Chapter 159 Penalty Shootout

Manchester United was full of laughter and joy. Although they had not won the final game, the joy was evident on everyone's face.

Although the fighting is still going on, their morale is at an all-time high. If anyone is depressed, it can only be Ruud.

Of course Ruud was frustrated. When he missed the penalty, his legs even hesitated.

Fortunately, Dong Fangzhuo rushed to the front and helped him put the ball in, otherwise he would have become Manchester United's sinner.

At this time, his back was already wet. He just came on the field. He didn't even run. He just took a few steps to complete the shot. This didn't make him sweat hot, but he sweated coldly...

Regardless, the results are good. But his status in Ferguson's heart may have dropped again. Originally, Ferguson sent him up because he trusted him to score the penalty kick, but he almost messed up the matter. Will he have such a chance in the future?

So what if he is now the top scorer in the Champions League? He can't even score a penalty kick in the League Cup, so he's not as good as Dong Fangzhuo...

On the Chelsea side, it was just the opposite. Everyone's face was quite gloomy, as if their parents were dead. They couldn't be darker.

Mourinho stood expressionless. What did i do wrong? If I really did something wrong, I shouldn't have brought on Damn Bridge, this damn guy, ruined everything. And then Chelsea played damn extra time!

The hatred in his heart had nowhere to vent.

But at this time he had to calm down immediately and face overtime again.

He has to do something for the team.

But with Bridge as a serious problem, he felt that the team could no longer take risks.

He has used up the substitution quota, and it is impossible to let Bridge off the field. He can only continue to fight with the existing personnel.

All he can do is move Makelele to the left to assist Bridge in defense.

The two sides rested for nearly ten minutes, and overtime finally began.

Both sides have no substitution quotas and can only fight with the current personnel.

Manchester United takes the lead...

Both sides could not afford to lose, and neither dared to attack aggressively. The two teams played relatively conservatively and did not invest many players in offense. They were both afraid of the other party's counterattack!

On Chelsea's side, Lampard stopped rushing forward and defended resolutely in the backcourt with Thiago and Makelele. It's the same at Manchester United. Keane, Scholes, Giggs and even Ronaldo don't dare to move.

The 15 minutes of the first half passed quickly.

"If this process continues, the two sides may really enter a penalty shootout..."

"Sirius Sir Alex joked before the game that the game would probably end in a draw and then enter a final penalty shootout. Of course he might have been right, but didn't he know he had practiced a penalty shootout before the game?" Lineker smiled.

"Judging from today's luck, Manchester United's luck is better than Chelsea's."

There is no time to rest in the half of overtime, and the two sides directly exchange halves.

The two teams played slowly and leisurely, and the scene was a bit dull, but the fans at Old Trafford were different. Whether they were Manchester United fans or Chelsea fans, they all acted with trepidation, fearing that the team would accidentally The ball was lost, this is the mentality of the fans.

In fact, these two teams now focus on stability, and offense is secondary.

Neither side had any good chances. When the game reached 115 minutes, one player finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Scholes, who had played full minutes in recent games, suddenly fell to the ground with cramps.

The referee had to temporarily stop the game.

Dong Fangzhuo and Ronaldo came up at the same time, lifted his legs up on the left and right, and helped him hold down his feet.

More than two minutes were wasted like this...

Off the field, Ferguson and Mourinho had already begun to draw notes with their heads down.

In their view, it was impossible to determine the winner, and the game would be dragged into a penalty shootout. They need to start thinking about their penalty shootout candidates, especially their front five players.

Under normal circumstances, it is rare for a penalty shootout to go through five rounds without a winner. Someone is bound to miss a penalty.

Mourinho's right hand was waving quickly, and he seemed to have quickly written out the list of players for penalty kicks. However, Ferguson's hand movement became a little slow. He seemed to stop writing, and then raised his head to look around. After looking at it, it seemed that he was a little hesitant about the list.

Originally, in his imagination, Ruud van Nistelrooy should be the first to take a penalty kick, but Ruud van Nistelrooy just missed the penalty kick. Is this guy still worthy of trust? Just trust, is it safe to let him punish the first one...

He shook his head, rejecting such an idea.

So, Ronaldo?

No……

Giggs, Scholes?

He thought of the two veterans again, but ultimately rejected it.

Keane, Keane!

In the end, he could only place his hope on Keane. At this most important moment, he could only think that he was the most trustworthy!

beep--

beep--

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The referee finally blew the whistle to end the game. Chelsea and Manchester United were still tied at 2:2, and they were about to enter a brutal penalty shootout.

Players from both sides walked to the sidelines and waited for the head coach's arrangements.

Ferguson finally drew up the list of players to take penalty kicks, in order of Keane, Van Nistelrooy, Scholes, Giggs and Dong Fangzhuo.

The back-up is Ronaldo, Ferdinand, Neville, Silvester and Heinze. If the first five people have not decided the winner, then these five people will go up and play in order...

I?

Dong Fangzhuo still had a chance, but he didn't expect that he would also have the opportunity to take a penalty kick, and he would still be the fifth to play.

The fifth one appears. It's good to say it's good, but it's bad to say it's bad. Because if the first four teammates have already decided the game, then the fifth player does not need to play, but if the first four teammates have not decided the game, then the fifth player will have the greatest pressure...

However, Dong Fangzhuo nodded and readily agreed.

Isn't it just a penalty kick...

Although he did not have many opportunities to take penalty kicks in the professional arena in his previous life, in the amateur leagues in the following years, he had the opportunity to take penalty kicks almost every week.

Penalty kicks do not distinguish between professionals and non-professionals. They only test people's psychology. For Dong Fangzhuo, this is not so scary...

Cristiano Ronaldo has no objections to this list. At this time, he asked himself, and his psychological quality seems to have not passed the test.

So when everyone stood in a line near the middle, Cristiano Ronaldo actually hid behind Dong Fangzhuo and hid his head in the middle of Dong Fangzhuo's neck. At this time, he was still just a young boy...

"Hey, man, be brave," a smile appeared on Dong Fangzhuo's lips.

"You have to know that we will often encounter situations like this in the future, and you will also stand in front of the penalty kick." He tried to encourage Ronaldo, although Ronaldo did not take the penalty kick.

"We can definitely influence them."

He didn't know that his words were also affecting other players.

Especially Ruud.

He was surprised, why was little Dong Fangzhuo so calm?

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