Chapter Ninety-Eight: The First Half of Overtime

"Oh God!!!!!!!!!"

"Incredible goal !!!!!"

"Atletico Madrid took the lead again shortly after the start of the first half of extra time - Li Qingshan, this incredible striker pierced the Real Madrid goal with a direct free kick from more than 30 meters from the goal in an incredible way!!"

It's not just the commentators who are incredible, but even the Atletico Madrid fans are holding their heads in their hands, unable to believe their eyes.

This incident was so unexpected - who would have thought that Li Qingshan had never shot a free kick before!

So when Li Qingshan stood in front of the ball and prepared to take a free kick, everyone was quite surprised, and the fans of Real Madrid were even more relieved.

Which Cheng thought, at such a distance, Li Qingshan directly shot the ball into the goal with a violent kick!

After the goal, Li Qingshan stood in place and roared angrily, from the second half of the game to the present, Atletico Madrid was suppressed too much by Real Madrid, as a striker, Li Qingshan did not have many chances to touch the ball in these dozens of minutes, he had already accumulated a fire in his heart, and now this goal made him burst out of this fire.

In fact, he didn't have much in his mind when he stood in front of the ball, and although he was okay with long-range shots, there was a difference between a long-range shot and a free-kick. He didn't have much of the concept of kicking a free kick in his head, so he could only follow the logic of long-range shooting: try to speed the ball as fast as possible, control the height and don't fly, and hit the goal!

I didn't expect it to really get in!

The Atletico Madrid players couldn't care about the physical exertion now, and they rushed up and pressed Li Qingshan to the ground.

At this time, Atletico Madrid fans also reacted, and the Stadium of Light once again resounded with cheers that resounded in the sky!

Atletico Madrid's coaching bench and bench were already cheering, with the substitutes and coaches hugging each other, and even the injured Diego Costa jumping into celebration.

Simeone was mentally prepared for Li Qingshan's shooting power, but he was still frightened by Li Qingshan's thunderous shot, such a terrifying ball speed is probably the fastest he has seen in his life, and now he is already thinking about letting Li Qingshan practice free kicks, such a terrifying shooting power, used in free kick shooting, maybe it will have a miraculous effect.

When Atletico Madrid celebrated wildly, the faces of the Real Madrid players were not so good-looking.

Anyone who scores goals in this way is not going to be much better.

Casillas was still on his knees. He was really kneeling, he couldn't do anything about the ball, when the ball came to him, it was actually very close to him, and he even felt that he could block the ball as long as he stretched out his hand a little at that time, but there was a limit to a person's reaction speed, and in this case, he didn't have time to react at all.

Ancelotti's face was even more ugly, and at this point in the game, his team fell behind again. Now he can't guarantee that Real Madrid can draw at the last minute.

Fortunately, extra time had just begun, and his team had nearly thirty minutes to go.

He immediately summoned Morata from the bench and asked him to warm up.

He played the third substitution, which is to continue to strengthen the attack!

Simeone, on the other side, saw Ancelotti's movements, and his expression became serious. Although Atletico Madrid is leading now, Atletico Madrid's situation is not much better, because the physical condition of Atletico Madrid's players is always a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, which may fall at any time and pierce Atletico Madrid through their hearts!

If only it were still a golden ball system.

Simeone suddenly remembered the Ballon d'Or in extra time, which had been gradually eliminated since 2002. Specifically, if two teams are tied within the normal 90 minutes of play, they will need to play 15 minutes of extra time in each half. If a team scores first in extra time, the game ends immediately and the team wins, and the goal is called the Golden Ball, similar to the sudden death in football or ice hockey.

However, since 2002, the Golden Ball system has been gradually abolished, and UEFA has used the Silver Ball system for a time, and then it was abolished by FIFA in 2004, and then the extra-time system has been widely used in the current system.

But this is not 2002, and Atletico Madrid will have to play the full 30 minutes of extra time in both halves before the winner can be decided........

When the game resumed, Real Madrid also made a substitution. Alvaro Morata came on to replace Benzema, bringing in a fresh blood from the front line to keep the pressure on the Madrid defence!

The game has reached this time, and Ancelotti has already thrown all the cards in his hand.

Ancelotti looked at the Real Madrid players who were ready to serve again on the court with a serious expression, he would never accept the European championship trophy slipping away from his eyes!

Never!

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Real Madrid passed the ball directly to the front of the field after kick-off, pressing Atletico Madrid into the penalty area and besieging it.

Football is an adrenaline-pumping sport, especially when it comes to scoring goals. After Li Qingshan's shot at goal, it also lifted the spirits of Atletico Madrid's players, and at this time, the fatigue on their bodies seemed to dissipate a lot.

For a while, Atletico Madrid's defense has not yet been in a bad situation.

Simeone stood on the sidelines and yelled at the players to stand and defend, as long as the score was kept until the end of the game, the championship would be Atletico Madrid!

Underpinned by this belief, the Atletico Madrid players are working harder on the pitch.

Li Qingshan was also involved in the defense of his own half, and he was up front to harass Real Madrid's players who had the ball in midfield.

At the beginning, Li Qingshan was still a little eager to get the ball again and repeat his old skills, but he never got the ball again in the front court, so he had to come back to defend honestly. Atletico Madrid is a team that has to be fully involved in the defense, and in this case, the strikers can receive a lot less support.

Although Atletico Madrid is now running out of gas and not in a good physical condition, after 90 minutes of intense play, Real Madrid's players are not ironclad, and they are now struggling to maintain the same attacking rhythm as they did in the second half of regular time. They are now also slowly starting to show a trend of declining fitness. Of course, compared to Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, who are in attack and have just been replaced by three new blood, are still in much better shape.

Overtime is a cruel test of physical fitness for athletes, now within 90 minutes of football, the average running of the players is about 10 kilometers, and it also contains a large number of sprints, switchback runs, change of direction and other more energy-consuming technical actions, which is already very consuming of physical energy, if you have to play another 30 minutes of overtime, it is very cruel for the players.

Also because of physical fitness, there will not be too many goals in extra time, and generally as long as one side scores first, in most cases, it is difficult for the side behind to get it back.

Real Madrid launched a counter-attack soon after conceding the goal, and although not as fast as before, they were also a huge threat to Atletico.

In the 98th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been walking on the pitch for seven or eight minutes, finally broke out, receiving a pass from Morata on the line of the penalty area and shooting directly at the goal, but the ball went slightly wide of the near post........

Although he failed to score, he also scared the fans of Atletico Madrid.

A top player like Cristiano Ronaldo will allocate his physical strength very reasonably. Just like just now, it seemed that Ronaldo had been silent on the field in the previous game, but this is when he is seizing the time to recover his physical strength, like a battery that is being charged, and after the battery is charged a little, he will find an opportunity to release it.

Real Madrid's attack did not end with this unsuccessful attack, and they continued to bombard Atletico Madrid.

In the first hundred and 1st minute, Real Madrid's left full-back Marcelo was fouled by Koke in the front court, Real Madrid's left free kick was fast, Morata turned and shot directly after receiving the ball in the penalty area, and was held up by Courtois with one palm.

In the 103rd minute, Isco dribbled to the top of the penalty arc after passing in midfield and volleyed directly.

The ball was also very fast, but Courtois was very focused, he pounced sideways and double-fisted Isco's shot off the line!

"Isco !!!!"

Courtois!! World-class saves!! ”

Such a picture has appeared frequently during this time, and many people can't help but have a thought in their hearts - if this continues, maybe Real Madrid's goal will appear soon.....