Chapter 373 Falling on the penalty

The reason why Erickson ranks like this is that he doesn't want Li Yu to have no chance to play the main penalty in the last round. Now it seems that he is a little passive for the Huaxia Hong Kong team.

All the fans stood up and looked at the court. If the last penalty player of the Chinese Hong Kong team scored, there was still a glimmer of hope. If he did not, the Dutchman could start to celebrate.

The fifth player of Huaxia is Fidoro, a naturalized player from Argentina, but he seems normal.

Facing Steckremberg's calm push shot in the lower left corner, the ball scored!

He didn't look too excited after scoring the goal. He turned around and walked back. The last hope is no longer in the hands of the Chinese Hong Kong team.

The whole game held its breath and looked at the fifth Dutch penalty player, Huntelaar.

A tall forward player, he also has a good penalty shooting rate in his team!

He walked to the football, picked up the ball and kissed it heavily. He put it down. He did not retreat. Hearing the whistle, he stepped out without hesitation.

Fan Junye has tried his best, but he didn't expect that Huntelaar's final penalty would also kick to the middle and score the ball!

The final match is 5:4!

The penalty shootout is cruel, and the Chinese Hong Kong team must accept the fate of being eliminated.

Li Yu lowered her head very lonelyly. From time to time, some Dutch players came up to shake hands with him, but he did not raise his head from beginning to end. He just mechanically completed the handshake. He didn't know anyone.

The Dutch players immediately began their celebration, and the Dutch team reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.

This is the end of the World Cup journey of the Chinese Hong Kong team.

"LEE, look up, failure is not your fault! You have done a good job!" Erickson put his arm on Li Yu's shoulder to comfort him.

"But I think it's very bad today. I didn't play to the right level!"

"You have done enough. Without you, we would not be qualified to play this knockout match at all. Leave like a winner and thank the fans who support us so much!"

"Okay..."

Li Yu rubbed her eyes and raised her head again. Li Yu's eyes were a little red. He cried. He didn't want people to see his tears.

Walking to the stands, Li Yu kept waving to the fans, and also saying goodbye to the Chinese Hong Kong team is leaving the stage of the World Cup.

"This is a game without losers. In the penalty shootout, we lost on the penalty kick. It's not shameful at all. The Chinese Hong Kong team has shown enough standards. The majority of fans must continue to support this team and accompany them all the way. Maybe we care about the results in the past, but at the same time, we may Xu also lacks a little patience and persistence to some extent. Some people will say that the previous team is not worth our persistence. Now we have found a team that can persist and a superstar who can make us willing to pay money to watch the game on the spot. We must continue to support him and support his team!"

"Leaving is not the final ending. Li Yu is still very young. He can do it again in four years, and we can also wait for another four years! We have gained a lot in this World Cup. You should know that we are not a big hit or a traditional strong team. We are proud to be able to enter the top 8. Yes, this is a brand-new history of Chinese football! We should be happy!"

The commentator said the same thing. Once upon a time, we just hoped that a team could appear in the World Cup. Now we have entered the top 8. We should start. The Asian team's best results in this World Cup, the top 8 Chinese Hong Kong team, the team that can play the national anthem.

The final winner is the Dutchman. There is reason to believe that even the leader of the Netherlands in 1994, Borgkamp will cheer loudly when he sees this brave Dutch. What's more, people believe that even the sexy and unrestrained Hiddink who led the Netherlands in 1998 has to admit this Dutch team. The year is even more terrible. Take a look at Brazil's panic, impetuousness and tension at the end of the game, and then look at the Dutch free and relaxed and elegant before the end of the game. Only then did the Dutch footballer deeply understand a truth: on the green field, the tragic defeat is a beauty, but in a tragic battle, they bravely win in the penalty. Beautiful!

In this battle, the Netherlands set many records. First of all, it was a 9-game winning streak in the international A tournament, breaking the 8-game winning streak set by the Cruyff era from 1971 to 1972 (also set in 2002-03). This is the longest winning streak in the history of Dutch football!

In addition, it is an unbeaten record of 24 international A-level events in the Netherlands. At present, the Netherlands has been unbeaten in 24 games, with 19 wins and 5 draws. The last time the team lost the game was on September 6, 2008, when the Netherlands lost to Australia in a friendly match. So far, it has been more than 20 months, and the Netherlands has not lost. The Dutch Telegraph said well: "In the past two years, Dutch fans have been happy because they have been so happy that they can't remember what it was like to lose the Netherlands."

Of course, the Netherlands's most glorious record is a winning streak. Starting from the World Cup qualifiers, the Netherlands won 8 consecutive games; after entering the World Cup, the Netherlands won 3 consecutive games in the group stage; the Netherlands won 2 consecutive games in the knockout stage. What is this concept? This means that the Netherlands has conquered every opponent since the beginning of the qualifiers, killing the gods and killing the gods 13 games all the way! Previously, many people disdained this record, believing that the Netherlands beat Norway (qualifiers), Scotland (qualifiers), Denmark, Japan, Cameroon and Slovakia, just pinching soft persimmons. But today, the Netherlands defeated the Huaxia Hong Kong team. Looking at the course of the game, people will know how much effort the Netherlands has made for the final victory of the game.

In the history of the World Cup, there are only two teams that have won the qualifiers and won a winning streak in the World Cup. In 1970, the Brazilian team led by Bailey won the qualifiers, won the World Cup, and finally won the championship. In 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany won the qualifiers, won the World Cup three times in a row, and finally won the runner-up. Now, the Netherlands is expected to become the third team to go down in history in this way. After the Netherlands breaks through the Chinese Hong Kong team, the opponent in the semi-finals will be the winner of Uruguay/Ghana, and the Netherlands is bound to go all out to reach the finals!

Perhaps until today, people will still argue whether the pragmatic Netherlands is no longer beautiful; perhaps until today, people will say that the Netherlands, which has no championship background, is always close to it.

But the final ending says it all. No matter what the scene is, it is the Netherlands that is promoted this time.

If you have to choose a man of Van Malwick's tactical ideas from today's Dutch team, it must be the "fisherman" Kuit. Throughout the game, his running distance reached 10,389 meters, the highest in the team. In the game, Kuyt has made key relief and shoveling on the defensive end many times, and in the attack, he has also had a wonderful performance of three people in a row. He will always overfulfilled the task with the left winger.

In a sense, Van Malvik's team does not have traditional Dutch football, but in terms of players, he has recruited too many players like Kuite who can attack and defend, which is undoubtedly the key to the Dutch team's triumphant song.

Just yesterday, Cruyff was relieved of the honorary chairman of the club by Barcelona's new president Russell, which also enabled the Dutch ball saint to devote himself to the World Cup. He did not point out to the Dutch team as usual, but fully believed in Van Malvik, because he knew that the utilitarian Orange Army was the most terrible.

The subsequent game determined the Dutch opponent in the semi-finals.

Uruguay vs. Ghana.

Uruguay advanced to the top 16 in Group A with 2 wins and 1 draw. Uruguay defeated South Korea in the 1/8 final and reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in 40 years. Ghana won the second place in Group D in the group stage, defeated the United States 2-1 in overtime in the 1/8 finals, and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in history. Uruguay has a strong attack of 433 today. Fran, Suarez and Cavani still constitute the Terror Trident, while Victorino replaces the injured Godin and Lugano's partner central defender.

In Ghana, Ji'an, who sent the final shot in the last battle, is the front, and Annan is the midfield hub.

Uruguay and Ghana drew 1-1 in 120 minutes. In the penalty kick, Uruguay won 4-2, beat Ghana 5.3, and entered the World Cup quarterfinals again 40 years later.

In the quarter-finals with Ghana, Uruguayan striker Suarez failed to continue the magic of scoring twice in the last game, but at the critical moment, he saved the team and saved Uruguay in an alternative way. Although this way lacks sports ethics, although this method may be despised by many people, Su It's enough for Ares to help Uruguay reach the top four of the World Cup with a rare "most valuable" red card in the history of the World Cup.

First of all, let's take a look at Suarez's performance. In the 11th minute of the game, Suarez got the ball from the left. After shaking the opponent's defender's defense, he did not pass the ball to Fran in a better position. Instead, he chose to shoot directly, and the ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. In the 26th minute, Suarez received the ball from the front court, and then he took the opportunity to wipe the opponent's defender and shot directly. The ball was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 71st minute, Suarez received a small angle shot from his teammate's pass, and the opponent's goalkeeper struggled to save the ball out of the bottom line. 6 minutes later, Uruguay got a free kick in the front court, Fran passed the ball into the penalty area, and Suarez shook his head forward and was once again saved out of the bottom line by the goalkeeper.

According to post-match statistics, Suarez has made five shots in the whole game, four of which were within the goal frame, but the brave performance of the opponent's goalkeeper earned him an embarrassing zero egg. In addition to shooting, Suarez also had 30 passes and 6 violations.

Looking at these data and field performance alone, if Uruguay is eliminated today, Suarez is definitely a sinner. It is he who has wasted shooting opportunities many times that has caused Uruguay to overtake the score for a long time. Especially after the team's halftime break, he has used up two substitutions and became other teammates in the second half of the game. When the physical energy is overdrawn, Suarez's frequent waste of opportunities looks more like suicide.

But the game is not over, and Suarez's way to save the team is also a little different: at the end of overtime, Ghana launched a fierce attack wave, and the goalkeeper Muslera has already attacked. At this time, the Ghanaian players got two opportunities to shoot in the penalty area, but both It was Suarez who blocked the ball from the goal line. The first time he blocked the opponent's shot with his leg. There was no problem, but the second time he shot the ball directly with his hand. The opponent's player immediately stopped attacking to find the referee's theory. The referee of Mingcha Qiuhao also directly showed a red card to send Suarez off, and also awarded Ghana has a penalty.

When Gian hit the ball on the crossbar, Suarez, who was waiting in the player's passage, cheered. He knew that he was no longer a sinner and was about to become the savior.

You know, if Suarez hadn't blocked the opponent's shot at that time, Uruguay could only disarm and surrender within 120 minutes. After all, Uruguay's door was empty at that time. Although Suarez's handball foul was given to the opponent a penalty and he was directly sent off, he helped the team win the last. A chance to breathe, and this last trace of wandering saved the team that died frequently. Uruguay successfully survived by luck, and it was Suarez who frequently wasted opportunities in the game that gave the team a chance to survive.

Today's Suarez also reminds people of Argentina's legendary star Kempes.

In the 1978 World Cup, Argentina encountered Poland in the second stage of the group stage. In an opponent's attack, the Argentine goalkeeper had lost his position. At this time, facing the opponent's shot, Kempes held the ball outside the goal like a volleyball player. The referee awarded a penalty, but the Polish player sent a penalty. The ball was saved by the Argentine goalkeeper. In the end, the Pampas Eagles won 2-0. With this victory and a 6-0 victory over Peru in the last round, Argentina finally reached the final and finally won the yuan. It can be said that Suarez's contribution today is no less than that of Kempes. If Uruguay can really beat the Netherlands to reach the finals, then Suarez's handball today will undoubtedly become an indelible memory in the history of Uruguayan football.

Uruguay's penalty shootout against Ghana. Ghana's Adia made a penalty. Muslera rushed out to the lower right corner. He vaguely touched the ball. He fell to the ground with sweat and green grass in front of him. Then, he heard the whole audience boiling at that moment. Some people are holding their heads and regretful. Some people are roaring crazily. Some people have already burst into tears! The world media said, "Ten years later, the Tordo miracle appeared on Muslera again!"

No amount of text can describe how important what Muslera did in the war between Uruguay and Ghana was to Uruguay. As you know, there are three most painful people in the world. Once gorgeous, now a beautiful woman with an old face; a rich man who was once extremely rich, but now lacks food and clothing; a champion who used to be proud of the world, but now everyone can bully. Uruguay has been a two-time world champion, but it has not been able to reach the top four of the World Cup in 40 years. For 40 years, what kind of humiliation and grievances have the men playing in Uruguay endured?

In the face of such heavy pressure, God directed a script that belonged to Uruguayans. The note of this script is: Don't get close to people with heart disease. The key core of this script is Muslera. The fact is there. If he can't save the penalty, the protection of the door frame or the sacrifice of Suarez will be meaningless!

But Muslera did it. At the last minute of overtime, the Ghanaians stood in front of the penalty spot. Muslera stood in front of the goal, but Gian hit the most important penalty in African football history. You can say that it was God who blew the ball dozens of centimeters higher. You can also say that this is Muslera's deterrence, which messed up the opponent. No matter how you understand it, there is one thing you must admit: from this moment on, Muslera and God stood in front of the gate of Uruguay.

In the third round of the penalty shootout, Ghana's experienced captain Mensa shot the ball low to the lower right corner. Muslera magically saved and stubbornly blocked the ball. But just a moment later, Uruguay's Maxi Pereira kicked the penalty into the sky. At this moment, the penalty score turned into a draw. Ghanaians seem to see the hope of rebirth. In the psychological "aura", the Ghanaians began to cheer up again. They came out of the shadow of the tragedy of Gian and began to regain confidence. If Muslera does not do anything at this time, then from a psychological point of view, the disadvantage will be the Uruguayans!

In a few minutes, the ups and downs of the story tortured everyone's will. If you are not a real strong man, your legs will tremble when you stand there! Muslera stood there. He didn't tremble. He is resolute and decisive, staring at his opponent with his eyes, like a lion that can bite at any time - just like Tordo, who stood in front of the door in 2000, making his opponent shudder.

Muslera saved everything. He saved a penalty for the second time in a row. The person standing in front of him is AC Milan star Aditya, the MVP winner of last year's World Youth Championship - you should know that in the Ghana Youth Team, which won the World Youth Championship, Adia is a knife in a hundred-time penalty. But in the face of such a tough role, Muslera resolutely chose to jump firmly and bravely to the lower right corner. He pounced in this direction for the second time in a row and saved his opponent's penalty for the second time in a row.

In just a few minutes, Muslera saved the team's fate by saving a penalty twice. The fact is that the Ghanaian stood in front of Muslera and made a total of five penalty kicks, three of which did not score! It is no exaggeration to say that this is Tordo's soul possession in 2000. In 2000, Tordo also saved two penalty kicks in the penalty shootout (one saved in regular time, and two more penalty kicks in the Netherlands or hit the goal frame). In terms of penalty kicks, Muslera's power is even stronger than Buffon!

In fact, Muslera is undoubtedly one of the rookie goalkeepers in football today who is best at throwing penalty kicks. In the 2009 Coppa Italia final, Lazio won the penalty shootout, and Muslera saved two penalty kicks. In the past two years, in two key battles, Muslera has used his hands to bring dignity to a once-fallen aristocratic team.

When Gian's penalty hit the door frame above Muslera's head, the world exclaimed: "God is helping Muslera." However, after the penalty shootout, Uruguay's "Window of Montevideo" changed: "Muslera, it's God!"