207 Penalty Kicks!
"Penalty!! The referee awarded a penalty! ”
"Sun Xiang's breakthrough caused a foul on Sidibe. Mesut Ozil's pass was just right, and Sun Xiang was brought down just as soon as he headed towards the side of the goal. I wonder who will be in charge this time? I believe that the fans are the same as I expected, and I want Sun Xiang to punish him. ”
Mesut Ozil brought the ball from the side, and just as He Wei expected, he stuffed it to Sun Xiang.
"It's your buddy." He said.
This scene undoubtedly surprised Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game, and they were able to see Sun Xiang's name on the scoreboard of the Champions League again.
Sun Xiang placed the ball at the penalty spot and he faced goalkeeper Subazic.
Subacić has taken three penalties in this tournament and saved one, which is quite a result. And Sun Xiang has hit all the penalty kicks since he became famous, and he can be regarded as the king of penalty data efficiency.
Subaic is on the lookout for one of Arsenal's most dangerous players.
Sun Xiang took two or three steps back, he wasn't used to long runs, he liked to simplify the long process.
He doesn't look at the goal with his eyes, he likes to stare at the ball so that the goalkeeper can't guess the direction of the shot with his own eyes.
"Toot ~"
The referee blew the whistle and Sun Xiang could start shooting.
one-step
Two steps,
Kicker!
The ball flew out like an arrow off the string.
This time, Sun Xiang chose the middle lane, and there is generally no goalkeeper standing still.
"Whew!"
There were exclamations from the stands and Subasic turned away the penalty.
The height of 191 saved him, because he couldn't understand Sun Xiang's intentions, so he could only rely on his own guesses to make a save. The team also trained on penalties before the game as it was likely to be a 0-0 game.
Sun Xiang's habit point is on the left, which is what the goalkeeper looks to be on the right, so Subabasic pounced on this side.
Due to some uncertainty in his heart, his body did not fully stretch and vacate, which also gave himself a chance to remedy.
In a moment of lightning, Subabasic almost raised his leg with a subconscious defensive action, and this is how he just saved the penalty kick that was kicked into the middle.
The Arsenal fans in the stands were disappointed and it was a great opportunity.
Then, before their disappointed arms were holding their heads, a second follow-up shot sent them with their hands in the air.
Sun Xiang's follow-up shot was ahead of Remerson, which was much easier than a penalty, all he needed was to put the ball in the penalty area.
"Run and hit the door!! Pounced, and! Sun Xiang!! Supplementary shot!! The ball went in!! Entered, entered!! He Wei almost jumped up with excitement, and he had already stood up when he saw Sun Xiang running towards the blocked ball.
At that moment he was just waiting for the goal to get the best release possible.
"He did it! Although the record of scoring all the penalties was broken, he still scored! Sun Xiang, he deserves to be the hope of Chinese football, this is the fifth goal of China's hope star in the European arena! ”
"Now on the Champions League scorer list, the first place is Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored ten goals in nine games, and Messi and Suarez are tied for second place, they have scored seven goals; Behind them are Sun Xiang and Neymar, who scored five goals each, but now Paris Saint-Germain has been eliminated by Barcelona, so the number of goals scored by the Brazilian king has stayed here. ”
"It's a long way to go, Sun Xiang still has a chance, but so far, what he has done has made us feel gratified!"
Sun Xiang happily hugged his teammates, and the goal brought them closer and closer to promotion.
On the other hand, coach Yaldin seems not very happy, because he thinks his players are too slow to deal with penalties, which is one reason why Sun Xiang can take advantage of it again.
But what he didn't realize was that Sun Xiang was a player who judged the ball very accurately, and every time he could get to that position one step ahead of the others.
"Don't be discouraged, it's just a ball! You know, if we score a goal, we'll advance! Looking at his dejected team-mates, captain Falcao stood in the middle of the pitch and tried his best to cheer them on, but he also knew how difficult it was to score a goal at the Emirates Stadium.
Falcao played for Premier League sides in 14 and 15 seasons but failed to score a goal at the Emirates Stadium.
"There's still time, guys! Keep your head up, we're here for the champions! ”
"They're going to start fighting back." Bellerin said from the side.
The official language of Colombia is Spanish, so as a Spaniard, Bellerin is certainly understandable.
'We need to be spirited, 1-0 at home is not safe, we need more goals.'
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"The weather in London today is not bad, and according to the reports played by the reporters who have been sent over, there is a breeze blowing on the scene, and it feels very comfortable."
"I believe that your family will also like to take a walk in the breeze in the summer evening, and the feeling is indescribable. And that's what the players look like. ”
By this time, it was already 80 minutes, and Monaco still had not achieved an equaliser.
Although they launched a tidal wave of attacks after conceding the goal, the British "Gunners" seemed to have picked up a shield, and the defense was impenetrable, and people seemed to see a familiar figure in them, Chelsea!
In fact, looking at international football, there are not a few teams that put buses, which is not the patent of weak teams, and many strong teams will choose this seemingly not very beautiful way when they encounter their opponents, but why is Chelsea the only one who is called "bus"?
It was said that in 2012, when Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in their history, it was also a major turning point in the promotion of Chelsea to the top team.
Speaking of that year's competition, Chelsea's journey to winning the title was a difficult one. Don't talk about the group stage or anything, just talk about the semi-finals, when Chelsea will really show the world a game.
First, at home on 19 April, Chelsea beat Barcelona 1-0 in the first half thanks to Didier Drogba's goal. So they came to Camp Nou with a home goal.
At Camp Nou on 25 April, Chelsea with a ball in hand set up a bus in Spain. Ashley Cole, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic, that's just the four of the defenders.
In terms of the choice of two midfielders at the back, Di Matteo opted for Mikel and Portugal international Mereles, two players with a higher defensive level.
Of the three defenders, apart from Juan Mata and Frank Lampard, Di Matteo put Ramires up front and used his running to link the team, just like the current B2B players. In this way, they have seven defenders on the field, and while they are defending, everyone except Drogba returns to the penalty area, and ten people stand in two rows, and the famous "swing bus" follows. (That's actually my guess...) )
Therefore, there are many teams that have won by bus, and there are many teams that have won by bus, but Chelsea is the only one who has won the Champions League by bus.
Going back to this game, Arsenal now have almost ten men defending in their own half.
Sun Xiang's defensive ability has improved significantly this season, perhaps because the pace of the Premier League has forced players to defend, and in the pursuit of attacking football, it is important to lose the ball on the spot.
Ten minutes, nine minutes, five minutes, three minutes......
In stoppage time, Monaco still failed to threaten the opposition goal.
After an unsuccessful attack, Falcao shouted insults and kicked the ball thrown by the caddy. This move caused dissatisfaction among the fans at the scene. Immediately after, the referee gave an angry Colombian striker a yellow card.
"Falcao's move is very unwise, he is the captain of the field, and he is the one who should stay calm at this time." He Wei said mercilessly.
The main striker has lost patience, and even a successful attack will come to an abrupt halt, that's for sure.
A minute of stoppage time was over, and Arsenal managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League, while Monaco had no choice but to swallow the defeat and set off for home.
It was a very physical drain on the players, especially the later retrenchment of the defence, which made them need to keep up with Monaco.
But fortunately, they persevered and they got their ticket to the semi-finals.