Chapter 135: The Great Battle between Britain and France (3) Shine for 10 minutes

Penalties, in the minds of fans, represent a must-score goal. But what most people can't understand is that many, many big-name stars have fallen here.

Euro 92 Fan. Basten, Italy's Baggio and Baresi in the '94 World Cup, Dutch goalscorers Frank de Boer, Kluivert, Bosvelt, Stam, Spain's captain Raul, etc., almost all of these famous superstars have the experience of shooting penalties in key games.

And now, it's the turn of the new captain of the England team, David. David Beckham, this is the 14th penalty missed in normal time in the history of the European Championship, and interestingly, the last three missed penalties were all awarded by Collina.

While it can be a frustrating thing for fans to miss a penalty from a star they support, this important group game between England and France is more likely to affect the outcome of the game. But in reality, it is the players involved who are the most painful, because it will cause a big shadow on the hearts of the players and affect their performance on the field.

At this time, the camera pointed to Beckham on the green field, only to see him squatting on the ground with his hands on his cheeks, and after a long while, he slowly stood up and waved to his teammates to signal that he was fine.

Seeing that the ball did not go in, the head coach on the sidelines, Eriksen, frowned, looked at the bench, and then shook his head, if he replaced Beckham now, it is likely to affect his mentality, and then affect the future game, Eriksen finally gave up this idea.

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However, the game did not end with Beckham's disappointment, and the French team launched another wave of fierce attacks.

Patrick Vieira dribbled the ball in the middle and played a wall link with Zinedine Zidane, then shook off two defenders and played a diagonal pass to Gala on the left. In the second half, the French left-back gave up defending and fully fulfilled his duties as a left winger, and his breakthrough and passing were indeed dangerous.

When I saw Zidane in the middle of the road throwing off the close defenders and stepping forward from the left side of the penalty area, Gala made a bucket with his right foot, and the ball flew to the feet of Zidane, Zidane didn't stop the ball at all, he directly followed the heel, and the ball changed direction directly in the rapid roll, rolling towards the front of the penalty area.

There was Makelele, who was already swinging his right foot and ready to shoot!

Seeing Makelele's action, Wang Li, who was watching from the bench, stood up directly, and after carefully observing the form of the game, he knew that this shot was very dangerous, because at this time goalkeeper Howard was standing in the left corner of the goal, and under the blocking of the player's figure, he didn't know that the ball was almost at the feet of Makelele at this time, and he was ready to shoot.

At this time, no one expected the situation happened, and Makelle was directly killed by Ashley behind him. Cole kicked him down on the court!

Obviously, a very serious foul!

Referee Corina ran over and, without thinking, turned to Ashley. Cole showed a red card!

Ashley. Cole also knew that his foul was very serious, and without much explanation, he walked straight to the bench, and it was well worth paying a red card for England's victory. Even Eriksen, who was on the sidelines, nodded at Cole who came over, obviously, he was very satisfied with Cole's reaction, if Makelele had just let him shoot, there was a chance that the French team would have equalized the score, then the form on the field would be very unfavorable to the England team.

However, the crisis did not happen because of Ashley. Cole's foul was stopped, and France won a free kick from just outside the box slightly to the right, about 23 meters from goal, which was too threatening!

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the French players to exchange words and discussions, Owen hurriedly signaled to the head coach that his physical fitness could no longer keep up.

Eriksen turned his head to look at the bench, and now there are Wang Li and Phil who are suitable to play. Neville, he was a little hesitant, now that England is temporarily ahead, of course it is safer to change to a defender to strengthen the defense, but that brunette is also a good choice, you must know that attack is the best defense.

"Alan, Phil, go warm up." In the midst of his hesitation, Eriksen asked the two of them to warm up together, and it was up to France to see who would play.

Wang Lilen, who was looking at the form on the field intently, reacted in surprise immediately, hurriedly took off his coat, walked a little away from the bench, and began to do some warm-up exercises.

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At this time, inside the stadium, the French team was ready to take a free kick.

Under the cheers of the French fans in the audience, the French team's No. 10, the hub of the team's attack, the 'art master' Zidane stood in front of the ball, everyone knows that Zidane has a gorgeous level of ball control, but we must not ignore his free kick level, in the star-studded French team, he is the No. 1 penalty taker.

Under the guidance of the referee, Zidane put the ball on the foul point, jumped twice on the spot, then took two steps back, stood in place with his hands on his waist, and looked at the direction of the England team's goal with a blank face, waiting for the England team to line up the human wall.

Zidane is thirty-two years old this year, and he has experienced so much and gained so much throughout his career. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of meters, in such an important game, in the face of such a crucial free throw, he did not have any sense of tension.

Yes, there is no nervousness, only anticipation.

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After a while, the England team finally lined up a wall of five players, but many 'cunning' players, taking advantage of the referee Corina did not pay attention, twisted their feet, and moved a small step forward, don't underestimate this small step, which has a great impact on free kickers, because it will increase the difficulty of penalty kicks.

However, the players of the French team have also been staring at the human defense, seeing the small movements of the England players, Vieira immediately protested to the referee, and under the signal of Collina, the players in the human wall can only step back a little.

When everything was ready, Collina blew his whistle and signaled that Zidane was ready to take the penalty.

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With the sound of "beep ......", with the referee's whistle, Zidane began to run, took three steps in a row in the rhythm, suddenly waved his right foot, and hit the lower right corner of the ball, and then didn't look at the direction of the ball at all, and directly swayed along the body, holding a single fist with his right hand and stretching out to the sky.

Wang Li, who was walking towards the bench, stopped directly in place, only to see the ball slide in a beautiful arc in the sky, bypass the England team's human wall, and drill into the bottom left corner of the goal against the goalpost.

Goalkeeper James scrambled to save, but the ball was so fast that he couldn't do anything about it!

'Yes, that's the kind of ball', Wang Li's current training goal is this kind of arc free kick, and he doesn't know when he will be able to kick this kind of wonderful goal.

But Wang Li immediately became firm, and he believed that as long as he worked hard, he would be rewarded sooner or later.

"The ball is in! Zinedine Zidane scored a brilliant free-kick to help France equalise! "Seeing France score a goal, Graham felt very... Unfortunately, "England led the whole game, but in the last time, the score was tied, and now it has been the eighty-first minute of the game, who will be the winner of the Anglo-French battle, and there is a lot of suspense, come on, England!" ”

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During the celebration time of the French team, to the surprise of the audience, the director switched the camera to a brunette boy on the sidelines, and after a while, they noticed that Owen slowly walked towards the bench, and it seemed that England was going to make a substitution.

But who is this young brunette kid?

Live narrator Francisco. Falface immediately solved the fans' doubts, "The England team has made a substitution, and they have replaced the No. 21 youngster Allen. Wang, according to the survey, this youngster is only 17 years old, the youngest player in this European Championship, and many fans may not have heard of his name. ”

Speaking of this, the narrator's tone immediately picked up, "However, there is a name that everyone must have heard, and that is the 'Prophecy Emperor'!" That's right, this brunette kid is the new player of the England team who predicted the result of the game three times in a row before the game, and every time it was accurate, and before the game, he announced to the media in a high-profile manner that England will win, perhaps, in the first 80 minutes of this game, we still trust him, but in the case of the French team to tie the score, will his prediction be accurate? ”

"Let's see what the 'Prophecy Emperor' will do on the pitch, but I bet that if he can score, I'll let my Harry ride me in public, and by the way, Harry is a German Shepherd I have."

Falface made the fans laugh, they completely regarded it as a humor, no one believed that a 17-year-old who had just entered the national team could do anything, let alone score a goal, and besides, there were less than 10 minutes left in the game.

In the 82nd minute of the game, the England team made a substitution, and Wang Li stood on the European stage for the first time.

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