long live football

The second half of the World Cup final in South Africa continued the rhythm of the first half.

The England team used different shooting postures to attack the German defense, and they always ended in failure.

The goalkeeper of the German team used different saving postures to save the country, and the number of successes was so many that people were too lazy to count.

What kind of game do fans like to watch the most?

exciting competition.

What kind of game can be called wonderful?

Naturally, the two teams are constantly attacking and scoring goals.

Now there is only one-sided offense on the court, but not even a goal. Slowly, some fans began to feel dissatisfied.

England fans can't wait to grab Koch's collar and shake it violently: Where's the goal?Spit out all the goals you eat!

The German fans are actually dissatisfied with the team: What happened to the midfielders? Could it be that Koch sucked all your energy away?What about the good offense? !Do you dare to score a goal for us to see!

In the 36th minute of the first half, the German team formed its first attack after the opening. At that time, Lahm crossed from the right, and Muller took a long shot after receiving the ball. Cole blocked it.

Within 20 minutes of the opening of the second half, and only in the 13th minute, Ozil tried to pass the ball into the penalty area after passing two people in the middle, but he encountered a fierce fight from Terry before passing the ball. In the end, Ozil Zier accidentally fell during the fight, and the referee refused to award a penalty kick.Although Terry received a yellow card for this, the German team also lost their best offensive opportunity after the start of the second half.

From the start of the game until now, even the purely watching fans have realized that something is wrong with the German team.

"The German team's performance on the court today is different from that in all previous World Cup games. They seem to have been drawn out." The German commentator said anxiously: "The overall coordination is not as smooth as usual. After the players take the ball Lost the ball too early, the offensive and defensive transition was too slow, the offense could not stick to the end, the fast style of play in the previous few games disappeared, and now the German team as a whole is playing softly - compare today's game lineup, all The problems are all clear, Loew's innovative starting arrangement is the biggest failure! He should correct his mistakes as soon as possible!"

The German commentator wished he could replace Loew with his body and appear on the field of the World Cup finals for the opponent, but the limitation of his identity made him only complain a few words into the microphone, and Loew listened to these words no matter how good they sounded less than.

As a bystander, the French commentator's comment is also very sharp: "70 minutes have passed since the start of the game, the England team received a yellow card and two verbal warnings, while the German team received no yellow card, let alone a red card, not even a verbal warning If the whole team is friendly, they can receive the Nobel Peace Prize."

"But there is no fierce conflict. Is it really good for a game, especially the World Cup final? Although Terry received a yellow card from the referee, I saw the overall domineering of the England team from him, and Although the German team implemented Loew's defensive counterattack tactics, the players did not take the initiative to attack in defense. Ram was suppressed by Gerrard. Although Schweinsteiger tried his best to link the team's offensive and defensive transitions, But Ozil alone can't take on the burden of organizing the whole team's attack, they all lack the courage to go forward."

The Brazilian commentator curled his lips: "Although Loew put up an unprecedented starting lineup in the World Cup final, which can be said to be an extremely innovative and bold attempt, but from another perspective, he is also a coward—because He was afraid that his advantage would be used by the enemy, so he simply threw away this advantage. Isn’t that cowardice? Then Loew’s timidity even spread to his players, making the German team no longer perform in the game Like the German team."

The Spanish narrator was more succinct: "Loew dug a hole, and then he buried himself in it."

……

Loew tried to mend the team from the 71st minute onwards.

In the 71st minute, J. Boateng was replaced by Jansen of the German team.

This is an extremely tasteless substitution, Jansen's playing did not bring any change in the form of the German team.

So in the 81st minute, Loew made another substitution, and Gomez replaced Khedira.

"He is still obsessed with it!" The German commentator held his head and said: "What the team urgently needs to change now is the organizational ability of the midfield instead of the shooting ability! After Khedira leaves the field, the situation in the midfield will be even more chaotic. When the time comes to pass the ball If you can’t send them to the frontcourt, it’s useless to have a few forwards on the field! There are so many excellent midfielders sitting on the bench, why can’t you see Loew?!”

The camera panned across the German bench and included the Bender brothers looking eagerly at the pitch.

Carl, who was standing on the edge of the court, was moved in his heart.

He suddenly thought of a possibility: the penalty shooter in the penalty shootout was only selected from the 11 players on the field, and Gomez's set-piece level was undoubtedly higher than that of Khedira.Is Loew not worried about scoring goals at all?After all, if the game is dragged to overtime or even a penalty shootout, then they will be only a stone's throw away from the world championship.

This idea made Karl a little worried, so he followed the German team and immediately made a substitution.

In the 82nd minute, Joe Cole was replaced by Milner of the England team.

When Milner played, Carl asked him to tell all the England players on the field: "I don't like penalty shootouts."

Milner froze for a moment after hearing this, then nodded, and stepped onto the grass with a solemn face.

It was a substitution just in case, Carl remembered that Milner often took penalties at Aston Villa, and Joe Cole, after making a penalty last year and failing to take it himself, after the game I complained to my teammates that "I will never stand at 15 yards again in 12 years." These words were somehow known by London tabloid reporters and published immediately. Carl just saw the newspaper of that day, and his memory is a bit deep .

On the court, all the English players who heard the rumors from Milner frantically brushed a sentence in their hearts: We don't like penalties, boss! ! !

The Three Lions international players are full of fear of penalties.

The British media industry is too developed, and the British are too concerned about face. After each game, the players can't control their hands and feet to flip through the newspapers-the fear of public criticism is deeply rooted in their bones.

Rooney, Owen, Beckham, Terry, Lampard, Cole... They are all "heart-throbs" in the heart of the English people, and they have all been "booed" by fans.

Beckham begged the fans to "be merciful" after the incident of "friends' wives", because England fans were too harsh on Terry, and the Three Lions internationals were worried that too much sarcasm from fans would have a negative impact on the England team , and the current captain and Liverpool team jerk Gerrard once said in a TV interview: "I am very afraid of being robbed of the ball by the opponent during the game, because then the fans will boo me."

The media and fans in England like to change faces too much. They often choose to praise each other to heaven or hell based on the momentary performance of the players.

A famous England star once said with emotion: "If public opinion is willing to decompress the team, maybe England will have made a breakthrough in the competition."

But just as the players couldn't control their hands flipping newspapers, England's media and fans couldn't control their mouths either.

The words "penalty shootout" flashed through the minds of the entire England team, and the members of the Three Lions unanimously accelerated the frequency of running and passing the ball.

"What exactly did Milner say to his teammates when he came on the field-no, what did Auston ask Milner to pass on to the English players? Why do they look like they are getting more and more crazy?" Italy exclaimed the narrator.

In the 88th minute, Beckham sent a high and long pass from the center circle.

Owen suddenly accelerated at the moment of receiving the ball, and quickly inserted into the German half.

At the same time, Rooney, who has become more and more in harmony with Owen in the national team game, immediately understood and ran towards the German penalty area at the same high speed.

The cool winter wind of Johannesburg poured into Irving's jersey, and the red shirt fluttered in the wind.

Owen at this moment is not only the banner leading England forward, but also a sharp arrow about to be inserted into the opponent's heart.

At the front of the penalty area, Owen sent a lightning-fast and extremely clever pass!

Rooney hits the ball!

In front of the German goal, Koch predicted the trajectory of the football flight at the same moment Rooney Rooney completed the shot.

A low flat ball heading to the lower left corner?

After judging the direction, Koch immediately rushed towards Feishen.

The football flew in front of him in the blink of an eye, and Koch swung his left arm, clenched his fist and hit the ball hard!

After a muffled sound, the football changed its flight trajectory and fell towards the German team's restricted area!

The Johannesburg stadium once again burst into cheers, and the German fans sang praises for their goalkeeper.

Seeing the football fall to the left side of the penalty area with his own eyes, Koch frowned imperceptibly.

His punch is obviously capable of hitting the football out of the penalty area, why did it fly farther than expected?

In the next second, all the thoughts in Koch's mind disappeared.

Because the football rises into the air again and hits him!

It turned out that Owen ran to the football landing point before the German defender and made a supplementary shot!

The football flies fast and urgently, approaching the goal line in an instant!

At this moment, it was too late to punch, and Koch jumped up almost against the sky the moment his feet landed on the ground, stretching his limbs in mid-air, trying to block the football with part of his body!

... Koch actually did it, blocking Irving's shot with his face.

When the football fell into the penalty area again and was firmly protected by Mertesacker, fans all over the world finally relaxed the breath they had been holding and looked towards the German goal.

Then they saw the goalkeeper of the German team looking sullen, with two very obvious blushes on his forehead and nose.

"Phew!" Fans all over the world tensed their nerves instantly, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, they didn't disfigure their faces!"

"Koch doesn't look very happy, but it's too normal. Anyone who gets a bukkake will not be happy." The German commentator said in a voice full of resentment: "Don't you know the saying that you don't shoot in the face?"

In the penalty area, Owen was busy gesturing to apologize to the German goalkeeper.

Angry at first, Koch, who was distracted by the pain on his face, forgot his confusion just now.

……

The final of the World Cup in South Africa went to extra time.

Loew used up the last substitution in the German team: Kroos replaced Ozil.

The German coach carried out his pre-match tactics to the end: the Bender brothers, Ogo, and Hummels never got a chance to play for a minute. Now, even Khedira and Ozil have been replaced up.

Kroos did not shake hands with his national team-mates when he swapped Ozil off the pitch.

Of course, Ozil just walked off the field with his head down, without giving the opponent a look.

Supporting Germany's media fans are now too lazy to criticize Loew's pedantry, they only hope that the game will be successfully dragged into a penalty shootout.

The legendary England star Gary Lineker once said: "Football is a sport in which both sides play 11 players, and after 90 minutes, the Germans win in the end."

Since the introduction of penalty shootouts in the World Cup, the Germans have been the absolute masters of this sport. Since 1982, the German and Italian chariots have encountered four penalty shootouts in the World Cup. Unbeaten record in ball finals.This is in stark contrast to the record of the England team having encountered 28 penalty shootouts and lost all of them.

In the 9th minute of extra time, Irving broke into the right side of the penalty area and crossed the back point. Rooney, who was outflanking in place, shot with his right foot, and the football almost went into the German goal.

In the 17th minute of overtime, Beckham sent an accurate oblique pass, and Owen's long shot was once again one step away from the German net.

In the 23rd minute of overtime, the German team launched a counterattack. Muller dribbled the ball along the sidewalk past three players who came to intercept him. The front of the penalty area crossed the ball to Gomez. If you can take the ball and break forward a few steps, then the success rate of the shot will be as high as [-]% to [-]%, but maybe the picture of Terry and Johnson rushing towards them with fierce faces is too scary, or it may be that Gomez is too eager to score. , when he just entered the penalty area, he raised his foot and chose to blast the goal vigorously!

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the football, under the sign of God, hit the crossbar of England's goal hard!

After the game, Gomez regretted countless times: If he hadn't been so eager for success, would everything have been different?

But time never gives people a chance to do it all over again.

In the 28th minute of overtime, God finally took a step, and he stood on England's side!

Dressed in red, with blonde hair, the figure of Beckham leaps across the green field!

The German team's defense was leaning towards Beckham, and Schweinsteiger and Jansen ran from left to right to attack!

They think that Beckham's speed is not extremely fast, and his dribbling is not perfect, so the ball should be broken easily!

However, Beckham never dribbles recklessly when he is not sure!

He has a better way to get rid of the defense - pass the ball!

45-degree diagonal long pass!

The football was as precise as it was measured with a ruler, and it fell to Lampard's feet extremely well!

At the same time, the entire England midfield moved forward!

Lampard swings his feet and runs forward. From a long shot, his feet alternate with each other very frequently. It seems that both legs do not touch the ball, but the football seems to be glued to his feet. , To be more obedient and more obedient.

The English players quickly inserted into the German half with continuous passing. Every time they cooperated, it was as if they had rehearsed thousands of times in advance. Every time, they could quickly find the weakest link in the German defense line and use that one The link easily completes the breakthrough!

Ten seconds later, Lampard and the German penalty area were within reach!

The German defense has long been disrupted by this lightning-fast attack. They organized the defense in a panic. Several defenders did not have a clear division of labor at all, and they rushed towards the English player with the ball at the same time!

One second before being surrounded by as many as four German players, Lampard passed the ball again!

A very threatening pass!

The football slipped between the legs of German defender Friedrich and came to Rooney's feet!

Koch raised his nerves to deal with Rooney's shot.

"Bang!" It was not a direct shot, but a cross from the penalty area!

Everything seems to be held in slow motion.

The football crossed a beautiful arc and landed at Owen's feet.

Owen has been preparing for a long time.

He raised his right foot steadily, and with appropriate strength, he shot his shot towards the side of the goal that had been calculated thousands of times!

The football maintained a low and flat height and flew towards the lower left corner of the goal!

The German goalkeeper flew out, and his left arm suddenly exerted force!

But when he clenched his left fist and hit the football, it didn't hit the ball with his fist, but brushed across the surface of the football!

Football passed him by!

He missed!

A huge shock suddenly came to Koch's heart!

As if he had had countless sweet dreams, Owen saw the football brushing against Koch's body, flying across the goal line, and into the net.

A few paragraphs suddenly appeared in the mind of the wind son.

"Koch likes boxing very much. Just like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has a black belt in taekwondo, can always score some unbelievable goals. His volleys, scorpion tails, and amazing barbs are among the wonderful shots. There are always faint traces of taekwondo, and Koch can’t help but use some boxing moves when saving—have you noticed? Koch likes to hit the goal with both fists, and his right fist It is also a little more flexible than the left fist, so the low-level ball in the lower left corner is flawed when he saves the shot from this angle, because this angle is not conducive to his right side of the body to exert force."

A second later, Johannesburg was shaken!

"Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal Goal! I'm going to cry! Good God football! Michael Owen! With only a few dozen seconds left before the end of overtime, in the England were one step away from the penalty shootout and we scored! A goal! A goal worth more than £[-]m! It saved England! Saved England!"

"A perfect fit that I can't describe in words, a divine shot! I'm going to cry! Please forgive me, but I can't control my tears, I can't control my choking! We won the final, the World Cup final ! After so many fights, so much sweat and tears, now we are champions, world champions!"

"World champions! World champions! World champions! England are world champions once again!"

"Let's have fun! Let's cheer! We won! Tonight is a win for all, for all England! Look who's there for you! Hug her! Kiss her! Because you'll never Forget this wonderful moment! Hugs hard! Kiss hard! Shout the name of England, the name of the queen, and the name of our hero!"

"I want to hug the England team, I want to kiss every one of them! God, it doesn't matter if I die at this moment, as long as I die screaming--"

"England are world champions!!!"

At this moment, the whole world was shocked!

Nearly [-] hearts in Johannesburg almost stopped beating!

Love's expression became extremely ferocious at this moment!

Carl kisses the closest camera lens to him!

Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiled and applauded!

The current South African President Jacob Zuma was busy shaking hands with the British Prime Minister.

Prince William laughed and gave his brother a hug and kiss on the cheek!

Prince Harry was stunned by these actions of his elder brother!

FIFA President Sepp Blatter nodded and smiled.

UEFA President Michel Platini clapped his hands falsely.

Queen Elizabeth II accidentally broke a white bone china teacup at Buckingham Palace.

British Prime Minister Cameron laughed, and glanced around triumphantly.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel put her hand over her mouth, which was so wide in surprise.

Countless England fans screamed until their throats became hoarse.

Countless German fans fainted in the stands.

From the moment the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the game, the German players collapsed on the grass as if they had been drained of all their strength.

A figure in white clothes and black trousers walked slowly past these people who were sitting, kneeling or lying down, and left the stage.

No one in this world welcomes a loser, so no one welcomes him either.

The player wearing the Germany No. 1 jersey thinks so.

But he soon found out he was wrong.

Because right in front of him, there is a hug waiting.

That embrace should have belonged to tonight's winner.

But it is now waiting for the loser to exit the road.

Koch froze.

The next second, the German goalkeeper felt himself embraced into a warm embrace.

A palm patted the top of his head lightly, Koch lowered his head, and the sweat on his forehead was immediately sucked away by the dense and soft fabric.

"I really don't agree with trying to steal a ball from you. After this game, there will definitely be a few white hairs on my head." After a pause, the chest in front of me shook again: "Are you One of my greatest prides, Lambert, I'm so happy."

Koch blinked, and something hot fell out of his eyes.

'The boss's clothes are really absorbent. ' he thought seriously.