Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 552 FIFA decision

French team.

Including this World Cup, France has participated in the World Cup finals 12 times. The best result is that the French Golden Generation won the World Cup in 1998.

At the beginning of the World Cup, France participated in the first three competitions, but failed to achieve satisfactory results.It was not until the 1958 World Cup in Sweden that the French team with the legendary striker Fontaine (the top scorer in the previous World Cup, who scored 13 goals in a World Cup) made it all the way to the top four, and finally won No.4. The 3 goals in a single session created a historical record like a dominance. This is also the first time that France has left its own glorious mark in the history of the World Cup.
In the 80s, with the emergence of a group of stadium superstars such as Platini, the French team entered the second peak period in the history of the World Cup. It is worth mentioning that the French team of Platini's generation has been firmly under the pressure of the sworn enemy Germany, and was eliminated by the Germans in the semi-finals of the two competitions.
After experiencing the pain of missing the finals for two consecutive times (1990 and 1994), the rise of a new group of superstars finally pushed France to the highest peak in World Cup history.The golden generation headed by Zidane ruled the roost in the 1998 World Cup in France. This was the first time that the French team won the World Cup.

As for the performance of this team composed of the survivors of the golden generation and the new talented superstars, there were many media debates before the start of the World Cup.

From the perspective of the lineup, the French team has various problems, the first of which is that the French team is really 'too old'!

In the warm-up match before the start of the World Cup, the average age of the French team's starting lineup was as high as 30 years old!Old age is not only reflected in the intuitive numbers of age, but also magnified by the state of the players on the field.

Before the World Cup, in the warm-up matches with Mexico, Denmark and China, Zidane had revealed such information that he seemed to be unable to become the engine of the team's offense when he was physically weak; more often, he had to retreat to the In the midfield, after getting the ball, he rarely reproduces the magical dribbling of the past.

Zidane, approaching the age of 34, has repeatedly claimed that he is fully in the game, but there is clearly a glaring gap between wish and reality.

Historical data shows that apart from Brazil in 1962, no other team has ever won the World Cup by relying on a group of 30-year-old veterans.After the head coach Jacques, the succeeding coaches Le Maire and Santini both regarded the 1998 champions as the core strength of the team.

As a result, the average age of France is almost 30 years old, becoming the "peak" period of the average age of France after World War II.

But today, the average age of a good, mature team should be between 25 and 27.And how can France, with such a high average age, achieve good results in Germany?

French media polls show that 70% of French people are not optimistic about France's success in this World Cup.

Not only that, the French team also encountered a striker crisis.

Through the World Cup group stage and various qualifiers, warm-up matches and other games, it can be seen that although France has scored many goals, the role of forward players is not outstanding.

This may be to blame Domenech, because the coach who has been questioned has not been able to determine whether the team is playing a single arrow or a double striker.According to Domenech's own ideas, he prefers to use Arsenal's super striker Henry as a center forward, and then let Cisse create opportunities on the wing.It's a pity that Cisse was seriously injured in the warm-up match with China and directly missed the World Cup in Germany, so Domenech had to change his team.

In the previous games, the French team used Trezeguet and Henry as a pair of strikers. This combination of strikers has always been what the French media and fans hope to see, because these two strikers are currently the most successful strikers in France. The best player ever shot.

These two are like Rooney and Owen of the England team. Of course, Wang Li is not included. England fans think that Wang Li is more suitable as the core of the team's offense and the midfielder position.

In the warm-up match of the World Cup, the French "L'Equipe" concluded that France's offensive strength should be very strong, but the team is always unable to convert these advantages into goals.Just like in the first battle with China, France had a clear advantage in possession of the ball, but in the end the team only scored three goals, wasting at least three good scoring opportunities.

With such an attacking power, how can the French fans be satisfied?
In addition, the popular media felt that France's defense also had drawbacks.

Many French media pointed out that the main problems of the French team today are not all on the front line, but on the defense general Thuram.Today, Thuram's state is no longer as good as before. It is conceivable how much strength he can exert. This is why the hero who won the 1998 World Cup in France is in danger of becoming a substitute for the Italian giants Juventus.

Although they did not concede a goal in the warm-up matches against Mexico and Denmark, France conceded a goal against China!Somewhat unbelievable, because the Chinese team is the weakest of the three warm-up opponents.This is why "Agence France-Presse" will blame Domenech. If Domenech does not reorganize the team's defense, it will be more difficult for France to keep a clean sheet against strong teams.

More importantly, there are many contradictions within the French team, the team is very disharmonious, and the relationship between the players is very tense. For example, goalkeeper Butters and Coupet are the best examples.

From the perspective of competitive status, Lyon's main goalkeeper Coupet is obviously better than Butters in terms of strength and condition. In this season's European Champions Cup final, in the match between Lyon and Real Madrid, Coupet conceded a few goals, but His performance is well known to everyone, and the reason for conceding more goals is that Wang Li performed so well.

However, there was a problem in the French team, that is, Butters was "backed" by Zidane and others, so the latter secured his position as the main goalkeeper of the national team.For this matter, Coupe even left the training camp for a while, but under the persuasion of the assistant coach, Coupe returned to the French national team.

The French "L'Equipe" once commented on this matter. They said that the French team is dominated by some veterans, but the head coach Domenech always looks at the faces of these veterans and has no opinions of his own. Fans questioned Domenech's reasons.

How can such a "disunited" French national team achieve good results in the World Cup in Germany?

But the performance of the French team slapped everyone who doubted it! !
After a month of competition, the French team stayed. They beat South Korea, beat Brazil, defeated opponents in the group stage, and stayed in the semi-finals.The French team broke into the semi-finals!
This may have something to do with the World Cup held at home, but it also shows the strength of the French team. Although they are old, they are not united, and their striker is weak, they persisted until the end.

And now, the French team has met England!
France and England, there are really too many topics between the two teams.For example, the European Cup in 2002, and the relationship and conflicts between the various players.

For the media, before the semi-finals, the latter is the most interesting.In the main lineup of France, the star players are undoubtedly the older generation such as Zidane, but the younger generation is the most interesting.

Let’s talk about the pillar of the defense first: William Gallas. Although the French players think that their pillar is the veteran Thuram, in fact, Chelsea’s backcourt general William Gallas is the real hungry rear. No.1, the most important thing is that Gallas is at the right age and is in his peak state. His role in the French defense is beyond doubt.

And this Chelsea general, when he met the England team, he competed with many teammates on the same stage, such as: Joe Cole, John Terry, Michael Owen, Wang Li can be regarded as his former teammate.

This kind of confrontation can attract the attention of many fans. When it comes to the game, they will fight with real knives and guns. Maybe the teammates of these clubs can fight directly, just like C. Ronaldo and Rooney in the last game .

The other focus is veteran Makelele, and his situation is the same as that of Gallas.

For the French leader Zidane, this game is very difficult to play, because he met Wang Li and Beckham.

Although Zidane is the leading striker in France, in the Real Madrid club, due to his age, his competitive state is no longer what it used to be. In the team, he is just a substitute, but Wang Li is The head star of Real Madrid, Beckham is also the absolute main force of the team. When Zidane and the two meet on the court, what will be the result?

The most important role is Arsenal's leading striker Henry!

Henry the Great!

The strength of this player is beyond doubt. Although in the French team, facing a group of old people in the 98 World Cup, Henry's status is not very good, but in fact, his competitive state makes him an undoubted choice for the French team. The No.1 striker, even though the head coach Domenech likes to use the old man, but Henry is undoubtedly the main striker.

Unfortunately, in the previous games, Henry's performance was not very good.

But everyone understands the reason for Henry's poor performance, just because he has been playing for Arsenal!One of the characteristics of Arsenal's football is that the transition speed between offense and defense is very fast. This is the tradition of Arsenal football and the signature of Arsenal's offensive football. No team in the world can do better than them.

But when Henry returned to the French team, it was a tragedy
The average age of the French team's main lineup is 30 years old. In addition, Zidane's artistic football is a little slow. Henry can't adapt to the team's offensive rhythm in the French team. Run the opponent's goal, but the French team's football has just passed the center line.

How does this make Henry play?

Of course, these are all problems of the French team's internal football style, and Henry's focus lies in the entanglement between him and Wang Li.

Last season, when Wang Li was still in the Premier League, Henry was the top scorer in the Premier League before, but when Wang Li joined Chelsea, the title of top scorer was insulated from Henry, not only that season, The top scorer in the second season is still taken away by the players of the England team, that is Manchester United's striker Rooney.

In other words, the striker PK of the two teams now has become Wang Li, who has an absolute advantage over Henry + Rooney, who has a slight advantage over Henry, and Henry alone.

Can the French striker win?

What, you say Trezeguet! ? ?

Do you still expect a player who only scored seven goals in a single season in the Italian league to play anything in this battle between England and France?

This is almost impossible, and the other shooters of the French team are not worth mentioning in front of the three.

Don't forget, the England team also has Michael Owen!

In this situation, although the French team has reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, most people are still optimistic about the England team.More importantly, the England team has a black-haired world No. [-] star. In the last game, this black-haired boy defeated Portugal by himself. Is it possible for such a player to lose?
No one knows, but at least he hasn't lost in two years since the European Championships ended.

As for this game, we can also see one or two from the odds of European bookmakers. Many European bookmakers have adjusted England’s odds to ten to four, or even ten to three. After the taxes are paid, there is little left, but the majority will still bet on England to win.

The odds of the French team are completely opposite, one pays three, one pays five, such odds abound, some crazy gamblers will still choose the French team, because the odds of the French team are higher.

These are the views of the mass media and fans on the game, and for the England team, they are doing some simple internal training at this time and starting to prepare everything for the game.

However, before that, there were some unhappy things, that is, FIFA officials issued a document to Wang Li, and issued a warning for the practice in the last match against Portugal.

This can be regarded as FIFA's final response.

What they mean is that Wang Li cannot use the violent football approach in the match against Portugal in the following games, and cannot cause injuries to the opponent's players while shooting.

In other words, FIFA did not determine that Wang Li's actions were a foul, but if he used a strong long-range shot to cause the opponent's player to be injured and leave the field, the referee would show him a yellow card.

This is also a decision made by FIFA in desperation.

If Wang Li continues to use this method to win the game, it is obvious that the fairness of the World Cup will be lost, and the football game will also turn into a violent game. There will be no suspense for the England team to win the World Cup.

Wang Li also understands this request very well. He doesn't care. The last time he used this method to win, it was more because of C. Ronaldo's petty moves, and the referee on duty turned a blind eye to the obvious foul , He did this behavior under anger.

Wang Li was already very satisfied that he failed to receive the punishment.

With the current level of football, he doesn't need to use this method to win at all.

But in fact, just violent football is more about venting. Can't Wang Li do small tricks like C. Ronaldo?That is definitely impossible, not to mention other things, after a small achievement in internal strength, even if he only uses the unique Yang finger of the Duan family in Dali, he can easily injure his opponent. How can anyone be sure that this was done by Wang Li Woolen cloth?

At least none of the referees can see his actions.

Wang Li doesn't want to use these in the game either. He doesn't care about this way of winning at all. Football games should be won legitimately. With England's strength and his own level, Wang Li feels that any team in the World Cup It is impossible for the team to be England's opponent, and if the team falls behind, he has many, many other cards, and he does not need to use small moves to win.

Therefore, FIFA's punishment has no effect on Wang Li.

This matter has come to an end, but it still has a great influence among the public. At least FIFA revealed the final decision against Wang Li in a press conference in order to reflect the fairness of the World Cup.

In this way, the media and fans saw the hope of the French team winning!
Within an hour, the odds of England VS France in various European bookmakers have changed greatly. Although the odds of England are still far lower than those of France, the odds have also increased to [-] out of [-], and [-] out of [-]. The objective figures, and the French team's odds have also dropped a lot.

This decision has a great impact on the outcome of the game.

Similarly, before the game, the French team also had very bad news, that is, the "Phonegate" incident in Italy on the eve of the war.

The 'Gate' incident is the latest scandal in Italian football. The most important thing is that many clubs in Italy have participated in a series of incidents such as bribing referees, controlling game results, and participating in gambling. The latest news is that The Italian district prosecutor brought charges to the court and demanded that Juventus be at least grade C.

Another Juventus club website confirmed that coach Capello has submitted his resignation to the club.

This has a great impact on the three Juventus players in the French team, Thuram, Vieira and Trezeguet.Moreover, Thuram and Vieira are the French team's defense and midfield core respectively.

Now, half of their minds have to be allocated to the future. It is impossible for world-class players like them to stay in the Juventus team that has been relegated to the third division.

Therefore, at the press conference held on the afternoon of the [-]th, when a reporter asked the French coach Domenech whether there were any targeted protective measures, Domenech said in an unusually positive tone: "Now, They are all in the French team and all they think about is the World Cup!"

However, Santini, the former head coach of the French team, felt worried: "The third-level team is already a terrible thing, no matter how mature a player is, it is an unbearable burden."

The impact of this relegation on the three Juventus players Thuram, Vieira and Trezeguet is self-evident, but this impact is limited.Because before this announcement, the Italian judges will definitely notify these players in accordance with relevant procedures. Therefore, this news is not completely unfamiliar to them, and they are already psychologically prepared.

However, this is just a wish in Domenech's heart. Whether it has any specific impact can only be seen in the war between England and France.

Because these three players will all be the starting players for the next game, the starting players of the two teams have been submitted to FIFA this morning, so it is impossible to temporarily change the lineup because of this matter.

Domenech can only pray that the French team will perform well in tomorrow's game.Maybe God and his old man can help Domenech.

PS: The previous chapter showed that the error was a system problem. I have made changes, so I apologize here.

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