Chapter 50: Penalty Shootout
Once both sides have arranged the penalty list, the referee beckons the captains of both teams to come and guess the coin and decide who will come first and who will come first in the process of taking the penalty.
Some people think that who comes first and who comes back in a penalty kick can have a big impact on the outcome of the penalty kick, as it is obvious in the home and away games.
Some people think that the pressure to take the penalty first is greater, because they will step on the penalty spot first in every penalty round, and they don't know what the opponent will perform next, and this uncertainty exacerbates the state of uncertainty. Then the side that takes the penalty kick is more relaxed because they already know the outcome of the opponent.
But there are also those who think that on the contrary, the pressure is greater on those who take the penalty later, because the burden will fall on the side of the game, whether the opponent scores or doesn't, it will have an impact.
But in fact, from the statistical point of view, the penalty order does not seem to have such a big impact on the result.
Just before this World Cup, ESPN counted all the penalty kicks that appeared in the previous World Cups, and this statistic is divided into many items, one of which is that the order of penalty shootouts will affect the final result?
Statistically, it hardly has an impact. Of all statistics, 51 percent of the free throw-making teams scored the final victory, and 49 percent of the post-free throw teams did the win.
The two sides are essentially equal, with a negligible difference of two percent.
After guessing the coin, the Brazilian team finally won the right to take the penalty first.
The players from both sides finished their break and started to play for the final penalty shootout.
"It's finally coming to the end...... The Chinese team stubbornly drew with Brazil in 120 minutes of play, dragging the game into a penalty shootout. We believe that Lippi must have been prepared for this situation because there were reports before the game that Lippi was training for penalties...... Now the eyes of the whole Chinese fans are focused on the goal...... No, it's the fans all over the world who are focused on it. As the host, will the five-star Brazil be eliminated by the Chinese team in the penalty shootout? This may not have existed before, but now it is a little bit possible......," He Ping said.
Sun Pan walked straight to the goal, and behind him, the players of the Chinese team shouted at him: "Come on, Sun Pan!"
"This is a good opportunity for you to be in the limelight, Panpan!"
Sun Pan waved his hand at them without looking back.
The teammates didn't see Sun Pan's expression, in fact, Sun Pan's mouth was almost grinning to the root of his ears - he was laughing unabashedly.
Penalty shootout!
As a goalkeeper who has the utmost confidence in himself, there is nothing better than a penalty shoot-out.
As a goalkeeper, most of the game is behind the pot, and those strikers go wherever they are in the limelight, and if the striker scores a beautiful goal, the goalkeeper is the background board.
Only penalty shootouts are the goalkeeper's home turf.
Here, the truth that "a good goalkeeper equals half a team" will be vividly demonstrated.
Being able to drag the game into overtime, Sun Pan was very happy.
He quickly walked to the goal, tightened his gloves, and walked between the goals, measuring the distance with his footsteps.
Because it is the home stadium of the Brazilian team, no matter which side of the goal, there are Brazilian fans behind it.
The position of Chinese fans is higher and more partial.
No matter what goal is chosen, it is the Brazilian team that can get more support, which makes no difference to the Chinese team.
In addition, the coin guessing consciousness before the penalty kick is not picked, and the specific side of the goal to take the penalty is selected by the referee according to the lighting conditions and the integrity of the turf.
After measuring the width of the goal, Sun Pan turned around and stood on the goal line, and behind him, there were all Brazilian fans who kept booing him, and some fans were giving him the middle finger and scolding him in Portuguese.
However, none of this affected Sun Pan.
Sun Pan is certainly not the kind of good-natured person, but he knows what the correct posture for counterattacking as a goalkeeper is.
The first man on Brazil's side to step up to take the penalty was centre-back David Ruiz, who has good set-piece footwork.
After setting up the football, he turned and walked straight out of the penalty area, all the way to the outside of the penalty arc, which can be said to be a very long running distance.
Such a long run distance may make the penalty taker think too much in the process of running and the goalkeeper may think too much in the process......
After the referee Webber's whistle, David Ruiz started to run, he ran fast, rushed into the penalty area, and volleyed hard!
The football flew straight to the upper left corner, and Sun Pan fell to the right, judging the wrong direction. The football flew into the goal without any suspense.
The stands resounded with the cheers of Brazilian fans.
"DAVID RUIZ!GOOOOO!!OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
After the goal, David Ruiz also ran near the baseline, waving his fist and celebrating the goal.
As the first person in the team to take a penalty, they often have to be under a lot of pressure.
David Ruiz's goal was a good start for his team-mates.
The first player of the Chinese team was Zheng Zhi.
"Zheng Zhilai took the first penalty of the Chinese team, what kind of penalty kick he kicked, will have some impact on the teammates who take the penalty next......" When He Ping said this, his voice was much lower, as if he was afraid of disturbing Zheng Zhi.
But the atmosphere was anything but quiet, with the Brazilian fans booing incessantly, and the Brazilian fans behind the goal even twisted their bodies and danced in an attempt to visually distract Zheng Zhi.
After Zheng Zhi lowered his head and set up the football, he pushed two steps away, still keeping his head down, waiting for the referee's whistle.
When the whistle sounded, he lowered his head to run, and with another bowed kick, kicked the football towards the ...... Mid lane!
Cesar threw himself sideways to the side, but before he could pounce out, he saw Zheng Zhi actually kicking the football to the middle, and it was impossible for him to pounce back to the middle at this time, so he could only watch the football fly into the goal from where he was standing......
"Good ball!" Zheng Zhi steadily kicked the football into the goal!" He Ping waved his fist excitedly in the commentary seat.
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Brazil's second penalty was Willian, who set up the football, waited for the whistle to blow and then ran away.
This time, he kicked the football to the left, and Sun Pan misjudged the direction and pounced to the right.
However, Willian's goal did not fly into the goal, and the ball attached to the turf finally missed the left post!
William...... Ahhhhh......h It's too much for the angle...... The goalkeeper of the Chinese team has already misjudged the direction, he has judged the wrong direction twice in a row, but this time we gave up the opportunity!"
"Okay! William kicked it off! The ball didn't score! Next, as long as He Ying can kick the ball in, he will lead the Brazilian team in the score!" He Ping said excitedly.
The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also jubilant, but soon this jubilation turned into silence, and everyone held their breath as they watched He Ying walk up with the ball.
After He Ying set up the football, he ran and shot, and he kicked the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal, which is a theoretically difficult angle to save.
But this time Cesar judged the right direction, and at the same time as He Ying got up, he shot out towards the bottom left corner of the goal with an arrow step, and then slapped the football that He Ying had shot past!
"Oops——!!!" He Ping shouted with his head in his hands. "He Ying has tried his best to go to the corner, but Cesar made a very perfect save! He guessed the direction of He Ying's kick and made a save in advance......
In ESPN's statistics on penalty kicks at the World Cup, the bottom left corner of the goal is the favorite spot for penalty takers, with more than 20 percent of penalties going to this position, especially for right-footed players.
Because the players love to play this side, the goalkeeper naturally loves to pounce on this side after long-term training and experience accumulation.
So even though it's the area with the most penalty kicks in the World Cup, it does have the second-lowest goal rate of the nine, just above the goalkeeper's head, with a 71 per cent goal rate.
He Ying, who missed the penalty, raised his head and pursed his lips, looking very annoyed.
Originally, he had the opportunity to help the Chinese team take the lead in the score, and everyone was looking forward to this moment, but he lived up to everyone's expectations.
This was a big blow for him, and for the Chinese team, it also lost a great opportunity to overtake the Brazilian team, and this penalty saved Willian and the Brazilian team in anxiety and uneasiness, but pushed the Chinese team into the fire pit.
The situation between the two sides immediately reversed, and this is where the cruelty of the penalty shootout lies, this kind of easy reversal of the situation, so that the two sides of the game continue to climb the clouds and fall into the abyss.
Under such tremendous pressure and impact, those who can maintain their composure are definitely people with a real big heart.
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