Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 134 Great Battle Between Britain and France (3) Shine for 10 Minutes
A penalty kick, in the minds of fans, represents a must-goal.But what most people can't understand is that many, many big-name players have fallen here.

Van Basten in the European Cup in 92, Baggio and Baresi in Italy in the World Cup in 94, Frank De Boer in the Netherlands in the European Cup in 00, Kluivert, Bosvelt, Stam, Spanish captain Raul and so on, almost all of these famous superstars have the experience of shooting penalty kicks in key games.

And now, it is the turn of England's new captain, David Beckham. This is the 14th penalty missed in normal game time in the history of the European Cup. Interestingly, all the nearly three missed penalties are It was Corina who made the penalty.

Although it is very disappointing for the fans that the star they support misses a penalty kick, in this important group match between England and France, it is more likely to affect the result of the game.But in fact, the players involved are the most painful, because this will cause a great shadow in the hearts of the players and affect their performance on the court.

At this time, the live camera pointed to Beckham on the green field. He covered his cheeks with his hands and squatted on the ground. After a while, he slowly stood up and waved to his teammates to indicate that he was fine.

Seeing that the goal was missed, the head coach Eriksson frowned, looked at the bench, and then shook his head. If Beckham is replaced now, it may affect his mentality. This will affect the future games, Eriksson finally gave up this idea.

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However, the game will not end because of the loss of Beckham, and the French team launched another wave of fierce attacks.

Vieira dribbled the ball in the middle, and after a collision with Zidane, he threw off the two defenders and passed directly to Gallas on the left.In the second half of the game, the left back of the French team gave up defense and fully performed the duties of a left winger, and his breakthrough and passing were indeed very threatening.

When he saw Zidane on the middle road throw off the defensive player and go forward from the left side of the penalty area, Galla gave a bucket with his right foot, and the ball flew to Zidane's feet. Without stopping the ball, he went directly to the heel, and the ball changed direction in the fast rolling, rolling towards the front of the penalty area.

There is Makelele, and he is already swinging his right foot, ready to shoot!
Seeing Makelele's action, Wang Li, who was watching from the bench, stood up directly. After carefully observing the game form, he knew that this shot was very dangerous, because the goalkeeper Howard was standing in the left corner of the goal. Blocked by the player's figure, he didn't even know that the ball was almost at Makelele's feet at this time, and he was about to take a shot.

At this time, something no one expected happened. Makelele was directly kicked by Ashley Cole behind him and fell to the court!

Obviously, a very serious foul!
The referee Collina ran over, without even thinking about it, he showed Ashley Cole a red card!
Ashley Cole also knew that his foul was very serious, so he didn't explain much, and walked directly towards the bench. For England's victory, it was very worthwhile to pay a red card.Even Eriksson on the sidelines nodded to Cole who came over. Obviously, he was very satisfied with Cole's reaction. If Makelele had been allowed to shoot just now, there would be a high probability that the French team would chase him. If the score is tied, then the form on the court is very unfavorable to the England team.

However, the crisis did not stop because of Ashley Cole's foul. The French team won a free kick slightly to the right outside the penalty area, about 23 meters away from the goal. This position is too threatening!
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the French players whispering to each other, Irving hurriedly signaled to the head coach that his physical fitness could no longer keep up.

Eriksson turned his head and looked at the bench. Now Wang Li and Phil Neville are suitable to play. He is a little hesitant. Now that the England team is leading for the time being, of course it is safer to replace it with a defender to strengthen the defense, but that But the black-haired boy is also a good choice, you must know that offense is the best defense.

"Alan, Phil, go to warm up." Hesitant, Eriksson asked the two to go to warm up together. Who will play the game depends on the French team's free kick.

Wang Li, who was concentrating on watching the form on the field, was stunned, and then immediately reacted in surprise, took off his coat in a hurry, walked to a place a little far away from the bench, and began to do some warm-up exercises.

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At this time, in the stadium, the French team is ready to take a free kick.

Under the sound of cheers from the French fans in the audience, the number 10 of the French team, the pivot of the team's offense, the 'Master of Art' Zidane stood in front of the ball. Everyone knows that Zidane has a gorgeous ball control level, but we must not ignore his free kick level. In the star-studded French team, he is the number one free throw shooter.

Under the guidance of the referee, Zidane put the ball on the foul point, jumped twice on the spot, then took two steps back, stood there with his hands on his waist, and looked at the direction of England's goal with a blank expression. , Waiting for the England team to line up the wall.

Zidane is 32 years old this year. Throughout his career, he has experienced too much and gained too much.Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of fans, in such an important game, facing such a crucial free throw, he didn't feel any nervousness.

Yes, no tension, just anticipation.

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After a while, the England team finally lined up a human wall consisting of five players, but many "cunning" players moved forward while the referee Collina was not paying attention, twisting their feet A small step, don't underestimate this small step, which has a great impact on free kickers, because it will increase the difficulty of free throws.

However, the players of the French team have also been staring at this line of defense made of human flesh. Seeing the small movements of the players of the England team, Vieira immediately protested to the referee. Can step back a little bit.

After everything was ready, Collina blew the whistle in his mouth, indicating that Zidane could make free throws.

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With the sound of "beep...", following the whistle of the referee, Zidane started to run up, took three steps in a row in the rhythm, swung his right foot suddenly, and hit the lower right corner of the ball fiercely, and then He didn't look at the direction of the ball at all, and just followed the swing of his body, holding a single fist with his right hand and stretching out to the sky.

Wang Li, who was walking towards the bench, stopped right where he was. He saw the ball gliding in an exquisite arc in the sky, bypassing the English team's wall, and slipped into the lower left of the goal against the goal post. horn.

Goalkeeper James tried his best to save, but the ball was too fast, he couldn't do anything!

"Yes, it's this kind of ball." Wang Li's current training goal is this kind of arc free kick. He doesn't know when he will be able to kick such a wonderful goal.

But Wang Li immediately became firm. He believed that as long as he worked hard, he would be rewarded sooner or later.

"Goal! Zidane scored a fantastic free-kick to help France tie the score!" Seeing France score, Graham felt very... regrettable, "England took the lead the whole game , but in the last minute, the score was tied, and now it has reached No.801 minutes of the whole game, who will be the winner of the England-France battle has created a lot of suspense, come on, England team!"

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During the celebration time of the French team, to the surprise of the audience, the director switched the camera to a black-haired boy on the sidelines. After a while, they noticed that Irving was slowly walking towards the bench. Come here, it seems that the England team is about to make a substitution.

But who is this young brunette?
The on-site commentator Francisco Falfis immediately answered the doubts of the fans, "The England team has made a substitution, and they have replaced No. 21 teenager Alan Wang. According to investigations, this teenager is only 17 years old. One year old, he is the youngest player in this European Championship, perhaps many fans have never heard of his name."

Speaking of this, the commentator's tone immediately picked up, "However, there is a name that everyone must have heard of, and that is the 'Emperor of Prophecy'! That's right, this black-haired boy predicted the results of three consecutive games before the game, and the second time The new player of the England team who was very accurate every time, and before the game, he declared to the media in a high-profile manner that the England team will surely win. Perhaps, in the first 10 minutes of the game, we still trusted him, but Will his prediction be accurate with France leveling the score?"

"Let's see what the 'Prophet' does on the field, but I bet if he scores a goal, I'll go out and have my Harry ride me, yeah , by the way, Harry is a German Shepherd of mine."

Falfis’s words caused the fans on the scene to burst into laughter. They took it as a piece of humor. No one believed that a 17-year-old player who had just entered the national team could do anything, let alone talk about progress. The ball is gone, besides, there are less than 10 minutes left in the game.

In the 82nd minute of the game, the England team made a substitution, and Wang Li stood on the European arena for the first time.

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PS: Thanks to the basketball god BOSS Fei Ge for giving me the chapter push, thank you!Another collection.

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