Chapter 68: The penalty shootout starts well

It has to be said that the awkward style that Jose showed really scared the Arsenal at the beginning.

Despite the replacement of two new forces, Arsenal's offense still did not improve. After all, after missing one midfielder, they had more defensive flaws. The three forwards in Mallorca's frontcourt were indeed a deterrent for them.

But soon, they discovered that Mallorca was a donkey from Guizhou. Although there were three forwards on the court, Luke played the left forward after he came on the court, mainly defending, while Etoo played the right forward, and was still a pure defensive type. Only Tristan was on the front, which really couldn't pose any threat.

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

Driven by two new forces, Arsenal began to launch a fierce attack. However, although Lungberg performed very hard, he could not create too many threats on the wing. As for Suk? The performance of the Croatian scorer after transferring to Arsenal this season was a disaster. He is no longer Suk who won the Golden Boot of the World Cup two years ago...

Although one player was missing, Mallorca's defense line did not suffer much loss. Stankovic and Mota were at the forefront of the penalty area. They may not have enough experience than the previous two midfielders, but they are younger and stronger. Luke, the new force who runs without any effort, and Etoo, who returns to defense, also strongly supported the two wings.

Franco saved Kanu and Henry's long shots in succession, and Lyonberg's shot also passed the crossbar. The more defense the Mallorca players are, the more confident they are. The previous penalty training made them extremely expect the moment of the penalty shootout!

finally……

"Dou,Dou,Dou—"

Two shorts and one long, the whole game ends! The game enters a penalty shootout!

"The 120-minute game is over! Both sides failed to score in the entire game! The next game will enter a gripping penalty shootout! Who can finally win this game, let's wait and see!"

The commentators finally began to become excited. They didn't have much room to play in the entire 120 minutes, and the penalty shootout was when they showed their abilities...

At this time, the field was extremely busy.

Team doctors and masseurs are regaining fatigue from the players, while coaches are discussing the candidates for the next penalty shootout...

"Yuwan is the first one." Jose said.

The assistant coaches all nodded. Stankovic is Mallorca's first penalty kicker, and ranking first can also boost morale.

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

Jose continued to say it in one breath, but the assistant coaches began to look at each other this time - it is reasonable to make Tristan and Etoo, the two main forwards, take the penalty. After all, the forwards will shoot better, and are much better than the defenders who hardly shoot very much. However, letting Mota and Luke shoot the fourth and fifth penalty... isn't it a bit too much fun? Especially Luke plays the fifth crucial penalty, which is a forward who has not played this season! Can he withstand such pressure?

"We don't care about other things, and don't need to think too much. The most confident ones are placed at the front, and the less confident ones are placed at the back... As long as we enter more, the more pressure Arsenal will be!

Jose waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it's the tone. What I can guarantee is that the pressure will definitely not be us!"

Mallorca's assistant coaches have sorted out the order of the players who took the penalty kick with a lot of questions. After the first five are arranged, the next one will be easier. It is nothing more than to arrange them all the way according to the position. At this time, Mallorca's disadvantage of one less person is no longer necessary to care about.

As the assistant coaches sorted out the list of penalty kicks to the fourth official, Jose walked onto the court and whispered to the players who were surrounding him to the next order of the penalty kicks.

The two top two players, Mota and Luke, were extremely excited. It was already an unexpected surprise for them to be able to play in this game, not to mention that they could also play in the penalty shootout!

"Do it well, I believe you!" Jose patted the two of them on the shoulders and said.

Then he smiled at all the players and then walked off the court.

The assistant coaches have sorted out the list of the players who are about to take the free throw. After watching it, Jose saw that nothing was missing, so he asked Natal to hand it over to the fourth official, and then he sat down in his position.

He was very nervous, indeed very nervous, but this tension could not be revealed.

So far, although his tactical intentions have been disturbed, they have been achieved step by step. Whether it is intensive defense or disrupting the opponent's sudden attack, he has achieved the expected goals. In the penalty shootout, he is also well prepared, but he still cannot slack off before he really wins this game.

He didn't know what the final result of this game in history was, but he still had great confidence - that is, he knew that despite his outstanding results after Wenger took over Arsenal, he had never won the European championship!

In other words, Arsenal is destined to not win this championship - Jose gained great confidence from this reason - of course, he also knew that he had been reborn and the development of the European League pattern had begun to gradually change, and no one knew what would happen in the future - but he deliberately ignored this point.

If you don’t have the confidence to win, how can you handle things that will happen to you with ease?

Jose breathed a long sigh - it was finally time to come. Whether he could win the first European trophy in club history for Mallorca and whether he could truly change history depends on what happened!

At this time, Jose suddenly felt a slight pain in his waist. In fact, he sometimes felt this way in the past few weeks. However, preparing for Arsenal was too complicated, so Jose didn't care - after all, since his rebirth, he has always been in good health, which is completely different from the otaku in his previous life.

The pain continued for a while and disappeared, so Jose didn't care about this anymore, because the penalty shootout was about to begin!

Not only him, but all the fans on the scene who were watching this game, fans in front of the TV, and commentators from all over the country, were completely focused - after all, the first 120 minutes of the game was simply unreasonable. I waited for 120 minutes before I finally waited until the scene and the climax of the scene appeared. How could I not concentrate at this time?

I have been waiting for so long, and I am waiting for this moment!

"The assistant coaches of both sides have submitted the order of the players who will take the penalty kick to the fourth official... Now the players on both sides have gathered near the center line. They both stood in a row, and then put their shoulders on each other to cheer up... We can't know what the order of the penalty kick is, but we already know who will take the penalty kick first - Mallorca will take the penalty first, and it is both good and bad to take the penalty first, that is, if you score in, you can gain an advantage and create psychological pressure on the other party. If you can't score in, the advantage will come to the other party instantly..."

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

The goal that took the penalty was the goal on the side of the half occupied by Mallorca in the second half of overtime. Two goalkeepers, Franco and Himan, left their teammates and came to the near the goal, listening to the referee's advice.

"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's movements in front of the goal. Otherwise, he will get a yellow card. Do you two understand?"

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

Shiman is almost thirty-seven now, and Franco is only in his early twenties. However, for the goalkeeper position, such a big age gap is quite normal.

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

Shiman walked towards the goal, and Franco consciously retreated far enough behind the goal, standing there quietly. It was not until the first Mallorca player came up that he waved his fist to the opponent and expressed his encouragement.

The other party also nodded at him with a smile.

"Mallorca's first player to take the penalty kick is coming up! It's their Yugoslav midfielder Yuwan Stankovic! The 29-year-old midfielder is Mallorca's number one set-piece penalty. One point before his 29th birthday, he completed his first hat-trick in his career in the home game against Monaco in the League Cup, including two penalty kicks! It seems that Mallorca wants to focus on stability and get a good start first!"

The commentator quickly explained that he didn't need to say so in detail, but for most non-Mallorca fans watching the League Cup, the players on and off Mallorca are quite unfamiliar...

Shiman opened his arms and waved his arms, then bent down slightly. He was almost thirty-seven years old and could still become the best goalkeeper for Arsenal and England national teams. Shiman naturally has his own excellence. Although he is not very good at saving penalty kicks, he is not without the ability to fight back.

Stankovic observed Himan's position. He knew that the opponent was a goalkeeper with rich experience and some tricks might not work for him. However, the older goalkeeper would inevitably be slower to react. As long as he took the penalty and made him judge the direction of his shot later, the possibility of scoring will naturally be much greater!

After pursing his lips, Stankovic made up his mind.

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

"The referee blew the whistle, and Stankovic began to run!"

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

Stankovic assisted, rushed to the ball, then swung his left foot and shot directly!

This shot was clean and neat, without any delay!

Ximan originally thought the opponent would use something like pause first and then shoot, but he didn't expect the opponent to shoot directly. Ximan flew up, but he was still one step slower!

The ball flew into the goal against the right post. Stankovic didn't consider anything else when he played the penalty. He just shot the ball to the most comfortable angle, which made Himan's reaction slower by half a beat!

The crazy calls from the Mallorca fans immediately rang out in the stands. Jose off the court let out a long sigh, then turned around and hugged Natal!

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

ps: Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm typing too late yesterday and I forgot to update it regularly. Today, there will be no difference in 10,000 words. Please forgive me, brothers.
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