Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions-Chapter 640 - 443: The fifth penalty taker! He is destined to be the one to decide victory or defeat!

Chapter 640: Chapter 443: The fifth penalty taker! He is destined to be the one to decide victory or defeat!
Manchester City is assigning their penalty takers.
Guardiola, hands in his pockets, smiles as he lets the players volunteer their order.
"Shout it out yourselves! First come, first served!"
Agüero, Manchester City’s top scorer last season and their number one penalty taker, with all six of his penalties scored, steps up without hesitation for the first spot.
"I’ll go first, absolutely guaranteed to get the job done!"
In a penalty shootout, the first taker is very important.
Imagine if the first one misses; it’s a bad start and will put a huge psychological pressure on the teammates taking penalties afterwards.
"I’ll go second!" new signing Mkhitaryan eagerly volunteers.
"Then I’ll go third!" Gundogan raises his hand, full of confidence.
Sane also wants to take a penalty.
Seeing that the first three spots have been taken, he thinks if he doesn’t volunteer soon, he’ll be last, and he immediately feels anxious. The last kick is as important as the first and often can decide the match, but Sane, though proud, is still young and new here, and he doesn’t want to bear that responsibility.
"Me, me, me! I’ll go fourth!" Sane jumps in front of Guardiola.
What kind of person is Guardiola? He sees through young Sane’s thoughts at a glance, smiling and patting his shoulder, telling him to take a deep breath and not to worry.
"Alright, we’ve got the first four. Who’s fifth?"
Everyone looks at each other, but no one speaks up.
Several defenders even avoid eye contact, looking up at the sky or down at the ground.
Captain Kompany isn’t afraid, his mindset is steady and calm; not panicked at all, but alas, his shooting skills are just average, and he’s never taken a penalty in his career. Stepping up now isn’t in the team’s best interests.
Tang Long slowly stands up, twisting his ankle on the ground, kicking up a bunch of grass and dirt.
"I’ll go fifth!"
Guardiola gives him an approving look and a thumbs-up.
This is the Tang Long in his heart, a player who can shoulder responsibility!
Team doctor Gracie sees that Tang Long indeed followed his advice to be the last penalty taker, and claps and cheers with a big smile.
Manchester United has also assigned their penalty takers, but the Manchester City players do not know who they are.
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"Both teams’ players are ready and heading to the midfield!"
"After both sides delivered a brilliant match, the Community Shield’s penalty shootout is about to begin!"
"Penalty shootouts are always thrilling, and the fans love to watch!"
"Generally speaking, the team that takes the penalty kick first gains a psychological advantage..."
"The captains have chosen the goal."
"Coin toss..."
"Rooney confidently pumps his fist, so it looks like Manchester United will take the first kick!"
"Rooney walks to the penalty spot!"
Manchester City’s new goalkeeper Bravo stands in front of the goal.
Although not very tall, he has many confusing moves on the goal line.
Purposely twisting around to disrupt Rooney’s sight.
Rooney, however, just looks down at the ball, ignoring Brahma.
The referee blows the whistle!
Rooney starts slowly, pushing the ball to the bottom-left corner, Bravo judged wrong and watches the ball go into the net.
Manchester United leads 1-0!
At the center circle, Manchester United players stand shoulder to shoulder cheering, celebrating their captain’s successful start, "Way to go, Wayne!" "Nice one!"
The tallest Eevee, chewing gum, claps his hands.
De Gea steps onto the goal line.
Agüero leaves his shoulder-to-shoulder Manchester City teammates, walking firmly towards the penalty area.
"Seeing Sergio’s back, I know this goal’s in the bag," Kompany says with a smile.
Bam!
Agüero blasts one down the middle, De Gea dives left!
1-1!
Agüero turns and roars towards the distant center circle opponents, letting out his emotions.
"Agüero, who scored the penalty, seems very excited!"
"This contrasts sharply with his calm stride earlier!"
"It seems no matter how great the player, a penalty shootout presents tremendous psychological pressure!"
"But Agüero passed this test, and now it’s 1-1!"
Afterwards.
De Bruyne and Mkhitaryan also scored their penalties.
In the first two rounds, neither Manchester United’s De Gea nor Bravo judged the directions correctly.
2-2.
Guardiola and Pellegrini stand on the sidelines, watching the progress of the penalty shootout.
Compared to Guardiola, Pellegrini is more nervous, his expression quite anxious.
To the extent that when Pogba, the third penalty taker, started, Pellegrini actually turned his body away;
only turning back excitedly after hearing the cheers from Manchester United fans in Wembley Stadium, letting out a long sigh of relief.
In contrast, Guardiola remains calm and composed.
He even laughs and shouts at Gundogan, "Gundogan, if you don’t score, watch out for me kicking your butt!" and then makes a kicking motion at Gundogan from afar.
Gundogan, on his way to the penalty area, turns back and gives a thumbs-up to Guardiola.
Guardiola understands Gundogan very well;
he’s watched more Gundogan videos and done more tactical analysis on him than even Tang Long!
Because Gundogan spent three seasons at Dortmund, competing against Guardiola for three years as Dortmund was Bayern’s main title rival, Guardiola knows him inside out.
He intentionally shouted it out in front of everyone, even a few Manchester United players standing at the center circle turned around to look at him;
Guardiola was trying to put pressure on the Manchester United players who hadn’t taken their penalties yet!
Look, we’re playing a penalty shootout, but we’re having fun and relaxed~