Chapter 327 Lion and Tiger Fight

On the last day of June 2002, *** Yokohama International Stadium, the last and most important game of this World Cup is about to begin!

"England played against Germany, and the Netherlands was not good at making a move. France and Portugal failed in the group stage. Italy and Spain were eliminated by South Korea for a row, but two European teams made it to the World Cup final. The final result is that whether England wins or Germany wins, it will be the first time that European teams won the World Cup championship outside of Europe! This World Cup is indeed a World Cup where the curse has been broken one after another. The curse of the best scorer can only score six goals has been broken.

What is going to be broken is a curse that has not been broken since the founding of the World Cup - European teams won the World Cup outside of Europe! In addition, the first time between Britain and Germany met in the World Cup finals after 1966. The last time the two teams met, a mysterious goal of a century, and the first and only scorer in World Cup history to score a hat-trick in the final. What will happen if the two teams meet this time? Let's wait and see!"

"The main lineup of both sides has come out... Compared with the previous few games, England's lineup has changed a little, that is, Husky, who had almost started every game before, did not appear in the starting lineup. The young midfielder Joe Cole who came on the bench started in the last game, Scholes returned to the position of the attacking midfield, and Tiger moved forward to the forward... As for the German national team, in the starting lineup, the goalkeeper is still captain Kahn, Flins, Link, Ramilao and Metzeld on the back line, midfielder Jerry Metz replaced Barack's position and Harmann in the middle, Schneider and Bode on the two wings, and on the front line,

Partnered by Neuville and Klose, this lineup seems a bit messy. Ramilao, who plays central defender, is a midfielder, while Metzeld and Flins, who play fullbacks, are central defenders and the other are midfielders. Although Kahn is standing behind, it is probably difficult to deal with England's fierce attack. You should know that half a year ago they were swept by England at home. England's luck this time is really good. No major players have been injured or suspended until now. Tiger's condition is unparalleled. No wonder most media and fans were optimistic about England instead of Germany, which stumbled all the way..."

"Even so, Germany cannot underestimate it. This is a team that can always create miracles. Although the myth has tended to be broken in recent years, being able to enter the World Cup finals without being favored by anyone has proved that this team is not as bad as it seems... This final will definitely not be a one-sided game."

"Germany enters the finals more because of a better schedule. In the face of the United States and South Korea, both relying on Barack's goal to beat the opponent by 1-0. The strength of this German team is indeed not very outstanding. Barack is the most important figure in this team, just like Tiger in England. However, Tiger can fully exert his strength in the finals, but Barack can only watch his teammates play on the court in the stands. The situation in Germany is definitely not optimistic."

Before the game began, commentators from all over the world began to express their opinions, and the stands were full of fans of both sides and neutral fans looking forward to the final and looking forward to the birth of a new World Cup championship!

The German national team scored fourteen goals in six games, but only one goal was conceded.

England's national team scored thirteen goals in six games and conceded four goals.

Judging from the number of goals and conceded goals, Germany seems to have an absolute advantage - however, eight of their fourteen goals were obtained by Saudi Arabia. In the other five games, except for two goals against Cameroon in the last round of the group stage, they only scored one goal in each of the other four games, and the three knockout matches were even more powerful - England only scored four goals in the group stage, and three goals in each of the three knockout matches, conceding three goals in a total of three goals. This value is much greater than that of Germany!

For the head coach of the German national team, it is already a great achievement to lead Germany to the World Cup final, but no one will give up in the final.

These are two teams that failed to expect to really have the chance to win the World Cup before the start of the World Cup. With the popular teams such as France, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, etc. being eliminated one after another, these two teams that are not favored stand on the finals, which has to be said to be an irony.

"If you don't want to say anything else, this game is the last game in this World Cup and the most important game I have coached... I have not had much experience in participating in the finals, but the last time I participated in the finals, I led Lazio to win the Winners Cup! So this time, we will definitely win the championship! Use offense to deal with the Germans! In previous games, we have proved that we have the ability to play ground attacks and win. I have confidence in you and will definitely win the World Cup championship with an undisputed victory!"

"England will win!" The English players shouted together, walked out of the locker room with confidence to welcome the most important game of their career!

Many of them have won the Champions League, but the World Cup final is the first experience for everyone - the same is true for the German team!

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Amid the flags and cheers sweeping across the sky, players on both sides walked out of the player passage and divided into two columns to the stadium. Among them was the Hercules Cup - at this time, the Hercules Cup was the same close to all of them, and after the game, only half of them could touch it with their own hands!

"This trophy must belong to me." Tiger took a deep look at the World Cup when he was on the court, and then walked onto the court without hesitation.

The temperature of the court is 25 degrees Celsius, the weather is cloudy and light rainy, the wind speed is 1.4 meters per second, and the humidity is 75%.

It's not a particularly good football game weather, but... it's not bad.

The light rain is not heavy, making the venue no longer hot, and it will not affect the running of the ball on the lawn - the lawn quality of this stadium is very good.

Playing the national anthem of both sides, shaking hands, picking sides, everything is going on in an orderly manner.

The first one to kick off was England.

The thin raindrops hit the face, refreshing Tiger's spirit - today's weather is very similar to his hometown of Preston, with a fresh and humid smell in the air - Tiger is very fond of this temperature. Fortunately, in Valencia in recent years, he has been able to feel such weather for a long time.

The referee of this game is the most famous bald referee of the referee, Corina, who is the lucky one who failed to enter the quarterfinals of the Italian national team. The world's number one referee finally has the chance to be the final of the World Cup. Although he may not personally want to see Italy fail to enter the quarterfinals, it is undeniable that Italy's defeat has brought Corina's referee career to a successful end.

The bald referee looked at the players on both sides, so he put the whistle in his mouth and blew the whistle to the start of the game with force!

Irving transferred the ball to Tiger and ran forward by himself.

Tiger stopped the ball at his feet, and Neuville and Kloze immediately rushed towards him at the same time - who knows whether this guy will give Germany a warning from the beginning?

However, Tiger did not do this, but turned around and passed the ball to Scholes behind him, and ran forward himself.

I am the striker and organization in this game, so I will leave it to Paul.

Scholes stopped the ball, but he did not continue to pass it back, but directly passed the ball to Beckham on the right. Beckham stopped the ball and saw that Joe Cole had started to penetrate from the left, immediately swung his right foot and directly transferred the ball to the left!

Cole and Schneider jumped up at the same time to compete for the top. Both of them were not tall, but in the end they still had the advantage against Schneider in front and pushed the ball down.

However, the ball hit the feet of another Cole - Ashley Cole who followed up removed the ball, then rushed past Joe Cole and Schneider who had just landed, and quickly dribbled the ball along the side!

Metzeld, who changed to play right back in the national team, came up with him. This was a tall central defender over 1.9 meters tall. It seemed so inconsistent to play fullback in the national team. Kerr, who was only 1.7 meters tall, was not afraid of his opponent and forced a breakthrough along the wing!

Metzeld struggled to chase back, but Cole quickly dunked the ball back, then passed it across, passing the ball to the middle. Suddenly, a back-running Tiger broke away from Jerry Mess's marking and then grabbed the ball at his feet.

Three years have passed, and Jerry Mess, who caused a lot of trouble for Tiger in the final of the Champions League three years ago, is now old, but Tiger has reached his peak. It is obvious that Jerry Mess, who has also become a substitute in the German national team, is no longer a match for Tiger.

After an emergency stop, Tiger shook Jerry Mess away, and then a 90-degree large-scale turnover ball rushed over from Harman who was rushing!

"Two people in one breath! Tiger's personal breakthrough is really pleasing to the eye! Speed, power, skills, gorgeous! Maybe no one in the world can be as outstanding as him..."

Amid the commentator's exclamation, cheers from English fans sounded in the stands. After two consecutive days, Tiger did not pass the ball, but directly swung his right foot, and a long shot outside the penalty area was a powerful and heavy shot!

Link rushed over and tried to block Tiger's shot with his body, but he was slower. The ball roared to the upper right corner of the goal. Many German fans exclaimed - would the team they supported would fall behind at the beginning?

Tiger was also very satisfied with his long shot, strength, speed, angle...

However, someone said no!

Kahn, like a lion, flew into the air and appeared on the road where the ball flew at the first time. He stretched out his right hand like lightning, and then reached out to hold the ball in the flying!

The ball flew directly out of the baseline, and the applause of German fans and the sighs of English fans sounded in the stands!

"Damn, he actually rushed out!" Tiger jumped up, then muttered, but there was no trace of regret on his face - this game is still long, so don't worry...

But Kahn seemed to be very dissatisfied with the defense in front of him. After landing, he immediately jumped up, his head full of yellow hair flying, really like an angry lion: "What's going on? Keep a good eye on that guy, don't let him shoot from a long shot outside the penalty area easily!"

Jerry Mess and Harman nodded at the same time. The furious Kahn didn't dare to say anything in front of him, let alone his shouting made sense...

"It's indeed a good opponent." Tiger thought silently in his heart.

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"Because of his name, this seemingly quiet and thin young man has become more and more called the 'tiger on the court', and Tiger has always acted like a tiger - aggressive, never admitting defeat, full of fighting spirit... If Tiger is a tiger, then Kahn is a lion on the court without any loss. Tiger is undoubtedly the most important player in England now, and his performance determines England's performance. After Barack was suspended, Kahn is also the spiritual leader and de facto leader of the German national team. The confrontation between these two will be one of the biggest highlights of this final... In this game, Tiger is the forward, and will face Kahn more... Come again!"

Amid the commentator's shocked and exclaimed, Tiger dribbled the ball and broke through to the front of the penalty area. Before Ramilao and Link completed the attack, he directly shot and shot again!

The ball flew to the lower right corner against the ground, but Kahn's condition was obviously also excellent because he participated in the World Cup final. He quickly moved a few steps, then looked at the coming of the ball, closed his jaw and bent down, and hugged the ball firmly in his arms, without giving Irving a chance to rush up to prepare for a shot.

"This guy's reaction is indeed very fast. It seems that he has to cooperate with the R&D. Ordinary long shots seem to be unable to break through his goal." Tiger thought thoughtfully. After returning to the forward position, his shots increased significantly, which also made the German defense line a little uncomfortable. After all, he was more organized in the backwards in the previous World Cup games.

"You won't deliberately increase the number of shots to try to score, do you?" Beckham asked Tiger in a low voice.

"How could it be? I just had a chance... Don't worry, the World Cup champion is much more important to me than the top scorer." Tiger shrugged and replied.

He did not speak verbally. After resisting a German attack, England launched an offensive again. Tiger, who was retreating, got the ball and passed it to Joe Cole. Then he ran to meet him before he returned. Joe Cole passed back again. After Tiger received the ball, he forcibly broke through Jerry Mess' defense and then rushed to the middle!

Link and Harman rushed over from both directions, not wanting to give him a chance to shoot. However, before they formed a siege, Tiger quickly pushed a ball behind him and passed it straight through Irving!

Irving, who was inserted at high speed, used his speed to shake off Ramilao, and then directly pushed the ball to the far corner. Kahn reacted with a sensitive response. He fell to the ground and spread his legs, blocked the ball with his right foot. Metzeld, who returned to the penalty area, immediately cleared the ball with his feet!

"Oh, it's a pity! But Tiger's straight pass is really wonderful! This is what Tiger is outstanding. If you don't focus on him, he can complete the attack through his personal ability. If there are more people who are guarding him, he can create opportunities for his teammates through exquisite passes... Irving's shot is also very exciting, but Kahn's reaction is as good as ever! The World Cup best player competition is probably Tiger and Kahn. If Kahn can guarantee that he will not lose the ball in the final, the World Cup best player is undoubtedly his. If Tiger can score a goal, the World Cup best team will probably be his favorite!"

The commentator was quite lively, but Tiger did not consider any of the best players in the World Cup at this time - Kahn was in good condition. Although England had some advantages, Germany did not have the ability to resist. If he could not score a goal, the game might move in another direction...

"However, the World Cup final is indeed the World Cup final! It is normal to be difficult to play..." Tiger thought to himself.

Germany launched a fierce counterattack. Although Barack lacked, their organizational offense relied on Bord and Schneider on both wings to start organizing, especially Schneider. This small player kept attacking from the right. Neither of the two Cole on this side of England had excellent defensive abilities. It was not until Scholes went to assist in defense that he temporarily stabilized the situation.

In the 18th minute, Germany ushered in the first threatening shot. Schneider broke through Scholes' defense and passed the ball to Klose in the penalty area. After Klose received the ball, he turned around and shot. The ball hit Shiman's chest and bounced out. Neuville was ready to make a follow-up shot. Fortunately, Campbell made a quick turnaround and took the lead in clearing the ball.

The ball passed to the center circle was pushed first by Ramilao. England had no high points in the frontcourt, and the balls were basically from Germany. The German team launched an attack again.

However, England's defense was quite tight, with the front of the penalty area being airtight, and the two central defenders in the penalty area also stared at Klose. After a period of siege, England had another chance to counterattack.

"ground!"

Seeing Beckham get the ball in the back, Tiger rushed forward and turned around and gestured to Beckham. Beckham did not disappoint him. A twenty-meter pass that was close to the ground hit him directly!
Chapter completed!