The Era of Emerald

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This semi-final will be delayed until the penalty shootout to decide the winner. This result is really beyond the expectations of many people.After all, although Portugal has obvious shortcomings in player allocation, the hosts can obviously reduce the impact of this disadvantage to a minimum of lowest.Not to mention their opponents in the semi-finals, Italy, the defending champion of the European Cup, had only fought against the Netherlands for 10 minutes four days ago, and their competitive status will inevitably be in a low period.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the Portuguese team, which has advantages in terms of time and place, should have easily defeated Italy, which had been traveling around for half a month, at the Alvalade Stadium, and got tickets to the European Cup final of.

However, the reality is that in this game, Italy, which was exhausted by the hosts, took the lead twice. It was only with Ronaldo's two outbursts that they barely survived. This made many people unconsciously lower their psychological expectations for Portugal. .After all, with so many advantages, they were almost overturned by Italy. Portugal's real combat power is really worrying.

Although they were pushed to the edge of the cliff twice by the Italians in the game, the Portuguese fans did not worry about the fate of the team at this time.After all, most fans have basically heard about Italy's glorious record in penalty shootouts.It is precisely because of this that the Portuguese fans behaved so calmly. If the German team played a penalty shootout against Portugal this time, I am afraid that each of these fans would have to pray for God's blessing in their hearts.

However, when Trapattoni used the last substitution in his hand, the Portuguese fans suddenly felt that it would not be easy for Portugal to win Italy in this penalty shootout...

"Damn it, Trapattoni is too shady, he chose to change the goalkeeper at this time!" Like the frightened Portuguese fans in the stands, the World Cup champion coach was also very messy, "You Is it so sure that Tordo can perform as supernaturally as he did four years ago? You know, Portugal is not a soft-footed shrimp like the Netherlands in penalty kicks!"

It turned out that after Ronaldo equalized the score for Portugal for the second time, Trapattoni, who realized that a penalty shootout was inevitable, finally used up the last substitution in his hands before the end of overtime.It's just that this time the old man's substitution was really beyond the expectations of many people.Because Trapattoni did not replace a player who is more sure of taking penalties this time, such as Inzaghi or Vieri, as usual, but used Toldo on the bench. Replaced the team's main goalkeeper Buffon!

After seeing the number plate held by the fourth official on the sidelines and Toldo standing aside, Buffon, who has always been extremely calm on the court, also looked a little uncomfortable-using Toldo before the penalty kick Substituting himself, isn't this telling everyone that Toldo is better than him in saving penalties? !

Although he was extremely dissatisfied with Trapattoni's move, Buffon quickly calmed down after Nesta came forward to appease him and accepted the reality of being replaced by Toldo.After all, Buffon can see that Trapattoni is upset, and he can even fight him for [-] rounds off the court, but he has to give Nesta face.Because whether it is in the Fiorentina club or the Italian national team, with Nesta's current qualifications and prestige, he can make any player obey the command honestly, and will not cause any chaos within the team.

That's what a locker room boss can do.As long as they are present, no one dares to question their decisions, not even their opponents.

For example, if Raul chose to stay in Real Madrid when Florentino entered the palace for the second time, who would dare to challenge his acting skills in the Clasico and even ask Casillas to apologize after the game? ?Raul went straight up and slapped him across the face, even Puyol and Harvey would never dare to say anything.

The first player to take a penalty kick on behalf of Italy was Andrea Pirlo.Obviously, Trapattoni hopes that the player with the highest percentage of penalty kicks in the Italian team's training (Pierro was not selected so it is not included) will give the team a good start in this penalty shootout!

Seeing Pirlo who had placed the ball on the penalty spot and retreating unhurriedly, Ricardo, who was standing in front of the goal, slapped his hands hard twice, with a ferocious expression, hoping In order to interfere with the opponent's judgment and increase the chance of saving a penalty kick.

At the same time, the Portuguese fans in the stands clamored loudly, trying to create psychological pressure on Pirlo in this way, so that Portugal's hope of winning the penalty shootout became greater.

Faced with boos from tens of thousands of Portuguese fans at the scene, Pirlo remained unmoved.After the referee's whistle sounded, Pirlo tricked Ricardo into shifting his body's center of gravity ahead of time with a simple change of speed during the run-up process, and then sent the ball to him with a clean push before the opponent's center of gravity was adjusted back. In the lower right corner of the goal!

One to zero!Italy, which has always been regarded as a penalty shooter, scored the first goal, which made a good start for this penalty shootout!

Portugal's first penalty kick was Cristiano Ronaldo who scored twice in this game.When Ronaldo appeared on the penalty spot, the Portuguese fans in the audience first burst into cheers, and then quickly quieted down, for fear of bringing additional psychological burden to the young man because of his relationship.

This reflects the advantage of playing at home. At least at this critical moment, the players will not be disturbed by the fans. They only need to concentrate on dealing with the goalkeeper in front of them and find a way to send the ball into the goal.

Although Ronaldo had already become a member of the Viola when Toldo was still playing for Fiorentina, the two with a big age difference did not have much intersection.Moreover, since Fiorentina has a good penalty shooter, Ronaldo has not taken many penalty kicks, and there are only a handful of data that can be collected.

Therefore, Toldo, who is not very familiar with Ronaldo's shooting habits, also failed to catch the ball shot by Ronaldo, and was pierced by the opponent through the gate guarded by him!

One to one!Pirlo and Ronaldo, who were the first to play on both sides, did not miss, and the two teams are still on the same field!