Chapter 51: A Critical Moment

When He Ying ran to the ball in the lower left corner, but was saved by Cesar, the Chinese team players standing near the center circle hugged their heads one after another, looking very sorry and surprised.

The Brazilian players next to them let out a sigh of relief and cheered.

When Willian kicked the football off, they performed the same as the current Chinese players.

The third Brazilian player next came out was Marcelo, he kicked the football to the right, this time Sun Pan judged the right direction, but Marcelo's shot was too powerful, although he judged the right direction, he was still a little worse in the speed of the save, and finally the football flew into the goal in front of his fingertips!

"Oh, Sun Pan judged the right direction of the ball, but he didn't save it...... Now in the penalty score, the Chinese team is behind 1:2...... "He Ping felt sorry for Sun Pan's save.

Sun Pan was even more sorry, as he fell to the ground and slammed the turf hard, and behind him was the cheers of the Brazilian fans, mixed with the ridicule of him.

He bowed his head and left the goal, and Cesar passed him past him and occupied the goal.

It was the turn of the Chinese team to take the penalty.

Wu Lei, the third penalty taker of the Chinese team, trotted up, ready to kick the penalty.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV held their breath and watched nervously at the TV screen.

Wu Lei put the football away under the gaze of hundreds of millions of eyes, and then stepped away, waiting for the signal from the referee.

The whistle blows!

Wu Lei runs, and then kicks the ball!

But when the football flew towards the goal, He Pingdi had a very bad thought in his heart - Wu Lei's ball was not kicked to the lower left corner, nor was it kicked to the lower right corner. Rather, it was a half-high ball that was kicked to Cesar's right...... This is the goalkeeper's favorite ball!

Sure enough, Cesar pounced to the right side, blocking the football shot by Wu Lei with both hands!

"Ahhh

The entire Mineiro stadium resounded with thunderous cheers and applause.

Cesar, who made two saves in a row, got up from the ground and slapped himself the chest, a sign of the goalkeeper's confidence.

Brazilians are partying, Chinese are sad.

Wu Lei, who missed the penalty, lowered his head and covered his face with his hands. When he was most needed to step up, he couldn't withstand the pressure.

He Ying missed a penalty before, which obviously had a great impact on his mood, so the hesitation of this kick actually kicked out a goalkeeper's favorite angle......

If the Chinese team is eliminated, he will definitely become the sinner of Chinese football and be scolded by fans across the country......

Thinking of this future, Wu Lei trembled a little.

He didn't even know how he had walked back into the group, until everyone came over and patted him on the shoulder and head to comfort him, and he realized he was among his teammates.

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Brazil's fourth penalty taker was Hulk, Wu Lei missed a penalty, which made him feel a lot less pressure, and when he walked towards the penalty spot, he looked relaxed.

After setting up the football, the referee blew the whistle and he started running.

Unlike other teammates who strode forward, Hulk ran forward in small steps, observing Sun Pan's movements as he ran.

But Sun Pan stood in front of the door, not moving at all, and couldn't see where he was going to pounce at all.

This made Hulk suddenly panic in his heart, he originally planned to see Sun Pan's movements, and then decide which way to kick the football, but now that Sun Pan is not moving, he suddenly doesn't know where to kick...... Even though he didn't run in small steps, he wasn't fast, but there was always a time when he had to run to the end and soon he was in front of the football and had to shoot.

Hulk's last thought was to shoot the ball in the middle of the pitch – forget it, just shoot the ball in the middle! The kid had his first three penalty kicks to the side, and he didn't stay in the middle once!

Hulk fired a low shot into the middle of the field.

Sun Pan did fall to the right when Hulk got up, but he soon saw that the football was flying towards the position where he was standing, so he gave up the intention of throwing himself out, and his body fell to the right, but his legs were dragging behind.

When Hulk's penalty flew over, it happened to collide with Sun Pan's foot, and then Sun Pan kicked it out!

"Sun Panβ€”β€”!!!" He Ping stood up, raised his arms and shouted. "Sun Pan! At this critical moment, he saved Hulk's penalty! This save is too crucial! It is too important!"

There was a burst of exclamations and sighs throughout the Mineiro Stadium when Hulk's penalty was missed.

At this voice, Sun Pan got up from the ground, turned to the Brazilian fans in the stands behind him with their heads in their hands, pulled the Chinese flag on his chest, and pointed it to them.

He finally waited for the time to retaliate, in the manner that a goalkeeper is good at.

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When Sun Pan saved Hulk's penalty, the Chinese team also cheered. Wu Lei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, as long as Yang Muge, who played the fourth game, can kick the ball in, in the total score, the Chinese team will draw with Brazil again. Both sides can go back to the same running line.

Some people had already set their eyes on Yang Muge, but they didn't dare to say anything to Yang Muge, for fear of putting pressure on him.

When Yang Muge was about to go forward to take the penalty, Zhou Yi stopped him behind him: "Old Yang, the burden of a thousand catties is on your shoulders." ”

He smiled and said to Yang Muge, as soon as these words came out, the other Chinese players were startled - at this time, shouldn't we try to avoid reminding Yang Muge of the pressure? Shouldn't we try to downplay the difficulty and danger of the situation? Why didn't Zhou Yi open which pot to mention?

After Yang Muge listened to Zhou Yi's words, there was no change in the expression on his face, he nodded calmly, and then turned around and walked forward.

This scene fell in the eyes of some Chinese team players, and they only felt that Yang Muge must have been nervous by Zhou Yi, and he couldn't say anything nervous.

But looking at Zhou Yi again, he still looked like he was smiling, as if he didn't know that he had done something wrong just now.

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The fourth penalty player in the Chinese team was Yang Muge, who played for Schalke 04 and played as a midfielder. He is not a player who is good at scoring goals, and he has only scored one goal in Schalke 04 and has never taken a penalty...... "The Brazilian commentator introduced Yang Muge to the Brazilian fans, and from the information in his hand, Yang Muge is not the kind of player who is sure to score a penalty, and he doesn't even understand why Lippi arranged Yang Muge to take a penalty, and he was arranged to play in the fourth place.

You know, the fourth round of the penalty shootout is a very crucial watershed, many players have missed here, and many teams have stopped here, and they didn't even survive to the fifth round to shoot penalties at each other.

In ESPN's statistics, strikers and defenders have the highest penalty shooting percentage, with the former having 83 percent and the latter 74 percent, while midfielders have only 71 percent.

Cesar has saved two penalties in a row from China, and he is in perfect shape right now, and he will definitely have the psychological advantage against a newcomer who has never taken a penalty before.

As long as he can save Yang Muge's penalty, the advantage will return to Brazil, and the pressure will be transferred to China......

Just when the receiver of Brazilian TV was chattering about Yang Muge, Yang Muge had already set up the football, he took two steps back and turned his head to look at the referee Weber.

Cesar made a motion in front of him to interfere with him, he waved his arms, but Yang Muge didn't even look at them.

"If Yang Muge can score this penalty, then we will tie the Brazilian team in terms of score......" He Ping said in a very soft voice and not very firm tone.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Webb's whistle.

The crisp whistle sounded over the Mineiro Stadium, and Yang Muge was like a 100-meter athlete, and at the moment of the whistle, he started to run.

Two steps later, he ran behind the soccer ball, then picked up his right leg and kicked it towards it.

Cesar's body shook a little, and he made a gesture to save.

The soccer ball that was weighed by Yang Muge rose into the air, like a cannonball, and hit the goal, at a very fast speed, so fast that when the football flew into the goal, Cesar had not yet made a save, and his body only shook for a moment, and then he watched the football fly into his goal, and he couldn't do anything.

"Yang Muge! Good job! Good job! Withstood the pressure and scored cleanly!" He Ping cheered loudly. "The Chinese team is currently chasing a 2:2 draw on the aggregate penalty score!"

Yang Muge did not celebrate after the goal, but just turned around silently and walked back, only the smile on his face revealed the joy in his heart.

In ESPN's statistics, midfielders do have the lowest percentage of penalty kicks, but in the fourth penalty, midfielders are more consistent than strikers and defenders.

Let a midfielder who will not give up easily and is good at stalking in defense take this penalty, even if he has no previous record of successful free throws, I believe it will not disappoint, right?

That's why Lippi arranged for Yang Muge to take the fourth penalty.