Chapter 567: Advance to the Finals!!!

Just three minutes into the second half, Wang Li received a pass from his teammate, dribbled past substitute defender Givet in the penalty area, and scored a goal into the dead corner of the goal, helping England to overtake the score.

This goal made France coach Domenech feel that everything he had done during the halftime break was in vain.

How to play next? Domenech had no idea.

At this moment, he was in a really bad mood.

Seeing the black-haired boy celebrating with his teammates on the field, Domenech felt helpless. This was the first time such a feeling appeared in this World Cup.

Before the game started, Domenech was not very confident about the game after watching the match between England and Portugal. However, the special restrictions imposed by FIFA on Wang Li's playing made Domenech feel that he saw hope of victory.

At the beginning, he placed his hopes on the veterans of the French team.

Domenech has always placed his hopes on the veterans. Although they are all over 30 years old and most of the main lineup are veterans, they are experienced and have good skills. After all, they are all world-class stars.

The above are just Domenech's words to comfort himself.

In the team, these veterans have an absolute advantage, and their aura covers the whole of France. It is possible to find a new young generation in France, but if these veterans are not recruited into the team, then I am afraid that Domenech’s position as the head coach of the national team will not be able to continue.

This is the influence of a superstar, and Domenech has no way to deal with it.

And now? What can these veterans do? Their disadvantages have been fully revealed. The fact proves that a team can have veterans, but the number of veterans must not be too many! !

When there are more veterans, they will delay the team's offense and slow down the team's offense and defense transitions.

Domenech could certainly see the embarrassing problem Henry was facing, but he had no choice but to pray to God that the team could equalize the score by luck.

He wants to change people.

But who can be substituted now? Turning to look at the bench, apart from the super young rising stars who are not worthy of being rookies, there are really only veterans.

Ribery, Henry!

Domenech kept repeating these two names in his mind. He felt that it was most likely to put his hopes on these two people. Henry was the top scorer of Arsenal and even the Premier League, while Franck Ribery, the rising French genius, was extremely good at breaking through the wing. He was the representative of the new generation of French technical stars.

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Perhaps the cooperation between the two can bring hope to the French team?

Maybe.

But at least Wang Li doesn’t think so at all.

In the first half of the game, he had fully understood the French team's offensive and defensive methods. In addition, in the second half, due to the general aging of the French players, their running speed and enthusiasm decreased significantly, which made it easier for the England team to score goals.

After the game restarted, the situation on the field was still the same. England launched a large-scale attack around the French half, while France was struggling but had no way out.

Their offense really couldn't get going.

The French players on the field felt that there was not much hope for the game. Fortunately, they were very mature players and their fighting spirit did not collapse all of a sudden. They still insisted on playing with all their strength.

But this really doesn't help much.

In the 65th minute, Joe Cole dribbled the ball on the wing, broke through and cut directly into the middle, but the French full-back couldn't help but put him to the ground.

The referee gave England a free kick. The position of the ball was not very good. England in the audience did not expect much from the ball, and the England players on the field were the same. However, Wang Li showed a sly smile at the corner of his mouth. He thought it was a good opportunity. So he walked directly to Harrison. The position of the ball was a little far from the goal, and the angle of the position was not good. It was indeed a bit difficult to get the ball over the wall and into the goal. But Wang Li suddenly thought of the goal he had scored with Lampard in the game between Chelsea and CSKA Moscow last season. At the moment when Wang Li shot, Lampard squatted down from the wall, and then a gap appeared in the wall. With Wang Li's accurate footwork, it was not too difficult to kick the ball through the gap. Wang Li told Harrison this idea, just to let him play a free kick with him. At this time, the England players saw that Harrison's face turned pale, as if he was about to face a catastrophe. This usually very active boy lowered his head and thought for a long time. When Wang Li shouted something again, he walked towards the opponent's wall of people very reluctantly. Then, Wang Li walked to the penalty spot, staring at the wall of people, ready to stand in front of the ball at any time. Harrison certainly had reasons to be reluctant, mainly because he had a "fear" in his heart. He was very clear about the power of Wang Li's long-range shot. If Wang Li really kicked the ball on him by accident, the result would be unimaginable.

And the French players? They were even more reluctant!!

In the last England vs. Portugal match, the black-haired kid in front of them shot two people with a football. Although they knew that FIFA had issued a statement restricting Wang Li from kicking and injuring the opposing players, what if

What if this black-haired boy makes a mistake?

In case, he kicked someone in the crotch area

Maybe the referee would at most give him a yellow card, but the person who was kicked might never be a man again in his next life.

This idea made all the French players unwilling to form a human wall. Seeing this scene, Zidane stood at the point of the human wall first, and then several players of the French team stood over. However, they all covered their lower bodies with their hands and closed their eyes. Their faces were extremely nervous. It seemed that they were not forming a human wall at all, but were preparing to go to the execution ground.

Wang Like ignored the looks of his teammates and the French players who were saying "show mercy". He just stood in front of the ball and watched the French team slowly line up their wall.

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Harrison stood in the human wall just like the French team, but this guy seemed to perform much better than the French players. He stood up straight, staring at Wang Li's feet, and did not glance at the referee out of the corner of his eye.

Compared with the performance of the French players, this action looked very powerful. Many English fans in the audience shouted to cheer for Harrison. They felt that this young boy was very courageous and his performance was much better than others.

At this time, England's teammates also knew the reason why Harrison changed his expression. It was estimated that anyone who faced the powerful shot from the black-haired boy would not perform very well. After all, it was really terrible!

The 'martyrs' of the Portuguese team have already told everyone on earth the result.

At this time, the English players also dispersed and stood near the penalty area, ready to respond to sudden situations and look for good opportunities to shoot, but they felt that it was a waste for Harrison to stand in the wall, after all, this guy was best at supplementary shooting. Speaking of other abilities, Harrison might be just an ordinary Premier League player, but when it comes to supplementary shooting, this guy is definitely the "second Inzaghi", and perhaps the "god on the offside line" performs better.

Unfortunately, they just thought about it in their minds. No English player wanted to take over Harrison's position.

On the court, Wang Li stood in front of the ball, silently watching Harrison who was inserted in the opponent's wall. He calmed his mind and glanced at the opponent's goal.

But Harrison felt that this was not the case. This guy felt that Wang Li was looking at him specifically, and there was a sly smile on the corner of his mouth: How did I offend him? Harrison was startled, and then he remembered that he seemed to have teased Wang Li with Angela in the morning.

This can’t be revenge!!!

Oh my god!!!

Harrison had no doubt about Wang Li's magnanimity. He knew that this guy was extremely narrow-minded and would find a chance to retaliate over the smallest matter. For example, if he was asked to treat him to a big meal, he would treat them to a fast food restaurant, but when it was his turn to treat, he would go to a luxury hotel and eat a big meal.

This incident has fully demonstrated this guy's mind.

And now, it was time for him to take revenge. What should he do? What should he do? Harrison kept thinking.

So, the fans at the scene saw a funny scene. When the referee blew the whistle to indicate that a free throw was allowed, Wang Ligang, who was responsible for the free throw, stepped back two steps. The young man who was among the French players just fell to the ground, holding his head with his hands and shouting something.

In effect, Harrison was shouting, "Alan, I was wrong! I was wrong!"

This situation was really ridiculous, and it attracted the attention of some French players. So, when they were still surprised by it, the football had already flown past Harrison like a cannonball and went directly into the blind corner of the goal.

The whole audience was silent.

What followed was the commentator's roar: "goooooooooooooooooooooooal!!! The ball goes in!!! Allen Wang, a powerful long shot!"

However, the commentator failed to liven up the atmosphere, and many fans were still talking about Harrison's "failure".

For French fans, this goal almost meant the French team's defeat. They certainly didn't talk about the goal, but only focused on Harrison's "fall" in order to find some self-consolation from the poor performance of the Englishman.

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And what about England fans?

They were used to scoring goals, it was just a goal scored by the dark-haired kid on the field, wasn't it?

So, they focused all their attention on Harrison who was still lying on the court.

When Wang Li saw the football fly into the goal, he clenched his fist happily and waved it vigorously. Then he walked to Harrison in confusion, kicked his arm that was still holding his head with his right foot, and asked, "Harry, what are you doing?"

Harrison stood up from the grass in a daze. He looked at himself in confusion, then looked at the direction of the goal. After confirming what happened, he hugged Wang Li and said, "Haha, Alan!! I knew you could score a goal!! It's true!!"

This sentence made all the English players who were preparing to celebrate look very unhappy. However, Harrison's next sentence made the other English players all lower their heads and return to their own half silently - "I don't think I am suitable for this role, Alan. It's better to leave this opportunity to them next time."

Harrison didn't want to, and neither did anyone else.

It was just a funny goal on the field.

In the overall situation, the England team does have an absolute advantage. Now the game has entered the 70th minute and the score is 3:1, with England having a two-goal advantage.

At this time, the French team had to step up their attack.

However, their attack was really ineffective. More importantly, England's subsequent counterattacks threatened the French team's defense time and time again, which made them feel helpless.

When the game reached the 77th minute, Gerrard intercepted the ball in the backcourt, which opened the curtain for England's quick counterattack. In the transition between offense and defense, England was much faster than France. After Beckham received the pass, he made a long pass and directly lifted the ball to the penalty area line.

Then, Wang Li followed.

However, this time Wang Li did not choose to shoot. He left the chance to Michael Owen who was following him. Faced with the opportunity to shoot into the empty goal, Owen did not waste it and he pushed the ball into the blind corner of the goal.

The situation is set.

At this time, McClaren felt confident. He replaced Owen with Crouch, allowing this Liverpool super striker who had not yet appeared in the World Cup due to the "girlfriend cheating scandal" to adapt to the atmosphere of the World Cup semi-finals.

In the 85th minute, Wang Li was also substituted.

Without Wang Li on the field, the following game was very boring. As a result, England's negligence gave the French team an opportunity. Young player Ribery made a contribution for the French team. He shot with his left foot at the goal and the ball went directly into the net from a 30-degree angle.

This caused cheers from French fans.

Although the game is about to end, and the French team's World Cup journey is also coming to an end, they have seen the rise of another French new star talent. Franck Ribery, he may become the main theme of the French team in the next World Cup, just like Portugal's C. Ronaldo?

Of course, don't imitate that bad boy's fake fall, that's really embarrassing

The game is finally over

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The England team advanced to the semi-finals, a result that did not surprise most media. Only the French media kept lamenting. Although they did not have much hope for the French team before the World Cup, now that they have advanced to the semi-finals, they certainly hope to reach the finals.

But now, the French team has failed after all.

In another highly anticipated semi-final, the match between Italy and Germany is much more suspenseful than the match between England and France.

Germany is originally weaker than Italy. Italy's all-star lineup is indeed impressive enough, but now it is the World Cup in Germany, and Germany also performed well in the last World Cup. With the advantage of being the host, it is really difficult to say who will win or lose.

Before the game started, German star Frings was suspended for one game due to a "beating incident", so Kyle was able to start. Head coach Klinsmann replaced Schweinsteiger with Borowski, who is better at defense. The team's entire defense line did not change. The forwards were still Klose and Prince Polti. When talking about this game, head coach Klinsmann was full of confidence. Although midfielder Frings was suspended, Germany seemed confident against Italy.

As for Italy, Materazzi returned from suspension and the midfield lineup was the same as in the quarter-finals, with Toni, who scored two goals, playing as the lone striker and Totti playing as the attacking midfielder. Head coach Lippi was cautious in this semi-final against the host. Although Italy beat Germany by a large margin four months ago, Lippi still said before the game that Italy was ready for a penalty shootout.

Facts have proved that the Silver Fox Lippi seems to be older and more cunning, and his comments and judgments are somewhat accurate. At least in the 90-minute game, the German team and Italy tied 0:0.

After the game entered the overtime stage, both teams tried very hard, but in order to win, they could only stabilize their defense first and then look for scoring opportunities if they were undefeated.

As a result, neither team had scored a goal until the 118th minute.

In the 119th minute, Italian star Pirlo dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area and suddenly passed it straight into the penalty area. Grosso, who followed up, finally found a good opportunity. He broke Lehmann's goal with a beautiful shot.

1:0.

At the last moment of the game, the German team launched a fierce attack. At this time, they no longer cared about defense. Only by equalizing the score could Germany be saved.

However, in an Italian counterattack, striker Gilardino dribbled past the German defender in front of the penalty area and made a wonderful pass to Piero. Facing the attacking German goalkeeper Lehmann, the Zebra Prince calmly sent the ball into the right corner of the goal.

2:0.

At the end of the game, Italy defeated Germany 2-0 and advanced to the final!

In this way, the champion of the German World Cup will be decided between Italy and England. Facing this opponent, the English players acted calmly, they felt that with Wang Li in the team, it would not be difficult to win.

However, head coach McLaren still reminded them to be careful of Italy. This team was the most favored team by the media before the game, and their strength should not be underestimated.

At this time, almost all the fans are looking forward to the World Cup final. Everything will be on July 5th, just three days away!