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Chapter 401 The Power of Vieri
It can be said that Zoff's tactics were very successful. In the first half of the first half, Italy not only strongly compressed the Ecuadorians to the half, but also launched a series of extremely threatening attacks to make the opponent tired. The continuous violent attacks made Ecuador The defenders were nervous and had no chance to breathe. No matter how strong this South American upstart was in the qualifiers, they never expected that Italy would put such a lot of pressure on them.

Ecuador coach, Colombian Hernán Gomez has been the head coach of the Colombian national team before. Relatively speaking, he does not have much prominent experience. He has no good way to see such a situation. He can only continue to direct the players. Defensive counterattacks, and this caused the Ecuadorian players to continue the game subconsciously based on their own judgment.

No. In the 17th minute, after receiving a pass from Vieri, Zambrotta moved a wide range of kicks to Kenny on the other side. Before that, in order to stretch the Ecuadorian defensive formation as much as possible, and let the back plug in Totti and others have enough space to attack, and Kenny has been active on the side that he is good at.At this moment, after receiving Zambrotta's wide-ranging transfer, he also stopped the ball beautifully, passed an Ecuadorian full-back along the sidewalk, and then pushed straight forward.

Seeing this scene, the helpless Ecuadorian could only passively call out a defensive player from the center to defend, but this is exactly what Kenny wanted. After taking a panoramic view of the situation in the penalty area, he rushed to the defensive player Before rushing up, he kicked the ball into the penalty area, where Vieri was rushing into the penalty area with unstoppable momentum, squeezing the defensive players and jumping high!

This tank-like top center has made his opponents miserable during this period. As a former rugby player, Vieri's strong body and excellent foot skills are hard to guard against. It was bravely resolved by Ecuadorian goalkeeper Ceballos, but it still made the Ecuadorian fans in the stands exclaim and sweat.

Seeing that the header was thrown, Vieri, who wanted to make another shot but was kicked forward by the Ecuadorian defender, gave Kenny a thumbs up while regretting it.I have to say that even though the Apennine tank looked a little uncomfortable to Kenny in the past, at least in today's game, Kenny is a very comfortable partner for him. Ni can not only mobilize the Ecuadorian defensive players to the greatest extent, but also create enough space for himself to play his strength without hindrance. This is definitely something that Vieri feels heartily.

Although Kenny smiled back when he saw Vieri's approval, he felt very regretful in his heart.Vieri is now the starter, but he has to rely on limited playing time to play a bright enough performance in order to have more playing time in the future, and this also allows Kenny to position himself as Victoria. Eri's deputy, he knows that team assistance is far more able to arouse the approval of the coach than working alone, especially in the national team.

Therefore, when he saw that he regretted missing his first assist in the World Cup, Kenny was very disappointed in his heart.Of course, he did not give up on this. Kenny knew that there were still many opportunities in this kind of suppression. It is difficult for Ecuadorian players to form an effective counterattack. He just needs to be himself.

Sure enough, just as Kenny expected, although the Ecuadorian players won the high-altitude ball and successfully passed the ball to Aguinaga, who is known as the South American Baggio, most of the troops were devoted to defense. Coupled with the reason why he couldn't breathe after being suppressed for more than ten minutes, Ajinagar, who was holding his breath, tried to break through when he saw that there were no teammates around him.

But how could he succeed?Facing Italy's world-famous defense line, it may be possible for Ecuador's players to overwhelm, but now he alone, unless he is the real Baggio, may still be able to try.But it's a pity. He's not. After the Italian midfielder Di Biagio completed the steal, he immediately distributed it to Panucci, who was inserted from the wing. At this moment, Panucci, who saw Ecuador's counterattack and was interrupted and messed up, once again took a long kick. Biography found Vieri, he knew this was definitely a good opportunity!

"Oh, this is really a failed defensive counterattack! The Ecuadorian player Aguinaga paid the price for his aggressiveness, because his being intercepted led to chaos in the formation of the teammates following him. Ecuador is in danger!"

"Panucci took the ball and he passed it to Vieri in front. This is a precise long pass! What is even more incredible is that there is only one Ecuadorian defender around Vieri at the moment! The Italian No. [-] Will a center miss this opportunity!? Obviously he didn't intend to do it, turn around, hit the goal!!! The ball is in!!!!"

"Goal!!! No. 19 minutes! In the first half No. 19 minutes, Italy relied on a steal and a perfect midfield connection to complete a perfect counterattack. Vieri broke through the Ecuadorians who defended for 9 minutes. Defensive! Ecuadorian goalkeeper Ceballos failed to deny Vieri's shot again, the first goal of the new European champions in this World Cup!! Christian Vieri scored the goal !!!”

After scoring, Vieri excitedly rushed to the side of the court and shouted loudly to the crazy Italian fans. The fearsome Serie A striker announced his victory with Italy's first goal in the World Cup. return.This is the moment he has been waiting for two years. After missing the 2000 European Cup due to injury, he can only watch his teammates win the championship on TV. He has long been unable to bear the raging fighting spirit in his chest. Proper benefit from a goal!
"Christian, you did a great job! This is really a goal with great mechanical beauty!" "If I said I knew you would score, would you believe me!? Hahaha, it's so beautiful!" "We are Italy , we are the strongest Italy!!!”

Excited Italian players rushed over one after another and fell into crazy celebrations. Kenny was naturally an exception. He looked at the cheering fans in the stands and secretly swore that the next goal must be related to himself!
"Cheer up, just like before, the Italians will not be able to attack!!! Don't be nervous, don't defend, and don't rush! Take your time when you get a chance to counterattack and wait for your teammates! Fast break is not our strong point!"

On the other side, Ecuador coach Hernan Gomez saw the frustrated players, and immediately clapped his hands on the sidelines to attract the players' attention, and then encouraged them loudly.He clearly knows what it feels like to be suddenly disrupted and break the goal, and now is not the time to pursue responsibility. What he also does is to encourage the players to adjust their mentality as much as possible and return to the rhythm just now to defend. Only in this way can the Italians' furious attack be defended and look for opportunities.

But to Hernan Gomez's disappointment, not only the Italians' offense became more violent after conceding a goal first, but the spirit of the Ecuadorian players also lost a bit. Under such circumstances, the balance of victory seems to have happened tilt.In the following time, the situation on the court completely turned to Italy. The Ecuadorian players repeatedly made mistakes in defense, allowing the Italian players to seize opportunities many times, but compared to their teammates, the starting goalkeeper Ceballos played very bravely. In the next 10 minutes, he saved two very dangerous shots from Italy, helping Ecuador temporarily retain hope.

However, the personal heroic performance in this game can only be a drop in the bucket. No.307 minutes, the Italian team scored again and the score was rewritten to 2:0. This time, Italy's goal was just as Kenny thought.

It was also Italy's attacking time at that time, but after another failed attempt to break through, the ball was passed to Totti's feet. He was not in a hurry, but started constantly turning around the Ecuadorian defense line, trying to find the Ecuadorians as a whole. local weakness.Of course, the Ecuadorian players are not stupid. They naturally know what the Italian players are thinking, but just when they couldn't help but want to fight back, Totti suddenly gave the ball to Maldini who was plugging in.

The number one left back in the world, the double captain of AC Milan and Italy is a natural leader. His appearance not only brought spiritual blessings to the Italian players, but also made the Ecuadorians nervous.And Maldini is naturally aware of his own advantages. Although the increase in age has caused him to lose the speed he once had, on the other hand, his sense of smell and experience have not declined but increased.

After seeing Maldini plugging in, Kenny immediately drifted to the edge of the penalty area. This also made the Ecuadorian players who could only rely on the advantage of numbers to form a local area to complete the defense very uncomfortable.What made them even more painful was that this time Maldini didn't seem to pass the ball away immediately, but kept pouring the ball with Totti and Kenny. This seemingly calm attack is the most nerve-wracking Stretched.

Sure enough, after receiving the ball three times, he had completely controlled the situation on the side. He suddenly pressed up with Totti at the same time, causing the Ecuadorians to fly in the penalty area. Facing the Italian captain who put him under great pressure, the Ecuadorians subconsciously The first time to meet up to complete the steal.But under the double-teaming of two Ecuadorian defenders, Maldini calmed down. A deft pass not only picked him out, but also gave Kenny, who rushed into the penalty area, a very rare chance to shoot. .

(End of this chapter)