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Chapter 177 The second game of the Portuguese team

"Let's first introduce the starting lineups of both sides in this game." As the official commentator of this World Cup in Brazil, Silvio Louis is like half of every well-behaved commentator.When players from both sides entered the field, before the national anthems of both sides were played.Open your mouth and say.

"The 'home team' in this game is the U.S. national team. In this game, the U.S. national team is playing in a 4-5-1 formation. The goalkeeper is No. 1 Howard, and the four on the back line are No. 23. Bio Johnson, No. 20 Cameron, No. 5 Bessler, No. 7 Beasley.

In midfield, there are No. 15 Beckman, No. 13 Jones, No. 11 Bedoya, and No. 4. They are also the captain of the U.S. national team in this game, Bradley.There is also number 19 Suzie.As for the striker, the head coach of the US national team, the German Klinsmann, only arranged for Dempsey, a veteran and a famous star in the history of American football, to be at the front alone.

As for the Portuguese national team, head coach Paulo Bento still insists on the 4-3-3 tactics they are good at.In terms of goalkeeper, Pastrio, who conceded four goals in the last game, did not even make the squad this game. It seems that the painful memory of the last game against the German national team will make this Portuguese player come from Portugal. The goalkeeper of Sporting Lisbon, a powerful team in the league, has good memories for a while.

Therefore, Paul Bento's goalkeeper for this game arranged No. 22 Beto as the starter. This player is from the Sevilla club in La Liga.On the defensive line, there are No. 21 Pereira, No. 2, No. 13, Ricardo Costa No. 19 and A-Almeida No. [-].

In the midfield, No. 8 Moutinho, No. 16 Meirelles and No. 10 Victor Lee served as the starters.The No. 4 Veloso, who started against the German national team in the last game, sat on the bench.It seems that Paul Bento intends to let Meireles, who has stronger defensive ability, serve as the starting midfielder in this game, liberating the offensive ability of Victor, who is playing for Juventus.After all, this game, for the Portuguese national team, really needs a victory. "

After Silvio-Louis introduced the starting midfielders of the Portuguese national team, he paused for a while, and then looked at the list of starting and substitute players announced by the two sides before the game, and then Going on to say:

"As for the forwards of the Portuguese national team, the left and right forwards are still C-Ronaldo and Nani. However, as the starting center, No. 9 Almeida was injured because of the starting center in the last game. Therefore, this game In the game against the U.S. national team, No. 23 Postiga could only be used as the starting center forward. However, it can be seen from Almeida's injury that the Portuguese national team was unlucky in the last game, not only for the German national team. The team scored four goal difference, and it also caused the injuries of Zhengyin striker Almeida and defense general Coentraang in his team, and the starting central defender Pepe also received a red card. The game was suspended."

Speaking of this, Silvio-Louis paused for a while, and then said in a slightly cautious voice:
"Therefore, in this game, although I personally look at the players of the Portuguese national team and the US national team, I prefer the Portuguese national team. After all, they have two of the best players in the world. One of the players is C-Ronaldo, and there are some stars such as Victor who have proven themselves in the European arena and the league. However, judging from the starting lists of both sides, the last game was not only a loss, but also The Portuguese national team, which suffered many injuries and red cards and was forced to suspend the game, is difficult to easily defeat the US national team, which is almost all the main players, and the last game also defeated the Ghana national team and scored three points. .”

Of course, it’s better to say such words a little casually. This can be regarded as Silvio Louis’ personal guess as the official commentator of this game.After all, as the World Cup, such an international football game must have attracted countless gaming companies to set up many gambling items for each game.Of course, the simplest wins, draws or guessing goals also attracted many ordinary people who would buy a bet or two even if they don't know much about football.What Silvio-Louis didn't know was that his random personal analysis after seeing the starting roster immediately made many people who originally planned to buy the Portuguese national team to win this game just because they knew C-Ronaldo Many "pseudo-fans," thus turning to buy the US team to win this game.But the final result also made these "false fans" regret it for a long time.After all, in football matches, except for a knockout match that determines the outcome, there is still an end called a "draw" in ordinary matches.

But now, with the American national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner and the Portuguese national anthem, the Portuguese have finished playing respectively.After the whistle of the referee of this game, the game started immediately.After the start of the game, although the American national team took the lead in kicking off, the Portuguese national team seemed not to be affected by the 4-0 defeat to the German national team in the previous game.In a blink of an eye, after the U.S. national team's opening "one shot", two "engines" in the midfield immediately, one played for Juventus and is also the protagonist of our book, Victor, and the other It is under the leadership of Moutinho, who is currently playing for the Monaco club, through a footwork that is many times more delicate than the players of the US national team.Through continuous passing cooperation, the "fire of war" gradually burned to the half of the US national team, and also scored the first goal.

"In this period of time just after the start, except for the US national team who got the ball because of the kick-off, basically most of the football stayed at the feet of the Portuguese national team players."

Silvio-Louis looks at the combination of football in the midfield of the Portuguese national team, Victor, Moutinho, and two forwards who are constantly retreating, of course without the captain of the Portuguese national team, No. 7 C - Ronaldo.After all, the current Portuguese national team, not to mention the Zhengyin striker who was injured in the last game, No. 9 Almeida.Even if Almeida appears on the court, the "heavy task" of the Portuguese national team's goal still has to be "pressed" on the shoulders of C-Ronaldo.

So this may also explain why after learning that Victor has changed his position on the field from a forward to a lagging playmaker, C-Ronaldo is the most unwilling.After all, he really wants the Portuguese national team he leads to have a forward who can score goals.

However, the game continued, and Silvio Louis was still explaining the game,

"Now Moutinho of the Portuguese national team passes the football long distance to the left back on the left field, A-Almeida. In this game, A-Almeida replaced the injured Coentrao. From the above, the performance of these 5 minutes can be regarded as quite satisfactory, and it can be regarded as a better replacement of the task left by Coentraang.

A-Almeida passed the football back to Victor behind him, and there was no way he could continue to attack with the ball and break through the defense of the US national team.Victor is holding the ball near the left corner of the US national team's penalty area, without a US national team defender, and now it is very much the same as a straight left-footed pass to the US national team goalkeeper Howard. before the goal.

After seeing Victor take the ball, now in the penalty area of ​​the US national team, the captains of the Portuguese national team, C-Ronaldo and Postiga, are ready to grab the point. At the same time, C-Ronaldo also raised his arms towards Victor. , to signal Victor to pass the ball quickly. "

Although Silvio-Louis has said such a long list now, the time on the field has not passed a few seconds, but the Portuguese itself speaks fast, and when Silvio-Louis explains himself , and the speed of speech is faster than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, when Victor received the football returned by A-Almeida very easily, he not only stopped the football at his feet, but also had enough time to look up at the football standing in the penalty area of ​​the US national team. C-Ronaldo, and after Postiga.Then, use your left foot to pass the ball.

However, not a cross like Ronaldo or Silvio Luigi imagined, but a pass close to the lawn.It seems that Victor is very confident in his footwork.I feel that even if I let the football stick to the ground, I can still shoot a curve ball, but it is not passed to C-Ronaldo standing near the goal post, but to Postiga standing in front of the goal.

However, seeing such a pass, what Silvio Louis blurted out was not "a good ball, a beautiful pass." But a direct sentence,

"This ball, Victor seems to have made a mistake."

Well, it seems that Silvio Louis is right. Although Victor was not surrounded by any defensive players of the US national team at the moment of receiving the ball, after Victor received the football, a US national team The team's players immediately came up to make up the defense.As for Postiga standing in front of the U.S. national team's goal, or C-Ronaldo, who doesn't have a defensive player around him.

Therefore, in Silvio Louie's view, Victor's pass should be destroyed by the defensive players of the US national team without accident.Besides, the pass against the turf is still blocked by the grass after all. In terms of speed, it is far less fast than a direct pass.

However, the voice that Silvio-Louis made immediately from his mouth was,

"The U.S. team made a mistake. The clearance seemed like a very beautiful pass to Nani, who was inserted into the penalty area of ​​the U.S. national team by the Portuguese national team. He shot! Goal! GOAL! This moment Nani did not waste the good intentions of this wonderful pass from the player of the US national team. First, he used the change in the center of gravity to make the goalkeeper of the US national team Howard think that Nani was going to shoot three ways, so he fell to the ground. But Nani But Neil immediately shot a burst, and the football went over the body of the fallen Howard and fell into the net of the goal behind him.

1 to 0!And it was American national team defender No. 20 Cameron who sent Nani this "wonderful pass". His careless clearance made the American national team fall behind the Portuguese national team by one goal in the first 5 minutes of the game. "

(End of this chapter)