Chapter 134: The Great War between Britain and France (2)
At half-time, Eriksen didn't make any changes, the team is in the lead now, according to the England team's style of play, the attack and defense are very stable, so there is no need to make adjustments at all, he just told the players to defend well in the second half and look for opportunities to counterattack.
Watching these main players return to the locker room, panting and sitting there directly to recover their strength, Wang Li is very envious, he is full of spirit in the Premier League, but now he has reached the embarrassing situation of having no ball to play.
At this time, Michael. Owen gasped and walked over to him, "Allen, maybe you have a chance in the second half, my physical strength is a little out of place." After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Oh, okay." Wang Lileng was stunned before he reacted, but he immediately looked at Owen's back suspiciously, "Is this a gesture of favor to me?" Or, he hasn't recovered from a foot injury yet? ’
In fact, Irving has been suffering from injuries since he played in the Pro League, and he knows he will not be able to last the whole game. But taking the initiative to tell Wang Li, who is a competitor, the news, is thought-provoking.
But in any case, Wang Li has a great impression of Irving, at least he now knows that he has a chance to play in the second half.
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Irving. Hargreaves, the mention of his name will even make many England fans feel confused, but he must not be underestimated.
In May 2001, in the Champions Cup, Hargreaves replaced the suspended Effenberg and helped Bayern eliminate Real Madrid and became famous. He can play in all positions from midfield to the back and is Eriksen's first bench for England.
Don't underestimate the 'first substitute', you must know that Wang Li is also on the bench, but it is difficult for him to get the opportunity to play.
At the start of the second half, Hargreaves received a pass from a team-mate, and when he saw him take the ball forward from the left flank, Makelele immediately rushed viciously.
Hargreaves didn't panic in the face of this rough Chelsea man, he drew circles back and forth on the ball with his legs, and suddenly in disguise, he tightly protected the ball with his body and quickly led it towards the bottom line.
Before joining Chelsea, Makelele was the number one player at the back of Real Madrid, and he was extremely experienced in the game, and when Hargreaves stopped the ball and wanted to cross, he immediately made a beautiful sliding tackle, and the ball went out of the bottom line, England's corner.
Hargreaves whipped in a corner and Frank Lampard jumped up to head it but couldn't get it on target, the ball grazed the right-hand post.
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After goalkeeper Butters restarted the kick-off, the French team launched a furious attack.
The attack was launched from the back, and after Thuram received the ball, he poked the ball to Silvestre. Sylvestre got the ball, and when Rooney ran up, he knocked it out to Willian on the wing. Gallas.
Galla is a very versatile defender in European football, very good at breaking through the wings, and the attacking ability is by no means weaker than the average winger, this season, after Abramovic moved to Chelsea, he cleaned up most of the players, but still chose to renew the contract with Galla, which can be seen.
And this time, he still chose to break through from the left wing. After dribbling across the halfway line, Ashley. Kerr immediately ran over to intercept, only to see him step over the ball with his left foot, draw a circle on the ball, a disguise, and then quickly dribble the ball to the left front, until he attracted Campbell again, and then passed the ball back to Zidane, who had just crossed the halfway line.
In the face of the England team's defense, Zidane did not panic, pulled the ball back, picked up the ball diagonally from behind with his right foot, and took advantage of the moment when the defender was stunned, and passed the ball from the air to the right, where there was an unguarded Pire.
After Pire's chest stopped the ball, he waved his foot and passed through, and the ball grazed the turf and rushed into the big penalty area!
Henry, it's Henry!
Even if he didn't play much in normal games, Henry's strength was undoubted, and even Arsenal fans called him 'Henry the Great'!
I saw him follow the direction of the ball rolling, directly turned around and threw off the close defense of Jin, with his right foot, after the ball slowed down slightly, he directly waved his foot to hit the goal, this time with his left foot! For Henry, it is still possible to shoot with the left foot!
Pire's cross, Henry's ...... Knock on the door! …… The ball hits Gary. Neville's body, the bottom line popped up, what a luck! Graham was slightly relieved to see that the ball did not go in, but then there was an uproar on the pitch, he looked at the pitch, and then continued in confusion: "There seems to be an argument in the penalty area, Pirere is pulling the referee and talking about something, is there any controversy about this ball?" Let's take a look at the big screen playback. ”
"Oh my God, the ball is on Gary. On Neville's arm, hopefully Collina didn't see it clearly in the confusion, otherwise the goal could well have been a penalty. ”
In fact, Colina saw it clearly, but he hesitated and did not award a penalty because he felt that the handball had been unintentional.
"You'd better shut up!" In the face of Pire's chattering words, Corina paused and warned, at which point Henry immediately pulled Pire away, he didn't want to get another yellow card from his team-mate if his team was behind.
It was a great chance for France to tie the scoreline. If Neville didn't block it, Henry's kick was almost certain to score, so Jacques Santini on the bench was very angry, ran directly to the sideline to grab the referee, and started chattering again, but Collina didn't pay attention to it, and the fourth official hurriedly ran over and pulled him away.
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After this controversy, the game began to smell of gunpowder.
In the 60th minute, but the defending champion France was still one point behind, and the goal just now was obviously a penalty, which made the French players a little irrational.
In the 64th minute, after Galla broke down the left flank, he played the ball to Thierry Henry on the edge of the penalty area, but the latter was defeated by Gary. Neville was stuck behind him, and Henry was in a hurry, pushed hard, stretched out his left foot and was about to hook the ball, but it just hit Gary. Neville's forehead, Gary fell directly to the ground, got up and saw that his head was bleeding, the players of the England team immediately surrounded him, and the referee Collina also hurriedly ran over and gave Henry a yellow card to end the farce.
In the 68th minute, Vieira won the ball on the halfway line and was about to turn and pass. Cole tackled directly behind his back and tackled Vieira, and Collina hurried over again and waved a yellow card.
In the 71st minute, England were given a free-kick opportunity, Beckham took the penalty 30 meters in front of goal, and kicked a beautiful curling ball, but it was saved by goalkeeper Butters.
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During this time, the referee Corina became the busiest person in the game, he kept running, fighting fires back and forth, and proved with facts that 'where there is a need, there is me.' ’
In order to tie the score, the French players almost surrounded the half of the England team and bombarded indiscriminately, but this kind of disorderly attack was difficult to have any effect.
In the 78th minute, Beckham cleared the ball in the penalty area, and the England team counterattacked!
Wayne Rooney scrambled to shake Thuram off the left side of the midfield and ran towards the penalty area, where the ball found Michael. At the feet of Owen, at this time, there was only one Silvestre in the backfield of the French team, and England's front court formed a two-on-one form, which was an opportunity to lay the score!
Owen dribbled forward from the right side of the penalty area, saw Silvestre rush to grab the ball, and stabbed Rooney in the back. After Rooney got the ball, Sylvester turned to run towards him, and after receiving the ball at the edge of the penalty area, he did not choose to pass it back to Owen, but suddenly changed direction and broke into the penalty area, and Silvestre, who was left behind, had no choice but to stretch out his foot and trip Rooney.
Penalties, that's the undoubted penalty!
Seeing England get another penalty in the lead, the French players were a little desperate, if they conceded another goal, it was a sure loss, then the next game became garbage time.
At this time, Wang Li, who was on the bench, was very entangled in his heart, he hoped that the goal could be scored, but he also wanted to play in the passive situation of the team, maybe all the players on the bench would have this ambivalence to a greater or lesser extent.
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With the referee's whistle, David was standing in front of the ball. David Beckham looked up in the direction of goal, and after two steps, he stepped away from the 'priceless golden right foot'.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the field, the ball whistled towards the top left corner of the goal!
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