Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 217 Evra was exposed again, Deschamps made early substitutions (please vote)
  "The ball went in! Belgium broke through the French team's goal through a counterattack! This is a wonderful offensive organization!"

In the CCTV studio, He Wei said excitedly while holding a piece of information closer.

That was the Belgian team's championship commentary, which he carefully prepared last night.

Of course, he has prepared the commentary for both teams, but now it seems that it is more likely that the Belgian team will be used.

"Chen Yufeng's 11th goal of this tournament has raised his goal record in a single European Cup tournament to another level!"

"We saw the Belgian players celebrating wildly. They deserve it all. Their offensive football is so mesmerizing and joyful!"

"We can also see the confusion and disappointment on the faces of the French team members. This is a normal emotion. They wasted an opportunity and then the Belgian team counterattacked and scored. This is painful."

"It's still the same problem I just mentioned. Evra can't withstand Chen Yufeng's impact at all. At this moment, we have to ask Deschamps if we have to replace Kante."

He Wei cleared his throat and continued: "As I said before, the difference between football and other sports is that there is no timeout during the half of the game."

"The same is true in life. If you encounter difficulties in life, life will not stop for you to deal with it. Life will continue."

"You have to solve the last difficulty while facing new difficulties, and solve the last mistake when facing the next challenge."

"This is the European Cup final, and it is a day that cannot be replicated. If you don't think about what to do today, then this pain will accompany the players throughout their lives. Change it, Deschamps!"

"..."

In front of the French coach's seat, Deschamps' eyes were completely panicked.

In the last game, after Griezmann scored the first penalty kick, he took a long breath, and there was no relaxation in his expression.

Because the German team had been suppressing them before that... The scene for the French team was very unpleasant.

He originally thought that this would be the same in this game. The French team relied on the psychological advantage brought by their home court to bite their opponents and score the first goal.

Even though he would feel uneasy, that scene of letting out a long sigh of relief would happen again.

Deschamps was not a very experienced head coach at this time, especially in the finals of such competitions, he would always think of something good.

After hesitating on the spot, Deschamps turned his head and looked at someone.

It’s Chen Yufeng’s teammate in Leicester City, Kante.

He originally appeared more in the French team, but Deschamps replaced him before the game in order to ensure the firepower of passing control and offense.

"Kante, warm up. Come and play as soon as you're done." Deschamps must accept his fate. Without Kanter, it will be difficult for the French team to defend the Belgian team.

"Good boss."

Kanter quickly took off his team vest and began to warm up on the sidelines.

On the court, Pogba and Matuidi, who were originally in a bad mood and were complaining to their defender teammates, saw Kante warming up on the sidelines.

"Why?!" Matuidi immediately shook his hand, knowing that his performance time might be over.

Before this game, he told many relatives, friends, and girls in Paris that he must watch the full live broadcast, because he would fight until the last moment for the French team.

But now it seems that he will be replaced in the first half?

No matter what the purpose of the head coach is, substitution before halftime is very insulting to a player.

"Beep!"

The game soon resumed, and Matuidi's mentality changed somewhat, as if he had been hit.

The other teammates didn't have much idea and jumped into the game after hearing the whistle.

This is just the beginning, conceding the ball is nothing.

Even if they concede three goals today, they can still cheer up and continue playing because this is their hometown and they cannot lower their heads!
  "Oh!"

Pogba handed the ball to Matuidi with one kick, signaling the latter to move.

Matuidi originally wanted to pass the ball to full-back Evra, but from the corner of his eye he saw Kante who was already ready, and his heart skipped a beat. He wanted to do something urgently to keep himself on the field. superior.

His eyes glanced at Paye on the far side again, which was obviously a more threatening place.

pass!
  As long as the ball is passed and Payet's offense can make the Belgian team lose the ball, he may be able to stay!
  Matuidi took a step towards the right side of the ball, but he didn't know that he had already wasted a lot of time.

"Stab!"

There was a sound of sliding shovel, and Chen Yufeng's flying shovel had already come out from an angle, fast and accurate!

When Matuidi reacted, the football had already been shoveled away by Chen Yufeng, and he was about to get up and dribble toward the French team's backcourt.

"Did you get kicked in the head? Or did you drink too much last night and didn't wake up today?!" Pogba's angry curse suddenly sounded, and the two quickly chased back towards Chen Yufeng's position.

Don't feel regretful at this time, keep the ball first, otherwise it will be another very big threat.

"Oh!"

Before the two of them could catch up, Chen Yufeng handed the ball to Hazard on the wing and headed into the penalty area.

Pogba and Matuidi were both defensively aware, but in panic, they both followed Chen Yufeng into the penalty area.

"Oh!"

Hazard quickly passed the ball across the ball and handed it to De Bruyne near the penalty area line.

After De Bruyne stopped the ball, his eyes were wide open, with many angles and spaces for him to complete a shot.

Again, no one is pressing, and it is difficult for top players to have long-range shots from this position.

"Enter one!"

The Belgian fans stood up from their seats again when they saw that De Bruyne was about to take off easily.

"Bang!!"

De Bruyne's long-range shot went straight out. There was nothing fancy about it, it just hit the far corner directly from the instep!
  Is the half-height goalkeeper easy to pounce on?
  The direction of the eyes and supporting feet are too obvious, making it easy for the goalkeeper to predict?

Sorry, when the angle is extremely tricky and the ball speed is extremely fast, these assumptions will not be true.

"Whoa!" The football blasted out like a cannonball, directly touching the tenth corner of the goal, as if it was supposed to appear here.

As for Lowry?

It's probably just a fall in vain to show your core strength, and there will be no follow-up.

"Yeahhhhhh...!!"

Under the crazy shouts of the Belgian fans, De Bruyne tore off his shirt and rushed to the sideline with a red face.

That's how he is, he gets easily upset when he gets excited.

People with this characteristic are more likely to be from the Scottish Highlands, and De Bruyne is considered an anomaly.

"Kevin De Bruyne!"

When Chen Yufeng saw this wonderful goal, he couldn't help himself for a moment. He shouted out De Bruyne's full name, and then quickly rushed to De Bruyne, "That's great, Kevin!"

Two to zero!
  They took a [-]-[-] lead!
  The trophy is already waving towards them!
  "I will be remembered by the fans for assisting in the final." Hazard ran over from the far end, high-fiving and hugging Chen Yufeng and De Bruyne.

There are too many talented players in Europe, and the soundtrack for players to edit highlights is not strong enough.

As a result, Hazard's reputation at this time was not very great. It can only be said that it was okay, not to the point where everyone was well-known.

But Chen Yufeng knew it. Even if this genius later became the Burger King, with seven goals and eight championships in his Real Madrid career, he was still known to all fans in China.

"Lihua, can this game be more exciting?" Chen Yufeng couldn't help but say.

After a period of influence from him, the word 'pear flower' has become Azar's code name.

Even De Bruyne and others started shouting, although they didn't know what it meant yet.

"I'll show you later, I'll score a goal from the far corner!" Hazard accepted the nickname quite confidently.

These two goals, which occurred early in the first half, undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of all the players in the Belgian team!
  They are more confident to compete for the final championship!
  "The ball actually scored again. This goal was only two minutes away from the one just now."

In the CCTV commentary seat, He Wei's voice was filled with surprise, "What's going on with the French team? This is the stage for the final, and the game is still taking place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis."

"Let's watch the replay again."

As his voice continued to sound, the broadcast also brought up the replay and presented it to the audience in front of the TV.

"Matuidi, this time Chen Yufeng completely planned it. He lurked behind and used a sliding tackle to directly steal the ball."

"The tackle was really beautiful, there was no foul at all, and the ball was retained. After watching this ball, I think Chen Yufeng can even play as a full-back."

"Let's not go off topic, ah, we see that the defense of Matuidi and Pogba is indeed a big problem. Kanter is already warming up, so change it quickly."

"This is Deschamps' operational error. If Kante was on the court, the Belgian team's goal might not come so easily."

In the coaching seats beside the court, in front of the coaching seats of both teams, stood two people with arms folded and serious expressions on their faces.

Of course, as we all know, the Belgian player was pretending to be competitive and pretending to be serious.

The French team, on the other hand, became really serious.

At this time, Deschamps was no longer thinking about whether he would lose, but whether he would be beaten by a big score at home.

The game where Brazil was massacred by seven goals by Germany at home was still fresh in his mind, and he had to think of all the scenarios that might happen.

"Kante, are you okay?"

Deschamps swallowed a mouthful of pain and regret, turned his head and asked: "Hurry up and play."

"Okay." Kanter put on his shin guards, knowing what kind of challenges he was about to face, and stood solemnly on the sidelines.

"Substitution." Deschamps waved to the assistant coach, indicating that he should quickly negotiate with the fourth official to proceed with the substitution procedure.

Not long after, the substitution card on the sidelines was raised.

Behind the corner flag area where the Belgian team celebrated wildly, there was an extremely lonely figure lowering his head.

It's Matuidi, the somewhat miserable French midfielder.

Seeing the substitution card raised on the sidelines, Matuidi's mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and he staggered towards it.

"You walk faster. Are you still helping the opponent delay time when you are two goals behind?"

"Matuidi, a useless defensive midfielder! Don't they say that you are good at intercepting and passing the ball, so you are versatile?"

"Throwing the ball, he was played around by that Chen Yufeng!"

"How can a forward tackle the ball under your feet, I really don't understand!"

The roars and urgings of the French fans could be heard in his ears, which further aggravated Matuidi's emotions and made him unable to hold back tears.

On such a crucial stage, it is very frustrating to start the game first but be replaced early.

He could have made a name for himself in this battle and become France's most popular fried chicken, loved by countless people.

But because his mentality was affected, he not only made a serious mistake in conceding the ball, but was also directly replaced.

How will this make others see him?

His condition was really bad, he lost the ball after coming on the field and was replaced by the head coach in a timely manner to stop the loss?
  "Pa." Matuidi, who finished high-fiving Kanter, walked towards his seat aggrievedly, ignoring Deschamps' request for a high-five.

This also made Deschamps a little embarrassed, and his impression of this player dropped a bit.

You just made a mistake that cost the team a goal, and then you ignored the coach after coming down?

Is this a complete mental breakdown, or is it really unclear what kind of day today is?
  Without thinking much, Deschamps set his sights on the court, hoping that Kanter could stabilize the defense after coming on and the team could get opportunities in attack.

Only then can they hope to win the final European Cup and keep that shining silver trophy in France!
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