Chapter 50 Penalty Shootout
After both sides arranged the penalty list, the referee called the captains of the two teams to guess the coins and decided who would first and who would come after the penalty.
Some people think that whoever comes first and whom in the penalty kick will have a great impact on the result of the penalty kick, as obvious as home and away games.
Some people think that the pressure of penalty kicking first is greater, because they will step on the penalty kick point in each round, and they do not know what kind of performance the opponent will perform next. This unknown aggravates the unsure state. Then the party who took the penalty kick already knows the opponent's result, so they should be more calm.
But some people think that on the contrary, the person who takes the penalty kick later is more stressed, because the heavy burden will fall on the side where they appear behind. Whether the opponent kicks in or does not kick in, it will have an impact.
But in fact, judging from the statistics, the order of penalty kicks does not seem to have that much impact on the results.
Just before this World Cup, ESPN conducted statistics on all the penalty shooters that appeared in previous World Cups. This statistics are divided into many items. One of them is whether the order of penalty shooters will affect the final result?
Judging from the statistics, there is almost no impact. Among all statistics, 51% of the free throw teams won the final victory, and 49% of the free throw teams won the latter.
The two sides are basically the same, and the two percent gap is almost negligible.
After guessing the coins, the Brazilian team finally won the power to take the penalty first.
The players on both sides ended their rest in minutes and started playing, preparing for the final penalty shootout.
"The game is finally coming to the last step... The Chinese team tenaciously tied the Brazilian team in the 120-minute game and dragged the game into a penalty shootout. We believe that Lippi must have been prepared for this situation, because there were reports before the game that Lippi was conducting penalty shootouts... Now the attention of all Chinese fans is focused on the goal... No, fans all over the world are focusing on here. As the host, five-star Brazil, will it be eliminated by the Chinese team in the penalty shootout? This may not have existed before, but now it has become a little bit possible..." He Ping said.
Sun Pan walked straight to the goal, and behind him, the Chinese players shouted at him: "Come on, Sun Pan!"
"This is a good opportunity for you to show off, Panpan!"
Sun Pan waved to them without looking back.
The teammates did not see Sun Pan's expression. In fact, Sun Pan's mouth was almost grinning in his ears - he was smiling unconcealedly.
A penalty kick!
As a goalkeeper with extreme confidence in himself, nothing is better than a penalty shootout.
As a goalkeeper, most of the time in the game, the forwards are all those who show off wherever they go. If the forward scores a beautiful goal, the goalkeeper will be the background board.
Only a penalty shootout is the goalkeeper's home court.
Here, the truth that "an excellent goalkeeper equals half a team" will be fully demonstrated.
Sun Pan was very happy to be able to drag the game into overtime.
He quickly walked to the goal, tightened his gloves, and walked between the goals and measured the distance with his steps.
Because it is the home court of Brazil, Brazilian fans are the majority behind it, no matter which goal it is on.
The position of Chinese fans is more upside and more sideways.
No matter what goal you choose, the Brazilian team will be able to get more support, which is no different for the Chinese team.
Moreover, the coin guessing awareness before taking the penalty kick does not pick the side. The specific goal is to take the penalty kick, the referee will decide based on the lighting conditions and turf integrity.
After Sun Pan measured the width of the goal, he turned around and stood on the goal line. Behind him, there were all Brazilian fans, who kept booing to him, and the fans were giving him a middle finger at him and scolding him in Portuguese.
However, none of these could affect Sun Pan.
Of course, Sun Pan is not the kind of person with a good temper, but he knows what is the correct posture for counterattack as a goalkeeper.
The first person to come out to take the penalty was central defender David Ruiz, who has good set-piece skills.
After he set up the football, he turned around and walked straight out of the penalty area and walked out of the free throw arc. The running distance was very long.
Such a long run-up distance may make the free thrower think too much during the run-up process, or may make the goalkeeper think too much during the run-up process...
After referee Weber whistled, David Ruiz started running. He ran very fast, rushed into the penalty area, and shot hard!
The football flew straight to the upper left corner, while Sun Pan turned to the right and judged the wrong direction. The football flew into the goal without any suspense.
Cheers from Brazilian fans rang in the stands.
"David Ruiz! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
After scoring the goal, David Ruiz also ran to the bottom line, waving his fists to celebrate the goal.
As the first person in the team to take a penalty kick, they often have to face huge pressure.
David Ruiz's goal is equivalent to setting a good start for his teammates.
The first Chinese team to play was Zheng Zhi.
"Zheng Zhilai took the first penalty kick from the Chinese team. What kind of penalty kick will have some impact on his teammates who will take the penalty kick next..." He Ping's voice was much lower when he said this, as if he was afraid of disturbing Zheng Zhi.
But the atmosphere at the scene was not quiet at all. Brazilian fans kept booing, and the Brazilian fans behind the goal even twisted their bodies and danced, trying to visually interfere with Zheng Zhi.
After Zheng Zhi lowered his head and put the football on the ground, he pushed it away two steps, still lowered his head, waiting for the referee's whistle.
When the whistle sounded, he lowered his head to run, then kicked the football toward...the middle road!
Cesar rushed to the side, but as soon as he rushed out, he saw Zheng Zhi kicking the football into the middle. At this time, it was impossible for him to pounce back to the middle, so he could only watch the football flew into the goal from where he was originally standing...
"Good ball! Zheng Zhi kicked the football into the goal steadily!" He Ping waved his fists excitedly in the commentary seat.
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The second penalty for Brazil's team was William. After setting up the football, he waited for the whistle to sound and then ran and took the penalty.
This time, he kicked the football to the left, while Sun Pan judged the wrong direction and rushed to the right.
However, William did not fly into the goal, and the football against the turf finally missed the left post!
"William...ahhhhhh!" the Brazilian commentator screamed, "I kicked the wrong way! He kicked the wrong way! It's really... I'm pursuing the angle too much... It shouldn't be! There's no need to pursue the angle like this! The Chinese goalkeeper has already judged the wrong direction. He judged the wrong direction twice in a row, but this time we gave it away!"
"Good! William missed the ball! The ball didn't go in! As long as He Ying can kick the ball in, he will lead the Brazilian team in the score!" He Ping said excitedly.
The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also filled with joy, but soon the joy turned into silence. Everyone watched He Ying take the ball and walked up, holding their breath.
After He Ying put the football on, he assisted and shot. He kicked the football to the lower left corner of the goal, which is a theoretically difficult angle to save.
But this time Cesar judged the right direction. While He Ying was raising his feet, he rushed out to the lower left corner of the goal, and then rapped the football that He Ying shot over!
"Oh—!!" He Ping shouted with his head in his arms. "He Ying's ball has tried his best to go to the dead corner, but Cesar made a very perfect save! He guessed He Ying's direction of kicking the ball and made a save in advance..."
In the statistics of World Cup penalties produced by ESPN, the bottom left corner of the goal is the favorite place for free throwers, and more than 20% of the penalty kicks will be kicked in this position, especially for right-footed players.
Because players love to play here, the goalkeeper naturally likes to pounce here after long-term training and experience accumulation.
So although this is the area with the most shots in the World Cup penalty, the goal rate is indeed the second-last of the nine areas, which is only higher than the area directly above the goalkeeper's head, with a goal rate of 71%.
He Ying, who lost the penalty kick, raised her head and pursed her lips tightly, looking very upset.
Originally, he had the opportunity to help the Chinese team take the lead in the score, and everyone was looking forward to this moment, but he failed everyone's expectations.
This was a big blow to him. For the Chinese team, they also lost a great opportunity to overtake Brazil. This penalty saved William and Brazil who were anxious and uneasy, but pushed the Chinese team into a fire pit.
The situation between the two sides immediately became reversed and swapped, which was the cruel part of the penalty shootout. This easy situation reversal made both sides continue to be under the psychological impact of climbing to the clouds and falling into the abyss.
Under such huge pressure and impact, those who can remain calm are definitely people with real and big hearts.
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