road to victory

Chapter 325 World Cup ([-])
The goal came just 1 minute from Croatia's goal.

It was Thuram's first goal for the national team, but his celebration didn't last long, he knew the team needed to win and a draw was pointless.

After conceding a goal, Croatia strengthened their defense and their formation retreated obviously. It felt like they wanted to keep the tie.

In the 70th minute, Thuram assisted and stepped forward, trying to make a two-for-one cooperation with Henry, but was intercepted by a Croatian player.But Thuram did not give up. He successfully counter-stealed in the upper right corner of the penalty area and shot directly.

The shot was so sudden that the goalkeeper didn't even have time to react, and the score on the field became 2:1.

In the end, France successfully entered the final relying on Thuram's two flashes.In fact, Thuram only scored these two goals in his entire national team career, but these two goals are enough for him to brag about for a lifetime.This is called good steel used on the blade.

However, there is also a regret in this game, that is, Blanco was sent off with a red card and will not be able to participate in the final.

The opponent of the French team in the final was Brazil. They eliminated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout in the semifinals and advanced to the final.

Brazil is also smooth sailing this year, with strong momentum along the way, reaching the final all the way as the defending champion. Except for the troubles caused by the Netherlands, everything else is fine.

However, Brazil's leading figure, Ronaldo, is in a mediocre state in this competition. So far, he has scored four goals.And three hours before the game, Ronaldo's name was not on it when they got the playing list. Before the game started, Brazil decided that Ronaldo would continue to be the starter.The gossip is that Ronaldo has injuries, and some people say that he has food poisoning, and so on. Messages are flying all over the sky.

For Brazil, Vincent's advice to Jacques is set-pieces. Vincent still has a deep impression of this game in history. Zidane's two headers put him on the road to the top.

The final is still held at the Stade de France, and there is a simple closing ceremony before the final, followed by the final showdown between Brazil and France.

This game is very important in France, and it is quite enthusiastic. All the way from the French team to the stadium by bus from Clairefontaine, there are enthusiastic fans on both sides of the road. Of course, there are also police cars and motorcycles opening the way. .The momentum overshadowed the visit of foreign leaders.

Chirac also came to Clairefontaine to give a speech the day before the game. First, he congratulated the team on entering the final, and second, he looked forward to the final and hoped for a good result.

After he saw Fan Shang, he asked Fan Shang if he could go to the scene to see it.Vincent's answer was exactly the same as in the French Cup. If you don't feel like you've lost, then feel free.Chirac smiled, thinking that Bordeaux won the Champions Cup after saying this sentence, so what about France after saying this sentence now?So Chirac was smiling when he left.

The starting lineup of the two teams today is of course the strongest lineup. Brazil has a 442 formation, goalkeeper Taffarel, four defenders: Kraft, Aldair, Bayano, Roberto Carlos, midfielder, Dunga, Sampaio, Leonardo, Rivaldo, striker, Ronaldo and Bebeto.Brazil's head coach is old coach Zagallo.

Of course, France is also the strongest lineup they can come up with, goalkeeper Barthez, four defenders, Lizarazu, Desailly, Lebouf and Thuram, midfielder, Petit, Karembu, Deschamps , Zidane and Djorkaeff, single arrow Papin.

After discussing with the coaching staff in this game, Jacques adopted a slightly aggressive style of play under Vincent's suggestion. Kalumbu's offensive ability was obviously better than Makelele's.

Before the start of the game, the national anthems of the two countries were played as usual. In order to increase the cohesion of the team in this final, when the national anthem was sung, all of them stood in a row with their shoulders crossed. voice.

Although Blanco can't play in this game today, he still has to do the routine bald kiss in every game. Barthez deliberately ran to the bench to complete this action with Blanco.

"We're now looking at the bench, France's substitute goalkeeper Lamar deliberately lifted his clothes to reveal a T-shirt that he might have had something special about. Later we see Blanco, Pires, this one and ours. The boy with the same yellow skin is Fan Shang, who may not be familiar to some viewers, he is the assistant coach of the French team this year, and he is also the head coach of Bordeaux, the champion of this year's European Champions Cup." Of course, Tianchao TV also came to live broadcast this This is their introduction to Vincent. "Although he is not Chinese, we had contact with him when Bordeaux came to our Chinese competition last year. He is definitely an authentic Chinese man. He speaks Chinese better than us, and even speaks a lot of places. Talk." At this time, a commentator named Sun Ping from Tianchao TV Station said.

"Yeah, Vincent is a successful head coach in Europe. He has won four championships for two consecutive years, the Ligue [-] champion, the French Cup champion, the French League Cup champion, and the UEFA Cup and European Champions Cup. It’s all the honors Vincent led Bordeaux to. Now it’s very possible to win the World Cup in the French national team!” Another commentator, Huang Xiang, became more and more excited as he spoke, “If Vincent can come back to coach our national team, I don’t know what it will be like. What? Also, I heard that Fan Shang recommended Li Gang to go to this year's Ligue [-] runner-up Lens last year, but in the end it seemed that he and Jianlibao did not agree, and the matter was settled in the end. It seems that Fan Shang still treats us Tianchao Football more concerned."

"Let's get down to business, let's watch the game." Sun Ping saw that Huang Xiang was dragging away, so he brought the topic back to the game.

Then the game started. In the first minute, Papin received a long pass from the backcourt and shot on tiptoe in the penalty area. This was the first shot of the game. Although he did not score a goal, it showed the determination of the French team.

In the 5th minute, it was Papin again, who received a pass from Zidane in the penalty area and shot under the attack of two Brazilian central defenders. Unfortunately, after hitting the goal post, Taffarel, who had a good second reaction, quickly Bigfoot drives out of the restricted area.

In the 18th minute, Brazil got a chance for a corner kick. Leonardo took a corner kick. Sampaio actually took off and headed the goal without being marked in the penalty area. It's really dangerous.

"Keep an eye on your own people!" Jacquet shouted, clapping the notebook in his hand.

(End of this chapter)