Chapter 309: Damn penalty shootout

Rooney kicked a penalty kick and walked back with his head down.
　　 At this time, the whole England team looked lifeless, no one spoke, and no one came forward to comfort Rooney.
　　 Everyone knows that Rooney’s kick was probably a direct kick to England’s semifinal qualification.
　　 The whole Dutch team is celebrating wildly, even more crazy than their own goals.
　　 At the end of this kind of game, the opponent missed a penalty kick, which not only missed the lore, but also caused a serious setback in morale.
　　 If there is a penalty shoot-out, England will definitely be the side with low morale.
　　 The game has not scored yet, but there is a crazy celebration on the court, and England, which has not celebrated, has no intention to intervene, let the other party continue to celebrate.
　　 After the end of the celebration, the game restarted, and Li Chenglong quickly raised his hand to signal and demanded to leave.
　　 "Bruce took the initiative to raise his hand to signal, is he injured?"
　　 "If Bruce is injured at this time, it will definitely be worse for England."
　　 Lee Chenglong's actions immediately attracted the attention of all commentators.
　　 In fact, Jackie Lee was not injured, but now the mentality of the whole team is destroyed by Rooney, the trend of the next game is definitely to wait a few minutes for a penalty shootout.
　　 Lee Chenglong himself knows that he has Debuff whose national team suffered a penalty shootout or a penalty kick in the World Cup final, so he plans to voluntarily end.
　　 I won’t play with you anymore, how do you like to play the next penalty shootout, I won’t accompany you, uncle.
　　 This time, Jackie Lee was really angry and didn't want to play with them anymore.
　　 Although Hodgson didn't know if Jackie Lee was really injured, he didn't dare to take it carelessly at this critical moment. He soon let Welbeck play and replaced Jackie Lee.
　　 Lee Chenglong came out of the field, and the team doctor came over and asked concerned: "Bruce, what's the matter? Is there any injury?"
　　 "My thigh is a little uncomfortable, it may be strained..." Li Chenglong replied casually.
　　 "Then I'll check it for you..."
　　 Li Chenglong sat on top to be checked by the team doctor, but the game on the field continued.
　　 When the game was about to reach 120 minutes, Van Gaal from the Netherlands made their last substitution, changing the goalkeeper.
　　 Substitute goalkeeper Kruel came on and replaced the main goalkeeper Sillerson.
　　 "The Netherlands unexpectedly changed their goalkeepers. Obviously, they were well prepared for the upcoming penalty shootout."
　　 "Van Gaal is already ready for a penalty shootout, but how are we going?"
　　 The English commentator again suspected Hodgson.
　　 Soon, the 120 minutes of the game are all over. After England missed a penalty kick, the two teams will enter a brutal penalty shootout.
　　 The head coaches of both sides arranged the order of penalty kicks on the sidelines, and then the commentators from various countries also talked about the upcoming penalty shootout.
　　 "Now the game has officially entered a penalty shootout, a very cruel way of duel."
　　 "For both sides of the game tonight, they are actually not very good at kicking penalties."
　　 "England is a famous penalty shootout with weak feet. Most of their previous 3 penalties in the World Cup ended in failure."
　　 "Even if you add in all the international competitions, England only won 1 out of 7 penalty shoot-outs."
　　 "However, the Dutchman's penalty shootout is not much better. They have failed in two penalty shootouts in the World Cup before, and they only won the next penalty shootout in six international competitions."
　　 "In other words, both teams are teams with a low penalty shootout win rate, and have never won a penalty shootout in the World Cup."
　　 "So after tonight, there must be a team that will win its first penalty shootout in the World Cup."
　　 Soon both sides arranged various matters concerning the penalty kick.
　　 The Dutch team made the first penalty, and Van Persie, their first to play, made a successful hit.
　　 England Hodgson arranged for veteran Lampard to be the first to play, and he also made a successful hit.
　　 Robben, who played second in the Netherlands, also hit, but Sturridge, who played second in England, made a conservative penalty and was saved by Cruel.
　　 "Cruel has done a good job. The substitute goalkeeper, who was only on the stage at the last minute, saved Sturridge's penalty."
　　 "Van Gaal's pre-match preparations have paid off. Kruel did not live up to his trust. He helped the Netherlands take the lead."
　　 All over the world commentators praise Van Gaal for this key substitution.
　　 Then the penalty shootout continued, and Sneijder and Henderson, who played the third place on both sides, also hit each.
　　 Then in the fourth round, the Dutch player Kuyt, the model worker, also made a successful hit.
　　 On the England side, Rooney with the captain's armband appeared.
　　 "Wayne is on the court. If this penalty is not scored, then we will lose the game."
　　 "He missed the penalty that could kill the game before. Now I hope he can withstand the pressure and help us keep our hope of promotion."
　　Although the English commentator is very angry with Rooney, at this time, they can only continue to cheer for him.
　　 Hodgson on the sidelines was also very nervous at this time, his hands even trembled.
　　Actually, Hodgson didn't want Rooney to play. After all, he just missed a key penalty kick. I am afraid that his mentality is not good enough.
　　 But Rooney himself asked to play, and he wanted to continue to prove himself, so Hodgson also chose to believe him.
　　 But Hodgson still arranged Rooney as the fourth appearance, not the first or fifth with the most pressure.
　　 But I didn't expect that Rooney in this order would still become the focus and the key to determining the game.
　　 At this moment, Hodgson suddenly remembered Li Chenglong who had taken the initiative to get the ball off the court. He looked back and found that Li Chenglong was sitting on the bench with old gods, closing his eyes and thinking.
　　 "I don't know what he is thinking?"
　　 Hodgson thought so, but at this moment, the stadium suddenly burst into noise, cheering, sighing, and cursing.
　　 Hodgson looked back and saw Rooney standing in the penalty area with his head down, just like when he missed a penalty ten minutes ago.
　　 The entire Dutch team rushed towards the goal excitedly, madly hugging their substitute goalkeeper Kruel.
　　 "The game is over, the game is over!!" At this time the Dutch commentator was already shouting presumptuously.
　　 "Cruel has done something again. He saved Rooney's penalty and he became the hero of the team!"
　　 "Rooney missed two penalty kicks in ten minutes in a row. He is really a good friend of our Dutch. He is definitely a flying Dutchman."
　　 The English commentator yelled at Rooney again.
　　 "Rooney bastard, what the is he doing?"
　　 "He missed the penalty kick again. Although he didn't kick the ball directly to the stands this time, he kicked a very bad half-height ball. It was a deliberate kick to the opponent's goalkeeper."
　　 "Couldn't he make a single shot, hit that penalty!!"
　　 "It's over, we are out, we fell on a penalty shootout again, fell on a penalty shootout for the fourth time in the World Cup, and fell on a penalty shootout for the seventh time in an international competition."
　　 "The penalty kick is definitely the most failed invention in football. The Germans invented this thing, and then let us lose here again and again, and they can win every time."
　　 The earliest football world did not have a penalty shoot-out, so in some games where the winner must be divided, if there is a draw or overtime, it will choose a rematch.
　　 If there is still a tie in the rematch, they will even choose to guess the coin or draw lots to decide the outcome.
　　 This is very controversial. Football games are decided by pure luck, such as guessing coins and drawing lots.
　　 So after a German referee brainstormed, he invented the penalty kick.
Although it is also a gambling on luck, to a large extent it is still using football to decide the victory~EbookFREE.me~ However, FIFA did not recognize this way of winning at the earliest, until the European Cup in 1976. It's the first time that the ball fight has been adopted in a formal game.
　　 Then in the European Cup final that year, it happened to be a tie in 120 minutes, and the penalty kick was used for the first time in an important match.
　　 What’s more interesting is that Germany played against Czechoslovakia in the final.
　　 At that time, many people were mocking Germany, thinking that they had trapped themselves with what they invented.
　　 The strength of Germany is obviously stronger than that of Czechoslovakia. Now if the rematch is carried out according to the original rules, Germany is obviously the more successful side.
　　 In a penalty shoot-out, it’s hard to say who wins.
　　 As many people would like to see, the stronger Germany lost to Czechoslovakia in the penalty shootout and missed the title.
　　 You must know that Germany won the European Cup this year. If it were also successfully won in 1976, the Germans will have an unprecedented three consecutive European Cup championships.
　　 From here, the Germans really seem to have put themselves in.
　　 But since losing in that final, the German seems to have opened up the second line of the penalty shootout, and then won five penalties in international competitions and never lost again.
　　 The Germans won six penalties and five wins, while England lost seven times in eight games.
　　 So the English do have reasons to complain.