Zinedine Zidane's free-kick went straight into the net to give his team the lead.

Mendieta's penalty equaliser for Spain.

However, Vieira assisted the big snake Djokaef to score another goal for the French team, and finally France defeated Spain 2-1.

At the time, Guardiola burst into tears.

When reporters interviewed Pep Guardiola, he said bitterly: "Zidane is the best midfielder in the world, even the best player in the world. ”

"I actually understood Deng Kai's hints, but I didn't want to believe it. If I could, I hope Spain don't face France again in the future, they are really strong. ”

This wave of prophecy has brought Deng Kai's popularity to a new level.

Even Zidane said to reporters after the win: "It's not easy to beat Spain, they have a lot of good players. But thanks to our efforts, and thank Deng Kai for his optimism about us! ”

As soon as this remark came out, combined with the context, the French team instantly became Deng Kai's most optimistic team to win the championship.

After all, Deng Kai said that if Spain does not meet the French team to win the championship, then it is very logical for the French team that defeated Spain to win the championship.

June 28.

It was a sad day for Portuguese fans.

Benfica star Nuno Gomez, who had been particularly good in the tournament, took advantage of a mistake by Didier Deschamps to score a beautiful long-range shot. It was France's first goal conceded in a European Championship.

However, in the second half, young French striker Thierry Henry, who plays for Arsenal, scored with a brilliant right-footed shot that passed between the two defenders to equalise.

In extra time, in the 115th minute, France's Wiltord hit the arm of Portugal's Xavier with a volley from a small angle near the bottom line of the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty.

The Portuguese player was emotional, and Nuno Gomez was sent off for pushing referee Benke's chest.

When Benck pulled out his card, Xavier grabbed his arm and tried to stop his penalty.

Future South Korea coach Paulo Bento tried to snatch the red card from the referee.

Portugal's king Figo even took off his shirt and left the field early to express his protest against the unfairness of the penalty.

In the end, Zinedine Zidane converted the penalty.

France beat Portugal with a golden goal.

This is also a relatively rare time since the Golden Ball system.

The so-called Golden Ball system means that after entering the extra time stage, whoever scores the first goal first will win directly.

The original intention was to encourage the team to play more offense in overtime, and to provide fans with the thrill of "sudden death of the game".

But it turned out to be a very unsuccessful attempt.

Because winning the first goal after extra time also means losing if you concede the first goal.

So everyone is playing more conservatively.

Everyone was worried about the first goal.

Before, everyone was expecting the first goal.

Even if the team is scored, after conceding the goal, the team can expect the team to score a goal or even overtake.

It's this kind of reversal that is really appealing in football.

After the failure of the gold ball system, the silver ball system, which had a shorter survival time, was introduced.

But in the end, the 30 minutes of extra time followed the normal pattern to decide the winner, and if there was a draw, the rule of going to a penalty shootout became the mainstream.

This European Championship is a year of fame for Portugal's golden generation, and people are full of imagination about the future of the Portuguese team.

Finally, July 2nd.

France and Italy meet in the final.

In the first half, Italy took advantage of a tactical corner, Totti's backheel orchestrated the goal, and Del Vecchio scored the first goal of the game, which once gave the Italians a touch of the Delaunay Cup.

But France's Wiltord miraculously equalised in the 93rd minute.

In extra time, Pire stole Cannavaro and crossed, and Henry, who had transferred to Juventus and transferred to Arsenal because he was not suitable for the Serie A game, and was called the twin stars of Monaco, bent his bow and arrow, staged a golden ball stunner, and became a god!

France successfully lifted the Delaunay Cup!

It was a star-studded European Cup.

Nuno Gomez scored four goals and won the Silver Boot at the European Championship and began to become a world-class striker.

Italy's substitute goalkeeper Toldo was crowned a god in a battle, and the name of San Toldo spread far and wide.

Future Italy manager Antonio Conte scored a brilliant barb in the Italy vs Turkey match.

In the champion French team, Thierry Henry and Trezeguet shined, and the former became the bronze boot winner of the tournament with three goals, ranking among the top strikers in the world!

Although the Netherlands reached the semi-finals, Kluivert became the Golden Boot player of the tournament with five goals.

Milosevic also scored five goals to become the tournament's Golden Boot player and was awarded the Fair Play Award for protecting the referee during the match.

But his biggest record is that he played for four national teams in his lifetime, which gave Deng Kai a huge inspiration.

Normally, a player can only play for one national team, but it has been modified to play for another national team for which you have a nationality after eight years.

But there are some special cases.

For example, the national team you played for disappeared.

Or, the national team that accepts you has not been registered with FIFA and will not join FIFA until you join. As the "original player" of the team, you naturally have the power to play for it.

To put it simply, if Deng Kai chooses the Portuguese national team in the future, he will basically miss the Chinese national team.

But...... If the Chinese Football Association is dissolved and a new football association is established, then theoretically, Deng Kai can achieve a seamless transition from the Portuguese national team to the Chinese national team.

Deng Kai wants Chinese nationality, but he doesn't want to join the national football team to play, but he wants to bring pride to Chinese fans, but he also wants to take Ronaldo to taste the taste of the World Cup championship, and he also wants the Chinese Football Association to be disbanded...... What was originally impossible seems to have found the right answer in Milosevic.

This made Deng Kai feel that this European Cup was not in vain.

Of course, there are shining new stars, and there are bleak old men.

Nagy led Romania's golden generation to the knockout stage and received the only red card of his career against Italy, after which Haji announced his retirement from the national team and retired a year later.

Schmeichel's Denmark team has lost three games and lost three times, and he has been hit hard by the fact that he has scooped the ball out of the net eight times, and he even doubted whether he should retire immediately, feeling that he no longer has the ability to play at a high level.

Mateus also had self-doubts after returning home from the group stage for Germany, but his age has shown the lack of success for the German team. The German football giants, led by Beckenbauer, put forward their own criticisms and opinions on the German youth training.

The reform of the German youth training has been vigorously launched, providing the foundation for the bloom of the German tank at the highest point of the World Cup in 2014.

After the game, UEFA officially announced the best team for this European Championship.

The forwards are Thierry Henry and Kluivert.

The midfielders are Zinedine Zidane, Davies, Vieira, Figo.

The defenders are Maldini, Cannavaro, Blanco, Thuram.

The goalkeeper is Toldo.

This has also become a guide for major teams to buy after the European Cup.

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