amaotonovel Chapter 231 Long Stoppage Time
Chapter 231 Long Stoppage Time
Chapter 231 Long Stoppage Time
After Schwarzer scored a goal, he immediately rushed into the goal to grab the football and kick off in the middle circle. There were 3 minutes of stoppage time, and there were still 2 minutes and 30 seconds for the Australian. It was enough to complete two attacks.
Just when Schwarzer ran into the goal to catch the ball, Wei Xiao was one step ahead and hugged the football ahead of time. Now Schwarzer got anxious and pushed Wei Xiao. Although Wei Xiao had never learned the performance theory of "Stanislavsky", if you dare to push me, I will roll on the ground.
On one side Wei Xiao was rolling in the goal with a football in his arms, while on the other side the Chinese players complained to the referee. Seeing that the precious stoppage time was wasted like this for dozens of seconds, Schwarzer became more anxious and grabbed the ball into Wei Xiao's arms.
Of course, Wei Xiao couldn't give him the ball, instead he pressed the ball under his body. Schwarzer really wanted to punch Wei Xiao, but he held back. Finally, the referee came over. Irmatov was also a veteran. Knowing that Wei Xiao must be delaying time, he signaled Wei Xiao to get up quickly.
Wei Xiao successfully delayed for 1 minute, but under normal circumstances, the referee will make up for a little time in this situation, so now the Australian has about 2 minutes left.
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The Chinese team kicked off in the middle circle, and the Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer was very "arrogant". He did not retreat into the penalty area, but stood in the midfielder position.
Lin Zhijian of the Chinese team still has confidence in his footwork. Li Qiao flicked the ball in the middle circle, and Lin Zhijian shot directly. This was a lob shot from 50 meters away. The Australian team was indifferent to the ball.
In the end, Lin Zhijian's "hanging goal" was slightly higher, and the ball went out of the bottom line.
Schwarzer ran back to the baseline, took a goal kick, and then took a big stride and ran into the penalty area of the Chinese team. It seemed that this guy was addicted to scoring.
Stan on the commentary was very nervous. In the history of football, there are too many precedents of "injury time" turning into "sad stoppage time". The most memorable one was the miracle night in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final, when Manchester United scored two goals in stoppage time to reverse Bayern.
What's even more coincidental is that Manchester United's reversal also relied on corner kicks, but this time, Stan didn't want to think about it anymore. He felt that his heart couldn't stand it, and football is sometimes too cruel.
Now there are 10 Australians on the field, 9 of them have entered the penalty area of the Chinese team, and there is only one defender "Sainsbury" in the backcourt. His task is to lob the ball into the penalty area.
There are only 40 seconds left in the game, and the referee is already looking at his watch. This is Australia's last attack.
Sainsbury took a few steps forward, and when he reached the arc of the middle circle, he kicked the bottom of the ball, as usual, and the football flew slowly towards the penalty area of the Chinese team. The atmosphere of the audience was so tense that no one made a sound.
In the penalty area, Zhou Dun grabbed the lower corner of Kennedy's jersey to prevent him from "escaping". Wei Xiao spread his hands and "encircled" Yedinak in front of him.
The Australians are still the same. Their first "elevation" Kennedy will fight for the ball first. Zhou Dun is not as tall as Kennedy, and he cannot grab the header. However, Zhou Dun will always stare at Kennedy and never allow him to turn around.
Kennedy headed the ball, and the ball flew to the back of the Chinese team. Immediately, the Chinese team's penalty area became a mess, and everyone wanted to hit the ball.
Jedinak squeezed in the direction of the ball with all his strength, and Wei Xiao followed closely. Under Wei Xiao's interference, neither of them touched the ball. The ball slid to the back point, and who was waiting there?Another Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer.
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At this moment, Stan's heart was so cold that even the fool could see that the ball was going to be scored. Stan looked up at the night sky in Shanghai and felt bad luck. Just when Stan was desperate, the referee Irmatov blew the halftime whistle, and the Chinese team defeated Australia 2-1.
Stan stared into the distance, he wanted to see what happened, but saw Schwarzer beating his chest and stamping his feet, "Don't you enter the empty door"?thought Stan.
If you watch the ball live, it will feel very weird, because Schwarzer's last behavior is too unreasonable, but the real situation is that when the ball came in front of Schwarzer, the height was unbiased, just at the height of Schwarzer's navel, which is a height where it is difficult to kick with the top of the head, and of course, if Ibrahimovic was in front of the ball at this time, it would be easy to handle, just a scorpion wagging its tail.
But Schwarzer is not Ibrahimovic. Just as Schwarzer was hesitating whether to use his head or his feet, the ball had already flown out of the baseline, and the referee blew the final whistle.
Stan watched the replay 5 times, and still couldn't figure out why Schwarzer didn't shoot at that time, because what Stan saw was a long-range shot, so Stan couldn't figure out why even though he was thinking about it.
But fortunately, if the game is won, then everything doesn't matter.
Now the 10 rounds of the first round of the top 5 are all over, the 6th round will be played in a month, and the rest of the games will be next year. It can be said that after the 5th round, the long top 10 will come to an end.
Now in the standings, the Chinese team has 4 games, 3 wins, 1 draw and 10 points, temporarily ranking first. Australia has 4 games, 3 wins and 1 loss, with 9 points, ranking second. South Korea has 4 games, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points, ranking third.
If next June finally ends according to this ranking, then the Chinese team and the Australian team will join hands to enter the World Cup in Brazil, and the South Korean team will play in the play-offs. However, a careful analysis of the standings will reveal that although the Chinese team is number one, it is only one game away from the third South Korea, and only one point away from No.6 Australia.
But no matter what, it is still very happy to rank first after 5 rounds. The last time the Chinese team achieved such a result was when Milu led the team.
On the morning of the second day after the game, Stan did not arrange recovery training. The next game was a month later, and it was still against the underdog Lebanon. Stan was not in a hurry to press the players too hard.
At the team dinner at noon that day, Stan specially ordered champagne to be opened to celebrate yesterday's victory over Australia.
At the dinner party, after the players drank a little wine, the atmosphere became lively, and Stan took the lead, "You know, I was in the commentary booth yesterday, and the last few minutes seemed as long as hours, and I almost peed out nervously."
"Haha, coach and I are the same. In the last 30 seconds, my calf was shaking," Qi Bing said.
"I swear I never want to meet a player like Kennedy again, he hit my lung with his elbow, it really hurts," Zhou Dun said.
"Haha, everyone has worked hard. It was really not easy yesterday, but I don't understand why Schwarzer was stunned by the last goal. Could it be that one of you who has learned Shaolin Kungfu gave him acupuncture points," Stein said.
At that time, the goalkeeper Qi Qi was the closest to Schwarzer, but he didn't know why, it happened too fast.
"It's really weird. I thought that the ball must be finished, so that elementary school students can score, but... I don't know why he was stunned, and then the ball went out of the baseline."
Stan was going to use this to make a fuss, he said: "Maybe God really helped us, otherwise I really don't know how to explain this matter."
Anyone who has watched "Soldier Assault" knows that the method of spiritual victory is very important to a team, even if it is nonsense, it is also helpful. Stan is not going to get to the bottom of it, he is going to make this matter a "supernatural event" that God helped me.
The players have seen that scene, and they don't know why it happened. The only one who knows the truth is Schwarzer himself, but it is impossible for him to tell the Chinese players what happened in that second.
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The Australian players who flew back to Sydney encountered a mixture of ice and fire at the airport. Most of them were insults, and half of them were still supporting the team. In addition, two hours after the team lost, the Australian Football Association announced that the German Osik was dismissed from class, and "Postkoglu" would take over from the German as Australia's new head coach.
At the airport, Schwarzer was surrounded by the media. Everyone was wondering why he faced half an empty goal. He was stunned. Even if he is a goalkeeper, even if the goalkeeper's footwork is not very good, but such a ball does not need footwork at all.
But Schwarzer couldn't explain it, he couldn't say, "Sorry, my belly button can't shoot".
He can only say: "The player in front shook me, the ball came too fast".
But obviously the Australian media did not accept this answer. They suddenly thought of Ronaldo’s mysterious illness before the 98 World Cup final, and then he was sleepwalking in the final. After that, many people wondered whether the French did something to Ronaldo before the final.
"Did the Chinese do something to you"?A reporter asked.
Schwarzer became impatient. He said: "I know we lost the game, and everyone will be very sad, but if you have watched the game, you will understand that we worked hard throughout the game. The Chinese team is just lucky. There is still the next round. In June next year, they will come to Australia for an away game. Let's talk about it at that time."
"Then what do you think of the new head coach "Postkoglu""?
Schwarzer felt that the Football Association was too ruthless. In fact, Osik was also a good coach, but he didn't want to say anything. He saw his wife who was picking up the plane waving at him from a distance. Schwarzer brushed away the fly-like reporters and walked towards the airport gate.
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