road to victory

Chapter 324 World Cup ([-])
The two sides will determine the places to advance to the semi-finals through a penalty shootout.

The captains of the two teams selected the goal, this time it was France who took the penalty first.

It was Zidane who took the first free throw in France. Zidane ran up and then hit the ball to the bottom left corner of the goal. Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca jumped to the bottom right corner of the goal.

1:0, France temporarily leads.

Italy's first free throw was Baggio. His free throw was the opposite of Zidane's, pushing the ball to the lower right corner of the goal, and Barthez also rushed in the opposite direction to Pagliuca.

So the score became 1:1.
France's second player, Lizarazu, chose the same direction as Zidane for his shot, but this time Pagliuca was right and fell to the right, pinning the ball under him.Lizarazu covered his face in pain, and walked back to the middle circle with a sad face.

The score continues to 1:1
The second player who came out of Italy was Albertini who came on as a substitute in the second half. Albertini's free throw this time even made a goalkeeper's favorite half-high ball. .

"Yeah!" Vincent and Jacques clapped their hands. After Lizarazu missed a penalty just now, the faces of both of them were not very good. Thanks to Barthez's goal, otherwise France would be very passive.

The third French player to go to the penalty spot is Pires. His only task on the field today is to score a penalty kick.Pires' choice was to lead to Zidane again, and this time Pagliuca once again threw himself in the opposite direction like the first goal.

Pires' mission was completed, leading France 2:1.

The next player in Italy to make a free throw was Costacurta. His free throw was heavy. Although Barthezi judged the direction correctly, he still failed to prevent the goal.

2:2
It's time for the fourth one. France sent Henry. Henry's free throw was very tricky and flew into the goal by rubbing against the right post.Italy came out with Vieri, and Vieri must have performed a miracle with great strength, and also drew the ball into the upper right corner of the goal.

3:3 Before the last ball started, the two teams were on the same starting line.

France's fifth appearance is Blanco. This veteran contributed a lore in the last game. I don't know if he will continue to make a lore in this game.Blanco shot the ball in the middle, and before he had a push to the lower right corner, he shook Pagliuca, and he easily scored the ball into the goal.

4:3, now all the pressure is transferred to Italy's most one free throw player.

Italy's fifth free throw player is Di Biagio, and he played quite well in today's game.After he walked to the penalty spot, he swung the ball several times, and then after the referee blew his whistle, he took a step forward, and then slammed on the ball. Barthez didn't make a judgment, it was just out of the goalkeeper's instinct Lie on the ground.

But he heard a "boom", and when he looked up, he found that the ball was flying high in the sky, not in the goal. After a few seconds of stunned, he jumped up excitedly.

Di Biagio's penalty kick was powerful, but it was a pity that the ball hit the crossbar and flew away high.Di Biagio knelt on the penalty spot.

The French players hugged each other, while Vincent followed behind Jacquet, first stepped forward to comfort the Italian coach Paolo Maldini, and then celebrated with the players.Only then did Fan Shang see that Platini was actually sitting on the rostrum with Chirac.

The French team won the game with difficulty. Their celebration is not the same as Bordeaux. Bordeaux likes to hug each other, while France likes to hook each other's shoulders and stand in a row.Yakai actually enjoyed it too, Fan Shang could only be hugged by the crowd and dance inside.

At the end of this game, the French team is basically worthy of the fans. After all, the results of the French team in the previous 10 years were not satisfactory.

The opponents of the French team that entered the semi-finals also appeared. Croatia defeated Germany unexpectedly 3-0 in the second day's game and will meet France in the semi-finals.

From the current point of view, Croatia should be the biggest dark horse in this World Cup. They entered the semi-finals for the first time in the World Cup.

"Croatia, Fan Shang, what do you think?" Jacques asked Fan Shang.

"I think it's enough to play normally. Croatia is also a team that relies on the whole team. Although Suker scored the most goals, it is relatively not particularly outstanding." Vincent analyzed, "We will adopt the same style of play as we played against Paraguay. Just do it."

Jake nodded thoughtfully.

This game was played at the Stade de France. This is the first time that the French team has returned to this so-called home game after the start of the World Cup.

76000 people poured into the Stade de France today, and this game is definitely full of voices.This time the "No.12" also occupied a stand, and a huge jersey of the French team was passed down from the second floor, shaking non-stop.This is the masterpiece of "No.12 people".

Before the match, Vincent saw Croatia's head coach Blazevic entering the stadium with his lucky police officer hat.

The Croatian pair also took off their jerseys when they took a family portrait, revealing the letters inside the lining, which is also very similar to that hat.

In the first half, the two teams had offense and defense against each other, but neither of them could break the opponent's goal.In the first half, the two teams drew a goalless draw and ended 0:0.

France played normally in the first half, and Jacquet had nothing to say during the intermission, just to concentrate and seize the opportunity.

In the second half, the two teams exchanged venues and restarted. In the first minute of the second half, Asanovic dribbled the ball in the midfield and passed the ball to Suk in front. Ke took the ball in front of the penalty area and then took it into the penalty area. Before Barthez attacked, he stabbed with his left foot and the ball flew into the goal from under Barthez.

1:0, Croatia led France 30 seconds into the second half.

Jacquet got up, dropped the notebook in his hand on the ground, and then asked the substitutes to warm up and prepare for substitutions.

Fan Shang saw that Yakai was in a hurry, so he walked to his side, "Ai Mei, let's take another look, don't be in a hurry to change people."

"Then wait a little longer." Jacques also calmed down at this moment.

The French team launched an attack immediately after kicking off again, but it was cut off by Boban in front of the penalty area.But before Boban took a few steps, Thuram stole Boban's ball from behind.

Then Thuram passed the ball to Djorkaf and ran into the penalty area. Djorkaf did not stop and sent the ball back to Thuram with one kick. Thuram took the ball in the penalty area Then a tackle broke through the Croatian goal.

(End of this chapter)