Football: Don’t talk about feelings, I’m just an AI

Chapter 179 Penalty kicks are poisonous and a hero is needed

"The game has only lasted ten minutes, and each side has scored a goal. Is it another goal feast tonight?"

Two goals scored in ten minutes almost made everyone believe that tonight would be a scoring battle.
On the court, players from both sides thought so too.
After they tied at 1:1, as if they had made an appointment in advance, they speeded up the tempo and directly brought the game into the fast lane...

"Robben cuts inside and shoots!"

"Oh, I'm cumming!"

"Xia Qi was really good, Balotelli knocked the ball back and shot!!!"

"Xia Qi and Balotelli hit the wall in the penalty area. Unfortunately, Xia Qi's shot was saved by Neuer."

"This combination is really good, but Neuer is even better."

"Robben, Robben again! No shot, passed!"

"Mandzukic made a late shot, oh, it was just a little bit close."

"Schweinsteiger made a long pass from the backcourt, Mandzukic headed the ball over, Ribery!!!"

"Ribery was half a beat too late and didn't shovel the football. It would have been dangerous if he had."

"........."

On the court, Bayern, playing away from home, got their second corner kick of the game.

This time, Bayern took a tactical corner kick.

Gotze did not drive the ball directly into the penalty area, but to Robben on the right side of the penalty area.

Robben dribbled the ball in, attracted the attention of Arsenal's defenders, and passed the ball near the penalty spot.

Mandzukic appeared where the football landed and waved his left foot.

Seeing this, Umtiti made a decisive tackle and shoveled the football at Mandzukic's feet.

Mandzukic's left foot did not shoot immediately, but made an adjustment and moved the ball to his right foot.

The next second, Umtiti's sliding tackle hit his left foot, and Mandzukic fell down without hesitation.

"Penalty kick!" The small number of Bayern fans in the Emirates Stadium made a voice clearly visible to the audience.

The Arsenal fans were anxious and roared: "This is a fucking flop!"

"Beep!"

The referee Rizzoli blew his whistle, pointed his finger at the penalty spot, and at the same time took out a yellow card from his pocket and showed it to Umtiti.

In an instant, "Black whistles!" were heard all over the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal players stepped forward to intercede, but referee Rizzoli remained unmoved and insisted on his decision.

In the Penguin live broadcast room, the two commentators who supported Xia Qi raised their own questions:
"That tall man Mandzukic fell down like that? It looks a bit fake."

"Umtiti originally aimed at the football, but Mandzukic adjusted his foot..."

The commentators of the German TV station were not questioning it. They shouted firmly: "Penalty kick! This is a penalty kick, an undisputed penalty kick!"

"Mandzukic created a penalty kick, which was a good opportunity for us to overtake the score and secure promotion."

"Double kill Arsenal, right in front of you!"

On the large LED screen at the scene, a slow-motion replay began. In principle, there was no problem with this penalty kick. Umtiti did indeed shovel Mandzukic's left foot.

After watching the replay, Zhan Jun in the Penguin live broadcast room became even more angry.

"There is no problem with the penalty kick, but Mandzukic seems to have predicted Umtiti's movements. He could have shot directly, but instead made an extra movement of changing feet to adjust. It is more or less suspected of cheating."

Zhan Jun's view is also the view of many Arsenal people. Mandzukic saw that the penalty area was full of people and it was difficult to take a shot, so he waited for Umtiti, a fool, to come and score.

They thought they had penetrated the matter and saw the truth. They were all filled with anger, and the black whistle's curses became louder.

However, being angry will not help. Even if Mandzukic deliberately took the penalty kick, it was a reasonable use of the rules.

On the sidelines of the court, Wenger angrily protested to the fourth official. In his eyes, Mandzukic's intention to deceive was too obvious.

Guardiola is anxiously arranging the penalty kicker. In his mind, the first penalty kicker is Muller, but Muller is on the bench, so Ribery should take the penalty kick.

However, Mandzukic didn't think so on the court. He got up from the ground, waved his arms and shouted, then walked straight over and picked up the football in his arms.

Guardiola on the sidelines hugged his head angrily with an expression of disbelief.

In Barcelona, ​​the players have to obey orders and arrangements, but in Bayern, Mandzukic is a thorn in the side.
The relationship between the two was not very harmonious to begin with, but now it is almost settled in the public eye.

Guardiola has just arrived and has not yet established absolute authority among the talented players. Ribery and Robben are not very supportive of him because their ball rights have been weakened.
Of course, the most important thing is that Ribery does not think Mandzukic will miss the penalty.

The probability of a penalty kick being missed is far less than being scored.

If you can score a penalty, it will be the same for everyone.

So he pretended not to hear Guardiola's roar and did not stop Mandzukic from walking to the penalty spot.

Mandzukic stood in front of the penalty spot, Arsenal goalkeeper Martinez opened his arms and waited.

The two people instantly became the focus of everyone's attention, placing the hopes of "the whole village" on them.

The most nervous ones were of course the Arsenal fans, many of whom stood up from their seats and crossed themselves with their eyes closed.

Some people even went as far as not even daring to take a breath and silently reciting the Bible in their hearts.

The referee Rizzoli blew the whistle.

Mandzukic runs and shoots!
Spoon shot!

Understatement spoon shot!
Martinez jumped high and held the light and soft football in his arms.

"Spoon shot!"

"Martinez has done a great job!"

"He was right!"

"He saved Arsenal!!!"

"Mandzukic missed the penalty kick, and Bayern lost an excellent opportunity to overtake the score. This opportunity is most likely a match point and determines the final direction of the game."

On the sidelines of the court, Guardiola became even more angry. He roared loudly at the players and spread his hands to express that he did not understand why they did not obey the arrangements...

Bayern players also regret it, but there is no regret medicine in this world.

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The game continues,

After Bayern missed the penalty kick, their morale was low, they played a little impatiently, and the whole team was distraught and "difficult to lead."

On the court, Arsenal took the initiative, but neither Xia Qi's shot nor anyone else could score again.

Until the end of the first half, the score was still 1:1.

This result somewhat disappointed the fans. Is this the promised goal feast? During halftime,
The German commentator is still regretting that Mandzukic missed the penalty kick.
However, he said optimistically: "In the second half of the first half, Arsenal failed to score even though they had the advantage. After the players adjusted their mentality in the second half, they would not let Arsenal succeed. In short, the advantage lies in "I think the situation is not good for Arsenal who are behind on aggregate."

All Arsenal supporters are worried about Zhong Zhong.
On the barrage of the Penguin live broadcast room, people were crying everywhere, and many people were asking: Where is the sharpshooter who points where to hit? ?

Although he didn't specify who it was, everyone knew it was Xia Qi.

The efficient Xia Qi was missing, although his performance was not bad. Arsenal's equalizing goal was scored by Xia Qi.

However, this is far from enough!

Most of the comments expressed their concerns, but there are also die-hard fans who firmly believe that Xia Qi will lead Arsenal forward.

"Xia Qi has never let us down since he debuted. I still believe in him this time because he has never let me down. How can I let him down first?"

"Xin Xia Qi has eternal life!"

"I support Xia Qi and Arsenal. Arsenal will fight back in the second half: we Arsenal are invincible."

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The 15-minute intermission ended quickly.

Before the start of the second half, Wenger made an adjustment and replaced midfielder Arteta with a forward, Gnabry.

The original double defensive midfielder has become a single defensive midfielder, and the front trident has become a trident plus a shadow striker.

Xia Qi plays the shadow forward position and Gnabry plays the left wing.

Wenger stepped up his attack in desperate measures.

It was originally thought that Guardiola would replace Mandzukic after the conflict, but it turned out not to be the case.

The German commentator praised: "This is a calm decision. Although Mandzukic did not obey the arrangement, his role on the court is obvious... It is right to win the game without changing the formation, and to keep the same in response to changes."

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After the start of the second half, Arsenal's offense did improve after making adjustments.

In the 55th minute, Xia Qi received the ball in the middle and passed through. Balotelli received the ball in the penalty area and was about to turn around and shoot, but was brought down by Boateng.

Referee Rizzoli's whistle sounded in time, calling Boateng a defensive foul and awarding Arsenal a penalty kick.

In an instant,
There was thunderous applause and cheers in the Emirates Stadium... No one was calling Rizzoli a black whistle anymore.

"Penalty kick??" Guardiola rushed to the fourth official and asked: "Is this a balance whistle?"

Guardiola's emotions and opinions represent those of Bayern people.

However, the subsequent slow-motion replay cleared up the referee Rizzoli. Boateng had indeed tackled Balotelli. It was no wonder Rizzoli would referee the World Cup final a few months later.

Balotelli stood in front of the penalty kick, preparing to take the penalty kick. The scene seemed similar, but the uneasiness of the Arsenal fans was the same.

It’s just that I was worried about being scored on before.

This time I was worried about missing a penalty.

Amid the fans' prayers and blessings, referee Rizzoli's whistle sounded.

Balotelli took a slow approach, but the football he shot was powerful and heavy.

The football roared towards Neuer's arms with the roar of the wind.
Neuer didn't even need to adjust his angle, he knelt down to catch the ball. The football hit his arms and jumped out due to too much force, but Neuer quickly pinned it to the grass with two consecutive pounces.

"Ouch! What a pity, the angle is too right."

"Tonight, what happened? Are penalty kicks poisonous? So the top penalty takers on both sides are avoiding each other?"

Zhang Lu sighed: "The situation is lagging behind. Xia Qi should not give in. Although Xia Qi rarely takes penalty kicks, he has never missed a shot. However, Balotelli's head is sometimes ineffective and rushes into the goalkeeper's arms." Are you worried that Neuer can't make a free throw? "

Zhang Lu's views were supported by many Chinese fans, who accused Balotelli of not shooting free throws towards the center.

To be fair, there are quite a few penalty kicks taken in the middle of the goal, but missing a penalty kick is the original sin.

Seeing that Arsenal also missed a penalty kick, Bayern players and fans felt refreshed and enlightened... Not only did they feel that the top eight were beckoning to them, they even felt that they were the right one. Who?

Dominated by this emotion, Bayern gradually took control of the situation on the field after the game started.

In the 60th minute, Gotze made a sneak attack!
A cold arrow was suddenly fired in the upper left corner of the penalty area. Neither the Arsenal defender nor the goalkeeper responded. Fortunately, the crossbar did its best to block the football.

"The 12th man on the field - the crossbar blocked the football and Arsenal escaped."

Three minutes later, Bayern made a comeback. Gotze passed the ball at the front of the penalty area, and Mandzukic once again got the ball near the penalty spot.

The ball was dunked and flicked out of the shooting angle, and Mertesacker, who was rushed to defend, blocked the baseline with his body.

In the past few minutes, there were dangers in front of the Arsenal goal. Zhang Lu criticized in the Penguin live broadcast room:
"The score is still 1:1 now. Not to mention that it is difficult for Arsenal to defend in this situation. Even if they can defend without conceding a goal, they will still be eliminated. Arsenal must fight back."

The voice just fell
Arsenal's nightmare begins...

In the 74th minute, Bayern launched an attack. Bastian Schweinsteiger launched a long pass from the back point. Robben took the ball from the right, exploded and cut inside.
Before Luke Xiao stretched his legs to destroy, he kicked and shot.

The football drew a semicircle, bypassed the defensive Luke Shaw, and flew towards the near post behind him.

The arc of this kick was beyond the expectations of all defensive players.

Although Martinez was half a beat slow, he tried his best to throw himself out and stretched his arms in the air to catch the football at the critical moment.

Since the distance was not sufficient, he had no choice but to take the ball out completely and could only take advantage of the situation and shoot the ball toward the baseline.

The football changed direction due to force, hit the post, and bounced towards the center of the goal.
A black figure rushed towards the football, and Mertesacker took off with the black figure.
The black figure headed the ball back to the front point.

There, Robben faced the "lost and recovered" football and raised his leg to shoot for the second time.

This time, the football flew towards the far corner of the goal. At the far corner, Aurier jumped high and wanted to head the ball to clear the ball, but failed to hit the football.

The ball went over Aurier's head and into the net from the blind spot in the far corner.

"The ball is in!"

"Robben again!"

"Arsenal's defense in the penalty area was a mess. They failed to capture every point and were suppressed by Bayern throughout the game."

"Bayern played like crazy. It reminds me of the Kings of London."

"Arsenal is in a desperate situation. They are one goal behind at 1:2 and two goals behind at 4:6 on aggregate.

Fortunately, there were 3 away goals in the first round, so they only needed to score two more goals to come back and win.
Now, they need a hero.

In the long dark night, hold high the everlasting torch to illuminate the way forward and light up the dreams in your heart..."

At this time in the past, Xia Qi often stood up. Is it still him or someone else tonight? We'll see. "

After Robben scored, the Emirates Stadium was quiet, but soon, the "Song of Summer Chess" rang out in the stands of die-hard Arsenal fans in the South Stand, and it slowly became a chorus for the entire audience...

(End of this chapter)