Chapter 707
Messi stood on the penalty spot, and he will personally take this very controversial penalty.
Opposite him, Neuer spread his hands like a big net.
The rest of the players, both Liverpool and Barcelona, were pushed outside the penalty area and they were not allowed to enter the penalty area until the referee blew his whistle.
Liverpool goalkeeper coach Pagliuca stood behind the goal post, and he encouraged Neuer: "Trust your own judgment!"
Neuer nodded slightly, he didn't speak, his attention was on Messi, and an invisible pressure fell on Neuer, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Messi stood in front of the penalty spot with his hands on his hips, and he was actually under a lot of pressure.
Many fans think that a penalty kick is equivalent to a goal, but in fact it is not the case. There are quite a few penalty kicks saved.Therefore, generally speaking, the penalty kick rate is around 70.00%. This rate fluctuates up and down in different leagues and seasons, and it is basically not too big.However, no matter which season or which league, their penalty rate is lower than that of the Champions League.
For example, this season, La Liga's penalty kick rate is 70.00%60.00, but in the Champions League, the penalty kick rate is only [-]%[-], a difference of almost [-]%.The main reason is that the level of competition in the Champions League is higher, and the goalkeepers who face penalty kicks are often the main goalkeepers of those giants, so the penalty is naturally stronger.
Messi's penalty kick success rate so far in his career is as high as 70.00%, and he can't guarantee that he will be able to score a penalty kick.The most important point is that Neuer's save point is also quite good. So far, his career save point rate is as high as 30.00%. He can save almost one of three penalty kicks.
Messi is naturally very clear about these statistics. He doesn't know if he will become Neuer's one-third of the saving rate, but he knows that this penalty is extremely important to Barcelona.
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Frank de Brickley kept the order. With his whistle in his mouth, he walked to the left of Messi. After a while, both sides were prepared, and then he blew the whistle with a "beep".
After the referee's whistle sounded, Messi moved, but his next movement suddenly slowed down.This is a small technique for shooting points. Through sudden changes in rhythm, it interferes with the goalkeeper's judgment on penalty kicks.
Of course, in order to prevent the penalty shooter from standing in front of the penalty kick and raising his foot to make a fake shot, FIFA also has express regulations that pauses and fake moves during the run-up are allowed.However, once the kicker completes the run-up, stops and does not shoot, and makes other confusing actions, it will be considered a violation.The referee will award a new penalty and show a yellow card.
Neuer in front of the goal line was very calm, he was not disturbed by Messi's changes in rhythm.
Many people think that the penalty kick goalkeeper and the penalty kicker are like a balance. If my action affects you, the scoring rate will increase. But when the goalkeeper is not affected by the penalty kick player, the pressure will return to the penalty kick player. The break rate will decrease.
The same is true now, the pressure is back on Messi.
This made Messi a little less confident when shooting.
If it is normal, this little lack of confidence will not affect Messi, but when it is a key shot, this effect will be magnified.
He hesitated a little when he shot, which slowed down the shot a little bit.
This gave Neuer a chance to react.
Bottom left corner!
Neuer believed in his own judgment, and he jumped out.
"Beautiful! Neuer saved Messi's shot! He saved Liverpool! He is Liverpool's hero!" the commentator shouted.
Li Wei couldn't help roaring up to the sky, he was so excited.
Neuer suppressed the excitement in his heart, and he yelled at his teammates: "Counterattack!"
The Liverpool players who wanted to celebrate with Neuer suddenly came to their senses.
yes!The game is not over yet!We haven't reached the point where we can celebrate without restraint!
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Neuer threw the ball to Felipe Luiz, and he sprinted with the ball in the first place.
It should have been Messi who was defending him on his side, but Messi has not yet recovered from the depressed mood of missing a penalty kick, so he is currently unguarded!
"Pay attention to defense!" Guardiola was taken aback when he saw Liverpool's attack. He didn't have time to be frustrated with the penalty just now, so he used all his breastfeeding strength and yelled at the Barcelona players on the pitch. "Quick! Back to defense!!!"
Amidst Guardiola's roar, the Barcelona players also came back to their senses, and they all ran back, including Messi.
Felipe Luiz finally encountered an interception near the middle circle, and Iniesta rushed towards Felipe Luiz aggressively.
Felipe Luis didn't bother with him, and decisively scored the ball to Gerrard on his right.
After making some adjustments, the Liverpool captain suddenly made a long diagonal pass and the football flew to the right.
Originally, Barcelona's players rushed to the left to defend in a swarm, but they didn't expect the football to fly to the right all of a sudden.
Although the Barcelona players quickly adjust the position of the defensive center of gravity, the movement speed of the football is always much faster than the running speed of people.
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"Griezmann! He's so fast! After Bale's injury, many Barcelona people think that Liverpool's quick counterattack is not a concern! Now they dare to say such things?" The England commentator shouted.
In fact, Griezmann's dribbling speed is not as fast as Bell's, but Griezmann's dribbling is very aura.
He is often able to pass the defender in front of him with a simple small movement, and at the same time, the dribbling speed has not slowed down.
This time it was the same, Alves came up to defend him, Griezmann swayed the angle as soon as he dunked the football, dribbled the ball inside, and avoided Alves' defense on the wing.
Alves pursued and followed Griezmann to the middle.
Griezmann was not prepared to tangle with Alves. He flicked his left foot and sent the ball back to the right.
There, Liverpool right-back Stefan Lichtsteiner had stepped in to set him up, easily received Griezmann's through ball, and continued to dribble along the touchline.
Alves froze for a moment, he didn't know whether he should continue to defend Griezmann, or return to the wing to defend Stefan Lichtsteiner.