There is a dream called football

Chapter 390 Who Can Enter the Finals

At 7:4 p.m. on July 8th, German time, the first semi-final of the German World Cup kicked off. The two sides were Germany and Italy.

The game started in Dortmund. Although the Chinese team was out, as one of the top 32, they were still invited to watch the game.

The whole country of Germany attaches great importance to this game. It is related to the four-year wait, whether the Germans can enter the final again, and whether the Germans can return to their capital Berlin to participate in the final competition for the Hercules Cup.

After the start of the game, the scene was a bit boring, Lippi and Klinsmann both chose conservative tactics.

In fact, for both sides, this is a game that cannot afford to lose.

Needless to say for Klinsmann, the host.

For Lippi, the current Italian football is in turmoil, and there is an urgent need for victory to renew the confidence of domestic fans in football.

In the first half, the two sides played very boring, with few shots. Italy's reinforced concrete defense made it difficult for the Germans to find opportunities, and the German midfielder also played very strongly.

After the boring first half, many commentators even felt that the ball was definitely going to be a penalty shootout.

In this way, the German team may have an advantage, because they eliminated Argentina on penalties to advance, and the Italians' previous games were relatively smooth, except for the quarter-finals with Australia, which was a bit hard.

Li Qiao had seen this game in his previous life. Of course, time has passed. He only remembered Grosso's lore, but he forgot it during the game.

But will the result be the same?

Maybe not, maybe the Germans will be in the final this time.

In the second half, both sides played a lot more proactively, and their shots gradually increased. In the first half, they really suppressed themselves on purpose, but in the second half it was time for a decisive victory, so they had to work harder.

Minutes ticked by and the score remained 0-0 until the 85th minute.

The Germans scored first.

Li Qiao was dumbfounded, it really changed.

This is Ballack's long-range shot, Buffon rarely missed a shot, and Asamoah, who followed, scored the ball.

1 to 0.
Gao Lin beside him said: "It seems that the German team will really enter the final."

"It is true that the Germans are really reliable in the World Series."

"I like that Germany won the World Cup in the end. Then I can say that we lost to the World Cup champion. That's a face."

"Ha ha."

Li Qiao just smiled, maybe history has changed, it will be more interesting.

At this time, the regular time is only 5 minutes, and with injury time, it may be less than 10 minutes. In this case, the opponent is still Germany, and maybe even the Italians themselves have no confidence.

But when the time came to 90 minutes, Italy got a corner kick.

Pirlo took a corner kick and the ball came to the middle. At this time, Materazzi jumped up on the dry ground and headed the ball towards the goal. Lehmann jumped up and couldn't make a save.

The audience was dumbfounded, and Italy evened the score at the last moment.

The Chinese players were also dumbfounded, because Italy's goal was very strange and too domineering, obviously the Germans were careless.

It is estimated that the German players have been imagining Berlin just now, so there was such a big mistake in marking, and Materazzi, who is so dangerous in the Italian team, did not mark to death.

And the ultimate punishment is painful.

"Oops, Germany is going to be bad."

"Hehe, weren't you still optimistic about Germany just now?" Li Qiao laughed.

"It's not going well."

Li Qiao also nodded, this ball was a big blow to the German team, after all, it was the last moment.

In the end, 1 to 1 was maintained until the end, and the semi-final between Germany and Italy went into overtime.

Li Qiao remembered that in his previous life, the two sides fought hard for 120 minutes, but the process was completely different.

This ball looks good! !

Entering overtime, the physical fitness of both sides fell like a cliff. It was the 6th game within a month, and these players have experienced a long season, so the physical fitness problem is very clear.

"It looks like both sides are basically going to a penalty shootout."

Not to mention that Gao Lin and Feng Xiaoting could see it, even those who don't know much about football can see that the two sides seem to be unable to play.

But in the second half of overtime, Lippi used up the last substitution in Italy and replaced Perotta with Del Piero.

Many people explained that this substitution was about to prepare for a penalty shootout, because Del Piero is Juventus' number one penalty shooter.

But Lippi probably didn't think so. This old man is full of wisdom, and his substitution should not be that simple.

And it was precisely this substitution that did not attract the attention of the German coaching staff. Loew and Klinsmann both ignored this substitution, and a few minutes later, the German team suffered the heaviest punishment.

As soon as Piero made his debut, he bore the name of Baggio's heir, and the title of Italian Golden Boy resounded throughout the Apennines.

Although he did not reach the height of Baggio, Del Piero was one of the best strikers in Italy at that time.

This time Lippi's positioning of Piero was a surprise soldier, and this time the surprise soldier really worked.

Zambrotta handed the ball to Del Piero in the penalty area. What position is this?Commonly known as Piero Corridor.

It's just that Piero is not at his peak at this time, so maybe the Germans really forgot that no one went up to block the eye-catching in the Piero corridor on the left side of the penalty area.

And Piero shot with his right foot when no one was defending, just like he scored countless goals in the Del Piero corridor in Serie A.

The ball was drawn out with a straight trajectory, and the ball drawn by Del Piero in Piero's corridor basically has no arc, it is steady and ruthless.

Lehmann was out of reach and the ball flew into the goal from the near post.

2 to 1.
All quiet.

Piero sticks out his tongue, which is his signature celebration, and he is happy like a child at this time.

At the last moment of overtime, Del Piero almost beat the German team.

"Fuck me, Germany has been killed."

"I was careless just now. I think Piero often scores goals here."

"It's still a matter of physical fitness."

After conceding the goal, the German team launched a violent counterattack, but failed to score again. In the end, Italy reversed Germany 2-1 and became the first team to reach the final. Their opponents in the final will be the winners of France and Portugal.

A day later, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, another semi-final was scheduled, an even more lackluster one, as France narrowly beat Portugal 1-0 to reach the final.

The process of the two semi-finals is different, but the expectation of the final has been heated up. On July 7th, Italy and France will hold the final in Berlin, the capital of Germany.

After four years of waiting, the Hercules Cup will find its owner for the next four years, and the Chinese team will also go to watch the final.

(End of this chapter)