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Chapter 528 : Don't want to kick a penalty shootout and want to kick a penalty kick!
"From the beginning of the front, we will strengthen our offense. It is best to be able to score goals in the first half of overtime. A showdown with Arsenal on the penalty kick!" Ancelotti said confidently.

Generally, no head coach will pin their hopes on penalty kicks, because there are too many uncertain factors in at least five rounds of penalty kicks. Even a little psychological and luck influence is enough to decide a game. up!

Therefore, such unreliable things as penalty kicks are generally good coaches who can try not to kick them if they can. There are too few tactics that can be used on penalty kicks.
But in this game Ancelotti was full of confidence in the penalty shootout for no other reason.First of all, there are many excellent penalty shooters in my camp. Even central defender Ramos and full-back Marcelo have a penalty kick, not to mention the four major firepower points in the frontcourt and the two hubs in the midfield.Secondly, Arsenal did not have a good penalty shooter on the field. Li Zihan was in a hot state and scored like a ball.But the penalty. I have never seen him take a penalty, even once or in a friendly match.Ozil, Wilshere, Giroud and Ramsey are okay for penalty kicks, but they are just okay when they are, and they are still a little inferior compared to Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema.

Finally, there is the goalkeeper issue. Real Madrid has a world-class goalkeeper-Iker Casillas! !He is an expert at saving penalties, and he has saved many opponents' penalties.After being unstable at the beginning of the season, he finally adjusted himself after the middle and late seasons, and now he is an indispensable player for Real Madrid again.And Arsenal's goalkeeper Szczesny used to be comparable to De Gea among the younger generation of goalkeepers, but now De Gea is becoming more mature, stable and better, but Szczesny is pitting Arsenal Is there less time?
So Ancelotti is very confident about penalty kicks, which is why he arranged to delay the penalty shootout if he failed to score.

"The short break of 15 minutes passed quickly, and the two sides changed sides again. Neither Real Madrid's Ancelotti nor Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger made changes to their lineup. It seems that both sides still want to have some reservations. After all, the physical fitness of the players on both sides may be insufficient in overtime. It is necessary to reserve substitutions. If a player is injured or physically weak and needs to be replaced, there is no call for substitutions. I believe that each other will seize the weak point of each other and attack fiercely, and the result will be unpredictable."

"It is worth mentioning that Ancelotti's Real Madrid has only one substitution after replacing Alonso, Pepe, Isco and Carvajal. Arsenal's Professor Arsene Wenger still had two substitutions available and Arsenal used their first and only one at the No.40 minute of the first half. They replaced Cazorla , replaced by Li Zihan, the frontcourt firepower core who has just recovered from injury."

"The number of substitutions was originally controversial. After all, it is still uncertain how Li just recovered from his injury. But Cazorla is actually in good condition, but Wenger replaced him. Of course, in the end Li Zihan While pulling back Arsenal, which was about to fall to the bottom of the cliff, with an excellent brace, it also slapped those doubters loudly in the face."

"The two sides played very openly at the beginning of extra time. Arsenal may have been holding a breath in their hearts after playing the 'defense without counterattack' tactic for 5 minutes at the end of the game. Real Madrid was even more angry. It’s too big, but I didn’t score Arsenal’s goals in 10 minutes of my home court, but I was conceded by Arsenal twice, so the two sides relied on bayonets from the beginning.”

"Maybe both sides don't want to play an unreliable penalty shootout." The famous BBC host Mortensen said.

And the guest Lineker hit the nail on the head: "It should be that Arsenal don't want to play penalty shootouts, because they have always been unreliable in penalty kicks, whether they are penalty kicks or defensive penalty kicks."

Although Arsenal didn't want to take a penalty kick, they still didn't care about their defense. Otherwise, if they were scored by Real Madrid, they might really not need to take a penalty kick.

So when Cristiano Ronaldo broke through with the ball, Arsenal watched him very tightly, and Chamberlain and Sagna watched him.Sagna is already 30 years old, and he was already tired after playing 93 minutes of the game. There are three 10 minutes of overtime, so he simply didn't go up and stayed in the backcourt to defend. Anyway, Cristiano Ronaldo's attack is very oppressive!
Ancelotti stood on the sidelines, not thinking about the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo is the team's big name. Seeing that Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't play here, he immediately signaled to switch sides and let Di Maria play.

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't mean to confront Ancelotti and be unhappy. When he had no chance, he got out of the way and passed the ball back to Modric in the midfield. The Croatian midfielder directly took the ball horizontally. Immediately after the ball. Transfer the ball to Di Maria on the right.

Wenger was saying something with gestures on the sidelines, obviously dissatisfied with the team for allowing Modric to pass the ball so easily.

Wilshere looked at Wenger, then moved to stare at Modric, getting closer to him.

After Di Maria received the ball, he broke through the wing quickly, and then made a wall kick with Isco, who stepped in to respond, and cooperated to dodge the pressing Ozil.

Ozil is currently a top midfielder, but he is lackluster in defense. It is good to be able to run up and press and participate in defense
Di Maria received a return pass from Isco behind Ozil. After being dissatisfied by the team boss for his "personal heroism" before, Isco seemed much more active, at least This time the pass back to Di Maria was very active, and he didn't come by himself.

Di Maria quickly advanced from the wing, and Gibbs knew not to let the opponent get too close to his backcourt.Head coach Wenger said during the final break that he should try to keep the opponent away from his penalty area, so he rushed forward without letting Di Maria rush up by himself.

Isco moved forward from the side of Di Maria. After Di Maria and Gibbs met, he made a pass.Very realistic, even the curvature of the body came out.Gibbs stretched out his foot immediately, but Di Maria suddenly pulled the ball back and wiped it past Gibbs.

"Beautiful! Di Maria!! A breakthrough after a very beautiful fake pass. His pass fakes are so realistic. If this ball meets other players, it may be a pass, because His body has been tilted, and if the average player does not pass the ball, if he pulls the ball forcibly to break through the sideline, he will lose his center of gravity and fall, which shows how flexible Di Maria's body is!"

Di Maria, who broke through Gibbs, immediately cut inside and ran towards Arsenal's penalty area. At this time, Ramsey couldn't help it, and immediately came to intercept with a diagonal stab.

But before he came up, Di Maria had already passed the ball.

It was a ground ball, and the ball rolled towards Isco, but Isco didn't catch it.He jumped over the ball, then ignored the ball, and immediately squeezed into Arsenal's penalty area!
"Isco!! A very imaginative missed goal, Arsenal was not prepared at all. After a period of familiarity with Isco after playing, he gradually recovered some form, although his performance in Real Madrid is still not good. Last season was great in Malaga, but after all, these are two different environments, in Malaga he was the core of the midfield at a young age, but in the midfield of Real Madrid, where there are so many stars, he is nothing!"

Bell caught Isco's missed ball, and then he directly knocked the ball with his heel to Modric who plugged in, and he also squeezed into the penalty area.

Bell, Benzema and Isco came all of a sudden. Arsenal's defense in the middle was relatively difficult, and the players also came to the front of the penalty area to help the central defender defend.

At this time, while Wilshere went back to help the central defender defend, Modric passed a direct pass to Cristiano Ronaldo on the other side.With Di Maria's breakthrough on the right and the pass from the center before, Arsenal's attention has been attracted by Real Madrid's right and center, and even Sagna has returned to the ribs of the penalty area.

Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball with ease, and then a beautiful feint swayed away from Chamberlain and cut towards the inside.

"Cristiano Ronaldo, beautiful breakthrough, Real Madrid attack again, Arsenal dangerous again!!"

Sagna wanted to rush out to intercept, but Cristiano Ronaldo did not give him this opportunity.The Portuguese took a long shot directly from the ribs of the penalty area.

"Cristiano Ronaldo. Long shot!! Powerful!!!"

The ball whizzed towards Arsenal's penalty area, avoiding Sagna, and the speed of the ball gave Modesat no time to react.

In the end, Szczesny made a throw towards the ball in the middle of the goal line, and the Pole's back was wet with sweat when he made the save.
In the end, the ball passed Szczesny's hands and flew directly to the dead corner of the goal!

"Cristiano Ronaldo!!!" Seeing Szczesny pounce, the Spanish commentator jumped up passionately from his seat.

Although the ball is still in the air and has not entered the net, in his opinion, can there be an accident if Cristiano Ronaldo's shot is not blocked by the goalkeeper?Moreover, the ball flew towards the dead corner of the goal, not the stands on the second floor.