Chapter 384: We Can Win
No matter who leaves, the game has to go on. Although the fans of the Brazilian team have a little ominous premonition in their hearts, after all, the team is still ahead, so they are not too worried.
Robinho, who replaced Ricardo, also seemed to be quite a general, he could take the ball up front, he could play the ball, and quickly helped the Brazilian team stabilize the situation.
Seeing that the Brazilian team once again took the initiative and the upper hand, in the 58th minute, they suffered another blow.
Emerson also strained his thigh when passing the ball in midfield!
He was taken by Gilberto. Silva was substituted.
"Brazil had bad luck today, two of their main players went off injured, and although they are still leading the scoreline, the Italians are still quite threatening in attack," the commentator laughed, "I wonder if Pereira can turn the luck of the Brazilian team around?" ”
At this time, the old fox Lippi was also replaced. He made two substitutions at the same time, Perrotta and Totti. They were replaced by De Rossi and Iaquinta.
De Rossi's replacement of Perrotta was a counter-substitution, Totti played as a midfielder today, and Iaquinta was a tall centre-forward, which was a targeted change made by Lippi to identify Brazil's weaknesses in defending high balls.
His substitutions worked.
In the 63rd minute, Italy got a free kick opportunity, and Pirlo took the penalty. He took the ball to the front post, Yaquinta grabbed the header and slid the ball through the crowd to the back post, where Grosso stretched out his leg and cushioned the ball into the net.
Grosso Goal!!! After opening the door to victory for Italy against Germany last time, he scored another crucial goal for Italy this time! The Italians equalised! The narrator roared.
"Overall, Brazil played better today, controlled the tempo of the game, had a lot of good athletic opportunities, and led twice thanks to two talented performances by Ricardo. But the Italians equalised with two set-pieces! ”
Cafu made a fatal mistake when he relaxed his marking on Grosso and allowed Grosso to get to his feet without any interference. It's not a mistake for a player of his calibre! ”
Pereira's face immediately lengthened, and he snorted dissatisfiedly.
Brazil's defense was actually not bad, but today it was like an evil attack, with two main players injured and two set-pieces conceded. This kind of small probability event was encountered by the Brazilian team.
Ricardo glanced at Grosso, who was celebrating, with a gloomy expression. The lead he personally created was lost like this, and it is impossible to say that he is not in a hurry. But he can't do anything now.
He buried his face deep in the palm of his hand. It's not crying, it's just self-pity.
At this moment, he has lost confidence in whether the team can win the championship.
After conceding the goal, Brazil began a frantic comeback.
In the 64th minute, Ronaldinho received Robinho's cross, burst into the penalty area and shook Cannavaro and shot hard, but Buffon saved his powerful shot.
A minute later, Robinho was denied by Cannavaro, but Kaka aggressively counter-attacked to regain possession and fired a powerful shot from 20 yards out, but it was just wide.
Three minutes later, Kaka's long-range shot went high again.
In the 70th minute, Robert. Carlos and Ronaldinho combined a couple of passes in quick succession before striking an outside volley over the crossbar.
"The Brazilians are attacking aggressively and Italy are very passive," the commentator said, "The Brazilians are not hampered by the departure of Ricardo and Emerson injured, nor are they demoralized by conceding goals, they are really superior to Italy in terms of quality." ”
"But it's not enough to attack, Brazil have to find a way to score. Adriano has almost disappeared during this time, and after Ricardo left, there was no spark between Adriano and Robinho. ”
'Pereira should figure out something, he still has one last substitution unused, and Brazil is also full of talent on the bench, enough to turn things around, just see how Pereira plays his last card.'
As the Italians got used to the rhythm of the Brazilian team, the two sides returned to parity as the Brazilians' physical strength gradually wore off.
The ball is tackled back and forth in midfield, and it is difficult for either side to get into the opponent's box.
Time passes.
Before regular time ran out, Silver Fox Lippi used his last card and he replaced Camoranesi with Piero.
It seems that he also wants to make a last-ditch effort and does not want to be dragged into overtime.
But at this time Pereira chose to be conservative. He ordered the recovery across the board, and the Brazilian used his skilful footwork to firmly control the ball in his own half, running out of regular time.
Both sides can only go into extra time.
The team did not enter the dressing room and only took a short break on the sidelines.
Pereira seized the time to set up his tactics, and when extra time began, Juninho Jr. came on and replaced Kaka, who had suffered a bit of an injury in the scramble.
The bout restarted, and Kaka sat next to Ricardo, clenching his fists nervously.
"Can we win?"
"I don't know." Ricardo looked intently at the pitch.
Ronaldinho and Robinho made a wall-and-wall link before bursting into the box and firing a right-footed shot that went just wide of the post.
Juninho Jr. split the ball down the right flank, Cafu crossed with his feet, Adriano flicked his head at goal from close range, and Buffon reacted quickly to lift the ball over the crossbar with one hand.
Ricardo almost jumped up to celebrate the goal, but eventually had to clench his fists and sit back down.
"What will happen to you if we lose?" Ricardo asked suddenly.
Kaka frowned, "I don't think we're going to lose." ”
Ricardo sighed, "I mean if." ”
"Then ......," Kaka thought for a moment, "I'm probably going to cry." Don't think about it, trust your teammates. We're stronger, we can win! ”
In the first half of extra time, the Italians didn't get any chances, and Brazil got a couple of good chances, but they didn't take them.
The two sides quickly exchanged venues and went into the second half of extra time.
The Brazilian team began to recycle and the Italians began to attack.
This is also the norm in extra time, as each team can basically only score half a game due to fitness issues.
Pirlo's corner almost spun straight into the back of the net. Carlos cleared the ball with a goal-line header and De Rossi's long-range shot from outside the area was deflected wide.
In the last minute, Pirlo unleashed a long pass, Toney unloaded the ball in the box and swept it straight with his feet, and the ball flew high into the stands.
At the end of the 120 minutes, the two sides went into a brutal penalty shootout!
It's a breathtaking moment!
The Italians had previously lost three penalty shootouts at the World Cup.
The most recent was the '94 World Cup, and at the Rose Bowl, they left Baggio with a gloomy back.
After 12 years, will the past repeat itself?
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