Chapter 326: World Cup (5)

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The captains of both teams chose the goal, and this time it was France who took the spot.

France's first penalty was scored by Zidane, who ran for the ball and then slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the net, but Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca pounced on the bottom right corner of the net.

1:0, France temporarily leads.

Italy's first penalty was scored by Baggio, who fired the ball in the opposite direction of Zidane, pushing the ball into the bottom right corner of the net, and Barthez also saved in the opposite direction from Pagliuca.

So the score became 1:1.

France's second player was Lizarazu, who shot in the same direction as Zinedine Zidane, but this time Pagliuca was right and fell to the right and crushed the ball underneath. Lizarazu covered his face in pain and walked back to the center circle with a sad expression.

The score continued to be 1:1

The second player to come out of Italy was Albertini, who came on in the second half, and Albertini's penalty turned out to be a goalkeeper's favorite half-high ball, and it was a bit right, and Barthez denied the ball out of the net.

“yeah!” Fan Shang and Jacques high-fived, after Lizarazu missed the penalty just now, both of them did not look very good, fortunately Barthez this goal, otherwise France would be very passive later.

France's third player to take the penalty was Andreas Pire, whose only task on the pitch today was to score the spot. Again, Pire's choice was with Zidane, and this time Pagliuca pounced in the opposite direction like the first goal.

Piret completed the task and France led 2:1.

Italy's next penalty was Costacuta, who was so powerful that Barthez couldn't stop it, even though he was on target.

2:2

It was time for the fourth, and France sent Henry, who had a tricky penalty that flew into the goal by grazing the right post. Italy came out with Vieri, who had to be a miracle and also slotted the ball into the top right corner of the net.

3:3 Before the start of the final ball, the two teams were on the same starting line.

France's fifth appearance was Blanco, the veteran who contributed to the stunner in the last game, and it is not known if he will continue to do so in this game. The ball Blanco shot down the middle, and before that he had a push into the bottom right corner, dangling Pagliuca and slotting the ball into the net with ease.

At 4:3, all the pressure is now shifted to Italy's player with the best penalty shoot.

Italy's fifth penalty was Di Biagio, who played quite well today. He walked to the penalty spot, swung the ball several times, and then, after the referee's whistle, took a step forward and pumped it hard, Barthez didn't make a judgment, just lay on the ground out of the goalkeeper's instinct.

But when he heard a "boom" and looked up, he saw that the ball was flying high in the sky, not in the goal, and after a few seconds of froze, he jumped up excitedly.

Di Biagio's penalty was powerful, but it hit the crossbar and flew high. Di Biagio knelt at the penalty spot.

The French players hugged each other, while Vincent followed Jacquet, first comforting the Italian coach Maldini Sr. before celebrating with the players. At this time, Fan Shang saw that Platini was sitting on the rostrum with Chirac.

The French team won the game with a hard time, and their celebration was not quite the same as Bordeaux, which likes to huddle together, while France like to hook each other's shoulders and jump in a row. Yakai was also enjoying it, and Fan Shang could only be coerced by everyone and jump inside.

At the end of this game, the French team is basically worthy of the fans, after all, the results of the French team in the past 10 years have not been satisfactory.

France's opponents in the semi-finals also emerged, with Croatia meeting France in the semi-finals after a surprise 3-0 win over Germany on the second day.

From now on, Croatia should be the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, they reached the semi-finals in their first World Cup.

"Croatia, what do you think?" Jacques asked Fan Shang.

"I think it's just a normal play, Croatia is also a team that relies on the whole, although Suker has scored the most goals, but relatively speaking, it is not particularly outstanding." "We'll just play the way we played against Paraguay. ”

Jacques nodded thoughtfully.

The match was played at the Stade de France, the first time that France had returned to play at this so-called home stadium since the start of the World Cup.

With 76,000 people pouring into the Stade de France today, the match was an absolute buzz. This time, the "twelfth man" also occupied a stand, and a huge jersey of the French team came down from the second floor, shaking all the time. This is the masterpiece of the "Twelfth Man".

Before the game, Vincent saw Croatia's head coach Blazevic enter the stadium with his lucky police hat.

And the Croatian pair also took off their jerseys when they took the family photo, revealing the letters on the inner lining, which is also very similar to that hat.

In the first half, the two teams attacked and defended each other, but neither team was able to break through the opponent's goal. The first half ended 0:0 with a goalless draw between the two teams.

France played normally in the first half, and Jacques had nothing to say at half-time, just focus and take his chances.

In the second half, the two teams exchanged venues to restart, and in the first minute of the second half, Asanovic took the ball in midfield and passed it to Suker in front, which penetrated the entire French back line, Suker took the ball in front of the penalty area and took a step into the box, stabbing with his left foot before Barthez attacked, and the ball flew under Barthez into the goal.

1:0, Croatia led France 30 seconds into the second half.

Jacques got up, dropped the notebook in his hand on the ground, and then called the substitute to warm up and prepare for the substitution.

Fan Shang saw that Yakai was a little anxious, so he walked up to him, "Aimee, let's take a look again, don't be in a hurry to change people." ”

"Then let's wait," Jacques calmed down as well.

France launched an attack immediately after the restart, but was cut off by Boban in front of the box. But before Boban could take a few steps, Thuram stole Boban's ball from behind.

Thuram then passed the ball to Djokaf and ran towards the box, but Djokav did not pause and sent the ball back to Thuram, who picked up the ball in the box and tackled the way through Croatia.