Chapter 171 The European Cup is in full swing, and Lin Quan's whereabouts are mysterious
The coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps, was very dissatisfied with the performance of his disciples, and he had always been good-natured, but this time he couldn't help but stand on the sidelines and roar loudly, making the players run, move, and play more actively.
What the hell are you doing here?
Cheer me up, bastard, this is the Stade de France, not in Brazil!
The whole country is watching, are you worthy of the audience and the fans with such a performance?
Perhaps it was Deschamps' rant that played a role and the French team's form improved.
After holding off the Romanian's three-plate axe, they once again took the initiative in the game.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, France played a fluid combination, with Payet breaking down the left and delivering a precise diagonal pass near the top of the arc.
Giroud stopped the ball and fired into the far corner, but the power was too small to be saved by the goalkeeper.
Five minutes later, it was Payet again, who broke through again in the opposition half, cleverly smashing past a defender before calmly knocking back.
Pogba plugged in from behind, picked up his right foot and fired a shot.
The quality of the ball is extremely high, both in terms of angle and power.
Seeing that he was about to score, but when he was about to cross the goal line, he was saved by the opposing goalkeeper and once again denied the Frenchman's shot.
Pogba held his head in disbelief, his mouth wide open enough to fit a goose egg.
What is the origin of this goalkeeper, so capable of pounce?
How do you feel better than your club team-mate David De Gea?
At this time, the French fans in the stands were no longer calm.
If they don't score again, they all think the team is going to lose!
Giroud stepped up at the critical moment, and in the 58th minute, Giroud received Payet's bottom cross, regardless of the risk of injury, and scored with a header before the Romanian goalkeeper who attacked, rewriting the score to 1-0!
This goal is actually very dangerous, when Giroud shook his head to attack the goal, the opponent's goalkeeper's fist had already smashed over, and if he was half a second slower, he might be hit directly in the head!
With the strength of the goalkeeper to clear the siege, this fist will be seriously injured if he does not die.
When French fans saw that their team had finally scored, they breathed a sigh of relief, and a big stone in their hearts finally landed.
However, after only five minutes, they couldn't laugh.
In the 64th minute, Romania launched a counter-attack, and France's left wing-back Evra tripped Stanciu with his foot in the penalty area, and was awarded a penalty by the referee.
Romanian striker Stanku deceived French goalkeeper Lloris and calmly slotted home into the bottom right corner of the net to make it 1-1 and the two sides were back on the same page.
At this moment, the French stopped doing it, and the stadium was noisy, and there were people who scolded the referee for the black whistle.
There are those who scold the opposing player for faking a fall.
There are even some fans who hate iron and steel, and even their own team scolds!
Didier Deschamps was also very unhappy with the performance of the players and made quick personnel changes.
He replaced Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba for underperformers, and brought on Coman and Anthony Martial.
However, the performance of the French team still did not improve after the two played, and the score on the field was still 1:1 as time passed.
The French fans in the stands were so anxious that they wanted to play in place of the guys.
The French media's praise of their own team before the game had a serious backlash at this time.
Fans came to watch this game with great expectations, and they were looking forward to enjoying a hearty victory.
As a result, the French team gave them such a play?
What a big victory this is, this kick is like a grandmother's footwrap, smelly and long!
The point is, the opponent is not a top team, it is so difficult to play Romania, what will happen if you meet a top team like Germany, Italy or even Spain in the future?
Not only French fans think so, but also some other fans who have a high view of the strength of the French team because of the media touting, and because of the unsatisfactory performance of the French team in the opening game, they have serious doubts about the strength of the French team.
Although this year's Spanish team has been cut because Lin Quan, the core of the team, may not be able to play, but judging from the strength shown by the French team in this game, whether they can defeat Spain, which lacks Lin Quan, has to put a big question mark!
Seeing that regular time was about to run out, the French team still couldn't take the lead again, and some disappointed French fans in the stands have begun to leave the stadium early.
However, just when everyone thought France were going to be held to a draw by a weak Romania, they scored again.
In the 89th minute, the French team organized an attack in front, Payet received a pass from Kante, and seeing that his teammates' performance was not very reliable, Payet decided to play himself.
He glanced at the goalkeeper's position, suddenly got up from outside the penalty area and fired a volley into the corner of the goal.
The ball was hit too suddenly, the defenders and goalkeepers standing in front of him were not prepared, and the angle of the shot was too tricky, and the goalkeeper was too late to make a save when he reacted.
So, only a sound was heard, and the ball went into the net!
Rumble!
At the moment of Payet's goal, the Stade de France boiled directly.
Even Hollande, who accompanied the Romanian Prime Minister, couldn't help but stand up and applaud Payet, who scored the goal.
And Payet, who scored this crucial goal, has directly become a hero in the eyes of the French people, and his status even surpasses that of big-name stars such as Griezmann and Pogba.
What's more, some Ligue 1 teams have taken a fancy to Payet's quality and plan to bring him back to Ligue 1 from the Premier League this summer!
Although the process was a little bumpy, the final result was quite good for the French team.
After beating Romania at home, they got off to a flying start.
The group stage of the European Championship is the same as the group stage of the World Cup, with four teams playing three games each.
Winning the first game means that France has taken the lead in qualifying from the group.
A win over Albania, the weakest side in the group, will see them progress to the round of 16.
Shortly after the end of the match for France, another match in Group A was also played quickly.
Switzerland, who are second only to France in Group A, beat Albania 1-0 thanks to Fabian's goal in the fifth minute.
After winning this game, the Swiss team has the same points as the French team, and it is very likely that they will become the top opponent of the French team in the race for the top spot in the group.
Switzerland's quality is not weak, especially their defense, which is very solid, even some of the top teams, they can't bargain against them.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Spain, the favorite to win the championship, planted a heel on them, losing 0:1 to Switzerland, breaking a huge upset.
Therefore, it is still very difficult for the French team to win Switzerland.
Compared to the situation of Group A, the situation on the side of Group B is a bit more complicated.
The four teams in Group B are relatively close in strength, and England has always been ridiculed by fans as the Chinese team in Europe, which can be regarded as the weakest of the six top seeds.
Wales, Slovakia and Russia, who are in the same group, are not good at stubble.
Wales, in particular, have Gareth Bale and Ramsey and are even capable of wrestling with England for the top spot in the group.
However, for England, as long as they are not bottom of the group, they have a chance to qualify.
Unlike the World Cup, there are 24 teams participating in the European Championship, and in addition to the top two teams in the group who qualify directly, the remaining four places go to the best third place in each group.
With only eight teams eliminated in the first round, England only need to win one game to qualify.
However, in the first round against the weakest team in the group, Russia, England dominated the situation, but were beaten by their opponents in stoppage time, and the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.
And that's not the most humiliating thing, the most humiliating thing is that in the middle of the game, a clash broke out between fans on both sides.
England fans were the first to provoke after their teams took the lead, and after the brutal killing, they were humiliated by Russian fans, and the two sides fought violently.
The British, who had a clear advantage in numbers, were in turn beaten by the Russians.
The impact of the fan brawl was very bad, and the two sides fought from inside the stadium to the outside of the stadium, and the streets of Marseille started a scuffle, which caused major media reports around the world.
The faces of the French people were blackened, and tens of thousands of police officers were directly dispatched to arrest people all over the street, arresting thousands of people in one go!
However, it is staggering that the number of British fans arrested is as high as 2,000, and the number of Russian fans is only 200.
When this figure was announced, it immediately caused an uproar.
With a tenfold numerical advantage, he actually lost, and the famous English football hooligans are here?
Riots and conflicts between fans are naturally intolerable to the organizers.
After all, if the fans of the two countries have a passionate fight in every game, can this game be held?
As a result, UEFA sternly warned both sides to permanently ban these troublesome fans from entering the stadium to watch the game, and for serious cases, they will be held legally responsible.
England fans and Russian fans played lively, and Wales and Slovakia also played very intensely.
The two teams are very close in the world rankings, one is 21st and the other is 23rd, just two places apart.
In the 10th minute of the opening game, Bale took the lead and helped the team take the lead and lead the opponent 1:0.
Not to be outdone, Slovakia launched a fierce counter-attack to equalise in the 61st minute of the second half.
After the score was equalised, Wales quickly made substitution adjustments, without any intimidation, and directly replaced a striker.
The substitution also paid off handsomely, as Wales got off to a good start with a 2-1 win over Slovakia thanks to a goal from substitute Kanu in the 81st minute, temporarily topping the group.
"Here in Group B, I feel like Wales is going to top the group in the end!"
"Yes, although Wales don't have as many big stars as England, they have a very clear tactical idea, they know who the team's thigh is, as long as they hold Bale's thigh and let Bale open the situation with his unreasonable side breakthrough, they can win!"
"On the other hand, on the England side, I don't know what clear tactical play they have, in short, it's just one word - chaos!"
Fans are not very optimistic about the prospects of this England team in this European Championship.
Everyone thinks that with their current state, reaching the quarterfinals is the limit.
If you are unlucky and don't get the top spot in the group, you will have to meet a strong team in the round of 16 and go home.
A really strong team won't win as hard as England!
No, the German team in Group C gave the British an example.
On June 13, the match in Group C started, and the German team was bloodless and easily took away Ukraine 2:0.
It was an easy win for Germany, with a terrifying 69 per cent possession and a whopping 22 shots on goal.
And they didn't eat a single card, in the words of the Germans, and they took down their opponents without even having time to sweat.
"As the runner-up of the World Cup and the top three teams in the world, it is a pleasure to watch the German team play!"
"Indeed, the German team under Loew's training is really pleasing to the eye!"
"See, this is called a top team, the French team and the British team are a little on the side, what kind of strong team are you, at best, it's just a pseudo-strong team!"
There is no harm in comparison, and after watching the German team play, the fans praised the German team and began to criticize the British and French teams.
In their opinion, if a strong team plays a weak team, it must play a dominant force like the German team, otherwise it is not worthy of being called a strong team.
And when it comes to the top teams, now that the World Cup runners-up have appeared, fans are naturally looking forward to the performance of world champion Spain.
It just so happens that Spain is in Group D, just behind Group C where Germany is located.
After the German team's match, it was Spain's turn to play!
"Hehe, did you say that Emperor Lin would appear?"
"I don't know, I feel that the probability of playing is not high, after all, the reporters have not seen him participate in the joint training of the Spanish team, that is to say, he has not gone to Spain to report until now, I suspect that Lin Huang may not be on the French side now!"
"If that's the case, isn't it dangerous for Spain to play this game?"
"Not necessarily, their opponent is the Czech Republic, the Czech Republic's world ranking is not very high, even if there is less Lin Huang, with the strength of Spain's lineup, there should be no big problem in winning the opponent, but without Lin Huang's goal machine, their attack may not be as sharp as before, and there is no way to slaughter the opponent by a big score!"
In the last World Cup, the Spanish team scored an average of 3 goals per game in the group stage and knockout stage, and often defeated their opponents by large scores.
However, most of these goals are closely related to Lin Quan, and in the absence of Lin Quan, it is indeed a big question mark whether Spain's offensive system can maintain such efficient operation.
However, as the fans analyzed, the strength of the Czech Republic is not very strong, and it may be difficult to create a threat to the Spanish team, unless they put the bus from the beginning and defend to the end, in that case, the problem of the Spanish team's weakness may be exposed!
(End of chapter)