Chapter 955: Which side do you think I’m going to kick?
When Luo Kai pumped the football towards the center, countless Chinese fans were still sighing in front of the TV:
What is this message about? I was so anxious that I kicked the ball directly to Kevel!
As a result, the next second, when they saw Chen Xingyi rushing to Kevel like a god descending from the earth, kicking him, and smashing the football into the penalty area, everyone stood up from their seats.
Then the attacking Lemos knocked down Chen Xingyi, and the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot!
"Beautiful! Beautiful!" Looking at the slow-motion replay, Yan Kang was still repeating this mantra, "Chen Xingyi was really fast! He grabbed the ball quickly, and he chased after him quickly, and finally shot first. It’s still fast to poke the football away! One step is fast, every step is as fast as a rabbit!”
Chen Xingyi, who was knocked to the ground by Lemos' shoulder, was still lying on the ground with a somewhat painful expression.
His teammates were already cheering and rushing towards him to celebrate as if they were celebrating a goal.
Hu Lai lay on top of him and said to Chen Xingyi: "That's it, little star! Stop acting, the referee has awarded a penalty kick!"
"Playing your sister, it really hurts me...Huh? A penalty kick? A real penalty kick?" Chen Xingyi finally reacted.
"Yes, yes! I lied to you that I was a puppy!" Hu Lai said.
Chen Xingyi quickly stretched out his hand: "Hurry up and help me up!"
Hu Lai pulled him up, and everyone went up to hug him, patting Chen Xingyi on the shoulders and back, and rubbing his hair.
Chen Xingyi's penalty kick was particularly valuable when falling behind, giving the Chinese team hope of equalizing the score!
You must know that this is the goal to equalize the Brazilian team!
The Chinese players celebrated the penalty crazily in the Brazilian penalty area. In comparison, the Brazilian players were relatively calm.
They didn't ask for an explanation from the referee.
Because there is no controversy about this ball.
Lemos did not touch the ball and tripped Chen Xingyi, so this was a foul. Nothing much to say.
Maybe some people who don’t know much about football may think that Chen Xingyi pushed the football away before Lemos was about to pounce, and then waited to be knocked down by Lemos, which is suspected of deliberately cheating the penalty kick... But in fact This is what all players around the world will do in this situation, and it is a penalty kick allowed by the rules.
As long as the goalkeeper knocks down a player first in the penalty area without touching the ball, a penalty kick can be awarded according to the rules.
Even if the opponent's offensive player kicks the ball out of the baseline and the goalkeeper trips the offensive player, it is a foul.
So there is nothing wrong with this penalty kick.
Brazilian players naturally have nothing to argue with.
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Chen Xingyi waved to the referee to indicate that he was fine and walked out of the penalty area with his teammates without asking the team doctor to come up.
The Brazilian team's players also withdrew from the penalty area.
Hu Lai came to the penalty spot with the football in his arms, leaned over and placed the football on the ground.
Lemos stood on the goal line, frowning and looking at Hulay who was placing the football.
Although he has played against Hulay in the Premier League, he knows nothing about Hulay's penalty kick habits - in the Premier League last season, Hulay only kicked one penalty kick, and the sample was too small and insufficient. To judge his penalty kick habit.
"This penalty kick was taken by Hu Lai. In the national team, he is the number one penalty kicker..." He Feng introduced. "However, he has no record of taking penalty kicks in the national team, because the Chinese team has not won many penalty kicks in the past games..."
In front of the TV, all the Chinese fans who had previously cheered for Chen Xingyi's penalty kick were now quiet.
Li Qingqing suddenly looked to the side and found that Aunt Xie's hands were clenched into fists and her whole body was shaking slightly.
This is why she felt the sofa vibrating just now...
She completely understood why Aunt Xie was so nervous.
Because the person standing in front of the penalty spot now is her son - this is a penalty kick with a very high scoring rate, and it is also a penalty kick that will be reviled by thousands of people if it cannot be scored.
If Hu Lai can kick the penalty kick, the Chinese team will equalize the score and boost their morale. The next game will be much easier to play.
But if he hadn't kicked in... not to mention the score was still behind, it would have been a heavy blow to the team's morale, and this impact would have spread to the next games.
It's even possible... that he will be the culprit for the Chinese team's eventual loss of the game.
Although the Chinese team has a high probability of losing to the Brazilian team, if the penalty kick is not scored, then it is inevitable that some people will think, "If Hulay's penalty kick was scored, would we not lose?"
People have long had an inherent impression that penalty kicks are the easiest way to score in the game, bar none.
That's why everyone was so happy after Chen Xingyi won a penalty kick for the Chinese team.
Because they all know that this ball will most likely be scored.
But it is this inherent impression that invisibly increases the psychological burden on free throw players.
After all, it is more difficult to miss a penalty kick than to score one, so when you stand behind the football and prepare to take a penalty kick, countless people assume that you will definitely be able to score a goal.
But how can there be anything "certain" in this world?
Everything is unexpected.
Since penalty kicks are almost guaranteed to be scored, why do some people still miss penalty kicks?
Because of pressure.
Because of the huge pressure caused by the inherent impression that "the penalty kick must be scored, so it is your responsibility if the penalty kick is not scored."
This is especially true for penalty kicks at critical moments.
Think about former international Liu Yunfeng, who missed a crucial penalty kick in the top 40 of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
After he missed the penalty kick, he was reviled by thousands of people. Until now, some people still think that if Liu Yunfeng had not missed the penalty kick, the Chinese team would have already entered the World Cup finals. It completely ignored that with the strength of the Chinese team at that time, even if it entered the top 12, it was impossible to further enter the World Cup finals...
It was precisely because of this incident that Qin Lin, then the captain of the Chinese national team, took the initiative to create a "tradition", that is, as the captain, he also served as the team's top penalty kicker.
And the famous saying "Taking penalty kicks is the responsibility of the captain."
Now for Chinese football, this is a critical moment - scoring this penalty kick will give us hope of catching up. Missing a penalty kick shattered the hope with your own hands.
Li Qingqing, who is well aware of the stakes involved, is not too worried about Hu Lai, because based on her understanding of Hu Lai, if there is anything that is most certain, it must be his strong heart.
This is a person who has never cared about what others think of him since he was a student!
Just like Song Jiajia said at the beginning, being ridiculed, ostracized, and not enjoying football at all could not dispel his love for football.
What else could shake his faith?
Thinking of this, Li Qingqing raised her hand and gently held Aunt Xie's trembling fist, and then gave her a comforting look as she looked over.
The sound of the scene came from the TV, which was not exactly quiet.
Because half of the stands in Pasadena were Brazilian fans.
They were right behind Brazil's goal.
These Brazilian fans tried their best to make noise and waved their arms in the stands, trying to interfere with Hulay's penalty kick.
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"If it's Hu Lai, there will be no problem!" Meng Xi suddenly said this in the WeChat group.
"Why?" someone asked.
"Because he is the chosen one?" Chu Yifan returned @ Yan Yan by the way.
Before Yan Yan could jump out, Meng Xi said: "It's not because of this. That kid has such a dirty heart, how could such level of boos affect him?"
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In fact, the Brazilian fans did more than just that to interfere with Hulay's penalty kick.
For example, at this moment, there were several enthusiastic Brazilian female fans in the stands behind the Brazilian team's goal. They chose to take off their shirts and waved their arms to Hulay with their bare upper bodies. Their bodies are swaying, which is very eye-catching...
But this scene cannot appear on the television broadcast.
It is a unique "welfare" of watching football live.
The bold actions of these female fans further ignited the atmosphere at the scene, and the momentum was even greater. It was hard to tell how much of it was booing from the Brazilian fans, and how much was just booing that was not too big a deal... …
Amidst the boos, Shi Wuyin's face looked a little unhappy. He really didn't expect that the Brazilian fans could play such a trick...
Even the beauty trap was used!
He can only hope that Hu Lai didn't see it...
But how could you not see it?
Even the goalkeeper of the Brazilian team, Lemos, was attracted by the movement behind him and turned his head to look - those female fans gathered together. They were originally dressed very sexy and had appeared in the live broadcast before. Now that he has taken off his clothes, his white body reflects the sunlight, making it even more eye-catching. It is impossible for anyone to miss it.
"Damn it..." Li Zhifei cursed next to him.
As for that!
It’s not the World Cup finals, so how could it be so amazing? !
"Be more open-minded, Lao Li..." Hong Renjie weakly advised him from the side, "At least this shows that in the eyes of Brazilian fans, we are already on the same level as their feuding Argentina..."
It was a joke, but neither the one who said it nor the one who heard it laughed.
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"Hey, Lemus!"
As soon as Lemos looked back from the stands behind him, he heard Hu Lai calling him.
He looked at the other person.
"Where do you think I will kick this penalty kick?" Hu Lai asked him with a smile.
Remus was stunned for a moment.
In fact, it is very common for goalkeepers to have a battle of wits with the opponent's penalty kickers in penalty kicks, but most of the time the goalkeeper applies psychological tactics to the opponent's penalty kickers. After all, penalty kicks for goalkeepers are "you are awesome if you save it. If you don't save it," It’s normal to go out”, so the goalkeeper is willing to use psychological warfare-even if he fails, he will not let himself become a clown.
He once did something like running up to the opponent and verbally provoking him before taking a penalty kick.
But when a penalty kicker uses words to stimulate the goalkeeper before taking a penalty kick... he still rarely encounters this.
Generally, kickers will try to stay focused before taking a free throw, and they won't talk if they can. If the goalkeeper wants to talk to him, he will ignore it.
Hu Lai took the initiative to come to the door...
However, Lemos was just stunned for a moment and then came to his senses. He pointed to the stands behind him: "Hu, have you seen those white [silencing] ones?"
Hey, are you playing psychological warfare with me?
Am I afraid of you? !
Hu Lai smiled and said: "Ha, change the subject, you are scared, Lemos! Answer my question, which side do you think I will play?"
Lemos snorted, too lazy to continue arguing with Hu Lai. He opened his hands, stood on the goal line, leaned forward slightly, and was ready to save.
At the same time, when the referee saw that both sides were ready, he blew the whistle.
Almost at the same time, the boos in the stands of Pasadena Stadium became even louder!
The Chinese fans did not dare to make a sound to confront the Brazilian fans. They could only look nervously at the Brazilian team's goal.
I saw the not tall figure swaying and running towards the football!
"Hu Lai!" He Feng shouted and closed his mouth.
Under everyone's nervous gaze, Hu Lai ran to the penalty spot and raised his right leg!
The Brazilian goalkeeper Victor Lemos first swayed to the left, then suddenly turned back and turned to the right!
Hu Lai's foot hit the football and he lifted his toes!
Lemos pounces resolutely to the right!
The football flies to the center!
Lemos, who was already in the air, turned his head and looked at the flying football in surprise. He tried his best to swing his hand towards the flying football... but it was all in vain. He only grabbed a ball of air!
The football drew a parabola in the air and crashed into the goal behind him!
"Ahhhhhhh!!!" He Feng roared at the top of his lungs, "Spoon! Spoon!! Hey! Spoon penalty kick!! Oh my God! In the World Cup! Hu Lai used such a weightless one The spoon equalized the score! This is... a masterclass performance!"
"Beautiful!!" Yan Kang was also yelling at the side, "Beautiful!! So beautiful!!"
The boos from the Brazilian fans in the stands stopped suddenly and then started again.
But this time, their boos were covered up by the cheers of Chinese fans whose numbers were equal to theirs, and nothing leaked out!
The Chinese fans who were previously on tenterhooks can finally vent all their pent-up emotions!
Amid thunderous cheers and applause, Hulay, who scored the goal, pointed at Lemos, then turned around with a big smile and ran towards the corner flag area, leaping high and making his mark right under the eyes of the Brazilian fans. Sexual celebration.
This is his third celebration in the World Cup!
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"What did I say?! Hahahahahaha!! Spoon! You really deserve to be Hu Lai!"
Meng Xi yelled in the WeChat group.
“Beautiful!”
Zhong Shihao was roaring.
“Beautiful!!”
Others in the subway car were roaring, and some stood up abruptly from their seats.
“Beautiful!!!”
Xie Lan turned around and hugged Li Qingqing, screaming like a child with excitement. Instead, Li Qingqing reached out and caressed her back, as if their identities had been reversed.
When the two men saw this scene, they looked at each other and smiled.
At this moment in China, there are countless similar places with thunderous cheers!
※※※PS, the second update is here, and there’s more!
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