As the Zhan Zhao whistle sounded again, this sports competition lasted for one hour, that is, the two-hour competition process was over. Before the start of the game, everyone, whether it was Zhao Zhen, the most powerful person, or
Every spectator who came to watch the game could not have imagined that the Huangtian Team, formerly known as the Royal Cuju Team, would tie with a grassroots team composed of more than a dozen ordinary people after an hour of competition.
Because this is a formal match, unlike the warm-up match where there can be a draw, the official match will involve a penalty shootout, where the final victory will be decided through penalty kicks.
As the actual organizer of this game, Lu Yao, he is extremely surprised now. In fact, even in the second half and overtime, Lu Yao has always been aware of Chen Chen's tactics, which is to drag the game into overtime.
Shi Sai. Having said that, it is very difficult to achieve this. However, Chen Chen did not disappoint Lu Yao in the end, just because of his calm handling of Wang Da and Wang Yi's excellent cooperative performance in the end.
, Lu Yao knew that Chen Chen had grown a lot in this game, and now he has exceeded Lu Yao's expectations. Now that the game has come to this point, Lu Yao is actually a little curious, maybe, the grassroots team really
Can he defeat the Huangtian team with a penalty shootout? You know, Chen Chen's last jump, although it is said that his head hit the Cuju ball, but the actual impact is not necessarily how great.
However, the Cuju accidentally hit the goalpost and failed to score. There was some luck involved. It seemed that God also wanted to help Chen Chen, and it also wanted to witness the end of the Huangtian team.
Speaking of penalty kicks, the rules set by Lu Yao are the same as modern football.
Before the start of the penalty shootout, both sides determine the players and the order of the team's penalty kicks. They usually decide which team will take the penalty first by guessing a coin. After the game starts, both sides take turns to take penalty kicks, with a total of 5 penalty rounds, and the 5 rounds end.
After that, the team with the most accumulated goals wins. If there is still no winner after 5 rounds of free throws, the "sudden death method" will be used to impose additional penalties: that is, the two sides will continue to punish each other until one penalty occurs at the end of a certain round.
If the other team fails to score a free throw, the team that scores the free throw will be victorious. During this period, only when all 11 players on one team have taken a free throw in turn can players who have already taken a free throw be arranged to start taking turns to take free throws again.
The team with more players needs to send the same number of people as the team with less players for penalty kicks. That is, if one team has only 10 players due to one player being sent off, then the team with more players can only send 10 players for the penalty kick, but they must include one player.
Goalkeeper. If a player is sent off after scoring a goal, then the penalty kick is valid. If the ball is sent off before the referee determines that the penalty kicker has scored, it will be counted as a missed penalty.
The rules of the penalty shootout are basically the same as those of regular penalty kicks. The only difference is that no follow-up shots are allowed. That is, after the ball is kicked out, no matter whether it touches other players or not, the kicker is not allowed to touch the ball again, otherwise the goal will be invalid. Before the penalty kick
A free throw must begin with the referee blowing his whistle. If the referee does not blow his whistle, the goal will be invalid.
It can be seen from the rules that the key lies in which of the two sides has a higher hit rate. When facing the opponent's goalkeeper, what shot selection should be made, what angle and intensity should be used to shoot, and how to bear the psychological pressure.
Of course, in addition to the players themselves, in fact, regarding the penalty shootout, some of the team's own little routines are also likely to have miraculous effects. They usually use these little routines to win the psychological battle.
Here are just a few examples for you.
In the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup, before the penalty shootout between Germany and Argentina, German goalkeeper coach Koepke slipped a small note to goalkeeper Lehmann, which stated the penalty kick habits of each Argentine player. In the end, Lehmann based on the small
The note saved the opponent's two penalty kicks and helped the German team reach the semi-finals.
The small note that Lehmann got was the result of big data, while the small note from his junior Bolersbeck was a complete "trick".
In the semi-finals of the U21 European Youth Championship in 2017, Germany eliminated their old enemy England in a penalty shootout. Interestingly, Bolersbeck would read the small note inside his socks every time before taking a penalty kick. After the game, German media revealed,
There was no information about the penalty kick players on Bolersbeck's note at all. The goalkeeper coach just gave him an ordinary starting list and told him to read it repeatedly and look at it with a firm look in order to "scare" the opponent.
Create psychological stress.
England's performance in penalty kicks in World Series has always been poor. From 1990 to 2016, England only won once in 11 penalty shootouts. However, in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the English learned the lesson. In fact, before the start of the game, England
The team hired a psychologist to evaluate the players, and head coach Southgate knew the players' mental endurance well.
In the 1/8 finals, England and Colombia entered a penalty shootout. The team's tactical coach handed goalkeeper Pickford a bottle of drink. The direction of the Colombian player's penalty kick was written on the bottle. Every time he walked to the goal line,
Pickford would always take a look at his opponent's statistics and move back and forth on the goal line to interfere with his opponent's judgment. As a result, England eliminated their opponent and reached the quarterfinals.
In addition to using big data to predict opponents, or using small actions to influence the psychology of free throw shooters, it is also a very effective method to enhance the confidence of your own players. This trick has also appeared many times in this year's European Cup.
In the 1/8 finals, Switzerland and France entered a penalty shootout. The world champion French team was forced into a desperate situation and was already worried about gains and losses. As the saying goes, "Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes." The Swiss did not have much mental pressure, but captain Xhaka took it
After drinking a bottle of Coke, he felt very relaxed. At the same time, he also gave a passionate speech to his teammates, allowing them to relax and strive for the world championship. In the end, Switzerland advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Series for the first time, getting rid of "Sixteen Lang"
's fate.
In the quarter-finals, Spain and Switzerland once again entered into a penalty shootout. This time it was Spanish coach Enrique who successfully used the spiritual victory method. He said to goalkeeper Simon: "You can save two penalty kicks, no
Question." Simon lived up to the heavy responsibility and rejected the opponent's three penalty kicks, and Spain entered the semi-finals.
In addition to these methods, there is actually an immediate method, but it is not suitable for the current new Cuju competition. This method
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That is, changing your own goalkeeper before the penalty shootout.
In August 2021, in the European Super Cup final, the Premier League team Chelsea and the La Liga team Villarreal fought fiercely for 120 minutes with a score of 1 to 1, and had to engage in a brutal penalty shootout. In the end, the Blues came on as substitutes.
Goalkeeper Kepa saved 2 penalty kicks with a stroke of genius, defeating the "Yellow Submarine" 7-6 and winning the European Super Cup. Almost two and a half months ago, on May 30, Chelsea and Manchester City, two Premier League teams, met.
At the top of the Champions League final at the Dragon Stadium in Porto, Portugal, the Blues defeated Manchester City 1-0 with Mount's assist for Havertz's goal in the 42nd minute of the first half, winning the title for the second time in team history.
Champions League champion.
In such a short period of time, it is no accident that the Blues have won two extraordinary championship trophies, the Champions League and the European Super Cup. Tuchel took over Chelsea halfway and defeated Pep Guardiola's Manchester City three times this season. It is very good.
It proves that Tuchel is not an ordinary person. He fully demonstrated his style as a top coach in tactics and psychology.
Take this UEFA Super Cup match against "Huang Qian" as an example. The two sides were tied 1-1 at 120 minutes. Seeing that overtime was about to end and enter a penalty shootout, Tuchel waved his hand and changed the goalkeeper.
Kepa replaced Mendy, and only Tuchel could make such a large-scale substitution. Tuchel's intention of replacing Kepa was obvious, which was to use him to win in the penalty shootout. And Kepa lived up to expectations.
, lived up to Tuchel's trust in him, saved 2 penalty kicks, and helped Chelsea win the penalty shootout to win the Super Cup championship. This substitution effect was so good that after the game, the fans called him "God comes one."
"Pen", "Magical Substitution". So, why did Tuchel change the goalkeeper before the penalty shootout? Could it be that Mendy's performance was unsatisfactory?
No, Mendy is the third goalkeeper in the history of the Champions League to keep 9 clean sheets in a single season. He performed bravely in this game, defusing the threatening attacks of "Huang Qian" many times and dragging the game into a penalty kick.
The number one contributor to the negative.
We can only say that Mendy did a good job in the 120 minutes, and Kepa performed bravely in the penalty shootout. Tuchel is not a god of foresight. The change of goalkeeper is actually a psychological warfare on his part. Mendy
Having persisted for 120 minutes, Kepa was replaced at this time, which was nothing more than telling his opponent that he was here to save some points.
This method of changing the goalkeeper is actually very damaging to the opponent's psychology and formation, because the opponent does not understand the character of the new goalkeeper, or his throwing habits. However, this is not the case in the Huangtian team and the grassroots team.
It is impossible for this team to happen, not only for these two teams, but also for these eight teams, because the number of players was limited to only five people from the beginning. Faced with such a high-intensity competition, everyone
They all feel that it should not reach the level of a penalty kick competition, and there are no other free positions for their team to recruit another substitute goalkeeper. They think it is meaningless, so when there is no substitute goalkeeper, for penalty kicks
There is no such possibility of changing the goalkeeper in the competition.
"I really didn't expect that the first game would lead to a penalty shootout. To be honest, I overestimated the Huangtian team. Of course, Chen Chen's grassroots team is also surprisingly strong."
Lu Yao took a deep breath and said to the leaders of the other teams who were still thinking about the last attack just now.
Several other leaders looked at Lu Yao. It must be said that in the previous 120 minutes of the game, although both teams had some outstanding performances, they were often able to make moves they could not imagine.
.However, compared to Lu Yao, these people seemed a little too surprised every time. If you think about it carefully, from the end of the warm-up match to the start of the official match, it took almost a week or so. As long as you take advantage of it,
With the training opportunities during this period, it’s not surprising that the team’s ability has made a qualitative leap.
Therefore, after looking at Lu Yao's entire game, basically all of his tactics did not surprise him. Only when the Huangtian team used a double forward tactic, Lu Yao's eyes lit up. And now,
At the end of the overtime game, everyone understood after listening to Lu Yao's thoughts that Lu Yao was very satisfied with the superb performance of the two teams. He was the same, not to mention the leaders of several other teams. They took advantage of the opportunity.
During the break before the penalty shootout started, none of them responded to Lu Yao's words. On the contrary, they began to think about their team's training during this period. If they faced the grassroots team and the Huangtian team like this
When facing an opponent, to what extent can they make on-the-spot judgments and tactical formation arrangements? Can they win the game easily? Or, are there any weaknesses in your team that are worth spending time to improve?
one time.
Everyone is thinking, but where is the royal rest area in the distance?
Emperor Zhao Zhen also stood up and walked around at this time. After all, he had been sitting on that chair for two hours and was indeed a little uncomfortable.
Regarding this game, although the Huangtian team has not won so far, the final result of the overtime is still a draw between the two teams. However, at this time, Zhao Zhen has completely solved the so-called royal face problem.
Forget it. It can be said that after half an hour of overtime, Zhao Zhen's impression of the new Cuju sport has completely changed. Before, he just thought that this thing was a physical fitness tool thought up by Lu Yao.
, a project to improve the physical fitness of the whole people. Moreover, maybe through this project, the football lottery can be done well, so that as a royal family, he can make a lot of money. As for the actual content of Cuju and the excitement of the game, Zhao Zhen is not optimistic about it.
He had high expectations. Although Zhao Zhen had watched the two warm-up matches before and thought they were pretty good, his memory of Cuju was immediately overshadowed by the problems between Song and Xia. Today, Zhao Zhen was indeed on the sidelines.
After watching the game for one hundred and twenty minutes, he could even identify the fifteen people on each of the two teams.
The level shown by the Huangtian team and the Grassroots team in the last three minutes of overtime made Zhao Zhen even more immersed in it. In fact, he has already made a decision in his heart. Even if the Huangtian team really loses this game, he
He would not blame Wang Da and Wang Yi for the so-called face problem. He could see that these two guys really wanted to win this game, but he also knew that when the point came
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In a football battle, it’s really not certain who will win and who will lose.
This competition must be held in the future. It is a very good leisure time viewing project, Zhao Zhen thought so.
Yan Shu and Lu Xu, who were standing not far from Zhao Zhen, saw Zhao Zhen's expression. As they knew the emperor very well, they already knew that Zhao Zhen seemed to be very satisfied with this new Cuju project. This game should be ignored.
What was the result? At least for Lu Yao, Zhao Zhen should have mostly praised him. In this case, Lu Xu was relieved. He was really afraid that Chen Chen's grassroots team would win this game. Originally, he thought that the Huangtian team would be the last to win.
The attack must have resulted in a steady goal. Unexpectedly, Chen Chen was able to defend against it. But judging from the emperor's appearance, the result of this game should no longer be important. He was completely enjoying it.
Although Zhao Zhen, as the emperor, was completely immersed in it after watching the overtime game and no longer cared about the result. But that was the emperor's idea after all, and as common people, they were concerned about more practical issues.
At this time, although the audience on the sidelines did not make much noise because it was a break, most of them were actually very nervous. Because what they were most worried about happened. When the game was nearing the end, they felt that the Huangtian team was
They will definitely kill each other, but the final score is still one to one. In this way, the two sides enter a penalty shootout. The commentator also said before that this is what the grassroots team most hopes to happen. Now the winning probability of both sides is half. Which one?
Who is strong or weak is not what these spectators worry about. They watch the game just for fun, and more importantly, they want to make a fortune from this game. Some people invest a lot of money in football lottery, and almost
Everyone also bought the victory of the Huangtian team, and at the same time, the odds of the grassroots team were also frighteningly high. Because of this, they could not accept the defeat of the Huangtian team.
Everyone has a different view of this game. On the commentary table, the three commentators began to analyze the previous attack after giving what may have been their fastest comment as a commentator.
Both Su Shi and Su Che said that God favored the grassroots team very much. In the end, Wang Da's header went wide, which was incredible.
However, Zhe Kexing believes that Chen Chen perfectly explained his thoughts on this game in this game.
"Chen Chen has always said that you should do your best and let fate. Before the start of this game, no one thought that the two teams would be tied or even enter overtime. Even myself, I felt that Chen Chen had been thinking about it since the Huangtian team scored in the second half.
There is something inappropriate about delaying the game. After all, the grassroots team's players are not as strong and physical as the Huangtian team. However, Chen Chen did it in the end and tried his best. Let's go back and take a look at the last scene just now.
In that attack, it is true that the Huangtian team was a bit unlucky. If the Cuju hadn't touched Chen Chen's head and slightly deviated from the angle, the score on the field might have been two to one. But, even if it was
The slight influence of the angle would not have been possible if Chen Chen and Wang Da had not jumped up at the same time. Once Wang Da hit the ball, the final score would definitely be two to one. Therefore, Chen Chen did everything he could
He tried his best and competed with Wang Da for a header. As for the final result, both he and the grassroots team could accept it. But the facts proved that the goal did not go in. In other words, he did his best.
, God gave him this opportunity."
It has to be said that Zhe Katsuyuki's explanation made everyone watching the game understand Chen Chen's determination. Indeed, the ball just now deflected slightly from the Cuju angle due to Chen Chen's efforts, but
It’s hard to say whether he scored a goal or not, but if Wang Da faced an empty goal by himself, it would be impossible for him to miss.
After Su Shi and Su Che heard Katsuyuki's analysis, they both agreed with his theory. Then, the three of them continued to chat about the penalty shootout.
"Actually, the penalty shootout depends on the arrangement of the players' shooting sequence, whether it can capture the psychology of the opponent's players, and whether the players themselves can withstand the great psychological pressure. In terms of pressure, I think the Huangtian team must
It is higher than the grassroots team. In the end, it depends on the performance of each team's goalkeeper. In fact, penalty kicks are a way to truly test the goalkeeper's strength. After observing the entire game, not only the offensive players will understand
The opponent's goalkeeper's habits, and the goalkeeper is also observing each opponent's player who can pose a threat to the goal, which attack method they will choose. Because no matter what shot order the two sides send, the first to take the penalty kick will definitely be
His own core players, so the goalkeeper will also have a basic judgment on those who come to take penalty kicks."
Su Shi said: "The goalkeepers of both sides actually made wonderful saves in this game. Although the Huangtian team's goalkeeper allowed the opponent to score a goal in a single goal, there were several other defensive counterattack opportunities in the first half.
They were all intercepted by him. The goalkeeper of the grassroots team lost the ball because the opponent adopted a very beautiful tactical coordination. The two goalkeepers themselves are quite good."
The three people continued to chat, but at this time, it was on the playing field.
As Zhan Zhao's whistle sounded, Chen Chen, Wang Da and others who had been dazed just now came to their senses. Chen Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead, obviously breathing a sigh of relief.
Then, he saw Wang Da walking towards him with an expression that was half angry and half helpless.
"This last goal didn't go in. I really didn't expect it. Did you really hit it?" Wang Da looked at Chen Chen with a calm tone. For Wang Da, in the last few minutes, he had already scored the biggest goal.
Despite his efforts, the ball was actually blocked by the goal post. Although he couldn't accept it, the game still had to go on. At this time, there was no time for him to calm down.
Chen Chen gave a bitter smile and said: "It's just a bump. I don't think that kind of force can affect the course of Cuju. However," Chen Chen said with firm eyes, "It seems that God doesn't want me to lose so early."
In this case, I can only do my best in the penalty shootout."
"That's good." Wang Da said, "You won't always be so lucky. We'll see!"
