Penalty shootout!
In the first round of the two sides, both players scored the ball, and the current score is 1:1.
Argentina National Team The second one to appear is Palacios.
Today, Palacios's performance in the midfield was absolutely world-class, especially the pass in the fast break in overtime, which accurately found Nick Russ-Gonzalez who was not offside, and finally helped Messi complete the fatal blow.
Palacios carried the football to the penalty spot and rubbed the football on his forehead with a pious face, hoping to give himself some psychological comfort.
Spain Goalkeeper De Gea kept waving his arms, trying his best to use his body movements to interfere with the opponent's mentality.
The referee blew the whistle.
Palacios did not look at the position of De Gea, but kept looking at the football in front of him.
After taking three steps, Palacios came to the front of the football, pushed with the arch of his right foot, and the football flew towards the right goal post of De Gea.
At this time, Palacios raised his head and looked at the goalkeeper's position.
However, the scene that caught his eye immediately revealed a look of horror on his face.
Because De Gea had already guessed the direction of his penalty kick, a giant spirit palm came out and took the penalty kick, which was not of high quality, directly.
Seeing this scene, Palacios couldn't help but feel his legs weaken, and he knelt on the ground. They held their heads and buried their heads on the turf with an annoyed look on their faces.
De Gea, who raised his arms and shouted wildly, received heroic cheers from Spain fans in the audience.
In the penalty shootout, Spain National Team took the upper hand.
The Argentina National Team players were all squatting in the midfield with ugly faces, which was in sharp contrast to Spain National Team who was already hugging each other next to them.
This is a cruel penalty shootout that affects everyone's hearts every moment.
Spain National Team's second free throw shooter appears.
Ferran Torres, who replaced Fati, walked to the goal with a stern expression on his face while holding the football.
This goal is crucial. De Gea has already given Spain National Team the advantage. If this goal is scored, the pressure will be completely on Argentina's side.
At this moment, all Argentina National Team fans are praying, hoping that this goal will not be scored.
The tense atmosphere made many fans close their eyes and did not dare to watch anymore.
The air in the stadium felt a little solid.
Ferran Torres also knew the importance of his ball and looked at the referee with a serious face.
The referee blew the whistle, and Ferran Torres took a deep breath and started to run.
Everyone in the audience held their breath, as if the whole world had become quiet.
Ferran Torres chose the upper left corner, which is the most difficult area for the goalkeeper to save.
Romero The moment Ferran Torres made his move, he started to rush towards his right side.
But what he chose was to pounce on the lower right corner.
The football roared from above him and crashed into the net.
Ferran Torres raised his arms and shouted excitedly.
Only then did all the Spain fans in the audience shout out their long-suppressed excitement.
The Spain players standing on the midline all hugged each other.
2:1, Spain National Team has the absolute upper hand.
Enrique is really brave. He dared to let 19-year-old Pedri and 22-year-old Ferran Torres take the first two free throws.
However, the performance of these two people made Enrique take a deep breath.
At this time, although the young people lack experience, their belief in winning is definitely no worse than those of the old players.
The performance of Pedri and Ferran Torres also made the Spain players who were going to play next feel a lot more relaxed.
The penalty shootout continued in the third round.
Argentina National Team sent out their midfielder Lo Celso.
Lo Celso, who plays for the Tottenham Hotspur team, is 26 years old and is an indispensable general in the defensive midfielder position of the Tottenham Hotspur team.
Facing De Gea, Lo Celso withstood the huge pressure and scored the ball into the goal.
However, this ball was very dangerous. De Gea's fingertips had already touched the ball, but because the ball was fast enough, he still scored.
Lo Celso roared with fear on his face, raised his arms and shouted wildly.
The fans of Argentina National Team also took a breath. If this ball is saved again, Argentina will be really disappointed.
Fortunately, Lo Celso did not disappoint them again.
2:2 tie, but Spain National Team's third player hasn't kicked yet!
Spain National Team's third player came on the field, it was midfielder Rodri.
Rodri is also a famous penalty kicker among Manchester City.
Facing the constant provocation of Romero, Rodri succeeded in one fell swoop, causing Romero to pounce in the wrong direction again.
3:2, Spain National Team takes the lead again.
Romero Today's cheat sheet seems to be a bit out of order.
Next, the fourth-round free throw player sent by Argentina National Team is the full-back Montiel who plays for River Plate.
Facing De Gea, Montiel was very calm and made a change of pace before taking the penalty kick. He deceived De Gea and scored the ball into the goal.
3:3, Argentina National Team once again tenaciously equalized the score.
The atmosphere on the court became more and more solemn.
The air seemed to have stopped flowing.
All the pressure comes to Spain National Team's fourth penalty taker.
Koke from team Atletico Madrid became the next player to take a penalty kick.
In the Atletico Madrid team, Koke is not a high-ranking penalty kicker.
But at this time, Enrique needs the big heart of Koke to help the team.
In a penalty shootout, mentality is often the most critical.
I don't know how many penalty kick masters have fallen in the penalty shootout.
That kind of huge pressure is something that people off the court can't understand at all.
The eyes of the whole world are on you. This kind of pressure is enough to make a fragile person collapse directly.
Koke stood expressionlessly in front of the penalty spot, looking sharply at Romero who was showing his teeth.
Romero hopes to use his actions to change Koke's mentality.
The referee blew the whistle, Koke took two steps and fired an angry shot towards the center of the goal.
The moment Romero made his move, Koke pounced firmly towards his left hand.
When his feet just left the ground, he saw the football hitting the place where he was standing like a cannonball. He quickly stretched out his feet in mid-air as much as possible, hoping to touch the football.
However, Koke's shot was so powerful and heavy that Romero didn't even touch it at all, and it went straight into Argentina National Team's goal.
4:3, Spain National Team scored in all the first four rounds, while Argentina National Team was saved one.
At this time, Palacios of the Argentine team, who had just missed a penalty kick, knelt on the ground with an annoyed look on his face, his eyes closed tightly, and he couldn't help mumbling something.
Argentina National Team All the players' faces were very solemn.
Argentina National Team has come to a critical moment of life and death, and his fate is not yet in his own hands.
The player who took the kick in the last round of Argentina National Team was their captain, Messi who participated in five World Cup.
Messi must score this penalty kick, and Spain National Team cannot score the penalty kick in the last round, so that Argentina National Team can continue.
At this time, all the eyes of the world were turned to this short man.
Messi hugged the football and walked firmly from the midfield towards the goal.
All Argentina fans in the audience put their hands together and prayed for Messi and Argentina National Team.
They do not want to see Argentina repeat the heartbreaking scene of Brazil World Cup in 2014.
Messi, he should also win a World Cup championship.
Standing in front of the penalty spot, Messi carefully placed the football on the penalty spot. He stepped hard around the football several times with his feet to ensure that the ground at this location was strong enough.
This is the carefulness of a top player before taking a penalty kick.
You know, there are countless players who, when taking a penalty kick, often slip under their feet due to the conditions of the field, or because the soft ground makes their footing unstable, and as a result they miss the penalty kick.
Messi took two steps back and kept looking at De Gea.
De Gea showed a weird smile and pointed to his right hand, meaning, I will pounce in that direction later.
Because Messi's two penalty kicks in the previous game were both kicked in this direction.
Scored a goal once and was saved once by De Gea.
So, this time, De Gea made a gesture of "try it again if you have the ability" to try to get Messi's mentality.
However, there was no expression on Messi's face, and his eyes were very cold, as if he did not understand De Gea's gesture.
The referee also felt the solemn atmosphere on the scene, wiped the sweat from his head, and blew his whistle.
Messi run-up!
Messi swing your legs!
Messi shoots!
A man of great skill is bold.
Messi's penalty kick really hit the right side of where De Gea was pointing, but the angle was extremely tricky.
De Gea rushed towards his left side.
He just played a psychological game with Messi.
However, Messi is more courageous than he imagined. In this life and death situation, Messi is still very confident in his footwork.
Although in overtime, Messi was saved by De Gea from a penalty kick at the same position, Messi, who has a strong psychological quality, still chose to believe in himself.
Messi looked up to the sky and roared with both hands pointing to the sky, comforting his grandmother in heaven with this goal.
Argentina National Team's players were all excited.
However, their excitement did not last long.
Because, Spain National Team The last player to play is the most critical player in this penalty shootout.
Morata.
The last penalty kicker of Spain National Team is Morata who plays for Juventus.
World Cup, Morata have scored 8 goals this year, and the combination with Li Mingyu can be called the most powerful frontcourt combination in the history of World Cup.
Enrique handed him the fifth penalty kicker position.
This is Enrique's trust in him.
Morata looked in the direction of the players' tunnel.
Li Mingyu was standing at the door of the players' tunnel. He stayed in the locker room for a while and felt that he couldn't sit still anymore, so he came to the door of the players' tunnel.
A red card is fine as long as the player does not appear on the pitch or on the bench.
Li Mingyu had already arrived here silently when Messi took the penalty kick.
Li Mingyu was also very excited. World Cup's championship trophy was less than ten meters in front of him.
If he wants to touch it, all he needs is Morata's penalty kick.
At this moment, the eyes of fans all over the world were focused on Morata.
Morata held the football and slowly walked towards the penalty area.
Argentina Goalkeeper Romero looked very ugly. Almost all his cheat sheets were wiped out today. In the end, when facing Morata, he actually hesitated.
The note said, Morata's penalty kick habit is...
At this critical moment, Romero's brain went blank.
Of course he understood that Argentina National Team's life and death depended on his own thoughts.
If you pounce on this ball, Argentina National Team still has a chance.
If he hadn't pounced on the ball, Argentina National Team would have missed FIFA World Cup Trophy again.
This is the second time that Romero has reached the finals of World Cup on behalf of Argentina National Team.
Last time, Brazil World Cup and Romero in 2014 were the main goalkeepers of Argentina National Team.
Mario Gotze, this name, Romero will never be forgotten in his life.
It was this guy who killed Argentina at the last moment of the game.
Romero At this critical moment, my heart is confused.
Romero reluctantly collected his attention and continued to disturb Morata with his arrogant movements.
Morata looked at Romero's body changes, his eyes became sharp.
A whistle sounded.
Morata After two steps, he volleyed with his right foot and the football went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
Romero rushed towards the goal in another direction.
The football hit the net.
The Argentina people once again fell in the finals of World Cup.
This time, it was a penalty shootout.
The Spain National Team players rushed towards Morata from the midline with joy.
Morata, who scored the key goal, took off his jersey directly, revealing his strong muscles.
World Cup champion, Spain once again stands at the pinnacle of world football after 12 years.
Argentina's players seemed to have had their bones ripped out, and they fell to the ground limply.
Some young players can no longer bear the pain.
Palacios was already kneeling on the ground, burying his head on the turf, crying into tears.
It was because he missed the penalty kick that Argentina National Team lost the game.
Messi looked very calm, standing there with his hands on his hips, looking at Espanyol celebrating crazily, his eyes filled with deep envy.
Suddenly, an arm wrapped around Messi's neck.
Messi turned around and showed a bitter smile.
"Li, congratulations!"
Looking at the 20-year-old Li Mingyu, Messi's eyes were filled with envy.
World Cup champion, I have worked hard for more than ten years. From a handsome boy in his 10s to a greasy middle-aged man in his 30s, I have never been able to win FIFA World Cup Trophy.
This will become Messi's eternal regret.
Football is so frustrating sometimes.