Free-will victory is a rather rare occurrence in various sports. To achieve a strong-willed victory, the team must show a very strong character and perseverance, the desire to achieve the desired result at all costs. In such matches, the leadership qualities of individual performers and the strength of the team as a whole are very often manifested.
Volitional victory in football - what is it?
Probably, people far from sports may not immediately understand the essence of the term. The fact is that sometimes teams have to exert their will, strength to victory and with the score 0-0. For example, you can recall the duel of the second round of Euro 2016 between the national teams of France and Albania. Until the 90th minute kept an equal score, although the French had a significant advantage. In the time compensated by the referee, the future finalists of the home Euro were able to score two unanswered goals. But this is not a strong-willed victory!
The use of such a sports term is appropriate only if the team that missed the first wins. For example, in a friendly match between the national team of Ukraine and Romania before Euro 2016, the Romanians opened the score in the 22nd minute of the match, but in the end, Ukrainian athletes won 4: 3.
Strong-willed victory in the finals of major tournaments
The largest football tournaments are:
- World Cup
- Europe championship;
- European Cup;
- UEFA Cup (Europa League).
In the history of world football there are several matches with strong-willed victories that fans have remembered for decades and can be cited as an example to educate the character of young athletes.
Recall the finals of the 1930 World Cup between Argentina and Uruguay. Of course, the participants of the match and the fans who visited that final are no longer alive, but this was the first serious comeback in the final. The Argentines in that match were the first to open the score and won the first half - 2: 1. Football lovers are well aware that Uruguayans became the first champions. In the second half, they hit the gates of their rivals three times and won 4: 2.
Champions League final 1998/1999, in which, due to total bad luck in the first semi-final with Bayern, Dynamo did not play Valery Lobanovsky , probably remember all fans over 23-25 years old. Forward “Bavaria” Mario Basler in the 6th minute of the free-kick performed a beautiful circling stroke around the wall. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was unable to parry this shot. The Mankunians attacked a lot throughout the match, but could not score the legendary Oliver Kahn. The denouement reached 90 + 1 and 90 + 3 (that is, at the time offset by the second half), when Ole Gunnar Solskher and Teddy Sheringham scored twice after cornering. The victory of “MU” with a score of 2: 1 forever remained in the hearts of football fans.
In 2005 there was an even more severe strong-willed victory. In the Champions League final, “Milan” and “Liverpool” met. The Italian team in the first half three times scored into the goal of the English, without losing a single goal. It seemed that the team of Andriy Shevchenko would not let the opponent go. But what happened on the field from the 45th to the 60th minute, is nothing but a miracle. After losing the first half, the Merseysiders were able to recoup and bring the matter to a series of penalties, in which they won.
Soviet and Russian football teams
Unfortunately, willful victories of the Russian national football team are not so common. Moreover, this problem is rooted in the Soviet past. But there are also bright pages!
For example, remember the long-forgotten 1952 Olympic Games. In the 1/8 finals, the USSR team played with Yugoslavia. After the 1st half, ours lost to the south 0-4. At the beginning of the 2nd half, the score was 1: 5, but thanks to the efforts of Vsevolod Bobrov and Vasily Trofimov, the USSR team gained the right to replay, equalizing the score in the 89th minute.
Of course, there were strong-willed victories in the Russian team. In 2015, the Russians held a friendly match with Belarus. The Russians were the first to open an account in the 20th minute. But then the striker of Kazan “Rubin” Sergey Kislyak twice scored against Igor Akinfeev, but in the end the players of the Russian team managed to break the defense of Belarus three more times. Willful victory counts in this case too.
Ukraine national team
The first victory with the will of the Ukrainian team was recorded on May 18, 1993 in Vilnius. The Lithuanians scored in the 4th minute, and the Ukrainians scored in the 18th and 22nd minutes. May 25, 1994 Ukraine hosted Belarus. The first half ended with a score of 0: 1, but then the Ukrainians managed to score 3 goals in the second half. On September 6, 1995, in the official match for the 1998 Mundial, the Lithuanians also scored first at home and won the 1st half. This fact did not prevent the Ukrainians in the second half from sending 3 goals to the goal of the Baltic states. The third strong-willed victory over the Lithuanians was achieved in Kiev on August 13, 1996. Viktor Leonenko equalized in the 45th minute (1: 1), and the match ended up 5-2 in favor of Ukraine.
Sports betting
As you know, you can earn money by making successful bets on sports. Basically, players bet on the victory of the guests or hosts, a draw, the number of goals scored. But there are other options. What is a strong-willed victory in betting? If you think that in the match Dynamo (Kiev) - Shakhtar (Donetsk) Dynamo will win, but the Pitmen will be the first to score, you can safely bet on the strong-willed victory of Kiev. If the game ends this way, you can pick up the winnings.
A strong-willed victory in football (what this is, we examined in the article) is always a beautiful and exciting sight.