From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 469 A good start

In the 65th minute, after Nani received the ball from Bruno, he passed the ball from the right. The unguarded Ronaldo header was slightly higher.

This offense made Ochoa very unhappy with his defenders. He yelled at his teammates for not focusing enough on defense.

Obviously the situation of the game made the players of the Mexican team feel a little frustrated. The Portuguese team's attack was like a gust of wind, which made them unable to lift their heads at all.

Two minutes later, Quaresma made a personal breakthrough and shot 16 meters away from the goal, and the football went wide again.

In the 71st minute, the Mexican team finally got a chance to threaten the Portuguese goal. They got a free kick to the right of the center.

Previously, the Portuguese team used a direct free kick to blast away the Mexican team's goal. So, can the Mexican team use a free kick to retaliate?

Vela's free kick was indeed of high quality. Unfortunately, Patricio was in good condition today. He stood up and lifted the football.

"Oh! Patricio's excellent save! This is Mexico's best chance in the second half! Vela looked very annoyed. There was still a gap between his free kick and Bruno's just now. If it was Bruno's I believe Patricio can't save the free kick..."

Of course, such a comparison is unreliable. The distance between the two free kicks is different, which also determines the way the two players take free throws.

At 25 meters, you can also use a curve ball to find an angle and avoid people and goalkeepers, but at 38 meters, a curve ball is definitely not as effective as directly hitting the goal with great force.

But today, this happened twice. First, Ronaldo gave a free kick opportunity to Ronaldo, and now he gave Bruno the penalty kick opportunity.

Bruno took the football and went directly to the penalty spot without any pretentious refusal.

After all, Ronaldo is recognized as one of the best penalty kickers on the planet. His penalty kick scoring rate in his career is extremely high, and he rarely misses a penalty kick.

"You are the penalty kicker..." Bruno, who was about to watch the show, was a little surprised. He looked at Ronaldo in surprise.

Moreover, this penalty kick was originally caused by Ronaldo, and it was Ronaldo who should take the penalty due to emotion and reason.

After that he left.

Bruno can be called the best penalty kicker in world football today. Since he started taking penalty kicks in games, he has never missed a record. He has scored ten consecutive penalty kicks for Udinese and Manchester United. Four penalties.

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At that time, Bruno organized the Portuguese team's attack. He passed the football to the open space in the ribs. Ronaldo received the ball and broke into the penalty area. He was then brought down to the ground by the Mexican defender. The referee did not hesitate to call a penalty kick. !

This penalty caused dissatisfaction among the Mexican team players. They believed that Ronaldo was suspected of diving, but the referee insisted on his penalty.

Regarding who should take this penalty kick... In the Portuguese team, the chief penalty kicker is Cristiano Ronaldo. As long as he is on the court, unless he concedes, the penalty kick will be given to him.

The Mexican team's offensive stopped there, and the subsequent corner kick did not pose any threat to the goal guarded by Patricio. The football was pushed out by Bruno at the first point.

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He put the football into Bruno's hand and said a little arrogantly: "Take it."

The slow-motion replay of the TV broadcast proved that the referee was correct. The Mexican defensive players did tackle Ronaldo. Although Ronaldo's fall was a bit exaggerated, it was within the scope of normal rules and could not change the Mexican defense. The nature of fouls committed by players in the penalty area.

In the 77th minute, the Portuguese team's continuous attack finally paid off.

If the previous free kick opportunity was because Cristiano Ronaldo was not sure of the penalty and thus gave up the opportunity to take the penalty, this penalty kick is truly unexpected.

Next is the Portuguese team's attack time.

Ronaldo also picked up the football as expected and seemed to be taking the kick himself. But instead of holding the football towards the penalty spot, he walked towards Bruno outside the penalty area.

The whole world knows how eager Ronaldo is to score goals, even to the point of obsession. As long as there is a chance to score, whether it is a free kick or a penalty kick, whether it is in Real Madrid or the Portuguese national team, if you want Ronaldo to hand over the right to take the set kick, it is simply like the Suns coming out of the west.

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Cristiano Ronaldo turned his head to the side and said: "Just pretend that I feel bad today. It turns out that you are more reliable than me in taking penalty kicks."

Bruno came to take the penalty kick and got the tacit approval of other teammates.

In their view, the performance of the Portuguese national team has soared significantly in the past two years, and there are two players who have made the greatest contributions. One is the team captain and spiritual leader Cristiano Ronaldo, and the other is the core midfielder of the Portuguese team in the past two years. Bruno turned the tide in the game and scored the key goal.

Even in the minds of many Portuguese national team players, Bruno is the better one.

After all, before Bruno was born, Portugal had not won any world championships. But since Bruno played for Portugal, he first won the World Youth Championship after more than 20 years, and then he unexpectedly won the European Cup last summer.

<divclass="contentadv">The biggest factor behind such a big change is that Bruno put on the jersey of the Portuguese national team.

However, with the rapid rise of Bruno and his increasing influence in world football, the relationship between these two cores has a tendency to gradually become stiff.

Now as captain, Ronaldo would use a penalty kick as a catalyst to improve the relationship between the two.

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Standing in front of the penalty spot, Bruno once again put on his classic shooting style: he started to run after the referee's whistle, but before running to the penalty spot, he suddenly made a small jump and made a change of rhythm.

Because of the rhythm change of this small jump, Ochoa was unable to judge where Bruno would shoot from his run-up. He could only rush to the right based on his feeling. As a result, the football flew into the goal he was guarding from the middle...

3:1! The Portuguese team expanded its lead!

After the goal, the Portuguese players celebrated wildly. They pulled Bruno to the ground and then piled on him.

The players of the Mexican team did not seem as disappointed as when they conceded the second goal, because most of them were numb. 1:2 and 1:3 are the same to them.

The fans of the Mexican team booed dissatisfiedly. They also knew that this score meant that the team was getting further and further away from the first place in the Confederations Cup group stage, and they wanted to win more Confederations Cups after 18 years. It is even more difficult to become a champion.

But they couldn't go off to fight for the team's honor in person, and they had no other better way besides booing to vent their dissatisfaction.

The score of 3:1 and the game time of minutes basically means that the result of the game will not be changed.

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"Bruno withstood the pressure and scored this penalty. This was his second goal of the game and the fifteenth consecutive penalty he scored for the Portuguese national team. A penalty kick!" The Portuguese commentator seemed particularly excited. In fact, he had no idea whether Bruno was really under huge pressure.

"Oh oh oh! The Portuguese team led the Mexican team 3:1 in the th minute! This is really a score and time period that makes the Mexican players desperate! Everyone thought that this strong matchup would be full of variables, Whether the Portuguese team can defeat the Mexican team is a big suspense. Unexpectedly, judging from the game, the Portuguese team clearly has the upper hand... They are now leading by two goals, and they are leading very easily.”

Because this score is of great significance, the Portuguese team's celebration was even crazier than the previous goal. They crowded under the stands where the Portuguese fans were and interacted with the fans pouring down from the stands.

Gradually, both sides began to shout together, and everyone raised their arms and shouted: "Victory! Victory! We are the winners!!"

They have begun to celebrate in advance.

With two goals in hand and less than fifteen minutes until the end of the game, they all felt that the champion had no chance of running away.

Even the narrator thinks so.

"Portugal is about to conclude their first game in the Confederations Cup with a win!"

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Before I knew it, the game had reached eighty-five minutes. The score on the field still stayed at 3:1. Although the Mexican team was still attacking, the whole team had no fighting spirit.

The Portuguese team has continued their performance over the past two years and is still looking for goals. Unfortunately, they lack luck...

In the 89th minute, Quaresma also had a chance to score his second goal of the game. He received a cross from Nani in the middle. There was no one around to defend him at the time. Perhaps he was too relaxed. He kicked Kicked the football over the crossbar.

Quaresma, who missed this opportunity, put his head in his hands, but with a smile on his face. Whether the ball goes in or not has nothing to do with the overall situation.

The Portuguese team's substitute players had already left their seats and stood together on the sidelines, holding each other's shoulders. They only waited for the referee to blow the final whistle before rushing into the field to celebrate their historic moment.

The Portuguese fans in the stands were even more excited than them, and they couldn't wait to hug each other. Some people couldn't even wait for the final whistle and shed tears of excitement.

Compared with them, most of the Mexican team's players had dull expressions, and some even started to leave the game early.

The referee looked at his watch and saw that there were four minutes of injury time, but it looked like there was no need to fill up the four minutes, so he decisively blew the whistle to end the game.

"The game is over! Congratulations to the Portuguese team! They achieved their first victory in the Confederations Cup group stage!"