Reborn Almighty Life

After ninety minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides drew 1:1, leaving the suspense to the time trial.

For fans in Italy and France, overtime and even the possible penalty shootout will be a huge torment.

Especially for Italy, every penalty shootout in the World Cup left them painful memories.

In the 1990 Italian World Cup, Italy, which had superstars such as Maldini and Baresi, reached the semi-finals on home soil, but they lost to Argentina in a penalty shootout, making Goyechea the goalkeeper.

In the 1994 World Cup final, people probably only remember Baggio's lonely back after missing the penalty kick. Baggio's title of melancholy prince cannot be removed even after he retires.

The most recent penalty shootout for Italy in the World Cup was against France in the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup in France. The Italian team once again fell before the penalty shootout.

Penalty shootouts have become a nightmare for the Italian men's football team!

Therefore, after the overtime started, Italy deliberately stepped up its offensive in an attempt to resolve the battle in overtime.

However, when Zidane and Henry took advantage of the void in the Italian team's defense to hit Italy on several counterattacks, the Italian team quickly shrank its defense.

In the first half of overtime, the French team had a slight advantage, but Buffon's wonderful performance rejected Zidane's header and maintained the score.

The two sides changed sides and fought again. When there were only 10 minutes left in overtime, Zidane seemed to have a quarrel with Materazzi. Then Zidane, who was a little irritable, put his head on Materazzi's chest.

The latter fell to the ground in response!

The referee Elizondo blew the whistle and paused the game. The assistant referee did not see Zidane's actions, but the big screen in the stadium played slow motion and Elizondo showed the red card! The 28th red card of this World Cup directly ended

Zidane's career.

When Zidane handed the captain's armband to Gala and left the Olympic Stadium without looking back, his back and the Hercules Cup formed a classic World Cup picture.

After the game, there were many discussions about the conflict between Zidane and Materazzi, and the two parties never responded directly, leaving a huge mystery in the history of the World Cup, that is, Ronaldo’s behavior in the 1998 World Cup

Mysterious fainting before the final.

After Zidane came off the field, the French team did not retreat because there was one less player. Instead, they strengthened their consensus and frequently attacked the Italian team's hinterland.

Probably the members of the French team realized that when Zidane and Henry, the two main penalty kickers, came off the field, their chances of winning the penalty shootout were not high!

However, it is not easy to score a goal for Italy in just ten minutes. After all, the Italian team is the best defensive team in this World Cup, bar none!

Time passed bit by bit, but the deadlock on the field was not broken. Seeing the penalty shootout getting closer and closer, both sides retreated, for fear of capsizing in the gutter.

When the referee Elizondo blew the whistle to end the game, 70,000 fans and 1 billion viewers in front of the TV ushered in the second final in the history of the World Cup that was decided by a penalty shootout!

The last time the 1994 World Cup in the United States was held at the Rose Bowl, the Italian team lost to Brazil in a penalty shootout. The penalty shootout was simply a nightmare for the Italian team.

However, this time the Italian team has the world's number one goalkeeper Buffon, and the opponent's two main penalty kickers are both off, which makes the Italian players secretly happy.

"Italy may win!" Gu Fei expressed his opinion before the penalty shootout started. Perhaps the Italian team had made preparations for a penalty shootout before.

"But the Italian team's penalty shootout in the World Cup was a tragedy!" Although he really hoped that the Italian team would win, Wong Tai Sin did not dare to say too much. His passionate commentary in the quarter-finals had already made him very popular.

Despite the serious criticism from the leaders, the commentary for this final was also a bit low-key.

"Both sides have been fighting until now, and their psychological quality is naturally good. The key lies in the ability to grasp the situation and a little bit of luck!" Teacher Zhang Lu was impartial and analyzed the situation objectively.

In the coin guessing session, the Italian team won the first penalty, and captain Cannavaro chose to take the first penalty, and the penalty shootout began.

In the first round, the Italian team sent Pirlo, the most stable penalty kicker. He is AC Milan's chief penalty kicker and has set a record of scoring 8 consecutive penalty kicks. Pirlo lived up to expectations and deceived Barthez with a right

The foot pushed in the opposite direction, 1:0.

The French team's first player was Wiltord. This was the super man who scored the equalizing goal 17 seconds before Italy won the European Cup. Meeting the Italian team can be said to be a jealous enemy.

Wiltord didn't have a weak foot and steadily made the free throw to tie the score!

In the second round, the Italian team sent out the most controversial player in the game, Materazzi, who scored a penalty against the boos of tens of thousands of French fans behind the goal, 2:1.

The second member of the French team to play was Trezeguet, the Serie A golden boot. It was his 'golden goal' that shattered the Italian team's European championship dream, but it was a pity that his penalty was missed!

2:1, the Italian team took the lead!

Subsequently, two players from each side also scored free throws, and the score of 4:3 was maintained until the fifth round of the penalty shootout!

When Grosso, the representative of Italy's great left-back, appeared at the penalty spot, the atmosphere in the commentary box was a little awkward. After all, it was precisely because of Grosso's penalty in the quarter-finals that the excited Wong Tai Sin mouth

His unscrupulous words created the 'Explanation Gate' incident.

"If Grosso scores a penalty kick, the Italian team will win the Hercules Cup; if he misses the penalty kick, maybe the penalty kick final will continue!" Mr. Zhang Lu, an old and mature teacher, calmly analyzed Grosso's penalty kick.

situation.

All in all, the current situation is very favorable to the Italian team. Even if Grosso misses a penalty kick, more Italians can continue to take penalty kicks than the French team.

Grosso deceived Barthez during the run-up and scored the penalty. The entire stadium and the whole country of Italy almost erupted!

When Grosso scored the penalty kick, Pirlo never squinted his eyes again. He clasped his hands, shouted all the way, and ran wildly from the center circle!

On the bench, the coaching staff and substitute players of the Italian team also cheered and hugged each other. The impact of happiness was naturally beyond words!

At this time, 24 years had passed since the Italian team won the World Cup. At that time, De Rossi, who had just scored the fourth penalty kick, was not even born yet. Italian fans had been waiting for too long.

I originally thought that the Italian team in the last World Cup had a strong force and a gathering of superstars, and that it would be possible to win the World Cup again after 20 years, but I never expected to encounter the "wonderful performance" of the South Korean team.

In this World Cup, the Italian team, which was struggling to compete, never expected to go so far. Winning the championship is undoubtedly the biggest reward!