Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 132 The British and French War (1)

After the players of the two teams took their positions, under the shouts of [-] fans in the auditorium, the referee Collina blew the whistle to start the game.

Taking advantage of the tentative attack of the two teams at the beginning of the game, Graham, the commentator of Sky TV, also brought the topic to the aspects that the fans are interested in, "According to Portuguese media reports, before the game, young player Alan Wang guessed the result of the game three times in a row, and even one of them was a big upset, and before this game, he also vowed that the England team will win, and we sincerely hope that his prediction will come true.”

At this time, the camera of Sky TV also switched to the England team's bench. I saw that Wang Li was propping his chin with one hand, as if he was staring at the stadium in a daze, "Look at Alan's expression, it seems that he doesn't care about the game at all In general, does he really have confidence?"

"But speaking of it, Rooney and Allen are known as England's double stars. I really hope to see them play together soon. The striker combination of these two players represents England's offensive power in the next ten years. You know, They're all under 20, and we're not even..."

Speaking of this, Graham suddenly stopped, "Look, it's dangerous. The French team's right back Gallas made a breakthrough and kicked in a cross!... Fortunately, Cole made a timely clearance, otherwise it would be really dangerous!"

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Only 2 minutes into the game, Gallas broke through on the right and was about to cross, but was cleared by Ashley Cole and kicked out of the baseline. The French team won a corner kick on the right side of the goal.

Pires walked up to the corner flag and took the corner. Rooney beat Henry and jumped to keep the ball out of the penalty area, but the ball landed at the feet of Zidane.

Already 32 years old this year, Zidane has won almost all honors in the football field: World Footballer, France's most popular player, the best player in the Champions League, the Hercules Cup, etc., and he even won the best player in Europe in 50 years this year awards, and his skills are definitely comparable to those honors.

After getting the ball, Zidane did not pass it in a hurry, but took the ball forward. Facing the two defenders of the England team, he suddenly stepped on the ball with his left foot, and then completed a turn in the air vigorously. , After falling to the ground, rubbing his right foot next to the ball, the ball passed between Jin's feet, and Zidane chased the ball again with a twist of his body.

Marseille roundabout + crotch piercing!

Zidane, who is over [-] years old, is still young. This series of wonderful moves won unanimous applause from the fans. He is really a master of art on the football field!
Zidane dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area and made a direct pass. The ball was handed over to Galla. Galla knocked back and Vieira received the ball.Vieira was 20 meters in front of the goal. Before the England team came back to defend, he lifted his right foot and shot directly, but maybe he hadn't found the feeling of shooting, but the ball hit the plane directly.

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From the beginning, the French team launched a series of attacks around England's goal. Judging from the scene, England was almost helpless. Again experienced failure.

No.12 minutes, Makelele made a diagonal pass from the left, Zidane volleyed with his right foot 25 meters in front of the goal, and the ball missed the right post.

Only 2 minutes later, after Vieira took the ball from the right, he crossed the penalty area obliquely. Trezeguet got rid of King's defense, turned around at the penalty spot and shook his head. The ball flew out of the field above the crossbar.

No. In the 18th minute, Makelele's left rib broke through an emergency stop to get rid of Lampard, his club teammate, and pushed his right foot over the penalty area line.

No.20 minutes, Gallas and Pires hit the wall with a low pass from the right, and Campbell shoveled the ball out of the baseline by the goal post.Pires took a corner kick from the right and was cleared, but the ball went to Makelele's feet. He shot low with his left foot from 20 meters in front of the goal, but it hit the defender.

Although the ball has been passing back and forth in the backcourt of the England team, the players of the French team did not seem to be wearing shooting boots today. In the first 10 minutes, all the shots hit the plane, and none of them scored. Within the range of the door frame, but this also worried Eriksson on the sidelines.

"We have the confidence to defeat all opponents!" Eriksson once said this before the game, but no one expected that England would encounter a powerful defending champion in the first game. The game lasted for [-] minutes. Seeing that England's goal will be lost.

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However, everything is possible on the football field, and the England team is by no means a soft persimmon, and it cannot be easily manipulated. The French team failed to score in the opening wave of attack, and the England team then launched a fierce counterattack.

In the 205th minute of the game, Scholes blocked Pires' breakthrough in the backcourt, made a long pass directly, and was about to counterattack. After getting the ball, Gerrard cut into the penalty area on the left. Scoops the ball out of the baseline very cleanly.

Just 3 minutes later, Scholes took a long shot with his right foot in the penalty area, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the goal post.

No.308 minutes, Gary Neville made a direct pass from the right, Beckham was pushed down by Lizarazu behind him, and the England team got a free kick on the right side of the penalty area.

This free kick position made the players of the French team nervous. As long as anyone with some football knowledge knows what Beckham's famous stunt is, it is an arc free kick, and it is also nicknamed "Bezier's arc". And the position of this ball is exactly the position that Beckham is best at!

Wang Li on the bench was also staring at the ball, full of expectations for Beckham who was about to take a free kick.He is not interested in Zidane's football art. From a technical point of view, although he can't reach Zidane's casual height, it is not difficult if he explodes his internal strength, but free kicks are his weakness , He has always been very envious of that kind of beautiful arc free kick, but in practice alone, it is difficult to kick that kind of ball, let alone in the game.

After the players of the French team lined up the wall, Beckham took two steps to run up, looked in the direction of the goal, swung his right foot, and kicked the ball.Contrary to most people's expectations, the ball did not choose to hit the goal directly, but passed to the front of the penalty area, where Lampard happened to be!

Lampard took off in front of Sylvester, flew the header seven meters in front of the goal, and the ball went straight into the left corner of the goal!
"Lampard, it's Lampard!! Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooilmmof for 1+ minutes of running without conceding The ball record, Beckham, Lampard, the cooperation between them is very tacit! I can't imagine that one of them is in the Premier League, while the other is in La Liga!" After the England team scored, Graham was very excited and kept shouting According to him, there is nothing neutral about this kind of commentary on TV in England.

Wang Liwei squinted his eyes at the players celebrating on the court, and shook his head helplessly. Although he wanted to play and participate in the game, he didn't want the England team to be passive. For the substitute players, this was really a dilemma.

But at this time, Eriksson pointed to the bench and nodded to Hargreaves. Wang Li turned his head to look at the court in doubt. Scholes was limping towards the bench. Come on, he seems to be hurt.

In the 403rd minute of the game, the England team made a substitution and Hargreaves replaced Scholes who was injured.

(End of this chapter)