Chapter 286: Penalties
"I'm afraid I'll live up to everyone's trust."
"No, no."
Everyone smiled, as if relieved, this hot potato was finally picked up.
Tang Zhenglong is unhappy, he usually disrespects me, but he thinks of me at a critical moment, and I am not a backbiter.
"But I declare in advance, if the penalty is lost, it is not my responsibility."
Everyone smiled and shook their heads, "Of course it's not your responsibility, we're a team." β
I didn't expect something to happen that made everyone dumbfounded.
Tang Zhenglong found a piece of paper and asked everyone to sign it.
"I wrote it down for me."
Everyone was stunned.
"Don, what are you doing?"
"Write it down." Tang Zhenglong walked in front of Schultz with a piece of paper, "It has nothing to do with Tang Zhenglong to write that the penalty is missed." β
"Don't make a fuss, okay?"
"What I just said was so good, it turned out that it was all a lie to me."
"Nobody lied to you."
"Okay, write it down."
Schultz was stunned for a moment, picked up the pen, and wrote down according to Tang Zhenglong's request.
The rest of the people had no choice but to write it down, and Tang Zhenglong was satisfied, "Okay, I'll take responsibility for everyone." β
What!
It's called taking responsibility!!
After picking the side, Newcastle were the first to take the penalty, and the first player they sent to take the penalty was Duff.
The Irishman set the ball, took a deep breath, ran and shot.
Bang.
The atmosphere of the audience suddenly exploded, and Duff flew away.
"It's too much pressure."
His teammates ran over to comfort Duff.
"It's Cologne's turn, who will step up?"
Tang Zhenglong walked out.
"I guessed that Cologne might send Don, whether he scored or not, I think Don is the most suitable to be the first to come out and take the penalty."
If Tang Zhenglong could hear Shearer's explanation at this time, he didn't know how to feel.
Jiwen deliberately kicked Tang Zhenglong's ball away.
"What do you mean?"
The referee warned Given, who said there was a problem with the ball and that there was not enough air pressure.
"I tried it, and the ball was a little soft."
Jiwen shrugged, thinking that this would interfere with Tang Zhenglong and change the ball at most, but what he didn't expect was that he met Tang Zhenglong.
"I don't care, I just want that ball, you pick it up for me, otherwise I refuse to take a penalty."
The referee was also dumbfounded, "Don, can you change it." β
"No, that's my lucky ball, and I've decided that it's it."
Givens was dumbfounded.
"Don, there's no rule that says I have to pick up the ball for you."
"Okay, I'm not going to kick."
Trouble.
The referee pointed not far away, "You go and pick up the ball." β
Givens was dumbfounded, "Referee, why are you meeting his unreasonable demands." β
"If you hadn't kicked the ball away, there wouldn't have been anything to follow,"
"That's right!"
Jiwen now knows what it means to be cocooned, and he originally deliberately kicked the ball away to disgust Tang Zhenglong, but he didn't expect to pick it up obediently now.
Givens took the ball back with a hard head.
"Here you go."
Tang Zhenglong took it and put the ball on the penalty spot.
The referee warned Tang Zhenglong, "Don't make trouble for me again, shoot quickly." β
Tang Zhenglong nodded.
Run-up, shot.
Tang Zhenglong didn't make any feints, just a burst shot and kicked to the left side of the goal, the ball was too fast, and Jiwen didn't save.
1 to 0.
Cologne took the lead on penalties.
The penalty shoot-out was psychologically devastating, and Shearer on the commentary bench was restless.
"It's more nervous than when I was competing."
At the end of the first four rounds, Newcastle were one goal behind, and that was the goal that Duff missed.
In the fifth round, Podolski took the penalty spot.
"Now the situation is clear, Lucas scores, then Newcastle are eliminated, otherwise Newcastle still have a chance."
Podolsky walked out, and Tang Zhenglong caught up with two steps, "Lucas, don't put pressure on you because of me." β
Podolsky was stunned, "Where did this start?" β
Tang Zhenglong patted Podolski gently, "I know I kicked the first one, and now I'm a hero, you're afraid that you won't score and drag down the whole team, what I want to tell you is that we won't think so." β
β¦β¦
"Is this comforting me, or is it disgusting to me?" Podolsky thought to himself.
"Don, I don't think so."
"Don't be stubborn, you must think so, I know you."
Podolsky barely managed to squeeze out a smile, "Don, I really wouldn't think like that. β
"If you don't think so, it's not normal."
"Don !!" Podolsky roared.
"What the hell!!"
"Don't mess with me."
Sweat!
Tang Zhenglong retreated, Podolski walked to the penalty spot, he set the ball up, this time Govin was very well-behaved and did not interfere with the Cologne players again, so as not to bite back like Tang Zhenglong.
Podolski glanced at the goal and started running.
The whole audience held their breath, this goal was scored, then Cologne advanced.
Podolski fired a low shot into the middle of the net and Given's save was misguided.
The ball is in!
gooooooooooalοΌοΌ
Shearer took off his headphones and was a little disappointed, and the Newcastle players on the pitch looked gloomy.
Tang Zhenglong was celebrating wildly, and suddenly a few Newcastle players came.
"What?" Tang Zhenglong put his two fists in front of him.
The Newcastle player was happy and held out his hand.
"Don, congratulations."
"Congratulations?"
"Spread your hands."
"Why?" The Newcastle players were dumbfounded.
"I'll see if you have chewing gum in your palms."
"Bastard, you did it."
Several Newcastle players held up Tang Zhenglong, some touched his head, and some pinched his face.
"How can you be so nasty with this face?"
"Don't move, I'm the same as Beckham, I eat with my face."
"Hahahaha."
"Laugh p!!"
"Don, you're so humorous, I forgot to lose."
Someone found a piece of paper in Tang Zhenglong's pocket.
"What's this?"
"The penalty missed has nothing to do with Tang Zhenglong."
Tang Zhenglong was very calm, "Give me back." β
The Newcastle player laughed: "Did you get this before you stood up for the penalty?" β
"Of course, I was the first to stand up and take the penalty, so I will be held responsible."
"Don, you're a bastard more than I ever imagined."
"It doesn't matter, I'm the winner anyway."
Martins took off his shirt and handed it to Tang Zhenglong, "No matter what, my ability to score goals is something I admire." β
Tang Zhenglong and Martins exchanged jerseys.
Cologne's home stadium cheered as the team reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
Stevens made history when he went to the sidelines and patted Cologne's mascot, the male goat, "Thank you for bringing us good luck." β
Newcastle manager Glenn Rodell walked over and said, "I can't believe we've lost so much. β
"We won by luck."
"I'm disappointed, but I congratulate your team."
"Thank you."