Chapter 307 Penalty Shootout with Eleven Rounds

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After the referee's whistle blew, Kuyt, who was too overwhelmed, took a deep breath, before taking a slow start and taking out a penalty. ≯＞Net

But when the ball just left his feet, Kuyt screamed badly in his heart. Even if he didn't need to judge, he knew that he had improved his penalty.

For a moment, the whole world felt bad.

Sure enough, Howard pounced in one direction at will, but in the end, he watched the ball fly high over the crossbar.

The penalty score is still 1:1.

Kuyt returned to his teammates with a sad face, and he didn't dare to look up and face his teammates. What a good opportunity to lead, but he was so easily wasted by himself, and he himself would not forgive himself.

But what moved him was that his teammates didn't blame him for missing the penalty, and they extended their hands of encouragement to him. Captain Alonso put his arms around his shoulders and comforted him softly in his ear.

Fortunately, although the penalty kick was missed, the two sides just returned to the same starting line. Who called Ronaldinho also missed the penalty kick!

Every player on the field is under enormous psychological pressure, and the psychological fluctuations are even greater when two players miss consecutive penalty kicks.

However, the players who came out next resisted the pressure and scored consecutive penalty kicks.

Gary Neville, come in.

Ram, come in.

Penalty score 2:2.

Ferdinand, come in.

Carvalho, come in.

Penalty score 3:3.

The final round of the regular five rounds of penalty kicks, if the winner is decided in this round, then the penalty shootout will also end.

Manchester United played the veteran Ryan Giggs. He withstood the pressure, fooled Diego Lopez, and scored a penalty. The pressure was suddenly transferred to Alonso, who was the last player in Notts County.

David's heartbeat was abnormally fast, Ram had already made a penalty, and the two of them didn't play consecutively, with Carvalho in the middle.

In David's impression, Alonso may have had the experience of slipping a penalty kick several times in his previous life. I don't know if the quality of the turf is not good, or if Alonso is habitually unable to pass the penalty kick.

Alonso stood out from the crowd, and the teammates around him who were cheering for him, his heart was unusually calm. This is a penalty kick related to the ending. He can only take a penalty kick. Otherwise, today's promise Ibaraki County will miss out on the championship trophy.

A run-up, a pause, and a clever shot, Alonso deceived Howard and scored this penalty, which also successfully dragged the penalty into an unconventional period.

David really breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better to have less experience in the penalty shootout in the future. He was about to commit a heart attack.

The next penalty shootout will determine the outcome of each round, and the pressure on the players will be even greater.

Sylvester, come in.

Lescott, come in.

Penalty score 5:5.

O'Shea, come in.

Leighton Bynes, in.

Penalty score 6:6.

The two sides seemed to have entered the fast lane at once. The players quickly and neatly took the penalty kick and then transferred the pressure to each other. They were all holding their last breath, waiting for the other side to make mistakes first.

Phil Neville, come in.

Ribery, come in.

Penalty score 7:7.

This is the penalty kick in the eighth round, and the two sides still have not been able to tell the winner. Is this the rhythm of creating history and breaking records?

In fact, the two sides have broken the record for a penalty shootout in the history of the Community Shield, because no two teams have not yet won or lost in the regular five rounds of the penalty shootout and need to continue to take penalties.

In the domestic game in England, although most people can't remember how many rounds of penalty kicks were taken, there have never been 13 rounds, thinking that in the records of the World Football Federation, this data does not belong to the English team.

Mascherano and Scholes, who played next, also scored the ball one after another, and the exciting penalty shootout was still being staged.

The fans are no longer able to vent their excitement by shouting for fun. They want to know who will miss the penalty first and who will win this heart-pounding penalty shootout.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Klose played in the 10th round, but both players still scored penalties, as if they were competing with each other.

This is interesting. After 10 rounds of penalty kicks, the two sides are still tied, and the next two teams who did not play are the goalkeepers of both sides, Howard and Diego Lopez.

Who would have thought that such a situation would occur in a penalty shootout? Maybe in the regular five rounds, there are examples of goalkeepers taking penalty kicks, but in the 11th round, it is unheard of for the goalkeepers of the two teams to directly confront each other.

There is no doubt that at this time, everyone is already optimistic about Manchester United, because although Howard is in an unstable state, after all, he is old and has rich experience, especially at this critical moment, it is the direct confrontation of the goalkeeper. Experience will undoubtedly give him an absolute advantage.

At the age of Diego Lopez, there are very few goalkeepers who can play the main force, let alone a wealth of experience. Haven’t heard that Notts County has only played a penalty kick in the past two years!

Howard calmly placed the ball on the penalty spot and stepped back, but kept his eyes on Diego Lopez, as if to put pressure on the Notts County goalkeeper by such means.

In terms of penalty kicks, Diego Lopez is indeed not as good as Ben Foster, who has been loaned out, but at least he is stable, so no matter what the opponent Howard makes, he is still as stable as Mount Tai.

In fact, penalty kicks are the worst for goalkeepers to save. There is no way, the goal is so big and the distance is so close, as long as the quality of the opponent's penalty is not high, the goalkeeper is usually difficult to save.

Howard, the old American goalkeeper, took a very tricky penalty kick. Although Diego Lopez judged the right direction, he still did not touch the ball.

After the two exchanged positions, it was Lopez's turn to take a penalty kick. Although he had never experienced this in his career, the Spanish goalkeeper did not feel so nervous when he stood in this position.

Yes, I have stood in front of me ten times. Even if I have nervousness, I have already digested it.

go in!

Diego Lopez screamed in his heart, starting, running, kicking...

Then, the Notts County keeper slipped to...

The ball flew high and fluttered gently into Howard's arms.

The penalty shootout is over!

Diego Lopez fell to the ground and his mind went blank. He thought about countless results, maybe he would score a penalty kick for the team, maybe he would be blocked by Howard, and the team lost the game, but he never thought of it. He would miss a penalty in this way.

Unconsciously, Diego Lopez's eyes were already wet, and tears poured out uncontrollably. 8

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