Chapter 316: Penalty Shootout 1
In the face of the upcoming penalty shoot-out, the German media, fans and the German team are full of confidence, while the English media and fans are a little pessimistic. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It's a historical factor, and it's also the perception of England by the media and fans.
In the eyes of many people, England still have a chance to beat Germany in normal game time, but when it comes to penalty shootouts, the hope of winning becomes very small.
'England shouldn't have dragged the game to penalties, it's very bad for them, maybe Wan Sheng doesn't know so much about the whole team, or the history of England's penalty kicks, and in extra-time he should try to get the team to win.'
Some of the voices that criticized Wansheng came out.
This shows how unconfident the English media and fans are.
On the contrary, the German media praised Loew, "The German team did not perform very well throughout the game, and was behind most of the time, but the German team managed to drag the score to the penalty shootout, which was the right choice." β
"The penalty shoot-out was very beneficial for the German team, who have a habit of winning penalties......
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Among the many comments, the England team is not so pessimistic, one is that they have been training for penalties for a long time, and the other is that many players have great trust in goalkeeper Joe Hart, mainly Joe Hart is too accurate in training, making everyone feel that he can save penalties in official games.
As long as the goalkeeper can save the opponent's penalty, the player who takes the penalty will become very confident.
It's a mutually reinforcing mentality.
Penalty shootout, at the beginning, is played by each team five goals, the hope of penalty goals is very high, the goalkeeper can save the opponent's penalty, can bring their own players 'mistakes' space, which will make the penalty player, the mentality becomes more, instead of always thinking, "If you don't score this kick, you will definitely lose", that kind of pressure is too great, which directly affects the player's performance.
"Don't think about history! It doesn't matter! β
"Now we have to beat Germany on penalties!"
"Do you know what's being said out there now? I'm sure you can see that almost everyone thinks we're going to lose, and if we lose, it's normal, so don't go up with pressure, we're going to try to do miracles...... Although, in my opinion, it's not a miracle......"
Wan Sheng made the final advice to the players, "Pay attention to your own characteristics, no matter what strange way you find, just play normally, I believe we are much better than our opponents!" β
This is what Wansheng emphasizes.
Many people think that the penalty shootout is very beneficial to the German team, but in fact, which team Wansheng coaches, the penalty shootout will be beneficial to which team, because the team coached by Wansheng will never be at a disadvantage in terms of goal scoring rate, which is determined by the coaching skills 'shooting' in the football training system.
"Shooting: Offensive, Coach MAX Perfect Skills.
In regular matches, when your player is in the middle of a shot, your personal shot rating increases by 7.
In regular matches, when your players are in the middle of shooting, correct 3 degrees accurately.
In regular matches, when your players score goals, their shooting ability rating will be improved. β
"Shooting" is the perfect skill of coach MAX, and its effect is also very obvious, "personal shooting evaluation value increase of 7" will allow a player with average shooting ability to directly have the top shooting skills, and "accurate correction of 3 degrees" will leave room for players to make mistakes, and it is easy for players to play dead corners.
One of the most important effects of Wansheng is that "when a player completes a goal, the evaluation of shooting ability will be improved".
After a lot of time of research, he has been able to estimate the improvement effect, that is not a fixed value, players with high shooting ability evaluation, after completing the goal, the shooting ability evaluation will be slightly lower, on the contrary, the player with low shooting ability evaluation, the improvement of completing the goal will be relatively obvious.
But there is always a lift.
For example, Morris, he often scores goals in games, and nearly 50 goals in all competitions in two seasons have improved Morris's shooting ability evaluation by 7 points, and the basic evaluation has reached 103, and in the real game, Morris's shooting ability will exceed 110, close to the evaluation value of 114.
This rating reaches the limit of a footballer.
This is also an important reason why Morris can always play amazing goals on the field, and in the penalty area, let Morris make 100 consecutive free throws, if you don't consider physical limitations, at least 98, so Wan Sheng believes that the possibility of Morris missing a penalty is very low, and he will almost certainly complete the goal.
Wan Sheng put Morris in fifth place.
It's like a habit in a very team, the players in the finale are usually at the front or the back, because the first and fifth penalty players are often the most pressed, they have to withstand the pressure and score the ball, which requires a very good mental quality.
The first four players in the field were Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young.
After arranging the order of appearance, the penalty shootout is about to begin.
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According to the rules of the European Cup, the team with substitution places can still use penalty shootouts, and the German team also has a substitution place, and Loew used the place on Klose, who is a very good goalscorer, he is also an experienced veteran, and the mentality is definitely fine.
However, Klose was not scheduled to play first, he was a 'substitute penalty kicker', and if Germany and England could not score a winner within five goals, it would be Klose's turn to play.
There is no shortage of penalty kickers in the German team.
Khedira was given the first penalty by Loew, along with Schweinsteiger, Gomez, Thomas MΓΌller and Mesut Ozil, who, like Morris, was the finalist and the last player to make his appearance for Germany.
Compared to the five-man combination of the England team, the German team is obviously more flamboyant, and the five players are all excellent strikers or midfield cores, and the German commentator all sighed, "I can't think of any of these five people, who will miss the ball!" β
The tone was quite a bit of a 'high place is too cold'.
Once both teams handed over their names to the referees, the penalty shoot-out was about to begin, with Steven Gerrard representing the team going to the draw to draw the first penalty before Ashley Cole walked to the goal for the first round of penalties.
In the England team, Wan Sheng pays more attention to the attacking team in the front court, and does not pay so much attention to the defenders, especially Ashley Cole, who seems to care very little on weekdays, and has little advice when the game is approaching.
It's not because Wansheng doesn't value Ashley Cole, it's that he's very comfortable with Ashley Cole and doesn't have anything special to say.
As early as 10 years ago, Ashley Cole was already the main player of Arsenal, and then turned to Chelsea and caused a lot of sensation, Arsenal and Chelsea also went to court for this, but these off-the-field things also proved that Ashley Cole is excellent, otherwise a little player who is not famous is not worth tearing the skin of both clubs at all.
In the England national team, Ashley Cole is also the most consistent, many media will criticize Rooney, will criticize Gerrard, sometimes even Morris can't escape criticism, but every game, Ashley Cole will be praised for a "solid performance".
What else is there to say about such a player?
Now when it comes to the crucial penalty shootout, many fans may first think of attacking players in the frontcourt, such as Rooney, such as Ashley Young, but Wan Sheng is most at ease with Ashley Cole, in his opinion, Cole takes the first goal, and the chance of scoring is much greater.
Ashley Cole stood in front of the door and looked at Neuer on the other side.
Manuel Neuer is undoubtedly one of the best goalkeepers in the world, but even the best goalkeepers are nothing special about saving penalties, and those must-score goals still can't be saved.
Ashley Cole took two steps back and then trotted forward and slammed a kick behind the ball.
Right!
Ball in!
The football flew into the goal without any suspense, and Neuer did not move in place, and there was no time to react.
England fans cheered on Cole's goal.
Wan Sheng nodded, Cole's goal was expected, so there was nothing particularly exciting about it, he was more concerned about Joe Hart's performance.
Wansheng has activated the active mode of 'Fortitude Barrier'.
The effect of this skill will increase the goalkeeper's reaction speed by one hundred percent, and Joe Hart's reaction speed will be doubled.
As early as the training penalty, Wan Sheng had told Joe Hart to make a judgment before making a save, in some ways, this will affect the success rate of the save, but as long as the opponent does not volley hard into the far corner, after improving the reaction speed, Joe Hart has the opportunity to judge first, and then make a save.
Joe Hart stood in front of the door.
This European Championship is his second appearance in an international competition, his first time as England's number one goalkeeper, and naturally his first time facing a penalty shoot-out at an international competition.
Joe Hart thought he was going to be nervous, but when he stood in front of the door, he found himself in high spirits, and his brain became unusually clear, as if he could quickly judge every move of the other party.
It's an amazing feeling, and Joe Hart thinks it's because he's in good shape, and his confidence has improved a lot.
Come on!
Joe Hart shouted inwardly.
The first player in the German team was Khedira, the 26-year-old is a midfielder, but his footwork is very good, and his long-range shots often pose a threat to opponents, and he is a similar type of player as Gerrard, so he is also a penalty kick.
Khedira was very composed, he ran two steps before smothering behind the ball.
A powerful shot!
Joe Hart made the right judgment and pounced on the left, but the ball was so fast that by the time he got into position, the ball flew past the goal line with his fingers first.
It's a pity!
"Joe Hart judged the ball accurately, but he was still a step slower. This is a penalty, a penalty that is too close to goal for the goalkeeper to save accurately......" said the England commentator regretfully.
When he saw Joe Hart make the save, Khedira's heart also rose to his throat, but fortunately, the ball was fast enough not to let the opponent pounce.
The ball went in.
Khedira completed his mission, returned to the German team and clapped with his teammates, reminding his teammates, "Be careful, that young boy is not easy." β
None of the others took it too seriously.
In the eyes of most people, Neuer is much stronger than Joe Hart in terms of fame and strength, and the two are not even much comparable, even Neuer's saves are a bit of luck, and Joe Hart wants to save a penalty, relying more on luck.
The second round began.
Representing England was Steven Gerrard, who has been consistent and always a threat from distance, but when it comes to penalties...... Even the fans who trust Gerrard the most are very uncertain, whether it is at Liverpool FC or in the England national team, Gerrard has missed penalties many times.
Gerrard tried to keep himself in a steady state of mind, but he couldn't contain some nervousness.
The current penalty shootout is directly related to whether the England team can qualify, and he is even a little glad that Wan Sheng has arranged a second appearance for himself: if it is the first or the last, he does not know if he can withstand the pressure.
Standing in front of the door, Gerrard stared cautiously at Neuer.
It's a battle of the eyes.
Neuer looked very calm, which also made Gerrard more cautious, after the referee signaled that he could take a penalty, Gerrard took two steps back, and then assisted and pumped directly behind the ball.
Boom!
This kind of powerful penalty, as long as it does not deviate from the goal, is almost equivalent to a goal.
Neuer pounced on the right and the ball to the left, Neuer misjudged, but everyone was worried about the goal, because the direction of the ball was a little too wrong, but in the end the ball did not deflect off the post, but flew into the net.
The ball is in!
Gerald threw up his hands and let out a long breath!
He really felt relaxed!
Whether England can beat Germany on penalties or not, at least he didn't become the sinner of the loss.
Wan Sheng looked at Gerrard's goal and smiled slightly.
Past experience has taught him that this is not the trajectory it should have been, that Gerrard's shot should have gone off the post and into bounds, and that the soccer trainer's 'shooting' skill corrected the angle of the shot so that the ball would fly into the back of the net against the post.
Either way, the result is the most important thing, England scored the first two goals without mistakes, and they all scored, which is a good start.
Next, it was Germany's turn to play, with Schweinsteiger standing in front of goal.
Schweinsteiger is not the core of the German team, but he is the 'anchor' of the German team, even if his leg is not completely healed, Loew still sent him to play and played all the games, you can see Schweinsteiger's status in the German team.
Now in the penalty shoot-out, Schweinsteiger also played for the German team.