Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

"Zhuangdianertai!"

"Zhuangdianertai!"

"Welcome to watch the live broadcast of the 2006 Germany World Cup quarter-finals!"

"Croatia vs. France!"

"The appearance ceremony is over!"

"The starting players of both teams stayed in their respective halves!"

The Cologne Stadium cheered loudly, and the 50,374 seats were full. The French tricolor flags and Croatian checkered flags of all sizes fluttered in the stands!

On the court, the referee looked at his watch and put the whistle in his mouth.

"Beep!!!"

"With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins!"

"First, let me introduce you to the starting lineups of both teams!"

"Red and white checkered jerseys, checkered army, Croatia!"

"Starting goalkeeper: Pledikosa!"

"Defenders: Robert, Josip, Igor, Srna!"

"Double defensive midfielders: Simic, Marko!"

"Left and right midfielders: Nick Kovac, Jurica!"

"Attacking midfielder: Modric!"

"Single striker: Su Fei!"

"......"

"Dark blue jersey, Gallic rooster, French team!"

"Starting goalkeeper: Barthes!"

"Defenders: Gallas, Abidal, Thuram, Sagnol!"

"Double defensive midfielders: Vieira, Makelele!"

"Left and right midfielders: Malouda, Ribery!"

"Attacking midfielder: Zidane!"

"Single striker: Henry!"

"The formation of the French team...can't be said to be exactly the same as Croatia's, it can only be said to be completely Same!"

"Both are double defensive midfielders, a triangle midfielder, and a single striker!"

"Croatia has the ball!"

"......"

"Oh, beautiful!"

"Zidane is in good shape today! He saw through Croatia's wall-to-wall cooperation at the beginning of the game and took the ball back!

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At this time on the court!

He gave the ball to Nick Kovacs, accelerated past Henry but failed to receive the return pass.

He immediately turned and rushed towards Zidane who had the ball.

Zidane seemed to have eyes on his back. Before Su Fei hit him, he decisively knocked the ball horizontally and passed it to Malouda on the left.

Su Fei braked in time.

But he still had a close contact with Zidane without the ball from behind.

The sudden impact from behind.

Zidane staggered and almost fell head-on, and turned back angrily to spray.

"Connard!"

"Bxxch! "

Although Su Fei didn't understand French, he could guess that it was definitely not a good word, so he immediately retorted!

Su Fei didn't understand French.

But Zidane could understand English. He didn't expect that this kid would curse even more dirty than himself?

Damn!

After being shocked, he glared at Su Fei and re-entered the game.

On the other side.

French left winger Malouda had already dribbled the ball to the side and crossed the center line.

This wing player from Lyon in Ligue 1 is 26 years old this year. He is balanced in offense and defense. He doesn't have outstanding speed or dribbling skills, but he has excellent awareness.

"Malouda!"

"Facing the double attack of Jurica and Marco!"

"Pass back calmly!"

"Pass to Abidal who is advancing behind him!"

"France is preparing to make a fuss on the wing. "

Before Wang Tao finished speaking, Abidal raised his leg and sent a long pass.

The football crossed half the field and found Ribery on the right.

Frank Ribery!

Scarman!

At the age of 23, the young Frank Ribery is not yet the UEFA Player of the Year who helped Bayern Munich win the five-time champion.

But his extremely fast speed and excellent skills have shown the shadow of the top ten strikers in the future.

Ribery took the ball on the right.

With a quick change of direction, he shook off Modric who was defending him and taught the young Modric a lesson.

Ribery continued to advance with the ball, suddenly changed his line and cut inside, turning to approach Croatia's penalty area.

At the same time.

Several French players cooperated to advance and killed to the backcourt of Croatia.

"Ribery!"

"Pass the ball to Zidane!"

"Zidane!"

"Pass the ball straight into the penalty area with your heel! ”

“This ball...”

“Beautiful! !”

“Marco, who was returning to defense, successfully cleared the ball out of the baseline before it reached Henry’s feet!”

“Huh!”

“This ball is really dangerous!”

-[Damn, Zidane is Zidane! If this heel pass is successful, it will definitely be one of the best assists in this World Cup!]

-[Scary! The veteran on the right side of France broke through very quickly. Where does he play football?]-【You mean Ribery? He just looks old, he's only in his early 20s, not a veteran! He just came to Marseille this season, the best newcomer in Ligue 1 this season! 】

-【In his early 20s? I'd believe him if he was 40. 】

In the Cologne Stadium, the shouts of French fans stopped abruptly and turned into a sigh. The Croatian fans cheered and applauded.

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On the field!

The French team took a cross corner kick from the right, which was cleared by the tall and strong Croatian men's football team with a large number of players in the penalty area.

The football was headed out of the penalty area by the 1.93-meter Croatian central defender Igor Tudor.

Immediately after grabbing the ball, Nick Kovacs made another long diagonal pass from the right and sent the ball to Jurica.

But this goal.

Jurica was stuck in front of Makelele and had difficulty moving.

He could only watch the pass from the captain roll out of the sideline.

The ball was changed again.

The French team threw the ball from the sideline.

During this interval, Wang Tao also commented on the initial offensive and defensive confrontation between the two teams.

"Both teams had a very positive defensive attitude at the beginning of the game today!"

"Whether it was France or Croatia."

"Neither of them could create a shooting threat in the first attack."

"The double defensive midfielder formation."

"The space in the backcourt is very tight."

"I guess it will be difficult to score in a short time when both sides are highly focused and full of energy at the beginning."

The game continued on the court, and in the next ten minutes, it was just as Wang Tao said.

The two teams kept trying various offensive methods.

But every time the football got close to the opponent's penalty area, it would be destroyed by the opponent's close coordinated defense.

For a while.

The situation fell into a stalemate.

But the stalemate does not mean dullness. With each attack horn blown by both sides, the hearts of the fans of both teams in the stands would be hanging.

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The game on the court was tense.

The French coach, Raymond Domenech, who was wearing half-frame glasses, was also walking back and forth on the sidelines, shouting and giving instructions.

This guy has been the head coach of the French national youth team since 1994 and has been in the position of head coach for 10 years.

Zidane, Henry, Trezeguet, Saha and other French stars were all brought up by him.

This is also the reason why the French Football Association called this guy when Santini suddenly resigned due to locker room problems in 2004.

However, even so.

In the French team, there must be palace fighting and infighting.

Domenech still found it difficult to ensure his absolute right to speak in the locker room, and there was a player strike in the team.

The tense relationship within the team led to the French team's poor performance in the World Cup qualifiers, and the situation of qualifying was full of crises.

Until August 2005.

Domenech invited Zidane, who announced his retirement from the national team in 2004, to serve as the captain of France after three visits. This allowed France to successfully enter the finals of this World Cup.

However, France did not play well in the group stage, barely qualifying with 1 win and 2 draws. French fans still have a lot of doubts about Domenech.

So.

Today's game is very important for Domenech.

Not only to calm down the voices in the country who want him to be fired, he has deep feelings for the French men's football team and hopes to use a big win to boost morale and unite the locker room.

Lead the French men's football team to recreate the glory of the 1998 World Cup!

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