rear number ten

Chapter 174

In the first match of the Portuguese national team in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, facing the German national team, which was indeed stronger than itself, it conceded a goal in the first 10 minutes of the first half.

The main reason for conceding the ball is the starting right back of the Portuguese national team, Pereira who is now playing for Valencia in La Liga.His foul in his own penalty area brought down Goetze of the German national team who broke through his defense and then broke into the penalty area of ​​the Portuguese national team.

Not far from the side, the referee on duty who saw the whole process clearly would not "let go" of Pereira who fouled under his nose.Decisively whistled for a foul by Pereira, and awarded a penalty to the German national team.At the same time, Pereira was given a yellow card.

Then, Thomas Müller, who played as a striker for the German national team in this game, took the penalty.He did it overnight and shot a penalty, although the Portuguese national team goalkeeper Patricio judged the right direction.But Thomas Müller is like the all-time great goalscorer of the German national team before him.The mental quality is very good, so the penalty kick aimed at the lower left corner of the goal is very powerful and fast.

The football shot by Thomas Muller is much faster than Patricio's reaction.The football flew into the Portuguese national team's goal ahead of Patricio's ten fingers.

The Portuguese national team fell behind by one goal immediately after the opening 10 minutes.But now there are still 10 minutes before the end of the game. It seems that the Portuguese national team still has enough time to tie the score, or even exceed the score.

Therefore, the Portuguese national team, which was one goal behind, naturally launched a fierce attack towards the gate of the German national team guarded by Neuer.It's a pity that nothing was achieved in the next full 10 minutes.Nani did have a shot that brushed the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line, but such a shot could not force the German national team goalkeeper Neuer to make a world-class save.

On the contrary, the Portuguese national team is still quite a posture of taking the canopy.There is no attack that can threaten the door of the German national team.Instead, he lost a general.The Portuguese national team's starting center No. 9 Almeida actually sat in the penalty area of ​​the German national team while clutching his left thigh after an attack.

It turned out that he bumped into Hummels, the starting central defender of the German national team just now. Although there was no big problem, it might just be a flawed injury.However, the team doctor of the Portuguese national team suggested that coach Paulo Bento should replace Almeida with other players to be on the safe side.In case it is a muscle strain or if he is allowed to continue the game, it will cause a muscle strain.

More serious injuries to athletes are often caused by not paying attention to minor injuries and continuing to compete without sufficient training.

Therefore, the coach of the Portuguese national team, Paul Bento, also immediately listened to the opinions of the team doctor.Almeida was replaced, and it was Ed who replaced Almeida.

Ed is not a new star player. He was born at the end of 1987, and he will reach his 27th birthday in six or seven months.But he's clearly not a talented player either.Otherwise, how could he have been playing in the Portuguese domestic league, and his reputation is not obvious.This time representing the national team in the World Cup in Brazil is also his first international competition.

Unlike Victor, who also represented the Portuguese national team for the first time in an international competition, Victor was unable to participate in the 2012 European Cup for some reason.As for that time in 2012, when it comes to the player Ed, most fans even in Portugal will ask:
Who is Ed?

Therefore, after Silvio Louis saw the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, put Ed on the field, he immediately picked up the information he had prepared in his hand, and immediately gave some basic information about Ed. Introduced to the fans in front of the TV or computer.

After all, even in this era of extremely developed Internet, there are still many people who don't know who this player is.However, after Silvio Louis introduced Ed, he also expressed his opinion on Paul Bento's substitution.

"How can such a player be replaced at this time? Is he the type that the Portuguese national team needs to be able to compete with Hummels and Mertesacker of the German national team for headers, so as to play a tactical fulcrum type Is it the center? But for most of the fans, I think everyone should be more familiar with Postiga who is still sitting on the bench."

However, football games sometimes pay much attention to an issue of momentum.To put it simply, if a team scores a goal, then the team's momentum will rise accordingly.vice versa.And if a team is launching a fierce attack towards the opponent's goal, it will suppress the opponent's players in its own penalty area.However, if a player is suddenly injured, he has to be substituted.Then, even if this team is taking the initiative on the court, it will have an impact on the momentum.

Therefore, a goal was conceded in 10 minutes, and then there was no achievement in the next 10 minutes. Now the Portuguese national team has lost a general. Naturally, the momentum on the court has weakened a bit.

On the contrary, the momentum of the German national team on the court has naturally increased a lot.And the rising momentum brings the team's lead on the scene.In this game, the German national team has been very active since the opening, and also "made" a penalty kick Mario Gotze.Once again, in the restricted area of ​​the Portuguese national team, he received a pass from Mesut Ozil, who was responsible for the core task of organizing the attack in the frontcourt of the German national team in this game, from the right rib of the Portuguese national team's restricted area.Then lift your foot and shoot.

Fortunately, Pereira, who was man-to-man guarding Goetze, immediately fell to the ground to block, but this time he spotted it and was more cautious when defending Pereira.Not only did there not be another foul, but the football that shot Mario Gotze towards the Portuguese national team's goal was blocked from the bottom line.Germany national team wins a corner.

But the offensive of the German national team continues, and the "crisis" of the Portuguese national team has not been lifted.On the contrary, as the German national team won this corner kick, those big tall players who looked at the backcourt, all about 1.9 meters tall, assisted behind the Portuguese national team's penalty area.

The goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team, Patricio, became even more nervous.Look at the players of the German national team standing in front of the gate guarded by themselves.What Botesacker, what Hummels, and Boateng and Khedira.They are all players with a height of more than 1.8 meters five and nearly 1.9 meters.As for the Portuguese national team, there are only Pepe and Bruno Alves, and Ed who has just played.In addition, Ed is still a forward player, besides, he is not Drogba.

Therefore, Patricio shouted loudly to the players of the Portuguese national team in front of him: "Look at the people! Don't let them take off easily!" , or better yet, the players of the German national team standing in front of them hastened to push out of the penalty area.

For a while, the referee of this game had to rush to Patricio's side and told him that although in principle the protection of the goalkeeper is the first criterion, Patricio should not take this action too much, otherwise The referee didn't mind taking out a yellow card as a warning.

When Patricio heard the referee say this, he could only shrug helplessly, and then spread his hands to express his agreement.However, as soon as the referee left, he repeated the appeal again.After all, this group of tall and burly German national team players stood in front of whoever's door.Even in front of the best goalkeepers in the world, such as Buffon, Casillas, or Neuer on the opposite side, these goalkeepers are enough to be nervous.Besides, it was Patricio.

However, seeing Patricio's actions, the referee could only shake his head helplessly at best.He couldn't have interrupted the game to stop Patricio, after all.It is still necessary to maintain the fluency of the game.Therefore, the referee immediately blew the whistle in his mouth, indicating that Toni Kroos of the German national team, who was about to take the corner kick, quickly took the corner kick and let the game continue.

Toni Kroos, who had been ready to take a corner kick for a long time, heard the referee's whistle, and immediately looked up and glanced into the penalty area of ​​the Portuguese national team, then raised his hand and informed his teammates of the corner kick tactics .Yes, after all, the German national team has so many players with height, body, and good header skills.Not designing a few corner kick tactics, this is something that even God will not allow.

Therefore, Loew, the head coach of the German national team, must have arranged the corresponding corner kick tactics.And now, after Toni Kroos "told" the team about the corner kick tactics adopted by the team, he took a corner kick.And when the football was flying in the air, the players of the German national team who surrounded the Portuguese national team immediately started running to cover.

And this corner kick was sent towards the back of the goal, and Toni Kroos's skills with his feet are also good, and his skills in serving set kicks are also quite standard.Although the players of the Portuguese national team also jumped high in front of the goal, trying to push the football out of the penalty area.However, the football brushed the scalps of the players of the Portuguese national team who jumped up and continued to fly towards the back of the goal.

At the back point of the Portuguese national team's goal, it is naturally set according to the tactics. After a series of running covers just now, the German national team's defense general, the starting central defender Hummels, has found an absolute opportunity. , and the defensive players of the Portuguese national team around him are already blocked by him.

Therefore, when Hummels saw the football flying towards his head, he did not have any "sense of guilt" for breaking the goal of the Portuguese national team again in the first half. Among the desperate eyes of the Portuguese national team's players standing near the goalposts.He smashed the football into the gate of the Portuguese national team.

2 to 0!But now, the game is only half an hour past.

(End of this chapter)