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Next, Inzaghi, who represented Italy's second penalty, deceived Van der Sar and safely kicked the penalty into the door of the Dutch team, helping Italy change the score to 2-0; On the Dutch side, Stam, who saved the team with a successful offside in the last minute of extra time, failed to save the orange this time, and although his shot deceived Toldo, it flew high over the crossbar!

Looking at a ecstatic Toldo, Stam pouted and left the penalty area with a dejected expression, he was not in the mood to chat with the Fiorentina teammate right now.

The Dutch fans were now numb to the team's astonishing performance at 12 yards - no matter what the outcome, after conceding five penalties in a row in the game, the Netherlands' poor performance on penalties tonight is sure to make them the laughing stock and the talk of fans all over Europe and the rest of the world!

In this way, with only two rounds of the penalty shoot-out, Italy surprisingly built a 2-0 lead, and the Maldini even vaguely saw that the European Championship final was just around the corner!

And when Totti, who made his third appearance for Italy, played Van der Sar with a shocking spoon penalty and further expanded the score to 3-0, not only did Italy step into the door of the European Championship final, but also made the faces of almost all Dutch players full of despair.

After all, with Italy hitting all three penalties without missing a single one, the Netherlands must save their hopes of qualifying for the final and avoid being eliminated by their opponents, and at the same time, they must hit all three of their last penalties and not allow the Italians to score again!

Such a request is even more difficult for the Dutch, who have proved with a series of "brilliant" deeds tonight that they are indeed not good at taking penalty kicks!

The third Dutch player to take the penalty was Kluivert, the orange team's leading goalscorer who could only be described as disappointing in tonight's performance. In front of the Italian backline led by Nesta and Maldini, Kluivert not only failed to rely on his all-round Su zhì to create many chances for the team, but also missed two penalties in the game, which was the culprit of the Netherlands' failure to solve the battle in regulation time! Looking at Kluivert, who walked to the penalty spot with a sad expression, the Sky TV commentator said, "The situation facing the hosts is very dangerous now, if Kluivert does not score this penalty in the end, then the Netherlands will lose the chance to win the Delaunay Cup on home soil, and Italy can successfully meet the French in the final!" ”

Obviously, the commentator is not optimistic that the Netherlands, who are three goals behind, can complete a shocking comeback at this time. After all, at this stage of the penalty shoot-out, anyone can see that the Dutch team's hopes of qualifying have become very slim. If nothing else, a god-aided Toldo alone would be enough to kill the Dutchman's dream of reaching the final!

Just when everyone was not optimistic that Kluivert could beat Toldo, the Dutchman unexpectedly scored this penalty to help the orange keep a glimmer of hope of qualifying for the final!

"The ball is in! Kluivert! After missing two penalties in a row in the previous game, he finally withstood the pressure this time, and his feint before the shot successfully deceived Toldo and successfully pulled back a point for the Dutch team, who were already three goals behind! Now the score on the field is 3-1, and Italy is still leading! ”

Although he was very aware of the team's unoptimistic promotion situation at the moment, Kluivert, who finally won the face-to-face battle with Toldo, could not hide the excitement in his heart, picked up his right leg and kicked the turf fiercely, venting the depression that had been deposited in his heart for a long time!

After that, Kluivert, who had been lacking in confidence against Toldo, suddenly found that the goalkeeper did not seem to be as strong as he thought. As long as you can be serious and calm, it is completely possible to defeat the other party!

Thinking of this, Kluivert's excitement began to cool down gradually, and he felt a little regretful. After all, if he had realized this earlier and seized those two penalty opportunities, then the Netherlands would not have been dragged into the penalty shootout by Italy!

It is foreseeable that regardless of the final result of this match, after defeating Toldo, the biggest demon on his personal career path, Kluivert, who has been sublimated on a mental level, will surely shine even more brightly in the future!

Toldo, who slowly stood up from the turf, spat at the mouth, looking unwilling, after all, in his opinion, Kluivert was able to score this penalty somewhat by luck. If it weren't for the fact that he was overly excited, he didn't wait for Kluivert to shoot the ball, and as a result, he gave the opponent a chance to adjust, then he would have had a good chance of ending the penalty shootout in the third round!

At this time, the Dutch regained some confidence because of Kluivert's penalty, and they successfully pulled back a point, and they regained hope and dawn of advancing to the final!

Immediately afterwards, Paulo Maldini, who made the fourth appearance for Italy, fired a penalty that was saved by Van der Sar, who fell to the ground to save, and the result caused a cheer from the Dutch fans in the stands. Because in this way, if Bosvelt can score a penalty kick next up, then the Netherlands can tie the score at 2-3 before the final round comes!

Of course, the reverse can also be said that Bosvelt only has this penalty for the Netherlands to have a chance to continue the penalty shootout!

In the face of such a tense atmosphere, Bosvelt, who represented the national team for the first time in an international competition, naturally took on unimaginable mental pressure, and the penalty kick he shot was weak and weak, and Toldo, who was tall and long-armed, used a very stretched posture to keep the ball out of the door!

Three to one! The host team, the Netherlands, who scored seven penalties in the whole game but only hit one goal, was blocked out of the final by Italy!

"Let's congratulate Italy, who managed to knock out hosts the Netherlands and reach the final after 120 minutes of intense fighting and a penalty shoot-out that tested the players' willpower and mental endurance!" No matter how conservative and ugly Italy played in the game, the victors were only praised: "In five days' time, Italy will face France, who had previously eliminated Portugal, for the final trophy at the Stade Couip in Rotterdam!" ”