[Football] Bad Boy Batty

The TV broadcast thoughtfully showed the defense, allowing the audience to relive Batistuta's own goal from different angles.

One minute ago, that is, in the 1th minute of the game, France intercepted the ball in the backcourt and launched an attack. Paulinho counterattacked Griezmann and caused a foul. The referee of this game was relatively lenient and did not show a yellow card to Paulinho. The French team got a free kick nearly 17 yards in the frontcourt.

Brazil did not have any advantage in defending all set pieces, including corner kicks, so to be safe, they used a man-marking tactic, with Batistuta retreating to the front of the goal to keep a close eye on Varane and Augustus who might come in from the back.

Griezmann took a free kick, Batistuta and Varane both judged the landing point correctly, the two pushed each other to the front of the goal and jumped up to compete for the header almost at the same time.

At that moment, Batistuta felt Varane's head hit his shoulder.

This is a good thing, which means that his pressure and header were successful and Varane failed to get the header.

But then he felt a gust of wind passing by his ear, and along with the cool breeze, the ball hit his other shoulder and bounced back.

Barty's throat tightened.

broken!

While still in the air, he turned his head to look at the goal, just in time to see the red and white ball brushing against the corner between the post and the crossbar and rushing into the net.

Although Alisson used all his strength to fly to save the ball, he was ultimately unable to prevent the ball from entering the net.

This angle is really tricky! Batty cursed in his heart and complained, why can't he hit this kind of ball with a normal header?
He lay on the ground, slamming the grass beneath him with his hands.

damn it!
[Ah, this ball - how should I put it, Barty's defensive awareness is already in place, even if he didn't block it, Varane could still head the ball in. ] The commentator said with regret, [What a pity, bad luck, there are still nearly 70 minutes of the game, I hope Barty can adjust his mood and not affect the next performance. ]

"Get up, Batty, don't fall here." Marcelo came over and patted Batty's back comfortingly, then reached out and pulled the child up, "It's not your fault, go back quickly."

It's my fault, and my bad luck is also mine.

Batty gritted his teeth and nodded, then stretched his wrists and ankles and ran back to the front court.

Before the game started, Neymar came over, hooked his arms around his neck and kissed his forehead: "Think positively, at least the Golden Boot is yours now."

"...Are you serious?" Batty stared at him in disbelief. "What is this, consolation?"

"No, I haven't scored an own goal in the final, so to be honest, I don't know how to comfort you." Neymar didn't seem to be affected by the team's lag. He spoke quickly, "Come on, don't think about it anymore, put the own goal behind you, we have to continue."

After saying that, Neymar patted Batistuta on the back as if to ask him to straighten his chest, then turned and ran back to the left.

The Brazilian team kicked off from the center circle. Casemiro wanted his teammates to calm down and raised his hand to make a downward gesture to signal them to steady themselves.

Batty clenched his back teeth and threw himself back into the new battle.

……

In the 23rd minute, France won a corner kick.

As if they had found out Brazil's weakness in dealing with set pieces, the French team's attack began to intentionally lean towards high-altitude bombardment. This time Batistuta switched to the front point for defense, and standing in front of him was the equally popular Mbappe.

Griezmann takes this corner kick.

[Back post! Augustus won the first spot, but the ball went wide. Brazil's defense was good this time. Wait - someone fell in the penalty area? Mbappe and Batistuta fell to the ground together. There seemed to be a small conflict between the two players. Let's see what happened. ]

conflict?

No, no, no, it's Mbappe who is trying to scam me!
"Referee! This is a foul!" Mbappe fell to the ground and covered his face. Varane opened his arms to pressure the referee, "He deliberately pushed down our player, you have to do something! Maintain order!"

This is France's chance to attack. If a Brazilian player commits a foul in the penalty area, France will get a valuable penalty.

Let's go back 30 seconds. The matter was very simple. At that time, Batistuta was facing the direction of the corner kick, and Mbappe was less than half a meter in front of him. At the moment Griezmann took the corner kick, Mbappe wanted to turn around and rush directly to the goal, but he collided head-on with Batistuta.

"Shut up! You didn't see anything, you bastard!" Batty was also hit hard, and he sat on the ground with his hands covering his forehead.

After cursing at Varane, he turned to the referee, making full use of every advantage of his innocent face.

"I didn't commit any foul at all, he hit me! Sir, I am also a victim!" Batty accused.

At this time, Mbappe sat up on the grass and hugged his legs to rest, as if he had not recovered yet, but the signs of performance were obvious. Varane was about to go over and continue to put pressure on the referee, but Alves did not give him this opportunity.

"Stay away from him, can't you see he's still dizzy!" The Paris defender pushed Varane away with his shoulder, then called on Marcelo to come over quickly.

"How shameless! What else do you want to do to him?" Marcelo stood in front of Batistuta, "Everyone is watching, it was a foul on your part!"

Augustus also ran over and joined the shove, "Do you think no one from France will stand up? Who are you bullying?" He stood in front of Varane and faced Marcelo and Alves.

"Stop everything."

The referee waved his hand to tell them to stop arguing, and he wanted to hear the opinion of the baseline referee.

"How is it?" Taking advantage of this moment, Neymar trotted over and stretched out his hand to pull Batistuta up. "I saw you fall down with him. Did you hit anything?"

Batistuta touched his aching nose, glanced at Mbappe who had also stood up not far away, and snorted coldly: "That idiot didn't check his position well. It's bad enough that he knocked me down, but now he wants a penalty. How shameless!"

It was not known whether it was a coincidence or not, but Mbappe heard this sentence. He turned around and asked Batistuta coldly: "Are you calling me a fool?"

"You're still excited, aren't you?" Batty was furious. "You deliberately bumped into me and fell into the penalty area. What are you thinking? Don't you think I know?"

Mbappe didn't say much. He was about the same height as Batistuta. He straightened his back and confronted him. He just caught a point: "Did you just call me a fool, didn't you?"

"Shut up! Back off!" Batty tried his best to avoid physical contact that could result in a red card. He raised his chin and bared his canine teeth fiercely at Mbappe, "Stop acting! You clumsy guy, stay away from me!"

Seeing that the argument was about to escalate, Neymar quickly stood between the two to put out the fire. He first whispered to Mbappe to stop, and then half dragged and half hugged Batistuta to step back and keep some distance.

"Come on, Batistuta, you're not helping." He hooked his arm around his neck and said, "Calm down, they want you to be like this, they want you to lose your mind." But this time it was Mbappe who refused to give in.

"You dare not do anything except swearing!" He challenged Batty, "If we were on the street, I would make you pay!"

Batty was amazed.

"Did you hear what he said, Ney?" He sneered at Neymar, then looked at Mbappe again, "On the street? Want me to be good? Do you know who you are talking to!"

Neymar is a bit troubled. What's going on with Mbappe? After spending a season together in Paris Saint-Germain, he rarely saw the other party take the initiative to quarrel or cause trouble.

Is it because of Batty?

Neymar thought that maybe Mbappe cared a lot about the comparisons between him and Batistuta.

At this time, the referee ended his discussion with the baseline referee and returned to the court. Batistuta and Mbappe were still arguing. They ignored Neymar's obstruction and quarreled face to face at close range. It looked like they were about to kiss.

disaster.

Augustus stepped forward and used his physical advantage to forcibly separate the two men, then pushed Mbappe 3 or 4 meters away and warned him in a low voice: "Read the situation carefully and don't bring personal grudges here."

Mbappe looked at him expressionlessly for a few seconds, and finally waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

Regarding his fall in the penalty area just now, the referee waved his hand to indicate that there was no foul. Batistuta neither deliberately blocked the players involved in the attack nor crossed the line, so the game continued.

After making the decision, the referee called Batistuta and Mbappe to his side, apparently he had learned about the conflict that had just occurred.

"Control your temper, gentlemen," he warned. "It's the World Cup final, the whole world is watching, don't cause trouble."

Under the gaze of the referee, Batistuta and Mbappe shook hands reluctantly, then quickly separated and returned to their positions.

"I never thought we could take the lead so quickly." Mbappe changed to Portuguese and taunted before leaving, "Thank you for your goal, dear Batistuta."

Batty suddenly felt all the blood in his body rushing to his head.

Mbappe!!

You bastard!!!

But fortunately he finally held back.

"You're welcome." Batty gritted his teeth and shot back, "But unfortunately, that will be your only goal. Be happy for a few more minutes now, because soon your lead will be gone."

Mbappe shrugged.

Batistuta didn't give him any more glances, secretly clenched his fists, turned around and ran back to his position on the right to wait for Alisson to kick off.

He wants to get back the ball he lost.

……

In the 28th minute, Batistuta almost fulfilled his promise to himself.

[Brazil's attack is coming again! ]

Marcelo took the ball from the backcourt and made an unexpected large-scale transfer to the right. While the French defense was not in place, Batistuta made a 45-degree pass back to the middle. Firmino's powerful shot was fortunately blocked by the goalkeeper with his calf. Neymar followed up with a shot, and the ball finally hit the post and went out of the bottom line.

[It's a pity that Brazil completely penetrated the French defense this time. Neymar rushed too fast and tried to shoot at an angle. The French team should be alerted. Brazil is not a soft persimmon that can be easily manipulated. If there are a few more mistakes like this, it is only a matter of time before they equalize or even surpass the score.]

Neymar was a little annoyed for not being able to help the team score a goal. Batistuta reached out and pulled him up. Seeing that there were a few pieces of grass on his forehead, he helped to brush them off.

"You won't be more upset than me." He said self-deprecatingly, "Come on, this (attack) is right. If more of them come, we will shoot the other side into a sieve."

Neymar took his hand and stood up.

"Yes, I will."

……

In the 33rd minute, Brazil intercepted the ball in the backcourt and launched an attack. Alves and Paulinho played a 2-on-3 combination on the right and successfully passed the ball to Batistuta. Batistuta was full of anger and accelerated to sprint on the wing, just like Mbappe who became famous in the game against Argentina.

[Oh my! Barty is also speeding up, so fast! Only his afterimage can be seen on the screen, and Lucas can hardly catch up with the corner of his clothes! It seems that Barty is not only good at using the gorgeous Samba dribbling, but also has the same speed as Mbappe. Maybe he did it on purpose? He just had a conflict with Mbappe not long ago. ]

Lucas found it difficult for Batistuta to cut inside, so he braked near the baseline, then stopped and passed the ball back to Firmino in the middle.

Neymar made a run from the back, Firmino stopped the ball and passed it into the penalty area, but Umtiti cleared the ball with a long kick.

It’s not over yet! Casemiro got the ball from the outside and the ball was still in Brazil’s possession.

Real Madrid's midfielder quickly observed the situation. The French team's defense in front of the goal was very scattered and focused on the route he might pass the ball. In this way, a channel was formed right in front of him.

opportunity!

Casemiro immediately took a powerful shot!

[Oh! The ball goes in! Casemiro tries a long shot from 25 yards near the top of the penalty area! Beautiful! A world wave!]

In the 33rd minute of the game, Casemiro scored a wonderful world wave to help Brazil equalize the score with the help of Batistuta's speed on the wing!
1-1!

(End of this chapter)