Fame with a ball

In the dressing room of the visiting team at Verodoron Stadium, after Capello announced the starting lineup for this game, he uncharacteristically did not preach, but pointed to the door of the dressing room and asked: "I know the cheers outside are for Whose?"

"Of course it's for the group of French people!" De Qie Lie, who spoke bluntly, said first: "This is their home stadium!"

"No, the cheers are also for you." Capello shook his head and said, "5000 fans followed us to this small city in the south of France. They bought train tickets and plane tickets out of their own pockets. Bought expensive tickets - what are they doing? They're definitely not here to watch their favorite team lose!"

There are still a few people in the team who really don’t know that so many fans have come to Marseille with them to watch the game. Hearing this, they couldn’t help being surprised: “Wow, there are so many! I thought it would be too many to support 2000 people.”

"Whether you can win in this Frenchman's stadium is directly related to whether we will successfully qualify in a month. If we win, then we will break the record that Juventus has not been able to compete in the Champions League in the past few years." Breaking through the deadlock, these fans will also feel very relieved, they will feel that their money is worth it! If you fail... I will not punish you, but you have to face the 5000 fans yourself. Apologize to them for letting them down."

Capello asked aloud in a rare domineering manner: "Will you let them down?"

"No!" The Juventus players shouted back.

……

At the same time, in the home team's locker room on the other side of the stadium, Marseille coach Didier Deschamps was also doing pre-match mobilization.

"In Juventus' starting lineup, there must be these people." Deschamps pointed to the names of "Pepe, Marchisio, Grosso, De Qie Lie, Lin Zhigao" and others on the tactical board. Said: "Although I don't know if Capello will change his tactics this time, I tend to think that he will choose to play less conservatively. Juventus will definitely not treat us as cautiously as they treat Barcelona."

"The boss is saying that Juventus will play against us?" asked the player Xielu.

"It can only be said that it is very possible." Deschamps looked at the tactical board and said: "Juventus must win this game if the team wants to qualify. As for us, if we want to enter the knockout round, we must not let Juventus win. Even if this game is just a draw, we are almost certain to win! You must know that in the last group match, Barcelona is definitely not a good opponent, on the contrary, we can still fight in Pilsen."

"Capello is very likely to attack at the beginning of the game and try to take the lead, because he must understand that the longer the time of fighting at the Velodron Stadium, the more unfavorable they are. Their main scoring forwards, Pepe , Vucinic is the most likely to be sent to the starting lineup, and Lin Zhigao - I think you must pay attention to this young man, he is likely to become Capello's biggest weapon, if he is the starting lineup... Taiwo, Lodeitas, I want you two to keep an eye on him all the time, don't let up a bit."

After a pause, Deschamps said with a smile: "Capello wants to score first, but we just don't let him do what he wants. In this game, we will play a defensive formation. Anyway, as long as Juventus doesn't win, it will be ours." Victory. As long as we finish this game, we can completely knock out Juventus, understand?"

"Understood, boss." The Marseilles collectively replied.

……

Half an hour before the game, both teams announced their starting lineups.

Marseille coach Didier Deschamps said triumphantly to his players: "Look, look, I said Capello's starting lineup is these few people!"

Capello didn't communicate with the players in private anymore. He stood on the edge of the court early and watched the players warm up while crossing his arms expressionlessly, wondering what he was thinking.

The French commentator interpreted this scene as: "Coach Didier Deschamps is full of confidence in the game and looks forward to it optimistically. However, the Juventus coach Mr. Fabio Capello seems to be very worried about the current situation. He has not been happy, is it Are you worried about what to do if you lose this game? Haha, indeed, if Juventus lose this game, then this season will completely miss the Champions League.”

As one of the most wealthy institutions in China, CCTV has indeed set up a station in Turin, sending special satellite vehicles and commentators to explain Juventus games at any time.However, the UEFA Champions League group stage is not so important, and it is very troublesome to fly around frequently. CCTV did not set up a satellite car outside the Marseille Stadium to broadcast the game this time. Like most countries, they bought the live broadcast rights, and then In the country for game commentary.

Although it was already 3:[-] in the morning Beijing time, in the commentary room of CCTV [-], it was still full of excitement.The commentators Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu introduced the teams of both teams to the TV audience before the game started, and also tried to find some fresh and interesting topics, so as to break the sleepiness of the audience in front of the TV.

Sitting in the commentary room in the middle of the night to explain the game is definitely not a rare experience for Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu.To be honest, when two people are sitting in the commentary room during the day, that's not normal!Who made us have a time difference between China and Europe? People's daytime is our nighttime.Although they are seasoned veterans, the two also have the energy to almost fall asleep when commenting on the game. After all, they are not young and vigorous boys.

Obviously, the fans also hold the same point of view, because someone on the fan forum once posted a post asking: Why are there two commentators for so many domestic game commentators?Then the replies below were all: CCTV was afraid that one person would fall asleep while commenting on the game...

However, this game is not ordinary. The two of them sat in the commentary room after eleven o'clock and started preparing materials, and they still haven't yawned yet.why?Because they are looking forward to this game very much!And Liu Jianhong believes that there are absolutely many domestic fans sitting in front of the TV and staying up late with them at this moment. When he thinks that Lin Zhigao is very likely to play in a while, he feels that he has endless energy.

Just at this time, the camera lens accidentally captured a scene in the fan stands, which aroused Liu Jianhong's strong interest.

"In the North Stand of the Velodron Stadium, about a hundred fans pulled out a huge portrait...Wow! That is a hot kiss pattern! It is a huge portrait about ten meters long and ten meters wide. White cloth, and a fiery red lip pattern in the middle. It is really a rare thing to have such a portrait in the stadium! Because most fans will choose the national flag of their own country, or the team flag of the club, etc. to make cheering props."

Zhang Lu intervened at this time and said, "Maybe this is some enthusiastic fans expressing their love for which player?"

Liu Jianhong laughed and said: "It's not impossible! After all, this game was held in the south of France. French fans are also famously enthusiastic! However, according to the location of the fans' stands, it seems that this is an away stand rather than a home stand. Ah...ah, the camera is focused on this portrait of flaming red lips, and there seems to be something written on it!"

There is a sentence written on the image, which is marked in French and Italian respectively. Zhang Lu and Liu Jianhong have commented on Serie A games for a long time, and they understand a little simple Italian, so the two of them understood the words on the portrait without any effort: "Dedicated to my dear Lin, what (expresses the kissing modal particle)~"

"...This is for Lin Zhigao!" Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu shouted together in surprise.

"Really, really enthusiastic French fans, no, Italian fans."

"Could it be that Lin Zhigao has conquered Juventus fans with his unique personal charm? Haha, maybe there are female fans who have a crush on him." Excited, Liu Jianhong ran his mouth full of trains: "I guess this banner is probably a group of fans. The female fans who like Lin Zhigao made it themselves, haha, Lin Zhigao, come on!"

Zhang Lu: "..." He really couldn't figure out what's so good about it. Do you want Lin Zhigao to pick up a foreign girl?

……

Lin Zhigao hastily glanced at the huge portrait of flaming red lips on the north stand, as if he saw it, but he didn't notice that the portrait was given to him.

All the attention of him and his teammates has already been devoted to the game.Although the game has not yet started, Lin Zhigao has obviously entered a state of almost ecstasy - he is still trying to figure out the new position he will try on the field in a while. Although there is a round of league practice, he really Playing well shadow striker?

Nice French music started to be played in the stadium, and Buffon took the lead out of the player channel holding the hand of a boy caddy.

Lin Zhigao made up his mind and took a step forward.

He held the little hand of a beautiful blond girl caddy in his left hand. The little French girl looked at Lin Zhigao as she walked, and asked him a French word with a smile.

John Elkann grew up in France, and he was half-French (Elkann's father was a French banker). Lin Zhigao learned a few words of French by himself, and he understood the little girl Is asking him: "Are you nervous?"

"Yes, I'm a little nervous." Lin Zhigao smiled at her, "But how did you know?"

The little French girl shook Lin Zhigao's left hand and said with a smile, "Your palms are sweating."

Lin Zhigao was surprised, but he soon laughed again.The innocent smile of this little girl has actually relieved part of his pressure.

Players from both sides entered the field holding the hands of the caddy, and then stood in the middle of the field. After shaking hands, Buffon and the Marseille captain went to compete for the kick-off.

The referee put the football on the center line, then raised his arms high and blew his whistle!

The game officially begins!

……

As Marseille coach Didier Deschamps guessed, although Marseille won the kick-off, Juventus launched a strong onslaught from the very beginning of the game.

This is very rare for the Juventus team, which has always been conservative.

Marseille's center Brandon led the ball forward, Pepe followed him closely, finally grabbed the ball with the help of De Qielie and Grosso, and then quickly launched Juventus' first wave of offense.

Iaquinta kicked the ball through and poked the ball between Marseille defenders Diawara and Taiwo!At this moment, Pepe, who was exactly parallel to the back line, quickly accelerated and caught up with the football. After receiving the ball, he took advantage of the fact that the Marseille defense line had not had time to return to the defense in time, and made a one-shot shot!

Deschamps' heart rose to his throat instantly, and he stared at the football with wide eyes!

Fortunately, the Marseille goalkeeper Riu was quite strong, and he easily saved the shot.And Diawara and Taiwo also rushed over at this time, took the football and ran towards the middle circle.

Pepe squatted down in frustration, covered her face with her hands, stood up after a few seconds of dullness, and ran back.

Deschamps breathed a sigh of relief, but he still stood on the sidelines and shouted at the Marseille players with some annoyance: "Have you forgotten what I told you in the locker room just now?! Defense! What about the agreed defense?" !"

After reprimanding the players, he was satisfied to find that the players were playing football more seriously, but he still felt that something was wrong...

In the 15th minute of the game, Xielu launched Marseille's first full attack.After he took the ball to the midfield, he passed the football to Brandon, who was about to break through with the ball, but found that two Juventus players were outflanking him, so he quickly chose to pass the football out .Anyway, the head coach asked them to play conservatively, so he will not force himself to break through and shoot. In short, as long as Juventus can't get the ball, it is a good thing, isn't it?

Brandon passed the ball to Niang on the left side of his body. The pass was a bit too high. When Niang was about to jump to catch the ball, he found that a Juventus player had already rushed in front of him. !

He had to jump early, trying to get the ball down, but Iaquinta jumped faster and higher!

Iaquinta reached the ball, the football paused on his chest, and then slid to his feet, Iaquinta also did not choose to break through, he hooked his right foot, and the football was passed by him.

It was Lin Zhigao who received the pass.

Lin Zhigao rushed forward with the ball, and when Marseille striker Kabor also got ready to run towards him, Lin Zhigao quickly made an emergency stop!

Kaboer became tense instantly, and he hurriedly stopped his steps. Just as he was about to judge whether the opponent was going to break through from his right or left, Lin Zhigao had already accelerated and ran past him!

Amazing explosive power!Cabool was amazed.

Lin Zhigao took the ball directly into the Marseille half, and nearly five Marseille players blocked between him and the goal.

Taiwo, Hilton, and Rodriguez are all excellent central defenders among Marseille players, because their job is to defend the opponent's striker. These three people have firmly remembered the words of the coach Didier Deschamps. From the very beginning of the game, they were closely watching the Juventus forwards, especially Lin Zhigao, whom Didier Deschamps specifically mentioned by name.

So when Lin Zhigao rushed towards Marseille's defense line like a gust of wind, the three of Taiwo almost rushed forward screaming. They absolutely wanted to snatch the football back from the opponent's feet!

but……

Just when the three of them almost surrounded Lin Zhigao, Lin Zhigao passed the ball!

He gave the football straight to Iaquinta, and Iaquinta rushed towards the Marseille penalty area like a shell, and there was only one defender left in the penalty area except the goalkeeper!

How is this going?Isn't Lin Zhigao the main attacker of Juventus?Marseille coach Didier Deschamps stood on the sidelines, staring at his own penalty area. According to his deduction, the Chinese player should break through with all his might!Pepe's organization, Lin Zhigao's offense, isn't that how Capello's script was written?

The Italian commentator screamed loudly: "Iaquinta attacked! He swayed Mango...He hit the goal hard! Oh God, what a pity! The angle of this shot was slightly off, and it bounced on the post... Iaquinta's expression was very disappointed, and Capello was also very disappointed... But it doesn't matter, it's only the 20th minute of the first half, and we still have a chance!"

Iaquinta shrugged and pulled his head back, Lin Zhigao patted him on the back: "Be happy, buddy! This goal is missed, we just need to score the next goal!"

Iaquinta nodded and pulled a grin.

But the god of luck does not seem to be standing behind Juventus at this moment. In the No.30 minute of the first half, Lin Zhigao made a long pass to Iaquinta. Pepe, Pepe shot directly, but missed.

Deschamps' heart has changed from being nervous at the beginning of the game to being more relaxed now.

He has already figured out what he felt was wrong just now, that is, Lin Zhigao, who was amazing in the last Champions League group match and scored twice, did not show his real threat in this game He didn't even have a direct attack against Marseille's goal.

Is it because he is not in good form, or is it just a flash in the pan for this teenager in Juventus' European war against Barcelona last time?Whatever the facts are, Didier Deschamps doesn't pay much attention, because he has already seen that Juventus today has no luck.On the other hand, Marseille has been playing more and more smoothly now. As for the others, I will not pay attention to them for the time being.

Until the end of the first half, Juventus, which had maintained a strong offensive momentum, failed to score. Didier Deschamps attributed this to luck, but some people thought otherwise.

"Juventus created three shots in the first half, but they didn't succeed even once. It's a pity..." Liu Jianhong said into the microphone in the CCTV commentary room.

Zhang Lu nodded and said, "Juventus may have had bad luck in the first half. However, I think it has something to do with Lin Zhigao not taking the initiative to attack."

"You think so too?"

"Yes. I observed Lin Zhigao's performance throughout the first half, and it was obvious that he was still in good form. If Iaquinta hadn't missed his shot, he would have created an assist for himself. But I really want to What doesn't make sense is that Lin Zhigao has a chance to break through and shoot the goal by himself, and I don't think it's impossible to score goals with his strength, and maybe even Biaquinta's chances are higher. But Why did Lin Zhigao suddenly become helpful in the first half? Of course I’m not saying he wasn’t helpful before...I mean, wouldn’t it be faster and better for him to shoot the goal himself?”

"Maybe he is paralyzing the opponent's players and the head coach?" Liu Jianhong said with a smile: "I saw that in the last 10 minutes of the first half, Marseille's defenders were obviously less vigilant towards Lin Zhigao. , They also focused on marking Lin Zhigao."

……

Within a few minutes of the second half, Liu Jianhong realized that he had become a prophet.

Lin Zhigao's attack suddenly became sharp.

In the first half, he was more of a good guy - passing the ball, giving Iaquinta and Pepe all kinds of passes, and letting them complete the attack.

But just 3 minutes into the second half, Lin Zhigao kicked off his attack with a super long-range shot.

Although that shot didn’t go in in the end—Liu Jianhong also began to mutter, “Uh, Juventus didn’t have much luck in this match”, but the most important reason for that shot not being successful was probably because the distance was too far, almost all 50 rice.A shot from such a long distance can be called a super world wave.

However, an offense is always inspiring. Countless Chinese fans who stayed up all night watching the game in front of the TV, and those who watched were falling asleep finally cheered up, clenched their fists and shouted: "Continue to come more!" Let's attack!Lin Zhigao!

In the Velodrón Stadium, the Juventus players were given the cheers and singing of more than 5000 Juventus. The visiting team can still hear such a friendly team song. Many Juventus players feel that they are Powerful again. (Author: -- let's eat spinach.)

Since the first half, Lin Zhigao has been cruising around Iaquinta, looking for the second place.

It's just that what he did was very unobvious at that time, so almost no one could see that Lin Zhigao was playing the role of a shadow forward in this game.It wasn't until he finally seized a chance in the second half, received the ball that Iaquinta made a mistake and failed to pass, and then took a super long shot, many fans suddenly realized at this time: ah, it turns out that Lin was in the first half. I've been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!

Capello didn't relax his tense jaw until this time.Anyone who is familiar with him can see that he is still optimistic about the situation.

And what about Marseille coach Didier Deschamps?He was hesitating and thinking: Should he replace with another central defender and let him guard Lin Zhigao exclusively?Or should we not change the original tactical layout?

After thinking about it, Deschamps decided to maintain the current situation.One is that if the substitution quota is used now, it will be too disadvantageous.The second is to wait and see that Juventus did not score in the entire first half, and Marseille can't help but want to attack now. After all, he prefers victory to a draw!

……

Deschamps' calculations are good, but reality doesn't give him much face.

I don't know if it was affected by Juventus' bad luck. An attack organized by Marseille in the second half failed to break through Buffon's ten fingers.

Then in the next 10 minutes, I saw players from Juventus and Marseille almost launching a battle for the ball in the midfield. Everyone wanted to seize possession and then attack and score earlier.

Because it is now No. 605 minutes of the whole game, if you take the lead now, and then firmly defend your own penalty area, you can almost establish an invincible position in the game, no matter for Marseille or Juventus, this is very important It's an irresistible temptation.

However, Deschamps soon discovered that the situation was starting to become a little unfavorable for Marseille-whenever Marseille wanted to break through the Juventus half, that Lin Zhigao would always appear, and then use his exquisite feet Kung fu broke the ball away.The most frightening thing is that after he steals the ball, whether he passes the ball or breaks through by himself, he will sound an air defense alarm for Marseille's defense.

So Deschamps couldn't help waving his arms towards the court: "Pay attention to the defense! Pay attention to the defense!"

In fact, it goes without saying that Marseille's defenders have also raised their alert levels.They noticed that the Chinese player named Lin Zhigao was still running without the ball until almost 70 minutes into the second half!And look for all kinds of opportunities!

What a horrible thing, and the most tragic thing in the world: When a skilled defender wants to intercept the opponent's striker, he finds that his physical strength can no longer support him to keep an eye on him up.

Taiwo felt his strength had run out and now stood near the Marseille penalty area with his eyes fixed on the football.When the ball is far enough away from him, such as near the Juventus penalty area, he will stand in place and bend slightly, with his hands on his knees to recover his strength, and only when the football comes to the midfield or even the Marseille half. , he will start to run nervously, changing his destination with the direction of football movement.

Stopping his non-stop running feet, Taiwo took a deep breath, ready to take a few tens of seconds of rest while Brandang was dribbling through.

But he had just been slow for five seconds, and when he looked up accidentally, he found that Brandon's ball had been broken again, and that nasty Chinese was running wildly with the ball, aiming at his own direction!

Taiwo couldn't help swearing a Nigerian curse (he is a Nigerian), and then rushed forward, ready to steal the ball.

At this moment, he heard the head coach shouting from the side of the court: "Stop him! Stop him! Don't let him score!"

And when he stared at the football, he found that his teammates Rodriguez and Hilton had been passed!

The current situation is very dangerous!Taiwo even had a sense of foreboding!

Lin Zhigao rushed in front of Taiwo almost in the blink of an eye. Taiwo was highly concentrated and stared at the other party without daring to blink. When he found that Lin Zhigao raised his right leg backwards, he saw that When he was about to kick a football at the goal directly behind him, the thought of "he can't let him score!" occupied all of Taiwo's thoughts!

So Taiwo's outstretched left foot changed its course and kicked towards Lin Zhigao's right calf!

"Bang!", Lin Zhigao fell to the ground!

……

"Shameless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Liu Jianhong couldn't help yelling into the microphone: "Despicable move! Malicious foul! This is an absolute malicious foul! In order to prevent Lin Zhigao from shooting, Taiwo shamelessly attacked the opponent's calf! Red card! The referee must give He got a red card! And Juventus deserved a penalty!!!"

Lin Zhigao fell to the ground, holding his calf with both hands, his face was tense, there was a piercing pain in his calf, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The fans in the audience were amazed. Five thousand Juventus fans booed and cursed all kinds of Italians.The Marseille fans were silent, mostly not saying a word.

The moment Lin Zhigao fell to the ground, Pepe and the others rushed over and surrounded the head coach, shouting: "Malicious foul! Marseille's No. 3 malicious foul!"

Capello's face was full of anger. Just now, he felt that the goal was almost inevitable.He yelled at the Marseille coach bench from a distance of several meters: "Despicable French! You will pay for this!"

Lin Zhigao turned over and tried to stand up, but his calf hurt so much that he even wondered if he had broken a bone.

The Juventus team doctor quickly ran up with a stretcher, took off Lin Zhigao's socks, checked them, and carried him down despite his strong protests.

The head coach blew the whistle to suspend the game, but he didn't come to inquire about Lin Zhigao's situation, because he was already surrounded by players from Marseille and Juventus. French and Italian...

Just as Lin Zhigao was being checked and bandaged by the team doctor off the court, the head coach finally punished Taiwo for his malicious foul.

Taiwo was sent off and Juventus were awarded a penalty.

Although it was a penalty kick, all Juventus players did not cheer. They gathered around the side of the pitch and asked team doctor Lin Zhigao if his leg injury was okay.

The team doctor had comforted Lin Zhigao just now, and now he wanted to comfort his teammates again: "That kick was heavy, but fortunately he didn't wear spikes, so there was no bleeding. As for the bones, we think there is nothing wrong, but... ...Uh, Lin's calf is horribly swollen at this time, and the subcutaneous tissue is bleeding, and his calf is full of bruises. As for whether he can still play? I think it's best to replace him, although he insists that he fine……"

Yes, Lin Zhigao was telling Capello that he was fine, because he was not reconciled.

He worked hard and played almost the entire field, and he had already got a chance to shoot. From that angle, Lin Zhigao felt that as long as he played football, he would definitely score!

Moreover, he was directly shoveled off the field by the opponent's defender!

Is there meanness!Shameless there!It makes people feel angry directly, doesn't it!

If his calf is in danger of breaking, that's fine, he can only hold back and prepare to report it later!However, the team doctor said that the bones are fine, but the skin is traumatized?Lin Zhigao never paid attention to him!

So he went uncharacteristically and asked Capello directly: I want to play!I'm going to take revenge!

I want to blow up Marseille's goal directly! ! ! !

……

"I let you take this penalty, after all, you deserve it." Capello said to Lin Zhigao: "I know you can play with your left foot, so I can't afford to miss this penalty. "

Lin Zhigao was ready to stalk him, but he didn't expect Capello to be so straightforward, so he nodded immediately with eyes shining: "I will never make a mistake!"

"Also, you have to leave the field immediately after taking the penalty kick, and I will replace Vucinic."

"It doesn't matter! I just need to smash their goal once!" After speaking, Lin Zhigao limped onto the field.

Capello looked at his back and sighed slightly: He actually didn't want to agree to the opponent just now, because Lin Zhigao was injured after all, and he took the penalty kick, so it's better to let someone else score the goal.However, he felt Lin Zhigao's resentment. If he insisted on not letting the opponent free throw, then Lin Zhigao would definitely have resentment towards himself, right?

If it's an ordinary player, according to Capello's personality, I don't care if you have grievances against me, and I have to do whatever I want to say!But Lin Zhigao... Capello still has a little love for him, that's why he softened his heart just now.

……

When Lin Zhigao stood in front of the penalty spot, the Juventus teammates were cheering for him, the Marseille players were secretly delighted, and the goalkeeper Riu directly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now everyone saw Taiwo kicking Lin Zhigao so hard. Although the opponent may not have broken bones or something, there are always pains and injuries!

Let an injured person take a penalty kick, and a penalty kick in such an important game...

At least more than half of the people in the Velodron Stadium were thinking in their minds: Could it be that Capello is out of his mind?

Taking a deep breath, Lin Zhigao had conceived at least ten ways to penetrate the opponent's goal in his head within a few seconds.

But when he stood in front of the football, he decided to choose the simplest one.

Like when he took his first free-kick.

Without doing any run-up, lift your left foot backwards, and then kick it casually towards the middle of the football.

It is so direct and powerful that one can expect it to be intercepted, but it is absolutely impossible to intercept it...

Bang the door hard!