In the Wolfsburg coaching area, the coaching staff and players gathered around, and Dieter Heijing was arranging the penalty kick players.
Chu Zheng sat cross-legged and rested back-to-back with Benaglio.
"Hey, Chu, I want to ask you if you want to take a penalty kick!" Just when Chu Zheng was feeling uneasy, De Bruyne, who was outside the crowd, suddenly raised his hand and shouted.
"Fake!!!" Suddenly Chu Zheng's face darkened, and his eyes flew towards De Bruyne like knives.
"Haha..." Seeing Chu Zheng squinting at De Bruyne, many people in Wolfsburg couldn't help laughing.
In Wolfsburg, from the coaching staff to the players, almost everyone knew that Chu Zheng's shot failed.
In previous penalty shootout simulation training sessions within the team, Chu Zheng's shooting percentage was 30%.
3 out of 10, ranking last.
Dieter Heijing, who was in the center of the crowd, also grinned and wrote Chu Zheng's name in the last space of the free throw list. The one in front of Chu Zheng was Benaglio.
In other words, if Wolfsburg and Dnipro are in a stalemate, Chu Zheng will be the last one.
However, in fact, the probability of this happening until the 11th round is very slim.
After a while, the two teams handed over their free throw lists to the referee Marzic.
Benaglio and Dnipro's captain were asked by Marzic to pick coins and decide which side would take the first penalty and the goal where the penalty kick would be.
Soon, Benaglio lived up to expectations. He chose the goal on the right because there were Wolfsburg fans gathering behind the goal.
"Okay! Audience friends!"
"The cruel penalty shootout is about to begin!!"
"..."
In He Wei's somewhat excited voice, the penalty shootout between Wolfsburg and Dnipro officially started.
The first penalty kicker in Dnipro was Selziev.
On the goal line, Benaglio took small steps and swung his hands from side to side, trying to interfere with Selziev.
Bang!
Selziev hit the goal directly after taking a run-up.
The ball went straight to the upper left corner.
Although Benaglio judged the direction correctly, the angle of Selziev's shot was too tricky.
1-0!
"Kevin! Come on! Kick it in and I'll treat you to pig head meat for two years!" Chu Zheng shouted loudly when he saw De Bruyne walking out of the crowd and hugging Gustavo and Perisic.
"Haha!" Suddenly everyone in Wolfsburg was amused again, and the tension and heavy pressure were relieved a lot.
"Fake!" De Bruyne turned around and raised his middle finger towards Chu Zheng.
Next to him, Dieter Heijin turned his head and looked meaningfully at Chu Zheng in the crowd, his eyes filled with satisfaction.
He knew that Chu Zheng was trying to relieve De Bruyne's pressure!
The pressure on the first player to take a penalty kick is huge, especially now that Dnipro has scored a goal, the pressure is even greater.
In front of the goal, after De Bruyne placed the ball, he measured his steps and slowly backed away.
"Beep!!" Ma Zhiqi whistled.
De Bruyne took a run-up, and with a bang, the ball went straight to the lower right corner.
On the goal line, Boyko judged the right direction, and his quickly bent knees jumped out like a spring.
"oops!!!"
"Boyko!! Pounced!!!" He Wei and Zhang Lu exclaimed in the live broadcast room of the sports channel.
"boom!!!"
Suddenly the ground on all sides was shaking!!
The cheers from the home fans are getting louder and louder!
In the middle circle, Chu Zheng's knees softened and he almost fell to his knees.
He never expected that De Bruyne would miss the penalty kick.
At this moment, Chu Zheng felt an uneasy and ominous premonition in his heart!
Perisic and other Wolfsburg players looked helpless and solemn.
"Now all the pressure is on Wolfsburg's side!"
"Benaglio, can he withstand the pressure and save Wolfsburg!!!"
On the goal line, Benaglio faced Rotan, who took Dnipro's second penalty kick. He spread his arms and jumped left and right.
But Rotan didn't follow his lead, and after running up, he directly hit the ball from the left side of the goal.
Benaglio even misjudged the direction!
Wolfsburg's second penalty kicker is Bendtner.
Standing in front of the penalty spot, Bendtner put his hands on his hips without looking, quietly waiting for referee Marzic's whistle to sound.
At the same time, huge boos were raging in the Kyiv Olympic Stadium.
The Dnipro fans, who had already seen the dawn of victory, were frantically disturbing the Wolfsburg players.
Beep!
Bendtner starts his run!
However, the next second, a scene that made people's eyes pop out appeared.
Bendtner actually took a penalty kick.
The kicked ball slowly fell towards the goal.
However, Boyko on the goal line did not move. He stood quietly in the middle and even took the ball into his arms without moving much.
"oh!!!!!"
Witnessing this scene, the Dnipro players, who were also holding each other's shoulders, let out a burst of cheers.
After Boyko once again successfully rejected Wolfsburg's penalty kick, he seemed extremely excited and rushed towards his own camp with his legs moving quickly.
Compared to the jubilant Dnipro players, the Wolfsburg crowd was dead silent.
At this moment, everyone realized that something was wrong.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, He Wei and Zhang Lu did not speak after exclaiming.
The two looked at each other and saw the disappointment in each other's eyes.
Wolfsburg's hope of advancing is already very slim.
Missing two consecutive penalty kicks is enough pressure to crush any team.
Even teams with extremely rich experience in European competitions such as Barcelona and Real Madrid have a high probability of not being able to complete the comeback.
"What did Bendtner think? Playing a penalty kick at such a critical moment!"
"Confidence emperor, honey self-confidence!!"
"I've always thought there's not much difference between him and Balotelli!"
"It's over, Wolfsburg is going to be eliminated!!!"
"What a shocking upset!"
"Dnipro! This is going to be a black hole to the end!!"
Fans' comments on the barrage in the live broadcast room were also full of discussion, and every fan revealed a sense of anger and disappointment in every word.
On the field, on the left side of the center circle, facing Bendtner who came back in despair, Dieter Heijing gave him a hug to comfort him.
Chu Zheng and others also reached out and patted Bendtner on the head. No one expressed dissatisfaction with Bendtner, but they didn't necessarily feel that way in their hearts.
Soon, the third round penalty came.
At this moment, Benaglio, who was standing on the goal line, could no longer jump up.
Listening to the cheers and cheers from home fans in the stands behind the goal, Benaglio felt as if a huge mountain was weighing on him.
The huge pressure of 10,000 tons made his heart beat violently.
Facing Konoplyanka who was already standing in front of the ball, Benaglio took deep breaths continuously and quickly adjusted his somewhat disordered breathing.
Beep!
After a while, referee Marzic blew the whistle again.
Konoplyanka took a running start and hit the ball hard with his kick.
On the goal line, Benaglio once again made the right decision.
However, he still failed to save the ball.
Because Konoplyanka, one of the Ukrainian twin stars, took the penalty kick of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Power works miracles!
The angle of his shot was not tricky, but the pressure was very good and the ball was so fast that Benaglio could see it but couldn't touch it.
In the middle circle, Chu Zheng closed his eyes. This pressure made him feel extremely depressed when he experienced it for the first time.
In the crowd, Rodriguez walked toward the goal silently.
After placing the ball, Rodriguez rubbed his hands hard on his waist, quietly waiting for his fate to be pronounced.
"Rodríguez is Wolfsburg's number one penalty taker!"
"Dieter Heijin's arrangement is a bit unreasonable. He should have let Rodriguez take the first position. Maybe this situation would not have happened!" Zhang Lu from the sports channel shook her head and lamented.
In his opinion, there is something wrong with Wolfsburg's penalty kick sequence.
After Zhang Lu finished speaking, referee Mazic's whistle sounded on the TV.
Under the spotlight, Rodriguez took a running start, turned sideways, and kicked the ball, all in one go!
However, the next second, the ball flew directly into the stands!!!
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
At this moment, the Kyiv Olympic Stadium was like a barrel of explosives, instantly ignited.
The huge noise rose into the sky and vented in all directions.
"At the end of the game, Dnipro eliminated Wolfsburg with a total score of 3-0 through a penalty shootout!"
On the field, all Dnipro players gathered in the middle circle and celebrated wildly.
Chu Zheng lay on the wet turf, letting the raindrops fall on his face, and stared at the drizzle falling in the night sky with his somewhat red eyes.
At this moment, he had mixed feelings in his heart.
