Jagged Wings

Chapter 125 34-year-old Zidane

In the first half of the game, Spain used the slow pace that the French team was not used to to maintain the score of 1:0 until the end.In the second half, the French team significantly strengthened their offensive.They who are backward have no reason to be conservative.

Of course, facing the slow Spain, the French team also adjusted their tactics, giving more play to the speed advantages of Henry and Ribery.In this way, the French team got more chances in the second half.

"We saw a strange scene, which was completely contrary to the predictions of the experts before the game! The French team has obviously accelerated, but Spain is slowing down the rhythm."

Faced with such a change in the French team, Spain looked timid and at a loss.Their two full-backs were originally good at attacking, so blindly defending made them very uncomfortable.In the 50th minute, Ribery and Henry cooperated on the right, and Spain resolved the danger.In the 52nd minute, Zidane picked a pass from the penalty area, Malouda made a successful volley shot against offside, and Casillas flew to save the ball with one palm.Spain made substitution adjustments, Joaquin and Luis Garcia replaced Villa and Raul.In the 59th minute, Franck Ribery lightly broke through the bottom line of Peña from the right and swept in front of the goal. Unfortunately, no French player touched the ball, and Sergio Ramos cleared the ball.

The French team's offense has been wave after wave, and Spain is not used to defense after all. In such a defense, mistakes and loopholes are inevitable.

France equalized the score in the 63rd minute. Zidane passed a free kick into the penalty area. Senna made a header to clear the siege, but the ball just fell to the back. Gio Ramos bounces into the net.

1-1!

Vieira sent a penalty kick in the first half, but he made up for it in the second half and equalized the score with a header.

After the goal, Vieira looked up to the sky and roared. This is his two consecutive goals in two games.When Zidane's state was not adjusted to the best, Vieira broke out first!In this game, the French team speeded up, and Spain also gave up a lot of space to the French team.

Vieira seems to have returned to his youth, and this goal also ignited his blood. At the age of 30, he is running all over the court like a teenager, tackles, steals, backs...he is everywhere.

"We seem to see the omnipotent Vieira again!"

The other players of the French team were also very excited. They seemed to see the opportunity for the team to overtake, and rushed forward to show their strengths.In the next game, Spain seemed to be confused and lacked countermeasures.

The French team's attack is getting more and more violent, it doesn't matter if Vieira plugs in, and even Makelele sometimes assists to the frontcourt.

Vieira and Zidane passed Senna through a two-to-one cooperation, and Henry ran diagonally to tear apart the Spanish defense.Xiaofa rushed forward to defend Vieira.

Vieira wanted to pass the ball, but stopped again, he wanted to pass Xiaofa.The previous goal and the good performance in this game made him feel that he is in good condition, and it seems that it is not difficult to pass Xiaofa, a boy under the age of 19.

Vieira stepped over the football with his left foot, while shaking his upper body, trying to shake Xiaofa to lose his center of gravity.As expected, Xiaofa was fooled and was about to pounce with his right leg, but when Vieira swung his left foot back, he knocked the football, and the football flew to Xiaofa's left side.

Hey, I'm no worse than you in terms of technology! Vieira thought to himself.

However, Xiaofa only stepped forward with his right leg, and his left leg was still dragging behind.

The Vieira man passed, but the ball stayed.The football bounced off Fafa's left calf, which trailed behind him.

Xiaofa hurried two steps and caught up with the ball.

Makelele was in the front position at this time, intending to come over and steal the ball.But after Xiaofa and Harvey made a two-for-one cooperation, they once again controlled the ball at their feet.

Reyes was asking for the ball on the left, Fafa looked up, and the French defenders quickly moved to their right to compress Reyes' space.

However, Xiaofa's eyes were just a cover, but his feet passed the football to the right.Villa received the ball, and his speed was very fast. After a cooperation with Torres, he broke into the penalty area. Facing Thuram's defense, Villa suddenly knocked the ball behind him.

Xiaofa appeared in front of the football, followed by a strong shot, and the football rushed into the goal with a bang.

2:1
Spain overtakes again!

"Damn, I lost again!" Vieira thumped the grass under him, only to realize that his so-called "good condition" was just an illusion. In fact, Spain has been spoiling him for a while.

More than 70 minutes had passed, and the French team, which was behind again, had no choice but to attack to the end.Domenech replaced Henry, who was doing nothing, with Govou to strengthen the team's offense.

Spain replaced Torres with Raul.

Henry is still very desperate in this game, but Puyol has suffered his losses in the Champions League, and this time he has Reyes as an "undercover", so Puyol sees Henry very grumpy.

But the French team, who wanted to accelerate again, found a very embarrassing point: they ran out of fuel!The repeated onslaughts in the second half before made the French team, which has insufficient physical reserves, have exhausted that inventory.At this time, they no longer have the strength to speed up...

At this time, Spain also showed its sharp fangs, and Aragones replaced Joaquin and Iniesta: they started to speed up!

At this time, the French head coach Domenech on the coaching bench suddenly hugged his head, his face was full of dazed, depressed, aggrieved, pain and even despair.

When Spain was speeding up, he suddenly understood: Spain's slow opening pace is just a game, and the only purpose of this game is to consume the physical energy of the French team.

Generally, the teams use fast running interspersed to drive France up and consume their physical energy. The French team has rich experience in coping with this tactic; but this time Spain also used the slow system to consume Spain's physical energy. France must be very uncomfortable with the slow-paced team, so they will speed up unconsciously, which consumes their energy unconsciously.

After figuring out the ins and outs, Domenech looked at Aragones, nicknamed "The Wise Man", with lingering fear. The old man's scheming was really deep to devise such a ruthless strategy.

But Domenech misunderstood Aragones. How could such a wretched and targeted tactic be the work of Aragones alone?

The intelligence analysis before the Spanish game was conducted by Reyes. Aragones proposed targeted tactics based on Reyes' intelligence, and Reyes analyzed the possible tactical arrangements of the French team in the game. ——in fact, retelling Reyes's mind about some key moments of the game—and then Aragones revised and completed the final version of the tactic.

Of course, for several consecutive days, Reyes had to train during the day and participate in tactical discussions at night, which also kept him busy every day.He made up his mind that after this World Cup, he would no longer do these jobs of joining the coaching staff and participating in skills and tactics, and he would just be a player.

Being so tired every day, Reyes couldn't help but think of a YY novel he read before time travel. The protagonist of that novel is Chen Yingxiong, a pervert who doesn't sleep for two days and nights and can perform a hat-trick when he goes on stage.

It would be great if he had the inexhaustible energy of Yingxiong Chen, sometimes Reyes can't help but flirt with himself...

But that's always delusional...

Reyes looked up at the scoreboard. The time had reached the 86th minute of the second half, and Spain still led 2:1.After Henry left the field, the French team had no arrows in the frontcourt, and Vieira and Makelele on the central axis were already exhausted and unable to give support. France seemed to have lost its momentum.

But there is still one person who has not given up-Zidane.

Now that the game is up, Zidane still hasn't given up. He looks for every opportunity and tries his best to win every opportunity.This maestro on the offensive line is now covered in black and gray marks, and he even runs around like a sapper, just to find even just in case opportunities.

The Spanish players also found that Zidane was becoming more and more difficult to defend, and Aragones even had to replace Alonso to guard him closely.

Even so, Zidane can still find opportunities in the crowd to pass the ball out, or shoot himself!
"Damn, is this Qi Zu really 34 years old?" Torres looked at Zidane's hesitation in the siege of the three midfielders, his face full of disbelief.

"If it were the last 10 minutes of your career, you would work so hard!" Reyes rolled his eyes.

"Brother is only 22 years old this year, and he still has at least ten years of career. You said there are only 10 minutes left, how can I understand?"

"That's why you find it incredible!"

Zidane worked very hard, but Spain pitted France too deeply. After all, one person was no match for 11 people. In the end, Spain defeated France 2:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

After the game, Zidane attended the press conference and announced the news of his retirement. At the same time, he believed that although he did not use a Hercules Cup as a gift for retirement, he did not regret losing to Spain. Spain won this game Well deserved, he wished Spain the last trophy.

Aragones praised Zidane as a generation of football masters, and his retirement is a great loss for artistic football...

(End of this chapter)