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Volume Five: The Flying Dragon in the Sky Chapter 673: France is Extremely Unlucky

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    Chapter 673 France is extremely unlucky

    " Xiao Ming has such confidence, and there is a reason for it.

    This year¡¯s European Cup and the World Cup two years later will be the time when the once brilliant French national team completely stepped down from the altar.

    The 2006 World Cup runner-up was just the afterglow of the setting sun. The problem of the French national team now is not just that they are missing Zidane. In fact, they have many top offensive players, and all of them can be considered rich.  What they lack as the backbone of the team is just one person to hold them together. However, the French national team's nearly ten years of glory relied on more than just Zidane.

    Even if the French team was considered Zidane's one-man team in 2006, no one can deny the final vitality shown by veterans such as Thuram, Makelele and Vieira in that World Cup.  Lahm runs the entire defense like an iron barrel, Makelele has established a solid backbone for the French national team in the midfield, and Vieira is good at attacking and defending, except that Zidane does not need to expend too much physical energy to run.  In addition to being active, they often play the role of scoring goals. The three of them, Zidane, and the eye-catching Rib¨¦ry formed the most powerful combination of the French national team in the 2006 World Cup¡ª¡ª  Even Henry's role in that World Cup was not as big as these people.

    However, now, Thuram is getting old, and Makelele's running ability has also declined a lot. Although Vieira has joined the squad, he has not played a single game due to injury. These three people are either absent or in poor condition.  Unfortunately, France's defense, which was as strong as the Italian national team at its peak, was already in shambles!

    The peak of the French national team in the past ten years is closely related to the fact that they always have an excellent defense line.

    In the 1998 World Cup, the defense line composed of Thuram, Lizarazu, Blanc and Desailly only conceded two goals in total. Only top scorer Suker broke through their goal in a sports battle.  Rank retired from the national team, but Thuram, who switched to central defender, was equally good. In addition, although their goalkeeper Barthez is a famous butter player in the club, he can always show his performance in the national team games.  Best condition.

    Now, Lizarazu, Blanc and Desailly have long retired, Thuram is old, Barthez has not been selected for the national team, Zidane in the frontcourt has also retired, no matter how Domenech reuses veterans  , and he doesn¡¯t have many people to work with.

    Two full-backs who are stronger in offense than defense, a center back who often suffers from convulsions, a full-time full-back who appears in the center back position, plus Coupe who has been playing in France, this is France's current back line.  Line of defense.

    In terms of defensive strength, compared with the most powerful French defense line, this defense line is completely two levels behind.

    Today¡¯s weather is not very good. It¡¯s raining moderately in the sky. Although it won¡¯t make the game difficult, it will have some impact.

    This is also the reason why Xiao Ming will attack aggressively in this game - the slippery field will certainly have an impact on England's offense, but England's attack with long passes, lobs and high attacks will be affected as much as the use of ground passes.  I'm afraid even a blind person can see who will be more affected by France, which cooperates with the attack.

    The two young men Lennon and Tangning sent on the field today have nothing but fast speed, excellent personal breakthrough ability, and good physical fitness. They will definitely have no problem running up and down.

    However, the centipede did not freeze. France, who was forced into a desperate situation, created an opportunity at the beginning. Henry dribbled the ball to break through and was blocked, and then immediately distributed the ball to Ribery who was on the wing. Scarface received the ball.  After that, he forced a cross and then immediately took a shot from outside the penalty area. Daniel flew up and used his body to block the ball out of the baseline for a corner kick.

    But it was just this one attack. After the corner kick was easily cleared by England's defenders, France's attack began to run into trouble. Several of their frontcourt players had excellent speed and personal skills, but they all  They are the kind of players who need to control the ball at their feet. The slippery field seriously affected their technical performance. Coupled with the fierce close pressing of the English players, it made it difficult for them to organize their offense.

    Especially when Henry, Ribery, Malouda and others have very good personal skills, but they are all the type who need to rush with the ball at their feet, there is no coordination between these people, and they can often only  Playing alone, after several opening attacks, their offense immediately began to reach a stalemate, and England in turn suppressed the fierce attack.

    Ribery dribbled the ball from the left and happened to run into Daniel. Ribery has always been quite confident about his speed and personal skills.bsp; On the other hand, Abidal was repeatedly defeated by Rooney's impact. Rooney dribbled the ball into the penalty area several times. If Makelele hadn't made up for it in time, maybe Abidal would have been completely beaten by Rooney - a long-term full-back.  The biggest flaw of a player in the central defender position is the problem of positional sense. After all, the full-back only needs to focus on one side most of the time, while the central defender has to withstand impacts from all directions.

    Domenech looked trembling on the court. He just hoped that he could withstand this period of time before the opponent's offensive stopped. After all, Ribery's end had a great impact on morale. What's more terrible is that his prestige in the French team has been  Gradually it dropped to the freezing point - the inability to control the team was also one of the reasons for France's poor performance in the first two games.

    It rained heavily, and Ribery was injured in seven minutes. Domenech felt that he was really unlucky.

    However, France¡¯s bad luck is far from over.

    The game reached the twenty-fifth minute.

    Gerrard sent a beautiful long pass near the center circle. Abidal made a mistake again. Rooney unloaded the ball with his toes and then went straight into the penalty area. Abidal, who had been stunned by Rooney, tackled from behind in desperation. Rooney responded.  Falling in the penalty area, the referee's whistle sounded - penalty kick!

    England fans gave a huge cheer, but what made them happy was yet to come - the Slovak referee Michel pointed to the penalty spot and walked up to Abidal with a straight face, a red card!

    "Okay, we don't need to worry too much about this game" Xiao Ming clapped his hands and stood up from the coaching bench, then said to Venables next to him with a smile.

    "France's luck is really bad." Venables said.

    "Oh, why didn't you say that I brought good luck to England?" Xiao Ming laughed.

    "Well maybe you have a point" Venables shrugged: "Their luck has run out, and our luck is slowly increasing."

    Xiao Ming laughed.
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