Chapter 119: Master’s farewell and penalty shootout!

Back to the game, Master Qi, who was still being closely guarded by Li Qi, did not know that in the distant east, from the ancient and mysterious country of China, a legendary curse had been planted...

In the last 10 minutes of regular time, both sides had some chances, such as Ribery's left-foot volley from 20 meters in front of the goal was blocked, and Li Qi's sudden header was saved; but neither side had any more chances to score.

Lippi replaced Camoranesi with Del Piero before the end of the game. One reason was to prepare for a possible penalty shootout, and the other was that Camoranesi could not run anymore after fighting the whole court. Li Qi's main focus was on dancing with Qi Xuanzong, so the frontcourt still needed a midfielder to connect with the striker.

Soon the 90-minute regular match ended with both sides evenly matched, and the 2006 World Cup final had to go into overtime.

At the beginning of the extra time, the two sides were still fighting hard, especially in the midfield battle, the French team, which had originally had the upper hand, was gradually pulled into a tie by the Italians. The main reason was that Li Qi had already adapted to the battle with Zidane, and the older Zidane was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed, so Li Qi was able to withdraw and participate in the midfield organization and attack.

However, on this side, Qi Xuanzong, who had calmed down, was walking on the right side of the court with Li Qi, while Scarlett Johansson, unwilling to be left out, started to attack.

In the 99th minute of the game, France had its first golden chance in overtime.

First, Diarra dribbled the ball across half court and then chose to pass it to Ribery. After getting the ball on the left rib, Ribery took a moment to think before decisively cutting inside and making a wall-to-wall pass with Henry in the face of multiple double-teaming... Cannavaro kept Henry, but he couldn't keep the ball that had already been given.

After receiving the ball, Ribery cut into the top of the penalty area, feinted left and right, made a sideways pass, dodged De Rossi's defense, gained a shooting angle, and made a low shot!

Ribery's right-footed shot from 15 meters in front of the goal hit the grass and went past Buffon's fingers... but fortunately it also went slightly past the right goal post and went out of the goal. This time it was the Italian's turn to escape.

Then, astrologer Domenech played his second astrological card and replaced Ribery with Trezeguet and Henry as the double striker. The golden double guns, the bonus is activated!

However, after that, it was the turn of young player Buffon to make the famous save of the century. More than ten years later, Buffon himself rated this as the most important save in his life.

In the 103rd minute, Zidane, who had rested for more than ten minutes, suddenly became active again and took Li Qi back to the middle to ask for the ball. Makelele's diagonal pass from the wing arrived as expected, and Li Qi was also ready to face the enemy, and together with Gattuso, blocked Qi Xuanzong's frontal breakthrough and shooting angle.

Unexpectedly, after Qi Xuanzong received the ball, he did not continue to develop towards the middle, nor did he give Li Qi a chance to attack. He took a step sideways, bypassed Sleepy who mainly defended with his eyes, and passed it directly to Sagnol on the right; then he went straight into the penalty area...

As a player who often makes diagonal runs into threatening areas, Li Qi probably guessed what Zidane was going to do... thinking it was no big deal, with Materazzi, a 1-meter-tall man, and Cannavaro, a muscular spring man with a jumping ability of 93, defending in the penalty area. Hasn't Zidane learned his lesson yet?

But Li Qi looked back and saw that there was another player coming up. Trezeguet was also very capable! Materazzi was watching Trezeguet, Cannavaro was guarding Henry, and there was a gap in the middle of the penalty area!

Li Qi was shocked and hurried back to defend, but he was blocked by the sleeping Pi who had just returned to defend. Now he was two positions behind Qi Xuanzong who had started in advance...

Sagnol received the ball in an empty space on the wing, adjusted slightly, looked up, saw the right moment, and then sent a precise 45-degree diagonal pass; the ball passed Grosso's defense like a rainbow, and Trezeguet and Materazzi, who jumped to compete for the header, went straight to the middle of the penalty area...

Zidane shook off the weak Li Qi, advanced to the penalty spot in the center of the penalty area and headed the ball. The ball went straight to the upper corner of the goal like a blockbuster bomb!

The ball was very fast, but Buffon's reaction was even faster! With one hand he lifted the ball over the crossbar!

Originally, Li Qi saw Qi Xuanzong jumping up and heading the ball in front of him as if he had turned into a god from heaven. Unexpectedly, the next second, Buffon, the patron saint of the Azzurri, appeared like God himself and blocked Qi Ludan's sure-shot header!

So cool! So exciting! Buffon blocked the powerful header from the top of the goal, proving that the goal of the world is not in vain!

In the slow-motion replay, Qi Xuanzong's header was just a hair's breadth away from scoring, but young player Buffon was able to hold his own against ten thousand men... In the close-up shot, there was also Li Qi's O-shaped mouth in shock as he watched the two gods fighting each other.

As a result, both teams failed to make any breakthroughs in the first half of overtime. After quickly replenishing water and relaxing a little, they switched sides and entered the second half of overtime, the last 15 minutes.

Not long after the start of the second half, astrologer Domenech quickly played his last astrological card and replaced Henry, who was unable to continue the game due to a leg muscle injury, with Wiltord.

However, not long after Henry left the field, another super century scene soon appeared.

In the 109th minute, after a routine attack-defense transition, Li Qi quickly passed the intercepted ball to Del Piero in the frontcourt to organize the attack. However, while Del Piero was still dodging in the French team's half, Li Qi, who had passed the ball and stayed in his own half, felt that Materazzi and Zidane seemed to have an argument beside him: "Beep, beep, beep..."

However, the next second, Li Qi saw from the corner of his eye that Qi Xuanzong suddenly lost his composure and used his big bald head to hit Materazzi's chest. Obviously, he had never practiced the golden bra and iron cloth shirt, and his defense was broken directly. He screamed and fell to the ground...

Li Qi: Huh? (☉?☉)

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In a bar far away in China, the TV broadcast was still showing Del Piero breaking through the French team's half and being knocked down from behind by Diarra. Everyone thought it was Diarra who committed a foul, and the referee stopped the game, but suddenly the camera gave a close-up of Materazzi lying on the grass in pain...

Then I heard a famous anchor named Huang, who is known to be a die-hard fan of Italy, shirking responsibility and hiding his achievements:

"what happened?"

"Buffon rushed to the assistant referee and shouted..."

"Did the assistant referee see what happened?"

"Materazzi fell to the ground and the medical staff came in..."

"Buffon looks very angry. What happened?"

"Oh! There's a slow-motion replay of the broadcast..."

"Ouch! Oh! (⊙o⊙)...it's Zidane!"

"What happened to Zidane? This is his last performance! How could he lose his cool!"

"How could he do that? He hit Materazzi's chest with his head..."

Fans in the stadium: Huh? ∑(O_O;)

(Only a few fans suddenly remembered that a famous anchor named Huang had posted a flag about 30 minutes ago: Damn, isn’t this the black magic you cast? Why did you start pretending to have amnesia when it took effect?)

Although the assistant referee did not see Zidane's action, the stadium's big screen played a slow-motion replay, and referee Elisson directly showed Zidane a red card. The 28th red card of this World Cup directly ended Zidane's career.

Although everyone later knew that the cause was that Malaysia kept teasing and greeting Zidane's family, and the way of greeting was not very decent. So the French captain and the boss Qi Xuanzong naturally would not indulge this little bastard's bad habits, and directly knocked him down, damn!

Regardless of whether Emperor Xuanzong of Qi later responded directly in an extreme way that he would never regret for the sake of his family as he said... at least at this moment when the competition entered a white-hot stage, Malaysia's provocation won the bet!

Zidane's own World Cup career ended in this way. A master of his time actually bid farewell in such an unexpected way.

The lonely back of Qi Xuanzong, as he loosened the bandage on his wrist and walked slowly towards the player tunnel, the moment he passed by the Hercules trophy, moved countless fans around the world... This famous scene of the century will be forever recorded in the history of world football.

After this unexpected situation, there was little time left in overtime.

In the 120th minute, as Li Qi set up the shot, Del Piero's long-range shot went over the crossbar. The referee directly ended the tug-of-war and entered the most brutal penalty shootout!

As the head coaches of both teams nervously determined and submitted the penalty shootout rosters, the players on both sides who were preparing to take the penalty kicks were also doing their final relaxation and stretching with the help of the coaches and medical staff...

Then, the second penalty shootout in the history of the World Cup final is about to begin!

However, the French team had a fatal weakness at this time, that is, several of their main penalty takers were no longer on the field, such as Qi Xuanzong, Heng Dadi, Wei Daniu and Li Daoba...

The elite players were either replaced by the master astrologer or asked to leave on their own initiative. In any case, none of them were present.

In the first round, Pirlo, AC Milan's top penalty shooter, took the penalty. After seeing Barthez move ahead, he calmly pushed the ball into the net with his right foot.

The French team first sent out Wiltord, who had just come on as a substitute. Facing Buffon, he calmly shot the ball into the bottom right corner with his right foot, making the score 1-1.

The penalty shootout entered the second round. It was Li Qi's turn to take the penalty kick on Italy's side. Countless female fans in the stands and in front of the TV were screaming crazily, "How handsome, so handsome!" and praying for him...

Li Qi stood in front of the ball, and while stepping on the grass near the penalty spot according to old Li Qi's teachings, he looked at Barthes calmly, as if trying to read what the other was thinking.

Li Qi was actually struggling in his heart at the moment: "Should I take a spoon penalty like Zidane did? I feel that Babalo's ball will definitely fly out... But in such an important game, wouldn't it be a bit too arrogant to take a spoon penalty? If I go too far, I will become a laughing stock..."

Suddenly, Li Qi understood why old Li Qi always missed penalty kicks at critical moments. Damn it, it's because he thinks too much! He shouldn't dwell on it! Just follow your feelings.

As the referee blew the whistle, Li Qi took a steady run-up and then volleyed the ball into the upper right corner of the goal. This is an angle that Li Qi usually chooses when practicing penalty kicks. Li Qi usually aims at an angle of about 8-9 minutes, mainly because he is worried that if the angle is too extreme, the ball will fly or hit the frame...

According to Li Qi's experience, as long as the ball is not kicked out, the goalkeeper will definitely not be able to catch it at normal speed; and Barthez is left-handed, and the right side is the weak side...

Sure enough, although Barthes also flew to the right side of the goal, he chose the middle and lower road instead of the upper road that few people chose. Li Qi's penalty kick went into the net.

Li Qi clenched his fists and breathed a sigh of relief, finally he didn't let anyone down.

Then the French team sent Trezeguet, who was a substitute in extra time. Buffon smiled at Trezeguet, after all, as club teammates for many years, they knew each other very well...

Then, after a run-up, he hit the ball with his strength; he chose the same angle as Li Qi, the upper right corner of the goal! But Buffon guessed wrong, he chose the lower left corner of the goal...

(Fuck, what the hell!)

However, with a bang, because he was too focused on the angle, Trezeguet's penalty kick hit the goal frame hard and bounced out... Trezeguet put his hands on his hips, looking helpless, he had messed up this penalty mission; and Buffon, who guessed the wrong direction, quickly stood up and cheered!

After two rounds of penalty kicks, Italy led France 2-1.

However, after taking the penalty, Li Qi and Pirlo hid behind captain Cannavaro and watched the progress of the penalty shootout nervously.

The TV broadcast gave a close-up of the three people. Pirlo and Li Qi each put their arms around Cannavaro's shoulders, while the captain crossed his arms. The three of them all looked ahead with deep eyes...

"Oh my god! What a combination of divine looks! So handsome!"

"Wow! Shuipi and Daka are both so handsome! But Li Qi is still the most handsome!"

"The Italian team must win! This team is so good looking and can really fight! Absolute justice!"

The female viewers in front of the TV were all crazy. Except for a handful of die-hard fans of the French team, almost all of them turned to the Azzurri, completely forgetting the great background story of Qi Xuanzong Shiyi Middle School that the fans had just popularized...

Soon, the penalty shootout came to the third round...

In the third round, Italy sent out the drama master Materazzi. Don't think that Materazzi is only tall, long-legged, fierce and has acting skills. Materazzi's footwork is also very delicate. When he played for Perugia, Materazzi served as the captain, the main free kicker and penalty taker, and scored 12 league goals for the team in one season, which is still the record for the single-season goals scored by a Serie A defender.

However, Materazzi was booed by French fans when he took the penalty kick. He must have been under a lot of pressure. Pirlo and Li Qi, who were hiding behind Cannavaro, were also nervous and clenched their fists...

However, Dama didn't hesitate and shot the ball directly into the lower left corner of the goal with his left foot! Although Barthes guessed the direction correctly, he was unable to stop the ball from breaking through the net with its speed and angle. Dama is indeed a man with a big heart!

Seeing Malaysia score the penalty, Pirlo and Li Qi both cheered, while captain Cannavaro still had his hands on his chest, staring calmly at the front, showing his style!

Then it was the French team's turn, and they sent out Barcelona legend Abidal, but Abidal is still playing for the French Ligue 07 club Lyon and will not join Barcelona until the summer of .

Abidal also used his left foot, but he chose the opposite direction from Malaysia and shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal! Buffon guessed the wrong direction again...

It's the fourth round, the penultimate round of the penalty shootout, and Italy sent out Del Piero!

Del Piero was called a French legend by the fans because he missed two consecutive one-on-one chances in the 2000 European Cup and became one of the biggest contributors to France's championship! I wonder if he can withstand the pressure this time and avenge his previous shame in one of his best areas - penalties.

Del Piero started his signature long, short run-up from outside the penalty area, then bent his bow and shot the ball into the upper right corner of the goal with his right foot! He chose the same angle as Li Qi, but this time Barthez guessed the wrong direction and the ball just hung in the net...

At this time, Pirlo and Li Qi, who were hiding behind the big card, clenched their fists and shouted excitedly! However, the coach still folded his hands on his chest, with an unfathomable poker face, staring ahead... forming a sharp contrast with Sleepy and Li Qi, further widening the gap in style.

Then France's Sagnol also shot with his right foot, and Buffon guessed the wrong direction again...

In the penalty shootout, Buffon didn't jump in the right direction. But it didn't matter, because the Italian penalty hit the frame, and Italy led by one goal and got the match point!

In the fifth round, as long as Italy can score a penalty, France won't need to take a penalty...

Italy sent out Wei Yi Zuo! Grosso, who has become famous through a series of wonderful performances in this World Cup!

At this moment, the air at the scene seemed to freeze because of the tension. Pirlo and Li Qi, who were hiding in the back, were so nervous that they almost bit the captain's biceps! But the coach still had his hands on his chest, with an unfathomable poker face, staring ahead...

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Then... Li Qi couldn't remember how he reacted on the spot, he only remembered that the whole world was celebrating crazily...

I won the championship again! I won the championship by accident, right?

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