Chapter 64 penalty kick
The ball finally finished its short journey. Under everyone's eyes, the ball made a loud noise, hit the junction of the goal beam and the right post, and bounced back to the penalty area. Shaqili quickly ran to the second landing point, turned around with a big foot, and drove the ball out of the sideline.
This loud "dang" sound was like someone holding a big hammer and hitting the hearts of everyone at the scene. Ribeiro hugged his head with both hands, with an unbelievable face; the Gosho fans in the whole audience made a huge sigh with one voice; the Gosho players were all full of regret. The expression; although Lin Fenglei still sat firmly in the coach's seat, with his hands on his chest and expressionless, his clenched fists still betrayed his current excited mood.
Yes, for all those who stand on the side of the Gosau team, they finally tore through Zurich's defense through their own efforts, but in the end they failed to break the opponent's goal because of bad luck. What kind of pity is this?
Thousands of Zurich fans stood up at the scene and released their enthusiasm. They cheered loudly; Castella raised his clenched fists above his head and shouted loudly; Miller's face on the ground was full of surprises; and some Zurich players were on his chest. With a cross in his mouth, he is obviously thanking God for his favor.
If you take a picture of everyone's expression at this moment, someone will sigh that it's just a small ball, which can affect the mood of so many people and make some people painful and some people happy. It's really wonderful. However, this is the charm of football.
Of course, people standing on the side of the Gosho team will never feel the charm of the shot in the middle frame just now. The Gosho players on the court now look grimly. In their opinion, they can't score a goal with such a shot. Obviously, God is not on the side of the Gosho team today. They played very hard, but they played too hard. On the contrary, they thought they were too strong, and the effect was not good.
After Ribeiro shot in the middle frame just now, Castella immediately used Swedish midfielder Vasquez to carry a yellow card, and Djorich, who had physical problems, continued to maintain the vitality of defense. As for Salami, Castella could not find anyone to replace him - today's good midfielder is not so good. Find it - Castella can only put him on the field and leave him to fate.
Gosho's offensive is now very messy. Several players in the front court are a little eager for success, which makes Zurich better defensive. Seeing this situation, Lin Fenglei was also a little anxious. He walked to the court and shouted at the players, hoping that they could calm down in time. However, in this case, the hot minds of the Gosho players could not calm down so quickly.
However, Lin Fenglei's roar was not completely ineffective. At least the captain Avanzini's self-control was still very strong. After listening to Lin Fenglei's roar, he tried to calm down his mood. Then he controlled the rhythm of the attack and fell down with Ribero in the midfield, and his behavior also made Goshaoqiu. The staff slowly regained their composure.
The calm Goshao team patiently organized the offensive, but Lin Fenglei looked up at the time on the big screen over the court. It had been 75 minutes. He stood up from the coach's seat again, walked to the game supervision, and replaced Ribero with Zhou Guodong.
This is a choice that Lin Fenglei rarely made before. Now there are only two defenders left on the back line of the Gosho team, and there are three strikers on the forward line. Now the Gosho team's field formation is already an extreme attack formation.
As soon as Zhou Guodong went up, the Gosho team immediately had a numerical advantage in the front court, which made Zurich's defensive pressure become greater again. Castella had no choice but to replace the right-back Spalf with French central defender Frey to strengthen the defensive force in the penalty area. However, there was also a trace of ominous foreboding in his heart. Now he is completely following the rhythm of Lin Fenglei. It doesn't seem to be a good thing, right?
Castella's hunch immediately came true. Zhou Guodong was very flexible after playing. His position was slightly behind, which echoed Lima. Frey was a traditional high and large central defender. He was not very adaptable to Zhou Guodong's position. With a little negligence, he did not follow Zhou Guodong. Zhou Guodong was banned. After receiving Lima's pass at the front of the district, he took the ball into the penalty area. Originally, the central defender who defended Kadingho could only come to make up for the defense. At this time, Zhou Guodong passed the ball. He hit the ball into the middle of the penalty area with his right heel. After Kao Dinghuo followed, he pushed the shot with his right foot, but this push shot hit again. The right post of the goal, and then the bottom line popped up.
Kao Dinghuo looked at the post that blocked his shot in disbelief. He hugged his head with his hands, his feet were soft, and knelt on the grass. And the Gosho fans once again made a huge sigh.
Codingho's action shows the great pressure in his heart. This action is impossible to do in his usual games. Today's game is really unusual.
Castella's forehead is full of cold sweat, which is too strong for a person who is already in his fifties. Castella breathed a long sigh of relief, and then stood up from the coach's seat and motioned to the game supervisor that he wanted to be replaced.
Castella's substitution surprised Lin Fenglei a little. His first two substitutions were made behind Lin Fenglei, which had some passive meanings, but this time Castella made an adjustment in front of Lin Fenglei. Did he want to take the initiative to seek change? It seems that he also feels great pressure.
Of course, this is the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The result involves a huge amount of money. Who can be under less pressure? Although the Gosau team has not scored yet, the pressure they have put on the Zurich team on the court is already very great. If Castella doesn't make some adjustments, he has a feeling that the back line of the Zurich team may collapse at any time. After all, they have been playing in a highly tense state for nearly 80 minutes, and the string has collapsed. If it is too tight, it may break.
The Zurich team was replaced. They replaced Shachiri with Marcelinho. Shaqiri stared at Ivanovich for the whole game, and now his physical fitness is almost exhausted.
Castella's substitution decided to make an uproar on the rebroadcast. Now the Zurich team's defense is under great pressure. Shouldn't they change to a defensive player for intensive defense? Why did you change to a striker? Well, Marcelinho can hit the waist, but who will defend Ivanovic? You should know that Marcelinho's defensive ability is about zero.
Lin Fenglei felt a hint of danger from Castella's substitution. He immediately stood up and made Antunovic more vigilant.
Marcelinho appeared in the front waist position after playing, and Vasquez took over Shaqiri's task to keep an eye on Ivanovic.
With Marcelinho's appearance, the Zurich team's playing style is also more active. In the previous game, after they get the ball right in the backcourt, they often have a purposeless big foot to relieve the siege. Anyway, just kick the ball to the front court. They don't care which direction they kicks in. Now, they kick off the ball with big feet. It is the point of Marcelinho, which is obviously more purposeful.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Zurich's left-back Voselle opened the ball to the front court with a big foot. Marcelinho got the ball. In the face of Antunović's defense, he knocked the ball to Vasquez. Vasquezma pushed the ball forward, and Marcelinho quickly inserted it forward after passing the ball, just in time. It's Vasquez's pass.
Duan Xuan exclaimed: "With a beautiful two-to-one cooperation, the Zurich team launched a very threatening counterattack. After Marcelinho broke through Antunović, they formed a two-on-one situation in the front court. It was very dangerous. Will Zurich team score first? Antunović fell to the ground and tackled down Marcelinho, which solved the danger. However, Antunović was also warned by referee Les Synsky with a yellow card because of this tackle. Now Antunović has accumulated three yellow cards, which means that he can't play in the second round.
Antunović stood up and calmly accepted the yellow card warning from the referee. He knew very well that he would not be able to play in the second round because of this yellow card, but he still did not hesitate to break his foot, because he knew that if Marcelinho was allowed to pass, only Salihovi would be left. It's strange that the Zurich team has a great chance to score a goal. It's still very cost-effective to exchange a yellow card for a goal opportunity for the Zurich team.
Zurich got a free kick in the front court, but the free kick position was not good. It was too far from the goal and relatively to the left to shoot directly. Marcelinho took the free kick, and several tall players from Zurich came to the Gosau's penalty area to prepare for the header.
Marcelinho kicked this free kick. The ball fell well and flew to the small penalty area in an arc. The two teams now add up to at least a dozen people in the penalty area. So many people jumped up and competed for the ball at the same time. The scene was very chaotic and spectacular. Suddenly, the referee Lesinski said sharply. The whistle ran quickly to the penalty area, pointed to the penalty point, awarded a penalty to Zurich, and showed a yellow card to Salihovic.
Everyone in the team was stunned, penalty? And a yellow card? This is also the third yellow card accumulated on Salihovic, and he will also miss the second round.