Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 534 Penalty Shootout
The audience around Mourinho can clearly hear his venting roar. No one is optimistic about Real Madrid, even Real Madrid themselves don’t believe it, but they did it. Although the result is not yet known, but at Camp Nou, Real Madrid The flag of China is fluttering in the wind, and they have brought back the disadvantage step by step here.

Real Madrid fans waved flags and sang Zhang Yuan's name loudly, but there was a kind of joy of being alive, but it must not be the kind of hardship that Mourinho and the players experienced. Playing such a game is a torture.

How miserable is Real Madrid, the ball possession rate is only 20.00%[-], and the shot is pathetic three times!

I said earlier that Guardiola wanted to use possession of the ball to suppress Real Madrid's attack in this game. They first ensured that the ball was at their feet rather than going further in the score, so their shots were very few, only nine times .

But Real Madrid's luck is obviously better. They scored two goals in three shots. This kind of luck is really rare. Guardiola wiped his forehead with his hand. He also expressed that he had no solution. Barcelona really did a good job. The long shot itself is not a huge threat, and Mascherano is at a loss. He didn't take the initiative to touch the ball, but was passively hit in the leg.

Another kill!Guardiola "hates Zhang Yuan to the bone", why do you fucking like to give me this at the last moment, Zhang Yuan's performance in the audience can be called extremely restricted, there is no chance at all!
But this annoying person just made himself suffocated, and Guardiola was a little ruthless in his helplessness. He didn't want to play overtime, he wanted to end the game directly.

In the last few minutes, he began to ask his players to frequently walk into Real Madrid's penalty area!
And Real Madrid didn't need Mourinho's tactical arrangements and reminders at all. They tried their best to defend. The front of the penalty area was already densely packed with people. It was not easy for Barcelona to attack. At most, the perimeter increased. Just some shots.

The referee blew the whistle, the game was over, and the two teams had to play overtime. In the normal game, Barcelona's shots finally scored in double figures, while Real Madrid still stayed at an embarrassing 3 times. What an awkward statistic. In regular time, they beat Barcelona 1:2.

It is impossible for the two teams to be in good physical condition so far, but Guardiola does not want to play overtime, and of course he does not want to lose, so his arrangement is still limited to attack before overtime, and he dare not let His own team is too high, and the fast horses in the Real Madrid team put a lot of pressure on Barcelona. He is not a fool and will not ignore this.

On the Real Madrid side, Mourinho's instructions have been to defend and counterattack, to ensure defense, and to use long passes directly.

The formation was adjusted to 442, and Zhang Yuan was moved to the position of the right midfielder. He has already played three positions in this game, but now his task is mainly to defend.

In the first half of overtime, Barcelona created an excellent opportunity in the 101st minute. It was Messi's continuous dribbling and sending a pick pass, but Pedro actually kicked it away when his physical fitness declined.

Real Madrid also had a chance. With a long pass from the backcourt, Adebayor actually chose a header from outside the penalty area to hang the goal. This idea is very imaginative, but it is a pity that he underestimated Valdes too much and was not a threat.

The score in the first half was 0:0. In the second half, even if Guardiola wanted Barcelona to focus on attacking, everyone had reached a physical limit. The two sides began to work hard on the field. Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, tried hard to control the ball at their feet, and never passed it into Real Madrid's penalty area without a suitable opportunity.

In the 114th minute, they got another free kick in the frontcourt. This time it really almost killed the game. Harvey's free kick hit the crossbar of Real Madrid's goal with a bang, and was stuck after bouncing off the ground. Celias was hugged.

Barcelona fans and Real Madrid fans exclaimed at the same time. Mourinho had to praise Real Madrid's luck today in the audience. Every team has such moments. Real Madrid also had bad luck before. There are also games where more than 30 shots cannot break through the opponent's goal.

Today Real Madrid turned upside down, luck is on their side, Barcelona has a chance to kill the game.

Today we will advance, Mourinho thinks this way in his heart at this time, we will definitely win the penalty kick, because we will be lucky!
Guardiola is in a different mood from Mourinho. Both the head coach and the players are susceptible to some unwarranted things. The Chinese do not believe in God, but many foreign players and coaches are used to praying to God for good luck. Well, Guardiola doesn't think God is on his side today.

He feels bad, but he can't do anything about it, he has it every season, but it's never been worse, because if Mourinho leads the team to beat him, it will be the second time in a row. The body made it to the final, which in Guardiola's eyes was a disgrace and he wanted to be a winner.

When the overtime was all over, neither side had the ability to change the score, so everyone entered a brutal penalty shootout.

This kind of penalty shootout is very different from the usual penalty kicks, and the pressure is very high, because everyone longs for the highest stage of the Champions League. The greater the motivation, the greater the pressure. It is impossible for every player to be calm.

Zhang Yuan collapsed on the court after the whistle sounded. He needed to rest and didn't even go to the sidelines. He sprinted too much back and forth today, and as a frontcourt player, his running distance was actually one of the best in the team. Could you please Tired? !
Real Madrid's substitute player Ozil ran directly to him.

"Dude! You did a great job today!" Ozil began to massage him. Of course, he is a half-handed physiotherapist, but there are only three doctors on the team, and Ozil can only reluctantly do what he can. The buddy gets a massage.

"Thank you! Mesut! We will advance today, right?!" Zhang Yuan asked weakly.

"Yes! Because of you! You are truly a lucky general! I won't brag!" Ozil blinked and smiled.

Mourinho has been planning this moment for a long time. He has made arrangements for who will be used for the penalty kick. The small note has already been passed to the assistant coach. Now the assistant coach is taking the note to arrange the penalty players. , This is also to seek everyone's opinions. Some players may not be willing to take penalty kicks, and the coaching staff will make corresponding adjustments.

Of course, if there are 11 rounds of penalty kicks, there is no way you can take them if you don’t want to.

The assistant coach went to Zhang Yuan and told Zhang Yuan that he would be the third to take the free kick, and asked him if he had any comments. Zhang Yuan was also under psychological pressure, but this kind of thing must be done and must be taken.

So he did not raise any objections. After a short break, both Real Madrid and Barcelona submitted the order of penalty kicks to the referee. The captains of both sides, Puyol and Casillas, decided who should take the penalty first. Today's referee did not There is no decision on which goal to use, but a fair coin toss.

Today, Barcelona's away team tickets for Real Madrid fans are not on the side of the two goals at all, so it doesn't matter to Real Madrid to use the goal over there, but whoever takes the penalty first will be more beneficial.

But unfortunately, Casillas was not correct, Puyol guessed, of course he decided that Barcelona will take the penalty first.

The order of Barcelona in the first five rounds is Harvey, Messi, Busquets, Iniesta, Puyol, while Real Madrid is Ronaldo, Alonso, Zhang Yuan, Kaka, Carvalho.

Across the middle circle, the players on both sides stood shoulder to shoulder, lined up in a line, and then waited for the penalty kick.

Harvey was the first to take the penalty. Harvey came up with a simple run-up and used his ankle to deceive Casillas. Casillas judged the wrong direction.

Anyone who has played football should know that the regular goal is very big, and the height of 2 meters is nothing in the whole area. Quite a few goalkeepers react after the opponent shoots, and most of them make predictions in advance based on the pace and posture of the kicker.

It's fundamentally a game of deceit, skill, mentality, etc. It's hard to play, but it's exciting.

The first Harvey succeeded. Ronaldo was the first to come up from Real Madrid. He had a tomahawk-like stance, and the running distance was not long. He kicked and shot. Valdes judged the right direction, but Ronald The angle was very tricky, and he failed to save the ball.

In the first round, everyone played 1:1.

(End of this chapter)