There wasn't much time left, and with stoppage time, it was probably about 15 minutes.

There is no room for further mistakes on both sides.

At this time, if either side concedes another goal, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover it.

So after the equalizer, the French team shrank even more.

Of course, the Brazilian team did not press the attack aggressively, at this time, the competition is who has a more solid defense and who has a sharper counterattack.

At this point, Domenech made another substitution, with Wiltord coming on for Malouda.

The 32-year-old veteran has a lot of experience and has no fitness problems when he comes on the pitch, and Domenech is hoping that he will use his experience to solve the problem.

Pereira certainly wanted to continue to adjust, but he didn't have any substitutions in his hands. Overall, he was happy with his few substitutions. Now, it's just a matter of how those players on the pitch play.

Because both sides coincidentally chose to be conservative again, neither side got too good opportunities in the positional battle in the next period of the game.

In the 82nd minute, Brazil played a threatening attack through a set-piece, Ricardo drove a free kick to the left side of the penalty area, Ronaldinho's header crossed the ball to the middle, Adriano stopped the ball on his chest, and immediately raised his leg to shoot, but unfortunately he didn't grasp the shot very close to the goal this time and knocked the ball away.

France also took advantage of a corner kick and Patrick Vieira nodded in the header, but it was more upright and Dida held the ball firmly.

Neither side dared to invest too much in the attack, resulting in some constipation on both sides of the attack, and the ball was mainly converted near the midfield.

The French team played in a 451 formation and naturally had more control over the midfield, but in the second half, Ricardo acted as a shadow striker, often dropping back deep to help strengthen the control of the midfield.

Especially during this time, he almost returned to a position parallel to Ronaldinho and Kaka, and the Brazilian team has actually become a 3-forward midfielder and a 4231 formation.

Pereira was a little unhappy with the time and waved his hand several times to let Ricardo go forward.

But Ricardo didn't want to go toe-to-toe with the muscular defenders of the French team.

He doesn't have the same technical characteristics as Ronaldo, and he plays a little further back.

It's not that his physical fitness is not as good as Ronaldo's choice of a different style of play, but he deeply knows how much Ronaldo's style of play hurts the body, so from the beginning of his career, he has imitated the way of playing at the peak Messi.

Of course, Messi has some characteristics of his own that no one can learn. Licardo learns from Messi, and only learns the part that his conditions can meet.

By now, he has basically developed his own style, and although he is not yet complete, it is difficult to say who he plays like in football. He is who he is.

Faced with the dense defense of the French team, the Brazilian team began to try to shoot from distance. In the 83rd minute, Ricardo received a through ball from Ricardinho, and instead of trying to challenge the dense midfielders and defenders in front of him, he took the ball and shook off Makelele, and did not continue to break through, but shot from 25 meters out.

The ball went straight to the junction of the post and the crossbar, but he kicked it with the outside of his instep with a bit of external spin, and although Butters couldn't touch the ball, the ball spun out of the net.

It was only 10 centimeters away from the goal.

Pereira thumped his chest, and if this goal was scored, there would be no suspense about Brazil's victory.

And now, he has to continue to be scared, for fear of being scored by the French team's counterattack.

Domenech made a very bold substitution at this point, bringing on Saha, who plays for Manchester United, for Thierry Henry.

Saha and Thierry Henry are not strikers of the same level, Henry is a world-class star and the top scorer in the Premier League last season, Saha is only at an intercontinental level, scoring seven goals in 19 league appearances for Manchester United last season, and the goal efficiency is not the same.

But Henry's physical exertion was too great, and the French team spent most of the game on the counter-attack, Henry, as a single striker, kept sprinting, receiving passes from teammates, and dribbling to break through the Brazilian team's defense. No matter how good he is, the threat has dropped greatly at this time, so it can't be said that Domenech's substitution is wrong.

On the other hand, on the Brazilian team's side, although the magic quartet has basically run out of energy, only Adriano, who only came on in the second half, can still run, but Pereira just doesn't dare to replace any of them.

If Kaka or Ronaldinho were replaced, and the team lost, he would be scolded like a dog by the Brazilian fans.

Domenech is facing the same dilemma, and now he has replaced Thierry Henry out of rational thinking, but if France lose and Saha fails to contribute to the team, he will be sprayed by the French media after the game.

But Domenech just had the guts to make the substitution.

Saha, who had just come on the pitch, actively returned to his own half, knocked down Ricardo and received a yellow card.

Ricardo slowly stood up and took the opportunity to regain some strength.

If he had to play extra time, he really didn't know if he could hold on. But if you want to avoid extra time, you have to score, and with the current defensive density of the French team, how difficult it is to score!

And the French team was also careful about the foul and did not give the Brazilian team a free kick that was too well positioned.

Ricardo decided he would move forward a little bit and roam around the edge of the box in an attempt to create set-pieces.

The opportunity was not long in coming.

In the 88th minute, Ricardinho and Kaka passed through the midfield in succession, and when they saw that Ricardo was inserting into the penalty area, they immediately kicked straight into the field.

Vieira was defending Ricardo, he was very tight, and as long as Ricardo had the ball, he would not hesitate to foul to block it.

But Ricardo made a surprising move at this time.

When Ricardinho's pass came to his side, he didn't try to stop it, but flicked the ball and the ball slid past Vieira's left and he himself sprinted past Vieira's right.

"Beautiful man has a ball!" The commentator blurted out, "Ricardo has entered the penalty area!" ”

Ricardo ignored the moment and increased his speed as fast as he could, ready to catch up with the football and shoot at goal.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Thuram left Adriano to fill in the position.

He and Ricardo rushed to the ball almost at the same time, with Ricardo moving more frequently and slotting the ball first, while Thuram's outstretched foot was half a beat slower and kicked at Ricardo's ankle.

Ricardo immediately fell to the ground and rolled a few times.

Butters takes advantage of the opportunity to rush out and grab the ball.

But no, referee Cantalejo has already blown the whistle. He quickly ran into the French penalty area and pointed his finger at the penalty spot.

The commentator almost jumped up and burst out with the strongest sound: "Penalty!" It's a penalty! Ricardo's breakthrough wins a penalty for Brazil! In the 88th minute of the game, the Brazilian team got a golden chance! ”