Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 159 Scolari's Turtle Tactics (2)

Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, Stadium of Light, 4:35 pm, England VS Portugal.

"Alan, catch the ball!" Gerrard took the ball back and pulled it back, then swiped it with his right foot, and raised his head to remind him.

Under the attention of all the fans, Wang Li squeezed C. Ronaldo's body on the sideline of the Portuguese penalty area, turned around suddenly in the direction the ball rolled, threw C. Ronaldo away, and took two steps to the left. An emergency stop flashed out of the position in disguise, looked up at the goal, followed the rhythm and shot a long shot!
"Alan got the ball!! This is a chance!!... In disguise, shoot!! Oh, my God, the ball was saved by Ricardo again! What a pity, if you can score at this time, win It’s here!! This 28-year-old goalkeeper may be the best player in the Portuguese team today. He has saved three must-go goals in a row during this period, hey...” After nearly 100 minutes of shouting, Graham's voice is obviously a little hoarse, but he still insists on his passion. Commenting on football games is his job, but football is his hobby!
Eriksson stood on the bench, staring at the game on the court with a serious face. He wanted to stand up and do something, but he felt powerless.There is no intermission in overtime, and now the players have more or less physical problems. In this case, it is almost meaningless to make tactical adjustments, and it may even help the opponent.

On the other hand, the Portuguese team was not much better. Except for C. Ronaldo and Postiga who played in the second half, who were slightly active and occasionally launched counterattacks against the England team, the other players were almost huddled in their own half. In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on them First of all, after more than 100 minutes of the game, they can hardly run. Besides, England still has a heavy gunner with full firepower. It is the safest, and even many of them are ready to go to the penalty shootout, although if they do not score in the first half, they will continue to hold on for 15 minutes in the second half...

Seeing this passive situation on the court, Scholes couldn't sit still. Taking advantage of a sideline kick, he hurriedly called Gomez, whispered a few words to him, and then slammed his arms on the court. With a wave, this action stunned Eriksson, who was on the England bench, and wondered in his heart: "Could it be that this Brazilian lunatic will continue to attack?"Does he have any tricks? '

However, in the next game, Eriksson felt that his opponent was cunning and cunning, but he also had to admire his courage!

Because the Portuguese team actually adopted a tactic that no one could have imagined---

Defensively! !
That's right, the Portuguese team, which had been attacking for nearly 100 minutes, made a big reversal in the last 10 minutes of overtime and turned into an all-out defense!Maybe many fans don't understand the meaning of full defense, but this time, the Portuguese players used actions to explain the concept of this tactic to all the fans who paid attention to the game——

10:0:0 tactics!

Of course, this may be a bit exaggerated, but at least Gomez, who is at the top, has returned to the sideline of his own penalty area!

The fans in the stands were in an uproar. As long as senior fans looked at the players' positions on the field, they could clearly see that the Portuguese team, one of the greatest teams in the world, as the host, is now Having completely given up on offense, what could be more embarrassing to the local Portuguese fans than this?
Throughout the more than 100 years of ups and downs of the Portuguese football history, they have always been famous throughout Europe for their delicate foot skills. This kind of football skills often represents offense, so Portuguese football advocates offense. As long as they participate in the game, they will appear on the scene. It's exciting, that's the beauty of offense in football.

And this also makes many Portuguese fans proud!Perhaps in their hearts, in order to maintain the team's style, it doesn't matter even if they lose the game, but now, the team has chosen to hide and defend!
This is simply a disgrace to the Portuguese team!

Is there anything more infuriating than this?
Immediately afterwards, there were sparse 'boo' sounds from the stands of the Portuguese fans, and in the end they became one, and the England fans saw the situation on the scene, and responded anxiously. Soon, this sound filled the entire light court!

Although they have different ideas, all the fans in the audience are extremely united at this moment!
Although this made Scolari a little depressed, it did not affect the judgment of the Brazilian coach. It is indeed not pleasant to be bored by the fans, but as the host, if he loses in the quarter-finals, it will make him even more frustrated. embarrassing!

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"Sir, is this okay? If you give up the offense, the situation will be very passive?" Assistant coach Martel asked anxiously. As a Portuguese, he didn't want to see the team adopt such a shameful tactic.

"Between winning and losing face, how would you choose?" Scolari asked after pondering for a moment, looking at him instead.

Martel thought about it, but still shook his head silently. This is really a difficult choice to make.

"So, I chose to win!" Scolari understood the thoughts of these Portuguese, but as the head coach of the team, of course he focused on results.After he finished speaking, he turned his eyes to the court, staring at the black-haired boy who was dribbling the ball, unconsciously gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

If it wasn't because this kid was too threatening, how could the Portuguese team play the game like this?
'That's what a star does, like Ronaldo...'

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The game on the court had already progressed to the 9th minute of the second half of overtime. Wang Li struggled to get rid of Carvalho's entanglement. He was about to take a kick, but was squeezed away by Andrade and made a big clearance.

Just 2 minutes later, Beckham made a cross from the right, Owen feinted on the ball and missed it directly to Wang Li.Wang Li didn't even think about catching the ball, so he turned around and volleyed. The ball hit Carvalho's calf and bounced off the sideline.

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Since the Portuguese team defended with all their strength, it was almost difficult for the team to find any offensive loopholes. The small penalty area was full of dense figures, and all of them were strong players. It was really difficult to break through their defense and find scoring opportunities. too difficult!

And at this time on the court, the black-haired kid outside the penalty area seemed to have become the focus of attention before he knew it!
He constantly used his body and technology to attack the Portuguese team's penalty area, trying to find opportunities to score goals. In 10 minutes, seven shots in a row, although most of them were a bit reluctant, but this kind of firepower is also daunting!

Wang Li also tried to cooperate with his teammates, but the teammates had almost no physical strength, and the England team was not good at short-distance pass coordination, so it was difficult to break through the opponent's "turtle tactics". He felt a little powerless.

However, in order to win, he still insisted on continuing to work hard!

As long as one time, as long as the opponent makes a mistake, he believes that he can bring victory to the team!

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Time is slowly passing by, and almost everyone in the Stadium of Light is staring at the persistent figure on the green field. He is like a fearless soldier, attacking the Portuguese team's defense time and time again. In the 20 minutes of overtime , he no longer knows how many times he was intercepted and fell down, but after standing up, he continued to attack. Even many local Portuguese fans were moved by his spirit and deeply remembered this name !

In the VIP box, Rita's eyes were unknowingly filled with crystal dew, she couldn't help but be moved...

In the end, Scolari's tactics succeeded, and the Portuguese team struggled to defend the goal. With Corina's whistle, the overtime period ended, the score was 2:2, and the two teams drew.

The moment the whistle sounded, almost all the players on the green field sat directly on the grass, they were so tired!The entire 120-minute game consumes too much physical strength and energy, whether it is the offensive or defensive side!

However, the game did not end because of the end of time, because this is the final!They must decide the outcome!

This is the cruel competitive game, this is the eye-catching European Cup final, this is the passionate football!

Therefore, what awaits the two teams is the upcoming penalty shootout! !
PS: The officialdom novel is on the shelves today, congratulations.

(End of this chapter)