The Football Journey After Soul Shifting

Compared with another semi-final that lacked attention, this semi-final between Italy and Portugal undoubtedly attracted widespread attention.

For this semi-final between Italy and Portugal, almost all ball critics unanimously looked down on Portugal.

The reason is simple. From the 1984 European Cup in France, after the host won the cup under the leadership of Platini, the host's luck seemed to be swept away.

Since 1988, the curse that all host countries have stopped in the semi-finals has been haunting all host countries. In the 1988 European Cup in Germany, the host Germany lost to the Netherlands and broke into the semi-finals. In the 1992 European Cup in Sweden, Sweden lost 2:3 to Germany and stopped in the semi-finals. In the 1996 European Cup in England, England, which was aiming to win the championship, lost again on penalties in the semi-finals. In 2000, that is, the last European Cup, the host Belgium failed to make it out of the group stage, and the other host, the Netherlands, once again failed in the semi-finals.Before the game, it is said that Scolari invited a professional psychic in Brazil to try to break the curse.

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At 7:4 pm on July 8th, the first game of the semi-finals, the match between Italy and Portugal finally started.

The Alvalade Stadium, which can accommodate 52400 people, flooded in more than 4 Portuguese fans wearing red jerseys early on, dyeing the candy box-like stadium into a sea of ​​blood.On the other side, the press box of the Alvalade Stadium with more than 5000 people was full early.

The well-known football reporter of Reuters, the famous Arini player Jonathan Wilson (jonathan wilson) carried his own equipment and sat down with difficulty in his seat.Start installing the camera.There was a live commentary in his ear, the voice of his old friend Thierry, the top sports commentator on French TV.

"Nesta tackles. Italy's reinforced concrete defences luis figo's flank break, Pirlo long ball. Mariano Arini gets the ball!"

Damn it, Magliano got the ball!Jonathan Wilson took a look at the situation on the court and quickened his movements.

<bsp;carvalho）的防守，突然起脚远射，这个球恐怕有32米远，恐怕难以奏效……goooooooooal！球进了！16米以内射门天下无敌的马里亚诺-阿里尼这次打进了一个32米的远射！里卡多毫无反应，比赛才刚刚开始半分钟。马里亚诺-阿里尼就帮助意大利队首开纪录！”

"fxxk!" Jonathan Wilson cursed fiercely. He was busy setting up the camera just now and missed the goal.But having said that, Mariano is really too strong...

Portugal's No. 1 Ricardo threw the ball back into midfield, and he was speechless for the ball.He had tried his best to stretch his body, but he still missed the ball. The ball seemed to have been measured by a ruler, and it rubbed against the crossbar and upright and entered the net.

The Portuguese fans were stunned by this goal.Many are even still looking for a spot.Or eat a donut out of the bag only to have your team fall behind?

Liu Wen hugged Pirlo who passed the ball to him, and then celebrated with a high-five with his partner Vieri, and slowly ran back to the midfield.

This goal more or less hit the confidence of the Portuguese.In the next 2 minutes, Luxurious midfielders such as Figo-C Ronaldo-Deco (Anderson Deco)-Maniche (Maniche) did not control the situation, but were turned by the Italians.took advantage.

It wasn't until the 3rd minute that Portugal's offense hit the frontcourt for the first time.Deco picked a pass in front of the penalty area, but Pauletta missed the first point. Ronaldo grabbed the second point and kicked the shot. Buffon reacted quickly, held the ball with both hands, and then pressed it under him.

In the 7th minute, Liu Wen made a continuous breakthrough from the left and then cut inside. The ball was kicked by Carvalho in the chaos. Gattuso took the ball and made another pass. Press Andrade to take off and head the ball towards the goal.It's a pity that Ricardo made the right judgment this time and blocked the ball with both hands. Carvalho didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly drove this 'hot potato' out of the sideline

No.11 minutes, Portugal ushered in a good opportunity. Their No. 17, the talented winger Cristiano Ronaldo who played for Manchester United, stepped on the bicycle twice in a row. When facing Nesta, he chose to shoot with his foot. Pauletta stepped in the middle, and the ball changed its trajectory and tricked Buffon into the goal. God should have spent the night in Rome today, and this ball is inevitable. Go in, but was rushed by Cannavaro and cleared the ball on the goal line.

No. In 17 minutes, Maniche kicked the ball out of bounds while defending Liu Wen. Odo, who started the game in this game, threw the ball out of bounds. Totti stopped the ball beautifully and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

The Italian striker Vieri, who had just come back from the line of fire, succeeded in grabbing a point. He used his strong body to block Ricardo Carvalho and headed the ball to the center - another striker who was as strong as him and faster than him When the horse arrived, Liu Wen raised his left foot high, exerted strength on his calf, and hit the middle part of the ball violently before the ball hit the ground. Through the camera lens, it can be clearly seen that the part where the ball touched the ball was almost deflated. There was an arc of light, directly rushing to the bottom of the net, Ricardo didn't even make a save.

"A speed of 130 kilometers per hour." Jonathan Wilson immediately learned the data through the on-site speedometer. From the start of the ball, Liu Wen kept running into the penalty area, then Totti drove the ball in, Vieri hit the ball, and then he grabbed a point to shoot, the whole process was done in one go, with almost no stagnation or extra routes, just like knowing in advance The ball will appear there-this kind of keen sense of opportunity is the quality that almost every forward dreams of.

He decided to go back and write another paean to Mariano Arini with a thorough analysis.

"Goooooooal!!! The game only lasted No. 12 minutes, and the Italians have already led 2:0. This is not like a semi-final at all. What happened to the Portuguese's defense?"

Portuguese fans also wanted to know the answer to this question. They spent 700 euros to watch the game, only to see that their team was beaten to the ground, and even their opponents fell before they even made an effort.

Scolari couldn't sit still and started to stand up and watch the game.This is the first time for the Brazilian old man to lead Portugal to participate in a major competition. As a foreign coach, he can be said to be walking on thin ice in this position. As long as he loses this game, he will definitely be dismissed from get out of class.

The 2:0 score lasted until the end of the first half.

At the end of halftime, Jonathan Wilson rushed to the technical table immediately and asked for a technical statistics of the first half of the game.Found Liu Wen's party.

上面写着：马里亚诺-阿里尼（88号）尝试过人11次，成功9次；射门4次，进球2个。传球29次，成功27次。

What a heavy stat sheet, Jonathan Wilson thought.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Portugal took the initiative in the game.However, Nesta and Cannavaro's central defender partnership is the strongest in the world. It didn't give the Portuguese any chance. The Italian still struggled to maintain the score in an unfavorable situation, and even shot threatening shots from time to time. .

The score of 3:0 was maintained until the No.705 minute of the second half before it was broken again, but it was the Italian who scored the goal. Liu Wen got the ball in the counterattack and tricked Carvalho and Miguel with continuous dribbling on the left side of the penalty area. Er, and then knocked the ball to Grosso who put in the assist. The Italian left back kicked the ball from the wing and made a pass. Liu Wen grabbed the first point again. Vieri followed up with a header relay and grabbed the second point. Ferry the ball to the middle - the Italian team with two top centers raised the air defense alarm over Portugal again. Gattuso followed up in time and shot directly at the ball. Ricardo could only look at the ball and sigh.

Italy leads 3:0!The overall situation is decided!

The blood-red stands began to ebb, and many Portuguese fans began to leave early.

This situation is a silent irony for any coach, and Scolari sat back in his seat in despair-the old Brazilian's Portuguese adventure was destined to come to an end here.

Italian coach Trapattoni began to change players complacently. He replaced Liu Wen with Gilardino in the 88th minute of the game, which also declared that the game had completely entered garbage time.

After the game, Portuguese coach Scolari announced his resignation. He said at the press conference: "The difference between Portugal and Italy is that Italy has Mariano Arini. From another perspective, this European Cup It was the Euros for Arini. He was a special guy and he hit us hard in this game. Especially the first goal, it came out of the blue. After that we were in trouble, if it wasn't for this goal , I have no doubts that Portugal will win."

No matter how unconvinced Scolari is, the game is over. Liu Wen once again won the champagne symbolizing the best player in this game, and in the scorer list, he leads Barosch's 9 goals with 7 goals. , ranked first in the European Cup scorer list,

In the other semi-final, the Greeks were on the verge of carrying the myth to the end. They relied on the goal of No. 5 Dellas to beat Sweden 1-0 again. They will meet Italy in the final two days later. (To be continued..)

ps: This chapter is very tiring to write, and there are six or seven hours of dry work.Let me explain here that in my article, including the materials I wrote before, all of them are not fabricated, but have exact materials and my own processing, not simply copy and paste, and the process of writing requires careful consideration of every word, which is very, very tiring.In addition, the time in my book is too far away from the present, and it is very laborious to search for information. My goal is to strive for truth in the process of the protagonist's ability to YY, and to show everyone the real football world at that time.