Chapter 154: The Game Begins
The players warmed up before the start of the game, and after the warm-up, the players returned to the locker room: "Guys, it's time, I don't want to put pressure on you, but I still have to say, this is the final!" It's the final of the World Cup! You know its importance as well as I do, we only have one chance, and if we can't win against our opponents, then it's definitely not us who leave here with a smile, and I can't forgive myself, what about you? ”
"We can't forgive either!" The sound is neat.
Scolari shouted loudly: "You have the strength, play a normal championship must be ours!" Very good, it seems that you are all excited, much better than I thought, take the opponent and go for the championship! Go win the game! 'Scolari is morale-boosting.
Everyone smiled knowingly, and now the only one alone in the locker room was Jones, and he was the one who was out there.
"Although the German team is not strong at the moment, we are not in a position to underestimate the opponents, because they can reach the final is a sign of their quality, and look at the teams they have eliminated along the way, especially with Kahn in the team."
"You must be very excited, you must have thought about how great it would be if you could win another World Cup! So, you have to fight hard to win this fight, 5 world titles, and oh my God, we will go down in history forever! Scolari was excited.
After a pause, Scolari waved his hand: "I don't care who our opponent is!" All I know is that whoever stands in the way of Brazil, we will crush them! We are just chasing victory, and victory is based on whose pain, I don't care, I just know that the team in front of me is the opponent, and in the end there can only be one team to win, and that team can only be us! Play! Offensive! Win the game! ”
However, even if the two sides fight for strength, Scolari believes that his team is absolutely dominant, and there is no need for him to play any defensive counter-attacks.
Scolari has brought a lot of changes to Brazil, he is more advocating attack, it should be said that Scolari's tactics are almost transparent, just a few moves, and there is nothing special.
What makes Rudy Worrall a headache is that Brazil's offense is really powerful, with a three-R forward line and several wings can also attack, and the Brazilian team's offense is almost used to the extreme, but defense is the weakness of the Brazilian team.
It is said that it is comfortable to fight on the defensive counterattack, but in fact, Rudy Worrall knows how hard it is to defend the opponent's crazy attack in the defensive counterattack, but the opponent is Brazil! At the beginning, you can only play defensive counterattacks! If you attack each other, one careless will be over!
Located in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, the Yokohama International Stadium has a capacity of 73,000 fans, and the stands are already full of people, and the war between the fans of the two sides has begun.
The game has already begun, the line-up for the 2002 World Cup final, Brazil's starting line-up: No. 1 Marcos. Reis, No. 2 Marcos Cafu, No. 3 Lucio Ferreira, No. 4 Roque Júnior, No. 5 Jose Edmilson, No. 6 Roberto Carlos, No. 8 Gilberto Silva, No. 9 Ronaldo, No. 10 Rivaldo, No. 11 Ronaldo Jr., No. 15 José Colebesen.
Subs: No. 7 Luis Ricardinjo, No. 12 Nelson Dida, No. 13 Iuliano Belletti, No. 14 Anderson Polgar, No. 16 Angelo Júnior, No. 17 Denilson, No. 18 Marcos Vampetta, No. 19 Juninho Paulista, No. 20 Edilson Ferreira, No. 21 Luis Luisao, No. 22 Roglio Cheney, No. 23 Ricardo Kaka.
Germany's starting line-up: No. 1 Oliver Kahn, No. 2 Thomas Link, No. 5 Carsten LaMelo, No. 7 Oliver Neuville, No. 8 Dietmar Hamann, No. 11 Miroslav Klaus, No. 16 Jens Jeremes, No. 17 Marco Bodø, No. 19 Bernd Schneider, No. 21 Christoph Metzelde, No. 22 Tosten Frijns.
Subs: Marco Rehmer 3, Frank Bowman 4, Christian Zieg 6, Carsten Jankel 9, Lars Ricken 10, Jens Lechmann 12, Michael Ballack 13, Gerard Asamoah 14, Sebastin-Kohr 15, Jörg Bome 18, Oliver Bierhoff, 23 Hans Bout.
The players came on the pitch one after another, Jones listened to the cheers of the fans on the field, felt the atmosphere of the World Cup final, and prepared to start the game, Collina whistled, the game began, and countless flashing lights began to light up the stadium, recording the historic moment.
Even in such an important final, neither side had any intention of wasting time, Brazil opened the game with a fierce attack, and it didn't take long for Brazil to win a penalty, Ronaldo Jr. came to deliver this corner, and neither side could get the ball on top of it.
Kahn stood in front of the goal to serve, the German team also knew that their strength was not as good as Brazil, after the opening was a solid defense, looking for opportunities to launch a quick counterattack, Germany scored 14 goals in the first six games and only conceded one goal, it was the best defensive team in that World Cup, naturally Kahn accounted for a lot of credit.
Named the best goalkeeper of the World Cup, Kahn made his first official appearance for Germany in June 1995 in a European Championship qualifier against Switzerland, and at the age of 26, he was still a little immature.
He was also preceded by veteran goalkeeper Andreas Koek, who was firmly in the open for Germany in 1996 when they won the European Championships, while Kahn was denied a chance to play in the tournament.
In the 1998 World Cup, Kahn continued his fate as a substitute goalkeeper for the third time in the tournament, and he also witnessed the defeat of the German team in that World Cup, after which Koepke announced his retirement, and Kahn really became the first goalkeeper of the German team.
From 1998 onwards, Kahn was at the peak of his career, with his blonde hair dangling at the gates of Bayern Munich and Germany, and his trademark lion's roar loudly reminding defenders of their positions, helping Bayern Munich to a third league title in a row in 1999-2001 and a penalty shoot-out victory over Valencia in 2001 to win the UEFA Champions League after a 25-year absence.
Kahn's personality is distinctive, domineering, brave, often make the opposing striker fearful, reaction speed, and pounce on the ball is his forte, never say die he is Bayern's spiritual pillar, once a Bayern defender once said: a game can not hear Kahn behind the loud roar, always feel not at ease.