Chapter 22: The Shortest Overtime in History!
For the first time in the extra-time of the World Cup, a Golden Ball winner has been used – the popular method of sudden death.
In the remaining 30 minutes of the game, whoever scored the first goal would have won the game, and the first golden goal in such a major match was in the European Championship final two years ago, when Bierhoff's header gave Germany a victory over the Czech Republic – and in this case, France – ......
The World Cup has played two extra-time games so far, but unfortunately no goals have been scored, and Argentina, England, France and Italy have all had to go into brutal penalty shootouts after 120 minutes of fierce battle.
But in reality, the Golden Ball win is no less stressful than a penalty shoot-out.
Because in the same way, maybe just one mistake will ruin the fate of the whole team!
Therefore, the Golden Ball system was canceled after the 02 World Cup, one is because it is too cruel, and the other is because it is too cruel, which leads to the players not daring to let go of the attack in the last 30 minutes, which directly leads to a very boring scene.
It's just that the extra time of this game left a memory that will never be forgotten for the short-lived reform of the Ballon d'Or winning method in world football......
According to the rules of the game, the Chinese team will take the lead in serving, and Lao Ma means that the overtime is too cruel, so the players of the Chinese team are required to defend solidly, and the core of the offense will only arrange Ling Feng.
In the last crucial half hour, unless there is a good opportunity to counterattack, otherwise, once you press on it but can't tear apart the opponent's defense, but at the last moment your door is breached, it will be quite worth the loss!
But the funniest thing is that the biggest victim since the establishment of the Ballon d'Or is the Italian team, which is known for their defense - they were first equalized by Wiltord in the 94th minute of the European Championship final in '00, and then scored a golden goal by Trezeguet in extra time to lose the European Championship.
And two years later, they were unfortunately injured again by the Golden Ball, the same last-minute equaliser, the same extra time by someone else, but this time in addition to bad luck, there are some unclean factors - and the team that once again created Italy's depression was the host at the time - South Korea.
Please pay attention to the two words at that time, maybe in four years, the Italians will have to shake hands with Ling Feng......
To get back to the point, now Brazevic has the same idea as the old horse, after the 90-minute game, the players have consumed too much physical strength, especially the Croatian team, they fought in the last minute of the game is not an ordinary fierce, although they successfully equalized, but some of their players who played the full 90 minutes of the game such as Suker, Boban, Asanovic and others are already like the end of the crossbow.
But the problem is that he doesn't have a place to replace him now.
The Chinese team still has one, Lao Ma replaced Sun Jihai and replaced Zhang Xiaorui, and the formation changed from 5-4-1 to 4-5-1, it seems that Lao Ma is also very cautious.
"Why are they all so verbose!" Ling Feng reached out and brushed his sleeves, this was a sign before he was always mad, but he was embarrassed to find that he was wearing a short-sleeved jersey today - fortunately, no one saw it: "Isn't it over if you score a goal, go home and take a shower and hug your wife to sleep!" I don't have the time to spend another half an hour with them, damn it, I'm going to get a penalty - so much pressure will become impotence if it grows into impotence......"
No one knew the dirty thoughts in Ling Feng's heart, the Chinese team had already passed the ball out at this time, and the overtime officially began.
The ball did not hit the front court directly, but smashed it a few times in the backfield, successfully attracting the two players on the other side to symbolically run up and rob it, and then passed it back to the feet of Ling Feng at the back of the midfield.
And Ling Feng, at this time, he was going crazy!
I have to say that the performance of the players on the pitch has a lot to do with the temporary state - not that those top goals are so easy to score, maybe they can't score goals when there is no pressure in training, but in the game, that flash of inspiration becomes an eternal moment.
Ling Feng, Rivaldo and others are representatives of this kind of player.
If you are playing martial arts now, you can see that the "POWER" trachea on Ling Feng's head has suddenly reached MAX, which is the legendary state of explosion - we can think about it like this, this guy has scored so many wonderful goals before, and when Rivaldo and Maradona scored those world-level goals, they also belong to the same state......
This state is terrible, after Ling Feng took the ball, he pulled the ball behind him without stopping, and at the same time turned around and pressed Boban behind him, in the dilated pupils of the AC Milan midfielder, Ling Feng rushed to the backcourt!
In line with the instinct of the shooter and the midfield commander, Su Ke and Boban both had a premonition that the situation was not right, Yue Lingxiang and Liu Dong, two young players, kept plugging forward from the side, each attracting the attention of at least two defenders, so that is to say, the real purpose of the two of them was not to wait for Ling Feng's pass, but to help Ling Feng open the gap!
A sense of crisis surged into the hearts of the two, and at the same time, Croatian head coach Blazevic also discovered this, and shouted loudly to the players on the field: "Keep an eye on Ling, don't let him get rid of it, foul!" Foul immediately! ”
However, even if it is a foul, it must touch Ling Feng's body, Brazevic is very shrewd, if he fouls in the middle court, even if he gets a yellow card, it will have no impact on the overall situation, and the free kick in this position is almost negligible, if Ling Feng is allowed to rush forward another twenty meters, then the foul must be very careful.
Asanovic immediately came up to make up for the defense, Ling Feng handed the ball to his left foot, and then suddenly broke through his pressing in disguise and continued to rush forward - Asanovic didn't even touch Ling Feng's side.
Two players in a row were shaken off, and the shouts of "wind, gale" in the stands reached a peak, and the fans in France still remember it, Ling Feng's terrifying speed, once it runs wild like a wild horse, there are really few people who can stop it!
At this time, it is no longer appropriate to describe Ling Feng as a wild horse that has escaped, it should be said that it is a wild dog that has gone crazy!
Stanic pulled Ling Feng's clothes hard, but this guy with a big gauze sleeve wrapped around his head was really not something ordinary people could pull when he ran, plus he suddenly knocked the ball backwards, that kind of inertia made Stanic almost vomit blood, but it wasn't over yet, the purpose of Ling Feng's knock was not simply to flash Stanich, but to rush up to tackle Soldo on the left side of the breakthrough!
Soldo, who fell to the ground, originally thought that he could successfully sneak attack, but he didn't know that Ling Feng's figure disappeared in a flash, and then he only saw his teammate Stanich being pulled up, looking at him dumbfounded......
In the dilated pupils of the two, Soldo tackled his teammates hard, but he was not much better, Stanic's bulky body pressed him, and Ling Feng flicked the ball forward with his left foot and rushed out again!
Break through four players in a row! Ling Feng's current position has come to the front five meters of the arc circle of the big forbidden area!
In this position, there can be no more fouls!
Everyone knows the terrible free kick of Ling Feng, he relied on a free kick on the side with almost no chance in the first game of this World Cup, not only completed his hat trick, but also increased the killing distance of his free kick, if he fouled in this position, it is difficult to guarantee that this guy will not end the game directly with a free kick.
As a last resort, the defensive movements of the Croatian players have become smaller, which is exactly what Ling Feng meant, when facing Tudor, Ling Feng flicked the tail of the bull and threw the 1.92-meter Eastern European man out of the north......
This tail flick naturally received unanimous cheers from the audience, and Ling Feng also entered the forbidden area.
The biggest feature of the tail flicking is that it is cool, and it can only be ranked second by surprise - but this is also the first time that Ling Feng has used this extraordinary action in the World Cup, and the unexpected effect has naturally been achieved.
But one of the biggest flaws in flicking the cow's tail is that even if Ling Feng's skills are superb, it is inevitable that the ball will be a little bigger.
But another extraordinary move makes up for this deficiency - the Marseille slalom!
Zidane's signature move, the Marseille maneuver, has an effect that no other action can match!
Not only did he pull the ball back that ran away, but at the same time, the rotation of the body could also block the opponent on the side...... Uh, that's a long way off.
Bilic was completely blocked by such a move, and Ling Feng was now just facing the opponent's trembling goalkeeper who rushed forward.
The tail flick is to throw the ball to his right side, and the Marseille spin just pulls the ball back in front of the left side, so that after the two movements are used continuously and successfully, the ball is still at Ling Feng's feet.
Bilic had fallen to the ground helplessly by this time, and he didn't care about the red card for the tackle behind him, and it was a tackle in the box - and now the penalty doesn't matter.
Damn, at a moment like this, all means can be used - the time when Argentina won the championship before Maradona, it was Kempes, and Kempes also staged a play of God.
In the 1978 World Cup against Poland, Argentina led 1-0, and when Lato's header was about to fly into the goal, Kempes jumped up on the goal line and single-handedly slotted the ball out with a goalkeeper move.
Then goalkeeper Ferror saved Poland's penalty, and Kempes was also the rescuer.
If it were now, Kempes would have been sent off for deliberate handball – it's a shame that Kempes didn't make that save move!
And now, even knowing that a penalty was going to be awarded, knowing that he was going to be sent off with a red card, Bilic did not hesitate to fall to the ground and shovel it.
However, he didn't hinder Ling Feng.
Everything just happened in a few seconds, after Ling Feng landed in the Marseille maneuver, he pulled the ball sideways without stopping, flashed the goalkeeper Radic and then pushed the arch of his right foot, and the ball went into the net!
Although, although Bilic tackled Ling Feng, although Ling Feng successfully fell, however, the goal had already been scored......
Breaking through seven defenders in a row, starting from midfield, passing the goalkeeper and hitting the ball into the empty goal, how familiar is this!
That's right!
The most wonderful goal in the history of the World Cup, Argentina vs. England in 1986, Maradona's swan song!
This ball is almost a copy of the time!
The moment the ball went into the net, the whole of China was boiling!
What is this concept? Golden Ball! Golden Ball!
The reason why the Golden Ball system can be put on the stage of football history, and even the two consecutive World Cups have adopted this method of winning, it will naturally have his unique charm!
The golden ball, sudden death, although cruel, but in the moment of hitting the ball, the joy of the winner will not be dragged until the end of the game!
When dozens of TV stations in Europe and the United States broadcast the game live, when the ball entered the net, dozens of commentators shouted at the same time: "World-class goals are born!" ”
That's right, breaking through seven people in a row, including two very stylish passing moves, plus this is still a golden ball, Ling Feng's goal is enough to compete with Maradona's goal!
It can only be said that it is comparable, because Lao Ma was also in the quarterfinals at that time, although it was not a golden ball victory, but it was a battle between two feuds!
The hatred between countries has moved to the football field, and that will be far more significant than China and Croatia, two countries that have little to do with each other.
Just forty-five seconds into extra time!
The game ended when most of the players on the pitch, especially the Croatian players, didn't even touch the ball......
Ling Feng scored his seventh goal of this World Cup, and he broke the curse of six goals that have been difficult to break since the 1978 World Cup in Argentina!
The Chinese team marched to the semi-finals with their heads held high!