Chapter 293: Desperate Penalty Shootout
After 120 minutes, the score was still 0-0.
Inevitably, the two sides went into a brutal penalty shootout.
In the previous Champions League finals, 7 times extra-time, only 2014 did not enter the penalty shootout, when Real Madrid scored in extra time by Bale, Marcelo and Ronaldo three goals one after another, 4-1 directly defeated the city rival Atletico Madrid.
However, in the last penalty shoot-out in the Champions League final, it was Chelsea who had the last laugh.
In that penalty shoot-out, people always talk about how Drogba turned the tide, but it was Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech who really collapsed Bayern, and he judged every penalty direction of the opponent, which directly caused Olic and Schweinsteiger to miss penalties one after another due to their unstable mentality.
In penalty shoot-outs, skill is important, but even more important is whether they can withstand the pressure.
Jose has experienced many penalty shootouts, all of which he won in the end, but it was the first time he participated in a penalty shoot-out in the Champions League final.
As the saying goes, things must be reversed, so won't Jose miss in the penalty shootout?
The penalty shoot-out began.
After Mourinho arranged the players, he sat silently on the bench, although Mourinho covered it well, but the discerning person could still see the inner nervousness in his expression.
He never won a penalty shootout!
Real Madrid were awarded the first penalty.
Chelsea decisively opted for a penalty shoot-out close to the goal of their own fans.
Round 1.
Lucas Vazquez stepped up first for Real Madrid, slowly walking to the penalty area while looking intently at Jose, trying to see something flawed in Jose.
Jose stood quietly on the goal line, without any superfluous movements, but gave the opposition endless pressure.
This season, Jose has saved all of his opponents' penalties, and that alone is enough to deter any player.
As he runs, Vázquez trots a few steps sideways, trying to confuse José's judgment.
It is clear that Vázquez's actions have no effect on José.
José didn't even bother to pretend, just stretched his waist slightly.
Vázquez shot with his right foot, and he chose to volley into the bottom right corner.
This shot is too routine, let alone Jose, even if it is just an ordinary goalkeeper, there is a good chance of saving.
José didn't use the plug-in, but fell as fast as he could towards the right side of the goal.
The result was extremely sad for the Real Madridians, with Jose saving Vázquez's penalty with incredible reaction speed.
The Chelsea bench and the fans erupted in cheers.
There was a slight glint in Mourinho's eyes, but it was quickly hidden.
Eden Hazard made his first appearance for Chelsea.
For him, who has already missed a penalty, Mourinho's arrangement is somewhat incomprehensible.
Eden Hazard calmly walked to the penalty area and then calmly ran and calmly hit the goal with his left foot, and the ball calmly rolled into the net from the bottom left corner of the net.
The whole process was uneventful.
Keylor Navas failed to catch Hazard's shot this time and he saved completely.
Chelsea are 1-0 up.
Applause rang out again.
Second round.
Marcelo walked to the penalty area with Jose.
As in the first round, Jose was still standing quietly on the goal line, without any extra moves.
The more José does that, the harder it is to guess what he's thinking.
Marcelo knew that it was impossible to find a flaw in Jose, so he didn't think much about it and directly volleyed with his left foot into the bottom right corner.
As a full-back, Marcelo is unlikely to be like those strikers, playing tricky angles and hitting two lower corners is already his limit.
This time, Jose finally used the "time pause".
With a distance of 3.5 metres from the centre of the goal to the bottom right corner, Jose was only 50% sure of saving Marcelo's shot without using a plug-in.
Before the penalty shoot-out began, Jose had a decision to save all the opponent's penalties in one go.
Only a thorough display of his penalty saves can deter players who want to rely on penalties to score goals.
When a team knows that a penalty kick is going to be lost before the game starts, their only option is to end the fight in regulation time.
In this way, the turtle defense will naturally not work.
In the expectant eyes of Real Madrid fans, Jose brutally saved Marcelo's penalty.
Although there are still three rounds of chances, some Real Madrid fans have already shown desperate expressions.
Cesc Fabregas made his second appearance for Chelsea.
In the process of running, Xiaofa made a slight feint and actually deceived Navas, and he directly volleyed to the left in the middle.
The ball went in.
Chelsea are 2-0 up.
Is Real Madrid on the move?
Round 3.
Bale, who had cramped several times, played for Real Madrid.
So far, the rating of the players who have appeared is in full swing, with Bale in first place and Jose far behind him.
The reason for this is that in addition to Bale's performance is good enough, the main thing is that Jose played so well that every save he made seemed like luck, so experts from all sides voted for Bale.
In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been in a slightly sluggish performance, has scored a lot of points, and his score is even higher than Benzema's score with more chances.
During the run-up, Bale changed his pace several times in an attempt to fool Jose.
Unfortunately, Jose barely looked at the penalty taker's runs.
Bale still chose to push the ball into the bottom right corner.
The world only knows that the two dead ends above are the most difficult to save, but few people know that those two dead ends are also extremely difficult to hit.
Jose used the cheating again, he didn't plan to gamble on that 50 percent chance at all, he wanted an absolute save success rate.
When Jose saved Bale's penalty, the Real Madrid fans burst into tears.
Although Real Madrid still has the possibility of a theoretical comeback, with Jose's saving ability, can it score in the last two rounds?
Instead of returning to the team, Jose walked to the penalty area.
He came in with the third overall pick for Chelsea.
Seeing Jose in the penalty area will inevitably remind Chelsea fans of the penalty shoot-out in '12, when Manuel Neuer came on as the goalkeeper's third for Bayern Munich and fooled Petr Cech with a feint.
In that penalty shoot-out, Manuel Neuer scored a penalty, but Bayern lost the title.
Today was different, though, and if Jose had scored that penalty, it would have been Chelsea who would have won the title.
Jose stretched the run-up as long as he could, like David Luiz in 12.
A super long run, but Jose has already run in the blink of an eye.
"Bang~" The sound of the sneakers colliding with the ball came out, and the ball turned into an afterimage, and it flew into the net in an instant.
Navas stood dumbfounded, before he could react.
Jose hit the ball at too fast, too fast.
If it weren't for the high-speed video recorder replay, the naked eye would not have been able to see the direction of José's shot at all.
Silence, deathly silence in the audience.
"Whoa." Moments later, the audience erupted in deafening cheers.
Jose violently blasted the Champions League title in the 15/16 season.
Chelsea had the last laugh.
Mourinho won a penalty shoot-out for the first time in his life.
According to some information, Mourinho not only never led the team to win a penalty shootout, but even lost the penalty shootout without exception in his player days, usual commercial exhibition matches, etc.
Jose Mourinho was so excited that he was on his knees on the sidelines.
In stark contrast to Mourinho's excitement was Cristiano Ronaldo, who stood on the sidelines of the pitch with a lonely face, tears rolling in his eyes.
Because of Jose's three consecutive saves, Ronaldo didn't even have the opportunity to play a penalty, even if Ronaldo is the active first penalty taker, but at the moment it is useless.
For a long time, people have been accustomed to commenting on Messi and Ronaldo together, as if they can't show the greatness of the other without comparing one to the other.
Now Jose has come out of nowhere, directly turning the argument between the two respective fans into meaningless.
Jose is not a striker, he is just an inconspicuous goalkeeper.
In the past, too much attention has been paid to attacking players, and even Neuer has only been mentioned when he saves a shot from a well-known attacking player, and the rest of the time, Neuer has been an obscure defender.
Jose rushed to the Chelsea bench and even though he had already won the Champions League once, it was a good feeling to win the game again.
The giants are as deep as the sea, and from this moment on, Jose's status at Chelsea has finally faintly caught up with Terry.
At the ceremony, the Real Madrid player forced a smile to receive the runner-up medal from UEFA officials.
Little did they know that the runner-up medal would be a great honor for some time to come.
John Terry lifted the Big Ear Cup for Chelsea for the second time and he knew by now that Chelsea didn't need him anymore.
As a Chelsea academy player, Terry's feelings for the team are unquestionable, but sometimes he does something that should not be done for his own benefit.
Leaving with dignity is the best thing for Terry to do.
Winning the Champions League, Mourinho finally realized his long-cherished dream of leading three teams to win the Champions League three times, and next season will be the fourth year of Mourinho's contract with Chelsea, and he has finally survived the "curse of three years".
Over the years, there have always been fans who say that Mourinho's tactics are backward and that he is no longer adapted to today's football environment.
Perhaps the fans are right, today's players are no longer as desperate as the players of the last century, they prefer to enjoy the process of football while receiving a high salary, as for winning and losing and honoring? There's Mero pressed on it.
The atmosphere in Milan was unique, with the post-match celebrations lasting more than an hour.
At the post-match press conference, Jose met the passionate and beautiful journalist again.
(End of chapter)