Seventy-fourth minute Final, here we come! (Above)
"What a horrible team!"
Outside the boiling court, Loew closed his eyes in pain and loss.
He and his team were so close to victory, but when they were closest to success, they were forced to score by the opponent, and the opponent saved their fate, but for the German team, the goal conceded at the last moment, such a blow can be described as extremely heavy.
They have fallen behind in the game, and they have relied on one breath to persist until now, but at this time, their biggest advantage has been wiped out by the opponent, in terms of physical fitness, in spirit, how can they fight with each other?
It can be said that although the score is 1:1, if the game is dragged into extra time, his team's hope of winning is undoubtedly small.
The persistence and tenacity of the Spanish team made the famous coach unable to resist the feeling of powerlessness at the moment.
Especially when he saw Fan Bizhuang waving his fists and boosting the morale of the Spanish players again, he shook his head helplessly and sighed.
"What a horrible guy!"
But sigh to sigh, the game is still going on, the game has reached this point, despite the tragedy, Loew still doesn't want to give up, and he believes his players will not give up.
He thought for a moment, bowed his head to the assistant next to him, and some substitutes began to get up to warm up.
He's going to be ready for extra time ahead.
His side was at a disadvantage and he had few options, knowing that in extra-time his side would be under the ferocious siege of Spain again, he would have to use the last substitution he had left to strengthen his defence.
Drag!
That's the strategy he decided to use in overtime.
If you can attack, you can attack, if you can't attack, you will continue to defend, continue to drag, and it doesn't matter if you drag it to the penalty shootout.
At that time, who wins and who loses, who advances and who eliminates, all this is left to God to choose!
Loew was preparing for extra time, and Bosque was doing the same.
After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the players of the two teams on the field, physical fitness and spirit are close to the limit, in overtime, more of a competition for the willpower of both sides, who can grit their teeth and persevere to the end, who is likely to win the final victory.
The advantage of Spain over Germany is that Bosque still has two substitutions in their hands, which could be decisive in extra-time, and the addition of two new players will give the team a greater possibility, at least to some extent.
"Fernando! Go warm up! ”
"And Santiago, you go too!"
"Even in extra time, we're going to attack! We have to try to score goals so that we can take our destiny into our own hands. Penalty shootout, it's not what we want, it's best to have your fate in your own hands! ”
Bosque named several substitutes and the assistant coach took them to the warm-up area.
Looking back at the field, Bosque exhaled heavily, but his mood was extremely fluctuating and surging - at this moment, the old coach's heart was also extremely excited, his team was already in a desperate situation, but at the last moment scored a goal, advanced to the final, and even the hope of winning the championship trophy, it seemed that all of a sudden returned.
"Finals, we must go!"
Bosque clenched his fists and shook them heavily.
……
Loew and Bosque were both preparing for the upcoming extra-time, and they both shifted their focus to the rest of the game, forgetting that although the regular time came to an end, the game was not over, and the referee raised four fingers.
Four minutes of stoppage time!
This stoppage time is relatively objective, after all, in the course of the fierce game, players fall to the ground from time to time, and there are some accidents from time to time, so it is reasonable to make up for the time.
Of course, four minutes is not short, not long, although on the football field, everything is possible, but the game has reached such a "tragic" point, almost everyone thinks that after such ups and downs of the plot, there will be a short "recuperation period" on the field, and the two teams will recuperate and prepare for the overtime after that, and there will be no violent collision like Mars hitting the earth for the time being.
But things are clearly in everyone's expectation.
In the first minute of stoppage time, the German team, which had just conceded a goal in the last minute and was hit hard by the equalizer, was still a little immersed in the mood of loss, and the Spanish team took this opportunity to form a siege in the front, Alonso successfully cut off the ball at the feet of Ozil, and hit the football to the right side of the penalty area with a big foot.
Fortunately, although the shot was powerful, the angle was very positive, and Neuer flew and pounced on the football under him.
The Germans clearly wanted to drag the game into extra time and buy themselves a little respite, so after Neuer threw the ball to Mertesacker, several German players continued to pass backwards in the backfield, and were not in a hurry to attack.
The Spanish team's siege worked again, and it was Villa who received a pass from a teammate after a steal on the right side, and after continuous shaking, he dribbled the ball into the bottom line of the penalty area and passed the ball to the middle.
In the little time remaining, Villa became one of the most active players on the pitch. He replaced Pedro in the second half, and his physical fitness was much better than the other players on the field, or maybe he was always pressed on the bench after recovering from the injury, holding back the anger in his stomach, and at this time, it was all poured out on the opponent.
Looking at the active Villa, Loew's brows on the sidelines couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say much that the regular game time was about to end, and no matter how fierce Villa jumped, it couldn't change the ending of the game into overtime.
The most important thing is that Loew really has nothing to say, his team has shrunk across the board, and now there is no second choice but to defend and defend.
Time slipped away minute by minute, stoppage time was coming to an end, the referee was already raising his hand to look at his watch, and everyone knew that this semi-final could only end in a draw in regular time.
But he didn't expect that the active Villa suddenly created a killing opportunity.
In the 94th minute, after receiving Iniesta's side ball, Villa did not advance towards the bottom line, but shook his upper body several times in a row, suddenly dialed the ball, turned around and rushed to the middle, wanting to enter the penalty area.
Defending him is Mertesacker, who is out of the penalty area, the German central defender is 198 cm tall, and he is a good hand in air defense, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the turn is slow, a series of shaking by Villa, Mertesacker knows that the opponent may be a feint, but he just can't keep up with the pace.
Just when Villa changed direction and was about to rush into the penalty area, Mertesacker, who was helpless, could only reach out and pull the opponent to the ground.
"Villa is down! There is no doubt that the Mert Sacra people fouled! ”
"Look at where the foul was...... Villa went down in the box, was it a penalty? …… Oh, and through the slow-motion replay, we can clearly see that although Villa is loaded into the box, Mertesacker's foul is on the outside of the box! It's a free kick! ”
The referee showed Mertesacker a yellow card and signaled to the Spaniard that it was a free-kick on the line of the penalty area. His penalty was accurate! But I want to say, have you forgotten that Spain have a super free-kick master! A free kick at this distance is no different from a penalty kick for Fan! ”
"The German defence was very tight throughout the game, even if it was a foul, they were very attentive to the location and did not give Spain too good a free kick opportunity to hit the goal, but now it is ...... Will Germany's efforts come to naught? ”
The Durban Stadium was once again in a state of flux, with the difference that the German fans were lamenting and the Spanish fans were cheering and screaming.
It's clear to everyone what a free-kick chance in this position means.
Fan Bizhuang's ability to score free kicks is well known to the world, and it is no exaggeration to say that within 25 meters of the penalty area, this is the absolute Fan Bizhuang area.
Even the most confident German fans, at this moment, there is only despair on their faces - they want to have a trace of expectation in such despair, but when they think of Van Bizhuang's near-100 free-kick goals in the league in the past, that glimmer of hope will be ruthlessly extinguished.
Off-site.
Loew was stunned, his eyes widening in disbelief as he stared at his forbidden area, his face full of anger, anxiety, loss, and despair...... He wanted to roar angrily and question angrily in the arena, but he knew that Mertesacker's foul at this location was also a helpless move. It can't be stopped, Mertesacker can only foul!
"Alas!"
Loew shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, and simply squatted on the ground.
On the other side, the Spanish coach's bench and substitute players were already cheering. They also know very well what a free kick in this position means, and if there are no surprises, then the chance to kill the suspense of the game is just around the corner!
"Beautiful!"
"Well done!"
After Villa was violated and fell to the ground, Bosque first yelled angrily, and then reacted to what he would get, with undisguised surprise on his face, and shouted excitedly.
As excited as him, there were also the Spanish players on the field, the players hugged each other happily, some punched, some yelled, that crazy look, uninformed people thought that the Spanish team had a chance to take a penalty.
In fact, a free kick in this position is not much different from a penalty kick for Fan Bizhuang.