Chapter 67

Chapter 67

It has to be said that the stunned demeanor displayed by Jose really frightened the Arsenal people at the beginning.

Even with the replacement of two new players, Arsenal's offense still hasn't improved much. After all, after losing a defensive midfielder, they have many more loopholes in defense. A deterrent indeed.

But soon, they discovered that Mallorca was completely a donkey from Guizhou—although there were three forwards on the field, Luke played as a left midfielder after he came on the field, focusing mainly on defense, while Eto'o played a full-back. The right midfielder is still purely defensive, and only Tristan is in front, so he really can't pose any threat.

However, when they discovered this, ten minutes had passed in the second half...

Led by the two freshmen, Arsenal launched a fierce attack. However, despite Ljungberg's hard work, he couldn't create too many threats on the wing. As for Suker? The Croatian striker's performance after transferring to Arsenal this season is a disaster. He is no longer the same Suk who won the World Cup Golden Boot two years ago...

Although there is one less player, Mallorca's defense has not suffered too many losses. Stankovic and Motta are at the front of the penalty area. They may not have as much experience as the previous two midfielders, but they are Younger and stronger, the new force Luke, who spared no effort to run, and Eto'o, who returned to defense, also strongly supported the two wings.

Franco saved Kanu and Henry's long-range shots consecutively, and Ljungberg's shot also passed the crossbar. The more defensive the Mallorca players are, the more confident they are. The previous penalty kick training made them look forward to the penalty shootout. The moment has come!

finally...

"Beep, beep, beep—"

Two short and one long, the game is over! The game goes to a penalty shootout!

"The 120-minute game is over! Both sides failed to score a goal in the entire game! The next game will enter an exciting penalty shootout! Who can win this game in the end, let us Wait and see!"

The commentators finally started to get excited, they didn't have much room to play in the whole 120 minutes, and the penalty shootout was the time for them to show their abilities...

At this time, the arena is extremely busy.

The team doctors and masseuses are making the players recover from their fatigue, and the coaches are discussing the candidates for the next penalty shootout...

"Yuwan was the first," Jose said.

The assistant coaches all nodded. Stankovic is Mallorca's first penalty shooter, and the first row can also play a role in boosting morale.

"Diego second, Samuel third... Thiago fourth, Albert fifth."

Jose continued to speak in one breath, but this time the assistant coaches began to look at each other - it makes sense for the two main forwards, Tristan and Eto'o, to take penalty kicks, after all, the striker's footwork is relatively good Well, it's better than the defenders who barely shoot, but having Mota and Luke take the fourth and fifth penalties...wasn't it a bit of a joke? Especially when Luke hit the fifth crucial penalty, this is a striker who has not played this season! Can he withstand such pressure?

"We don't need to worry about other things, and we don't need to think too much. We put the most confident ones at the front and the less sure ones at the back... As long as we score more, the pressure on Arsenal will be greater!"

Jose waved his hand: "Don't worry, this is the keynote. I can guarantee that it will definitely not be us who are under great pressure!"

Mallorca's assistant coaches are full of doubts to sort out the order of the penalty kick players. The first five are arranged, and the next one is easy to handle. It is nothing more than arranging all the way according to the position. In this At that time, Mallorca's disadvantage of having one less player no longer needed to be taken into account.

When the assistant coaches were sorting out the list of penalty kicks and preparing to hand them over to the fourth official, Jose walked onto the court and whispered to the surrounding players the order of penalty kicks to be taken next.

Mota and Luke, the two former players of the second team, were extremely excited. It was a surprise for them to be able to play in this game, not to mention being able to play in the penalty shootout!

"Do it well, I trust you!" Jose patted the shoulders of the two, and then said.

Then he smiled at all the players and walked off the field.

The assistant coaches had sorted out the list of players who were going to take the penalty. After looking over it, Jose saw that there was nothing missing, so he asked Natal to hand it over to the fourth official, and then he sat down in his place. .

He was very nervous, indeed very nervous, but this kind of nervousness could not be shown.

So far, although his tactical intention has been disturbed, he has realized it step by step. Whether it is intensive defense or disrupting the rhythm of the opponent's sudden attack, he has achieved the expected goal. He has made sufficient preparations, but before he actually wins the game, he still can't slack off.

He doesn't know what the final result of this game in history is, but he still has great confidence-that is, he knows that Wenger has never won a European championship despite his outstanding achievements after joining Arsenal !

In other words, Arsenal is doomed not to win this championship-Jose has gained great confidence from this reason-of course, he also knows that he has been reborn, and the development of the European league structure has begun to gradually There has been a change, and no one knows what will happen in the future—but he deliberately ignored this point.

If you don't have the confidence to win, how can you deal with the things that will happen in front of you with ease?

Jose let out a long breath—the last moment has finally come, whether he can win the first European trophy in the club's history for Mallorca, and whether he can truly change history depends on the next step!

At this time, Jose suddenly felt a dull pain in his waist. In fact, he sometimes felt this way in the past few weeks. However, preparing for Arsenal was too cumbersome, and Jose didn't care—after all, he was born again. Since then, his health has always been very good, and he is completely different from the otaku in his previous life.

The pain disappeared after a while, and Jose didn't care about it anymore, because the penalty shootout was about to start!

Not only him, but all the fans watching the game, the fans in front of the TV, and the commentators from various countries were completely focused-after all, the first 120 minutes of the game were simply lackluster. It took a hundred and twenty minutes to wait until the meat and the climax of the scene appeared. How could he not concentrate at this time?

Waited for so long, waiting for this moment!

"The assistant coaches of both sides have submitted to the fourth official the order of the players who will take the penalty kick... now the players of both sides have assembled near the halfway line, they all stand in a row, and then put their shoulders on each other to cheer Come on... We don't know the order of the penalty kicks now, but we already know who will take the penalty kick first-Mallorca will take the penalty kick first, and there are advantages and benefits to taking the penalty kick first The disadvantage is that if you get in, you can take advantage and create psychological pressure for the opponent. If you can't get in, the advantage will come to the opponent's side in an instant..."

The commentators were talking crap, the fans were listening to crap, and everyone was waiting for the moment of the penalty shootout.

The goal of the penalty kick was the goal in the second half of the overtime game in Mallorca. The two goalkeepers, Franco and Seaman, left their teammates and came to the goal, listening to the referee. exhortation.

"The first penalty is Mallorca's side. The goalkeeper who is not responsible for saving must leave the field and must not interfere with the goalkeeper in front of the goal. Otherwise, he will receive a yellow card. Do you two understand?"

Seaman, whose hair was combed smooth, with braids in the back and two beautiful beards, nodded, while Franco, who was fifteen years younger than him, had a much cleaner face, He also nodded to the referee, indicating that he understood.

Seaman is almost 37 years old now, and Franco is only in his early 22s. However, for the goalkeeper position, such a large age gap is quite normal.

The first player to take the penalty is Mallorca's side, so Seaman is naturally the first to keep the goal.

Seaman walked towards the goal, and Franco consciously retreated far enough behind the goal, standing there quietly, until the first Mallorca player came up, he waved towards the opponent Raise your fist to express your encouragement.

The other party smiled and nodded to him.

"Mallorca's first penalty kicker comes up! It's their Yugoslav midfielder Juvan Stankovic! The twenty-nine-year-old midfielder is Mallorca's number one set-piece taker A little before his twenty-ninth birthday, he scored his first career hat-trick against Monaco in the UEFA Cup, including two penalties! It seems Mallorca are If you want to focus on stability, let's get off to a good start first!"

The commentator quickly explained, usually he doesn't need to go into such detail, but for most of the non-Mallorca fans watching the UEFA Cup, the players in Mallorca are quite unfamiliar...

Seaman opened his arms and waved his arms, then bent down slightly. He is almost thirty-seven years old and can become the best main goalkeeper for Arsenal and the England national team. Seaman naturally has his advantages. Although he is not very good at saving penalty kicks, he is not without the strength to fight back.

Stankovic observed Seaman's position. He knew that the opponent was a very experienced goalkeeper, and some tricks might not work against him. However, the reaction of an older goalkeeper will inevitably be slower. As long as he takes a penalty kick Play decisively and let him judge the direction of his shot later, then the possibility of scoring will naturally be much higher!

Pursing his lips, Stankovic made up his mind.

At this time, the referee's whistle blew, and the penalty shootout finally kicked off!

"The referee blows the whistle and Stankovic starts to run!"

Jose on the sidelines held his breath. The first penalty kick was crucial. It was precisely because of this that he sent Stankovic, who had the best penalty kick ability, to hit a good start!

Stankovic ran up, rushed towards the ball, then swung his left foot and shot directly!

This shot was shot cleanly, without any sloppiness!

Seaman originally thought that the opponent would come up with some tricks such as stopping for a while and then shooting, but unexpectedly, the opponent kicked and shot directly. Seaman flew forward, but he was still a step behind!

The ball brushed against the right post and flew into the goal. Stankovic didn't think about anything else when he hit the penalty kick. He just shot the ball from the most comfortable angle, which really slowed Seaman's reaction by half a beat. !

Immediately, there were crazy calls from the Mallorca fans in the stands. Jose took a long breath off the court, and then turned around and hugged Natal!

If this penalty is scored, the next game will be easy to play!