Chapter Fifty-Six: Push-ups and Joy and Sorrow
As France's big general in the backline, Desailly's fate is not only as simple as letting the French fight with one less man, but also a heavy blow to the back line. Under such circumstances, the French team had no choice but to retreat. The next 20 minutes of play will be the biggest test of the French defence that has performed impressively in this World Cup. Jacques on the sidelines had just come out of the chaotic and uncalm state at this time. He turned to look at the team's bench and called out to a tall black guy to warm up, his name was Patrick. Vieira. At the same time, Jacques also made tactical instructions to the French players on the field to return to the whole line.
After the restart, it was a free-kick from Brazil on the edge of the box. At this point, the French penalty area was already full of people, and Rivaldo and Leonardo stood in front of the ball ready to deal with it. Lao Lei originally wanted to prepare for the top fight in the penalty area, but looking at the people in the penalty area slowly, he finally decided to be near the front of the penalty area, ready to take the second landing point.
With the referee's whistle, Rivaldo opted for a direct free-kick. However, his shot did not pass the tall French wall and was headed out by Leboeuf. Lao Lei grabbed the second landing point vigilantly, originally he wanted to directly re-hoist into the forbidden area to see if it was possible to fish in troubled waters. However, the French players forced out in a timely and fierce manner, and Lao Lei lost the opportunity after a little observation. Lao Lei had no choice but to choose to pass back to the guard line and re-dispatch.
Brazil's back line has been pressed to the halfway line, pressing France's formation into their own half. However, in the face of France's dense defence, Brazil's attack was quite incompatible. In front of a defensive formation like France, Brazil's short pass penetration could not be used. Often, as soon as they hit the hinterland, they were forced back by the French defense. A united French player. It made up for the gap in Desailly's absence. In terms of attack and defense in the middle, Brazil did not take advantage of anything. However, time is not waiting for Brazil. Time has become Brazil's worst enemy.
Due to the continuous offensive of Brazil, the game was not until the dead goal. It wasn't until the 75th minute that Denilson's bike was poked out of the touchline by Thuram again. For Denelson, Old Ray was in no mood to care about him. Denilson listened to Old Ray's words, and after shooting from a distance, he changed back to the rhythm of his own breakthrough. Taking advantage of this time, France used up their last substitution, Djokaeff was replaced by Vieira, and France's attacking personnel only left Zidane and Dugarry. Jacques played the last card of his hand. With 15 minutes remaining, he could only hope for the French players on the pitch.
Brazil also made a substitution, with Zagallo using his last two substitutions at once, replacing Bayano with the only substitute striker Edmundo and Leonardo with Giovanni in a 3-2-3-2 formation. In the last 15 minutes, it was time for Brazil to make a comeback. After changing to this aggressive formation, Brazil's attack can slowly threaten the French goal.
In the 79th minute, Lao Lei suddenly stepped forward and played a one-two with Giovanni, and then Lao Lei split to the left side of Carlos. The defender with the knife has already assisted near the line of the box. It was difficult for Brazil to achieve a delicate short-pass penetration in the middle of France. There are more options for high balls from two flanks. Carlos's cross, Lao Lei grabbed the first landing point. It's a pity that Lao Lei's header was blocked by Petit with his own head, and there was no threat to the goal at all. However, the ball was still in the air in the box, and this time it fell behind Rivaldo. Rivaldo leaned against Thuram behind him. In front of Lao Lei, he once again cast his upside-down golden hook.
The ball went straight to the top corner of the goal, but it was dragged off the line by a focused Butters with both hands. After the corner kick was issued, Lao Lei grabbed the second landing point. Then a horizontal push was given to the Dunga cannon that was suddenly inserted. Dunga's powerful shot from the back of the pack went straight over the crossbar. Still no goals. The clock had come to the 83rd minute of the game, and there was less and less time left for Brazil.
In the 86th minute. After Rivaldo's shot was blocked by Patrick Vieira, Didier Deschamps took control of the ball ahead of Giovanni this time. He then played the ball to Zinedine Zidane in the hope of instigating a counter-attack to relieve the pressure on the French defence. Lao Lei saw the time and made a sliding tackle first, leaving Deschamps' pass at his feet in the middle. Then a long ball sent the ball to the left side again to assist, and Carlos, who had not yet returned, then stormed the box himself to prepare for the ball.
By this time, the physical fitness of the players on the field had almost reached the limit. There is no doubt that Lao Lei's devil muscles and flesh man once again brought him a great advantage. In the box, Ray and Leboeuf are fighting for positions. Vieira was pulled to the back by Ronaldo, and the elder Ray and Leboeuf went one-on-one. Lao Lei Pin, taking advantage of the advantages brought by the devil's flesh man, occupied a more advantageous position at the front point. In the face of Carlos's cross, Lao Lei used all his strength to push away Leboeuf's hands that were already about to hold his waist, and jumped high.
However, Leboeuf's hand hindered Lao Lei, and when he took off, he grabbed the hem of Lao Lei's jersey and gave him a downward pull. Because this old thunder is not high enough to jump, by the time the football arrives, he should have already fallen. Can't miss this good opportunity, Lao Lei tightened his abdomen in the air and jumped up the muscles of his whole body, just like the air in a basketball game. At this moment, Lao Lei's whole person seemed to be hooked by something and hung in the air. Behind him was a ghostly Leboeuf, who looked up at the old thunder in the air with wide eyes, just like a Christian believer who had seen God come down with his own eyes.
Because of this short pause in the air, Lao Lei won a precious opportunity to compete for the top. Spread your belly and slam it at the football. Because Carlos's passing power itself is relatively large, although Lao Lei does not have full force on the top, the ball speed is still not slow.
Faced with such a close-range header, Butters never saved France again this time. Old Ray's header flew past the tips of his fingers and into the net at the near post. Brazil equalized 2-2 with Lao Lei's header in the last stages of regular time.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Sampaio! Sampaio!! Saved Brazil. God, when did the 30-year-old Sampaio have this amazing ability to stay in the air, is he rejuvenated?!! My God!!!! "The faces in the stands were already stiff. The Brazilian fans, who were anxious and had their hearts beating fast, finally showed an excited smile at this time, and burst out with the most exciting enthusiasm of the day. The passionate Brazilian fans hug, jump, or kiss each other like crazy, as if they had entered heaven in an instant.
After seeing the football fly into the goal, Lao Lei suddenly turned around and stared at the somewhat stunned Leboeuf behind him. Old Ray, of course, sensed Leboeuf's small movements, and he suddenly yelled at Leboeuf. Then he suddenly collapsed on the court and started doing push-ups twice at once.
At this time, Lao Lei, who was the focus of the whole stadium, was under the gaze of everyone, in front of the camera lens, in the French penalty area, showing his strength with push-ups.
However, he only had time to do 2 before he was crushed by the agitated Brazilian players, which was a great ecstasy. The excited Brazilian players finally had to end their celebrations after being dissuaded by the referee. The equaliser at the last minute, coupled with the numerical advantage, boosted the morale of the Brazilian team. Coupled with injury time, there are about 5 minutes left in the remaining game, and during this time, Brazil naturally wants to take advantage of the victory to chase down the French team in one fell swoop.
France's players didn't have much time to bask in their frustration and, with Didier Deschamps' loud reminders, were about to get back into defence to stop Brazil's frenzied tide. Now it's the turn of the French fans to be worried about their team, fearing that their team will be beaten by Brazil in the last few minutes. However, everything in the world is excessive, just like Brazil's offensive at this time, and the frenzied offensive must leave behind the emptiness of the defense.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Carlos' dribble break was pinned off by Thuram. After Thuram broke the ball, he suddenly ran with the ball, and the left side of Brazil was empty. A one-two-one cooperation with Deschamps flashed Rivaldo's obstruction, attracting Deschamps, who did not directly knock the football to the middle after attracting Dunga.
Deschamps received the ball with a long pass with a big foot and looked for Zidane, who had already stepped forward. At this time, Lao Lei was also chasing Zidane, while chasing, observing the route of the air football. Taking advantage of Zidane's slowing down to adjust his pace and preparing to catch the ball, Lao Lei gritted his teeth and chased after him. The football landed in front of Zidane, and when Lao Lei rushed in front of Zidane, the football just fell near his waist. Zidane has already stretched out his feet to catch the ball, and Lao Lei is also about to stretch out his feet to destroy. But Zidane suddenly toe up, and the football flew over Lao Lei's head.
Lao Lei forcibly turned around, and then just turned around, he saw that the football was once again picked by Zidane over his head. At this time, Lao Lei was also powerless, and Zidane took advantage of this opportunity to leave. At this time, a 2-on-2 situation was formed in the front court, Zidane faced Aldair, made a fake pass with the outside of his right foot, and then suddenly accelerated with the inside of his right foot to break through from Aldair's left.
After Aldair's center of gravity shifted to the left, Zidane used his signature move, the Marseille maneuver. Aldair's position was completely shaken off, and Zidane had already burst into the box and faced Tafarel directly. Old Ray watched from behind, and Zidane's push broke Tafarel's ten-finger barrier. Then with the celebration of the French fans, the referee's whistle was also blown, which was a stunner to count the seconds.
Lao Lei stood and watched, and said in his heart that this is really happy and sad.
Then he was rumored out of the dungeon, ending the vacation dungeon. (To be continued......)