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Including this World Cup, France has participated in the World Cup finals 12 times, with the best result being the 1998 World Cup championship won by France's golden generation.

At the very beginning of the World Cup, France participated in the first three tournaments, but none of them achieved satisfactory results. It wasn't until the 1958 World Cup in Sweden that France, with the legendary goalscorer Fontaine (the previous top scorer in the World Cup, scored 13 goals in a World Cup), made it all the way to the top four and finally finished third.

In the 80s, with the emergence of a number of superstars such as Platini, the French team entered the second peak period in the history of the World Cup, in the 1982 and 86 World Cup, the French team reached the top 4 in a row, and won the fourth and third respectively.

After two consecutive years of missing out on the finals (1990 and 1994), the rise of a new batch of superstars finally pushed France to the highest peak in World Cup history. The golden generation, led by Zidane, dominated the 1998 World Cup in France on home soil, which was also the first time that the French team won the World Cup.

And what the current team of the remnants of the golden generation and the new generation of talented superstars can do is a lot of media debate before the start of the World Cup.

From the perspective of the lineup, the French team has all kinds of problems, the first of which is that the French team is too 'old'!

In the warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup, the average age of the starting lineup of the French team was as high as 30 years old! Aging is not only reflected in the intuitive numbers of age, but also magnified by the state of the players on the field.

In the warm-up matches against Mexico, Denmark and China before the World Cup, Zidane had already revealed such a message, and he seemed to be difficult to become the engine of the team's attack due to his lack of physical strength; More often than not, he had to drop back into midfield and rarely reverted to his magical dribbling once he got the ball.

Zinedine Zidane, who is approaching the age of 34, has repeatedly claimed that he is fully in shape, but there is clearly a clear gap between aspirations and reality.

Historical data shows that no other team has ever relied on a 30-year-old veteran to win the World Cup than Brazil in 1962. After head coach Jacques, the successors Lemaire and Santini both looked to the 1998 champions as the core of the team.

As a result, the average age in France was almost 30 years old, which became the "peak" period of the average age in France after the Second World War.

But these days, the average age of a good, mature team should be between 25 and 27 years old. And how can France, with such a high average age, do well in Germany?

Polls in the French media show that 70% of French people are not optimistic about France's good results in this World Cup.

Not only that, but the French team also suffered a crisis in the forward line.

Through the group stage of the World Cup, various qualifiers, warm-up matches and other games, it can be seen that although France's goals are not many, the role of forward players is not outstanding.

Domenech may be to blame for this, as the much-questioned manager has not yet been sure whether the team will play a single arrow or a double striker. According to Domenech's own ideas, he prefers to use Arsenal's top scorer Thierry Henry as a central striker and then let Cisse break down the flanks to create chances. It's a pity that Cisse was seriously injured in the warm-up match with China and directly missed the World Cup in Germany, so Domenech had to change his lineup.

In the previous game, the French team used Trezeguet and Thierry Henry to partner with two strikers, and such a forward combination has always been what the French media and fans want to see, because these two striker goalscorers are the best players in France's current forward line.

These two are like Wayne Rooney and Owen of the England team, of course, Wang Li is not counted, and England fans feel that Wang Li is more suitable as the attacking core of the whole team, playing in the midfield position.

In the warm-up matches for the World Cup, the French newspaper Les Les Les Régimbles concluded that France should be strong in attack, but the team has always been unable to translate those advantages into goals. Just like in the match against China, France had a clear advantage in possession throughout the game, but in the end the team only scored three goals, squandering at least three good chances to score.

With such attacking power, how can you please the fans in France?

In addition, the mass media felt that France's defense was also flawed.

Many French media have pointed out that the main problems of the French team today are not all on the front line, but on the defender Thuram. Today, Thuram's form is not as good as it used to be, and it is easy to imagine how much strength he can play, which is why the hero of France's 1998 World Cup triumph is in danger of being reduced to a substitute at Italian giants Juventus.

While they didn't concede a goal in the warm-up matches against Mexico and Denmark, France did in the match against China! It's a bit unbelievable, because the Chinese team is the weakest of the three warm-up opponents. That's why AFP blames Domenech for not conceding against strong teams if Domenech doesn't restructure the team's backline.

What's more, there are many contradictions within the French team, there is a lot of discord within the team, and the relationship between the players is very tense, such as goalkeeper Butters and Kupett being the best example.

In this season's European Champions Cup final, in the match between Lyon and Real Madrid, Kupet also conceded a few goals, but his performance is well known, and the reason for conceding more goals is that Wang Li's performance is too good.

However, there is a problem in the French team, that is, Butters has Zidane and others "backing", so the latter sits firmly in the position of the main goalkeeper of the national team. For this reason, Kupe even left the training camp for a while, but under the persuasion of the assistant coach, Kupe returned to the French national team.

The French "Team Daily" once commented on this matter, they said that the French team is in charge of some veterans, but the head coach Domenech always looks at the faces of these veterans, and has no opinions of his own at all, which is why many fans question Domenech.

How can such a "disunited" French national team achieve good results in the World Cup in Germany?

But the performance of the French team slapped everyone who doubted it in the face!!

After a month of competition, France stayed, beating South Korea, beating Brazil, beating opponents in the group stage and staying in the semi-finals. The French team broke into the semi-finals!

This may have something to do with the World Cup on their doorstep, but it also shows the strength of the French team, despite their age, their disunity and their lack of attack, but they persevered until the end.

And now, the French team meets England!

France and England, there are really too many topics between the two teams. For example, the 2002 European Championship, and then the relationship and contradictions between various players.

For the media, the latter is the one that will be the most interesting before the semi-finals. In a set of France's main lineup, the leading stars are undoubtedly the older generation such as Zidane, but the younger generation has the most highlights.

Let's start with the pillar of the backline: Williams. Gallas, although the French players think their pillar is the veteran Thuram, but in reality, Chelsea's backline big man William. Gallas is the real first man in the back, and most importantly he is at the peak of his age, and his role in the French backline is unquestionable.

And the Chelsea great, when he met the England team, he competed with many teammates, such as: Joe. Cole, John. Terry, Michael. Owen, Wang Li is also his former teammate.

This kind of confrontation can attract the attention of many fans, and when it comes to the game, it is really hard to fight, maybe the teammates of these clubs can fight directly, just like C. Ronaldo and Rooney in the last game.

Other headlines include veteran Claude Makelle, who is in the same situation as Gallas.

It was a tough game for France's leading star Zinedine Zidane as he met Wang Li and David Beckham.

Although Zidane is the leader of France, but in the Real Madrid club, because he is very old, the competitive state is no longer what it used to be, in the team, he is just a substitute, but Wang Li is the star of Real Madrid, Beckham is also the absolute main force of the team, when Zidane and the two meet on the field, what will be the result?

One of the most important characters is Arsenal's leading scorer Thierry Henry!

Henry the Great!

The strength of this player is undoubted, although in the French team, facing a group of old people in the 98 World Cup, Henry's status is not very good, but in fact, his competitive form makes him the undoubted first striker of the French team, even if the head coach Domenech likes to use the old man, but Henry is still the undoubted main striker.

Unfortunately, in the previous games, Henry's performance was not very good.

But everyone understands why Thierry Henry is not doing well, just because he has been playing at Arsenal! One of the characteristics of Arsenal football is that the speed of transition between attack and defense is very fast, which is the tradition of Arsenal football, and it is also the signature of Arsenal's attacking football, and no team in the world can do it better than them.

But when Henry returned to the French team, it was a tragedy

The average age of the main squad of the French team is 30 years old, and Zidane's artistic football is already a little slow, Henry can not adapt to the team's offensive rhythm in the French team at all, to use an analogy, after the team serves, Henry has run the opponent's goal, but the French team's football has just passed through the halfway.

How does this make Henry go about playing?

Of course, these are all football issues within the French team, and Henry's focus is on the entanglement between him and Wang Li.

In the last season, when Wang Li was still in the Premier League, Henry was the top scorer in the Premier League, but when Wang Li joined Chelsea, the title of top scorer was insulated from Henry, not only that season, but the top scorer in the second season was still taken away by the players of the England team, that is, Manchester United's goalscorer Rooney.

In other words, now the forward PK of the two teams has become Wang Li who defeated Henry with an absolute advantage + Rooney who defeated Henry by a slight advantage, and PK Henry alone.

Can France's forward line emerge victorious?

What, you say Trezeguet??

Do you expect a player who has scored just seven goals in a single season in the Italian league to make a difference in this Anglo-French clash of France?

It's almost impossible, and the rest of the French team's goalscorers are nothing to mention in front of the three.

But don't forget, England also has a Michael in the team. Irving!

In this situation, although the French team has reached the last four of the World Cup, most people are still optimistic about the England team. What's more, England has a black-haired world No. 1 star, and in the last game, this black-haired kid single-handedly defeated Portugal, can such a player lose?

Nobody knows, but at least he hasn't lost in two years since the European Championships ended.

And for this game, it can also be seen from the odds of European bookmakers, many European bookmakers have adjusted the odds of England to four to ten, or even three to ten, if the odds are paid again, there is almost nothing left, but most people will still press the English team to win.

The odds of the French team are diametrically opposed, one to three, one to five, this kind of odds abound, and some crazy gamblers will still choose the French team, because the French team has higher odds.

These are the views of the mass media and the fans on the game, and for the England team, they are doing some simple internal training at this time and are starting to prepare everything for the game.

However, before that, there was also some unhappiness, that is, FIFA officials handed out a document to Wang Li, and warned about the practice in the last match against Portugal.

This is also FIFA's final response.

What they meant was that Wang Li couldn't use the kind of violent football that he did against Portugal in the later games, and he couldn't injure an opposing player while shooting.

In other words, FIFA did not determine that Wang Li's approach was a foul, but if he used a powerful long-range shot to cause the opposing player to be injured and go off the field, then the referee would show him a yellow card.

This is also a decision made by FIFA out of desperation.

If Wang Li continues to use this method to win the game, it is clear that the fairness of the World Cup will be gone, and the football game will turn into a violent game, and there will be no suspense for England to win the World Cup.

For this requirement, Wang Li also understands, he doesn't care, the last time he used this way to win, it was more because C. Ronaldo's small actions were too annoying, and the referee on duty turned a blind eye to obvious fouls, and he did this kind of behavior under anger.

He failed to receive the punishment, and Wang Li was already very satisfied.

At the current level of football, he doesn't need to win in this way at all.

And in fact, it's just violent football that's more just venting, like C. Ronaldo's small actions Wang Li can't do it? That must be impossible, not to mention anything else, after a small success, even if he only uses the Dali Duan family's peerless Yang Finger, he can easily make the opponent injured, who can be sure that this is done by Wang Li?

At least none of the referees could see what he was doing.

These Wang Li also don't want to use in the game, he doesn't care about this way of winning, football games should be won properly, with England's strength and his own level, Wang Li feels that any team in the World Cup can not be England's opponent, and if the team is behind the score, he has many, many other hole cards, no need to use small actions to win.

Therefore, FIFA's punishment has no impact on Wang Li at all.

This matter has come to an end, but the impact among the public is still very large, at least FIFA in order to reflect the fairness of the World Cup, the final decision against Wang Li was poked out in the form of a press conference.

In this way, the media and fans saw the hope of victory for the French team afterwards!

Within an hour, the odds of various European bookmakers on the match between England and France have changed greatly, although the odds of England are still far lower than those of France, but the odds have also increased to the objective figure of eight to ten and nine to ten, and the odds of the French team have also fallen a lot.

This decision has a very big impact on the outcome of the game.

Similarly, before the game, the French team also had very bad news, that is, the "phonegate" incident in Italy on the eve of the big game.

The 'phonegate' incident, this is the latest scandal in Italian football, the most important situation is that many clubs in Italy are involved in a series of incidents such as bribery of referees, control of game results, and participation in gambling, and the latest news comes that the Italian district prosecutor filed charges with the court, asking Juventus to be sentenced to at least the C division.

The Juventus club's website also confirmed that manager Fabio Capello has submitted his resignation to the club.

This is also very important for the three Juventus players in the French team: Thuram, Vieira and Trezeguet. Moreover, Thuram and Vieira are also the core of the French team's defense and midfield, respectively.

Now, their minds have to be divided into half of their future path, and it is impossible for a world-class player like them to stay in the Juventus team that has been relegated to the third division.

So, at a press conference held on the afternoon of April 4, when a reporter asked the head coach of the French team, Domenech, whether there were any protective measures for the surname, Domenech said in an unusually positive tone: "Now, they are all in the French team, and they only think about the World Cup!" ”

But the former head coach of the French team, Santini, was worried: "The third division team is already a terrible thing, no matter how mature the player is, it is an unbearable heaviness. ”

The impact of this relegation on Juventus' trio of Thuram, Patrick Vieira and Trezeguet is self-evident, but the impact is limited. Because before this announcement, the Italian judge will definitely inform these players in accordance with the relevant procedures, so the news is not completely new to them, and they are already mentally prepared.

However, this is only Domenech's heart's desire, and whether it has an impact or not can only be seen in the great war between England and France.

Because all three players will be starters for the next game, and the starters of both teams have already been handed over to FIFA this morning, it is impossible to change the line-up on the last minute because of this incident.

Domenech can only pray that the French team can perform well in tomorrow's game. Maybe God and his old man will be able to help Domenech.

(To be continued)