Chapter 49 Overtime is over
After the game resumed, the Brazilian team launched a new attack on the Chinese team's goal. The Brazilian fans in the stands tried their best to cheer for their team, hoping that they could blow the Chinese team's goal, but whether it was Neymar, Hulk, Ruo, or anyone else, their offense failed to break through the goal guarded by Sun Pan.
The first half of the overtime game ended after three minutes, and the score was still 1:1.
"The first half of the overtime game ended, and the Brazilian team still failed to break through the Chinese team's city. The Chinese team defended very well in the first half. Now for the Chinese team, being able to drag the game into a penalty kick is a victory, and the Brazilian team's mentality will definitely be greatly affected..." He Ping said.
The first and second half of the overtime game are not specifically for rest. Everyone goes directly to the opponent's half and then starts the game.
But this is a theoretical requirement, and in fact, there will not be many players who will abide by the rules so much.
No one will walk a straight line from the left half to the right half, or the other way around.
Everyone walks on a curve. They will first walk from the field to the sidelines, drink water and replenish water, and at the same time let the coaches seize the time to adjust and deploy them, then leave their respective benches and return to their own half.
Because the time is not long, the coaches have not made any tactical adjustments, but have encouraged their players more, persist, or persist.
Back on the court, the second half of overtime began.
In the 107th minute, Brazil won a corner kick, and Neymar sent the corner kick to the front point. If the ball headed from close range, it would be high.
In the 108th minute, the Chinese team launched an attack. Zhou Yi made a precise long pass in the backcourt and passed it to Yan Min in front.
Yan Min dribbled the ball and rushed towards the Brazilian team's goal.
However, his physical fitness is not as good as before. After a long run, he is already at the end of his strength.
The last shot, the support foot failed to stop and hit high.
"Yan Min... It's a pity!"
No one criticized Yan Min for not handling this shot well. Everyone could see that Yan Min's physical energy was consumed a lot. He kept running in this game, and as a wing player, he also had many straight and full-strength sprints, which was very physically exhausting.
Yan Min worked so hard that even if he didn't seize this opportunity, there was nothing to blame.
In the 112th minute, Alves chose to shoot directly from outside the penalty area, and this kick also shot an anti-aircraft gun.
In the 115th minute, Zhou Yi used a long shot outside the Brazilian penalty area to fight back. The shot was saved by Cesar. Wu Lei, who followed the rest of the shot, failed to play in the middle, and the football missed the goal.
With five minutes left before the overtime ends, Brazil attacks from all sides, bombing the penalty area that is pressing against the Chinese team.
During this period, the Chinese team has not had a chance to counterattack, but the Chinese team has been completely suppressed by the Brazilian team, and even if there is a ball, it cannot counterattack.
All the players retreat and defend inside and outside the penalty area, and make sure that they do not lose the ball.
In the 117th minute, Ramirez shot from the top of the free throw arc, but he missed it.
In the 119th minute, Hulk received a straight pass from Neymar and shot with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area, but the football hit the crossbar.
This shocked the Brazilian fans in the stands, and a huge scream sounded from the entire Minero Stadium.
"Hulke! He almost completed his final victory against the Chinese team!"
After Brazil's shot, the Chinese team made the third substitution. Zhao Xuyang came on the court and replaced Yan Min, who was ineffective.
On the one hand, this substitution is to delay time, and on the other hand, it is also to prepare for the next penalty kick final.
The second half of the overtime game was different from the first half, and it went smoothly, with only two minutes of injury time.
If nothing unexpected happens, it will be difficult for Brazil to break through the goal guarded by Sun Pan in these two minutes of injury time.
At this time, it happened that Brazil was getting the ball, and another huge boo sounded in the stands.
This is all issued by Brazilian fans, but it is unknown whether this booing was aimed at a two-minute injury time or was it out of dissatisfaction with the performance of Brazilian players...
Amid the dissatisfied booing from Brazilian fans, referee Weber blew the whistle to the end of the game.
"The overtime ends! Both sides will usher in the most brutal penalty shootout!" He Ping raised his voice and said. "Faced with the aggressive host, the Chinese team played very tenaciously. They equalized the score with a goal first. Then there were many attacks from Brazil's team... The game has come to this point, which is far beyond the expectations of Brazil. I think no Brazilian would think that they would play penalty kicks with the Chinese team before the game..."
He Ping is right, the Brazilians have never thought that a penalty kick would be a stage of winning in a quarter-final. In the minds of many Brazilian fans, this game can be resolved in ninety minutes, let alone a penalty kick.
But now...
The commentator of Brazil TV station was very disappointed with this result: "We only scored one goal for 120 minutes of the game, and we only scored one goal, and it was not our player who scored the goal. Then we could never score again... Now the game has been dragged into the penalty shootout, which is a good opportunity for the Chinese team. Before the game, there was news that Lippi's team has specially trained for penalty kicks..."
He was a little worried.
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Players from both teams gathered again with the head coach for a break.
At the same time, the head coaches of both sides are arranging the penalty list and the order of free throws.
There are no fixed penalty shooters in the Chinese national team.
If you get a penalty during regular game time, then whoever is in good condition will take the penalty, and it will generally be self-recommendation. Only those who are very confident in themselves will take the initiative to go up and ask for a penalty. In this way, the psychological state of the free thrower should be better than those serving players who have been formulated in advance.
Of course, it is not to say that those players who have been formulated have bad mentality. Generally, the penalty kickers who can be assigned free throws are the best-level penalty kicks in the team, so they are designated.
But the problem is that the player's state and emotions will fluctuate all the time during the game. No one can guarantee that this player who is usually very high in penalty kicks will not have psychological fluctuations or mental imbalance this time.
There are also examples of players who played very steadily before in football games, but they missed the penalty kick in the game.
Because the Chinese team does not have a fixed penalty shooter, Lippi makes choices based on the players' game status.
The Chinese team specially practiced penalty kicks before the game, so Lippi basically had a clear idea of the penalty kick skills of these players.
He only needs to refer to the competition status, physical fitness and emotions to arrange the order.
He wrote down his mind's choices one by one on the board, and then marked the numbers in the order of appearance before their names.
According to this list, the first person to play a penalty was veteran Zheng Zhi, who was replaced in the second half.
Zheng Zhi is old, but because he comes on as a substitute, he has an advantage in physical fitness. He is also experienced and has had many records of taking penalty kicks. It is very appropriate for him to take the first penalty kick.
The second one to play was He Ying. As a striker, his shooting skills are definitely fine, and he is not inferior in terms of psychological quality. After training in the Champions League, he has a big heart that can withstand pressure.
The third player who played was Wu Lei. Wu Lei was the team's first penalty kicker in the club. Although he was young, he had rich experience in taking penalty kicks. Moreover, he was also replaced in the second half and had an advantage in physical fitness.
The fourth penalty kicker to take the penalty was Yang Muge. As the team's midfielder, he scored very few goals in the national team or in the club. However, the important thing about penalty kicks is not the shooting skills, but psychological quality. In this regard, Yang Muge has an advantage.
The last one to play was Zhou Yi. He was not a penalty kicker at Dortmund, but he also had a record of taking penalty kicks and scoring goals. He was fine in terms of psychological quality or kicking penalty kicks. Lippi put him in the last place, so that he could make the final fatal blow for the Chinese team.
The next step is how to arrange the free thrower after five rounds of penalty kicks, and the winner is still not decided. Players who have not played must play once, including the goalkeeper. This arrangement is not as particular as the first five.
After arranging the penalty list, Lippi announced his arrangement to the players, and then said to the players who were doing massage: "Don't worry about the penalty kick, the victory balance has tilted towards us. The Brazilians never thought that they would play penalty kicks with us, so I bet they did not conduct penalty kick training at all. This result was very surprising to them. They were unprepared and could only play hastily. Think about how much preparations we made for this game? On the penalty kick, it is not that whoever is lucky can win, but whoever makes enough preparations can win. The luck comes from the preparations and efforts you make for this. In this regard, we are far better than Brazil, so there is nothing to worry about, so play boldly!"
Chapter completed!