's outstanding performance, it is estimated that he would have fallen behind by one goal in the first half of extra time.

In order to ensure that the team's defense does not have problems, Dujkovic waved his hand and made the second substitution adjustment on the field, replacing the winger Hao Junmin, who had cramps, with Zhou Haibing, who had stronger defensive ability, to increase the team's midfield defensive thickness, and the team's formation also became 442.

Soon, Dujkovic's substitution adjustment had an immediate effect, Zhou Haibing's arrival made the team's midfield defensive thickness have a sense of layering, and he was also able to effectively interfere with Lavic's dribbling rhythm when defending, coupled with Zhang Linpeng's excellent physical element, Batista's substitution adjustment was compared.

"Dujkovic's substitution adjustment is really very timely, and the midfield defenders were decisively increased at the first time when the team's defense line had problems, and the tactics of the Argentine Olympic team were limited in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable......" Seeing Zhou Haibing assist Zhang Linpeng in defending and cutting off the football at Lavic's feet, Huang Jianxiang nodded and praised Dujkovic's decisive substitution adjustment.

The midfield defense has a sense of hierarchy, which also makes the attack worry-free.

Although Dongfang Zhuo's speed, technique and shooting skills are not as good as Ailo, he is better than his body and active running, and he also poses a great threat to the Argentine Olympic team's backline.

There was even a time when Mascherano had to use foul tactics, and if it wasn't for the referee's mercy, Mascherano would have been sent off with two yellows and one red.

Mascherano's defense scared Battista a lot, and he did not hesitate to replace the little brother who had a hidden yellow card from the field, and replaced him with Banega, who has a good offensive and defensive performance.

In this way, the overtime of the first half ended quietly under the game of the coaches of both sides.

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"In the first half of overtime, the two sides of the game made no achievements, the score was still 2:2, Ai and Messi did not reflect their respective core roles in the team, in this period of time, the two were more like accumulating energy, it is estimated that they were fighting to the death in the second half of overtime, and they were ...... with a lot of energy",

The BBC commentator said at the same time as the end of the first half of extra time.

The Italian referee didn't give the two sides much time to rest, only about three minutes to drink some water on the sidelines to make up for the lost water, and then blew the whistle to signal both sides to enter the pitch and prepare for the game.

The fans in the stands still insisted on chanting, cheering for the Chinese Olympic team consistently from the beginning of the game to overtime.

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV became quite nervous, watching the sound coming from the TV give them a sense of immersion.

The second half of extra time began under this tension.

After the first half of extra time, Iroh had enough energy to sprint back and forth.

Of course, this kind of back-and-forth sprint still needs to be controlled the number of times, after all, he has been running for ninety minutes, and his physical fitness is obviously overdrawn, and it is rare to recover so much physical energy, which is impossible to be consumed by his ruthless back and forth.

Maybe there will be a penalty shoot-out, if it ...... If you kick until you have cramps, then the penalty will be very troublesome......

When the time comes, there is a sudden cramp at the moment of exertion, so ...... It's definitely going to be over.

It's far away, back to the point.

After a patient pass from the midfielder, Iello ran to an area about 30 meters away from the Argentine goal, and he received a football from Zhou Haibing.

However, Banega and Zabaleta came up sideways at the first time, blocking Elo's inward cut and bottom route, so that he had to shake his head and pass the ball to Chen Tao who stepped forward, and then continued to run, looking for space.

It wasn't until the fifth minute of extra time that Iroh found a chance to shoot with his feet, but Banega, who had just come on the pitch, interfered with and hit the ball high.

Seeing this, Huang Jianxiang frowned and said: "It seems that Iro's physical fitness has also been overdrawn, which is not good news for the National Olympic team, because without Iro's offensive efficiency, the offensive deterrence of the National Olympic team will be greatly reduced...... Is it possible? To have a penalty shootout?? ”

In fact, Dujkovic was already exchanging ideas with the coaching staff on the penalty shoot-out.

Playing 2:2 at home against the Argentine Olympic team is already a good result, after all, the Argentine Olympic team has better talent and an absolute advantage in technology.

Relying on good players such as Ailuo, Gao Lin, Hao Junmin, Chen Tao, Zhao Xuri, Feng Xiaoting, and Wang Xiaolei in regular time can also make up for the disadvantages on the field, but in overtime, the physical fitness has been significantly overdrawn, and the advantages of the Argentine Olympic team with championship heritage are reflected.

That kind of winning temperament is irreparable, and can only be accumulated with championships.

Three minutes later, the Chinese Olympic team launched a long pass counterattack by Zheng Zhi in the backfield, Dongfang Zhuo pressed Garay to give the ball to the back inserted Ailuo, who did not stop the ball and directly stopped and left Banega behind, and then played a wall-hitting cooperation with Dongfang Zhuo who was inserted forward, and when entering the 25-meter shooting area, he used the shaking of the upper body + suddenly dialed the ball to shake the angle and shoot directly.

However, due to physical reasons, the quality of the shot could not be guaranteed, and the football was high above the crossbar.

Before you know it, the game has entered the 116th minute, and there are only three minutes left in the second half of extra time, and the fans in the stands have stopped cheering, and they are very nervous to watch the game.

Next, whether it is Messi or Iro, there are signs that they can't run.

A third substitution was also prepared for both sides of the game, and it appeared that one last adjustment would be made before the end of extra-time in preparation for the penalty shoot-out and also to give the players on the pitch a sigh of relief.

Sousa replaced full-back Monsong, while the Chinese Olympic team also replaced centre-back Wan Houliang with Fan Weiwei.

When the substitutions were over, the game went on for the 119th minute.

Whether it was the Argentine Olympic team, which was trying to kill their opponents in extra time, or the Chinese Olympic team, they gave up attacking at the last moment, and at this point, any mistake was fatal.

Although Ailo wants to kill the Argentine Olympic team in overtime, he has no choice but to have too many games this season, no time to vacation, and insufficient physical reserves......

And Messi has long been early in extra time, and after the start of the second half, it is equivalent to an invisible deposit.

As soon as the extra time was over, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

But the game is not over, there are still penalty shootouts waiting for them.

At the moment when the whistle sounded, Iroh spat helplessly, and then walked to the sidelines, waiting for the team doctor's massage, before the penalty shootout, it was a wise choice to relieve muscle fatigue, especially the five players who were preparing to take the penalty.

As the team's biggest name, Iroh was one of the penalty players without thinking about it, so he was the first player to enjoy a massage.

Almost always the managers of both sides handed over the penalty list to the referee in the third minute of extra time.

It didn't take long for the referee to signal the captains of both sides to guess the coin.

It's pretty much the same as before the opening, the goal is the goal that wins, and the penalty kick is the first to lose.

Obviously, this is an Olympic Games held in China itself, and no matter which side of the goal is in the favor of the Chinese Olympic team.

But Iroh still guessed to win, he chose the goal where the big screen was located, where the Chinese die-hard fan group 'Dragon Team' gathered, I believe that in the penalty shootout, it will be a lot of help.

As a result, Lavic, the first Argentine Olympic player to take a penalty, walked to the penalty spot......