The boring tug-of-war lasted more than ten minutes.

The neutral fans looked drowsy, and the on-site commentator also tactfully expressed his dissatisfaction, but said that he could understand.

"Brazil and France have chosen to be conservative and invest heavily in their defense. Brazil basically only had Ricardo and Ronaldinho up front, while France kept only Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane. When attacking and counterattacking, not many troops were invested. ”

"Of course, this is the last eight of the World Cup, and it is not surprising that the two teams have made such a choice."

There is no word for the commentary on this game, and I have to repeatedly review the historical records of the two teams, the past experience of the core players, and the performance of the past season......

Towards the end of the first half, France played a counter-attack of great quality. Zidane used Marseille spinning on the left to pull the ball past Kaka and Cafu in succession, but he didn't go down, and with his current age and speed, he couldn't go down.

He pushed the ball straight into the middle, and Vieira quickly followed, striding the ball and overtaking Juan to create a one-on-one situation.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Juan immediately tackled from behind and brought Vieira down.

Referee Cantalejo immediately ran over to show Juan a yellow card and gave France a free kick.

The French players were a little dissatisfied, Zidane negotiated with Cantalejo, and he thought that Vieira had broken through the ball and formed a one-on-one knife, Juan was the last defender, and he should be given a red card for his back tackle.

In the '98 World Cup, this kind of ball was given a yellow card at most, but since that World Cup, the penalty for the back tackle has been much more serious, and it stands to reason that a red card for this ball is not too much.

The commentator also said: "The French team played very threatening in this attack, and the 34-year-old Zinedine Zidane was like a 24-year-old lad, nimbly playing Kaka and Cafu to give Vieira a brilliant pass. ”

"The route of this ball, the strength is excellent, the amount of advance is just right, a little heavier and lighter Vieira is not easy to catch, and the route is a little bit Vieira can't be received, it is really an impeccable pass."

The red card was not too much, and Juan escaped. If Brazil are sent off, the rest of the game will be difficult. ”

The referee certainly couldn't have changed the decision just because a player was pressing, and he upheld the decision.

Henry takes the ball.

The ball was only about 25 meters from the goal, which was quite good, almost facing the goal. Brazil struggled to lay out a good wall, and Henry adjusted and drove the ball out.

The wall jumped, the ball hit the edge of the wall, and Cantalejo whistled again, signaling for Ronaldinho to handball and giving Ronaldinho a yellow card.

Ronaldinho was silent. He did spread his hand just now and deliberately blocked the football, otherwise he was worried that the football would bypass him and spin into the goal.

France were awarded another free-kick on the line of the penalty area.

This time, it was Zinedine Zidane who took the free-kick.

Brazil were a little nervous, this time with an extra player on the wall, while two French players were also squeezing into the wall. Zinedine Zidane is also a free-kick master and has scored many spectacular free-kicks in his career.

It may not be as exaggerated as Mihajlovich's hat-trick from a free-kick, nor as pleasing as David Beckham's moon cutle, but whoever dares to underestimate his free-kick skills will surely learn a lesson.

Licardo, who was in the wall, certainly remembered that in the 2006 World Cup in another time and space, it was Zinedine Zidane's free-kick that set up Henry's goal to knock France out of Brazil.

He glanced nervously, and it was okay, Robert. Carlos wasn't tying his shoes, and Henry was being watched.

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle and Zidane began to run.

Ricardo stared at Zidane's feet, and the moment Zidane touched the ball, he began to jump.

At this time, he realized that something was wrong, next to him was the French player Ribery who had squeezed in, but at this moment Ribery suddenly flashed to the side.

The ball was flying towards the gap after Ribery left.

At this moment, Ricardo instinctively wanted to stretch out his hand, but he immediately realized that this was in the penalty area, and his hand was a penalty + red card. He resisted the impulse, at which point he was too late to do anything, and the football passed by him.

After landing, before Ricardo could look back to confirm, he had already heard cheers, roars and applause from the stands.

Ricardo felt a chill in his heart. Sure enough, referee Cantalejo blew the whistle and pointed to the center circle.

The ball went in.

Zinedine Zidane began to celebrate. The 34-year-old veteran rushed to the sidelines and opened his mouth passionately to roar!

In this battle of life and death, the French team took the lead!

"Zinedine Zidane's Goal !!!!!!!!!!!" The commentator dragged the tone for more than ten seconds, "In first-half stoppage time, Zidane gave France the lead with a wonderful free kick!" ”

"Zidane didn't choose his best way of taking free throws, but played a tactical combination, Ribery squeezed into the Brazilian team's human wall, and then suddenly pulled away, allowing Zidane to score the ball through the gap in the human wall."

"Who would believe that this player is 34 years old? After winning the Champions League, Zidane said in an interview that he was considering retiring. But I think he can play for another 10 years! ”

"Great Zidane! I'll never get tired of watching him play! Please don't retire! ”

Ricardo crossed his hands on his hips and watched helplessly as the French celebrated.

He knew his performance today was really not convincing. It's not bad, it's not good.

In the entanglement with the opponent's muscular defenders and muscular backs, he wasted too much physical strength.

Thuram is an old rival, and he is not afraid. But Makelle is really unfamiliar with him, and he is very annoyed by this little man's immortality.

There is also Vieira, although he has played against Vieira in the league, but Vieira is in particularly good shape today, giving full play to his physical advantages. It feels like Patrick Vieira has been paddling all season and putting all his energy into today's game.

In the second half, something had to change.

After Brazil restarted, they couldn't get to the French penalty area quickly, and the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the first half, and the two sides went into halftime.

Brazil's players hurried through the tunnel as they eagerly listened to Pereira's set-up.

In the dressing room, Pereira wasted no time criticising or praising the players' performances. France are already ahead and will certainly be comfortable on the counter-attack in the second half, but Brazil will have to adjust their tactics immediately to break through the opposition's dense defence.

It's a big challenge. When the world's No. 2 team in defense is determined to defend it, even the team with the best attacking power can't come up with a good solution.