Chapter 981: Penalty Shootout
Halfway through the overtime, both sides were at the limit of their physical strength, and they couldn't speed up even if they wanted to.
"Hold on a little longer."
"Coach Zhu, I think it's better to prepare for a penalty shootout." Li Tie reminded.
"Hmm."
On the other hand, the Australian coach has also begun to prepare for a penalty shootout.
On the court, Tang Zhenglong was also about to cramp and his leg hurt.
"It's uncomfortable."
The weather in Doha is very hot, and it is really uncomfortable to play to this extent in this situation.
"It's supposed to be a penalty."
Duan Xuan said.
In the last few minutes, the two sides still carried out several attacks, but they were all thunderous and rainy.
120 minutes of play ended.
Penalty shootout.
On the Chinese team's side, the first one must be Zheng Zhi.
In the last one, Zhu Guanghu wrote Tang Zhenglong.
"Don, I hope that on our side, the last one can wait until you play."
Zhu Guanghu's meaning is very clear, he doesn't want the penalty shootout to end early.
The penalty shoot-out was a complete battle of luck.
At this time, strength is secondary, and luck is more important.
How many strong teams fell before 12 yards, such as Italy in blue, the Netherlands in orange, and poor England, all victims of penalty shootouts.
The Chinese team's record in the history of penalty shootouts is actually okay.
In the 2004 Asian Cup held on the mainland, the Chinese team defeated Iran in the semifinals, and finally reached the final, losing to Japan.
Osik lined up and the penalty shootout was about to begin.
The goalkeepers of both sides, Schwarzel on one side and Zeng Cheng on the other.
When Schwartzel and Zeng Cheng shook hands, they deliberately became a little stronger, which was considered coercive.
Just before the penalty shootout was about to start, Tang Zhenglong found Zeng Cheng.
"What's the matter? Rocky. ”
"Pretend something's wrong."
"What do you mean?"
"Pretend I'm teaching you some kind of secret technique."
Burst.
Zeng Chengle is happy, we don't understand Tang Zhenglong's world.
"Thank you, but I want to help the national football team with my strength."
"Okay."
At the beginning of the penalty shootout, the first player of the Chinese team was Zheng Zhi.
Facing Schwarzer, Zheng Zhi made a feint, shook his ankle, and hit the ball into the other side.
1 to 0.
Australia's first appearance was Gary Cahill.
The Australian chose to shoot in the middle, and with a burst shot, Zeng Cheng made a save in the wrong direction.
1 to 1.
The players on both sides rushed out, and the air seemed to be condensed.
"Director Zhu, are you okay?"
Li Tie was really afraid that Zhu Guanghu would have a heart attack, and he was too nervous.
'The players on both sides played very well, the first four rounds were out of the game, and soon it was the last round, and it was a round that could not be mistaken.
Although it is possible to punish a penalty shootout and make a mistake in one round, the last round is obviously the most critical, and once it is lost, there is no way to remedy it.
The Chinese team played by Tang Zhenglong.
The referee blew the whistle, Tang Zhenglong began to run, and the moment he shot, Tang Zhenglong made a feint.
It could have been possible to shake off the goalkeeper, but this time Schwarzer didn't make the first move.
Oops!!
Li Tie is experienced, and for the feint to be successful, the most important thing is that the opponent moves first, if the goalkeeper does not move, then the feint will pit himself.
Schwarzel jumped out.
Australia was ready to celebrate, and just then, the ball slipped past Schwarzel's hand.
"Oh my God, it's almost !!"
Duan Xuan was about to pee.
It turned out that Tang Zhenglong's penalty was a double insurance, on the one hand, it was a feint, and on the other hand, the angle was also a thief.
Schwarzel thumped his chest.
It's just a little bit, it's almost touching the ball, that is, the lore of the Chinese team.
Schwartzel punched a few hard punches on the lawn before slowly getting back to his feet.
"You can't pounce either."
Zeng Cheng just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
On Australia's side, Colwill walked to the penalty spot, and the burden of the whole country was on him alone.
The atmosphere of the whole game was at its highest.
Zhu Guanghu turned around, not daring to look at the ball.
Colwill began to run, a push shot, like Tang Zhenglong, the angle of the ball he kicked was also a thief, but it was ...... It was so tricky that it slammed on the goalpost.
For the Chinese team, this thud is as beautiful as heaven.
The game is over.
The Chinese team began to celebrate.
Tang Zhenglong was thrown into the air.
"Long live Brother Long."
"Brother Long is mighty."
"Hahaha."
"Put me down."
The Australians are disappointed, joining the AFC, two Asian Cups, they can't conquer Asia, it looks like Asian football is not as weak as they think.
Cowell walked towards Tang Zhenglong.
"Congratulations, winning the championship."
"Definitely."
"Swap jerseys?"
"No problem."
The two No.10s exchanged jerseys.
Mixed interview area.
Tang Zhenglong was surrounded by reporters again.
"Tang, congratulations, you have entered the Asian Cup final again, and the Chinese team has reached the final of the Asian Cup for three consecutive years."
"Haha, thank you."
"What's the most important thing you'd like to do right now?"
"Back to Real Madrid."
Everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect this answer.
"Because Jose wants me crazy, he calls me every day, because without me, Real Madrid can't function normally."
Burst.
Brag!!!
"Jose calls you every day? I read a report from the newspaper Marca yesterday, and José seemed to say that it was the same with or without Tang Zhenglong. ”
"Hahaha, idiot."
“……”
"That's to prevent other teams from poaching me, do you know how sought-after I am in the transfer market right now?"
"If Jose hadn't said that, I would have been bought, and you wouldn't have understood the troubles of superstardom."
Sweat to death!!
"Don, let's talk about the Asian Cup final?"
Tang Zhenglong shook his head, "I want to take a break first, let's talk about it four days after the Asian Cup final, there will be a result then." ”
"If you are destroyed by Korea, will you be very sad?"
Bah!!
"Something impossible!!"
"What if?"
"No case, if the opponent is South Korea, I will score a hat-trick."
South Korean journalists were so angry that they left en masse.
The Asian Cup is coming to an end soon, and the next day, the semi-finals between Japan and South Korea also reached a penalty shootout, and South Korea defeated Japan and reached the final.
The final of this Asian Cup is a gathering of two old enemies, the Chinese team VS the South Korean team.
*******
"Boss, what did you call me for?"
"I order you not to call Koreans for sticks before the finals."
"Why?"
Zhu Guanghu doesn't want to make extraneous branches, in case Tang Zhenglong is banned because of his big mouth, it will be a big loss.
"It's over, you can say whatever you want, but not before the final."
"Also, this is my last game in charge of the national football team."
“……”
Tang Zhenglong was dumbfounded.
"Director Zhu, are you leaving?"
"It's time to leave, I owe so much to my family."
Tang Zhenglong's heart was sour.