During the extra time, the France Team switched out their left-back, leaving the rest of the lineup unchanged.
They have great confidence in their roster.
And indeed, these stars are almost all in their peak or near-peak periods, with extremely high levels of skill.
In contrast, on the Italy Team side, a few veteran players are frantically hydrating.
Perrotta and the four defenders are utterly exhausted.
Unfortunately, Pellegrini, Drake, Ancelotti, the Italy Team has no substitution slots left.
In terms of stamina and substitution slots, they are at a disadvantage.
Most importantly, the France Team managed to equalize in stoppage time!
This is a huge blow to the Italy Team’s morale.
For a moment, the France Team has everything going for them: timing, geography, and support—they couldn’t lose if they tried!
In the stands, Lola and Tang Yuqin are exchanging soccer insights.
They’re both girls who understand the game and know the current situation is extremely unfavorable.
While those plastic sisters who came with Sofia are internally wondering why Sofia’s little boyfriend hasn’t scored yet.
Could it be... he’s no good?
Previously, they heard grand praises about him.
How he scored seventy goals across three different competitions in one season!
How come he hasn’t scored a single goal in this game?
That’s rather disappointing!
Women, as creatures, have an incredibly convoluted inner world.
In a female dormitory of six, if three or more can form a group, then they can pull together forty-two different combinations of groups!
You can imagine how terrifying that is!
These plastic sisters don’t say anything in front of Sofia, but seeing Sofia’s little boyfriend stumble, they even feel an odd sense of excitement.
In this society, aside from a few really close friends, there aren’t many who truly cheer for you.
So, in the entire Italy Team fan section, only this group of Hollywood actresses still has smiles on their faces.
Of course, they have high emotional intelligence and verbally reassure Sofia: "Oh, my dear Sofia, don’t worry, your Lu Yang will definitely score!"
"Yes, he was so brave earlier; he’s just invested more energy into defense today."
"Actually, regardless of winning or losing, Lu Yang hasn’t lost. He’s got ten European Cup goals! He’s already outstanding!"
Listening to these pretentious reassurances, Lola and Tang Yuqin feel a strong discomfort inside.
But looking at Sofia, she actually responds kindly to those sisters: "Don’t worry, I’m not concerned about Lu Yang at all. The fact that he hasn’t scored only means one thing—the match hasn’t needed him to decide the outcome yet."
"If needed, he will come out and finish it! He will always be there at the most crucial moments, whether on the field or in life."
Sofia has shamelessly bragged.
Making the plastic sisters secretly despise her.
Yes, your Lu Yang is the strongest; everyone else is just idiots, right?
It’s like your Lu Yang doesn’t score and the European Cup won’t end, huh?
Just like you, you can direct and act, and invest, so what are other people needed for?
Of course, they can only think this and end up laughing it off.
After all, many of them hope to land important roles in Sofia’s next movie.
Indeed, that’s going the bestie route.
Among them, some actually want to take another route and have a super-friendly relationship with Sofia, even... they wouldn’t mind playing with both Sofia and Lu Yang.
They’re adept at these things.
They play both genders.
And compared to those old and ugly geezers and hags, Sofia and Lu Yang are such "gourmet delights"—they can’t find such top-notch goods even spending money usually.
But these people don’t dare to make a move easily, because if Sofia is very against this kind of thing, they’d have no chance to get close to her anymore.
Don’t be fooled by fights for human rights, women’s rights, free love, or racial discrimination abroad; they’re just excuses. Only certain people want to interfere in certain affairs as a gimmick.
The irony is, many of those who strongly promote these movements are quite against them themselves.
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Back to the match, the extra time officially begins.
And just as everyone expected, the match finally took a turn.
The France Team started to dominate in all aspects.
The Italy Team clearly couldn’t keep up with the pace.
Their defense line was breached multiple times; if not for Audi enduring the test during this phase, the Italy Team might have already conceded two or three goals!
In the ninety-ninth minute, the French right-back Turan from Juventus suddenly advanced.
Candreva followed him all the way but couldn’t effectively block him.
Praxedes joined in the defense.
Turan passed the ball.
The ball rolled towards Zidane.
Lu Yang frowned.
It’s Zidane again?
With God’s Perspective enhancing Lu Yang’s view, he could see that at this moment, there were several holes in the Italy Team’s defense.
Zidane probably can see these holes too.
Giving Zidane the ball presents a huge threat.
Lu Yang rushed over with a slide tackle.
But unfortunately.
Too slow!
Zidane didn’t wait for the ball in place; he stepped forward to receive it, then smoothly pulled the ball back with a reverse Marseille Turn.
This small maneuver allowed him to dodge Lu Yang’s slide tackle!
As soon as Lu Yang finished the slide tackle, he immediately used both hands and feet, quickly lunging at Zidane without fully standing up, stretching his leg between Zidane and the Italy Team’s goal.