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Chapter 259 Penalty Shootout
Chapter 259 Penalty Shootout
Neymar's foot injury has completely healed. He changed direction several times on the edge of the penalty area and passed Subotic directly. Before Hummels made up his defense, he faced the attacking goalkeeper Langerak and calmly lobbed the ball. The ball flew directly into the goal.
Five to five, the score was evened again!
After scoring the goal, Neymar didn't celebrate, ran directly into the goal, picked up the ball and ran towards the middle circle!
His meaning is obvious, one goal is not enough!
Seeing this situation, Durm held his head, extremely annoyed.
Obviously, Dortmund's defensive formation lacked a person, so that Neymar could find a chance. Although Klopp had used the last substitution before, he replaced the 34-year-old veteran Kyle with Piszczek as a right back.
Seeing Neymar's actions, the Dortmund players were a little angrily. Under the urging of the referee, they returned to their positions.
Dortmund serves, and after serving, it passes directly back.
Now they have one less player, so it is unrealistic to attack. The only thing they can do is to delay the remaining 5 minutes, and the two sides will have a penalty shootout!
For Barcelona, a penalty kick is far less stable than their direct victory, so as soon as Dortmund's players kicked off, they all started to press high.
Dortmund didn't drag on for long before the ball was snatched by Barcelona's players, and then naturally, it entered the rhythm of Barcelona's siege and Dortmund's defense.
The countdown to the end of the game is 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
Suarez dribbled in the middle, trying to find a chance to shoot, but in the end it was destroyed by Hummels and Shinji Kagawa who retreated to the back position.
The countdown to the end of the game is 3 minutes and [-] seconds.
Under Shen Peng's marking, Messi had to pass the ball. His passing skills were also top-notch. The ball directly found Neymar who came to the front of the penalty area in the crowd.
Neymar received the ball and shot directly. A tricky ground ball rolled directly to the lower right corner of the goal!However, perhaps due to too much pursuit of angles, the ball eventually rolled out of the bottom line against the post.
Dortmund gets a goal kick.
Of course, Langerak took this opportunity to ink again, and then drove the ball to the frontcourt with a big kick.
This also successfully bought a lot of time for Dortmund. By the time the Barcelona players attacked again, there was less than 1 minute left in the game.
In the last minute, none of Dortmund's players were even near the center circle, and even Mbappe returned to the outside of the penalty area.
Under this tenacious defense, Barcelona still failed to score after all.
When the referee blew his whistle, all Dortmund players, coaches, and fans breathed a sigh of relief.
Klopp also heaved a sigh of relief, but when he came back to his senses, he found that his back had already been soaked in sweat.
Now after 120 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides are tied at [-]-[-]. According to the rules, there will be a brutal penalty shootout.
When the coaches of the two sides lined up for the penalty shootout, the German commentary was also a little bit embarrassed.
"I didn't expect this game to end up like this."
"Although the two teams drew, the process of the game was not dull at all, as can be seen from the score of five to five."
"Yes, this game is the most exciting game I have seen in recent years."
"I agree. This Barcelona team is very strong. Messi, Suarez, and Neymar seem to have a chemical reaction together. The offensive efficiency is terrifying. On the Dortmund side, a group of young people dare to fight, especially Shen Peng and Mbappe. As long as their current performance continues, they will be two players at the level of Messi and Ronaldo."
"Okay, we see that the coaches of both sides are already arranging the order of the penalty shootout."
"Well, since Dortmund sent off one person, Barcelona only need to choose ten people."
"Although there are ten people to be selected, generally only the first five have the chance to shoot. Most of the time, after the first five have finished kicking, the result will come out."
"The most important thing in a penalty shootout is mental quality. According to previous statistics, the higher the standard of the game, the greater the probability of missing a penalty kick. This may be bad news for Dortmund's young players."
"I don't think so. We can look at the penalty shootouts in the World Cup. In the four penalty shootouts that our country has experienced, we all had the last laugh. This shows that our players have the spirit of never admitting defeat. So I think that in this penalty shootout, Dortmund has a slightly better chance of winning."
"Okay, let's not talk about that. In fact, what I am more concerned about now is how many times Shen Peng will play. Generally speaking, in the first five rounds, the first and last players are the core players in the team. I think Shen Peng will appear in these two positions."
"Actually, I don't think Klopp will let Shen Peng play in the first or fifth position. Although Shen Peng has good skills, in penalty shootouts, skill is not such an important indicator, so I think Klopp will let Shen Peng play in the second or third position where the pressure is relatively low."
"Okay, besides Shen Peng, who do you think will be the other players who take penalty kicks?"
"There should be Hummels...Maybe there is Aubameyang. Although this kid has good shooting skills, he was impulsive in the game before, and his mental quality is not very good...Then there are Shinji Kagawa and Piszczek. They came off the bench and have more physical strength at this time..."
"It's about the same as I thought... this time the two of us finally thought of being together."
"Haha... well, let's not talk about it. No matter how good we say it, it still depends on the performance of the players. At this moment, Dortmund's players are already very good. Now I only hope that Klopp has conducted special training for the players on penalty shootouts before the game."
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On the sidelines, Klopp thought carefully for a while, and then made a decision in his heart.
"We are the team that takes the penalty kick last. According to previous statistics, the team that takes the penalty kick later is at a disadvantage in terms of winning percentage, but I believe that you will be able to perform at your best in the subsequent penalty shootout."
"Next I will announce the order of playing."
Klopp said, took out a note, "First, Hummels."
No one was surprised. Hummels has rich experience and good personal ability. He is also the current captain of the team. He is the most suitable to take the first penalty.
"The second..." Klopp paused, "Shen Peng!"
(End of this chapter)