Champion’s Heart

After the game resumed, the Brazilian team re-launched the Chinese team’s goal. The Brazilian fans in the stands desperately cheered for their team, hoping that they could open the Chinese team’s goal, but whether it was Neymar or Hu. Erke, or Ruo, or anyone else, their offense failed to break the goal guarded by Sun Pan.

The first half of overtime ended after three minutes of make-up and the score was still 1:1.

“The first half of overtime is over, the Brazilian team has not been able to break through the Chinese team’s city. The Chinese team defended very well in the first half. Now for the Chinese team, it is a victory to drag the game into the penalty shootout The mentality of the Brazilian team will definitely be greatly affected…” He Ping said.

There is no dedicated break in the first and second half of overtime. Everyone goes directly to the other half and then starts the game.

But this is a theoretical requirement, and not many players will comply with the rules in this way.

No one will go straight, from the left half to the right half, or vice versa.

Everyone is following a curve. They will walk from the court to the sidelines to drink water and replenish water. At the same time, let the coaches hurry to adjust and deploy them, and then leave their respective benches and return to their own half. field.

Because time is running out, the coaches have not made any tactical adjustments, but more encourage their players to stick, stick, or stick.

Back on the court, the second half of overtime began.

In the 107th minute, the Brazilian team got a corner kick. Neymar sent the corner kick to the front point. If the header was scored from a close range, the goal was high.

In the 108th minute, the Chinese team attacked. Zhou Yi sent a precise long pass in the backcourt and passed it to Yan Min in front.

Yan Min ran the ball and ran to the goal of the Brazilian team.

However, his physical fitness was not as good as before, and he was already the end of a strong crossbow after a rush.

At the last shot, the support foot did not stand and hit high.

“Yan Min… It’s a pity!”

No one criticized Yan Min for his poor shooting. Everyone can see that Yan Min’s physical energy consumption is very large. He is running all the time in this game, and as a wing player, there are many straight up and down. Sprinting at full strength is very physical.

Yan Min fights so hard, even if he doesn’t seize this opportunity, there is nothing to blame.

In the 112th minute, Alves chose a direct long shot outside the penalty area. This foot also shot an anti-aircraft gun.

In the 115th minute, Zhou Yi used a long shot outside the Brazilian penalty area to return the color. This shot was saved by Cesar. Wu Lei, who was catching the supplementary shot, missed the middle and the football missed the goal.

Five minutes before the end of overtime, the Brazilian team attacked across the board, suppressing the Chinese team’s restricted area and bombing indiscriminately.

During this time, the Chinese team is not without a chance to fight back, but the Chinese team is completely suppressed by the Brazilian team, even if there is a ball, they can not fight back.

All staff retreat to the inside and outside of the penalty area.

In the 117th minute, Ramirez took a shot from the top of the free throw arc and missed.

In the 119th minute, Hulk received a straight stop from Neymar and shot from the right foot on the edge of the penalty area. As a result, the football hit the crossbar.

This time, the Brazilian fans in the stands were startled, and a huge exclamation sounded throughout the Mineiro Stadium.

“Hulk! He almost finished the lore against the Chinese team!”

After the Brazilian team scored a goal, the Chinese team made the third substitution, Zhao Xuyang came on the field and replaced Yan Min who was unable to support his physical fitness.

This substitution is on the one hand to delay the time, on the other hand is also preparing for the next penalty shootout.

The second half of overtime is different from the first half, and it went smoothly, with only two minutes of stoppage time.

If there is no accident, the Brazilian team may be difficult to break the goal guarded by Sun Pan in these two minutes of injury time.

At this time, it happened that the Brazilian team was holding the ball, and a huge booing sounded in the stands.

This is all from the Brazilian fans, but whether the boos is for two minutes of stoppage time or out of dissatisfaction with the performance of Brazilian players, then it is unknown…

In the boos of the dissatisfaction of Brazilian fans, the referee Webber sounded the whistle at the end of the game.

“Overtime is over! The two sides will usher in the most brutal penalty shootout!” He Ping said, raising the volume. “In the face of the aggressive host, the Chinese team played very tenaciously. They evened the score when they conceded a goal first. Then the Brazilian team’s offensive… As expected by the Brazilian team, I think no Brazilian will think they will play a penalty kick with the Chinese team before the game…”

He Ping was right, the Brazilian never really thought of a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals. In the minds of many Brazilian fans, let alone a penalty shootout in this game, the battle can be resolved in ninety minutes.

but now……

The Brazilian TV commentator was very disappointed with this result: “After 120 minutes of playing, we only scored one goal, and it was not our player who scored the goal. Then we couldn’t score again… now the game Being dragged into the penalty shootout is a good opportunity for the Chinese team. Before the game, there was news that Lippi’s team had conducted many trainings on penalty kicks…”

He was a little worried in his heart.

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Players from both teams regrouped next to the head coach for a break.

At the same time, the head coaches of both sides are arranging the list of penalty kicks and the order of penalty kicks.

There are no fixed penalty shooters in the Chinese national team.

If a penalty is scored during regular game time, then whoever is in good shape will be the one who takes the penalty. Generally speaking, he will recommend himself. Only those who are very confident in themselves will take the initiative to ask for a penalty kick. In this way, the mentality of the free-throwers should be better than those of the players who have been formulated in advance.

Of course not to say that the mentality of those established free throw players is not good. Generally, the penalty shooters who can be penalized are the best in the team, so they will be designated.

But the problem is that the player’s state and mood will fluctuate throughout the game. No one can guarantee that this player who usually has a high level of penalties will not have psychological fluctuations or unbalanced mentality this time.

In football games, it is not that there is not a very stable player who had previously taken a penalty kick, but in the game the penalty kick result was missed.

Because the Chinese team does not have a fixed penalty shooter, Lippi chooses according to the player’s game status.

The Chinese team specially practiced penalty kicks before the game, so Lippi basically has a score for the penalties of these players.

He only needs to refer to the game state, physical fitness and emotion to arrange the order.

He wrote down the candidates on his board one by one, and then marked the number of the order of play in front of their names.

According to this list, the first player to play a penalty kick was Zheng Zhi who was replaced in the second half.

Zheng Zhi is old, but because he came off the bench, he has an advantage in physical fitness. And he is experienced and has a record of taking penalty kicks many times. It is appropriate for him to take the first penalty.

The second player is He Ying. As a striker, his shooting skills are definitely no problem. In terms of psychological quality, he also does not give up much. After practicing in the Champions League, he has a big heart that can withstand pressure.

The third player to play is Wu Lei. Wu Lei is the team’s first penalty shooter in the club. Although he is young, he has rich experience in penalty kicks. And he was also put on the court in the second half, with a physical advantage.

The fourth penalty shooter of the Chinese team is Yang Muge~www.wuxiax.com~ As the team’s midfielder, whether in the national team or the club, the number of goals is pitiful. But what matters is not the skill of shooting, but the psychological quality. In this respect, Yang Muge has an advantage.

The last one to play is Zhou Yi. He was not a penalty shooter in Dortmund, but he also had a record of taking penalty kicks and scoring goals. No matter his mental quality or kicking skills, Lippi put him in the last one. Let him make the final fatal blow for the Chinese team.

The next step is how to arrange the penalty players after five rounds of penalty kicks, and the players who have not played will be drawn once, including the goalkeeper. This arrangement is not as particular as the first five.

After arranging the penalty list, Lippi announced his arrangements to the players, and then said to the players who were doing massages: “Don’t worry about penalty kicks, the winning balance has tilted towards us. The Brazilians never expected that they would also play penalties with us, so I bet they didn’t have any training in penalties at all. This result was very unexpected for them. They were unprepared and had to play hurriedly. And think about how much preparation we have made for this game? On the penalty kick, it’s not that whoever is lucky, he can win, but who is prepared enough, who can win, the source of luck is you I usually make preparations and efforts for this. In this respect, we are far superior to Brazil, so there is nothing to worry about, and you can rest assured to kick!”