Almighty Athlete Chapter 47: Championship (the finale)
There are often upsets in the World Cup group stage, but compared to this game, it is nothing. "Hunting Ω text "web WΩW. LieWen. CC Brazil lost 1 to 1 to the Chinese team, which can be regarded as the biggest upset in the history of the World Cup.
Many people heard this score and thought it was the Brazilian team deliberately draining water. However, no one who has watched this game has this idea. In this game, the Brazilian team did not perform badly. The tactics, coordination, and personal abilities were completely swayed. What they lacked may be just a little luck. Many of their seemingly necessary goals were given by Zhang Guan. Stop. And the loss of points at the last moment can also be regarded as a sneak attack by Zhang Guan.
Everyone who understands the ball can see that Zhang Guan is the key to this game. The overall defense of the Chinese team, strictly speaking, is the second-class level in the world. This is the effect of the Chinese team only after devoting all its experience to the defense. This defense certainly cannot stop Brazil's sharp offense. So the Chinese team relies on the last line of defense in front of Zhang Guan.
Strength or luck, but the result has been determined. The Brazil team lost and the Chinese team won. The Chinese team also has the possibility of qualifying.
In another game in the same group, Poland beat Nigeria easily. According to the schedule, the next game of Group e will be held on June 22, Brazil will play against Nigeria, while China is facing Poland.
Poland, known as the "European White Eagles", is a team that is easily overlooked. They are not a big player, but in fact they have a strong strength and their world ranking is also one. The branch is relatively stable between 1o and 15th. Although the Polish team is not included in the seed team, the Polish team is not inferior to the eight seed teams. Among the non-seed teams, Poland is definitely first-class and can almost be regarded as a quasi-seed. team.
Poles are actually a very good people, such as Klose, Podolski, Troshowski, Germany, Andy Johnson of England, etc. are actually players of Polish origin. . Today, Poland's number one star, Lewandowski, is also considered to be the best striker in Europe. In addition, Poland also has Blaszczykowski, Pishcek, Gram Krychowiak and others, all of which are also first-class European stars.
In the face of the Polish team, China still sent a set of purely defensive lineups, apparently preparing to keep a draw. Of course, the Polish team hopes to take all three points from the Chinese team, because Poland only needs to win the Chinese team to qualify in advance. If the Chinese team cannot win, Poland will face Brazil next time, and it will definitely be a win-win-win situation.
So the game became a contest between spears and shields. The Polish team continued to attack, while the Chinese team kept on defending.
Brazil failed to break through Zhang Guan’s Five Finger Mountain, the Polish team was even more impossible. They madly attacked a whole game, and they could only accept the results of o to o. He didn't participate in the attack at the last minute. He was obviously worried that Zhang Guan would once again stage the goalkeeper's goal-scoring game.
The Chinese team also paid a red card again for this, and three red cards in two games. The Chinese team is considered to be the team with the most red cards in this World Cup.
A draw resulted in 1 point for each of the Chinese team and the Polish team. Both sides had 4 points. The Polish team temporarily ranked first in the group because of the advantage of the goal difference, and the Chinese team was second in the group. .
On the other side, Brazil washed Nigeria 7-0. The Brazilian team lost the anger of the last game to Nigeria. Nigeria is also unlucky, two-game losing streak farewell to the World Cup in advance, not to mention, it is ugly to lose. Brazil therefore ranked third in the group with a three-pointer.
The last group match, Brazil vs Poland, China vs Nigeria. Both China and Poland are able to qualify, and Brazil must win if they want to ensure that they qualify.
The same is for Bao Ping. The Chinese team is easy because the opponent Nigeria has been eliminated and there is no reason to continue to die with the Chinese team. The difficulty of the Polish team to maintain a tie is difficult, because the draw means that the Brazilian team will be eliminated. How can the Brazilian team allow itself to be eliminated in the group stage?
The final result did not surprise people. The Chinese team drew Nigeria by 0-1o, while the Brazil team beat Poland 3-1.
In group e, Brazil has 2 wins, 1 loss and 6 points, ranking first in the group, Chinese team has 1 win and 2 draws and 5 points, ranking second in the group, and Poland has 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. Points, the Nigeria team is 1 draw 2 negative points 1 point. Brazil and China successfully advanced, while Poland and Nigeria were eliminated.
In the World Cup group stage, there are not many situations where one win is promoted, but only one goal is scored for the knockout stage. It is more like a fairy tale. At this time, the world is lamenting that the Chinese team’s luck is really good With one goal, he rushed to the stage of World Cup knockout.
The whole country is full of joy. According to the strength of the Chinese team, it is very difficult to score a goal. The group qualifying is something that everyone dare not imagine. Now that the national team is qualifying, it has mobilized the enthusiasm of the people across the country. Some experts even suggested that primary and secondary schools should take a football class every day to strengthen football education in the country.
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According to the rules, the second group e will face the first group F in the eighth orphanage, and the first place in group F is the French team.
French men’s football, traditional European giants, the strength does not need to be introduced. Although the French have much worse hobbies in football than Britain, Italy and the Netherlands, the youth training system of French football lacks the best in Europe. From the primary school, there are leagues. A small town with fewer than 10,000 people has u9, u13, u17, u19 and local Lindsay, there are provincial leagues, autonomous leagues, and then lower professional leagues. And France has a tradition of accepting immigrants over the years. Many outstanding players were born among immigrant descendants. For example, Zidane is a descendant of immigrants. At the same time, France has a long history of colonizing Africa, and there are many excellent black players in the French team. Henry was the representative of black French players.
In the past two years, French football has clearly risen in Europe, and the world ranking has always been at the forefront of Europe, even being hailed as a team with a certain championship appearance.
In the face of the French team, China still put up a big bucket to defend, and the French team also did not break the Chinese team's goal in the regular time of 9o minutes.
The World Cup has reached the knockout stage. If the draw is to play overtime, the Chinese team then suffered a 3o minute overtime bombing, the price of several yellow cards, plus the Zhang Guan godlike Rescue, successfully blocked the French team's offense.
"The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, but the score is still o to o, and the next penalty shootout will be the winner!" The commentator's high voice sounded.
The camera was given to the coaches of both sides. I saw the Chinese team obviously started cheering from the bench. Many people were more like celebrating victory.
"The Chinese team seems to be very happy. But is it too early to celebrate? The game is not over yet!" the European commentator said disdainfully.
However, after a few minutes, he knew why the Chinese team was so happy.
The penalty shootout only took four rounds. After the fourth round, the Chinese team scored three goals. This is not a good result, but the French team is even worse. Four rounds of penalty kicks were saved by three The ball only scored a penalty. With a score of 3 to 1, there is no need for a fifth round penalty shootout.
"What's going on? What's wrong with the French team? Only four penalties scored one!"
“It’s not the French team’s problem, it’s because the Chinese team’s goalkeeper is Zhang Guan! Didn’t you just see that the French team’s second penalty, the angle and the degree are already so perfect, but they were still beaten by Zhang Guan Go out."
"No wonder the Chinese bench was so happy just now. It turns out that Zhang Guan still thought he was the master of the penalty kick."
"We should have thought about this. In the game against Brazil, did Zhang Guan successfully save a penalty, it looks like he is really good at saving a penalty."
"It's more than good at making 3 out of 4 goals. It's a divine penalty."
The Chinese team entered the quarterfinals with a penalty shootout. The opponent they met in the quarterfinals was Portugal led by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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"Shameless! The Chinese team is playing too shameless! The whole team is defending, even at half time, and finally won the game! If every team is like the Chinese team, football will be unwatchable. It's fair to say that football will surely die because of this, FIFA should ban the use of this tactic!" Cristiano Ronaldo said with a sullen face, angrily defiantly staring at a Portuguese journalist.
It's also uncomfortable with Cristiano Ronaldo, at this time Cristiano Ronaldo's psychology is indeed too stifling. The Portuguese team is attacking the entire game, Cristiano Ronaldo itself even has several wonderful shots, but the Portuguese team still scored one point. The 12o minute of rushing didn't score, which was very depressing for Portugal, but in the final penalty shootout, he lost to the Chinese team, which almost made netbsp; this year's Cristiano Ronaldo is 33 years old, he started to step in To the downhill stage of his career, maybe this will be his last World Cup, he is eager to lead Portugal to a better and better results, and even win the final championship. However, he once again stopped the quarter-finals of the World Cup and was eliminated by the Chinese team. From now on, the World Cup will become a regret in his life.
After the sound of Cristiano Ronaldo, the French team also immediately stood up and expressed support for Cristiano Ronaldo. They lost the same way as Portugal and naturally stood on the Portuguese side.
After that, many European media also came forward and criticized the Chinese team’s style of play. Naturally, European media will not stand on the Chinese team’s side. What is the "lack of knighthood", "undermining the balance of football", "let football The titles of "lost aggressiveness" and so on are all detained on the Chinese team's head. Even a lot of media began to hype, asking FIFA to ban the Chinese team from using this purely defensive tactics.
The European media once again showed their shamelessness. FIFA is a slim and slim posture. In the face of the responsibilities of the European media, Zhang Guan sneered.
"Our team is weak, don't we let the weak team fight back defensively!" Zhang Guan said to the reporter who asked questions.
"Defensive counterattack? We only saw that you are defending, but you did not see your counterattack." The reporter who asked the question continued quite angrily.
"It is not because our strength is weaker than that of our opponents, and the ball has been snatched away by our opponents before we have time to fight back." Zhang Guan continued with a brazen face: "When we played against Brazil in the group stage, did we not A successful defensive counterattack, also scored a goal."
The reporter was speechless for a while, and Zhang Guan clearly displayed a rational posture of my weakness.
Just listen to Zhang Guan and then say: "I heard that many media claim that the tactics used by our Chinese team are shameless. I have to state in advance that our Chinese team uses authentic European team tactics. We Manager Lippi is also one of the most famous coaches in Europe. He brought the essence of Italian football defense to China. How could it be a shameless tactic! Is it doubting that Italy won the championship at the World Cup 12 years ago?"
The reporter on the scene remembered that the head coach of the Chinese team was Lippi, the top coach in Europe, but he led Juventus to sweep Europe, and even led the Italian team to the World Cup.
Italy itself is a defensive team. It is more normal for the team brought by the Italian coach to focus on defense.
Zhang Guan dragged Lippi and even Italian football in one sentence. This moment blocked the European media’s mouth. Italy is also a traditional European powerhouse. Serie A is the world’s top football league. Lippi is in Serie A or the World Cup. All have proved themselves that the European media cannot beat their own faces.
The Italian who has long been eliminated has also stood up, and he also poses as a winner.
"Even the weak team of the Chinese team, using our Italian tactics, are able to kill France and Portugal one after another, and enter the semi-finals of the World Cup, which shows that our Italian football is truly the first in Europe!"
This kind of performance by the Italians has made many European media unable to talk, if you really have the skills in Italy, how have you been eliminated? However, many people familiar with Italians are not surprised. This is the characteristic of Italians. They are fanatical, inefficient, and poorly organized. They are often late, but when it comes to fighting for merit, they are the first to run out. Boasting Europe's number one is not once or twice.
In the face of Italy’s boast, European football powers such as Spain, England, and France do not refute much, because they are also eliminated, but Germany is different. Germany is still in the top four, and it is also the only one in the top four. A European team, their opponent in the semi-finals is precisely the Chinese team.
On July 1o, the first match of the World Cup semi-finals, Brazil against Argentina, these two old friends encountered on the stage of the World Cup semi-finals, naturally attracted the attention of the world. Under the leadership of Messi, Argentina beat Brazil and successfully advanced to the final.
On the other side, the contest between Germany and China is obviously one-sided looking at Germany. In the Brazil World Cup four years ago, Germany and Argentina finally reached the finals. The Götze lore helped the German team to win FIFA World Cup trophy. After four years, these two teams are likely to Encountered again.
But only if Germany passes the Chinese team.
On July 11, Luzhniki Stadium, the German team encountered the same experience as France and Portugal.
In the 5th minute, Khedira's left foot was shot by Zhang Guan; in the 12th minute, Gnabry's right foot low shot was shot by Zhang Guan; in the 19th minute, Gnabry went in for a long shot and was slapped by Zhang Guan out of the boundary In the 27th minute, Götze passed the second pass of the penalty area and had deceived all the defensive players of the Chinese team. Hector faced Zhang Guan in the penalty area but failed to score a goal. In the 4th minute, the Gomez restricted area shot was blocked again.
At the beginning of the second half, Gomez was knocked out of the penalty area, but the penalty kick hit the goal post; in the 54th minute, Jing Doan took a free kick and missed the goal directly; in the 63rd minute, Gnabry made a shot Hit the post again. In the 68th minute, the Götze corner fell on Zhang Guan's head and was hugged by Zhang Guan.
The German team knows the strength of Zhang Guan, so they try to take a tricky shooting angle as much as possible, but it is followed by missed shots or hitting the post.
The position of the German goalkeeper ter Stegen is a little bit forward. Zhang Guan took a chance and hit the ball with a big foot towards the goal of the German team. ter Stegen reflected it for the first time and finally got the ball before the ball fell into the goal. The shot was taken in the other direction, and the German team was also shocked by the cold sweat.
"Really don't take it lightly, otherwise you will lose like the Brazilian team!"
After being attacked once, the German team only slowed down for a long time, and the German team's offensive seems to have weakened by three points.
After 12 minutes of offense and defense, the referee’s whistle sounded, and the game was dragged into overtime.
"It is a penalty shootout again!" The audience was excited, but from an ornamental point of view, the penalty shootout is much stronger than some ordinary goals.
The audience doesn’t think it’s too big to see the excitement, but the hearts of the German players are a bit broken.
In the first four rounds of penalties, Zhang Guan successfully saved two of them. And Götze finally realized why Cristiano Ronaldo was so irritated when he was interviewed.
In the first four rounds of penalties, the Chinese team scored three, and the score was too much 3-2. In the final fifth round of penalties, the Chinese team did not score. This gave the German team a chance. If the German team can score, then the score of the two sides is 3 to 3 and will be "sudden death penalty".
Götze personally stepped onto the free throw line. In the Brazil World Cup final four years ago, he once killed Argentina in the 113th minute, and now this crucial penalty has also fallen on him.
The Götze takes a deep breath and starts suddenly. Lift your feet and play football! The next moment he saw that Zhang Guan did not move.
Götze is overjoyed. The direction of his shot is the upper right corner of the goal, which is a tricky angle. If the goalkeeper does not predict in advance, it is definitely too late to wait until the ball flies out.
However, Götze still underestimated the explosive power of Zhang Guan. I saw Zhang Guan jumped high and arrived first. My finger just blocked the ball.
"Bash it! 3-2, the Chinese team won!"
Götze knelt down on the ground in disappointment, crying on his back.
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Who can break the goal of the Chinese team?
Sports media around the world are discussing this issue. The World Cup has come to an end. No team has scored goals from the Chinese team in regular time. This includes Brazil, France, Portugal and Germany. World-class strong team. The Chinese team was forced to kick the penalty by defensive draw and reached the World Cup final. This is something that has never happened before.
At this time, people only think of one name, Leo-Messi!
Messi, has almost won all football-related honors, only one World Cup champion. Four years ago in Brazil, he led the Argentine team to the finals, but eventually lost to the hands of the German team, and four years later, he led Argentina to the final again, FIFA World Cup trophy. For the 31-year-old Messi, this World Cup may be his only chance to win the championship.
At this time, the Messi and the entire Argentina team faced a completely strange opponent-the Chinese team.
No one can think that the Chinese team will reach the World Cup final!
As a South American team, there are not many opportunities to play against Asian teams, not to mention two teams that are several grades away. For Argentina, even if it is a warm-up match, it will not confront the Chinese team. The strength of the two teams is too different. It can be said that the strength of the Chinese team has no effect on Argentina at all. The earth will increase the boat ride.
However, Argentina has encountered the Chinese team in the World Cup finals, and he has to face a problem, that is how to break the Chinese team's goal.
If it is placed before the World Cup, even if the Chinese team only defends 11 players, Messi will feel that it is only a matter of time to break the Chinese team’s goal, but now, Messi does not think so. Zhang Guan didn't miss a goal in the World Cup, and in the penalty shootout, he was able to swing far away from other goalkeepers, with a probability of almost 5o%. Two of the penalty shootouts can save one. This efficiency basically means that the penalty shootout can win 100%.
"We must break the Chinese team's goal within 12 minutes. If we delay the penalty shootout, we're afraid we will really lose!" Messi made up his mind secretly.
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On July 15, Luzhniki Stadium, the World Cup finally ushered in the final match.
For the Chinese players, they never thought they could enter the World Cup finals. FIFA World Cup trophy is like a dream to Chinese players, not a dream. Dreams have a chance to be realized, but dreams are the kind of nonsense that can only be thought of in the mind.
However, today, they are standing in the finals of the World Cup. For the Chinese team players at this time, the win and loss seems to have become indifferent things, they are more like a dream come true. Everyone seemed very nervous and very excited.
However, being too excited is not a good thing. The opening was only 1 minute and a half. Quadrado had a chance to break through on the right. A cross came right in front of Mercado. Mercado shot hard with his left foot, but was saved by Zhang Guan at the last minute. .
Five minutes later, the Chinese team tripped on Messi with a kick and got the first yellow card. Then Messi took a free kick outside the arc. This ball with arcs appeared to be out of bounds, but fell Point was in the goal, almost pierced the goal of the Chinese team. Fortunately, Zhang Guan was alert and stopped the ball at a critical moment.
"It's a pity that I almost came in! If you change to another goalkeeper, you can't stop it!" Messi secretly said.
And Zhang Guan was also shocked with cold sweat. In the opening six minutes, the Argentina team had two extremely threatening attacks. Messi also brought unprecedented pressure to Zhang Guan.
In the 11th minute, Messi made a direct pass, Higuaín shot from the top of the penalty area and was pushed out of bounds by Zhang Guan. Three minutes later, Messi hit the ball again, Di María hit a long shot in the goal range, and was then embraced by Zhang Guan . In the 18th minute, Messi got the ball on the right, swayed three Chinese players in a row, and then made a sudden left-footed pass to the Chinese team. Prato jumped to prepare for the header and Zhang Guan attacked in advance. , The first to catch the ball in his hand, Prato's head was signed to the chest of Zhang Guan, and the referee warned.
In the 26th minute, Messi got another free kick in front of the penalty area. He adjusted the state and shot directly. However, Zhang Guan is like a big mountain, guarding in front of the Chinese team, let Messi free kick again in vain.
The game turned into the trend of the previous few games. The Chinese team desperately defended and the Argentina team desperately attacked. After a little time passed, they never scored.
Messi did not give up, Argentina did not give up, they are still attacking, they have squeezed the essence of Argentine football to the extreme. However, the Chinese team on the opposite side also showed its unyielding and tenacity to the extreme. Although the body is not dominant, the Chinese players are not afraid of physical confrontation at all. They bravely collided with the Argentine.
In 9 minutes, there are 1o people left on the Chinese team’s court, but Argentina still failed to score.
Overtime, another Chinese player was sent off with a total of two yellow cards. The Argentine team played 9 of 11 and completely crushed the Chinese team. However, every attack was blocked by Zhang Guan in front of the goal.
"It seems that it's going to be a bit of a ball fight again!" Many people are already aware of this.
Messi struggled to kick the last ball, and then watched Zhang Guan take the ball away. Then, he heard the referee’s long whistle.
Overtime, Argentina, like other teams, failed to break the goal of the Chinese team.
"Penalty shootout! Another penalty shootout! Since the Chinese team entered the knockout stage, they have not scored a goal, but they have relied on the penalties shootout to enter the finals. With Zhang Guan in the penalty shootout, they are like gods. Swinging and kicking a penalty with the Chinese team is definitely an unwise move! It seems that the Argentina team will also encounter the encounter of other teams, occupying an absolute advantage in the whole game, and finally losing the game!"
In the commentator's words, Argentina's goalkeeper Romero was excited, because he was also a master of penalty kicks!
On the strength of the penalty kick, Romero is definitely the world's top. In the last World Cup, Argentina defeated the Netherlands and relied on penalty kicks. At that time, Romero made two penalty kicks. The biggest hero of Argentina's victory.
Today, Romero has been standing in front of his goal for more than 12o minutes, and nothing has been done. The Chinese team has no intention of passing the halftime, and Romero can only watch his teammates watching. Desperately ahead.
However, in the penalty shootout, Romero finally had the opportunity to use his special skills. And he wants to let the world know that he is the first person to shoot a penalty!
Argentina’s first penalty kick was Higuaín. Argentine sent him to play obviously to get a starter.
However, Higuaín disappointed the Argentine fans. He chose the position of the bottom corner on the right. The angle was not very biased and the ball was saved by Zhang Guan with both hands.
"Aoao Aoao!" The Chinese fans on the scene all shouted excitedly.
However, Romero was equally brave and hit the Chinese team's penalty. Romero, who hit the penalty kick, roared up in the sky, venting his excitement.
Aguero made a penalty kick. He chose a high point and was directly taken by Zhang Guan with a basketball block. Then the Chinese team was out of luck and the penalty kick hit the goal post.
The Argentine team Di María debut, he did not choose a very tricky schedule, but wanted to use a fast ball to make a breakthrough. But Zhang Guan's degree is faster, he didn't even use the save action, just a quick slide, holding the ball in his arms.
However, the Chinese team's penalty kick lacked some strength and was also blocked by Romero.
After three rounds, there was no penalty for both sides, or the same starting line of o than o.
In the fourth round, Argentina’s Mascherano debuted and still did not break through Zhang Guan’s Five Finger Mountain, while the Chinese team finally scored.
1o, the Chinese team leads, and each side has a chance to take a penalty.
For Argentina, this goal must be scored, and at this time, Messi came on.
Messi and Zhang Guan are confronted again.
I saw Messi standing on the free throw line. Without saying anything, I lifted my foot directly. The football changed direction in the air and directly scored into the dead end of the goal.
"Go in! 1 to 1, Messi scored the first goal for the Argentina team, then it will depend on whether the Chinese team can score a penalty!"
This goal, as long as the Chinese team scores, they can win the championship. However, Romero gave a god-like save and hit the Chinese team's ball for the third time.
At the end of the fifth round, Zhang Guan saved four and Romero made three, all of which can be regarded as the performance of god-level goalkeepers. However, considering the strength difference between the players of Argentina and China, Romero made a penalty. The gold content is obviously not as good as Zhang Guan.
"Five rounds of penalty kicks turned out to be only 1:1, and the goalkeepers of both sides swayed the top level! And then it was their turn to increase the penalty. Sudden death method, if one side scores, the other side does not Ball, the side that didn’t score will lose the game!"
Argentina sent in Biglia. Like his scholar Messi, he went straight and shot without a word. However, he did not have the level of Messi. His ball did not fall into the dead end, but was blocked by Zhang Guan.
"Stopped, Zhang Guan saved, then as long as the Chinese team made a penalty, they won!"
Messi said comfortingly: "The Chinese team should send a defender to take a penalty kick. Don’t worry, the Chinese team is different from Brazil. Asian defenders are not good at penalty kicks. And they are defensive throughout the game and have physical strength It's a lot of consumption, and the penalty will not be of good quality."
Messi was talking, but when he saw Zhang Guan stepping forward, he was going to take the penalty personally.
"Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan! Is he going to take a penalty in person?"
"How to forget Zhang Guan, he played the striker in the World Cup qualifiers, and is the first shooter in the Asian qualifiers in the World Championships!"
The Argentine team was suddenly tense. They thought they would be the Chinese defender who took the penalty kick, but they didn't expect it to be played by the big boss.
At this moment, Argentina goalkeeper Romero's expression was unprecedentedly serious, Zhang Guan just stood opposite, making him feel invisible pressure.
In the distance, the light is shining on that FIFA World Cup trophy~IndoMTL.com~ radiates golden light, maybe it will have a new owner in the next moment.
The scene was extremely quiet. Everyone held their breath and waited to watch the moment of victory or defeat.
Zhang Guan stood there, motionless, he stared straight at the goal.
Time seems to freeze at this moment, not just in the stadium, outside the stadium, in front of the TV, in the eyes of every audience.
The next second, Zhang Guan finally moved, not abruptly, just a slight run-up, and then got up.
Without hesitation or fancy, he took a direct and straight shot.
The football flies up and spins in the air. At this moment, it seems to be a beautiful elf, flying dexterously in the air, making people unable to understand the direction.
The next moment, the elf flew to the goal and was trapped by the door net.
Goal!
(End of the book)