Chapter 358: If you don't die, there will be blessings
At this time, the score was 1:1, and the two teams came to the same running line again.
Henry didn't celebrate much about this goal, and simply kept going on and continued to play the game.
Vincent is okay with other players, but for Monaco's players, it can only be a working relationship.
The game kicked off again in midfield, France slowed down the rhythm just mentioned, it was already a draw, it was not so urgent, to be honest, the average age of France is greater than that of Portugal, and Vincent still hopes that they can maintain their strength.
In the 55th minute, Zidane distributed the ball to Thuram on the wing, Thuram made a through ball exactly the same as the goal just now, Wiltord was pushed behind Joao Costa when he accelerated, and his center of gravity was unstable and fell into the penalty area.
The referee's whistle blew in time and awarded a free-kick on the line of the penalty area, which was not a problem at all, the foul was committed from outside the box, but Wiltord fell in the box. Joao Costa, who committed a foul, also received a yellow card.
However, Zidane, who took the free kick, hit the ball on the wall, Portugal reacted very quickly, Figo began to run directly to the French penalty area, and Costinha's pass also followed, Deschamps has been following Figo, and when Figo accelerated in front of the penalty area, Deschamps wanted to foul, but did not pull Figo, allowing Figo to burst into the penalty area.
However, Figo's position was not very good, and there was a retreat in front of him, so he could only choose to cross because he saw Conceição following up on the other side.
So Figo crossed the middle without hesitation, but the ball was destroyed by Lizarazu Yuyue, who had already returned to the small penalty area, halfway through.
Fan Shang also broke out in a cold sweat at this time, and actually let Portugal fight back. And Fan Shang frowned and looked at Vieira, this guy was the least active in his defense, and he was still slowly moving back after the free kick.
In the 60th minute, France won a corner, and after Petit took a corner, Desailly pressed Joao Costa to head the goal, but the ball was deflected wide again.
In the 61st minute, Portugal made the first change, replacing Vidigal with Paulo Pinto. It was a counter-substitution, with no intention of strengthening the offense or defence.
In the 68th minute, Vincent also made France's first substitution, replaced Vieira by Makellele, Vincent was very dissatisfied with Vieira's performance, reckless in the grabbing, and not active in chasing back.
"You're really out of shape today, you said if you make it to the finals, can I still trust you?" Fan Shang asked when Vieira left the game, in fact, Fan Shang likes Vieira's style, he is tall and has long legs, and can attack and defend well. Because Deschamps' style is similar to that of Makellele, Fan Shang can only use Deschamps, after all, he can't let this captain go.
"Boss, I'll adjust my condition." Vieira certainly didn't want to miss the final.
"Okay, I'll have to see how you do in training, all I want is consistency." Vincent didn't blame Vieira either, and this time patted him again and told him to rest.
In the 78th minute, Portugal replaced Rui Costa, who was no longer physically able to hold on, and replaced Joao Pinto, replacing a midfielder with a striker, which was obviously a signal for Portugal to strengthen its attack.
However, Pinto's arrival did not change the situation of Portugal in the field of thunder and rain, but only made the situation more difficult, without Rui Costa's dispatch and passing, Portugal had no chance.
France locked the midfield after Makelle came on, Deschamps and Makelele, the pinnacle of a white defensive midfielder and a black pure defensive midfielder, both of whom strangled Portugal's attack near the midfield.
In the 88th minute, Vincent also made a second substitution, replacing Henry with Pire, who also had some runs. Vincent will continue to threaten the Portuguese backline with Pire's pace.
Immediately afterwards, Portugal used up their last substitution, replacing the cramped Dumas with Jorge.
In the 89th minute, Wiltord received a through ball from Pire's through ball into the box from the right and was tripped by Jorge, who had just come on the field, but the referee did not give any penalty, only saw the ball go out of the sideline and gave France a throw-in.
The fourth official actually gave 5 minutes of injury time in this game, Fan Shang didn't remember that there was such a long delay, but since the fourth official has already raised his card, there is no way to change it.
Those five minutes weren't enough to change anything, though, as the referee blew the whistle for the end of the 90 minutes after Jorge threw a throw-in, but it wasn't the end of the game as extra time was inevitable as the two teams were tied.
When the two teams take a break, extra time will begin.
Vincent personally massaged and relaxed the players in the extra-time of the Champions League final, just like Bordeaux did in the extra-time of the Champions League final, which so far only one manager can do, and no other coach can do this.
Vincent didn't say anything during the break, he just wanted them to rest, then go back on the pitch and drag the game into a penalty shootout, and it would be nice if they had the opportunity to seize it during the period.
Soon the extra-time game began, Portugal won a free kick at the beginning, and after sending it into the box, Xavier jumped high and headed the goal, this ball was very powerful, and if it wasn't for Barthez's excellent positioning, it might have really caused France to fall as soon as they went out.
By the way, I have to say that this European Cup, like the World Cup, also uses the Golden Ball system and the sudden death method.
This time, Fan Shang breathed a sigh of relief again, which was really a little lucky. "If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing!" Fan Shang said to himself in his heart.
However, France's counterattack came fast enough, after the Portuguese corner was destroyed, Pire took the ball all the way from the middle line to the bottom line, and then crossed, and Zidane, who followed up, relied on the run-up to beat two defenders to grab the header, but because the forward momentum was too great, the ball still did not reach the goal frame.
In the 93rd minute, France had another chance to counterattack, and it was Pire again, who drove straight into the Portuguese penalty area again. However, there was some hesitation in the last shot or pass, and the ball was destroyed by Joao Costa and goalkeeper Baia together.
Petit then took a corner kick and Baira punched the ball out, but it just so happened that his fists hit Blanco in the face as he jumped to grab the spot, and then directly caused Blanco to fall to the ground.
The French team doctor then quickly entered the stadium and, after two minutes of treatment, confirmed to Vincent that Blanco was fine.