Chapter 141: Penalties
After Zhang Chaoqiang's goal, the Olympique de Lyon immediately erupted, like a long-planned volcano erupting.
The Lyon fans in the stands cheered excitedly, raised their heads to the sky and roared, fists and roars, and tears broke down.
On the pitch, the whole Lyon team rushed forward in a frenzy.
Zhang Chaoqiang still fell to the ground, and they jumped up one by one with cheers.
So the court played the top arhat to celebrate.
The Lyon coaching staff on the sidelines were also embracing passionately.
The tactics worked, and the team managed to equalize.
The pressure on the Lyon coaching staff was instantly reduced by more than half.
After a frenzied celebration, players from both sides returned to their respective halves and prepared to continue the game.
Zhang Chao rubbed his ribs, he had just been knocked into the air and fell a little painfully.
Fortunately, it was just a hard injury, and it was not a big deal.
Before kick-off, Zhang Chaoqiang deliberately went to the referee to theorize two sentences, thinking that Gabi should be given a yellow card, but the referee ignored it.
After the restart, the Lyon players were on the move, a bit of a desire to take advantage of the victory.
But Atletico immediately threatened with a sharp counter-attack.
In the 28th minute, Atletico Madrid once again took advantage of Lyon's pressure to form a quick counterattack, Griezmann stepped into the Lyon penalty area, and fell to the ground after a little contact with Gonallons.
The Atletico players immediately shouted for a penalty, while the Lyon players retorted and accused the opponent of faking a fall.
Gonarons even waved to the French compatriot lying on the ground, telling him to get up quickly and not to play dead, and seemed to greet him cordially in French.
In the end, the referee decided that it was normal physical contact, neither a penalty nor a fake fall.
Obviously, the referee of this game has a relatively large penalty scale.
But the counterattack was a wake-up call for the Lyon coaching staff, who were shouting from the sidelines: "Steady, steady!" Don't be in a hurry. ”
So this stability, and it has been stable.
At the end of 30 minutes, both teams held on.
At the end of 45 minutes, the two teams were still steady.
At the end of the 90 minutes, the two teams were still holding on.
Lyon have equalised, and Fournier's most important thing is to hold on and not concede a goal, and not let the opponent score an away goal.
Atletico also seemed to be happy with the score and were in no hurry to find a goal.
So overtime came naturally.
"When facing Bayern in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Lyon lost 0:1 away in the first leg, equalized 1:0 on aggregate in 90 minutes at home in the second leg, and finally qualified through extra time."
"Now facing Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, Lyon seem to be on the same path again."
Going into extra time is coming, commentators from all over the world are actively predicting the direction of the game and talking about the probability of both teams qualifying.
And after the extra time really started, the game did go a bit like playing Bayern before.
In the 98th minute, Carrasco, who was on the bench for Atletico Madrid, cut inside the side and stuffed the ball to Torres in the Lyon penalty area.
Umtiti was close to Torres, but was turned away by an elderly Tony.
Seeing that he was about to lose his position, Umtiti started as soon as his brain was hot and pulled Torres down directly.
"Penalty! It's a penalty without a doubt! ”
'Atletico Madrid get a penalty and if they score it, they can score a crucial away goal.
Atletico were awarded a penalty and the whole Lyon team was frustrated.
Only Zhang Chaoqiang was entangled in his heart.
is a little expectant of the goal, but also worried that the opponent will kill the game directly through this goal.
If Atletico Madrid scores a penalty, the score will become a draw, and later Zhang Chaoqiang can trigger [Mr. Key] again, just like Bayern in extra time in the quarterfinals.
But Atletico Madrid is known for its defense, and if they are allowed to score away goals, even if Zhang Chaoqiang has the bonus of [Mr. Key], I am afraid it will be difficult to replicate the miracle of Bayern in the quarterfinals.
In the midst of the back-and-forth, Torres helped him solve the problem.
Probably because the penalty was created by Torres, the Atletico players negotiated and let Torres take the penalty himself.
Toyo's conservative penalty was saved by Anthony López, and cheers rang out from the Olympique de Lyon.
Now there is no need to dwell on it, and the game is back on a calm track.
The two sides continued to play conservatively, and Zhang Chaoqiang did not have the [Mr. Key] bonus, so soon 120 minutes passed, and the score on the field remained the same.
Lyon beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home and drew 1-1 on aggregate.
The two teams officially entered the penalty shootout.
"No one expected that the focus of this Champions League semi-final would end up in a penalty shootout."
'For Lyon and Atletico Madrid, they've both had penalty shootouts this season.
"Lyon eliminated Paris Saint-Germain on penalties in the semi-finals of the French Cup two weeks ago.
"Atletico Madrid eliminated PSV Eindhoven on penalties in the last 16 of this season's Champions League."
"By the way, Atletico Madrid are on the verge of playing their second penalty shoot-out in this season's Champions League, making them the third team after Barcelona and Bayern Munich to take two penalty shoot-outs in a single season in the Champions League."
"But the previous two teams that played in two penalty shoot-outs in a single season were only able to win one of them."
"In the 85/86 Champions League, Barcelona eliminated the Swedish team Gothenburg on penalties in the semi-finals of the Champions League, but lost to Bucharest in the final on penalties and missed the title."
"In the 11/12 Champions League, Bayern eliminated Real Madrid through a penalty shootout in the Champions League semi-finals to advance, but lost to Chelsea on penalties in the final and missed the title."
At the end of extra time, the managers of both sides were actively arranging the order of appearance in the penalty shootout, and the commentators of various countries took the opportunity to talk about the history of penalty shootouts in the Champions League.
Soon the two sides arranged the order of play, and the penalty shootout officially began.
By flipping a coin, Lyon gains the power to pick the goal, so it picks the side of the Lyon fans behind the goal.
This will leave Lyon players less stressed when taking penalties, while Atletico Madrid players will have to deal with all sorts of noise behind the goal.
But in return, Lyon had to take the penalty first.
Zhang Chaoqiang, as the star of Lyon, was the first to represent the team, striving for a good start to the penalty shootout.
Although his heartbeat was faster than usual in Ligue 1 to kick a penalty, Zhang Chaoqiang still put the ball on the ball as usual and stepped back.
When the referee blew the whistle, he ran forward and hit the goal directly.
Oblak guessed the wrong direction and couldn't have touched the ball.
"Beautiful!! The ball is in! Zhang Chaoqiang scored a penalty on his first appearance for Lyon, and now the pressure is on the Atletico players. ”
Zhang Chaoqiang successfully scored a penalty, and the domestic commentator was quite excited.
As long as Lyon successfully passes this penalty shoot-out, that super strong will be able to go to this season's Champions League final.
It was a truly top-level stage, the center of attention of fans all over the world.
The penalty shoot-out continued, and the first to represent Atletico was also their star of the game, Antoine Griezmann.
Although Griezmann is a French star, this is a club game, and the French fans at the scene are very clear, and all kinds of boos and abuse are sent to him.
Unfortunately, the effect was limited, and Griezmann withstood the pressure to score the penalty.
In the second round of the penalty shootout, Lyon played Tolisso and Atletico Madrid played Gabi.
Both men scored.
In the third round of the penalty shootout, it was Jordan Ferry who came on in Lyon, and his penalty was saved by Oblak.
But just when the Lyon fans were disappointed, Carrasco, who played at Atletico Madrid, kicked the penalty away, and the scene immediately burst into cheers.
In the fourth round of the penalty shootout, Lyon played Valbuena and scored the ball steadily.
Atletico came on at right-back Juanfran and his penalty was spotted by Anthony López.
So the fifth round of penalty kicks came.
Lyon arranged Alexandre Lacazette for the finale, while Atletico Madrid placed veteran Fernando Torres behind.
Although Torres missed a penalty in extra time, Simeone still chose to believe him.
Lacazette kicked the ball into Oblak's arms under the eager gaze of the Lyon fans.
Torres then came on and was not discouraged by the boos and converted the penalty to end the game once and for all.
"It's over! Lacazze's penalty is saved, but Torres' penalty is on the score! ”
"Congratulations to Atletico Madrid and congratulations to the Sheets for beating Lyon 4-3 on penalties to reach the Champions League final."
"This is the second time since 2014 that they have reached the final of the Champions League in two years, which is quite a remarkable result in the Champions League."
"At the same time, we also wish Lyon, although they have not been able to continue their dark horse journey, they have contributed too many surprises and created too many surprises for us in this season's Champions League."
"In the Champions League group stage, they beat Real Madrid at home; In the round of 16 of the Champions League, they beat Chelsea twice; In the quarterfinals of the Champions League, they broke out a shocking upset and directly sent away Bayern, the first favorite to win the championship. ”
"Even in the semi-finals of the Champions League, they still fought with Atletico Madrid until the penalty shoot-out, and the overall performance was quite good."
"Lyon this season, they definitely deserve the reputation of the Lion King of Ligue 1!"
As the star of Lyon, Super Zhang has contributed 10 goals and 6 assists in 12 games in the Champions League this season.
"He's the real dark horse in this season's Champions League! Super Genius!! I believe that the major European giants have already counted their wallets and are ready to join this hot bid of super talents! ”