Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 133 The British and French War (2)

During the intermission, Eriksson did not make any adjustments. The team is now in the leading position. According to the England team's style of play, the offense and defense are very stable, so there is no need to make any adjustments. He just told the players , In the second half, we must do a good job of defense and look for opportunities to counterattack.

Seeing these main players return to the locker room and sit there panting and recovering their strength, Wang Li is very envious. He is very energetic in the Premier League, but now he has reached the embarrassing situation of having no ball to play.

At this time, Michael Owen panted heavily, and walked towards him, "Alan, maybe you will have a chance in the second half, I can't keep up with my physical strength." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

"Oh, okay." Wang Li was stunned before he realized it, but he immediately looked at Owen's back suspiciously, "Is this a way of showing favor to me?"Or, he hasn't recovered from his foot injury? '

In fact, Owen has been suffering from constant injuries since he participated in the professional league. He knew that he would not be able to last the entire game.But it is thought-provoking to take the initiative to tell this news to Wang Li, who is a competitor.

But no matter what, Wang Li had a great impression of Owen. At least he now knew that he had a chance to play in the second half.

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Owen Hargreaves, the mention of his name may even make many England fans feel at a loss, but he must not be underestimated.

In May 2001, in the Champions League, Hargreaves replaced the suspended Effenberg and helped Bayern eliminate Real Madrid and became famous in the first battle.He is capable of playing all positions from midfield to backcourt, and is the number one substitute for England in Eriksson's mind.

Don't underestimate the 'first substitute'. You know, Wang Li is also on the bench, but it is difficult for him to get a chance to play.

As soon as the second half started, Hargreaves received a pass from his teammate. Seeing him take the ball forward from the left, Makelele rushed over viciously.

Facing this tough guy from Chelsea, Hargreaves didn't panic. He drew circles back and forth on the ball with his legs, and suddenly changed his shape, tightly protecting the ball with his body, and quickly brought it towards the baseline.

Before joining Chelsea, Makelele was Real Madrid's No. [-] general in the rear with extremely rich experience in the game. When Hargreaves stopped the ball and wanted to pass it, he immediately made a beautiful sliding tackle and the ball went out of the baseline. Corner for England.

Hargreaves took a corner kick and hung it back. Lampard jumped up and headed for the goal, but failed to head it straight. The ball brushed the right post and went out of the bottom line.

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After goalkeeper Butters kicked off again, the French team launched a fierce offensive.

This attack was launched from the backcourt. After Thuram received the ball, he stabbed the ball to Sylvester.Sylvester got the ball, and after Rooney ran up, he kicked it to William Gallas on the wing.

Gallas is a defender with extremely comprehensive abilities in European football. He is very good at breaking through the wing, and his offensive ability is by no means weaker than the average winger. After Abrahimovic moved to Chelsea this season, he cleaned up most of the players. , but still chose to renew the contract with Gala, which is evident.

But this time, he still chose to break through from the left.After dribbling the ball across the center line, Ashley Cole immediately ran over to intercept it. He stepped over the ball with his left foot, drew a circle on the ball, a disguise, and then quickly dribbled the ball towards the left front until another After attracting Campbell, he passed the ball back to Zidane who had just crossed the center line.

Facing England's pinch defense, Zidane did not panic, pulled the ball back, raised the ball obliquely with his right foot from behind, and took advantage of the moment when the defensive player was stunned, he passed the ball from the air to the right. Road, there is unguarded Pires.

After Pires stopped the ball with his chest, he swung his foot and passed it straight. The ball rubbed the turf and rushed into the penalty area!

Henry, it's Henry!

Even if he didn't perform well in normal games, Henry's strength is unquestionable, and even Arsenal fans call him 'Henry the Great'!
I saw him follow the rolling direction of the ball, turn around and throw off Jin, who was defending closely, with his right foot, after the ball slowed down slightly, he swung his foot directly to hit the goal, this time with his left foot!For Henry, the left foot can still shoot!
"Pirres made a cross, Henry... hit the goal!... The ball hit Gary Neville and bounced off the baseline, what luck!" Seeing that the ball missed, Graham was slightly relieved, but at this time the court But there was an uproar. He looked at the field, and then continued in doubt: "There seems to be a dispute in the penalty area. Pires is pulling the referee and talking about something. Is there any controversy about this ball? Let's see playback on the big screen."

"Oh, my God, the ball hit Gary Neville's arm. I hope Collina didn't see clearly in the chaos, otherwise the ball may be a penalty kick."

In fact, Collina could see it clearly, but he hesitated for a while, and still didn't award a penalty kick because he felt that the handball just now was unintentional.

"You'd better shut up!" Facing Pires' chattering verbal harassment, Collina stopped and warned. Henry immediately pulled Pires away. Get a yellow card.

For the French team, this time is indeed an excellent opportunity to tie the score. If Gary Neville does not block that shot, Henry's kick will almost certainly score. Therefore, Jacques Santini on the bench Very angry, he ran directly to the sidelines to hold the referee, and started chattering again, but Collina ignored him at all, and the fourth official rushed over and pulled him away.

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After this controversial ball, the game began to be full of gunpowder.

No. 60 minutes, but as the defending champions, the French team is still one point behind, and the goal just now was obviously a penalty, which made the French players a little irrational.

In the 604th minute of the game, after Gallas broke through on the left, he passed the ball to Henry on the edge of the penalty area, but the latter was stuck behind Gary Neville. In desperation, Henry tried hard Pushed, stretched out his left foot and was about to hook the ball, but it just hit Gary Neville on the forehead. Gary fell directly to the ground. When he stood up, his head was bleeding. The England players immediately surrounded him. The referee Corina also rushed over and gave Henry a yellow card, which ended the farce.

No.608 minutes, Vieira got the ball in the center line, just about to turn around and pass the ball, but Ashley Cole tackled directly behind him, tackled Vieira, Collina hurried over again, and swung directly Yellow card.

No.701 minutes, the England team got a free kick. Beckham took the penalty 30 meters in front of the goal and kicked a beautiful arc kick, but was saved by goalkeeper Butters.

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During this period of time, the referee Corina seemed to be the busiest person in the audience. He kept running and fighting the fire back and forth, proving with facts that 'where there is a need, there is me. '

In order to tie the score, the French players almost surrounded the half of the England team and bombed indiscriminately, but this disorderly attack was difficult to achieve any effect.

No. 708 minutes, Beckham made a big foot clearance in the penalty area, and the England team counterattacked!

Rooney hurriedly threw away Thuram from the left side of the midfield and ran towards the penalty area. The ball was delivered to Michael Owen's feet. At this time, the French team had only one Sylvester in the backcourt, and England formed a double in the frontcourt. One form, this is an opportunity to lay the score!

Owen dribbled the ball forward from the right side of the penalty area. Seeing Sylvester rushing to grab the ball, he stabbed it to Rooney who was in the back.After Rooney got the ball, Sylvester turned and ran towards him. After receiving the ball at the front of the penalty area, he did not choose to pass it back to Owen. Instead, he suddenly changed direction and broke into the penalty area. West was left behind. Sylvester had no choice but to trip Rooney with his foot.

Penalty kick, this is undoubtedly a penalty kick!
Seeing that England was in the lead and got another penalty, the French players were a little desperate. If they conceded another goal, they would definitely lose, and then the next game would become garbage time.

At this time, Wang Li, who was on the bench, was very conflicted in his heart. He hoped that the goal could be scored, but he also wanted to play when the team was passive. Maybe all the players on the bench, more or less It is rare to have such ambivalence.

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Following the referee's whistle, David Beckham, who was standing in front of the ball, looked up towards the goal. After two steps of approach, he took that 'valuable golden right foot'.

Under the gaze of everyone in the audience, the ball roared towards the upper left corner of the goal!

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