Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Spoon

In the eyes of others, Lin Sen at this time was no different from Ferguson, who was not far from him, and he was making the final arrangements with a calm expression, but only the people standing next to Lin Sen knew that Lin Sen was not arranging anything at all, he was just telling a story.

Tell his own story.

Tell a story that seems to the team members to be born only in a novel.

A team doctor, a young team doctor, from being ordered in danger, to being out of the game, from making a comeback, to leaving helplessly, from accidentally landing in 6 England, to becoming famous in Europe.

This sounds very inspirational, but this is not an inspirational story, because inspirational stories do not have so many coincidences, and opportunities, and the most important thing is that the protagonist of the inspirational story does not have so many plug-ins, Lin Sen has never dared to think that he is a lucky person, not a hard-working coach.

But, doing it all over again, he didn't want to leave any regrets.

The game of re-reading the file can avoid many difficulties and avoid many detours. Shouldn't it be the same for the life of re-reading files?

Of course, at this moment, when Lin Sen talks about himself, he doesn't want the players to be in awe of him, he just wants to do one thing, that is, to convey his feelings to his teammates.

"With the mentality of tomorrow, go and kick the penalty now."

This was the last thing Lin Sen said to his teammates.

After finishing speaking, Lin Sen looked around him, glanced at the feelings of the players, and looked ready to "mend the knife" at any time, but what satisfied him was that the feelings of the team members were different, but the feelings that did not disappoint him appeared. So, he stood up, and Kidd, who was holding the list behind him, quickly walked over and began to talk to the players about the dos and don'ts of the penalty shootout.

Lin Sen, who got up, couldn't help but look in the direction of Manchester United, and at the moment, Ferguson and his assistant coach were still talking to their players. Still involuntarily, Lin Sen swept the situation of the Manchester United players, and then, he pursed his lips, and suddenly felt a little dry.

Not because of the speech just now, but because of this sweep, the result is not optimistic.

The cruelty of a penalty shootout is that it has to be decided.

The two teams that fought to the penalty shoot-out, although it cannot be said that both teams are excellent teams, but at least in a sense, it proves that the two teams are similar in level. In other words, neither team should be a loser. However, the penalty shootout is only determined by victory or defeat, because there is only one champion.

What is even more regrettable is that most of the responsibility for such failures often falls on someone in the end.

It can't be said to be unreasonable, so it can only be said to be cruel.

Lin Sen seemed to be a little distracted, and at this time, a bottle of water was handed to him in one hand.

"Nervous?" Dina asked.

Lin Sen took the water, smiled a little reluctantly, and did not answer.

Nervous?

Nervous, of course.

Lin Sen's smile was faked.

One step to heaven, one step to hell, no one can remain calm at this time, even if it is Lin Sen, who is against the sky, it is also impossible to avoid this "vulgar", but he is the head coach, if even the head coach is so nervous that he trembles, how can you expect your players to be able to go there and shoot the ball into the opponent's goal?

Lin Sen didn't answer, but Dina already knew his answer, and she smiled too.

It seems that every time she stands in such a arena, she always involuntarily thinks of Lin Sen's past, even if the content is repeated again and again, but it seems that every time, she feels a bit like a dream, and if even she, a bystander, feels like a dream, then, what does Lin Sen feel?

As Lin Sen said just now, a former team doctor, an amateur coach who used to be called by others, is now standing on the top of Europe.

Regardless of whether the end result is a success or failure, in Dina's opinion, it is fantastic enough for a manager with less than four years of coaching experience.

Of course, even if Lin Sen knew Dina's thoughts now, he probably wouldn't have time to be proud.

Frankly speaking, he doesn't like the game to enter the penalty shootout, although the team deliberately practiced penalties in training, but Manchester City practiced, Manchester United also can't be unprepared, penalty shootout, mixed luck and strength, to put it bluntly, a lot of Cheng dù to see the face, look at whose face? The face of the goalkeeper.

And in this position, Manchester City has no advantage at all.

You must know that Manchester United's goalkeeper is Van der Sar, who is not confused by the age.

It's not that Linsen doesn't have confidence in his goalkeeper Joe Hart, but in other words, Van der Sar saved more penalties than Joe Hart, which is purely a gap in experience, and the gap in this regard is actually not limited to the goalkeeper, Manchester United on the field, almost most of the Manchester United players, had the same experience three years ago, and at that time, their opponent was Chelsea.

Of course, Manchester City also have their own advantage, that is, they have bigger penalty takers on their side compared to Manchester United, and, on the other hand, experience, sometimes to put it another way, is the "bottom line", which can be used as a reference for research.

In penalty shootouts, the order is crucial, especially the first and fifth, although the player who takes the first penalty will not decide the winner immediately, but he will greatly determine the mentality of the next one, and in the penalty shootout, the mentality is crucial. As for the fifth, it is because after five rounds, a victory or defeat will be decided, and if the score of the two teams is still the same at that time, then the "sudden death method" will be adopted, that is, until one side scores and the other side does not score.

Therefore, for the first and fifth, the general manager will choose a more stable player to take the officiant.

It was Manchester City who took the penalty first.

The first penalty chosen by Linson was Adriano.

After receiving the referee's signal, the Brazilian walked slowly towards the penalty area of the south stands. At the back of the penalty area is the stands for Manchester United fans.

Although the atmosphere throughout Wembley Stadium was tense at this time, almost silent. But obviously, the United fans just behind the goal were not going to just sit and watch Adriano shoot, they started to make noise to try to influence Adriano.

Adriano seemed to fall on deaf ears, carefully setting up the ball before taking a few steps back and putting his hands on his hips as he waited for the referee's whistle.

Standing on the goal line, Van der Sar raised his arms diagonally, his feet bouncing slightly on the goal line......

The first is Adriano, which is not a surprise for Van der Sar, but what surprises him is Adriano's right foot, yes, the right foot that scored a goal for him in the game.

That means Adriano could also shoot with his right foot.

"Run! Right foot, no, left foot! Shot, the ball goes in! Van der Sar pounced in the right direction, but Adriano's shot was not from a bad angle, but it was powerful! Crisp and clean! Manchester City took the lead! Now, the pressure is on United's side for the time being. ”

Adriano, who scored the goal, did not exaggerate his catharsis, he just raised his right hand with a clenched fist and waved it vigorously in the air, in the silence of the Manchester United fans on the opposite side, but also in the earth-shattering cheers of the Manchester City fans.

Facing Adriano is Rooney.

In this game, although Rooney did not score, at least half of the credit for Hernandez's goal should be credited to him, because it was his clever omission that deceived most of Manchester City's defense.

Rooney didn't give Joe Hart any chance to be a savior, a "daring" spoon.

The cheers were changed to red.

Then the second, third, fourth and even fifth rounds.

Bale vs Nani.

Yaya Toure vs Carrick.

Vidal vs Patrice Evra.

Finally, it's Robben vs. Scholes.

……

The atmosphere was breathtaking, but time didn't slow down, and in just five minutes, the penalty shoot-out was in the fifth round.

Lin Sen's heart was like being tightly grasped by a hand, and then let go, and then grab, and let go......

Manchester City threw the pressure on Manchester United again and again, and Manchester United withstood the pressure again and again.

The result of the penalty kick was 5-4 for the time being.

Manchester City is in five, Manchester United is in four for the time being.

Arjen Robben helped Manchester City put the pressure on Manchester United for the fifth time, and now, it was Manchester United's veteran Paul Scholes who walked to the penalty spot.

Whether it is Manchester United fans or Manchester City fans, it seems that everyone's heart is tightening in the footsteps of Scholes.

This is the fifth round, which means that with Manchester City already scored, United have no choice but to score.

That's the pressure!

Success is not in one move, defeat is in one move!

And that's why Ferguson put Scholes in fifth.

Scholes, who was not very tall and tall, could not see any expression on his face at this time, he just set the ball and stared at Joe Hart without the slightest hint of nervousness.

The whistle blew.

No change, no feints, just a crisp and powerful shot.

Balls are like cannonballs.

Joe Hart judged the right direction but couldn't prevent the goal.

Five to five!

The Manchester United fans in the sky cheered again, as if they had won the game, but at this time, Ferguson on the sidelines did not move, just put his hands in his pockets and still looked at the penalty area.

Yes, invisibly, Scholes saved Manchester United once. But this is far from the time to relax, and next, every round, is the "fifth round".

Sixth round.

Standing at the penalty spot was Royce.

Royce...... Run up! Feints? ......" Andy Gray's voice paused with Royce's movements, because Reuss in the field, after a run-up, did not shoot right away, but suddenly stopped.

Feints like this are not uncommon when taking penalties, and they are nothing more than taking advantage of the time difference to make the goalkeeper react first and then shoot the ball in the other direction. But now, this trick does not work for Van der Sar, and Van der Sar has not moved at all.

"Shoot!"

At this point, Royce's feet finally kissed the football.

"Spoon!" Andy Gray exclaimed.

"Genius shot!" At this time, even Martin Taylor next to him couldn't help but admire, "In the case that the feint failed to deceive Van der Sar, and Van der Sar did not move passively, Reus actually dared to hit the ball with a spoon shot like this......"

"In a penalty shootout, there have already been two spoon shots......"

On the sidelines, Lin Sen, who was almost scared out of a heart attack, couldn't help but clench his fists tightly, you know, when Reus first didn't lie to Van der Sar, he almost thought that Reuss was going to lose the ball, but ...... Sometimes, you really have to admire that the German players do have qualities in a way that no one else can match.

Now, once again, the pressure is on United's side.

Giggs walked out.

When he saw Giggs come out, Lin Sen's heart suddenly jumped.

It is obviously no accident that Ferguson placed Ryan Giggs in the sixth position, the Welshman who has to be experienced and skilled should have been one of the safest players in the Manchester United team to take penalties, but Ferguson put him in the sixth round with a high probability of not playing, which obviously represents that Ferguson is not optimistic about the end of the first five rounds of penalties, and at the same time, it proves a point.

That is, Ferguson's reassurance about Giggs.

Looking at the color of Giggs, Linson's mind flashed, and he suddenly walked quickly to the side, stopped Zabaleta and whispered a few words, and then Zabaleta ran to Joe Hart, who was about to walk towards the goal.

Looking at Zabaleta's whispers with Joe Hart, Manchester City's series of abnormal actions from the manager to the players obviously can't hide that they are staring at the live cameras of the stadium too early.

"What do you want to do? Is he building a save for Joe Hart? Andy Gray finally found an excuse to relax from the tension and immediately joked.

"It's hard to say." Martin Taylor also thinks it's funny, anyway, he commented on the game, he has never seen anything like this, the head coach to the goalkeeper to build yì? At this time? You know, at this time, usually the most correct thing to do is to let the door make its own judgment, and any interference from anyone at this time may be a big mistake.

"Perhaps, Lin just wants to confuse Van der Sar." Martin Taylor said.

At this time, Joe Hart in the field was already standing in front of the goal, and then he changed his previous defensive action, and began to raise his hands diagonally and jump with both feet in small increments......

That's right, that's exactly what Van der Sar did.

"This is Lin's explanation?" Andy Gray smiled a little wryly, but before he could finish, Giggs was already jogging and shooting!

"It's another spoon shot!"

The third spoon shot of the penalty shootout!

Is this a spoon fight?

Andy Gray exclaimed, but, compared to the previous two exclamations, this time, he was full of regret.

Giggs' spoon shot was unusually perfect, but the spoon didn't fool Joe Hart.

Joe Hart, who had been active like a spring, turned into a stake when Giggs shot, and just stood in the middle of the goal, without any save.

And that beautiful spoon just got into his hand.

A champion is born! r1152

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