Chapter 68

Chapter 68

While walking back, Stankovic raised his hands and applauded the Mallorca fans in the stands. He was very satisfied because he had completed the task assigned to him by Jose.

And at this time, Arsenal's first player to take the penalty kick also walked up and passed Stankovic... From a certain point of view, the comer and Stankovic are regarded as Half of my compatriots, although Stankovic is a Serbian, the other is a Croat...

It was the World Cup Golden Boot Dave Suker who passed by him in overtime.

Obviously, Wenger ranked him first because he took a fancy to his footwork and experience, and he has only played for a short time, so he has no physical problems.

In the quarter-finals of the World Cup two years ago, it was Suk who made two penalty kicks in a row, helping Croatia to eliminate Romania and enter the quarter-finals. The first penalty was scored but the referee believed that a player had entered the penalty area early and ordered a heavy penalty. Suker still scored the ball the second time—and the angle of the two penalties was in the lower right corner, fully showing that Croatia Human skills and calm psychological qualities.

Wenger, it was because of this that he was the first to take the penalty. Wenger naturally knew the importance of the first player to take the penalty.

It is true that taking a penalty kick later may have the factor of being late, but if the opponent scores, then the pressure on the player who will take the penalty next will be much greater.

Jose sneered off the field. In his opinion, the World Cup two years ago was already the peak of Suk's career. After that, Suk has been going downhill, and his state has dropped very badly. , Eastern European players seem to have such a problem. The state of the golden generation of Croatia began to decline very badly after they turned 30. Suk is just one of them. Famous generals such as Ban also lost their glory after the World Cup, and their occasional outstanding performances are just the afterglow accumulated before.

Coincidentally, even the later Ukrainian superstar Shevchenko began to decline around the age of 30. There are few players in Eastern Europe who can maintain their form after the age of 30.

At this time, the disadvantage of Bergkamp being replaced early came out-the Dutchman was Arsenal's first setter before, and his penalty kick rate was also quite high. If he was on the field, he would be one-on-one with Henry It is a good choice to form a double insurance later, but now, with the Dutchman off the court, Wenger can only choose Suker, who has the most experience and the best psychological quality, to take this penalty.

Jose is much wiser at this point. Stankovic has been put on the court by him, even if his performance is not good, even if the two young players Motta and Luke on the bench can play left midfielder, he Stankovic was not replaced, just to have more penalty shooters in the penalty shootout!

However, maybe this is the difference caused by the different goals between the two coaches. Jose focused on the penalty shootout from the beginning, while Wenger never thought that he could not solve the problem in regular time... …

Su Ke stood in front of the ball, looking at the goalkeeper who was ten years younger than him.

The average age of Mallorca is older, and the average age of Arsenal is not much younger. The five veterans of the defense alone are almost the same as Mallorca...

Franco stared at the ball at Su Ke's feet. The opponent took the penalty kick with his left foot. Like Stankovic, he probably shot the ball to his left and the opponent's right...

So when the whistle sounded, Franco tensed up, and when Su Ke shot the ball, he threw himself to the right!

This is an early gamble!

However, only halfway through the flight, Franco felt a chill in his heart, because when he flew out, he had already seen that Su Ke shot the ball to Franco's right side...

In terms of judging the goalkeeper's psychology, Su Ke really has a hand!

But before Franco fell to the ground, before the smile on Su Ke's face was revealed, there was a clear sound in the stadium, and the ball shot by Su Ke hit the outside of the right post hard, and then directly popped out bottom line!

No penalty!

"Suker's penalty kick fooled the goalkeeper Franco, but not the goal post! The ball flew directly over the baseline. Now the score is 1-0, with Mallorca leading!"

"Sook's penalty kick was not scored! What a surprise! Arsenal's performance in this game was too poor, they wasted a lot of opportunities in the game, and now they haven't scored a penalty kick... If this continues, I'm afraid they I have to watch Mallorca win the championship trophy!"

"Yeah, that's it!" Jose swung his fist violently, then turned around and waved his arms twice. The cheers from the Mallorca fans in the stands immediately became more enthusiastic!

"Go! Mallorca! Go! Mallorca!" Mallorca fans shouted loudly, and when the second Mallorca player who took the penalty kick came out, the cheers reached a peak!

Because at this time, it was their top scorer of the season, the hope of the team, the mainstay of the striker——Diego Tristan!

Although Tristan has a record of flying penalty kicks in the league, at this moment, Mallorca fans believe in Tristan, himself!

When Su Ke returned to his players in dejection, Tristan was walking towards the penalty area with full confidence.

Su Ke is old, but Tristan is still young enough.

He walked into the penalty area with strides all the way, and smiled at Franco who was also punching him behind the goal to express encouragement. Tristan put the ball on the penalty spot, then straightened up and looked at the opposite The man with the two beautiful mustaches.

"Hmph, it's just an old guy, let's see how I can deal with you!"

There is also a reason for Tristan's self-confidence, because he could tell from the first penalty kick that what Jose told him in the penalty kick training before made sense-Seaman has rich experience, don't play any tricks To deal with Seaman whose reaction has begun to decline, it is the best way to defeat him with a straight shot. As long as the angle is good and the strength and speed are sufficient, it will be difficult for Seaman to save—after all, his age is there.

The first penalty scored by Stankovic proved the correctness of this judgment.

Run up, right foot up, shoot!

Another kick that was not sloppy at all, a clean and neat penalty kick!

The ball directly blasted into the left side of the goal, Seaman's reaction was a little slower, the ball rushed into the goal quickly, and the net trembled for a while!

"Two to zero! Mallorca leads by two goals!" Amidst the cheers of Mallorca fans at the scene, the commentator shouted loudly in a surprised tone. After Lorca really led by two goals, they were still extremely surprised!

Jose continued to wave his fist, and everything went as he thought. Mallorca, who had been prepared for a long time, completely gained the upper hand in the penalty shootout!

Wenger frowned tightly - it is obvious that Mallorca came prepared and had made a lot of preparations for penalty kicks - this made Wenger feel a little startled, he Only then did I realize that the other party was so familiar with me, but I knew so little about the other party...

Arsenal's second winger, Overmars, the Dutchman doesn't take many penalties. However, there are only a few people with excellent penalty kicks in Arsenal, and he can only be one of them. one.

The Arsenal fans were praying for Overmars to get the ball in - and Overmars didn't disappoint, smacking the ball into Mallorca after outwitting Franco with a stop goal!

The cheers of the Arsenal fans finally broke out in the stands. This is the first time Arsenal scored a goal in this game! For Arsenal, who score four or five goals at every turn in the Premier League and UEFA Cup, this situation is really rare...

One to two, Arsenal regained one point in the penalty shootout!

Arsenal's fast horse ran back, while Mallorca's fast horse came out slowly.

Amidst the cheers of the Mallorca fans, Eto'o walked towards the penalty area. For Eto'o, after he came to Mallorca on loan in the second half of this season, his performance also attracted the attention of many people. Real Madrid's technical director Piri praised Eto'o, thinking that he will be the future of Real Madrid's striker, which also gave Eto'o more confidence!

Run up, shoot!

The ball hit the middle of the goal, Seaman judged in advance and wanted to block Eto'o's penalty, but Eto'o shot the ball into the middle of the goal, 3 to 1, Mallorca once again extended the lead to two ball!

After shaking his fist, Eto'o ran back and gave high-fives to his teammates one by one. Now the Mallorca players are very relaxed. They have an advantage in the penalty shoot-out, and every penalty kick is scored. ——Victory is at hand!

Seaman patted the lawn helplessly. Although he has rich experience, Mallorca's penalty shooting methods have been carefully rehearsed. It was really miserable for Arsenal to lose due to mental calculations and unintentional...

Arsenal's third appearance is Arsene Wenger's compatriot, French midfielder Patrick Vieira.

The substitute midfielder of the French national team in the 98 World Cup has now become an indispensable figure in the Arsenal midfielder, but taking penalty kicks is not a frequent occurrence for him...

Wenger felt that something was wrong. The next two penalty shooters were Freddie Ljungberg and Henry. The penalty kicks of these two people can be trusted, but before that, Mallorca seemed to be able to establish a sufficient advantage...

Now I can only pray that Vieira can score this penalty...

However, what happened next caused Wenger's face to lose all color in an instant!

Vieira also chose to shoot in the middle of the goal, and Franco did not expect this, but the ball shot by Vieira hit the crossbar heavily, and then bounced back to the penalty area!

Although the extremely annoyed Vieira followed up with a kick and blasted the ball into the goal, this was not in the game, the second shot was invalid-and even in the game, the set kick of the penalty did not touch The player who first touches the ball before the second person (whether it is the opposing player or his own player) is not allowed to touch the ball a second time...

A supplementary shot from a penalty kick can only be taken after the opponent's goalkeeper has saved it. If the player who bounced off the goal post and took the penalty kick scored again, it would not count.

This rule is often easily overlooked, and it has even been ignored as a BUG in past football and football manager games...

Anyway, after three rounds of penalties, the score is already 3-1 for Mallorca, which means that Mallorca only need to score one more goal in this dominant penalty shootout to win the whole game !