Chapter 325: World Cup (4)
Italy eliminated Norway 1-0 in the round of 16 with the goal scored by centre-forward Vieri. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 InfoVieri has shone at this World Cup, now he is the only player to score in four consecutive games, and five goals in four games also make him the top scorer in the World Cup.
After having a headache with kraft candy defense, now Yakai and Fan Shang have a headache with chain defense again, this is a defensive system that has won the World Cup, and it is definitely the top in the world.
Now the most troublesome is Vieri, who is definitely at his peak, and if the conditions allow, it is not a problem to drag three people to shoot. Fan Shang's disciple Song was ravaged by Vieri in the game, and finally Italy won 3-0 against Cameroon.
For Vieri, Vincent can only say that fortunately, Italy's general policy is to defend and counterattack. If it's really a positional battle that allows Vieri to chisel in the box, it's really hard to say anything.
This time, after discussing with Vincent, in order to be steady, a back three composed of Petit, Makelele and Deschamps was dispatched, and Henry, who had been playing as a winger in the previous game, was replaced.
In the 7th minute, France won a corner kick, and the Italian defender cleared not far away, and was received by Zidane in the penalty area with a volley, but unfortunately the ball was not pressed and flew out of the goal.
In the 9th minute, Djokaef took a free kick, Zidane received the ball on the left side of the Italian penalty area, took a step and shot with his feet, this time the ball crossed the goal and went out of the bottom line on the other side of the goal. However, a corner kick was awarded because the defender had a touch of the ball.
After France's corner, Thuram rushed to the front post and cushioned the ball back with his heel, Petit made a barb in the crowd without volleying, and the ball was hoisted towards the goal, but thanks to Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca's quick response, it could have been a goal.
In the 16th minute, Piero flicked off Lizarazu on the left and crossed, Vieri headed Thuram, but the ball was not in the woodwork.
In the 32nd minute, Vieri's long-range shot was punched out by Barthez, and then Di Biagio shot again from distance, which was blocked by Petit.
In the 46th minute, France had the best chance of the game, Djokaeff received a direct pass from Didier Deschamps, dribbled into the box unguarded, and then shot with his feet, Pagliuca could do nothing but symbolically fall to the ground. But the ball was 20 centimeters short of grazing the post and flying out of the bottom line.
Jacques had already stood up, and when he saw that the ball had fallen short, he scolded loudly.
The first half was over after that goal, with France clearly dominating the first half, and Italy having some offensive touches, but mostly defensively.
Jacques didn't set up anything new at half-time, but he emphasised his control of fitness as it looked like there was a real chance that the two teams would be dragged into the 120-minute shoot-out.
However, it is good to enter the penalty shootout, Italy should be the strongest team in the world, the team that is not good at penalty shootouts, from the penalty shootout to the present, Italy has not won a single recorded tournament.
This is also the reason why Jacques has not been in a hurry so far, and perhaps it is the most beneficial situation for France to drag it out until the penalty shootout.
At the beginning of the second half, neither team made any substitutions, and in the 48th minute, France scored from a corner kick with a header from Papin, but unfortunately the ball was slightly wide.
In the 56th minute, Zidane and Papan made a one-two in front of the penalty area, Zidane picked the ball to the penalty spot near the baseline, and then the French team followed up with Makellele, the old brother made his first appearance in the World Cup, which was also his first shot on goal.
The shot ball is very in line with his temperament, and the sound is very loud, but the footwork is really clear, and the ball is directly sent to the audience.
In the 63rd minute, in order to strengthen the attack, Jacques replaced Henry and replaced Makelele. Due to the relative lack of offensive means in Italy, Makelele did not have any shining points today, and because of the shot just now, he was falsely voiced by some fans.
Yakai just high-fived him, and Fan Shang had to meet him, "It's okay, there will be opportunities in the future!" ”
Makelle nodded, didn't speak, and sat back on the bench. Obviously he wasn't very happy with his performance today.
In the 68th minute, Zidane received a pass from Didier Deschamps in the center circle, completely using his personal ball control skills, and brought the ball to the front of the penalty area under the siege of four people, and then crossed Henry, who shot on the line of the penalty area, but unfortunately it still did not hit the goal frame.
In the 70th minute, Italy won a free kick on the right side of France, Piero drove it in, Di Biagio grabbed the first point, but his header was also wide of the bottom line.
In the 87th minute, Pesoto shot from distance and was saved by Barthez.
In the 89th minute, France replaced Papin with Trezeguet, and the veteran Papin was a little unable to run.
Regular time ended in the 93rd minute, with the two teams resting and then starting extra time again.
In the 100th minute, Lizara Zuneche shot at goal, but the ball was crushed by Pagliuca.
In the 102nd minute, Albertini crossed from the left, Baggio cleverly ran to the line of the small penalty area in France, and he chose to tiptoe in the face of Barthez, but the force was slightly greater, and he also grazed the post out of the bottom line.
This ball is very dangerous, and even Fan Shang was scared into a cold sweat.
In the 110th minute of the second half of extra time, Petit steals Di Livio in the midfield and passes the ball to Henry, who runs to the right with the ball, but in the middle of the process, he suddenly picks the ball to the left, which is quite imaginative, and it is a rather imaginative pass that shakes off all the Italian defenders.
However, Djokaev's pace was not as good as it could have been, and when he ran to the ball to shoot, Pagliuka was already in front of him, and the ball eventually hit Pagliuka and went off the line.
Vincent and Jacques looked at each other and let out a long sigh at the same time, this was the second time that Djokaef had wasted a chance that was close to a one-on-one goal in this game.
"Is it a change to be more capable of shooting penalties?" Fan Shang asked Yakaidao.
"Last minute, it's a little early." Jacquet said, and called Pire.
In the 121st minute, France used the last substitution, replacing Desailly and bringing on Pire, in an apparent preparation for the penalty shoot-out.
Twenty seconds after Pire came on, the referee blew the whistle for the true end of the game. After 120 minutes of competition, the two teams still had a score of 0:0.