The history of the England team's penalty shootout is a tragedy that makes people cry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

England beat Spain 4-2 on penalties at Euro 1996, the only win on penalties, but it was 16 years ago, when they lost 5-6 on penalties against Germany in the semi-finals.

Then at the 1998 World Cup in France, England fell to the quarter-finals on penalties, then at Euro 2004 and Germany 2006, they met Portugal twice, and lost on penalties, and then England did not get better on penalties, but worse results: they didn't even have a chance to take a penalty, they were beaten by their opponents, or they were eliminated in the group stage.

This kind of history also makes England always have a deep shadow in their hearts when facing penalty shoot-outs.

Wansheng is worried about this.

There is no need to worry about the strength of the England team, with the skill bonus of the football training master, the 'shooting' can greatly increase the player's penalty success rate, but if the player has a shadow in his heart and does not play well on the field, even if the skill bonus effect is good, it will not make any sense at all.

In the process of preparing for the quarter-finals, Wan Sheng can only let the team practice more penalty kicks.

At the same time, the training of goalkeepers is also important.

Joe Hart is a goalkeeper who reacts quite quickly, and his personal ability is still very good, but saving penalties often depends on luck, and when it comes to the real penalty shootout, it is also a problem to be able to save a few.

This has the benefit of getting Joe Hart used to the 'skill effect'.

Often the 'skill effect' is added to a player, and it does not reflect 100% effect, because the player is more adapted to his previous ability, such as Joe Hart, who has a habit of saving penalty kicks, which is to make a judgment in advance and then pounce in one direction in advance.

That's what a lot of goalkeepers do.

The speed of the penalty is too fast, and when it is really judged, the action will not be able to keep up.

With the 10% reaction speed plus achievement brought by the 'National Honor Aura', Joe Hart still uses the previous saving method, and the skill effect cannot be reflected, he must change the method, that is, make accurate direction judgments, and then perform actions to save.

In the judging process, Joe Hart does not need to judge the route of the ball, it is enough to roughly judge the direction of the ball, saving a penalty is a matter of success rate, if the opponent kicks out of the angle and plays hard, it is almost impossible to pounce.

Wan Sheng coaches Joe Hart on how to make saves, and he is like a professional goalkeeper coach.

If there were other goalkeepers, he would not have recognized Wansheng's approach, but Joe Hart was different, he was a member of Wansheng's team at Manchester City before, and he had great trust in Wansheng, he patiently listened to the explanation, and made saves according to Wansheng's requirements.

Over the course of training, Joe Hart soon found himself more efficient in making saves.

The goalkeeper was in contact with the players, and Joe Hart's success rate was not high at first, but gradually the number of saved balls increased, which put a lot of pressure on the players who practised penalty kicks.

"Joe, I never found out that you pounced so accurately!"

"If it comes to a penalty shootout, you'll be enough!"

"We've got Joe, we're going to win!"

After the afternoon training, in front of the hotel, Joe Hart was stopped by reporters and said with great confidence, "If the game really drags on to penalties, the victory will definitely belong to us." We are not afraid to take penalties against Italy. ”

"We are here for the title, Italy are a good team, but we are not afraid of any opponent. If the game needs to be decided on penalties, I'm ready for it! ”

Asked if England were ready to take penalties against Italy, Joe Hart said: "Nobody wants to see a penalty shoot-out, but a lot of times it gets to that point, I've done a lot of preparation, I've done a lot of targeted training, I've also been mindful of the penalty habits of some of the Italian players, but maybe everybody will change that at the last minute." ”

The preparation for the second day continued as normal, and in the afternoon it was still two hours of penalty training.

Wan Sheng soon discovered a problem: it was a mistake to let Joe Hart train on penalties with other players, as Joe Hart's efficient saves would be a huge blow to the confidence of other players to take penalties.

England players are already less confident in playing penalty kicks, and if they continue to train like this, when it comes to penalty shootouts, the players' confidence will become even worse.

It has to be separated......

Wan Sheng decided to let second goalkeeper Green and third goalkeeper Rudy train with other players, and Joe Hart went to do special goalkeeper training, of course, he can't say that Joe Hart saves too accurately and causes psychological trauma to other penalty kickers, and the reason given is, "Joe Hart needs special training!" ”

Everyone reluctantly accepted this reason.

After the goalkeeper change, the efficiency of other players in taking penalties has become significantly higher.

Joe Hart just did a special goalkeeper training, and he didn't need Wansheng to personally guide anything, so Wansheng and Gary Neville worked together to guide the players' penalty training.

"You have to play to your strengths in the game."

"It's the same with playing penalty kicks, play according to your habits, don't write about others, many people pursue angles, many people pursue power, and play according to habits......"

Wan Sheng was speaking to Rooney, Welbeck and others.

One of the most serious is Rooney, he always changes the way he shoots, sometimes he pushes a dead corner, sometimes he just comes to a strong volley, this kind of constantly changing training, almost no effect, because in the game, there is only one chance to take a penalty, and you can only choose one way.

After the change of goalkeeper, the efficiency of the players to take penalties has become higher, but the training of the players has also become less serious, Wan Sheng looked very annoyed, he demanded, "Training penalty kicks, must ensure a success rate of more than 80%!" ”

This is the minimum requirement.

If you can't guarantee an 80% success rate in weekday training, then how can you play penalty shootouts in the game?

"If it really comes to the penalty shootout, whoever is efficient in training will play!"

In the next training ground, there was a constant roar of Wansheng, he made requirements for each player, and the training must be very strict, but some players were still unconvinced, such as Rooney, Ashley Cole and others, in their opinion, Wansheng has no experience as a professional player, and was not a big star.

Rooney muttered, "You're not as good as I ......."

Wansheng's whole body attribute is 120, any physical indicator is the limit level of human beings, Rooney's low muttering made him annoyed at once, "What did you say!" ”

"Say one more thing!"

Rooney suddenly withered.

Rooney was still a little surprised in his heart, he was more than 5 meters away from Wansheng, just now he just said a very low word, how could he be heard by this Chinese? But he didn't dare to fight Wan Sheng face to face, if that kind of thing really happened, even the media and fans would not be on his side, and at the same time, he would definitely lose the qualification to play in the next game: the current England team is not short of goals that will be his goal.

Rooney didn't say anything, but Wan Sheng thought of a question.

In Joe Hart, he is very authoritative, because Joe Hart has great trust in him, and other players are different, except for Morris, Burton Reiter and others, Rooney, Ashley Cole, and even Gerrard and others, the level of trust in him is limited, they respect and trust themselves, but they are only based on their ability to lead the team to win, and he does not have any authority in the field of football technology.

So Wan Sheng thought of a way.

"Wayne, do you think I'm wrong?"

Rooney was silent.

"Although you don't say it, that's what you think in your heart, right?"

Rooney was silent.

"Okay, since you said I didn't play as well as you, let's compare! See who kicks the most. Well...... Just kick it ten times, how about it? If you can win against me, how you want to train in the future, how you want to train! I give you enough freedom! ”

Rooney raised his head, he looked at his teammates left and right, everyone also looked over, and then he looked at Wan Sheng again, and the Chinese in front of him looked serious, not at all like a joke.

Rooney hesitated, a little apprehensive.

Kick a penalty kick with the Chinese in front of you? It's like a joke! This Chinese is not a professional player, and he was not, he is a high-achieving student who graduated from an academy, and may have a flexible mind, but it has nothing to do with professional football!

It's a sure win!

But......

What should I do if I win? This Chinese must have lost face, when the time comes, he will be equal to offending him, completely offended, the next game, will he not be in the starting list? What will the media say when they know about it? What will the fans think?

Rooney looked up again, and he saw that look of disdain!

Oh yes!

Bet!

Just to gamble!

Anyway, this Chinese has only been in charge of the England team for only one month, and he will leave to return to Spain after the European Cup, and it will have nothing to do with him at that time.

Afraid of what!?

Even if you can't play in the European Cup this time, you still have a chance in the future, so you can't hold your breath!

Rooney's face turned red and he exclaimed, "Good! I'll compete with you! ”

Suddenly, many teammates cast a 'admonishment' look, Morris knows Wan Sheng best, he knows Wan Sheng's shooting skills at his feet are very good, and he can kick a free kick accurately, not to mention a penalty, so he actually admonished Rooney not to compare with Wan Sheng, for fear that Rooney will lose face if he loses, and others are different, they think Rooney and Wan Sheng are ...... What a joke!

Even if you win the head coach, it won't do you any good!

"Rooney, be sure to be merciful!"

Many people shouted in their hearts.

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The official match began, and the man in charge of the goal was second goalkeeper Robert Paul Green.

Green is a 32-year-old goalkeeper who was in contention with West Ham in the summer of 2006 when Norwich City were talking to Charlton about Green's possible transfer arrangements, after which Norwich City agreed to move to West Ham United for a fee that could rise to a maximum of £2 million.

A goalkeeper of this value can be said to be basically not famous.

Green joined West Ham United only as a second goalkeeper, until this year, Green played for West Ham United for 6 seasons, but still could not be the main goalkeeper, before the start of the European Championship, he refused the contract extension offered by West Ham United, and is still free.

Green's inclusion in the England squad for the European Championship is also a good opportunity to prove himself, he is 32 years old, but the goalkeeper at this age is not too old to retire.

Queens Park Rangers are rumoured to be interested in signing Green as the team's No. 1 goalkeeper.

How much of a contract he can sign with his new club will depend on whether Green can perform at the European Championships, and he also wants to play for England, so he has worked hard in training.

Now is your chance to prove yourself!

Many players feel that Green will be waterproof when saving Wansheng's shot, but in Green's situation, he will only want Wansheng to see his ability, but to make the goal tougher.

Gary Neville, who was the referee for Wan Sheng and Rooney on the spot, placed the ball at the penalty spot and signaled Wan Sheng to take the first goal.

Wan Sheng walked in front of the ball.

Many players are looking at the favorite, including Rooney as the 'opponent', he watched Wan Sheng walk in front of the ball, put on a formal look, but he didn't care too much, in Rooney's opinion, even if Wan Sheng can kick in, it is completely by luck.

Others have similar views.

Everyone's attention was focused on Wan Sheng, only to see Wan Sheng look up at the goal, he didn't run in place at all, he directly raised his right foot, and smothered behind the ball.

"Bang!"

After a muffled sound, the ball raced into the bottom left corner of the goal.

Green didn't move where he was.

"In, 1-0." Gary Neville signaled that the goal was valid, and gave Wan Sheng a somewhat strange look, not understanding why Wan Sheng could play such a good ball.

Rooney was surprised, but shrugged his shoulders and seemed to say to his teammates, "Good luck for this Chinese." ”

It was Rooney's turn.

Rooney walked to the penalty position, put the ball right, glanced at Green, also did not move in place, and then swung his foot hard behind the ball, the ball flew directly into the net, but Green had time to make a save, but the action was a little slow.

"The goal works, 1-1."

It's Wansheng's turn again.

Wan Sheng put the ball at the penalty spot, looked up and glanced at the goal, and then almost exactly the same action as before, waved his foot, and shot --

Ball in!

"2 to 1!"

At the same angle, with the same force, Green was equally unresponsive.

This time Rooney was a little surprised, and he shouted, "Paul, don't release the water!" ”