road to victory

Chapter 355 Fierce battle against Portugal
After the re-opening, France still did not change its defensive counterattack strategy, but the pressing speed in the midfield was accelerated at this time. After all, the ball was lost, and something had to be changed.

In the 27th minute, Vieira received a yellow card for shoveling Figo.

Since Conceicao successfully dribbled the ball in from the left side of France just now, Portugal switched his position with Figo. In the 32nd minute, Figo broke through Thuram on the right side of France, but he has not been able to get rid of it. Finally, when he was almost out of the baseline, he forced a pass, and Barthez attacked and caught the ball in front of Nuno Gomez's head.

In the 34th minute, Wiltord also forcibly shot in front of the penalty area, and was held firmly in the arms of Portugal's goalkeeper captain Baia.It seemed to be France's first shot inside the frame.

In the 39th minute, as if fighting back, Figo cut all the way in from the right, and then shot from outside the penalty area against the double attack of Didier Deschamps and Desailly.

Then Barthez launched a counterattack by tossing the ball. Didier Deschamps accurately found Zidane who ran into the penalty area with a long pass in the middle circle. Lazu, but due to physical disadvantage, Lizarazu did not win the confrontation with Joao Costa and fell to the ground in the penalty area.

The referee gave France a corner kick.

Pettit's ball went to the rear, Henry ran to the corner of the penalty area to catch the ball, and then passed it back to Didier Deschamps, who once again took the ball into the penalty area, this time finding it accurately. Blanco, who was standing on the penalty area line, took a header from Blanco and hit the penalty spot. At this time, it was Wiltord who was unguarded.

But just when Wiltord stopped the ball in his chest and was about to shoot, the referee's whistle blew, and Wiltord was in an offside position at this time.

There was nothing wrong with the penalty of this ball, Fan Shang could only show a look of pity, and could not blame the referee at all.

In the 41st minute, Zidane took the ball in the center line, and then the two bicycles easily passed Costinha by changing direction, facing Vidigal and Henry made a 2-to-1 clever cooperation, although there was a ball Passed from the crotch of Portuguese full-back Dimas to Thuram, who assisted and stepped forward from the wing. Thuram also passed the ball back to Henry. Henry shot in the upper right corner of the penalty area, but this time it still missed the goal frame. .

However, this ball fully demonstrated Zidane's skills, the combination of man and ball is quite perfect, and the distribution of the ball is just right.

In the 43rd minute, Rui Costa and Figo grabbed the ball from Vieira's feet in the midfield. There was a black shadow in front of him, so he quickly jumped to avoid it.This black shadow was Desailly who stepped forward to defend, but although Desailly grabbed the ball first, the referee thought he was a dangerous move, so he showed Desailly a yellow card.

In the subsequent games, most of the time the two teams competed in the midfield. Zidane had a more threatening long shot before the end of the midfield, but other than that, the two teams were lackluster.

With the halftime whistle blowing and the score still at 1:0, Vincent first walked into the player tunnel with his head down.

When the players were all seated, Fan Shang habitually clapped his hands first to let the players focus on him, "The goal in the first half was an accident, although some people made mistakes in it, but I don't think so." Blame you, but your shooting efficiency in the past few days is not high, and you only hit the goal frame once in the entire first half." Fan Shang shook his head, "This is the world champion? Don't you guys be flexible? Going in won't make a corner kick, a free kick!"

At this time, some players raised their heads suddenly, "Also, you two go forward and assist!" Fan Shang pointed to Thuram and Lizarazu, "Their crosses from the side are not effective, as long as they defend It’s enough to cut inside, then the two of you have to go forward boldly, and just leave Didier and Patrick behind to fill in for you! There are two of you, they overlap, you cut inside to respond, look up At halftime, the two of you have become wingers!" Vincent pointed to the two forwards Henry and Wiltord.

"In the second half, walk more on both sides, pay attention to making fouls and corner kicks, remember!" Fan Shang's request was very simple.

Of course, the players nodded fiercely, "Qi Zu, pay attention to scoring more goals on the two sides, and Didier is the same. Don't send high balls directly into the penalty area and let them cross."

Zidane and Deschamps also nodded.

Fan Shang's midfield layout is very simple. These are veterans who have experienced many battles. Chicken soup is a deaf ear to them. Tell them the countermeasures, and they will implement them on the field.

"One more thing." Fan Shang suddenly remembered something, "Save some energy, we are likely to enter overtime."

The players nodded again. They agreed with this point, after all, they were one goal behind.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and neither team made personnel adjustments.

The French side once again sped up the pace of the game, with Vieira and Deschamps' tackles positioned even higher, putting Portugal directly in the midfield.

In the 49th minute, Zidane made a steal in the midfield and then passed it to Henry. The latter stumbled all the way, and then barely shot from long range in the penalty area. The ball was a bit outrageous.But Vincent was very pleased to see that Zidane often retreated to participate in the defense.

In the 51st minute, Vieira blocked the pass in front of Figo, and was then pulled behind by Figo.France quickly sent a free kick, Vieira got up and passed the ball to Thuram, Thuram took about five meters forward, and then stuffed a pass straight into the penalty area.

Wiltord started quickly and barely stopped the ball when the ball was about to go out of the baseline. Then he turned to face the goal and found that he had no angle to shoot, but he saw Henry running into the penalty area out of the corner of his eye. .

So Wiltord passed the ball back to Henry without hesitation. Henry was a little sideways, so he turned around after stopping the ball in the chest, and then raised his left foot to shoot.

The ball passed between Xavier and Cotto, two Portuguese players defending him, and flew to the lower left corner of the goal. Although the ball was not fast, it was too late when Baier saw the ball because the defender blocked his sight. Although he fell to the ground, he still failed to prevent the goal.

The moment the goal was scored, Fan Shang jumped up from the ground, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and finally equalized the score.

　Thank you for your corrections, the mistakes have been corrected.

　　
　
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