There is a dream called football

Chapter 157 History Is Different
"Come on, Deco, Maniche, Jorge, Paulo."

This end of the video is Li Qiao in China, while the other end of the video is Portugal thousands of miles away. In less than 10 hours, it will be the final of the European Cup.

Unlike the previous life, this time Portugal played more difficult in the group stage. In the last round, they drew with Spain, but Spain also lost to Greece, but Spain lost 1 to 2, so in the end they lost a goal difference. Portugal overwhelmed Spain to qualify for the group stage.

However, after qualifying, Portugal broke through and fully fired, defeating England and the Netherlands one after another, and finally entered the final, joining forces with Greece.

Considering the shadow of the group stage, this time, Portugal is actually more worried about the whole country.

Maniche smiled at the camera: "Li Qiao, Lei Wen, how are you doing?"

"It's very hot."

"Haha, after I win the championship, I will also go to China to have fun."

Li Qiao laughed, but to be honest, if the plot is the same as in the previous life, then Maniche should be in no mood to go somewhere.

"Do you want to change history?"

Since time travel, Li Qiao has always let nature take its course, did not deliberately change anything, and was powerless to change anything, but this time...

"Since I want to change the history of the upcoming Asian Cup, let's try it out with the European Cup first."

This was Li Qiao's idea, because Portugal and China were so similar back then, they both fell at their doorstep.

Driven by this thought, Li Qiao suddenly said: "Maniche, pay attention to Charisteas of Greece."

"The striker?"

"Yes, I think he is a huge threat to Portugal in the final."

"Ah."

Deco and others nodded, but from their point of view, the Greek team is a strong team as a whole, but there are no big-name players, so it seems useless to stare at one person.

In fact, Li Qiao can also see this point. If you say a lot of things yourself, it is metaphysics, and the other party is not Xuanzong Zidane, so you can only stop here.

"These are my opinions, and I don't know if they are right or not."

"Hehe, thank you, Li Qiao."

"Come on, I hope Portugal is the champion."

"We also hope that the Chinese team is the champion."

*****
After waking up to watch the game in the early morning, the players stopped yawning, because after a month of jet lag, everyone's jet lag was almost the same as in Europe.

Li Jinyu started to get skinny again.

"Brother Haidong, what do you think of this game? Do you want to gamble on hot pot?"

"No problem, I'm still optimistic about Portugal, 1 to 0."

"Well, I am optimistic about Greece, and it will be 1 to 0."

"Take the bar."

"Haha."

At this time, the more naughty Li Yi came over and said: "I guess Portugal is 3 to 0, who will bet with me?"

"Why?"

"Think about it, I was caught off guard in the opening game. Portugal is not that stupid now, it must have thoroughly studied Greece."

In fact, this is also the point of view of many people, that is, Greece relies on a sense of strangeness to win, rather than telling how powerful it really is.

But Li Qiao believes that there are no miracles on the football field, everything depends on being down-to-earth, so there must be a reason behind it.

After the game started, Greece was compressed like a biscuit, and all three lines were suppressed.

Portugal has not won any championships in international competitions, this is their best chance, and the European Cup is already beckoning.

But the Greek team was beaten badly, but instead of kneeling down, they were able to launch sporadic counterattacks.

"It's really strong. If we meet the Greek team, it will be miserable." Li Yi chuckled.

"Why? As long as we work hard, we can also develop."

Li Qiao believes in this. In his previous life, the watershed of Chinese football was in 2004. The loss of the Asian Cup wiped out the dreams of many people. If the Chinese team won the Asian Cup, many things might be different.

Under repeated blows, the Greek team resisted the first half without conceding a goal. Li Qiao already felt that the plot was becoming more and more inevitable to match the previous life.

but……

At the beginning of the second half, Charisteas was injured and left the field, which surprised Li Qiao, because this was the one who scored the goal.

Rehhagel patted the crying disciple and replaced him as a striker.

"This……"

In the eyes of others, it is normal for someone to be injured in a football game, but Li Qiao was completely confused.

"Could the course of history be different?"

But no!

At least not within 90 minutes, the two sides scored 90-0 within 0 minutes and entered overtime.

And the overtime rule at this time is very strange, that is, the silver ball.

Many people know that the golden goal is the so-called sudden death method. At the end of the last European Cup, Trezeguet used the golden goal to kill Italy. In the past four years, the golden goal system has been controversial, so it is now changed to the silver goal.

That is to say, in the first half of overtime, if whoever takes the lead by one goal and the opponent is unable to equalize, then they will win. Greece defeated the Czech Republic in the semi-finals with a silver goal.

The overtime game became even more dull. On the one hand, the physical fitness of both sides has dropped a lot, and on the other hand, the mentality is more important.

The silver ball system makes it impossible for everyone to play, and it is likely to be over if you lose one.

Scolari has already begun to prepare the list for the penalty shootout. In all fairness, everyone also feels that it is the most fair for both parties to use penalty kicks to decide the victory.

But at the end of the first half of overtime, Portugal's Deco made a penetrating kick into the penalty area. Benfica's Gomez pushed the ball and asked for a contra-angle. The ball slowly rolled towards the goal.

In the next second, Portugal, the westernmost city in Europe, suddenly heard a bang, and the whole country was celebrating.

Many fans in the stands were already crying.

The young Ronaldo was as happy as a child.

And the most dumbfounding thing was Li Qiao's actions. He slid and knelt out on the marble floor, celebrating passionately, as if he scored the goal by himself.

The teammates were stunned. It is gratifying that Portugal won, but there is no need to be so excited.

"Li Qiao, you are turning your elbow outward."

"Haha."

Who knows what Li Qiao is excited about. What he is excited about is that since Portugal can change the fate, so can the Chinese team.

"Haha, I didn't turn my elbows out. Think about it, the European hosts won the championship, so what about the Asian ones?"

"Haha, Li Qiao, aren't you a high school student? You're so superstitious."

I saw the police slapped Li Jinyu's head hard, "This is called a psychological suggestion, and it has nothing to do with superstition."

On the TV, the Portuguese players were celebrating. They won the championship, and history is different.

(End of this chapter)