Chapter 305: The Final Battle (1)
With 10 minutes left to go in stoppage time, the World Cup semi-final between Portugal and France will officially end. And these 10 minutes will also be the final showdown between the two teams in regular time, whether to play overtime or end here, it all depends on the performance in these 10 minutes.
From the point of view of advantages and disadvantages, it may not be clear at this moment who has the advantage of the two teams falling to the ground. But from a strategic point of view, Portugal, with its offensive tactics, undoubtedly took the initiative. Not to mention how many advantages this initiative can bring to Portugal, whether it brings benefits or disadvantages, at least it also allows Portugal to take its own destiny into the most real hands. I have to say that this is also the main reason why Lao Lei chose to attack, which is determined by his strong character.
This is just like Lao Lei's long-range shot that knocked on the mountain and shocked the tiger just now, whether it is offensive or defensive, Lao Lei is extremely aggressive, and he will never be in a passive position. This kind of character is good and bad, and it is not much for the current Portugal and Lao Lei, which is still in a favorable range.
At least, judging from the current situation, since Lao Lei's long-range shot from 40 meters away, Portugal has been besieging the French defense, which has made French fans tremble. In the 84th minute of the first half, after taking advantage of the pressure in the front court to regain possession, Lao Lei immediately led the Portuguese generals to relaunch the offensive, leaving no respite for the French team. In one go, in one fell swoop, this is the most beneficial and best way for Portugal at the moment, and Lao Lei is very clear about this.
At this time, Lao Lei was taking the ball 40 meters away from the goal. In front of him was a line of defense that was intensively shrinking in the middle. At the moment, Portugal has no centre-forward. The goal of only attacking the middle has long been known by all opponents, and the French team is no exception. In light of this. Domenech will not ignore this, and the French defence at this time is his pre-match arrangement. In addition to Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry, Franck Franck Ribery and Govu, who had been substituted, both dropped back to the middle to help the defence.
I have to say that this is both a bit of a scoundrel and quite an effective move. After anticipating that Portugal's two full-backs would not be able to step in from behind, Domenech did so almost completely ceding the flanks to Cristiano Ronaldo and Figo. However, in the case of only Pauletta in the forward position, Ronaldo and Figo can play no matter how good they are. In the end, they had to go back to the middle, because unless they burst directly into the box on the wing, it was almost impossible to play the ball on the wing.
However, with the French defence retreating to the flanks, it was too difficult to break through this dense crowd. Not to mention playing coordination, even playing simple short passes, the space is very limited. In this regard, even Lao Lei felt a headache. I couldn't think of any good way for a while. However, this has not yet reached the point where Lao Lei has no power to resist, since there is no shortcut, then rush through. Forced to smash a way. Difficulties have always only inspired Lao Lei, not made him feel disappointed and frustrated. At least for this moment, he was full of confidence. He is also passionate, and the fighting spirit in his heart is like a fire. Soar to the sky!
Facing Vieira who was pressing closely, Lao Lei did not choose to break through recklessly again this time. Instead, he knocked the ball back to Kostiani's feet. Then, he rushed forward again and waited for Kostiani to return for a ceiling pass. As an old partner for many years, Lao Lei believes that he has this tacit understanding with himself. Sure enough, Kostiani did not disappoint Lao Lei, and soon an overhead pass was sent to the top of Lao Lei's head.
However, although it was sent, Lao Lei was not easy to receive. After Lao Lei rushed forward and accelerated to get rid of Vieira, France's dense defense in the middle immediately showed its power, with Lao Lei as the core and quickly contracted, before Lao Lei received the football, his side was already ambushed on all sides.
Not to mention those who blocked the passing route, just came to mark and block Lao Lei, there were Makellele, Vieira and Ribery. Under the blockade of these three people, Lao Lei, who was in the middle, immediately had the sense of being caught in the trap by the middle tiger. The speed of this closing is so fast that people can see at a glance that it is clear that this is a defensive arrangement that has been rehearsed for a long time.
Moreover, I have to say that this time alone, the effect is still very good. At least, as far as it is concerned, Lao Lei has been forced into a very difficult situation, although it is not a Jedi with no chance at all, but it must be the kind that can only be solved by amplifying moves, and it is the kind with a fairly low success rate, even if Lao Lei is allowed to do it, it is the same.
Fortunately, no matter what time it is, Lao Lei has the belief that he will succeed, and such a mentality will provide him with a lot of help, especially at this most critical moment. Facing the rushing Makelele, Lao Lei did not hesitate, and immediately chose the next way to deal with the ball, the most difficult one.
As Makellele's golden partner at Chelsea, the elder Lei is the most familiar with the ability of this unassuming teammate. It is no exaggeration to say that in today's football, this player's defensive ability is definitely among the best, the top one. In the face of this kind of big boss blocking the way, Lao Lei doesn't think that he can solve the other party without a big move, especially when the other party has the support of his teammates and has an advantage.
Immediately, the left foot is raised, and a cushion is placed on the bottom of the ball, so that the ball can fly back to the right. In the face of this situation, taking the initiative to mobilize the other party is the best solution, and Lao Lei's trick is learned from Taizu's classic view of sports warfare. However, sports warfare needs space, and it is clear that the French team does not intend to give Lao Lei that space. Almost at the moment when Lao Lei picked up the ball, Ribery on the side immediately posted it, and immediately occupied the space for Lao Lei to handle the ball next, blocking it like a wall.
For a while, Lao Lei fell into the most difficult situation and was surrounded by a group of enemies. No matter who this situation is, it is a situation of nine deaths and a life of death, but Lao Lei has long expected it and found the only way to live. At this moment, when all the Portuguese fans were worried, Lao Lei made the next move. But they put their hearts back in their stomachs again.
If you can't walk through the ground, go from the top of your head! Seeing the expected dilemma appear in front of you. Lao Lei once again showed superhuman calm thinking. I did it when I thought of it, and I didn't care about football first. Instead, he took a big step with his right foot and pushed it hard against Ribery's chest. Compared with football, Lao Lei cares more about grabbing the position first.
Ribery's body may be strong, and his anger at this time may have added to his strength, but Lao Lei used the bloody reality to tell him at this moment that he should never compete with him for physical fitness, especially when he turned on the devil's muscles and used small movements.
Powerful strength, coupled with the right elbow sticking out. Just as soon as he made contact, a huge pain and tightness in his chest immediately made Ribery's position take a few steps back. Although, then he immediately gritted his teeth and took a breath to come back, but for Lao Lei, it didn't matter. Because, the space and location that he wants the most, Lao Lei has already gotten it.
Regardless of Ribery, whose eyes are already about to breathe fire because he has suffered again. Before Makellele's lateral block arrived, Lao Lei risked the threat of being hit by him in the neck, and forced his strength on the spot, and took the lead in slamming the football forward with his forehead. Let the ball out of this dense bag first.
Then, there is him. But it's not that easy, with Makellele's veteran experience. At this time, he had completely figured out what Lao Lei was going to do. Although Lao Lei did a very amazing job, to be honest. In his career, what kind of amazing and whimsical things have he never seen?
Turn around. Sideways, reaching out, and stuck, such a set of action processes were immediately used by him very smoothly. Due to the positional advantage, although there is no explosiveness and strength of Lao Lei, Makelele, who does not need to go around a corner and chase the football, is still turning behind him when the timing is one step slower than Lao Lei, and is firmly stuck in the position before Lao Lei eats himself.
In terms of strength, Lao Lei may be superior, but Makelle, who is stuck in the position, is not easy to match. What's more, what Makelele has to do is just delay as much as possible, and the rest of his French teammates will do it in their place, after all, this is in the French team's half.
However, Old Lei Ke would never accept such a situation. Exercise!! Seeing that he was no longer given enough time to overtake Makelle again, he chose to come hard. At this time, he and Makelle were already hanging together like conjoined babies. You clamp my arm, I pull your fans, you push my abdomen, I arch your knees, and the physical confrontation between the two suddenly rises to the highest level at this moment.
In such a situation, seeing that Abidale had come to destroy the football, Lao Lei immediately used his last resort. Gritting his teeth, when he had already exerted all his strength, Lao Lei's body forcibly erupted again. All of a sudden, Makelle was stumbling a little by the impact of Lao Lei, and he couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
Opportunity!! Seeing this, the light in Lao Lei's eyes immediately skyrocketed, and he immediately used the way of sliding forward to completely throw himself out. At this moment, the truth that the body is the most indispensable talent in competitive sports is once again revealed. Old Ray's long legs once again showed the advantage of length, and after he fell to the ground, he stabbed the football before Abigale.
It's just that Lao Lei is already at the end of his crossbow at this time, and being able to touch the football first is already the best he can do, and the direction and strength are not something he can control anymore. Luckily, he was lucky enough to hit Abidal's foot again and there was a touchline. But Figo on the side still controlled the ball before it went out of the sideline.
Subsequently, Portugal kept him back in the second half, and the benefits of the decision to maintain his physical strength were reflected in this moment. With this, although at this point in time, Figo, who is already 34 years old, can still complete a high-speed breakthrough with the ball. And Abidal, who had already lost his position, could only eat dust behind him in shock, and once again tasted the embarrassment and embarrassment of being pierced by the other party.
However, in the subsequent development, this time Lao Lei tried his best to fight for an excellent offensive, but did not get a good result. Butters' world-class save blocked Deco's shot from Figo's inverted triangle pass, but in the face of Pauletta's follow-up shot, the French goalkeeper had no power to recover.
But at the critical moment when the French team has fallen into hell, Thuram, France's World Cup winner, appeared on the goal line like a hero at this moment. With a magical block, he became the savior of the Gallic rooster.
"Thuram! Thuram! ”
Listening to the deafening cheers of the French fans at the scene, Lao Lei, who had not gotten up on the ground, could only look up at the sky and scolded fiercely: "Fuck! What shit!! ”
To be honest, he really felt that this attack should have happened. When he saw Pauletta shoot in the rebound, he collapsed on the turf and had been paying attention to the development of the attack, and his whole body was ready to jump up and celebrate the goal. But Thuram's halfway kill sucked all the power out of his body at once, causing him to fall weakly on the turf again.
However, regret is regret, Lao Lei's eyes looking at the sky did not show a look of frustration, but were full of "swoop" firelight and sparks!
It's a blazing fire, blazing! Hot!!
The decisive battle has just begun! (To be continued......)