Chapter 1 I Just Want to Forge

No one could have predicted that this ordinary European Super Cup would be decided in such a way before the match.

A penalty shootout!

Although the European Super Cup has the rule of a penalty shootout, it has never happened since the establishment of the European Super Cup. Unexpectedly, this time it happened to Liverpool and Real Madrid.

Neither side had any experience in penalty shootouts in the European Super Cup.

The broadcast time of the game was greatly extended, but this did not make everyone feel unhappy. Instead, they became excited again with the arrival of the penalty shootout.

The penalty lists for both sides were finally released.

Then the two captains flipped a coin to decide who would go first and which side to choose.

Casillas won the right to choose the side, and he decisively chose the goal on Real Madrid's side in the second half of extra time. He considered it from his own perspective. He was more familiar with the goal he had just guarded, and it would be easier to save penalties later...

Because Real Madrid won the right to choose the side, the right to take the first penalty naturally fell to Liverpool.

The first player to appear was captain Gerrard. He is the team's number one penalty taker and also the team's captain. As the first penalty with the most pressure, he has an obligation to stand up.

Although Casillas is slightly weaker in saving free kicks, he is world-class in saving penalties.

With the first kick, Gerrard kicked towards the lower left corner of the goal. Casillas judged the direction correctly, and his fingers also brushed the football, but he was a little late, and only brushed the football, and failed to completely change the trajectory of the football!

The football still flew into the goal!

"Gerrard! How dangerous! Almost! Casillas judged the direction correctly! But Gerrard's kick was powerful, and even if Casillas touched the football, it wouldn't help!"

"In any case, Liverpool is now leading by one goal in the penalty shootout!"

Touching the football but failing to save it made Casillas feel annoyed, but it also gave him confidence and brought great pressure to the other Liverpool players.

Because they would know that Real Madrid's goalkeeper is capable of saving the penalties they kick!

The team's best penalty taker had his direction judged correctly by him, and he almost saved it. How much better can the others be?

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The first player to appear for Real Madrid was their penalty taker Cristiano Ronaldo, and he also scored with one kick, putting the football in.

"Ronaldo! Beautiful! Reina completely misjudged the direction!"

After scoring, Ronaldo waved his fist to celebrate, while Reina shook his head and got up from the ground.

The abilities of the two goalkeepers in saving penalties seemed to be clearly different...

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The second player to appear for Liverpool was full-back Jose Enrique.

Enrique was obviously affected by Gerrard's ball. He was shrouded in Casillas's powerful aura, and the penalty he shot was weak and the angle was not tricky. As a result, Casillas, who judged correctly, easily saved it!

"Ah... Enrique's penalty was saved! What a pity! Liverpool is now behind in the penalty shootout! Casillas proves that he deserves to be the world's number one goalkeeper!"

Next, the second person to come out to take the penalty for Real Madrid was Xabi Alonso, who is also a player who is good at taking penalties. He easily scored. In this way, Real Madrid took a one-goal lead in the penalty shootout.

When Alonso walked back after taking the penalty, he brushed past Chen Hero. He turned his head and glanced at Chen Hero.

Because he used to be a member of Liverpool, he pays close attention to Liverpool. Now Chen Hero is doing well in Liverpool, and he has heard a lot about it, knowing that the reason why Liverpool had such good results last season was because of Chen Hero.

So he actually has a sense of intimacy with Chen Hero, even though they had played against each other on the field before. At that time, he was already a member of Real Madrid, while Chen Hero was still a player for Napoli...

Chen Hero walked towards the penalty spot without looking sideways.

Everyone focused their attention on him. The pressure on him should be great. Because this third penalty may not be important in normal times, but it is crucial now.

Enrique's missed second penalty hit Liverpool's morale and shook Liverpool's military spirit. In this case, if the third player to appear can't withstand the pressure and misses the football, then the military spirit and morale that were only "shaking" before will collapse instantly, and the team may lose the penalty shootout.

Therefore, this third penalty taker shoulders the important task of stabilizing everyone's morale. This penalty only needs to be scored, not missed!

O'Neill, who originally arranged for Chen Hero to take the third penalty, didn't think so much. All he thought was that Chen Hero rarely takes penalties normally and lacks experience in this area, so it's better to arrange for him to kick a penalty in a less stressful position...

Unexpectedly, this pushed him to the most stressful juncture.

Martin O'Neill was a little nervous—he didn't know much about Chen Hero's penalty ability, and he didn't know whether Chen Hero couldn't take penalties or disdained to take them. Anyway, he had never seen Chen Hero take a penalty in a game...

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Under great pressure, Chen Hero walked calmly to the penalty spot and then placed the football.

You can't tell from his expression whether he is nervous or calm...

Everyone can only wait for the moment when the answer is revealed.

Chen Hero turned his head, but not to look at the referee, but to look at his teammates behind him. Everyone was very nervous, and Jose Enrique, who had missed the penalty before, even knelt on the grass.

Seeing them looking nervous, Chen Hero suddenly felt that he should release some pressure for them, so he made a "v" sign to his teammates behind him...

This action was unexpected by everyone, not only Liverpool people, but even Real Madrid people did not expect it—what is Chen Hero doing? Is he predicting victory or saying that he is very "foolish"?

Someone was drinking water at this time, but was choked by the water and coughed violently.

Chen Hero's action suddenly seemed like a nonsensical performance in a tense atmosphere, making this penalty shootout a bit absurd.

After making this action, Chen Hero turned around again, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Chen Hero ran up, exerted force, and hit the ball!

The football flew towards the upper right corner of the goal with a bang!

Casillas made a save, but his hand was still a long way from the football in the air.

This is a theoretical dead corner!

"Beautiful!!! The ball is in!"

With the commentator's roar, the football shot by Chen Hero steadily drilled into the goal.

Chen Hero spread his hands, looking calm.

Damn! Don't think that I don't kick penalties because I can't kick them. I just didn't bother to kick them at that time! I don't know how many times I practiced this thing in the dungeon! Isn't it just a competition of shooting skills?

This is how Chen Hero understands penalties. In fact, penalties are a competition of psychological quality, but a fool like Chen Hero is impossible to be overwhelmed by pressure, so psychological quality is naturally not within his consideration. What he considers is only shooting skills, and he has trained many times in shooting skills in the dungeon, so he is naturally not afraid of this.

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Seeing Chen Hero shoot the football into the goal, Martin O'Neill breathed a sigh of relief. When Chen Hero was making funny gestures just now, his brain directly crashed—he didn't know what Chen Hero was going to do.

Of course, he has also heard about and knows Chen Hero's personality, so he is particularly unclear whether Chen Hero's move was to confuse Casillas or just because of his personality...

Casillas hammered the ground hard. He felt that Chen Hero's "v" gesture just now was deliberately confusing himself and distracting his attention. So sinister! He lost a bit unjustly—he was indeed a little distracted after seeing Chen Hero's action, his mind was full of questions such as "What is he doing? What is the meaning of this?", so that when Chen Hero shot, he reacted a little late...

Chen Hero has completed his mission. He turned around and walked back to his teammates. He did not forget to pat Enrique: "See, it's okay! We have tied them again!"

Enrique still looked sad: "But they haven't kicked yet!"

Chen Hero continued to pat his shoulder: "You have to trust Reina, Jose!"

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Many people think that Casillas is an expert in saving penalties.

But how many people know that the reason why Casillas is good at saving penalties is because he once deliberately learned from someone? And in terms of saving penalties, this person is not only his role model, but also gave him some guidance and suggestions in the national team?

This person is none other than Reina, the current assistant goalkeeper of Liverpool and the third goalkeeper of Spain.

Even Casillas himself admits that in terms of saving penalties, he learned from Reina. Reina is better at saving penalties than him!

Perhaps because Casillas is now in the limelight, everyone has forgotten this past...

Chen Hero didn't know this past. He was purely trusting his teammates.

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Reina tightened his gloves and stood in front of the goal.

Chen Hero's performance is over, and now the protagonist on this stage is him!

Now the two sides are still tied, but Real Madrid has one less penalty than Liverpool. As long as their third player can kick the football in, Real Madrid will still be ahead. The ball that Chen Hero kicked in under great pressure will be meaningless.

Reina must save this ball, only in this way can the two sides truly return to the same starting line... No, that's not right. At this time, as long as he can save the penalty of Ramos, Real Madrid's third penalty taker, it will not only tie the score, but more importantly, Real Madrid's morale will be hit, and Liverpool will be revitalized! The advantage will be Liverpool!

He clapped his palms hard, slightly lowered his center of gravity on the goal line, and stared at his teammate Ramos in the national team.