Chapter 355: Group 2
In the second half, the second half changed sides and fought again, just about 5 minutes into the game, the Dutch captain Frank. De Boer broke the deadlock for the Netherlands and gave them the lead.
However, in the 67th minute, the French team was attacked by the media the most this time, and Vincent's descendant Sanunno shot from outside the penalty area pulled the two sides back to the same running line.
After this goal, Sanunno felt a big stone in his heart suddenly fall to the ground, and he was extremely happy. Fan Shang was also happy for him, in fact, Fan Shang also blamed himself a little when the media attacked Sanunno, and repeatedly asked if he really helped the seedlings, but this goal can fully prove that Fan Shang's decision was right, and Sanunno's performance is also worthy of this honor.
In the 86th minute, France was still late and let Cenden sneak attack.
The final score was fixed at 3:2, and the Netherlands got their wish to end the group stage with three consecutive wins, and finished first in the group, while France were second in the group.
The biggest upset in the group stage of this tournament was Group A, where the two previously recognized powerhouses, Germany and England, were both eliminated, followed by Portugal and Romania.
Group B and Group C are all unfazed, they have all qualified, and those who should go home have not escaped this fate.
The two teams that qualified from Group B were Italy and Turkey, with Turkey doing well this time around, beating Sweden and hosts Belgium to finish second in the group.
Spain and Yugoslavia qualified from Group C, which is a reflection of the strength of the two teams, and the two teams that qualified were superior to Slovenia and Norway.
France's opponent in the quarterfinals will be Spain, and the current Spanish Fan Shang is really not very afraid, although it looks good on the books, but he has never proven himself in the tournament, and the current Spanish style is a little soft, which is the favorite of a coach like Fan Shang who likes a strong style of play.
This time, Fan Shang asked the French team to collide with Spain, and he would drop ten times with one force, no matter how good Spain's skills are, I knocked you to the ground, and your skills are useless.
Sure enough, Spain still can't adapt to France's more violent style of play, except for Mendieta's normal level, everyone else is a little abnormal, including the current leader of Spain, Prince Raul, who is almost invisible in the game.
Even like this, there was still an accident, and it was Spain who scored first.
Mendieta relied on his individual qualities to give Spain the lead in the 31st minute. And the most ridiculous thing is that after Mendieta scored and hugged his teammates, he actually ran to the French coach's bench to celebrate with Vincent.
Seeing this situation, Fan Shang was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Just kidding, if there is really a scene of celebrating with the opposing head coach after scoring a goal, it will really be explosive news." ”
Mendieta may have realized that something was wrong, so he decisively stopped, and in order to relieve the embarrassment, he knelt on the ground and kissed the court, and then went back to the game.
"The reaction is quite fast," Fan Shang thought.
But then, this matter was forgotten by Fan Shang, what the hell, what do you want to do so much now that you are lagging behind.
So Fan Shang waved his hand, and the French began a more ferocious offensive.
The effort paid off, and in the 44th minute of the game, Zinedine Zidane rewrote the score to a 1-1 draw for France before the break.
In the second half, France were more aggressive, but the shots were not satisfactory, and Thierry Henry was a little out of shape and was replaced by Vincent halfway through.
Knowing that in the 78th minute of the game, France scored again by Djokaef to set the score at 2:1, and finally France relied on this score to advance to the semi-finals of this European Championship.
The other top three are Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal, and the easiest of these three teams to qualify is the Netherlands, they are like a plug-in, defeating Yugoslavia 6-1 in the round of eight, which is obviously not a normal game, it is said that it is because of the civil strife in the Yugoslav team because of the national issue that led to this kind of big score that can only be seen in the qualifiers.
Italy and Portugal didn't have much to do either, with Italy beating Romania 2-0 and Portugal beating Turkey by the same scoreline.
The final four are France vs Portugal and the Netherlands vs Italy.
France is on the same page, and has just finished extracting Spain, and is preparing to pull Portugal again.
But Portugal is really strong now, this is their golden generation, the group of players who have won the European Youth Championship, Baia, Couto, Paulo. Sosa, Figo, Rui Costa, Pauleta and other stars are active in various European leagues, Fan Shang is most familiar with Pauletta, he is Paris Saint-Germain to kill all sides, last season Ligue 1 he snatched Bordeaux for three consecutive years in Ligue 1 top scorer honor.
The semi-final was held at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, which, like the Stade de France in France, is not used by a club and is used for major events such as international matches or concerts.
Since Belgium shares a border with France, and Brussels is still the French-speaking part of Belgium, many French fans came to Brussels for this game, and of course, the "twelfth man" who has always supported Vincent cannot be left behind.
They are now the leaders of the French football team, not only in Bordeaux, but now in many places, and even the two fan leaders, Pascal and Brahimi, have quit their jobs to focus on it. And they have also become websites, and even companies, that is, to operate these things, including some souvenirs, some tours for the purpose of watching the ball, etc., and Fan Shang also has a certain investment in them.
This time, under the leadership of the "twelfth man", the back of a goal has been rendered into the blue color of France early before the opening, and this time there is no huge jersey, but a huge French flag, moving back and forth in the stands.
When the national anthem was played, the flag was still shaking, which was quite eye-catching.
Vincent was a bit more cautious in this game, Portugal had a really strong tournament this tournament, and they were the same team as the Netherlands and Italy, who had won all of them since the start of the game, especially against England and Germany, and their strong fighting power was really amazing.
Therefore, in order to deal with Portugal's tide of offensive, Fan Shang decided to adopt a steady strategy of defensive counterattack, or focus on stability, and first ensure that he does not lose.