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Chapter 403 Fighting against Croatia

Chapter 403 Fighting against Croatia

The Italian players who returned to the locker room during the intermission talked enthusiastically about Vieri's goal. In their opinion, the second victory in the group stage has also been achieved, and the group stage is guaranteed while defeating the nemesis. The emergence of qualifications is undoubtedly one thing that makes people happy.

While the rest of the group was upset, it is conceivable how much pressure the players had to bear, but now everything is gradually receding with a one-goal lead.Although the coach Zoff has repeatedly warned the players not to take it lightly in the second half and must go all out to resolutely implement the tactics, but in fact, everyone can see that the coach Zoff also has an unconcealable joy on his face.

Looking at the excited teammates, although Kenny felt a little nervous, he didn't think that Croatia could make any waves. After all, Zoff was forced to lose the national team coach after losing the European Cup in 2000. How can this fully equipped Italy be the same now?

But the fact is that after the restart of the second half, the Plaid Army gave the Italian a loud slap in the face and told the European champion: Your uncle will always be your uncle.

Before that, the Croatian player who made the Italians fear the most was undoubtedly the 1968-year-old Dave Suker, who was born in 34. This player who has experienced the two national teams of Yugoslavia and Croatia can be said to be the most outstanding football player in the history of Croatia. superstar.

After the club became famous, he moved to Sevilla and scored 24 goals in his first season, only behind Romario who played for Barcelona. He won the La Liga Golden Boot in the second season, and then moved to Real Madrid. Scored 24 goals again to help the team win the La Liga championship and the Champions League championship.After the national team won the top scorer in the European Cup qualifiers in 96, Su Ke was also out of control. In the 98 World Cup, he beat Ronaldo and others with 6 goals to win the Golden Boot Award. Altar top shooter.

Although Su Ke is getting old now, how can the Italians, who are all too familiar with the term "older and more demonic", take it lightly?

Therefore, whether it is the first half of the fierce battle or the second half of the lead, Suker on the Croatian striker is always the target of the Italians. Whenever Suker has the ball, Cannavaro and Di Biagio always have a match One person will appear beside him, and another person must not be far away.Seeing such a defense, even the Italian commentators in the stands couldn't help sighing that if young fans wonder why they would defend a 34-year-old player so closely, then they can ask themselves The legend about the left-footed violin from my father's generation.

You must know that many of Su Ke's personal wonderful goals were completed with his dexterous left foot, and therefore he is known as the wonderful golden left foot that can play the violin.

And this kind of strict defense has indeed played its due role. The old Su Ke has long lost his courage, let alone facing the strict defense of the Italian team?But what the Italian players didn't expect was that this time Suk didn't stand up but two other Croatian players stood up.Ivica Olic, who played for the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, opened the goal of the Italian team with the same long-range shot after receiving a cross from his teammate in No.603 minutes of the second half. Buffon, who performed extremely well, did not expect that the Croatian star named Olić would make a sudden arrow.

According to the script, shouldn't Olic pass to the passing star Su Ke?Where did he come from with such confidence? You must know that the former Hamburg striker left in the 1998-1999 season after only six months of joining Hertha Berlin with great expectations, leaving only two appearances and zero goals behind him. embarrassing record.Therefore, no matter how you look at it, such self-confidence should not be possessed by a player from a European second-tier league like the Croatian League. You must know that this is a World Cup group match that is related to the right to qualify!

"GOAL!!!!!!GOAL!!! Olic! Ivica Olic broke through the solid Italian wall with a long shot, just like a Tomahawk missile blasted through the enemy's bunker! The young but experienced player finally shines in the World Cup! When he left Hamburg sadly, the fans there thought that the young Olić was a terrible striker. Agreed, only played twice in six months! What an embarrassing statistic!"

"But now! Ivica Olić has proved himself, scoring against a goal guarded by Juventus' main goalkeeper on the most prestigious stage in world football, facing almost the best goal in the world. Defensive line, he has no fear! 1:1!!! Croatia managed to equalize the score! It's great! Let's cheer for Olić and the Croatian players!"

But in any case, this time the Croatian striker named Olic did it. He broke through the goal guarded by Buffon and equalized the score for Croatia in the No.603 minute of the second half.When the ball went into the net, the stands where the Croatian fans gathered were like a sea of ​​grids, which was dazzling.

I have to say that this goal made the mentality of the Italian players a little unbalanced. Who are they?They are the champions of the new European Cup, they are the Azzurri!They play for the top clubs in world football, and they come for the championship!But now they were attacked by an unknown pawn, and their own offensives failed again and again! How can this be accepted by the Italian players?

Under the command of head coach Zoff, Totti and others aggressively pressed forward. With Vieri, Del Piero and others repeatedly gave the Croatians pressure and threats.

No. 70 minutes, Piero took the ball on the right wing, and after relying on his personal skills to pass a defensive player, he also wanted to respond in the proud "Piero area".But it is a pity that this time, the tried-and-tested offensive method in the club failed to achieve the effect Del Piero wanted. The ball flew over the crossbar and flew towards the stands, causing the Croatian fans to boo.

Although Del Piero was disappointed in his heart, he entered the field with a look on his face. He just stroked his hair, then turned around and ran towards the half court.

"You should have passed to me just now! You know what, why not? I'm in a better position than you!" Vieri yelled from the other side and stopped talking.

Although there are not many big-name players in the Croatian team, there are still many strong players. The brothers Zivkovic and Kovac who played for Leverkusen brought a lot to Italy's offense in the game. After allowing Vieri to score a goal, the Kovac brothers relied on their tacit understanding and strong body to keep close to Vieri in the second half of the game, while the Croatian captain Ziv on the other side Covic is closely following Piero's side.

No. In the 704th minute, Maldini completed a steal, blocked the Croatian's offensive, and dribbled the ball all the way to the frontcourt, but here he met his teammate Simic in the club.Facing his own club captain, Simic was not timid. When Maldini was still superior, he opened the distance and made a cross into the penalty area.But this time the Apennines tank was firmly blocked from the crowd, only Gianluca Zambrotta leaped vigorously, and the ball flew out against the pillar amidst the exclamation of the people.

"Oh! Damn it! If only you were in my position just now!" Gianluca Gianluca complained to Vieri angrily. Locking in the group stage and taking control of fate in their own hands is what this Italian team, which aims at the championship, wants.

"No, Gianluca, you did a good job, it's just a little bit of luck! If I were in that position, it would be a different situation, they won't let me get the ball easily! It must be said , they will notice you next time." Vieri rubbed his shoulders and comforted his teammates, he knew very well that his current situation was like that of the Italian team's Suker, and at this time he needed a powerful helper, A player who can stir up the wind and rain outside the penalty area, not a ridiculous guy who can only shoot anti-aircraft guns.

Today's Italy is not as monolithic as people imagined. The grievances and hatreds between Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus in the league will inevitably affect the players. After all, no one is a saint, no matter how big or outstanding he is. .Although everyone is restraining and forbearing for the same goal right now, all of this needs to be based on the premise of continuous victories and championships, and whenever adversity occurs, players will inevitably have their own subjective emotions.

The coach Zoff naturally understood all this, so he did not immediately take the method of substituting to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. He continued to encourage the players. The score of 1:1 is not the worst ending. If the players are at this moment Unbalanced mentality due to blocked attack is the last thing Zoff wants to see.Everyone wants to break the spell, but in fact, the more this happens, the more calm you should be.

Fortunately, although the captain Maldini is also the captain of AC Milan and has a competitive relationship with many players in the league, he uses his spirit and quality to convince everyone, so the players under his control In the end, they twisted into a rope again and launched an impact on the Croats.

But this situation did not last long, only 2 minutes later, because of Totti's dribbling error, the Croatian found an opportunity and overtook the score.

(End of this chapter)