Chapter 55: The Red Card

The regular 45 minutes of play in the first half of the game had been played, and the assistant referee on the sidelines played a warning card for three minutes of injury time. In the 44th minute, Brazil pulled a goal back thanks to a long-range shot from Rivaldo's touchline. In terms of the process of scoring goals, this goal was somewhat fortuitous. With two consecutive wonderful long-range shots, Brazil finally broke through the French goal. Lao Lei himself didn't expect that his blind idea would have such a good effect. He just said to Denilson: "You can't keep breaking through, and of course Thuram will see through your intentions." In this way, you can shoot a few shots at random, and after confusing his judgment, you will definitely have a much better effect if you break him out. “

Lao Lei This can be regarded as a speaking skill, which he learned from his previous life. When you meet some paranoid people, you can't come up and ask him to change something directly, otherwise he will generally refuse directly. Instead, you have to side-knock and use his paranoid things to guide him and make him want to do it himself in order to reach your goal. And Lao Lei's goal is to let Denilson use his long-range shot to muddy up the French defensive formation, and even if he hits a fairy ball of the world's world, it may not even be possible. However, Lao Lei didn't guess that his luck was so good, and he had a huge harvest for the first time.

However, Lao Lei also knew that this time it was the French team or Thuram who did not expect it to succeed so easily, and it will not be so easy to take precautions next time. Sure enough, in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Denilson once again won the ball on the edge of the box on the left. However, his long-range shot was intercepted by Thuram's outstretched foot, and the ball was controlled by France. Lao Lei didn't care when he saw it, after all, this is the normal rhythm. If France's defense had been so easy to break, it wouldn't have made it to the final.

In the third minute of first-half stoppage time. Lao Lei once again faced Zidane, who had the ball. This time, Lao Lei stuck it very decisively, and grabbed the hem of Zidane's clothes with both hands. The heart said that since you can't win you for the time being, I don't mind playing a little trick for the sake of the task. Being stuck to the kraft candy like Lao Lei, Zidane couldn't do anything for a while, so he could only pass the football back to Deschamps with one kick, intending to consume this last bit of time. However, at the moment of passing, Lao Lei alertly stretched out his foot to block, and the direction of the football deviated from Zidane's expectations. Leonardo took advantage of this time and quickly took a few steps forward. Got the football before Didier Deschamps. Then under the interference of Deschamps, he knocked his heel and handed the football to Lao Lei, who had already stepped forward.

Lao Lei took a few steps forward with the ball, observing the French defensive lineup. Now the end of stoppage time is about a few tens of seconds, time is tight, in order to be able to play the last wave of the first half, we can no longer seek delicate cooperation, but should focus on simplicity. While running, Lao Lei suddenly saw a gap in the French defensive line. There can only be room for one football. In order to seize this momentary gap, Lao Lei did not stop and pass the ball with the arch of his foot, but poked directly on his toes.

The ball followed the gap that Ray saw, through the gap between Desailly and Leboeuf. And due to the suddenness of Lao Lei's pass, neither of them had time to stretch out their feet to block. Ronaldo was also surprised, but he quickly completed the turn. The fans in the stands let out a neat exclamation. Anyone can see how threatening this ball is. Lao Lei also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart at this time, and now this kind of Rui Costa-style person is directly plugged between the seams. Old Ray didn't fully grasp it. is like the six-vein divine sword of Duan Yu in Jin Daxia's "Dragon Babu", it is not good from time to time. Whether you need it or not depends on your character. Lao Lei also consulted Rui Costa about this, to which Rui Costa replied, hard training is the foundation, talent is the foundation. It means that hard training is necessary, but talent is necessary. Lao Lei didn't know if he had this kind of talent, but the existence of the system gave him confidence, and he said that the system is such a non-human and super-god thing, and the problem of fixed-point talent will still be a problem?

However, although Lao Lei's clever pass this time was wonderful, it did not turn into an assist. Before Ronaldo could turn and enter the penalty area, he was pulled down by Desailly's helpless tactical foul behind. Unfortunately, there was only one step away from the penalty area, and Ronaldo almost could create a penalty and then use it to equalise. If that were the case, it would be a huge boost to the morale of Brazil and a great blow to the morale of France, but there is no if.

In the end, this free kick was kicked off the bottom line by Ronaldo himself, and although the football went over the human wall, it was also high above the crossbar. The referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half and Brazil entered the dressing room with a goal down. However, during the break, Zagallo did not come up with any tactical changes and set-ups, but kept mustering up the fighting spirit of the Brazilian players and allowing the players to continue to maintain the pressure on the attack. After hearing this, Lao Lei rolled his eyes in his heart, and he didn't know if Zagallo really had no goods in his stomach, or if he believed too much in the ability of the star players in his team.

The 15 minutes of the break passed quickly, and the players from both sides were ready for the final second half. Looking at the confident faces of the French players opposite, Lao Lei felt that this copy was under great pressure. Compared with the few chances with Brazil, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the general trend of the whole game is in the hands of the French team.

After the start of the second half, the French team did not revert to the defensive counter-attack as they did in the second half of the first half. Instead, at the beginning of the second half, they put on an attacking posture, and it seemed that the goal in the latter stages of the first half still changed their strategy, after all, a one-goal lead is always the most dangerous lead. For the French team, Lao Lei welcomed it with both hands. It's not that he looks down on France's attack, but compared with France's attack, Lao Lei is more afraid of France's tight defense after retreating.

In the sixth minute of the second half, after France scored a series of inverted kicks, Didier Deschamps suddenly launched an attack. Deschamps gave the football clearly to Zidane in the front court with a big foot in the backfield, and Lao Lei immediately pasted it as if he were facing a big enemy. In the second half of the first half, Zidane also saw the difficulty of the old Thunder kraft candy defense. He didn't intend to be a rival, that would be exhausting and time-consuming. Facing a pass from Didier Deschamps. Zidane's chest stopped, and then the outside of his left foot flicked to the right. Karembu confronts Dunga. didn't stay, and it was a ball with the outside of the instep that went to Djokaf on the right.

Then Djokaeff took the ball out with a quick kick to Zidane, who pulled to the middle. Zidane stuck the position of Lao Lei behind him with the ball and kept moving forward with the ball. Then suddenly he knocked his heel and knocked it back to Djokaeff, who was thrust forward. At this time, Dunga had no time to return to defense, and the age of 35 years old had already made him have to serve old age. Djokaeff took the ball to the edge of the Brazilian penalty area, flicked it sideways to the left, and then suddenly flicked the outside of his right foot. The ball rolled from Bayano's feet into the box. Once again, Givash had a good one-on-one chance, but he missed again. When he stopped the ball to adjust, he faced the stop ball that was not difficult to stop the ball this time, but he stopped it widely. Tafarel reacted quickly and made a forward pounce to keep the ball firmly under him before Givash could touch the ball again.

Jacques couldn't sit still, so he called Dugari to warm up and be ready to play. Although Jacques would like to hope that Givash can compete a little bit to prove that he is a good candidate. Not only the talents in the midfield such as Zidane and Deschamps, but also the forward line. But at this time, he didn't dare to continue to support Givash, everything is based on the World Cup championship, look at Givash's current state, what kind of good opportunity you give. I'll dare waste it on you. Lao Lei was also a little surprised in his heart, and said in his heart that this should be his comrade, so help me complete the task. If it weren't for the several wasted opportunities of Givash. It is estimated that Brazil's defeat was decided in the first half, and it made no difference whether to play in the second half or not.

Although on the field the French team dominated. However, the problem of weak strikers has not allowed them to stretch their advantage. After all, although France's midfielders can score goals, they can't really replace the role of forwards. By the 57th minute of the second half. Karembou was replaced by France substitute midfielder Sergio Bogcien as Jacques stepped up his defensive tempo. The French team's long-term attack made him have to consider the B plan and maintain the advantage of this one goal until the end.

After 60 minutes, Lao Lei turned on the devil's muscles and formed a strong protective barrier with the iron-blooded Dunga, allowing the French team's attacks to return again and again. In the 65th minute, Zidane finally played a tacit combination with Thuram again on the left side. The combination of the two men in a row gave Thuram a chance to cross the bottom. Thuram's brilliant cross was once again wasted by Givash. Jacques couldn't stand it anymore, and took advantage of this dead ball to replace Dugarry and replace France's No. 9 striker Givash, who wasted many good chances in this game. But Lao Lei is a pity that he has one less comrade to help him.

However, Dugari is not much better than Givash, having only scored one goal before. Jacques can only hope that Dugari's performance is no worse than that of Givash. However, less than 2 minutes after Dugarry came on the pitch, the situation on the field suddenly changed dramatically.

In the 68th minute, Zidane's pass on the left side was predicted by Lao Lei, cut off, and then directly gave the ball to Cafu, who had already stepped forward to play a counterattack. Cafu, who was in his prime, played his strength as the world's top right wing-back this time, and Lao Lei gave him the right amount of advance to completely bring up the speed. Facing Deschamps, Cafu directly shook him off with a beautiful high-speed continuous change of direction, and then walked away.

After Deschamps, Cafu cut directly inside, and in the face of Desailly's ability to kill, a sharp stop was about to shake off Desailly and go straight into the penalty area. Desailly faced Cafu, who was getting off the pace, and reluctantly opted for a tackle that fell to the ground. However, the result was a second yellow card in the referee's pocket, and two yellows turned into red cards and were sent off. Desailly froze in front of the referee and walked helplessly to the sidelines.

Lao Lei looked at the French players who were complaining, and said in his heart God help me, the best counterattack opportunity has come.

In the 68th minute of the second half, a 180-degree reversal of the situation that France had dominated had come to a 180-degree turn.

In the next 20-odd minutes, Brazil will have a numerical advantage.

It was Brazil's turn to besiege France, and it was up to the Brazilian spear to pierce the French shield again. (To be continued......)