Chapter 322: Bizarre penalty shootout

Liverpool lost to the Hammers 2:3 away in London and suffered a two-game losing streak in the Premier League.
　　 But the whole team has no time to get discouraged because the Premier League’s schedule is tight.
In the Premier League, if the two domestic cups and the European war go far, such as reaching the semi-finals or something, it will definitely be a whole season without rest, almost every week. Double matches a week.
　　 On September 23, mid-week, on the fourth round of the English League Cup, Liverpool played at home against the British champion Middlesbrough.
　　 In this game, Rogers originally arranged to play on the bench. The team took the lead in the first half, but was equalized by the opponent in the second half.
　　 Under such circumstances, Li Chenglong and Sterling both came on the bench, hoping to win the game at home.
　　 Although Li Chenglong came off the bench, he failed to prevent the game from entering overtime.
　　 Fortunately, in overtime, Lee Chenglong used his personal ability to complete a strong breakthrough and scored to help Liverpool take the lead again.
　　 But when the overtime was about to end, Sterling played tricks, dribbled the ball in the dangerous area, and quickly scored after being roughly intercepted by the opponent, and once again evened the score.
　　 Although Li Chenglong took his teammates to complain to the referee, the opponent's steal was a foul, but he did not get a response.
　　 In this way, the two sides had no choice but to have a penalty kick.
　　 Fortunately, this is the League Cup. If it is the FA Cup, a tie between the two sides will have to be rematched, which is more troublesome.
　　 Because of this, Jackie Lee experienced the longest and most bizarre penalty shootout of his career.
　　 Li Chenglong was the first to represent Liverpool and made a penalty, but the Bamford penalty from Middlesbrough was saved by Mignolet.
　　 Then both sides hit separately, the first four rounds of penalty kicks ended and Liverpool led 4:3.
　　 As long as Liverpool’s fifth player hits a penalty kick, the game is over.
　　Stirling was the fifth player to play. This kid was still a bit too tender and had a bad mentality. He kicked the ball away. Then Mi Fort made a fifth penalty kick and both sides entered a more exciting penalty.
　　 In the penalty kick, both sides unexpectedly made no mistakes, and the score of the penalty shootout kept rising.
　　 When the 10th players from both sides made their respective hits, the penalty score became 9:9, and the commentator talked about this record.
　　 "This was originally considered a game with little suspense, but both sides have dedicated a magical game for us."
　　 "This is the first time in the history of the English League Cup that there have been more than 10 rounds of penalty kicks. This game has been recorded in the history of the League Cup."
　　 The next 11th player from both sides came out, and they were both goalkeepers.
　　 The two goalkeepers were also great, and both continued to make free throws.
　　 So after one round, Li Chenglong again took the penalty kick. This was the 12th round of the penalty shootout.
　　 Li Chenglong made a penalty shot again, and the opponent continued to take a penalty shot. The penalty kick score continued to rise.
　　 When the two sides reached the 15th round, that is, when it was Sterling's turn in the next round, the Middlesbrough side finally couldn't stand it, and their penalty was lost.
In this way, Liverpool and Middlesbrough drew 1:1 in 90 minutes and 2:2 in 120 minutes. After a long-running 15-round penalty shootout, Liverpool eliminated Fort Mie with a total score. Successfully advanced to the next round.
　　 I have to say that this game is really amazing, and it is the first time that Li Chenglong has seen such a "big scene".
　　 But in general, this game is not worth the gain.
　　 Rogers arranged to play off the bench, just to let the main players rest.
　　 But in the unsatisfactory situation, two key players, Li Chenglong and Sterling, came on the bench.
　　 And they didn't end the game quickly after they appeared on the field. Instead, after an overtime game, they had another 15-round penalty shootout.
　　 After a game, although the team successfully advanced, but the key players were made even more tired.
　　 I have to say that Rogers is indeed somewhat inexperienced.
　　 This kind of League Cup competition, he not only wants to win the game, but also worried about the fatigue of the main players. Under such a mood of gains and losses, he makes it even more embarrassing.
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　　 After Liverpool defeated Mi Fort in a home penalty shootout to advance, according to the FA draw, the fourth round of the League Cup, which is the top sixteen, their opponent is Swansea, and the same is at home.
　　 Now Rogers is going to make a difficult situation again. The opponent is not strong and he still has the home court advantage. Should he strive to continue to advance?
　　 There were two big upsets in the third round of the League Cup. Manchester United lost 0:4 away to the League One team Milton Keynes and Arsenal lost 1:2 to Southampton at home.
　　 Manchester United and Arsenal were out of the two traffic teams, which created a lot of jokes for England fans.
　　 Arsenal is fortunate to say that they are the Premier League team that they lost after all, and they have a small loss in rotation, which is nothing.
　　 But Manchester United is amazing. They actually lost four goals to a League One team, England's third-level team.
　　 During the recent period, Manchester United has performed poorly in all competitions, and Manchester United fans are also very anxious.
　　 Manchester United didn't play well last season. At that time, Manchester United had unanimously thrown the pot to Moyes, thinking that it was mainly because of Mo Tiancai's ability.
　　 One more season, when Ferguson won the Premier League title with the same group of players, how come Moyes didn’t even qualify for the European Championship?
　　 This is not the ability, what is it?
　　 Of course, some people think that Manchester United management did not give Moyes enough transfer signings, which is also a major reason.
　　 But now, Van Gaal is here. This is a European coach who has just led the Dutch team to third place in the World Cup.
　　 There are also transfer signings, smashing 200 million ~ EbookFREE.me~ is the team that has spent the most money in the transfer market this summer.
　　 But Manchester United's performance is still not good, the performance in the Premier League is not good, the League Cup was also slaughtered out by a League One team.
　　 Fortunately, they don't have to fight in the European war, otherwise they don't know what kind of bird they will play in the European war.
　　 Now the Manchester United fans are a little confused and don't know what's wrong with the team.
　　 Just recently, Ronaldo had a disagreement with Real Madrid because of the contract renewal issue, so the English media hyped the news that Ronaldo would return to Manchester United.
　　Anyway, the price is shilled. It is often free of charge to help people raise the price, and Ronaldo is not an outsider.
　　 So recently, Manchester United fans have made the dream of letting Ronaldo return to save the team. It is said that they have begun to pull the banner.
　　 Ronaldo’s recent performance is really good. Lee Chenglong just had a hat trick in the Champions League, so he had a big four in La Liga.
　　 Anyway, the two are on the bar. For this year's Golden Globe Awards, they are basically competing with each other.
　　 Although Lee Chenglong’s hat-trick in the Champions League is eye-catching, the results of the Premier League are not ideal.
　　 So he has to hurry up and try his best to get Liverpool back to where it should be.
　　 The top four places are where Liverpool should be. There is no doubt about that.
　　 And in the next round of the Premier League, Liverpool will face their rivals Everton at home.
　　 Merseyside Derby is coming.