Vol 2 Chapter 168: Miracle Oaks

In the eyes of many media and fans, even in the penalty shootout, Derby County has a low chance of winning. If probability is used to describe Derby County ’s hope of winning, then in their judgment, it is only about 20% possible. Derby The county can beat Manchester United in the penalty shootout. △ Apex novel,
There are many reasons.
In terms of penalty kicks, Manchester United players are more powerful. Derby County players are not as good as Manchester United. In addition, there are eleven players in the Derby County team. None of them are forwards. The only forward in this game, Cahill, also It was replaced. According to the rules of penalty shootouts, substitute players are not allowed to play penalty kicks on behalf of the team. In other words, Derby County can only send midfielders and defenders to play kick kicks.
Looking at Manchester United, Fan Ni, Scholes, Solskjaer, C-Ronaldo and other players are all frontcourt players, and their penalty skills are certainly not bad.
Compared with the two, Derbyshire's disadvantage is obvious.
The on-site commentator also commented, "Wan Sheng is really a wrong choice to let Cahill off. If Cahill is on the field, their situation will be much better now."
No one can deny Cahill's shooting ability. He is the first scorer in the Premier League. With him in, Derbyshire almost equals a penalty kick.
At the same time, many media also see it this way, and the fans in the audience have similar views. Even if they are more optimistic about Derby County and fans who support Derby County, they do not think that their winning rate is higher than Manchester United, but now it is a penalty shootout. To rely on temporary play, Derbyshire is not saying that there is no chance at all.
Of all the people in the audience, only one person doesn't think so.
That is Wansheng.
Wan Sheng is quite confident about the team ’s penalty kick. What gives him confidence is the statistics of some players and his coaching skills.
At the beginning of the season, his coach level was only lv5, and now he has lv9 level.
The level has been increased by four levels, plus some new skill effects. His own improvement of the whole team is a very obvious value. This aspect refers to the player's ability. Also includes the goalkeeper's ability.
In terms of goalkeeper ability.
Oaks is a mediocre goalkeeper, he is not a genius, but it is undeniable that this season, for almost a year, Oaks has worked very hard to train, Wan Sheng has given him the training plan, Oaks has basically completed, so his promotion There are still many.
In terms of goalkeeper ability, in the past, Oaks could only be said to be the 'British League Qualified Door Price'. But now you can definitely reach the goalkeeper level.
This improvement is quite high, but in terms of personal ability, Oaks can only be a "proximity Premier League goalkeeper" instead of a qualified "English Premier League goalkeeper", but the ability is not so calculated, because Wansheng ’s own coaching skills can It brings a lot of improvement to Oaks.
Like the "League Champion" honor skill just obtained, it can increase the personal attributes of Oaks by 25%, the coach's max-level skill "solid barriers" can increase the defensive attribute evaluation by 1 point, and the player union of the 2nd level can increase the defense by 2% Attributes. All of this adds up to enough Oaks to become a qualified goalkeeper in the Premier League.
Really reached the Premier League level goalkeeper, in fact, the goalkeepers of the rich and small teams are not much different, those goalkeepers who have doubled in value. It's just a special play in some games, or a more stable mindset, and a shiny performance in the competition, that's all. The true top-level goalkeepers, in fact, are not very different in terms of personal ability and reaction speed. Everything depends on the temporary play.
What gives Wan Sheng the most confidence is the newly acquired skill 'Sturdy Barriers'. This high-level defensive skill has an active activation effect and can directly increase the goalkeeper's 100% reaction speed. This is the victory against Penalty. The biggest reason to be confident.
A lot of coaching ability enhancements have made Oaks' ability not worse than Howard. His mentality has also been very stable. Coupled with the 100% reaction speed effect brought by the "solid barriers", Oaks's performance may not be better than Howard's difference.
Besides, players take penalty kicks.
Wan Sheng's coaching skills will not say much about the player's attribute improvement. The key is that he has a skill ‘shooting’ that can directly improve the player ’s 5-point shooting evaluation. This effect is quite obvious.
What is the concept of 5-point shooting evaluation?
Although Wan Sheng is not very clear about the specific data, but he knows the football training master system, such as Fan-Ni stars, shooting ability is between 95-100, this ability evaluation almost reached the world's top At the level, other Manchester United players, including full-backs C-Ronaldo, Solskjaer, etc., have a shooting ability of at most around 95, and most of them should not exceed 95. In contrast, their own players seem to be worse Some, like Ribery, have only 86 points, and Leiden Bynes is a bit higher, but only 88 points. The general shooting scores of players with strong shooting ability in Derbyshire are basically between 85-90.
But after improving the shooting ability by 5 points, it is almost the same as the Manchester United stars.
In other words, Derby County does not have a lot of disadvantages in penalty shooting, and in terms of goalkeeping, Oaks plays normally and will not be worse than Howard, so Derby County kicks the penalty shootout to win Manchester United. about.
Of course, everything depends on play.
At this time, Wansheng was raising his ears against Oaks. "When you save for a while, it is best to look at the direction first and then go to the ball. Don't rush to catch your luck, so there is not much chance of it."
Wan Sheng said.
These "guidance" sounds surprising to Oaks, because as a goalkeeper, the general penalty is to rely on "luck", it was difficult to really react at the time, but Wan Sheng let him pre-judgment and pre-judgment. Will there be time to react?
Oaks is not clear.
"I'm just a suggestion. You can try to do that. They don't necessarily shoot hard, they may also pursue the angle. When the ball is not fast, there is a chance," Wan Sheng added.
He knows he should not put pressure on Oaks, but improves the reaction speed by 100%. Some slow can definitely react. The only thing is that if the other party makes a strong volley and the ball speed is very fast, you must judge afterwards. It must be too late to save.
Of course everything depends on Oaks' own play.
After 'pointing up' Oaks, Wan Sheng hurriedly signaled Derby County to make a substitution. He also has a substitution quota, according to the FA Cup rules, this quota can still be used in the penalty shootout, he left this substitution quota to Ian Taylor.
Ian Taylor did not play in this game because his physical fitness could not keep up. Until the end of the game, Wan Sheng still did not send him to come off the bench, but now at the most critical moment, Ian Taylor ’s stable mentality and richness The experience is still helpful to the team, Wan Sheng intends to let him take the first penalty.
The other four people who made free throws were quickly determined. Wan Sheng asked the player's opinion, plus his understanding of the team, he arranged the playing order-the first is Ian Taylor, followed by Frank Ribery, Leighton Bynes, Lee -Morris and Weberson.
After the two sides hand over the list to the head referee, the penalty shootout is about to begin.
Marcus helped the team to draw the first free throw, and then waited for Manchester United goalkeeper Howard to stand in place, Ian Taylor also walked over.
Taylor stood in front of the door and looked at Howard.
As Aston Villa's legendary star, he has a wealth of experience in penalties. He knew that this was actually a contest between the players and the goalkeeper. He stood there, just looking at Howard, and the two looked at each other. They both guessed each other what they were thinking.
The referee indicated that he could start the free throw.
Ian Taylor took two steps backwards, and immediately trot forward to draw a ball on the ball.
Left corner!
Goal!
There was no suspense in the goal of football, but Howard stood still. Cheers followed by Derbyshire players and fans.
Wan Sheng clenched his fists, with a smile on his face, Taylor's heart quality is too good. Even though his shooting ability is very general, at this critical moment, it still depends on this kind of old player with a stable mindset, because it is more important to play a penalty than to shoot.
The next ball came to Manchester United.
Oaks was already standing in front of the door. He thought about what Wan Sheng had said to himself before, stretched his arms and felt his state. He felt his state was very good. At this time, his mind was very clear, and he did not know why.
"Make a judgment first?" Oaks thought. "Maybe the boss is right."
Van Ni was at the penalty spot.
The Dutch shooter was put in the position of the first penalty kick by Ferguson. In the face of the legendary 'king of the penalty area', Oaks was still very stressed. He squatted down and stared carefully at Van Ni's feet.
Van Ni began to run up.
After only two steps, he was bogged down on the ball.
A direct volley!
The shot was strong and angled. Oaks accurately determined the direction in the first time, but he still failed to hit the ball. The football directly hit the left post and shot into the goal.
This is an unsolved penalty.
Oaks stood up from the grass and shook his head helplessly. This ball was really not strange to him. He hit the post and shot the penalty kick. Even if he played well, it was difficult to catch.
In the second round, Frank Ribery stepped forward.
In front of the door, Ribery looked at Howard cautiously. He was standing on such a big stage for the first time. He was a little excited in his heart. Although he knew he should n’t be like this, think about this moment, there will be thousands of Wan's fans stared at him, and he couldn't suppress this excitement.
As a result, when shooting, Ribery was a little flustered. He failed to suppress his strength and kicked the ball directly. The football soared to the stands, followed by a burst of cheers from the direction of Manchester United fans.
"He is still too young, too few experiences" Wan Sheng shook his head regretfully.
Ribery lowered his head and lost to his teammates, who patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.
It was Manchester United's turn again, this time with C-Ronaldo.
C-Ronaldo has played for Manchester United for a season. Up to now, he has been the absolute main force of the team's side. Giggs is on the left. He can only be on the right. However, sometimes Giggs cannot play, he will also make a guest left. Avant-garde, his technology is still affirmed, and his ability in front of the door is also optimistic.
He took Manchester United's second penalty.
C-Ronaldo stared at Oaks with a careless expression. He wanted to kick an angle, which was not difficult for him.
He made two run-ups and swung the ball straight to the right!
Oaks concentrated on staring at C-Ronaldo's feet. He almost reacted for the first time. His movements and judgments were consistent, and he flew to the right. His hands reached a position almost at the same time as football-football was put on the bottom line by him!
"Derby County goalkeeper Oaks saved c-Ronaldo's penalty!"
The on-site commentator exclaimed.
There was a downturn in the direction of the Manchester United fans in the stands, while the Derbyshire side cheered. This is the case of the penalty shootout. In less than a minute, the low side and the cheering side fell completely.
C-Ronaldo stood there, his face quite surprised.
He didn't expect his angle-seeking ball to be thrown out directly. The angle of this ball was tricky enough, but the opponent's goalkeeper played better. He felt a little low, penalty shootout, his ball was thrown out if he lost the game. He would be the sinner of the team losing.
He lowered his head and walked back.
In the third round, Derby County played Leiden Bynes. When Bynes walked to the penalty spot, the narrator specially introduced to the fans, "This is Derby County teenager fullback, Leiden Bynes , He scored the first goal with a long shot! We can look forward to his penalty kick "
Bynes was also a little excited, but unlike Ribery, he had not experienced so many bumps. His football life was at the Wigan Athletic Youth Team, and it didn't take long for the first team to move to Derbyshire.
Different experiences also create different hearts.
Bynes at this time is quite about kicking the ball, not how many people are watching the game. When facing Howard, Bynes did not think too much, he only took a step back, and swinging his foot was a vigorous volley.
Howard knew that the Derby County guard in front of him would definitely not pursue the angle. Like this type of defender, the kicks are mainly based on strength, and there are few angles. In particular, Bynes also scored a long shot in the first half, and that long shot gave Howard a strong memory.
So he didn't make any judgment at all, and he rushed to find a direction the first time.
This is a bit of luck.
But Bynes's ball was kicking against the goal. He threw it over and gave way to the ball, so the football flew into the goal from the middle.
2: 1, Derby County lead by one goal.
It was Manchester United's turn again, and Solskjaer played this time.
Solskjaer is a veteran, already 31 years old, he joined Manchester United in 1996, when he and York also partnered for some time, but cross-century, with the arrival of Van Ni, plus So Erskjaer's age is too old, he became a substitute, but his scoring rate, especially the substitute scoring rate is very high, including the final goal of the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League final, so Solsk Ya has the reputation of 'Super Subs.'
With such a goal rate, Solskjaer's skills needless to say.
This time he also kicked an angle.
When Oaks faced Solskjaer, the pressure was not too great. Perhaps it was also the ball that saved C-Ronaldo gave him confidence. When he saw Solskjaer shot, he seriously judged the direction and then directly directed to the side Pounce.
Solskjaer's shot was not fast, and as a result Oaks successfully saved the ball again.
Seeing Oaks save the ball again, a lot of exclamation came from the scene.
"Solskjaer's penalty was saved! This is the second goal saved by Oaks. So far, three of Manchester United's three goals have been saved by him! It looks like he is in very good shape! Derbyshire can win a penalty shootout, and we will definitely remember the name-Oaks! "The live commentator said excitedly.
On the Manchester United side, coach Ferguson also frowned.
He was a little worried.
Three goals were saved by two, and the score was one point behind, which means that Derby County scored another goal. They were invincible in five rounds of penalties. This result was not very good.
As Solskjaer's ball was saved, the pressure was on the Manchester United side.
In the fourth round, Derby County played Lee Morris.
Morris's mentality is very good. He is one of the few players in the team. He has strong strength, rich game experience, and a stable mentality. Such players can only find three or four in Derbyshire. It was Cahill and Captain Marcus.
At the penalty spot, Morris was expressionless.
He didn't even look at Manchester United's goal, he just looked down at the ball and then heard the referee whistle. He immediately took two small steps back and immediately pulled a ball behind the ball.
The football flew from the grass and ran straight to the right corner of the goal. Howard pounced in the right direction, but the speed was quite fast.
3: 1.
Derbyshire has a considerable advantage, and many Derbyshire fans have cheered.
Next is Manchester United, it is Scholes playing.
Scholes is under a lot of pressure. At this time, almost everyone is focused on him, and the ball just needs to kick. Manchester United will directly lose the penalty shootout, which means that they have lost the FA Cup. This foot ball can almost completely determine the victory or defeat of the game. Under such pressure, Scholes looks very solemn.
At this moment, each camera points to Scholes.
"This ball is crucial!"
Scholes knew he had to score. With such pressure, he walked to the ball. Put the ball in the right position, and then strongly suppress the various emotions, calm down and face Oaks.
When the referee's whistle sounded, Scholes took a deep breath. Then stepped forward, stepped forward and drew on the ball.
The football flies straight to the left, the angle is not big, but the strength is full.
Oaks made the right judgment. But he still failed to throw the ball out, the football flew over the goal line from his finger, and Manchester United fans also took a long breath with the goal.
Now they don't have much cheering.
Even if Scholes scored. The advantage of Derby County is still obvious, they lead 3: 2, that is to say, Derby County can score in the last round, then they will directly win.
Weberson walked to the door.
He was the last player Wansheng put, and it was n’t the finale. Wansheng did n’t expect the penalty shootout to reach this point, but Weberson ’s shooting ability was also good. The evaluation of 84 points plus coaching skills The bonus, the general shooting ability is still around 90 points.
It is a pity that Weberson's mentality is not stable enough.
Faced with such pressure, he pursued angles and goals too much. As a result, he kicked the ball directly over the bottom line.
"Webberson is probably too nervous, he failed to score the ball, it's a pity"
Wan Sheng sighed and shook his head.
The score is still 3: 2. Manchester United made the last penalty. The captain was Roy Keane. Ferguson put Keane at the end, obviously for the finale.
Roy Keane, as the captain of Manchester United, needless to say. Although he is a defensive midfielder, his shooting ability is also good. His long-range threat is great, and his penalty ability is naturally not bad.
Although Weberson kicked a penalty kick, in fact, the pressure is still on the Manchester United side. If Keane can't score, then the final score will be 3: 2, Derby County can still win the game.
In this situation, Roy Keane's pressure can be imagined.
However, his expression was quite calm. When the referee signaled that he could make a free throw, he could not see any tension, but he took a small step back, then swung his foot and shot!
Boom!
This is a volley!
Almost don't want to prejudge this kind of ball, because even if the reaction speed is fast, it is impossible to save the ball. The only thing that can be done is to complete the save action before the player shoots, before the ball can be saved.
However, Oaks has previous experience, he did not think so deeply, he still wants to prejudge, because he feels his condition is very good.
As a result, Oaks didn't expect that football would appear in front of him before he could predict it.
A surprising scene appeared on the field.
In front of the camera lens, under the attention of tens of thousands of fans in the audience, the Oaks standing in front of the door did not move, as if knowing that the football was flying towards him, subconsciously blocked it with his hand, and then the football was directly held by him In my arms.
Up to this point, Oaks did not respond.
But all of Derbyshire, including players, coaches, staff and all fans, have already shouted cheers!
"Ox! He took Keane's shot in his arms! This way ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Manchester United lost to Derby County 2: 3 in the penalty shootout!"
"Great! Really amazing!"
"But at this moment, I must say that the hero of this game is undoubtedly Derby County goalkeeper Oaks, who saved c-Ronaldo, Solskjaer and Manchester United captain in the penalty shootout. Roy Keane's penalty! "
"He created a miracle and helped Derby County beat Manchester United!"
"The game is over! The whole game is over! In the 2003-2004 season of the FA Cup final, Derbyshire unexpectedly drew a draw with Manchester United, and then won the penalty shootout, plus the two teams scored 120 minutes, They defeated Manchester United with a total score of 5: 4 and won the FA Cup! "
"This is the second FA Cup championship in Derbyshire, but their last championship goes back to the 1945-1946 season at the end of World War II ..."
"This championship means a lot to them!" (To be continued ...)
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