Chapter 632: Penalty Shootout (Medium)
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After Zinedine Zidane converted the penalty, Fiorentina's second penalty taker walked to the spot. To the surprise of many, Capello did not let Inzaghi, another Fiorentina striker on the pitch, take the penalty this time, but sent Robert Carlos, the left wing-back!
"Oh! What we saw! Fiorentina's second penalty taker was actually their left-back, Brazilian Roberto Carlos! The commentator was also surprised by Capello's arrangement, and said in surprise, "Although Carlos often takes free kicks in games, and his footwork as a Brazilian is quite good, it is the first time that he has been asked to take a penalty, and Coach Capello is really bold!" ”
Standing in front of goal, Peruzzi bent down, spread his hands and glared at Carlos with wide eyes, in an attempt to create more psychological pressure on the opposition and improve his chances of saving a penalty.
Many Fiorentina fans in the stands covered their mouths nervously, for fear that their voices would affect Carlos's performance, while Juventus fans had a completely different behavior, they kept shouting in the stands, trying to interfere with Carlos's watch.
After looking around at the situation where there was no abnormality, Kragg finally blew the whistle in his mouth!
Similar to the free-kick, Carlos still made a long run and rushed towards the ball!
Peruzzi, who was extremely nervous, saw that Carlos had raised his foot and was about to hit the goal, and immediately pounced on the right side like an arrow off the string! In his impression, Carlos's shot angle was not very tricky, but that super speed forced Peruzzi to make a judgment in advance, otherwise he would have judged the right direction.
However, after Peruzzi's reaction, at the moment when he was about to kick the ball, Carlos's action suddenly had a noticeable pause!
This time it was not shallow for Peruzzi, and the Italian goalkeeper, who had already moved his center of gravity, had no way to make any adjustments to his body, and could only watch Carlos change the angle of his shot and send the ball to the other side of the gate!
Two to one! Fiorentina are leading again!
Fiorentina fans celebrated loudly in the stands after seeing Carlos' shot fly into the goal, while the Juventus fans looked disappointed and looked at the second Juventus player who walked up to take the penalty.
Seeing that the person walking up was Didier Deschamps, Toldo quickly took out a note from his socks, took a serious look at Deschamps' penalty habits recorded on it, and then folded the note again and stuffed it back.
Because Toldo's series of actions were fast, and the cameras in the stadium were focused on Deschamps who was walking towards the penalty spot at this time, no one noticed Toldo's small action, only some fans sitting behind the goal found Toldo's abnormality, but they didn't see clearly what Toldo was holding in his hand just now.
Deschamps put the ball on the penalty spot, took a deep breath, calmed down a little nervousness, and then immediately started running after hearing the referee's whistle, and then got up to shoot!
However, in order to be able to better control the ball, Deschamps was a little too stable when shooting, and his right-footed shot seemed a little lacking!
Toldo, who was ready, pounced on his right side the moment Deschamps shot the ball!
Unlike against Zidane, this time Toldo finally caught up with the speed of the ball's flight, and he fell to the ground in time when he judged the right way of the ball, and with a horizontal arm, the ball was directly blocked out of the bottom line!
"Toldo! He saved Didier Deschamps' penalty! Nice downed saves! With two rounds already going on in the penalty shootout, Fiorentina took the lead 2-1! ”
Seeing that his penalty was saved by Toldo, Deschamps held his head in his hands and looked incredulous. Although he did not use all his strength to shoot in order to ensure the success rate of the penalty kick, the angle was quite tricky, and it was almost impossible to block his shot unless the opposing goalkeeper made a save at the first time!
In other words, the Fiorentina goalkeeper definitely made a prediction the moment he shot the goal, and it is very likely that he relied on the so-called instinct to make a save!
This guy's luck is really good! Deschamps, who thought he had lost to luck, thought in frustration. Although the penalty shoot-out has only been played for two rounds, the Bianconeri still have a fair chance to turn the tables, but no one will be able to return to their team without incident after missing a penalty.
Then, in the process of exchanging penalties in the third round, Philippe Inzaghi, who took the lead, cleanly smashed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal with a powerful shot, although Peruzzi made the right save, but he was a beat slower and could not save the ball, and could only watch the football flying into the door behind him with his fingertips!
After Inzaghi scored the penalty, the score in the penalty shootout has been rewritten to 3-1!
Therefore, in this situation, Di Livioton, who took the penalty on behalf of Juventus' third appearance, felt a lot of pressure, because if he missed this penalty, then as long as Fiorentina's fourth player hits, then Juventus will lose this Champions League final!
Under tremendous psychological pressure, Di Livio successfully scored the ball into the goal guarded by Toldo under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium, making the score 2-3, retaining a glimmer of hope for Juventus to win!
Toldo hammered the turf with a depressed face, and like Zinedine Zidane's penalty, although he judged the right direction, he couldn't keep it out.
Then came the fourth round of matchups, and just a few minutes later, the roof of the Amsterdam Arena was almost shattered by the roar of the Juventus fans - because Rui Costa, who had started the game, missed the crucial penalty!
Although the Portuguese shot from a tricky angle and managed to fool Peruzzi, the flying ball hit the post and rolled out of the line!
Then, Blank, who made Juventus' fourth appearance, kicked a penalty kick that broke through Toldo's ten fingers and tied the score at 3-3!
And just like that, after four full rounds of penalty shootouts, the two sides are back on the same page again!
"Now the penalty shoot-out has reached the last round! If the two teams are still unable to separate in this round, then the game will enter a round to determine the winner! The commentator obviously didn't expect the penalty shoot-out to be so close, so he was quite excited to comment, "Fiorentina's fifth player to make an appearance is their captain Effenberg...... At this time, will the German tiger with extremely strong willpower be able to withstand the pressure and score this crucial penalty for Fiorentina? Let's wait and see! ”