8 July 1998.

2:30 a.m. Beijing time.

At the Stade de France in Paris, France, the Chinese and French teams were warming up.

As the home stadium of France, most of the 80,000 seats were grabbed by the French, and there were less than 20,000 Chinese overseas students, overseas Chinese, and cheerleading squads who came to cheer.

However, the Chinese team, which did not have an advantage in the audience, did not have the upper hand on the field, and whenever Ling Feng played a trick casually during the warm-up, the Parisian fans in the stands gave shocking applause.

The French players couldn't help but smile bitterly one by one, Ling Feng's status in the hearts of Paris fans was too high.

When it comes to the national team, probably the relationship between the French team and Ling Feng is the best - Anelka, Djokaeff, Vieira, Thuram, Rama, Rama, have all partnered with Ling Feng at different times, and Zidane, Deschamps, Henry, etc. also have a good relationship with Ling Feng.

Especially in the Champions League final, in order to protect Zidane, who was still an opponent at the time, his injury would not worsen, and that wonderful knife is still fresh in the memory of French fans - and Ling Feng's first red card in his career was also obtained because of this, so in the minds of French fans, Ling Feng is the same as his own family.

The only one who bared his teeth on the side was the bald goalkeeper of the French team, Barthez.

Because when Ling Feng was still at Saint-Germain, Barthez, who was the goalkeeper of Monaco, was scored six goals by Ling Feng in three games against Ling Feng in one season, including Carlos's "S" arc, a direct corner kick and Rivaldo's amazing backhook goal.

And among the above six goals, there is no inclusion of Ling Feng's goal of "assisting" Anelka - do you remember, it was the first goal of Anelka's career, yes, the one that arched in with his ass......

Barthez, Kahn, Buffon, Seaman...... The gates guarded by these world-level goalkeepers were all breached by Ling Feng, and only Schmeichel and Chilavert escaped without fighting Ling Feng.

Ling Feng smiled and chatted with Anelka and the others, and Zidane, Thuram and others were also on the side - anyway, the warm-up was almost over, so it was not bad for everyone to chat.

"Ling, how are your injuries? Don't be forced! Anelka asked more concerned - in Ling Feng's opinion, he was more concerned about the result of the game.

"Don't worry, I know my own injuries," Ling Feng grinned, "When I was bald, I was so strong!" ”

Zidane smiled bitterly on the side, the video of him being beaten by Ling Feng is now broadcast on major TV stations in France every day, but to be honest, he also admires Ling Feng's affection.

"If you don't end up with an injury, be careful I'll give you this too." Zidane made a gesture with a knife, which caused a laugh next to him.

There is no pressure on the Chinese team in this game, and it is unimaginable for everyone to come to this point before the World Cup, even if they can't enter the finals, they can be regarded as glorious despite defeat.

In contrast, the pressure on the French team is much greater, after all, although China's current record is good, it is still a notch worse than France, which has the advantage of being the host.

The French team has come to this point, and their goal is only to win the championship, defeat China, defeat Brazil, and become the seventh country in history to win the World Cup, which is the current goal of the French team.

Therefore, in contrast, the positioning of the two teams is different, and the pressure is naturally different.

Half an hour before the game, the two sides finished their warm-up and returned to the lounge, and the starting list was announced.

The starting line-ups of both teams were a big surprise!

First of all, the Chinese team, Ling Feng actually sat on the bench - this has to be regarded as very good news for the French team!

But just look at the squad of the French team, and the news is not necessarily very good......

Yakai lined up in a traditional 4-5-1 formation, and it was clear that he was still very jealous of the Chinese team - to be precise, he was quite jealous of Ling Feng......

But the problem is that Ling Feng is now sitting on the bench with Erlang's legs crossed and talking and laughing with Lao Ma, it is obvious that the rumors about Ling Feng's injury before the game are true, but Yakai was smoked by the smoke bombs released by Ling Feng, and discharged such a conservative formation.

At this time, the starting lineup could not be changed, Jacques was very depressed, in order to defend Ling Feng, he deliberately discharged the formation of three backs - this is the same as when France vs Brazil in the World Cup final.

Vieira, Deschamps, Petit three top midfielders, Blanco, Desailly two top central defenders, as a result, Ling Feng did not start?

If he had known that Ling Feng was not on the lineup, then Yakai would have put out an aggressive lineup and tried to lock up the victory when Ling Feng had not yet played - but the problem now is that the starting list cannot be modified once it is announced, and Ling Feng is ironclad in the second half - Yakai will not believe the Chinese team's statement before the game: "Our goal has been achieved, the semi-finals are already unimaginable results for us, and the next two games, regardless of victory or defeat, we will treat them as training." ”

can win, it is expected that the Chinese team will never give up, Ling Feng released this smoke bomb, which shows that the Chinese team began to use a little trick when its strength is not as good as its own - what does it mean, China definitely wants to win this game, it is definitely not the kind of "training" they said before the game!

However, although it is a defensive lineup, Yakai believes that in the absence of Ling Feng, it will not be a problem for this lineup to tear apart the defense of the Chinese team - in the absence of Ling Feng, the strength of the Chinese team can only rank second in Europe at best - and it also relies on Hao Haidong and other players who play in the five major leagues and the young players who have performed exceptionally well in this World Cup.

Vieira is the first time to start this World Cup, Jacquet's purpose is because he and Ling Feng have played in the same club for two consecutive years, and his understanding of Ling Feng is also the deepest in the French team, although Ling Feng did not start, but Vieira is not just a simple defender - but in last year's Fiorentina team, he didn't need to come forward to assist.

The race finally began in anticipation.

The formation of the Chinese team in the first half was also 4-5-1, it seems that Lao Ma's meaning is obvious, in the first half, he tried to spend time with the opponent, and after Ling Feng came on the court, he would decide the winner in the last forty-five minutes.

Hao Haidong played as a single striker, Liu Dong and Yue Lingxiang on the wings, Li Tie and Zhao Jun as the double midfielders, and Zhang Xiaorui as the central midfielder, the Chinese team tried to control the tempo of the game in the first half and control the midfield.

The two sides arranged a total of ten players in the midfield, and the midfield battle in this game was quite exaggerated.

France served first.

It is undeniable that the strength of the Chinese team's midfield is weaker than that of France, especially when the opponent defends, the Chinese players suffer physically.

Deschamps, Vieira, and Desailly, they are all top defensive players, and the use of their bodies is far more powerful than these young players, even Hao Haidong, who was pushed by Desailly's ass when he broke through with the ball, couldn't find North, let alone a few young men who were still minors who were not fully developed.

Zinedine Zidane has not yet played at his level, to be precise, the French midfielder has not played at his true level so far.

But even so, the double forward of Djokaeff and Zidane is also extremely powerful, and Anelka, who has been trained in the arsenal, rampage in the Chinese team's half, coupled with the fire support of Zidane and Djokaeff behind him, also stirred up the Chinese team's half-time chickens and dogs.

Just as Jacques can't change the formation even if he learns that the Chinese team doesn't have Ling Feng, but can only rely on the eleven people on the field to play, although the Chinese team fell into passivity in the opening stage at this time, but Ling Feng can only sit on the bench and be anxious - Ling Feng can't help but be very glad that if Jacques chooses again, he will definitely discharge Anelka and Henry or Trezeguet's double forwards, so that the French team's attack will increase, and the Chinese team will be more dangerous!

But now, Jacques didn't dare to make a substitution.

After all, this is football, not basketball, and players don't want to change them again if they are replaced on the court, unless Jacques dares to bet that he will replace a midfielder with a striker in less than ten minutes into the opening game - but he must also be prepared for Ling Feng to play at the same time.

Therefore, before the game, Ling Feng's smoke bomb was still quite level-like like a weasel's fart, which stunned Yakai at once......

However, this only slightly delayed the death process of the Chinese team, and in the first 20 minutes of the first half, the French team had as many as seven shots on goal, but none of them scored.

The first goal of the game came in the 25th minute of the first half, when France took advantage of a corner kick when 1.90m centre-back Blanco received a pass from Zidane and scored with a header from Fan Zhiyi.

1:0, the French team finally took the lead!

It was Blanco's second goal of the tournament, the first coming in the quarter-finals, when he beat Paraguay's fantastic goalkeeper Chilavert to give France the win.

And now, Blanco's goal once again gave France the lead.

Ling Feng and Lao Ma both sat in their positions and did not move, according to their original estimates, if the Chinese team could only concede one goal before the end of the first half, it would be considered to have completed the task.

The difference of one goal is still not big, but if two goals are conceded, then the Chinese team is really dangerous.

The lost ball just now can only be said to be Fan Zhiyi's advantage in the air is too poor, compared to Blanco, who is strong and has a high altitude, Fan Zhiyi failed to hold his position, and planted it into the goal with the ball.

High-altitude ball, the magic weapon of China's previous **** Southeast Asian team, is not worth mentioning when it encounters the world's strongest teams, especially European teams.

Of course, the goal of conceding only one goal in the first half of the game can't be told to the guys on the field, the old horse has set a dead target, and the first half must be defended!

Now that we have conceded a goal, there are twenty minutes left in the game, and now the main task is not to concede any more goals.

The French team naturally understood this, Jacques did not make substitutions, but called the fullbacks on both wings over, asked them to strengthen the breakthrough on the side, and tore apart the Chinese team's back line with high-altitude bombing.

With three midfielders stuck in the middle, Thuram and Ligarazu changing their positions from full-backs to full-backs, the pressure on the Chinese team is now doubled.

The reason for this situation is that the mentality of the Chinese team still accounts for a considerable part.

Ling Feng's soul is not on the field, and facing a top team like France, in the case of not being able to take the initiative on the field, the Chinese team will inevitably have an unstable position, if you don't take measures at this time - then it is only a matter of time before you are scored again.

Lao Ma sighed, he overestimated a few team members a little - originally he thought that Ling Feng could achieve such an achievement at such a young age, so the other team members would not be much worse even if they were not as good as Ling Feng, but how did Lao Ma know that Ling Feng had many years of experience accumulated in his previous life!

When Anelka's shot hit the post in the 33rd minute of the first half, the Chinese team held up the substitution sign.

Down on the 16th, up on the 10th!

The Stade de France resounded with earth-shattering cheers, and both Chinese and Parisian fans shouted in unison!

Ling Feng is finally on the field!

Ling Feng replaced the midfielder Zhang Xiaorui, to be honest, the most aura player in Jianlibao's "Four Little Swans" did not perform well on the field, on the one hand, due to their own technical reasons, they were really not as good as Yue Lingxiang and Liu Dong, the two players who were specially trained in Fiorentina, and on the other hand, because of nervousness, they could not play at a high level.

You must know that even if Yue Lingxiang and Liu Dong surpass Zhang Xiaorui in strength, they will not exceed too much, after all, Zhang Xiaorui is the most skilled player in Jianlibao, and he has been personally coached by Santana for two years, and he often fights with Brazilian players such as Denilson.

But the problem is that Yue Lingxiang and Liu Dong have been playing since the first game of the World Cup, and they both performed outstandingly, and they are much more confident than Zhang Xiaorui, and the pressure is naturally much smaller.

After all, Zhang Xiaorui was only making his first start, and he was almost powerless in the face of Deschamps' scramble, and a large part of the reason was because of nervousness.

Djokaeff, who happened to be standing on the sidelines, smiled and high-fived Ling Feng, an action that caused a round of applause from the fans - friendship first, competition second, and many Parisian fans know that Djokaeff was not small when he won the treble that year.

"Prepare to fight back!" Ling Feng twisted his injured right ankle and shouted loudly to his players in English - this is also deliberately shouted to the French team, otherwise it will be directly in Chinese.

Everyone knows that at this time, the real game has just begun.