i am beckham

Chapter 361 Penalty Shootout
"Overtime is over, and the game is about to enter the penalty kick! The two teams need to finalize the order of penalty kicks in a very short time. This link is known as the cruelest link in a football game.

Because at this time, not only the strength of the team will be tested, but also the head coach's ability to strategize, the coaching staff's ability to analyze information, the team's self-motivation ability, the players' self-adjustment ability, and the luck of the free throwers. "

Martin Taylor's speech rate was still very fast, but for him at this moment, he was more nervous than excited.

"The match between England and Brazil was the second penalty shootout in this World Cup. The top two teams in attacking power in this World Cup also entered overtime. This kind of moment does not allow players to let go of their hands and feet, because everyone can't bear the consequences."

Different from the usual technical flow, Lineker also began to make great sense.

Given England's history of penalty shoot-outs, such moments are inappropriate for analyzing statistics.

In the 1990 World Cup, the England team entered the semi-finals, tied with the German team in 120 minutes, and missed the final in the penalty shootout.

In the European Cup, which was held on the mainland for two years, the England team met the German team in the semi-finals. After 120 minutes, it was still tied.

Such a record is really hard to say. At this time, it is simply a loser to bring out the past failure experience and list the data.

Regarding England's previous penalty kick record, the two avoided talking and could only introduce the situation of the players of the two teams.

The current Velodrome Stadium is like a fair with 6 people, everyone is noisy.

Beckham couldn't hear what was being said in the stands. He stretched and listened to the players discussing.

Keegan, Hoddle and John German stood together for nearly a few minutes without delineating the player who took the penalty kick. The English players around them were almost suffocating internal injuries.

It's all up to now, and I'm still afraid of taking the blame. When did British men live like this?
When Beckham complained silently, Adams grabbed the pen and paper, and then said to the three members of the coaching staff: "Guys, please rest first, I won't bother you with these trivial matters."

"Want to kick a penalty raise your hand?"

Beckham immediately raised his hand, and 6 people around him also raised their hands at the same time.

More than half of the 11 people volunteered to accept the cruelest task, which is definitely enough.

Beckham saw that besides himself, other teammates who raised their hands actively were Shearer, Le Saux, Husky, Scholes, Ince, Gary Neville and Campbell.

Adams glanced around, then made a decision: "Sol takes the eighth penalty, no problem!"

Campbell: "...no problem."

It is a good thing to have courage, but it is another matter to have the level.

The England team has specially practiced penalty kicks since preparing for the World Cup. Campbell's level is really not flattering.

If he is allowed to play in the first five games, everyone will be worried.

In this case, why is he ranked 8th?
Because at this time the willingness is stronger than the ability, instead of a trembling penalty shooter, it is better to have a brave man who dares to fight.

"Emile, you are the seventh!"

This time Adams didn't have Husky, so he made his 7th appearance directly.

Husky has just turned 20 years old this year, so young, no one can guarantee whether he really dared to raise his hand or it was out of face.

Although he is a striker, his footwork is obvious to all. It is not a difficult choice to put him in the seventh appearance.

"Big Paul, your sixth appearance!"

Adams also did not give Ince a chance to defend himself. The list was about to be handed in, and now was not the time for an interview.

Ince nodded with his waist thrust forward, and calmly accepted Adams' opinion.

Beckham felt the flames in Adams' eyes go up for a moment when Adams let the "Governor" play No. 6, and then returned to normal.

As one of the "Big Three" in the team's locker room, the manpower present dared not do more than one hand against him.

Beckham heard Shearer accidentally say that on the day Hoddle was pulled down in the locker room, Ince had already pressed him against the wall, which scared Hoddle so much that he dared not fart.

"If there is no winner in the first five rounds, only Big Paul can carry us. Anyway, I can't carry it, hahaha!"

The effect of Shearer's rainbow fart was immediate, and Ince puffed out his chest and said, "Hurry up and decide the order of free throws!"

As soon as his voice fell, the players began to discuss in a hurry.

Gary wanted to be the first to appear, but was slapped on the back of the head by Shearer: "Did you drink too much?!"

The fourth official came up to remind the England team to pay attention to the time, but was blasted away by Ince.

"If you have the ability, you can directly judge me to lose! The Brazilian team has not yet settled down, why don't you rush them!"

Martin Taylor and Lineker were still chatting, and they really didn't know how to explain the content in the broadcast.

It's not that the two people's professional skills are not good, they really don't know what position they should use to describe the situation on the court.

The director must have discovered the clues of the matter, so the screen kept switching between the Brazil team and the England team.

On the Brazilian side, a group of players surrounded the old coach Zagallo like stars holding the moon, and they seemed to be obedient.

As for the England team, Adams and Shearer stood in the middle to dominate, other players enthusiastically participated, and members of the coaching staff occasionally expressed their opinions on the periphery.

Only Neil stood in the core area with his arms crossed, but he still didn't interfere with the players' choices, letting everyone make their own decisions.

In fact, this process only took a few minutes, but as Englishmen, Martin Taylor and Lineker were a bit uncomfortable.

Brazilian players have a "good grandpa" who advises and reassures them.

On the other hand, the English players encountered an unscrupulous "father" who was full of control and wanted to fry his children.

Don't look at the pitiful appearance of Hoddle standing on the periphery of the group now.

But he has verified with practical actions that "poor people must be pitiful", and it is the greatest kindness for him that he remains in the team.

The England team discussed the order of free throws. Shearer was the first to play, followed by Le Saux. These two points are generally not a problem.

He looked old at a young age, no, it was the young and seasoned Scholes who played for the third time, and the coaching staff replaced him to prevent a penalty shootout, otherwise Robert Lee, who can fight and fight, could have played.

The fourth player to play was England's king of the wicket on the training ground, Gary Neville, who proved in the final moments against the Netherlands that he could perform crucial tasks at such moments.

Beckham was arranged to play last. As the core player of the Dutch team, he, like Shearer, is the most stable penalty shooter in the England team.

Shearer made a good start in his first appearance, and Beckham finished. This is the best configuration for the England team at present.

"The two teams submitted their rosters, and the captains of the two teams decided the order of appearance by guessing coins. It seems that the Brazilian team won."

In the broadcast screen, Dunga made a "please" gesture to Adams.

Obviously, the Brazilian team won the coin guessing, and then Dunga chose to take the penalty.

"From my own experience, the order in the penalty shootout is not important, because the pressure on each player is the same, but the team that takes the penalty at the back has to bear more pressure.

Anyway, in my opinion, the England team is suitable for a preemptive strike. "

Lineker basically says whatever is auspicious, no matter whether it is true or not, anyway, he thinks it is true, so he is true.

Martin Taylor continued to speak inspiring words, repeatedly emphasizing that the England team wants to make history, and the England team is not afraid of anything.

The broadcast screen switched to the restricted area, covering the entire restricted area.

"The first England player to play is Alan Shearer!"

Behind him, the Brazil team and the England team were standing on the center line in a long snake formation.

On the left of Beckham is Adams. The England captain is the spiritual leader of the team, and he still holds his head high and his chest high at this moment of life and death.

Of course, most things are contrasted.

The reason why Beckham admired Adams' leading demeanor in his heart was all due to Gary Neville.

In the semi-finals of the European Cup two years ago, Gary Neville watched Southgate miss a penalty and felt extremely powerless. Since then, he vowed to firmly hold the initiative of destiny in his own hands.

So he practiced his shooting skills in the penalty area hard since then, and his penalty kick level is not much worse than that of Scholes.

But training is one thing, life-and-death battle is another, the two are simply not the same world.

Even with his arm on Gary's shoulder, Beckham could clearly feel the other's heartbeat.

This shows how nervous this guy is now.

But Beckham did not underestimate the opponent because of this. When he executed a penalty kick against the Netherlands in overtime, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

He at that time and Garibi now were also the eldest brother, not to mention the second brother.

Through the stimulation of that penalty kick, Beckham's mentality was obviously much more stable.

Of course he is also nervous, but his emotions are completely under control and will definitely not affect his penalty kick.

Therefore, the most precious wealth in life is experience.

Of all experiences, things are definitely more meaningful to experience than to watch.

Thinking of this, Beckham patted Gary on the shoulder, hoping that this guy could carry it.

The referee's whistle sounded suddenly, Beckham's body trembled subconsciously, Gary's reaction was bigger than his.

He found that after the game entered overtime, everything seemed very sudden, and everything caught him off guard.

In his sights, Shearer ran resolutely to the football, swiping his leg as he got into position.

Taffarel guessed the direction correctly, but just couldn't touch the football, which hit the top left corner of the goal.

"The goal was scored, the England team scored the first round of penalty kicks, and they are currently leading Brazil 1-0!"

After Shearer scored, the whole stadium cheered.

England's top scorer pumped his fist hard and ran into the England line.

Beckham felt Shearer's penalty gave him a shot in the arm.

In fact, the opponent didn't play with the goalkeeper at all, and raised his foot to kick the upper left corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper also knew where he was going to kick, but he just couldn't make it.

This is the real strength!In the face of real strength, no amount of speculation is just floating clouds.

At the same time, Ronaldo walked towards the penalty spot with the football in his arms.

"Brazil started with Ronaldo and both teams put first the man they are most sure of."

Ronaldo put the football on the penalty spot and slowly stepped back, and the field quickly fell silent.

The "alien" started a run-up, then swayed slightly, and Seaman jumped to the right, but the football rolled into the goal from his left.

1 to 1!Ronaldo was full of feints during the run-up, and Seaman was tricked by him.

"England next up is Graeme, he's a great technical player."

As soon as Lineker finished speaking, Le Saux started to run, and Beckham's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Le Saux managed to trick Taffarel into scoring England's second goal.

Beckham took a deep breath, and he heard Adams' rough breathing.

I have to say that this process is too exciting, it is painful and exciting.

Rivaldo, Brazil's second player on the pitch, ran unhurriedly towards the ball before pushing it into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.

2 to 2!Seaman didn't guess the direction again
"Rivaldo is a left-footed player, which always makes people feel a little awkward when they play."

"Yes, it is indeed a bit awkward."

Seeing that Seaman was cheated again, the two commentators rushed to make up for it.

With Rivaldo's goal, Beckham's heart sank visibly.

This is a time of hope and disappointment, and one that can magnify one's emotions many times over.

He reminded himself not to bring too much emotion, and tried to adjust his breathing.

Scholes, who had a bitter face, was already standing on the penalty spot, and Beckham's heart was raised again, and his heart was raised again.

Scholes started a run-up, and when he was in position, he swung his legs decisively and slammed his foot on the lower right side of the football. The football hung straight to the upper left corner like a cannonball, and Taffarel also guessed the wrong direction.

"Brilliant!"

Beckham yelled loudly in the direction of Scholes in the noisy atmosphere. It doesn't matter whether the other party can hear it now, the important thing is to release his emotions.

He felt that his body was being spread by nervous emotions, so he let out a loud roar to dissolve the accumulated emotions.

Emerson, who played in extra time, was third for the Brazilian team. The Brazilian midfielder suddenly paused when the referee whistled, looking like he was about to be eroded by fear.

Emerson jumped forward before starting the run-up, only two steps from the run-up to the penalty spot, and had to kick the ball with no momentum at all.

He kicked to the right of the goal, but a bit in the center.

Seaman guessed the direction correctly and touched the football at the same time!
Beckham raises his hands, the England team will advance!

But when he raised his hands halfway, seeing that the football was still rolling into the goal, Seaman only touched the football with his fingertips, and did not throw the football out of the goal frame.

Pity.
At the same time, he felt his right arm being moved away, and it was Gary's turn.

"The score is now 3 to 3! Gary's penalty is very important!"

Beckham could feel Gary trying to control his body so that he looked the same as usual.

Beckham could clearly hear his own heartbeat, and he had a hunch that it was time for a decisive battle.

With the whistle of the referee, Gary made a decisive run-up, tried his best to get rid of it, and volleyed vigorously. The football flew to the upper left of the goal.

Taffarel fell to his knees, and he surrendered his gun.

But Gary Neville's penalty went under the bar and bounced off the back of the lawn.

Beckham hugged his head, unable to believe his eyes.

The sound was slightly delayed than the sight, and appeared in Beckham's mind.

He only felt a buzzing sound in his head, and at the same time, there was a bit of a tooth-piercing signal transmission sound in his ears.

This sound mixed with the loud sighs of the fans, which almost caused Beckham to collapse.

The game is not over yet, it has to go on.

Beckham took advantage of the trend and wanted to move forward, but only reacted when he took a step. The next penalty kick was the Brazilian.

Gary came back with a pale face. Just from his expression, he could see how painful he was.

But things have happened, you can only accept it and try to make up for it.

At this time, everyone's attention is on the fourth player of the Brazilian team. This penalty is a matter of life and death.

If the penalty can be scored, the Brazilian team will take the complete initiative both in terms of score and psychology.

It was captain Dunga who took the penalty kick for the Brazilian team. From the back, his mentality was very stable, and his firmness did not seem to be pretending at all.

Dunga started to run up, swing his legs, shoot, and the football hit the upper left corner of the goal.

3 to 4!England's last stand.

"The next player to play is David. If he scores, it depends on the free throw of the fifth Brazilian team player. If he fails to score, the game will be over."

Martin Taylor's heart was mixed with disappointment and sadness. The England team was extremely passive. Only when Beckham scored a goal and the Brazilian player failed to score a free throw did he have the chance to play in the sixth round.

Beckham put the football on the penalty spot, made a half-circle before starting to back away.

He could totally hear his own heartbeat now, and it was excruciating to feel every second of his emotions flipping back and forth between nervousness and disappointment.

When the whistle blew, he took a deep breath, took two steps toward the football, swung his legs, and shot.

The football hits the upper left corner of the goal!
4 to 4!Beckham did what he should do, and the rest can only be left to fate.

Bebeto was the last player to play on the Brazilian team. The Brazilian veteran has a firm pace and looks calmer than Dunga.

Beckham could feel the trembling of his teammates around him, and the moment of absolute destiny was coming soon.

"Bebeto runs up, kicks the ball and it goes in.
Alas, congratulations to the Brazilian team for reaching the final, and thanks to the England players for their dedication during this time. They performed very well in this World Cup. It was just luck that they didn't make it to the final. "

Accompanied by Martin Taylor's deep voice, the players on the Brazilian bench rushed into the field, leaving the old coach Zagallo standing against the wind.

It can be seen from the camera lens that Zagallo has tears in his eyes.

The England team was deathly silent. Beckham looked at the celebrating Brazilian players with his waist down, his chest blocked by a turbulent emotion.

The emotion came on so violently that it was completely out of control.

He tried to adjust his emotions, but his eyes were still blurred by tears.

Gary Neville's sobs sounded in his ears, and he knew that this guy was easily nervous, but he didn't expect him to screw up a penalty!

Damn!

But he can't be blamed either.

Beckham heard sobs to his left at the same time.

That's Adams!
Why is such a strong person crying?

Come to think of it, he is 32 years old, and this is his first and last World Cup.

He will never win the World Cup in his lifetime.

Beckham felt a wave of emotion rushing out of his mind, he tried to let go, tried not to think about anything.

But the body still couldn't help shaking.

Whether he accepts it or not, the World Cup is actually over.

(End of this chapter)