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Chapter 72 Penalty Shootout

Americans have absolute advantages in many sports fields. With their talents, if they concentrate on one sport, they will be able to rank among the top in the world in time.

Let's just talk about football. They don't pay as much attention to it as basketball, track and field, swimming, boxing and other advantageous sports, and they don't put so much energy into it.But they can still hover around the 30th place, which shows how strong the American team's genes and understanding are.

These players didn't necessarily have to engage in football before. It may be that there are too many strong people in the fields of track and field, basketball, etc., and it is difficult to have a bright future, so they switched to football.

Even so, the abilities of these people should not be underestimated. No wonder they can attract many famous stars to play in the major leagues.

That is to say, teams at the level of Germany and Argentina are at a disadvantage. If they compete with teams of the same level, they are not inferior at all.

The Americans are very face-saving. Although they can lose, they cannot fail miserably.

Facing the powerful and sober German team, they did not flinch or attack.Instead, they waited for an opportunity to encircle and counterattack.

After 10 minutes of fighting, the German midfielder, due to a negligence, was completed by the American soldier with a beautiful sliding tackle and organized a counterattack.

The German players also did not chase.Because they are confident enough about their defensive capabilities.

Germany's deadly iron chain unfolded, still in a W shape, divided into two parts, blocking the American soldiers from the restricted area.

In terms of personal quality alone, Americans are not much worse than Germans, but there is an obvious gap in instinctive awareness.

Most of these German players have played in the five major European leagues, and some of them are even the top players of the team. The training system and tactical arrangement they have experienced are much higher than those of the players who play in the American major leagues.

Love is even more skilled in the universe, and has superhuman wisdom in managing big-name players.

These players, no matter how much rights you have in the club, you have to obey the arrangements when you get here, otherwise, please go.

This is the character of the Germans, who have a clear sense of reason, a clear distinction between public and private, strong and persistent, proud and reasonable.

All six players in the frontcourt of the United States rushed forward, mainly Dempsey and Altidore, rushing from both sides, trying to pass through the opponent's defense.

Germany's iron net has been opened, with Boateng and Hummels as the coordinating leaders, and when the American soldiers enter the opening, they immediately shrink the front and surround them.

As Germany's tallest defensive player, Mertesacker stood in the center, retreated quietly, observed the American offensive formation, and was ready to supplement the defense at any time.

Dempsey and Altidore were cut off, making it difficult to break through and pass the ball, so they had to use their footwork to stage a personal breakthrough.

The personal heroism of Americans is deeply rooted. It is not that they do not believe in their teammates, but that in many cases, it is better to believe in others than in themselves.

Although football is a team sport, especially for mid-range teams, tacit cooperation and subtle tactics are often the magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

But as shown in the book of West Point Military Academy: If you are surrounded and you can break through, don't worry about others.Find an opportunity to avenge your comrades instead of sacrificing together.

This is the liberalism they believe in. Although it seems selfish, it also embodies humanity.

You can't even protect yourself, and you still think about this, that, is it useful?Therefore, you are the most precious thing.

Dempsey is 35 years old this year. If it were a few years ago, he would still be able to fight alone, but now he is old and does not talk about his muscles and bones. He only shows up occasionally. Most of the time, as a commander, he plans scheduling.

This kind of assault can only be handed over to the current first striker Altidore to solve.

Altidore is equipped with two helpers to block Boateng and Höwedes respectively, while Dempsey also supports Hummels on the other side, and the other one also supports Gross Kreutz. One person, immediately double-team Boateng.

Altidore now faces only the tallest but slowest Mertesacker.

The fastest striker confronts the slowest defender, the spear pierces the shield, the United States has a chance.

Although Altidore is also 185cm, it still looks a bit petite in front of Mertesacker.

The 197-centimeter giant stands tall, like a white tower blocking the way.

After Altidore pressed for two steps, seeing that Mertesacker refused to eat his fake action, he suddenly buckled his right foot while accelerating. The big man had already jumped to the right, and it was difficult to turn left again.

Altidore was busy hooking the ball with his left foot, trying to wipe past the German White Tower who had lost his balance.

Unexpectedly, this big man reacted really quickly. Although his body fell backwards, he still flew his right foot towards the football.

The moment the ball and feet met, both of them lost their balance and fell together.

Woo, the referee blew his whistle and even awarded a foul to the German team, a penalty kick! ?
Check it out in slow motion.Lin Yue used the playback device to play the footage of the attack and defense frame by frame.

As expected, Altidore's movements were fast enough, but he obviously had spare energy, and he made a change of direction.

Although Mertesacker is tall, he is not cumbersome, and his feet are quick and accurate, without muddling, and there is no unnecessary pulling action.

They kicked the ball first, and then the two lost their balance and collided with each other. This is an ordinary foul. At most, a sideline kick should be given, and a penalty kick should not be awarded.

Loew was also obviously dissatisfied with the penalty, and kept roaring, venting his dissatisfaction.

But the referee is the authority on the field and cannot be refuted. Once the result is given, it is difficult to change it.

However, as big-name players and coaches, they will play this set.Regardless of whether you change in the end or not, you must put pressure on you.

What if the sentence is changed?Even if it cannot be changed, it will have an impact on the following games.

But this time the referee did not change the sentence and still gave the US team a penalty.

In the 65th minute, the U.S. team relied on Altidore's breakthrough to create a penalty kick. This is the best opportunity for the U.S. team.

Altidore stood in front of the goal, facing Neuer, he had to take the penalty kick himself.

Finally it's Neuer's turn to make a move!

Germany's defense is too solid, and there is no chance for Neuer to take a shot, and he has just stretched his muscles.

When it comes to the success rate of today's goalkeepers, Neuer is definitely top-notch.

He once reached a magical save success rate of 2016% in 27, close to [-]%, which is really terrifying.

Neuer, the shooter exists like a nightmare, the most difficult goalkeeper.

Facing such a terrifying opponent, any player can't help feeling flustered, and Altidore didn't dare to start so quickly.

In a short period of 1 minute, he calculated no less than 10 ways to take penalty kicks, but none of them was sure of winning.

Beep—the referee whistled, and he couldn't hesitate any longer. He sped up and ran to the football.

The right foot stands like a pile, and the left foot lifts up lightly. It seems that it doesn't use much force, but the angle of the attack is very clever.

Starting from the bottom right, the ball drew a rounded arc and flew towards the middle.

This ball seems to be not fast, but it spins very strongly, and it is neither high nor low, neither left nor right, implying many changes.

Neuer didn't attack rashly either, just sliding back and forth on the goal line.

When the ball reached three feet in front of the goal, it suddenly fell rapidly, and at the position of the waist and ribs of the person, the sliding speed accelerated, and it slid towards the dead corner like a fish.

This ball is too weird!Unprepared!
Nice Neuer!Seeing the change of the ball's momentum, he kicked the ground with his left foot hard, and his figure drifted. At the same time, he swung his right palm and raised his right knee horizontally, attacking the flying football.

Last come first, fast as lightning!
Although the palm missed, the wind from the palm whistled and deflected the ball by an inch, and the right knee just blocked the football.

Boom boom boom!The ball lost its impact and rolled to the ground.

Altidore was stunned on the spot, full of remorse.Even though he made the strongest shot, he was still blocked by Neuer.

It's close at hand, but it's like a moat across the sky.The gap between heaven and earth is really difficult to fill.

The audience exploded like thunder, whether it was the German players on the field or the German fans off the field, they all shouted the name of "Neuer".

The Golden Retriever Lion King——After Kahn, at the gate of Germany, meet the guardian beast again.

This goal, not only did not allow the United States to narrow the score, but made the Americans completely lose their fighting spirit.

This is the football world, the most direct way to strike.Destroy confidence and surrender without fighting.

In the 82nd minute, Germany advanced from the right. After Ozil got the ball, he adjusted slightly and shot sideways with his right foot.

The ball bypassed the defender and flew to the left corner. The ball was extremely powerful and had a circling tendency, which was amazing.

The goalkeeper dropped the ball and the ball crashed into the net.The German team expanded the score again.

In the end, the powerful German team won with 3 goals, and at the same time roared to the strong players,

I'm coming, are you ready?
(End of this chapter)