The Midfield Master

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But they reacted quickly and immediately blocked Xia Ze's advancing route, not giving him any room to break through.

Looking at the heavy black shadows in front of him, Xia Ze could only dribble to the right, and he also screamed in his heart that something was wrong, because he felt that the muscles in his thighs were getting tighter and might cause cramps at any time.

"Xia Ze, here!" A voice came from beside him, and he glanced to the right, only to see a red figure thrusting in at high speed.

It's Zhang Linpeng! With plenty of physical strength, he can still sprint at full speed and insert diagonally into the opponent's penalty area from the wing.

Without hesitation, Xia Ze made a through pass, which hit Zhang Linpeng in the air of the opponent's defender. After Zhang Linpeng got the ball, he quickly pressed into the penalty area!

The Australian players never imagined that after 120 minutes of the game, Zhang Linpeng, a right back, was able to make an assist at full speed.

Yedinak was the first to react, and he immediately stepped forward to block Zhang Linpeng's breakthrough.

But Zhang Linpeng poked the ball forward first!

Yedinak's foot hooked Zhang Linpeng, and Zhang Linpeng fell to the ground!

At this moment, including Zhang Linpeng who fell to the ground and Yedinak who tackled the ball, everyone turned their heads to look at the referee.

Beep——

The referee's sharp whistle sounded, and his right hand firmly pointed to the 12-yard point in the Australian penalty area!

"Penalty kick! Penalty kick! Zhang Linpeng did a great job! In the last minute of overtime, he won a penalty kick for the Chinese team!" Duan Xuan jumped up from his seat excitedly, his voice even a little hoarse.

"He copied the scene of Grosso in the 2006 World Cup and won a chance for the Chinese team to win the game!" Seeing such a scene, he couldn't help but think of the classic scene of the World Cup eight years ago, but at that time the commentator It was his colleague Huang Jianxiang who competed.

The Australian players in the penalty area immediately surrounded the referee and kept explaining to him. Jedinak was even very excited. At the last moment, the referee awarded a penalty kick. He could not accept this situation at all.

Lippi on the sidelines clenched his fist lightly, instead of celebrating, his expression was more cautious. Now it is only a penalty kick, but it has not been guaranteed to score. All this is not yet a foregone conclusion.

The Australian head coach next to him was pulling the fourth referee to complain,

It's just that it's useless to say anything now.

After cheering for a while, the fans of the Chinese team in the stands looked at the field with concern. At this time, they were both nervous and excited.

And the more than 30,000 Australian fans held their heads in despair, watching this scene reappear in front of their eyes in disbelief. Some fans even cried.

In the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup, the Italian team relied on Grosso's penalty kick at the last moment, which was scored by Totti and eliminated Australia.

Today, Zhang Linpeng won a penalty in almost the same way, putting the Australian team on the verge of being lore again.

Xia Ze, Gao Bo, Gao Lin and other Chinese team players immediately ran over to pull Zhang Linpeng up and patted him on the head to express encouragement. This penalty is too critical, as long as the penalty is scored, the Chinese team can enter the semi-finals!

The player complained by Australia has already been given a penalty by the referee to the Chinese team, and there is no way to recover it.

Xia Ze gently picked up the ball, walked to the penalty spot, stepped on the turf firmly with his feet, then firmly placed the ball on the penalty spot, and slowly backed away.

"Xia Ze, the representative of Chinese overseas players, can he replicate Totti's miracle in 2006 and score this penalty!?" Duan Xuan looked at Xia Ze who appeared in front of the camera, took a deep breath and said, There is more expectation in the tone.

Thousands of miles away in China, hundreds of millions of fans are nervously watching the TV screen. Will this handsome young man with a somewhat immature face become their hero in a few seconds?

In the video room of the Guangzhou R\u0026F Club, Li Chunhua and Wang Jingcun's wife held each other's hands tightly, and both felt that the other's palms were already sweating.

The other people present were no less calm than the two of them. They all looked at the big screen nervously. Luo Jin's body even trembled slightly.

This goal is related to the fate of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup. To advance is to reach the semi-finals again after a lapse of 10 years; if not to enter, it is very likely to be reversed by the Australian team.

Under the referee's gesture, Schwarzer slowly retreated to the goal line, looking sharply into Xia Ze's eyes, hoping to meet Xia Ze's eyes and disturb his mind with his eyes.

Xia Ze retreated to the penalty area line, looked up at the goal, and met Schwarzer's eyes.

"What's going on? Those eyes are so familiar!" After Schwarzer and Xia Ze looked at each other, they were startled.

Xia Ze's sharp hawk-like eyes reminded him of someone—Francisco Totti!

Eight years ago, on that afternoon in Germany, when the Italian team won a penalty at the last moment, he once looked at Totti like this. At that time, he did not see the slightest wavering in Totti's eyes.

Of course, for a top superstar at the age of 30 at the time, such mental strength was a must.

But the Chinese player Xia Ze facing Schwarzer is only 19 years old!

At such a critical moment, how could he have such firm eyes? Could it be that he is confident in his ability to take penalty kicks?

Looking at Xia Ze for a short moment, Schwarzer saw only one thing in his eyes - perseverance.

He couldn't imagine that a 19-year-old young man could calmly walk to the penalty spot and face himself without going through any major competitions. He had never met such a young man.

Schwarzer was a little shaken in his heart. He firmly believed that he could save this penalty and defeat Xia Ze with his eyes and aura, but he found that he couldn't do it.

Xia Ze stood quietly on the penalty area line and glanced at the goal. The confidence in Schwarzer's eyes surprised him very much.

The 42-year-old goalkeeper has played in the Premier League for more than ten years. He has faced Ruud van Nistelrooy, Henry, Drogba, Van Persie, Rooney, Aguero and other top shooters. The eyes of such a goalkeeper are so terrifying.

When he was looking at Schwarzer just now, he forced his mind to look at the old goalkeeper with the most determined gaze, in order not to lose to him psychologically.

"When taking a penalty kick, if the opponent is an experienced goalkeeper, don't look at him!" This is an experience that Quaresma told him when he was in Portugal.

From today's point of view, this sentence is true. Just now I forgot Quaresma's advice, and accidentally made eye contact with Schwarzer.

If Schwarzer hadn't been forced to keep his eyes from moving, Xia Ze might have lost his battle psychologically.

The two looked at each other, and then looked away, but only for a second. Everyone at the Etihad Stadium held their breath, waiting for the final trial. c