Green Journey

In the stands and on the stairs, Real Madrid fans who had been preparing to leave began to revel at this moment.

Some were crying, some were jumping for joy with red eyes, and some were blushing and pulling their necks, shouting and roaring like wild beasts.

At this moment, all Real Madrid fans felt the thrill of escaping from death, and every cell in their bodies was cheering for escape.

At this moment, sadness and ecstasy intertwined, playing an extraordinary movement unique to the football field.

On the field, Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a magical overhead kick, was extremely excited. He ignored Marcelo's pull and took off his jersey in one fell swoop, throwing it away quickly.

He rushed to the stands of Real Madrid fans in the south, jumped with all his strength, and completed a turn in mid-air. When he fell, he swung his hands back and shouted "siu", his own celebratory word.

After posing, Marcelo was the first to jump on Ronaldo, and then all the Real Madrid players gathered around him, including Navas.

At this moment, all the Real Madrid players, stimulated by this desperate escape emotion, felt an inexplicable force emerging from their bodies. They were not afraid even if overtime was to be played. They could still run, rush, and grab. .

At this moment, every Real Madrid player is encouraged by their confidence in winning the championship. They firmly believe that they can defeat Manchester City in overtime or a penalty shootout and become the first team in the history of the Champions League to defend the title.

"The dragon jumped into the sky and soared ninety thousand miles!" He Wei became excited and began to spit out poems again. "This textbook barb by Cristiano Ronaldo was perfect in both his judgment of the ball in the air and his body coordination." Perfect."

"In just over a minute, from hell to heaven, from despair to rebirth, this is the charm of football, you never know what will happen in the future."

In the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun slapped the table and shouted: "I give 101 points for this goal. I won't be afraid of Ronaldo being proud if I give him one more point."

"It's so powerful!" Niu Benben's face was filled with wonder in the balcony.

"Ultraman won't be able to pounce on this kind of ball even if it comes!" Hao Xiao said in a very emotional tone.

Zhang Lu smiled and said: "This is the role of super players. In critical moments, such players can often change the outcome of the game with their strong personal abilities."

Fan Zhiyi frowned slightly and said: "This is going to be difficult for Manchester City. They have to play another 10 minutes of overtime. This will be a long 30 minutes for Manchester City, which is already at a disadvantage in terms of physical fitness. Once it is unable to It is not impossible to resist this kind of fatigue and pressure and collapse after being kicked."

"What's at stake now is the willpower of both parties." Sun Jihai said.

On the court, Chu Zheng looked at Ronaldo in the Real Madrid celebrating crowd, his face full of amazement.

Cristiano Ronaldo's shocking barb just now is really amazing. At this time, this guy still has the strength to jump so high, and his movements are not deformed at all.

As for the barb just now, if there was a slight deformation in Ronaldo's technical movements, there might be another result, but he did it perfectly.

It's hard for Chu Zheng to believe that Ronaldo is 32 years old this year.

When an average player reaches this age, it can be said that they are past their prime.

During this period, regardless of whether the players are self-disciplined or not, their physical condition will decline uncontrollably.

However, Ronaldo violated this law.

Judging from Ronaldo's performance today, Chu Zheng couldn't feel that Ronaldo's body and competitive condition had declined at all.

This is not 32 years old, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is 23 years old.

This shows the sweat and price that Ronaldo paid to maintain his competitive status.

I had seen from media reports how self-disciplined Ronaldo was, but Chu Zheng didn't really believe that someone could be so harsh on him.

But after today's game, Chu Zheng believed it. This peak state was the most favorable evidence.

On the sidelines, Zidane and Guardiola were already busy preparing for the upcoming overtime.

At this moment, both Guardiola and Zida were somewhat grateful that they had been cautious enough in making substitution adjustments. Otherwise, they would have been extremely passive if they had used up the substitution quota in advance.

"Pep, we can't attack anymore. Chu and the others are physically unable to last another 30 minutes."

"We need to change the formation, preferably 4231 or 451, to play defensive counterattack. It is best to let Chu return to the midfielder position. We need Chu's precise guidance and broad vision to find opportunities for counterattack."

Arteta and Torrent gave separate suggestions.

Guardiola was silent after hearing this.

In terms of the overall physical fitness of the team, Real Madrid has the advantage.

Guardiola is worried that once they retreat, Zidane will immediately send in Morata, a high forward.

At that time, coupled with Ronaldo, who is very good at heading the ball, two extremely strong offensive fulcrums will be established in their penalty area.

Then all he needs to do is replace him with a wing player who is full of physical strength, and he and Bell can use the two wings to carry out high-frequency high-altitude bombing against them.

Air defense has always been their weakness, and Guardiola was really worried that they wouldn't be able to defend it.

But it would be unrealistic to let Chu Zheng and the others attack at this time. He knew exactly how tired the players on the field were at this time.

So it was difficult for Guardiola to make a decision for a while.

At this time, in front of Real Madrid's bench, Zidane was chatting with Morata and Asensio, who were wearing substitute vests, and was obviously ready for overtime.

In the stands, Manchester City fans were worried, because every Manchester City person knew that extra time was not good for the team.

Real Madrid fans are extremely excited because this is a game mode they are familiar with.

Real Madrid has relied on this physical advantage many times this season to overwhelm their opponents in the final moments of the game, reversing and winning the final victory.

Therefore, they can't wait for the start of overtime to see their team completely defeat Manchester City, win the championship, and become the first team in the history of the Champions League to defend the Champions League.

However, just when everyone thought that overtime was coming, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

In the 94th minute of the game, Real Madrid slowly guided the ball outside the Manchester City penalty area through patient passing and control.

Bell caught the ball inside the ribs at the top of the arc and took it laterally to the outside. After waiting for a while, Marcelo came along the wing to set up the edge.

Seeing that there were people inside and outside the left rib area at the top of the Manchester City arc, Bell passed the ball.

Before the baseline, Marcelo intercepted the ball in time before it left the baseline.

But when he turned to face the Manchester City penalty area, Walker had already reached the edge of the penalty area.

Just when everyone thought Marcelo would choose to pass back, the guy suddenly accelerated his steps and suddenly rushed along the baseline.

Walker's physical fitness is actually one of the best in the Manchester City team, but due to his frequent adduction and participation in offense today, he is now a landlord and has no food left.

In desperation, Walker turned around and chased into the penalty area, trying to squeeze Marcelo away. However, due to physical problems, his movements were not as fast as he usually does when he is full of energy.

So the next second, his left foot that stepped out to the left directly hit the right calf of Marcelo who was cutting in along the baseline.

As an experienced top player, Marcelo knows exactly what to do at this time.

So under the watchful eyes of everyone, he moved forward and flopped down on the baseline. The fall felt natural and happy.

"Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In an instant, the atmosphere of the Millennium Stadium exploded.

The exclamations, cheers and other sounds were intertwined, and the impact made the closed ceiling of the stadium buzz and tremble, as if it was about to collapse, which was terrifying.

"It's over!" Zhang Lu watched Marcelo fall to the ground in the box, her hands clinging to the railings tightened, and her fingers turned pale due to excessive exertion.

"It's indeed a foul!" Fan Zhiyi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's over now!"

In the live commentary stands, there were also screams of surprise at this time. This penalty kick came too suddenly.

On the field, after the sharp whistle sounded, Manchester City and Real Madrid players instantly rushed to the referee Bruchy with opposite purposes.

But what is unusual is that although Bruchy interrupted the game, he did not point to the penalty spot immediately and award a penalty kick.

"Penalty!"

"Penalty!!"

"..."

"Dive!!"

"This is a flop!!!"

"..."

Fans from both sides in the stands could not sit still and shouted loudly with opposite purposes. Both sides were trying to interfere with the referee's final decision.

Facing the siege and pressure from Manchester City and Real Madrid players, Bruchy ignored no one and turned and ran to the linesman. He needed assistants to share the mountain of pressure on him.

Facing a competition of this level and the current situation, Bruchy was afraid that he would make a mistake and make a misjudgment, thereby ruining a wonderful match and ruining his career.

As fans all over the world waited in agony, Bruchy talked with two assistants, then turned and trotted onto the field. After the whistle was blown, he pointed resolutely at the penalty spot.

"Oh!!!!!!" He Wei exclaimed, "Penalty kick, in the last minute of the game, Bruchy awarded Real Madrid a penalty kick..."

Outside the penalty area, Chu Zheng felt almost suffocated at this time, and his heart was full of unwillingness.

This unwillingness was like a thousand ants eating at his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe smoothly.

"Mamai!!!!" In anger, Chu Zheng shook his hand fiercely and cursed.

Not far away, the whistle of Bruchy's penalty kick was still ringing in Walker's head, making him feel confused.

In fact, he didn't know what he did. Under the influence of the panic in his heart just now, he made that action completely subconsciously.

But no matter what, penalty kicks are an ironclad fact.

At the same time, in all corners of the world, countless Manchester City fans chose to turn off the TV after referee Bruchy made the decision, and then sat blankly in front of the computer or TV.

Manchester City, at this moment, the bright lights of the entire city seemed to dim a little after the penalty kick.

There is an atmosphere of sadness and despair permeating bars, squares, offices and fans' homes.

They couldn't accept losing the game and losing the championship in this way.

On the field, Ronaldo stood in front of the penalty spot.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on him and Ederson in front of the goal line.

"Will there be another miracle?" He Wei stood in front of the commentary table, looking nervously at the two people in the penalty area, and said something as if he was murmuring in a dream.

But this question is destined to have no answer at the moment.

"Beep." Bruchy retreated outside the penalty area and blew the whistle in his mouth.

The next moment, Cristiano Ronaldo moved, rushed to the ball, raised his right foot and kicked the ball.

In front of the goal, Ederson leaned to the left, made a sideways leap, and then, under the dull eyes of countless people, he used his left hand to block Ronaldo's shot towards the lower corner of the goal.

"Oh!!! Ederson!!!"

"besides!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing this scene, it seemed like a hammer hit every fan's heart.

At this moment, everyone forgot to breathe.

In front of the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo saw the ball being blocked. Out of a shooter's instinct, he subconsciously followed up and added a kick.

But at this moment, Edson had already climbed up and fell to the right side.

The next moment, the ball hit Ederson hard in the face, causing his head to shake back.

"A miracle happened!!! A miracle!!! Cristiano Ronaldo missed the penalty kick and the follow-up shot was blocked by Ederson!!!!!!!" He Wei broke his voice instantly.

At this moment, the volcano-like Millennium Stadium erupted again tonight, and the roaring sound once again hit the eardrums of everyone present, causing countless children to subconsciously cover their ears.

At this moment, the heat wave was rolling inside the Millennium Stadium, making everyone feel as if they were in a fire. It felt as if the entire stadium was on fire.

In front of the goal, Stones quickly rushed behind Ronaldo, forcibly twisted his body and whipped the ball, which was again blocked by Ederson, towards the center circle.

In front of the left rib of the penalty area, Chu Zheng's face, which looked a little pale due to exhaustion, instantly became rosy after seeing Edson's miraculous two consecutive dives.

Turning around, I saw that Aguero had already rushed up without knowing when, and went straight to the ball that landed behind the right rib of the center circle of his own half.

Chu Zheng instantly realized that the opportunity to counterattack had come.

The next moment, Chu Zheng opened his legs as if they were filled with lead, gritted his teeth and rushed forward.

At the same time, De Bruyne, Sane, Sterling and Fernandinho also charged towards the Real Madrid goal at almost the same time.

"Man City!!! Go!!!!!!!!!!" He Wei was completely immersed in the hot atmosphere of the scene.

On the field, after Aguero rushed to the landing point, he saw Marcelo behind him not far away from him, and Ramos was blocking the channel in front of his ribs, so he dumped the ball directly to the wing. , and then rushed forward.

When Marcelo and Aguero sprinted along the wing, Chu Zheng and others quickly followed.

After Chu Zheng and the others crossed the center line, they quickly dispersed to both sides to widen the width of the attack.

Faced with Manchester City's sudden counterattack, Real Madrid's defense fell apart instantly, and it was completely impossible to build a solid defensive system in a short period of time.

From the right, Aguero took the ball across the center line and pushed it into the 40-meter area on the wing. When he saw Sterling coming up the center and running behind Ramos on his left front, he immediately sent a through ball forward.

From the outside of the upper right corner of the penalty area, Sterling successfully met the ball.

At this time, Carvajal was in the middle of the penalty area, and Varane was on the right side of the penalty area, filling in for Ramos.

Seeing Casemiro rushing back along the ribs, Varane quickly pushed out of the penalty area horizontally, and Casemiro filled his right rib position in the penalty area.

But in this way, the left side of Real Madrid's penalty area, that is, the penalty area on the back point is completely empty.

Sane, who was coming up along the left rib, saw it and immediately rushed in.

From the right outside the penalty area, Sterling crossed the ball and went down. At this time, he didn't have much physical energy to make a breakthrough. He jumped in and made a pass before Varane came over.

The ball went straight to the back point.

Seeing that the ball was really coming, Sane quickly took two steps to the left, seized the landing spot in the small penalty area and in front of the goal post, and took off.

At the same time, Navas, who was running across the goal line, also pressed out. After taking off, he made a volleyball blocking posture. He put his entire body in front of Sane, like a wall that was once erected, almost completely blocking it. Near angle.

Navas seemed certain that Sane would head the ball directly into the goal.

However, he was disappointed in the next second. Sane did not choose to attack the goal directly. Instead, he headed the ball to the right. He headed the ball into the unmanned area in the middle of the penalty area.

At this time, Chu Zheng just ran to the penalty spot.

Seeing the ball falling, he immediately slowed down, leaned to the right with his right foot as support, raised his left foot high, and swung it from back to front.

With a sound of "Bang!", Chu Zheng volleyed sideways and accurately hit the ball.

In an instant, the ball turned into a white lightning, blasted past Ramos in the middle of the goal and to the right of Ramos in the small penalty area, and hit the goal, causing the net behind the goal to bulge backwards.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"It's so GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At this moment, every Manchester City fan who witnessed Real Madrid's counterattack went crazy, including dozens of commentators from various countries in the commentary box.

"Kill it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He Wei roared repeatedly, and the earphones on his head were thrown out due to his excessive movements, but he didn't realize it and stood still. Jumping around in front of the commentary desk.

"It only takes 20 seconds to go from hell to heaven. Manchester City did it. They beat Real Madrid!!!!!!!!!" He Wei's voice almost choked.

"5-4, the suspense of the game was killed, Chu Zheng ended all suspense..."

In the BBC studio, Lineker, Ferdinand, and Mourinho jumped up from the sofa at the same time when the winning goal appeared.

"GOAL!!!!!!!!!" Lineker waved his fist and shouted hysterically.

"Only God can write such a script." Mourinho said: "God gave Real Madrid and Manchester City a chance respectively, but Manchester City took advantage of it!"

On the field, the moment Chu Zheng scored a goal, he felt like he was being shocked by electricity, as if he had inexhaustible energy at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, he took off his jersey, then pulled off the black vest, and ran to the sidelines naked to the waist.

Seeing Chu Zheng and De Bruyne and others rushing towards him with cheerful steps, Guardiola, who was kneeling on the ground with red eyes celebrating, quickly stood up and rushed forward with Arteta, Toure and others behind him.

Next to him, Zidane looked at the Manchester City celebrating crowd like two torrents colliding together, his eyes still a little dazed.

In the stands, Real Madrid fans who fell from heaven back to hell were like molluscs with their backs ripped out. Countless people stared blankly at the equally lost Real Madrid players on the field with wet eyes.

Under the stands belonging to Manchester City fans, the security personnel were severely tested at this moment.

They were attacked by waves of Manchester City fans who wanted to rush onto the field to celebrate with the players.

Fortunately, there were enough security personnel on site, and a human wall was immediately put up to keep back these Manchester City fans who were almost losing their minds time and time again.

2 minutes later, Real Madrid kicked the ball out.

Although they knew that a miracle was unlikely to happen again, they still launched a final charge towards the Manchester City fans.

But at this time, Manchester City's morale can almost be said to have reached its peak. Under the stimulation of the Champions League title that is within reach, everyone has almost forgotten their fatigue.

More than a minute later, when the ball was punched out of the penalty area by Ederson, who was half white and half red, the referee Bruchy blew the whistle to end the game.

When the whistle sounded, the players from Manchester City and Real Madrid, who were suspended in one breath, fell to the ground collectively.

Although the game lasted only more than 90 minutes, the intensity of this game far exceeded other games.

Chu Zheng knelt on the ground and looked at Guardiola and others rushing towards the court from the sidelines. His eyes instantly turned red and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

At this moment, Chu Zheng knew what it meant to cry with joy.

Chu Zheng didn't want to cry, but he couldn't suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart.

So he stuck his butt out, covered his face with his hands, buried his head on the soft turf, and his shoulders kept twitching.Since you can't stop it, just cry.

At this moment, Chu Zheng was not the only one crying.

In front of the goal line, the cotton stuffed in Ederson's nose to stop bleeding was sprayed out at some point.

This guy was sitting in front of the goal with blood and tears streaming down his face. He wiped the nosebleeds from his upper lip, and then wiped the tears from his face. It was scary to see him.

too difficult!
It's really hard!
Since his debut, Ederson has never played in a game like today. The atmosphere of this game almost suffocated him. His nerves were tense every minute and every second, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Sane also cried like a child, and only veterans like Kompany and Fernandinho could stabilize his emotions.

Chu Zheng's emotions came and went quickly. When he was pulled up from the ground by Guardiola, his face could no longer tell which part was sweat and which part was tears.

"The game is over and Manchester City have won the 2016-17 Europa League."

"The performance of both teams today was perfect. Whether it was Real Madrid or Manchester City, they both maximized their offensive sharpness."

"But the cruel thing is that the winner will eventually be determined in competitive matches!"

"Faced with equal opportunities, Manchester City seized them, but Real Madrid did not, so they are well-deserved champions."

“Congratulations to Manchester City!!!”

"Congratulations Chu Zheng!!!!!!!"

"..."

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Half an hour later, the closed peak of the Millennium Stadium slowly opened. After the rain, the sky cleared, and bright stars appeared in the originally dark cloudy night sky.

After the rain, a large amount of moist and cold air entered the stadium, slightly cooling down the continuously hot atmosphere at the venue.

But when the Manchester City players stepped onto the podium one after another, the cheers that erupted from the scene instantly dispelled the coldness in the air.

When Chu Zheng was on the podium, surrounded by everyone, and suddenly raised the Champions League trophy to his head, the atmosphere returned to its peak.

Under the podium, hundreds of media reporters took pictures non-stop with cameras in their hands, completely freezing this moment of glory belonging to Manchester City.

This moment is not only the birth of a champion, but also the beginning of a legend.

End of the book

That’s it for this book. I would like to thank all my book friends for their companionship this year.