Ramos stood in front of the football, having already placed it carefully. He glanced up at Reina, who stood in the goal.

A very familiar opponent... When they were in the national team, they always faced each other during shooting practice and penalty practice.

Ramos looked confident, feeling certain that he could score.

However, the moment he kicked the ball, a bad feeling flashed through his mind—this was going to be bad!

His premonition was correct because the angle of his penalty kick was too straight!

No one knew whether he wanted to shoot in the middle or to the side, but the ball flew to the place the goalkeeper liked and was best at saving. It was a mid-height ball not far from the goalkeeper...

Reina lunged to the side, slapping the ball away with both hands!

"Reina!!! He did it!"

The English commentator cheered loudly.

"Yes! He did it! He saved Ramos's penalty! Now Real Madrid also has someone who missed... The score between the two sides is back to the same starting line!"

"Reina saves Liverpool!!"

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Reina's idea was correct. When he saved Ramos's penalty, Ramos looked pained, holding his head in his hands.

Behind him, the Real Madrid players were confused and shocked, unable to accept this scene...

Reina pumped his fist.

Well done!

He cheered himself on in his heart. Unlike his other teammates, who could return to their teammates to receive their cheers and encouragement after scoring, he could only cheer himself on.

This was very important; the most important thing for a goalkeeper was confidence. This was especially important in a penalty shootout.

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Reina's penalty save was indeed crucial, and it seemed even more precious because it followed immediately after Chen Hero's penalty was scored, so the effect of boosting morale was even better.

The fourth to play was Gareth Bale. Having just joined the team, he was faced with the opportunity to win a championship. And the opportunity was at his feet.

Bale very calmly and composedly shot the ball into Casillas's goal. This time, he even fooled Casillas. The Spanish international goalkeeper dived in the wrong direction, and the ball flew into the goal easily.

Bale returned to the team and was patted on the head by his teammates one by one. At this time, Reina stepped onto the goal again.

The current score in the penalty shootout was 3:2. Real Madrid had not yet kicked. If Real Madrid could score, it would be 3:3. If Real Madrid could not score, with only one round of penalties left, as long as Liverpool could score, then Reina would not need to take action. Liverpool would win with a score of 4:2, touching this hard-earned Super Cup...

So everyone's eyes were focused on Reina. He had saved Ramos's penalty before, could he continue to be so brave against Benzema this time?

The answer was…

"Yes!! Reina! Reina!!! He became Liverpool's hero! He saved Benzema's penalty!!"

After Reina blocked Benzema's goal with one hand, he jumped up from the ground, raising his arms and shouting.

Liverpool fans and players also raised their arms and shouted with him.

They were only one step away from the championship!

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The person who would take the last penalty for Liverpool was Suarez.

Before he came on, Chen Hero slapped him hard on the back: "I'm lending you my strength, Luis!"

When the others saw this, they followed suit, slapping Suarez on the back one by one.

Suarez was quite touched at first, but later he realized something was wrong...

"You guys are taking revenge! It hurts me to death!"

Under his strong protest, everyone let him go and let him take the penalty.

This process lasted for about a minute. In full view of everyone, Liverpool's players didn't look as nervous as if they were facing the last penalty. The people around them, especially the Real Madrid players, were stunned.

Even Martin O'Neill was surprised.

Before Suarez was about to play, the atmosphere was indeed quite tense, and even he, the head coach, felt his heartbeat quicken a little.

But with Chen Hero's slap, the tense atmosphere was suddenly dispelled, and it became a little funny...

The atmosphere outside was generally tense, but Liverpool showed a sense of ease and weirdness.

In such a strange atmosphere, Suarez walked to the penalty spot with a grimace.

To be honest, he was very nervous when he was preparing to play, but after Chen Hero slapped him, and with the slaps of other teammates, his nervousness had long been slapped away.

He only felt pain now—damn it! You bastards really dare to be ruthless!

He grimaced as he placed the ball, grimaced as he stood up and stepped back to prepare for his run-up.

Then he grimaced as he looked at Casillas, waiting for the whistle.

Casillas looked at Suarez's ferocious expression and felt that his brain was not working properly—was this really a penalty shootout for the European Super Cup? Why didn't they seem nervous at all? What was going on!

Casillas couldn't figure it out, which greatly interfered with his judgment...

So when Suarez kicked the ball into his goal with a Panenka penalty, it was not surprising...

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"Panenka! Suarez! Luis Suarez! They won the European Super Cup! Mourinho's team fell in front of Liverpool again, fell in front of the penalty shootout! Is this fate? Congratulations to Liverpool, who won the Europa League and the European Super Cup in a row, which means that a great team is slowly recovering and rising! Perhaps, the Red Army that once swept the entire European football scene is back!"

In the commentator's excited roar, Suarez turned around, spread his arms, and ran back to his team. Then he first gave Chen Hero a hard slap on the back, and then swung his arms and slapped Sanchez on the shoulder.

"Thank you guys! This is to pay you back!!"

"Damn it, you're taking revenge!" Chen Hero refused to accept it, hugged Suarez, and the other teammates rushed up and surrounded Suarez, squeezing him in the middle.

From the outside, it was a crazy celebration...

"Liverpool's players are excitedly embracing each other! They defeated the powerful Real Madrid and won the European Super Cup!"

Reina also ran over, and everyone pulled him in. A group of people hugged each other, celebrating the victory to their heart's content.

Perhaps for many people, they look down on the European Super Cup, thinking it's just a pre-season warm-up organized by the official. But after all, this is a contest between two European champions, the king of European kings.

Especially since the team defeated was Real Madrid, the gold content of this championship was very high.

In addition, after a fierce battle with Real Madrid for 120 minutes, and finally defeating the opponent in a cruel penalty shootout, it could not be said that Real Madrid did not take this championship to heart.

Mourinho won the La Liga title and the Champions League title last season, so naturally he hoped to have more and more championships under his leadership. The European Super Cup was also an honor, how could he not take it seriously?

It was because of these backgrounds that the Liverpool players could justifiably celebrate this championship.

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While Liverpool was celebrating the victory, Real Madrid looked very disappointed.

They were the new Champions League champions, but they lost to the Europa League champions. The two events were completely two different worlds. There was a huge gap in strength.

But this game may have made Real Madrid realize that Liverpool was no longer the failed giant that had been in decline for many years...

After the game, Mourinho went up to congratulate Martin O'Neill as soon as possible, and then walked straight into the player tunnel. When he failed, he was always unwilling to stay in public for too long. He didn't want to show himself as a loser.

On the other hand, the Real Madrid players were more calm. Victory or defeat was common in military affairs. They had just broken Barcelona's monopoly, and they felt this sentence very deeply, because they had also been long-term losers before, so their mentality was still normal, and they had not been mentally disturbed by the continuous championships.

Alonso quickly recovered from the bitterness of failure. He went to find Gerrard and congratulated them on winning the Super Cup.

Gerrard responded to his congratulations.

At the end of the farewell, the old comrades-in-arms also had a brief exchange.

"You are very lucky, Stephen."

"Why do you say that, Xavi?"

"Because you have Hero, that kid is really a very powerful person..." When Xavi Alonso said this, he turned his head to look at Chen Hero, who was playing with Suarez not far away.

Gerrard turned his head to look and smiled: "Yes, he is indeed very powerful!"

"I wish you good luck in this year's Champions League, Stephen. I hope if we meet you, it will be in the final."

Xavi Alonso waved goodbye. After Gerrard watched him leave, he also joined the celebration team. He put his arm around Chen Hero's shoulder and sang and danced with him, as if he was much younger.

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Such an intense European Super Cup game finally came to an end. Liverpool fought hard for 120 minutes, and finally relied on penalties to defeat Real Madrid and win their first championship of the season.

Chen Hero scored twice in the game, helping the team equalize the score, and also scored a key penalty under great pressure. He was one of the biggest contributors to the team's final victory. In the post-match scores of many media, Chen Hero and Reina's scores were the same, both the highest in the team.

Through this game, he not only added a championship collectible, but also defeated his opponent again in a direct dialogue with Ronaldo.

Why say again?

Because when he was in Naples, he had defeated Real Madrid led by Ronaldo and Kaka...

He had the potential to gradually become Real Madrid and Ronaldo's nemesis.

But I believe Ronaldo will definitely not sit still.

Although Chen Hero regards Messi as his number one opponent, he doesn't mind defeating another strong enemy by the way... The more defeated opponents, the higher the level, the more it can prove that he is powerful, isn't it?

The contest between these three top players will be the main theme of European football and even world football in the next few years.