road to victory

Chapter 323 World Cup ([-])
Italy eliminated Norway 16-1 in the round of 0, with center Vieri scoring the goal.This World Cup Vieri can be regarded as shining, and now he is the only player who has scored in four consecutive games. Five goals in four games also make him the top scorer in the World Cup.

After the headache of the candy-style defense, now Jacques and Vincent have a headache for the chain defense again. This is the defensive system that has won the World Cup, and it is definitely the world's top.

The most troublesome thing now is Vieri. At this time, Vieri is definitely at his peak. If conditions permit, it is no problem to drag three people to shoot.Song, Vincent's disciple, was beaten by Vieri in the game. In the end, Italy defeated Cameroon 3:0.

For Vieri, Vincent can only say, fortunately, Italy's general policy is to defend and counterattack.If it was really a positional battle that allowed Vieri to gouge in the penalty area, it would be hard to say anything.

After discussing with Vincent this time, for the sake of stability, a three-back midfielder composed of Pettit, Makelele and Deschamps was deployed. Henry, who had been playing as a winger in the previous game, was replaced.

After the opening, the two teams did not launch an offensive quickly, but tried each other first. In the 7th minute, France won a corner kick, and the Italian defender was not far away. Zidane received a volley in the penalty area. Unfortunately, The ball was not held down and flew out of the goal.

In the 9th minute, Djorkaf took a free kick. Zidane received the ball on the left side of the Italian penalty area, took a step and then shot. This time the ball passed the goal and went out of the baseline on the other side of the goal.However, a corner kick is awarded because the defender has touched the ball.

After France's corner, Thuram sprinted forward and heeled the ball back, Petit made a barb without a volley in the crowd, and the ball was lobbed towards the goal, thanks to the Italian goalkeeper Pagliu The card should be sent quickly, or it might really be a goal.

In the 16th minute, Piero shook Lizarazu on the left and made a pass. Vieri beat Thuram with a header, but the ball was not within the range of the goal frame.

In the 32nd minute, Vieri's long-range shot was punched out by Barthez, and then Di Biagio shot again, which was blocked by Petit.

In the 46th minute, France got the best chance of the game. Djorkaeff received a direct pass from Didier Deschamps, dribbled the ball into the penalty area without guards, and then kicked and shot. The ball had no choice but to fall to the ground symbolically.But the ball missed the goal post by 20 centimeters and flew out of the baseline.

Jacques had already stood up, and when he saw that the ball fell short, he cursed loudly.

After the ball, the first half of the game was over. France obviously took the initiative in the first half. Although Italy also had some offensives, they still focused on defense most of the time.

Jacquet didn't do anything new at half-time, but he emphasized the control of physical fitness, because it seemed that the two teams were really likely to drag down to 120 minutes to enter the penalty shootout.

However, no matter if they enter the penalty shootout, Italy should be among the strongest teams in the world, and the team that is least good at penalty shootouts. From the penalty shootout to the present, Italy has not won a single game in recorded competitions.

This is also the reason why Jacquet has not been in a hurry until now. Maybe delaying the penalty shootout is the most beneficial situation for France.

At the beginning of the second half, both teams did not make substitutions. In the 48th minute, the French team scored a header from Papin in a corner kick, but unfortunately the ball went wide.

In the 56th minute, Zidane and Papanza made a two-for-one cooperation in front of the penalty area. Zidane picked the ball to the penalty spot near the baseline. At this time, it was Makelele who followed up the French team. My brother played for the first time in the World Cup, and this is also his first shot.

The shot shot was in line with his temperament, and the sound was loud "bang", but the footwork was indeed the footwork of clearing the siege, and sent the ball directly to the audience.

In the 63rd minute, Jacquet replaced Makelele with Henry in order to strengthen his offense.Due to the relative lack of offensive means in Italy, Makelele did not have any shining points today, and because of a shot just now, some fans made a few false calls.

Yakai just gave him a high five, but Fan Shang had to go up to him, "It's okay, there will be opportunities in the future!"

Makelele nodded and sat back on the bench without speaking.Obviously he is not very satisfied with his performance today.

In the 68th minute, Zidane received a pass from Didier Deschamps in the middle circle, fully using his personal ball control skills, brought the ball to the front of the penalty area under the siege of four people, and then crossed Henry, who shot from the line of the penalty area Unfortunately, it still didn't hit the door frame.

In the 70th minute, Italy got a free kick on the right side of France. Piero took it out and Di Biagio grabbed the first point, but his header also missed the bottom line.

In the 87th minute, Pesoto made a long shot and was saved by Barthez.

In the 89th minute, France replaced Papin with Trezeguet, and the veteran Papin couldn't run anymore.

The regular time of the game ended at the 93rd minute, and the two teams took a break before starting the overtime game.

In the 100th minute, Lizarazu cut inside and shot, and the ball was pinned down by Pagliuca.

In the 102nd minute, Albertini made a pass from the left, and Baggio cleverly ran to the French penalty area line. Facing the attacking Barthez, he chose to shoot on tiptoe, but with a little force, he also rubbed the post and passed the bottom line.

This ball was very dangerous, even Fan Shang was in a cold sweat from fright.

In the 110th minute of the second half of extra time, Pettit intercepted Di Livio in the midfield and passed the ball to Henry. Henry took the ball and ran to the right, but on the way, he suddenly picked the ball to the left. Lu, this pass is quite imaginative, passing all the Italian defenders.

But Djokaf's speed was unsatisfactory. When he ran to the ball to shoot, Pagliuca was already in front of him. The ball finally hit Pagliuca and went out of the baseline.

Fan Shang and Jacques looked at each other and let out a long sigh at the same time. This was the second time in this game that Djorkaeff wasted a chance that was close to a one-handed goal.

"Should I change to someone who is better at shooting penalties?" Fan Shang asked Yakai.

"It's the last minute, it's a bit early now." Jacques said, and called Pires over.

In the 121st minute, France used the last substitution spot, replacing Desailly with Pires, obviously in preparation for a penalty shootout.

20 seconds after Pires came on the field, the referee blew the whistle to truly end the game.After 120 minutes of contest, the two teams are still a score of 0:0.

(End of this chapter)