"Ouch! Ouch!"
He Wei exclaimed as he watched the slow-motion replay.
"The slow motion showed that Patricio dived to the right and the ball hit the fibula of his left leg. Then he felt a sharp pain when he tried to stand up, so he lay on the ground and asked the team doctor to come in!"
Seeing Patricio's appearance, the referee felt something was wrong and immediately waved to the sidelines. Roma's team doctor rushed into the field!
Forty was confused.
The head coach was sent off again, there was overtime, and a penalty shootout in the sixth round, but the main goalkeeper was injured...
Can you make it a little more difficult in hell...
"On Roma's bench today is the team's second goalkeeper, Brazilian Fuzato, who has won two Brazilian championships and one Brazilian Cup with Palmeiras. Although he has not played in an official match so far this season, he is still an experienced goalkeeper."
He Wei paused for a while when he said this.
"But the current situation is that Roma has used up all six substitutions!"
"Including the extra substitution spot in overtime!"
"They can't change anyone anymore!"
"This means that in the next penalty shootout, one of the players on the field must be selected to play as the goalkeeper!"
If Forti and the Roma players still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, it was shattered when the stretcher entered the field.
Although Patricio is usually not good at speaking, he is definitely a ruthless person who doesn’t talk much.
At such an important moment, especially one that is crucial for a goalkeeper, he will never give up as long as he can hold on.
In the locker room, Mourinho closed his eyes as he watched the broadcast on TV.
It's too difficult.
He couldn't help but wonder, why was it so difficult?
Even a professional goalkeeper, as strong as De Gea, cannot save a single ball in a penalty shootout, let alone now that players from other positions have to play guest roles.
The team was on the verge of being eliminated from the Italian Cup that they had been longing for, and the main goalkeeper was injured.
The second goalkeeper Fuzato has never played in the game. The third goalkeeper Boll has tried very hard, but at the age of 20, his strength is limited after all.
The defense is already shaky, how are we going to play the rest of the game...
Mourinho got a headache just thinking about it.
It has to be said that he missed his days at Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United.
At least the team never has to worry about money.
Although sometimes the boss will force some players he doesn't want on the team, it is still a sign that he has too much money to spend.
Unlike now, even if you have money, you won’t be allowed to spend it.
Everyone knows that UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act has no effect on the top clubs and can only be used to intimidate and bully second- and third-rate teams.
Mourinho turned off the TV, as he often did when he returned to the dressing room minutes before half-time.
He felt that he knew the outcome, and it didn't matter what happened next.
The annoying guy Karsdorp had been sent back to the hotel by Forti, and the locker room was so quiet at the moment that you could hear tinnitus in your ears.
What happened on the court seemed to have nothing to do with him.
After being noisy for so long, I just want to find a quiet place to sit for a while.
Because soon, at the post-match press conference, he still had to face the media, fans and opponents like a fighter.
By the way, they also had to face the ridiculous referee and punishment from the Italian Football Association.
On the field, Roma players looked at each other in bewilderment.
When they saw Fuzzato take off his jersey from under his warm jacket, they realized the team could not make substitutions.
Who will play the goalkeeper role?
This is not a case of a forward playing as a defender or a defender playing as a forward.
Goalkeepers have a highly sophisticated training regime that is almost completely independent of that of other players.
Making such a cameo at a critical moment is not about playing a hero to save the team, but about lifting the coffin and personally sending the team on their final journey.
At this time, veteran Smalling took the initiative to walk over.
"Let me do it," he said calmly to Forti.
From becoming famous at a young age and joining Manchester United to enjoying unlimited glory, to being hailed as Manchester United's iron defender after Ferdinand and Vidic and becoming a main player for England, to being gradually labeled as a counterfeit and leaving for the Apennines , in Smalling's heart, he has experienced everything he should have experienced.
Let me, an old man, save the kids from their embarrassing moments.
Looking at Smalling's back as he walked forward, Chen Xiaoliang, who had been a little hesitant just now, was touched.
Smalling only felt a strong hand grab his shoulder.
"Leave it to me, I will lead you to victory!"
Smalling, Forti, Lapetti on the side, and even the fourth official were stunned.
They all turned to look at Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang directly took Fuzato's jersey and put it on over his own jersey.
The equipment manager handed over the gloves, Smalling took them, put them on Chen Xiaoliang himself, and fastened the wristband.
Forti turned and signaled to the fourth official that he was ready, and the fourth official told the referee through the headset.
Seeing Chen Xiaoliang put on the goalkeeper's jersey and return to the field, the whole stadium was filled with discussions.
Of course, the same is true in the live broadcast room.
[Is this all possible?]
[This is jumping into a fire pit]
[It is not uncommon to see defenders playing as goalkeepers during regular match time. O'Shea has been a goalkeeper before, but it seems he has never played in a penalty shootout.]
[No one can blame him if he can't save the opponent. He is a hero if he can stand up at the critical moment. Xiaoliang is awesome! ! ]
He Wei: "The development of the competition has once again exceeded everyone's expectations!"
"Chen Xiaoliang actually wore the No. 87 Fuzato jersey and played the role of goalkeeper!"
"In my limited broadcasting career, I have never seen anything like this."
"I have seen Ronaldo's penalty kick break the ankle of Malaga goalkeeper Caballero, which is exactly the same as what happened to Patricio just now."
"However, in the history of world football, there have been some cases where players have acted as goalkeepers to save penalties!"
"There was also a defensive midfielder, Filipe Melo, a Brazilian who played for Juventus and Inter Milan. When he was playing for the Turkish team Galatasaray, he played as a goalkeeper after taking the initiative to foul in the goalkeeper's penalty area and received a red card. He also saved the opponent's penalty kick!"
"In the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League qualifiers, Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad played at home against Romanian giants Steaua Bucharest, and the two sides also entered extra time after a 1-1 draw."
"In the 119th minute, the home team's goalkeeper was sent off with a direct red card for a tactical foul outside the penalty area. Romanian defender Cosmin Moti played as goalkeeper, and after guarding the goal for a minute, the game was dragged into a penalty shootout."
"Cosmin Moti was the first to come on, he scored a goal and then started saving penalties."
"In the seventh penalty round, he successfully saved the opponent's penalty and helped the team enter the Champions League for the first time!"
“I wonder if such a miracle can happen again tonight!”
"Hey! We see it's Nuno Santos! Roma's goalkeeping coach and Mourinho's confidant rushed into the stadium and called out to Chen Xiaoliang!"
"He has a note in his hand!"
"While pointing in the direction of the Atlanta players, he was also pointing left and right, as if he was telling Chen Xiaoliang the shooting habits of the Atlanta players!"
"Atlanta's assistant coach Gritty immediately protested loudly!"
"The referee blew the whistle, warning Nuno Santos to leave the field!"
"Nuno Santos was still talking when the referee came over and showed him a yellow card!"
"Nuno Santos left the field and turned back to give Chen Xiaoliang a thumbs up!"
"The sixth player to appear on the Roma side is central defender Ibanez!"
"As a Brazilian, even though he's a central defender, his footwork is quite delicate!"
"I wonder if Atalanta goalkeeper Musso has been affected by the series of events just now. In such a temperature, it is easy for a goalkeeper to get cold if he stands still, which will reduce his excitement!"
"Ibanez runs up and shoots with his right foot!"
"It's the right side! Ouch, that was close!"
"Musso's fingertips touched the ball! Fortunately, the force was strong and the ball flew into the goal!"
"Penalties 3-4, aggregate score 4-5, Roma leads again!"
"Xiao Liang! It's Xiao Liang who's heading towards the goal!"
As Chen Xiaoliang walked towards the goal, he felt both amused and helpless.
After the previous match against Juventus, he secretly cursed the system for playing a joke on him, but he didn't expect that "retribution" would come so quickly.
The sixth player for Atalanta to come on was center back Demiral.
The remaining players taking penalty kicks at Atlanta have just been reminded by the coaching staff.
When facing such an "amateur" guest goalkeeper, don't kick the ball in the middle. Amateur goalkeepers often stand in the middle and cannot make any saves because of their amateurism and slow reaction.
As long as you push the ball towards the lower left or right corner, and don't shoot too slowly, you can basically score one!
As for which side, just pick the one that suits you!
Demiral seemed to think that was not enough and wanted to intimidate Chen Xiaoliang, so he ran a very long distance.
Just as the referee was about to blow the whistle, a string of golden words appeared in front of Chen Xiaoliang.
[Used Peak Gianluigi Buffon Goalkeeping Attribute Card]
Suddenly, all the technical attributes in his attribute panel changed to another page!
A technical attribute of a goalkeeper that has never been seen before!
【Effects of use:
Aerial ability 17, interception and cross 17, command defense 19, nerve index 16, hand control 19, long kick 14, one-on-one 20, reaction 20, attack 17, hitting tendency 10, hand throw 15]
This is the super goalkeeper attribute of Buffon at his peak!
"Demiral Run!"
“Shoot!”
"oops!"
"Demiral pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal. Xiaoliang made an accurate judgment! But his hand was only half a palm away from the ball!"
"The total score is 5-5! The penalty shootout is about to enter the 7th round!"
This was the first time Chen Xiaoliang experienced this unprecedented feeling!
At the moment when Demiral just shot the ball, when his attention was all on Demiral's shooting foot, the trajectory of the flying football had already emerged!
It’s a bit like the illusion that you can predict the direction of the opponent’s breakthrough in advance when you are in a tight defense.
He knew that this was the prediction resulting from the high attribute bonus.
Even if there is no star player with the system, he can still predict the opponent's next move by the opponent's behavior.
If Buffon, who is 191cm tall, had tried to save the ball himself, his fingertips might have touched the ball.
Roma's teammates expressed regret and applauded Chen Xiaoliang at the same time.
"The seventh player to come on for Roma is Malaysia."
"The Dutch youngster is 22 years old and has previously won a Dutch Cup and a Dutch Super Cup with Feyenoord."
"He seemed a little nervous, his eyes kept switching between the opposing goalkeeper Musso and the ball."
"approach."
"Left-foot volley!"
"Too hard! The ball hit the middle and fooled Musso, but it hit the crossbar and bounced back!"
"Malaysia covered his face with his hands and lowered his head as he returned to the line. His teammates hugged his shoulders."
"All Roma players and fans are praying now!"
"The total score is 5-5. If this free throw goes in, the game will be over! Atlanta can take the victory!"
Chen Xiaoliang walked back to the goal line, trying hard to control his emotions.
Any tension at this time will affect your movements and judgment.
The seventh player to come on for Atlanta was the right wingback, Dutchman Hatebauer.
"This guy must have been guessing just now. He is not a goalkeeper, how could he have predicted it?"
While Hartbauer was setting the ball, he was mentally preparing himself.
He took a few steps back and took two deep breaths.
“Beep!”
The referee blew the whistle.
Hartbauer took a short and powerful run-up, raised his right foot, and pushed with the arch of his foot!
"Still on the left!"
“Amazing! Amazing!!!”
"Xiaoliang made the right judgment again! This time he moved a small step ahead before diving. Even though the ball was very tricky and only missed the goal post by about 10 centimeters, Chen Xiaoliang still dived to the ground and dived sideways to dive out!"
"Oh my god! What kind of screenwriter could write such a plot!"
"I don't know how many fans fell asleep, left, or even turned off their TVs and computers early to prepare for the sunrise that was about to arrive in more than an hour because of the dullness of the regular time and overtime games."
"But the fans who have stayed until now will definitely feel lucky!"
"Malaysia and Cesco knelt down and prayed, pointing their hands to the sky. Xiaoliang's diving saves them both!"
"Although this is just a quarter-final match in the Coppa Italia, we are fortunate to be witnessing a miracle!"
"incredible!"
What happened next brought another climax!
"Was this an arrangement designed by Mourinho or Forti? The person who took the eighth penalty kick for Roma was Chen Xiaoliang himself, who was wearing a goalkeeper's jersey and gloves!"
Chen Xiaoliang picked up the football, walked to the penalty spot, and gently placed it.
He took a few steps back, and Musso was already standing on the goal line.
The referee looked at me, asking if I was ready.
Chen Xiaoliang raised his left hand and made a wait gesture, then took out the note given by Nuno Santos with his right hand, looked at the note, looked at Musso, and then looked at the goal.
Then he nodded to the referee.
“Beep!”
Chen Xiaoliang took a run-up, his eyes always on the upper right corner of the goal!
The left foot suddenly stepped in front of the left side of the ball, and the right foot swung as wide as possible!
It seemed like he was not taking a penalty kick, but rather replicating his 40-meter super shot against Lazio!
Musso lowered his center of gravity instantly and made preparations to save the shot!
Chen Xiaoliang's right foot hit the ball hard, and Musso flew to the upper left corner instantly!
“In!”
“The ball goes in!”
"I can't imagine how much pressure Xiaoliang has to bear, and how big a heart he has!"
"He actually chose to kick towards the middle at such a critical moment!"
"I used up almost all my strength, without any drag or slackness! And no fancy techniques!"
"Although Musso stretched his body as far as he could, he completely misjudged the direction!"
"A direct duel between the two goalkeepers! Xiaoliang wins!"
"Let's see who will take the eighth free throw in Atlanta!"
"Dear audience members, I believe that at this moment, you must be like me, unable to find a suitable word to describe this game in the limited vocabulary!"
“It seems like the coaching staffs of both teams are teaming up to create a classic match that is destined to go down in history!”
"The player Gasperini arranged for in the eighth penalty kick was actually Argentine goalkeeper Musso!"
"Maybe neither side expected the penalty kick to go to the eighth round."
“Although we don’t know what will happen next, viewers who have stuck with us until now can make a cup of coffee, take a shower, have a delicious breakfast, and then go to work to tell friends who also like football but didn’t watch the game what a wonderful story happened in the early hours of this morning!”
Chen Xiaoliang took out the note again, looked at it, and then looked at Musuo.
Then he walked behind the left post and pressed the note under Patricio's kettle.
Musso couldn't help but look over and found that the back of the note was facing up, without a single word on it.
He couldn't help but wonder how much data the Roma coaching staff had collected before the game?
Why did this amateur goalkeeper make the right decisions for the first two saves? !
So where should I kick?
The previous two shots were aimed at the left side of the goal, and he saved them both times.
So this time, should we change direction?
So, as Musso thought about it, he fell into a classic goalkeeper game trap.
You know I'm going to kick the left side;
I know you know I'm going to kick the left side, so I'm going to kick the right side;
You know I know you know I'm going to kick to the right side instead, so you're going to dive to the right side;
I know you know I know...
The more I think about it, the more I wonder " how the other side will respond."
Is it left or right?
And Chen Xiaoliang still has the mysterious note in his hand.
Musso himself didn't know whether he went more to the left or to the right when he took the penalty kick.
While Musuo was hesitating, Chen Xiaoliang was getting very anxious.
Buffon's goalkeeping attribute card only has 5 minutes left. The floating gold letters in the upper right corner show that 4 minutes and 40 seconds have passed, and there are only 20 seconds left on the attribute card. If he doesn't kick it, the attribute will be gone!
"Delay time!"
Chen Xiaoliang protested to the referee.
The referee looked at Musso, the two exchanged a few words verbally, and the referee blew the whistle.
Musso slowly stepped back, stood still and looked towards the goal again.
【10】
【9】
【8】
【7】
Damn it, are you going to kick it or not?
Chen Xiaoliang bent down, slightly bent his knees and lowered his center of gravity, ready to make the same save as last time. He first predicted the trajectory of the ball and took a small step to one side to make up for his height deficiency, and then stretched his torso and arms to make the save.
【6】
【5】
【4】
Musso takes a run!
【3】!!!
【2】!!!
Musso paused halfway through his run!
Oh shit!
Although Chen Xiaoliang cursed in his heart, he still watched Musuo's every move intently!
【1】!!!
The Roma players didn’t dare to watch!
Either your face is facing the sky, or your head is looking down at the grass!
They tightly hooked their teammates' shoulders, as if they wanted to transmit their gathered thoughts to Chen Xiaoliang to give him more strength!
Musso shoots!
Chen Xiaoliang was about to move, but his body felt like it was filled with lead and couldn't move!
It's over! The attribute card time has expired!
"Musso volleys!"
“We won!!!”
"Roma wins!!!"
"All the players on and off the field rushed towards Chen Xiaoliang!"
"It's just like when Italy beat England on penalties to win the European Championship last summer!"
“Incredible night!”
"Musso chose to kick towards the middle! But Chen Xiaoliang completely predicted his choice and stood still!"
"The ball hit him directly in the chest, and he blocked it with both hands!"
"This blocking action looks a bit amateurish, far less professional and smooth than the sideways save just now, but it was a winning save that turned the tide!"
"The aggregate score is 5-6, Roma won away! With their heads held high, they entered the semi-finals of the Italian Cup!"
"This moment and this night is destined to be unforgettable!"
"Let's see, the director gave the camera to Musso!"
"After lowering his head and sighing, he walked towards the left goal post."
"He picked up the note that Nuno Santos gave to Chen Xiaoliang!"
"Oh my god! The lens is so detailed!"
"There's not a single word on the note!"
"This is a complete psychological warfare! Roma's coaching staff and Xiao Liang used a blank note to deceive Atlanta's players!"
"Musso seemed to be deflated immediately, and sat down against the pillar, staring blankly at the Roma players who were hugging each other to celebrate!"
"I want to change a word from an ancient poem to describe Xiao Liang tonight - You must know that when you are young, you will have the ambition to reach the top in the world!"
"Yes, no matter how many descriptions and descriptions I use, they will all seem blank at this moment."
"Looking at the Roma team hugging each other on the field and celebrating passionately and united at the same time, they went through a lot tonight, but finally reached the other side of victory!"
"They will encounter more in the future, but as long as this team doesn't forget what happened tonight, they will transform sooner or later!"
"Today's live broadcast of the Italian Cup quarter-finals ends here. I'm He Wei. See you in the next game!"