Chapter 347: The Great War between Italy and France

"Ahh After several busy days, finally to Italy and France, including Romania to sort out the information, McLaren's busy round, finally came to an end, and the time, also quietly came to June 18, 2008, later today, Group C group stage games, will be all played, then, who will be the next round of England in the group, will also see!

Called all the players of England early, no matter how it is said that it is the last chance to inspect the opponent before the game, without hesitation, in this Group C two games that started at the same time, McLaren chose France vs Italy, this battle of life and death that directly determines who will appear!

Speaking of which, before this game, Italy also had a very inglorious record, which has been maintained, that is, since the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Italy has never been able to defeat the rooster standing in front of them today in 90 minutes of regulation time in 30 years.

So, can Italy break this 30-year-old curse today?

After commenting on this, Li Yi deliberately did not recall the score and process of the game, and together with other England teammates, quietly, watched the competition between the two teams! ――

In this game, Italian coach Donadoni changed the 4-3-3 formation used in the previous two group games but the effect was unsatisfactory, and changed to 4-3-1-2.

Cassano started for the first time in the national team in 21 months, replacing Piero's position, partnering with Toni in the front, Perrotta as a single forward midfielder, Gattuso returned to the starting line-up to replace Camoranesi, and formed a back three with Pirlo and De Rossi, and the back line remained unchanged is still Zambrotta, Chiellini, Panucci, Grosso plus the standard equipment of the goalkeeper Buffon!

On the French side, their coach Domenech's surgery was the main choice of the team's backfield.

Veteran centre-back Thuram was abandoned, Abidal switched to the middle, Evra and Claire were on the wings, and up front, Benzema returned to the starting line, replacing Anelka, who had underperformed in the previous games, and partnered captain Thierry Henry.

But then again, in this game, in fact, the two warring teams, Italy and France, while paying attention to their own game, they also had to distract from the other game that was being played at the same time? A game.

Due to the previous 2 games of their own incompetence, Italy lost to the Netherlands a 0-3, France lost to the Netherlands a 1-4, this game, if the Netherlands has a moth and is stolen by Romania to win a victory, the showdown between the new World Cup champions and runners-up will become meaningless!

Of course, regardless of the outcome of the game in the Netherlands, first of all, the two sides still have to play their own games first.

After the start of the game, less than 1 minute, the French team, which has the advantage of both historical record and mentality, first created a very threatening offensive by Franck Ribery.

After sprinting all the way to the Italian half, Scarman drew a very wonderful long-range shot about 25 meters away from the goal, testing the Italian goalkeeper Buffon!

Unfortunately, in the end, Ribery's shot went just wide of the goal.

After Ribery first created a threat for the team, in the fifth minute of the first half, Italian center forward Toney got a one-on-one chance that was much better than Ribery's previous chances!

With the help of a mistake by French central defender Abidal, Toni received a long pass from De Rossi at the back and got a great opportunity to face French goalkeeper Kupe directly!

It's just that I don't know if it was affected by Li Yi's hanging shot against Spain before. After obviously getting a single chance, Tony was very unwise, and chose to hit the goal directly at a position about 30 meters away from the goal! As for the results? Needless to say, I also know that it must be impossible to enter and pull!

And after seeing Tony's handling of the ball, the whole of England, who had been watching the ball quietly, including the staff, couldn't help but set their eyes on Li Yi, who was deliberately put in the center of everyone by his teammates!

"Huh!" Touching the back of his head and smiling a little awkwardly, Li Yi pointed to the game screen projected by the projector and said, "Watch the ball, watch the ball!" ”

England players think that Tony is learning from Li Yi, but in Li Yi's opinion, Tony's choice of this ball is not comparable to his choice against Spain at all!

This Nima, the French goalkeeper Kupe didn't expect Abidal to make a mistake, and in the face of De Rossi's long pass, he didn't attack, and kept in front of the goal line, in this case, Toni shot from a distance with a single knife, that's not wise, it's 2b!

It is said that if you don't die, there will be a blessing! Originally, the French team escaped, they should have a blessing, who knows, Tony's single knife, but it was only the beginning of their bad luck in today's game!

The first half of the game only lasted less than 7 minutes, because he worked too hard, in the process of interception in the midfield, Ribery, who resisted Zambrotta from behind, not only failed to snatch the ball at Zambrotta's feet, not to mention the last foul, what made the French even more depressed was that Scar Man had injured himself before! And it seems that the injury is not light!

Seeing that Ribery was directly carried out of the field by medical staff and sent to the hospital, even Li Yi sent his blessings to Ribery, the star he likes very much!

Even if Li Yi clearly knows that Ribery's injury this time has not affected his subsequent development! He is still the core player of the future universe Bayern!

In the face of Ribery's injury, Domenech had no choice but to send Nasri, who has recently been rumored to be signed with Crystal Palace!

And with the free kick obtained by this foul that Ribery was injured to complete, Italy almost expanded its score on the field by a little bit!

Master Andrea Pirlo takes a free-kick, Tony jumps high in the middle of the box, and a dashing lion shakes his head and puts the ball on the back foot of the goal!

It's a pity that Toney's header this time, although he successfully crossed the ten fingers of French goalkeeper Kupe, was finally blocked by a leg of Makina in front of the goal line at the moment before entering the net!

The French team, once again, escaped!

is still the same sentence, originally said that if you don't die in a catastrophe, there will be a blessing, but today's French team has shown the world what is called, if you don't die in a catastrophe, there will be a catastrophe!

In the first 7 minutes, he injured the team's big player Ribery, France is unlucky enough, right? Actually, that's not all!

In the 20th minute of the game, the French team, which was not very dominant in this game, was hit again!

At that time, it was Pirlo who sent a long pass in the center circle, and Toney, who wasted 2 good opportunities in this game, finally calmed down this time, in the face of Pirlo's long pass, after resisting Abidal, who was a cameo in the central defender, Tony perfectly unloaded the ball at his feet with his right toe!

And it was with this perfect ball protection and stop that Toney had a great opportunity to score near the penalty spot and face French goalkeeper Coope!

"Ahh However, just as he adjusted his pace and was about to shoot with his feet, Tony was pushed down in the French penalty area by Abidal behind him!

Such an obvious foul, the referee has no reason to turn a blind eye, plus the foul Abidal is the last defender of the French team in this defense, yes, while decisively awarding Italy a penalty, today's referee on duty, referee Michel from Slovakia, did not hesitate, the red card sent Abidal off!

The game played for 20 minutes, first injured a tiger general, and then was sent off again, and gave Italy a penalty, in the face of this situation, at this time Domenech, who was standing quietly on the sidelines, really wanted to look up to the sky and sigh "God, Nima, are you cheating your father?" ”

Moreover, things have developed so far, and something even stranger has happened!

That is, since Abidal is the team's central defender, it doesn't matter if he is sent off in other positions, this position, the person who has been sent off must be supplemented, even if France must win this game!

Then, a strange substitution, plus a bitter person was born!

That is, in the 7th minute of the game, Ribery, who had just been injured as a substitute, came on the field, and Nasri, who had played less than 13 minutes, was replaced again!

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