Chapter 659: So, Benzema is to blame?

Watch as Rossi walks around the stadium with her arms outstretched and eyes wide open in celebration.

Deschamps clenched his fists tremblingly.

An unprecedented feeling of powerlessness swept through the body.

Even against Messi and Ronaldo, he has never had such frustration.

Rosie, it's too strong.

You can't describe his quality in words, you can only feel his dashing and calm on the court.

Whether it was a delicate smash past Varane and a free-kick that was decisive just now, it was simply not something that an earthling could do.

After the whistle blew at the end of the second half, the players of both sides did not leave the field, but stayed at their respective halves, waiting for the coach and staff to make tactical arrangements and replenish water.

"Well done everyone, hurry up and rest and prepare for the final 30 minutes of the showdown."

Southgate's tone of voice was obviously more confident than before.

For England, the stoppage time equaliser is a huge boost to the team's morale.

On top of that, in terms of fitness, England's average age is a full year younger than France's, ensuring that they have a stronger impact in extra-time.

This is also what worries Deschamps the most.

In order to hold on to the final score, Didier Deschamps took down the striker Olivier Giroud.

Without Giroud's pivot up front, France's attack will be difficult to advance.

On the other hand, England, Harry Kane and Rossi are both on the field, and their response ability is first-class, and they can play a wealth of tactical changes on the offensive end.

At this time, it would be nice if Benzema was there.

On the eve of the start of the World Cup, Benzema was injured unexpectedly in training and had to bid farewell to the World Cup in advance, which became the biggest shortcoming of the French team in the World Cup.

Kolo Muani and Marcus Thuram, who have some advantages in height, do not have the playmaking and fulcrum skills of Giroud to compete with England's tall centre-backs.

At present, the best tactic of the French team is to use the speed of the wide players to surprise England's three-centre-back system.

Extra-time soon began, with England going straight to a 3-2-3-1 formation.

In overtime, it's not about tactics or technology, it's about the fighting spirit and will of the players on both sides.

Whoever can grit his teeth and persevere to the end will be the final victor.

Neither England nor France will say goodbye to the World Cup.

In the 95th minute, Tchouameni played a long ball from the back, which leaked between two England centre-backs when neither Bellingham nor Camavinga were fighting for the top.

Antoine Griezmann squeezed forward smartly, got in front of the bag, and fired a cold shot from the edge of the box into the bottom right corner of the net.

Pickford was so focused that he flew to the touchline and was eventually brought down by Luke Shaw.

Soon, England organized a counterattack.

Marcus Rashford picked up the ball on the right and saw Rossi coming over to pick it up, passing and running for a subtle one-two.

Marcus Rashford, who found his way into the box, faced the onrushing goalkeeper and fired into the far corner.

But Yupa, who was defended in time, cleared the ball.

In extra time, both teams still maintained a very fast offensive tempo, and the players on the field spared no effort to fight.

In the 100th minute, Harry Kane suffered a thigh cramp in his right leg after a limp shot from inside the box and fell to the ground to receive a lift treatment from Rossi.

At the same time, the full-back of the French team, The'o, also suffered cramps.

After a break of more than a minute, the game restarted.

Soon, the first half of extra time was over, and the players of both sides rested in their respective halves to prepare for the final fifteen minutes of the game.

Kane was lying directly on the ground, his right foot lifted by the medical staff, and he was doing relaxation treatment.

The French team was no better, many players were tired and out of breath, and Mbappe didn't say a word, seizing the time to rest.

"Highball, we're going to play highball!"

Judging from Deschamps' tactical arrangement, the French team wants to use high balls to attack in the last fifteen minutes.

While England's three centre-backs all have good defences, they lack lateral defensive protection and can exploit the gaps between the three to create chances.

At the beginning of the second half, the French team took the lead in attacking.

Mbappe's breakthrough on the flank left Kyle Walker behind.

The 32-year-old Walker, after all, can't resist the young French supercar, and he doesn't even have a chance to pull.

After breaking into the bottom line, Mbappe was strictly guarded, and suddenly smashed the ball back and passed it back to the back point by Rabiot on the edge of the big penalty area.

Kingsley Coman scrambled in front of Luke Shaw and headed the ball wide into goal.

Griezmann's volley from close range in the middle was brilliantly saved by Jordan Pickford.

[England's high-altitude defense, there are still problems at this time! ] 】

[Seized by the French team and almost lost the goal! ] 】

[Look! 】

[Griezmann's shot is perfect!] 】

[Pickford's desperate flying save saved England's hope of qualifying! ] 】

And after the opening attack, due to the serious decline in the physical fitness of both sides, it was impossible to keep up with the rhythm of the game, and the attack began to show a fault.

England started with a 3v4 in the front court, and France returned a 2v3 with a backhand.

Their attack was not transmitted and combed through the midfield, but was simply a long pass.

It is precisely because of the fault in the formation that the beginning and the end cannot be taken care of, increasing the risk of conceding the ball.

In the 114th minute of the game, England's backfield cleared the ball directly in front of Rossi, who started from the middle circle.

In an instant, Rossi, who started quickly, left the French team's defense far behind.

"Offside, offside!"

The French team raised their hands to the referee in the process of desperately returning to the defense.

Because, there is no one in the world who can throw the defending team away from such a large distance when they are in an offside position.

But neither the referee nor the linesman said anything.

Faced with what could be a chance of a half-goal, French goalkeeper Lloris did not hesitate to rush out of the box.

Even if Rossi touches the ball first, he can block more angles of his shot by attacking early.

Just as Rossi unloaded the ball with his right foot, Lloris was already rushing in front of him, crouching down to block the way.

At this time, whether Rossi is facing left or right, the ball will be blocked by Lloris's horizontal body.

If the two collide together, it depends on whether the referee blows for a defensive foul or an offensive collision.

In short, Lori's attack was the right choice.

But then Rosie's operation made Lori directly stunned.

Rossi picked up the ball with his right foot first, just above Lowry's outstretched arm.

After picking off Lloris, Rossi unloaded the ball to the right with the outside of his right instep, and just avoided the interception of Hupa who was returning to the defense.

Immediately afterward, Rossi adjusted a step and got his right foot up to shoot.

But his shot was only meant to lure another centre-back, Raphael Varane, who hurried back to defending.

Varane, who fell to the ground and slid the tackle, was easily passed by Rossi in this way, and the three of them watched as Rossi easily pushed the empty goal.

3:2!!!

In the sky above the Bay Stadium, there was a cry of victory for the England team!

But England didn't celebrate.

Because of the strong protest of the French, the referee still decided to judge whether Rossi was offside through the VAR just now.

In this World Cup, FIFA has launched a black technology - a semi-automatic offside system.

This technology is part of the VAR and its role is to use video slow-motion replays to identify offside players.

The system consists of two aspects: one is the installation of a sensor inside the football.

The sensor transmits data to the outside world at a frequency of 500 times per second, allowing the system to determine the precise position of the ball in real time.

At the same time, the system also includes 12 tracking cameras installed in the stadium.

Not only can the position of the soccer ball be monitored, but the real-time location of each player can also be determined by tracking 29 points on each player's body.

These cameras also transmit data at a frequency of 50 times per second.

Through repeated watching, Rossi's body was not offside at the moment of activation.

Dragged at the end, it was the tip of Yupa's elbow.

It's only 1 centimeter.

The whistle sounds, the fingers are circled,

The goal works!

England want to kill the game!

Deschamps off the field was even more furious.

In extra-time, the team created better chances, but Griezmann always lacked a bit of luck when it came to goal.

Why didn't Antoine Griezmann score twice on goal?

It's because Giroud has been replaced, and the French team has no centre-forward.

If it weren't for Benzema's injury, he would have been the team's center-forward.

So, it's all Benzema's fault!