on the field.

Zhang Tiehan is defending Zidane, in recent times, he and Zidane have played a lot of battles, when the French team attacked, he would come to defend Zidane, when the England team attacked, Zidane also found him a few times, twice attacked and defended each other, and constantly fought one-on-one on the field.

The two are at the heart of both teams, and their rivalry naturally attracts a lot of attention.

Zhang Tiehan's idea of defending Zidane is very simple, many of the French team's offense relies on Zidane to cooperate and promote, and the small range of fast passes and catches also rely on Zidane to organize, and Zidane is also the best player in the French team, as long as Zidane's point is blocked, then the French team's offense will be greatly affected.

But it's not easy to win just like that.

England is in a backward situation, if you want to win, you must score, but just the propulsive attack, it is too difficult to find the loopholes of the French team, find opportunities to score, and the French team's defense is also very tight, they are in a two-goal lead situation, naturally they first do a good job of defense and then seek to attack.

If you want to score like this, you have to look for opportunities, and if you can cut off Zidane's ball, it will definitely be a good opportunity to counterattack.

Zhang Tiehan thinks so and does so.

Under his defense, Zidane felt very depressed, as the most famous star of the French team, a player who was called his ancestor before retiring, Zidane rarely met opponents on the field, but now he feels very troubled.

The tower-like tough guy next to him was quite cautious in defense, he originally thought that with his own skills, he could easily deceive the other party, but after a few times, he was almost steal as long as he didn't pay attention, but fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to make no mistakes.

But he was going to organize an attack.

He can't be completely restrained, otherwise the team's offense will be greatly affected. His only option was to find an opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates, but he soon found that Zhang Tiehan had been following him, and although he did not do well in defensive running, unless his teammates' passes were very good, there would be danger.

In addition, even normal running is affected.

He couldn't squeeze the other at all. In this way, if he wants to run normally, he needs to 'bypass' the opponent, and it is difficult to time such a run.

In short, offensively, he was greatly affected.

When the England team attacked, Zidane was a little reluctant to defend Zhang Tiehan, he was a midfielder, attacking and defending solidly, technically speaking. He was very good at defending and tackling individually, but he soon discovered the sad truth that he couldn't make much of an impact on the ball.

He is physically flexible, but flexibility does not mean strength.

Compared with many other players, Zidane is also strong, comparable to Zhang Tiehan...... This may not be comparable at all, he can't squeeze Zhang Tiehan at all, he is not that kind of big man, and Zhang Tiehan does a good job of protecting the ball. He didn't fight with Zidane at all, he just used his physical advantage to protect the ball. Strong forward band.

This will certainly not be able to shake off Zidane, and in the same way, Zidane will have a hard time getting the ball.

The two have been fighting each other like this.

Their confrontation became the focus of the audience, and for a while, almost everyone talked about the two, and they fought again and again. The two are evenly matched, Zhang Tiehan's defense is very useful, but Zidane did not let him steal lightly, and Zidane's defense also affected Zhang Tiehan, but it was the same. He also failed to complete the steal.

The two have been at a stalemate.

Overall, Zidane is doing well, at least in other people's eyes, Zhang Tiehan is defended by Zidane, it is difficult to find opportunities, Zidane has also been cooperating with his teammates, unless those professional football people, ordinary fans, Zidane has to do better, because the situation on the field is still dominated by the French team.

The commentators obviously see it the same way, and the French commentator is happy to see Zidane have the upper hand, "Let's see, Zidane and Zhang are constantly fighting, but Zhang seems to have no way to deal with Zidane, his defense is useless, Zidane is still playing very well." ”

"On the other hand, England's two attacks failed to threaten, which shows that in the face of Zidane's defense, even Zhang has been greatly affected......

It's pride!

Now who in the world thinks that they can prevent Zhang Tiehan? But Zidane did it on the field, he let Zhang Tiehan not find a chance twice, and in the eyes of the French commentator, this is a success.

Of course, others may not think so.

Lineker, a guest and commentator at Sky Sports England, said, "The two have attacked each other, they are both masters on the football field, Zhang has had a great impact on Zidane, during this time, the French team's attack is obviously much weaker, and Zidane has not sent a good ball with creative power!" ”

"England's attack is very calm, Zidane's close defense, making it difficult for Zhang to find a chance to shoot, so far, the two are a draw, and no one has been able to take advantage."

The commentators of the two countries have different opinions, but the mood of the fans of the two teams also reflects the shape of the two teams.

French fans are quite optimistic.

Now the French team is leading by two goals, and the one-on-one between Zidane and Zhang Tiehan on the field does not occupy a disadvantage, and France is also in an advantage on the field, which makes them see a great hope of victory, so naturally they don't have to worry too much about the game, and many French fans have begun to talk about whether the opponent in the final will be Germany or Italy.

England fans are worried about the team.

With two goals down and no advantage on the field, they are hoping that Zhang Tiehan can keep Zidane at bay, and England may then play with the advantage and find an opportunity to pull one back.

It's still too far to tie now, so why do you have to score a goal first to have a chance.

Sidelines.

Eriksen is also paying attention to the confrontation between Zhang Tiehan and Zidane, he knows very well what Zhang Tiehan is doing, he has the same mentality as the fans, and also hopes that Zhang Tiehan can suppress Zidane, but the important thing is to attack, but at this time there is Rooney in the frontcourt, if Zhang Tiehan goes to the front again, the defense of England's backfield will be dangerous.

Defense is a must.

But for England, attacking is a must.

Zhang Tiehan has been entangled with Zidane, and the two have been constantly attacking and defending, but they have not really decided the winner, maybe on the field. There is no win or defeat for a single player, but Zhang Tiehan always remembers what he needs to do - find an opportunity to counterattack and score!

Zidane is cautious, always cautious, and he is very strong.

But no matter how cautious you are, no matter how strong your strength is. There will also be mistakes, and this time, when receiving a pass from a teammate on the side, Zidane finally made a mistake, he knew that Zhang Tiehan was behind him, but after receiving the ball, he still subconsciously went to the left side of the ball, and then turned around, intending to take the ball to Zhang Tiehan sideways.

But what he didn't expect was such an action. let Zhang Tiehan find an opportunity.

No one thought this was an opportunity, everyone looked at the direction of the two, but at this moment, Zhang Tiehan started, he jerked forward and put his body between Zidane and the football, tightly stuck in the main position, Zidane turned around and wanted to control the ball, but the position was stuck by Zhang Tiehan. He crashed directly into Zhang Tiehan's body and almost fell to the ground.

Many French fans exclaimed.

But the referee didn't blow the whistle. Because Zhang Tiehan is the main position of this ball, it is equivalent to the collision with Zidane after the ball is broken, rather than directly blocking.

It's not a foul!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Tiehan controlled the ball as soon as possible and went forward with all his might.

The French players reacted immediately and retreated to the defence, but at this time half of the French players were in front. There were also a few players near midfield, and there were only two players who really had a chance to drop back to defend Zhang Tiehan - centre-backs Thuram and Gallas.

One of the two stood behind Zidane, and the other was far behind the formation.

The first thing Zhang Tiehan met was Thuram.

Thuram is a veteran, one of the 125 greatest active footballers listed by Pelé, and he is one of the best defenders in the world.

Two goals scored in the semi-finals against Croatia at the 1998 World Cup made him a hero for France. After 7 years of playing for Monaco in France. He moved to Parma in Serie A and formed one of the best partnerships in football with Italian Cannavaro. In the summer of 2001 Thuram joined Juventus as a defender and became the most expensive defender in the world for £22 million.

His good defensive awareness and excellent physical qualities made it possible for almost no one to shake his place in the French team, and just before the start of the World Cup, Thuram moved to Barcelona in Spain for 5 million euros.

The fact that he can still join the giants at a price of 5 million euros in the twilight of his career shows Thuram's form and strength, and now Zhang Tiehan has to face the world's top central defender.

He's running with the ball!

Thuram came up head-on, he had experience in Italy and Zhang Tiehan, but Juventus and Rome were the winning side, at that time, Zhang Tiehan did not score, and now in the World Cup, the French team also has a lead, Zhang Tiehan still does not have too good a table, Thuram does not think he is capable of defending Zhang Tiehan.

But he wasn't careless.

Using experience, he retreated step by step, in order to slow down Zhang Tiehan's speed, even if he couldn't steal directly, he could turn around and keep up with him as soon as possible, this is Thuram's defensive style.

But he failed to make a correct judgment on Zhang Tiehan's speed and explosiveness......

Facing Thuram, especially after running, Zhang Tiehan didn't care about his defense and movements at all, just changed the direction of the ball to the left side, and then turned around to chase the ball directly, and when Thuram reacted and started to keep up, Zhang Tiehan had already rushed over first, and he even had time to turn the ball over and rush towards the goal.

This series of actions was completed in a very short time, and the various commentators didn't even have time to explain, and they didn't react until Zhang Tiehan passed Thuram.

"Zhang! He rushed past Thuram! ”

"Danger!"

"Good opportunity! Zhang is moving on! There's only one Gallas in front of him! ”

William Gallas currently plays for Chelsea, but Chelsea are said to have agreed a transfer deal with Arsenal to become part of Arsenal in an exchange.

The French centre-back is an all-round backfielder who doesn't have a regular regular place at Chelsea, but he still has plenty of appearances, and the 29-year-old is at the peak of his career, with better form and fitness than Thuram.

And now all he needs to do is to defend Zhang Tiehan.

Gallas knew a lot about Zhang Tiehan, and he knew he couldn't grab the ball directly, but all he needed to do was slow Zhang Tiehan's speed, and as long as Thuram followed him, the two of them would fight one after the other. Then even if the defense is completed, no matter how strong Zhang Tiehan's ability is, it is almost impossible to get past it lightly in the face of the front and back attacks of the two world's top central defenders.

That's what he planned, so he went straight to Zhang Tiehan and posted it.

Seeing Garas's movements, Zhang Tiehan naturally knew what this guy was going to do. He was judging the position of him and Gallas, as well as Thuram behind him, as he carried the ball forward, and he knew that if Gallas delayed for a moment, then he would be in trouble.

He doesn't want to be caught between two of the world's top centre-backs.

Under the eyes of everyone in the audience, Zhang Tiehan made a move in dribbling the ball, and when he was about to get close to Garas, he suddenly took a big step forward, and flicked the ball to the right with his left foot. Swing your right foot and keep up with it to shoot at the edge of the box.

This action is so realistic!

Thuram behind him almost didn't think about it, so he shoveled directly from behind, if the average player wanted to shoot in this position, Thuram would not defend at all, but Zhang Tiehan was different, let him find this position to shoot, the French goal would be really dangerous.

Almost at the same time. Gallas also jumped on the spot to block the goal with his body.

But the next moment, Zhang Tiehan's right foot did not draw the ball, but hooked the ball to the left side. His waist was almost twisted out of 90 degrees, which made many people at the scene in an uproar, not to mention a tall man of 1.9 meters, even if he was a small flexible player of 1.6 meters, it was very difficult to twist his waist like this.

But Zhang Tiehan did it.

Many people looked at him and pinched a cold sweat for him, and this action was made. It is very easy to get injured...... In addition, it is not easy for ordinary people to make it, what kind of material is his body made of?

"God!" A lot of people exclaimed.

Even England fans were in a cold sweat for Zhang Tiehan's actions, completely forgetting that this was a good opportunity for England to score.

But the next moment the scene of the game reminded them.

After Zhang Tiehan flicked the ball to the left, he twisted his body and brought forward very easily. He doesn't look like he's in a hurry to know what's going on - Gallas and Thuram have both been deceived by his move, and there is only one goalkeeper in front of him, Butters.

Butters strikes!

By the time he was attacking, many fans in England were already shouting to celebrate the goal, and they were extremely confident in Zhang Tiehan's one-on-one ball, because they couldn't imagine that Zhang Tiehan would kick a one-on-one ball - that should be a special case for Owen or Wayne Rooney.

Zhang Tiehan is not in the special case of kicking a flying single goal.

And so it turned out.

Facing Gallas, Zhang Tiehan looked like a leisurely walk, and when Gallas ran in front of him, he didn't hurry to make a pick, but Gallas could only watch the football fly high overhead, accurately behind the goal behind him.

……

“Gooooooooooooooooal！！！ The ball went in!! ”

England fans cheered and celebrated the goal, while various England commentators also excitedly reported the goal, "Zhang! In the 73rd minute of the game, Zhang helped England pull a goal back, he cut off Zidane's ball in the midfield, passed Thuram and Gallas two central defenders in a row, and calmly hoisted the ball into the goal in the face of the goalkeeper's attack! ”

"Well done!"

"1:2, England recovers a goal!"

"There are almost twenty minutes left in the game, and England still have a chance to tie the score!"

That's what the commentator said, and so did the fans, and at the same time, Eriksen hugged the assistant coach on the sidelines and hugged every substitute who came up, and everyone celebrated the goal happily.

This goal is so important!

If they don't score for a long time, England will almost have no chance, because they are two goals behind, not one, and it is not easy to recover two goals in one go, but now that they can recover a goal, there will be a chance, as long as they seize the remaining time, it is not a dream to tie the score.

They have hope!

Before, England fans were almost desperate, but now they see hope again, people always yearn for hope, hope is the most important thing, this goal is much more expensive than the previous goal.

"It was Zhang's 10th goal in the World Cup, 10 goals in six games, his efficiency is unmatched, he is the top scorer. The second-ranked German striker Klose has only scored four goals, and the difference in the number of goals between the two is more than doubled. ”

"We can now say that the World Cup Golden Boot has been settled, and this honor belongs to Zhang!"

"But now the key is. Hopefully Zhang can still score, England don't have much advantage on the field now, but they have to work hard to equalize the score or they will be eliminated......"

……

At the same time, the England players also had a brief celebration on the field.

It didn't take much time, though, just passing by and hugging and that's it, after all, they were the side behind and there wasn't much time left for the game, and they didn't want to waste time on meaningless celebrations.

Soon the game was restarted.

Zhang Tiehan's expression was grim. There is hardly any change from before, and the goal just now is nothing for him, past Thuram and Gallas? That's nothing to be proud of, in his opinion, it's strange that he can't get over it, and when he runs, no single player can stop him, that's his unique self-confidence.

Thuram can't, Gallas can't. Neither can Zidane.

Unless it's a foul, when he runs with the ball. A man who wants to defend against him, at least not so far, is immensely confident in his body and technique.

It's like the one who just passed.

His movements shook off the two balls of Gallas and Thuram, but in fact, that dribble did not have much technical content, relying more on his body, and that twisting movement was not at all something that ordinary people could do. This is the same as the fans think, in fact, he couldn't do it before, but after learning to 'hard punch', the key flexibility and toughness of his whole body have risen to a certain level. Coupled with the 100% increase in agility of ancient strength, he can do many movements that big players can't do, even more agile than some small players who are known for their agility.

That's his physical strength.

Passing people does not only rely on technique, the body is also quite important, in terms of technology, he doesn't dare to say anything, but the body loves him and thinks that he is no worse than anyone else, so he doesn't think that completing the midfield to the goal of a dragon, passing two players is nothing special, if this kind of opportunity can not score a goal, it would be good to admit defeat directly now.

But one goal is scored, and one goal is still behind.

He still needs to keep going.

In the next game, Zhang Tiehan is still defending against Zidane as before, and will also start to continue to push forward the attack with the team to find opportunities, but the French team is still too tight on him, and it is difficult for him to find opportunities in the cracks.

Whenever he rushed to the vicinity of the penalty area, he was always caught in the middle of a defensive siege.

It is clear that France coach Domenech has made a series of defensive set-ups for his characteristics, and it is not easy to find opportunities in such a difficult environment, and most importantly, the appearance of his teammates is not very good, and it is very difficult to rely on cooperation to break down the French defence.

Zhang Tiehan simply shouted for everyone to pass the ball towards the penalty area, "I'll go to the front to find a chance!" ”

In a word, let the teammates know how to play.

Next, the England team's attacking method became simpler, the player got the ball, and when he had the opportunity, he directly hoisted the ball into the penalty area, Zhang Tiehan kept shuttling in the penalty area to look for opportunities to head the goal, but the effect was not very good, mainly because the passes of teammates were not very accurate, many of them were either too far forward or too far back, even if he found the right position, he could not complete the shot.

Little by little, time passed.

At this time, every minute, every attack has become very crucial, England are almost all pressing on the attack, the only thing they can do is to try their best at the end of the game, if they can score a goal to equalize, and the game is still played, and if they can't score, it is tantamount to failure.

There are five minutes left in the game.

England's attack is very fierce, the French team has retreated to defend on all fronts, Zhang Tiehan stood in the middle of the formation, looking at the French goal and feeling helpless, the penalty area is full of figures, even if it completes a long shot on the periphery, it is very difficult to hit the goal.

The best option is to use the header.

But when he entered the penalty area, the French team was not stingy with defense at all, a group of defensive players surrounded him, so it was difficult to find an opportunity, and now he is facing a group of world-class players, all of whom have reached the world's top level in strength and experience.

In the midst of such fierce attacks, time slowly wears out...... (To be continued......)