Chapter 163: Penalty shootout

Although Hamburg is called the King of Peking, it has long since fallen.
Hamburg only ranked 15th in the Bundesliga last season, an obvious relegation team ranking.
In the current Bundesliga standings, Hamburg is only ranked tenth.
More importantly, the two most important players in the Hamburg team are currently absent.
Van der Vaart, the former European golden boy, returned to Hamburg from the Premier League this summer. This is a major reason why Hamburg has improved this season.
South Korean teenager Sun Xingmin, who was born in Hamburg youth training, has grown rapidly in the past two seasons. This season, he has become a twin star combination of Hamburg midfielder with Van der Vaart.
But both of them are currently absent, which will definitely greatly weaken Hamburg's overall strength.
So although the current state of Schalke 04 is not good, it should not be a problem to win Hamburg.
After the game began, Hamburg's defense was very tenacious, and Schalke 04 failed to return in the first 30 minutes.
But the game quickly entered the rhythm of Schalke 04.
In the 31st minute, Uchida Atsushi, who returned from injury, made a pass from the right. Lee Chenglong hit the header in the middle of the penalty area. Huntelaar followed up with a volley, and the ball went directly into the lower left corner of the opponent's goal. .
"Li cleverly rubbed the ball and then assisted Huntelaar to score."
"This is Huntelaar's fifth league goal this season, which means that in the first 13 league rounds, Huntelaar only scored 4 goals."
"Before Schalke 04 was able to bite Bayern in the standings, it was mainly due to Li's outstanding performance."
"If Huntelaar can still have the same performance as last season, coupled with Bruce Lee's strong joining, maybe Schalke 04 really has a chance to compete with Bayern for the Bundesliga championship."
Now Li Chenglong has become the most watched player of Schalke 04, and every game commentary must mention him.
Schalke 04 broke the deadlock, and Hamburg seemed a little unconvinced. They wanted to play vigorously at their home court.
So they just wanted to counterattack, Schalke 04's goal came again.
In the 39th minute, Li Chenglong dribbled the ball in the middle. First he sank his shoulders and passed the opponent's midfielder Janssen. After entering the penalty area, he forcibly accelerated to overtake, and then passed the opponent's England defender Mansing, and then chose to shoot from a small angle.
Although this time the shot was blocked by the defender Westman, who had come back from the opponent's defense, Schalke 04 got a corner kick.
In this corner kick attack, Hévedés ran out of the open and scored with a header, helping Schalke 04 expand the score.
After scoring two goals in a few minutes, Schalke 04's momentum was completely up, and soon he will make persistent efforts to make another victory.
In the 43rd minute, Draxler dexterously passed the opponent's Turkish midfielder Arslan in the middle, and then divided the ball to Lee Chenglong on the right.
Li Chenglong adjusted slightly, throwing off the opposing full-back Ogo's kick to pass.
The Nigerian Obasil jumped to the top and scored directly with a header.
In this game, Barnetta did not start. It was Nigerian Obasi as the left midfielder. Although his strength has declined severely in recent years, he has long lost the strength of the Hoffenheim Trident period, but he still seized this time. Opportunities for people to mark.
"Only in the first half of the game, Bruce Lee completed an assist and scored twice, and Schalke 04 has a three-goal lead. They should have no problem winning this game."
The commentator's idea is also everyone's idea. During the intermission, the visiting team's locker room was full of laughter, and it was almost a celebration of champagne.
But at the beginning of the second half, the Hamburg team suddenly broke out.
In the 58th minute, Hamburg's Croatian midfielder Badelli used a precise through ball to help his striker Bist successfully reverse the run and finally scored a single goal.
This goal did not arouse Schalke 04's vigilance. After all, it was still two goals ahead. Moreover, this is their home court. It can not be said that others will not score a goal.
But soon in the 69th minute, the Venezuelan midfielder Rincon, who was newly replaced by the opponent, made a wing pass. Matip made a man-marking error. The opponent's Latvian striker Rudnevs took the opportunity and scored with a kick.
"The Hamburg team at home played very tenaciously. They chased two goals and the suspense of the game came back."
"Schalke's recent state is not good. Almost every game has been very difficult. They may be in trouble again in this game, and they are in trouble with a three-goal lead in the first half."
At this time, the people's park stadium in Hamburg was full of cheers, and Hamburg fans saw the opportunity to equalize the score and even reverse the game.
The Schalke 04 team also knew that something was wrong, and Hamburg showed momentum.
"We must return the color, and cannot let them attack like this." Li Chenglong hurriedly summoned everyone together and loudly encouraged.
"We need to launch another offensive and break their goal again."
Under Li Chenglong's call, the Schalke 04 team launched a counterattack, creating a threat for the first time.
Draxler's through ball sent the ball to Li Chenglong's feet, and Li Chenglong turned around in the penalty area and volleyed vigorously.
Although the ball was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper Adler, Huntelaar was nearby.
But this close shot was actually kicked off by him.
"Oh, it's a pity. This is a very good opportunity. The state of the Hunter this season is indeed not as good as before." The German commentator said.
Huntelaar means hunter and hunter in Dutch, so Huntelaar is also called hunter.
It's a pity that his hunting ability has dropped drastically this season.
Huntelaar missed this almost inevitable chance to score, which made the Hamburg players feel that God is helping them and they can win this game.
In the 80th minute, Hamburg midfielder Badelli passed Jermaine Jones and Matip from the center, and volleyed into the penalty area, again breaking Schalke 04's goal.
"Unbelievably, Hamburg equalized the score. After falling three goals in the first half, they evened the score by chasing three goals in the second half."
"Is the story of Istanbul Night going to be staged in the People's Park Stadium?"
After three consecutive draws, the People's Park Stadium was completely boiled, and the whole Hamburg team celebrated crazily and roared crazily on the sidelines.
At this time, Li Chenglong had to call everyone together again.
"We still have a chance. There is still time. We must not just give up like this. If the lead of three goals is reversed, we will immediately become the laughing stock of Germany. Do you want this?"
After the crazy celebration in Hamburg, the game restarted. They did not choose to be conservative, but wanted to continue to reverse the game in one breath.
Hamburg has this idea, then they do have a chance, and Schalke 04 also has a chance.
If the opponent chooses to be conservative at this time, then Schalke 04 may not have a chance to win the game.
Hamburg is still playing very open, and the game time is also a little bit past.
In the 88th minute, Jermaine Jones intercepted the ball in the midfield and threw a kick to the frontcourt Li Chenglong.
This pass was given a good amount in advance, allowing Li Chenglong to receive the ball after a successful start, and directly accelerated by wading the ball to pass the opponent's midfielder and scored from the front of the penalty area.
Facing defender Dick Meyer who came to defend, Li Chenglong swayed his left and right feet alternately and directly stepped on the bicycle to pass the opponent, then immediately kicked up and volleyed the far end of the goal.
Hamburg goalkeeper Adler flew forward, still a step slower.
But at the far end of the post there was midfielder Janssen who had just rushed over. He saw that the ball was about to fly into the goal from his side, and he just raised his arm to block the ball.
"Handball~~~Handball!!" The Schalke team immediately complained loudly to the referee.
In fact, there is no need to complain, the referee has seen it very clearly, immediately blew the whistle, awarded a penalty, and sent off the red card for handball.
"Jensen's choice is actually not a big problem. He is betting that Schalke's penalty will not be scored." The commentator was explaining.
"Anyway, if the ball is not blocked, it will definitely fly into the goal. Although he received a red card this time, the game is about to end. In fact, it has little effect."
"If Schalke 04 kicked the penalty kick, or Adler saved the penalty kick, Janssen's success helped the team score an extra point."
Schalke 04 won a penalty, and Huntelaar had already been replaced after missing the required goal before, so the penalty was taken by Li Chenglong.
Standing at the penalty spot~EbookFREE.me~ Lee Chenglong felt quite calm.
Hamburg goalkeeper Adler was dancing there, but he could not affect Lee Chenglong in the least.
Adler was a genius goalkeeper who was even more talented than Neuer, but his injury did not allow him to fully grow up. Now he can only play in a relegation team like Hamburg.
Even Neuer's goal has been broken, is it still afraid of this Adler?
The referee blew the whistle, and Li Chenglong ran up, swinging his leg and volleying, kicking the ball directly to the upper left corner of the goal.
Adler completely missed the wrong direction and it was impossible to stop the ball.
So the ball flew into the net in the upper left corner with great force.
"Gooooooooal~~~~~~~"
"Bruce Lee~~~ shot to score!!!"
"He personally made the penalty, and he himself took the penalty. This is a lore penalty!!"
"Hamburg wanted a big reversal, but Li said no to them, and Li refused their reversal!"
After the goal, Li Chenglong rushed to the sidelines and lifted his trouser legs to show his thigh muscles to the Hamburg fans in the stands.
The Hamburg start in the second half of the game, Lee Chenglong became the target of the Hamburg fans, now the penalty shootout, he has to vent his anger.
After the celebration of Schalke 04, there was not much time left for the game.
Soon, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
"At the end of the game, with Bruce Lee's two passes and one shot, Schalke defeated Hamburg 4:3 away."
"But Stevens needs to help the team adjust as quickly as possible. This is a game that should be easily won, but in the end it can only win by a narrow margin. This is by no means the performance of a competitive team."
The narrator's final words are at the point.