[football] walk side by side

So, of course, when the second half of the game started, everyone found that this Portuguese team seemed to be a little different.

Like a lazy lion, it was yawning carelessly one second, but in the next second, it stood up tremblingly, and rushed fiercely at the enemy in front of it, baring its fangs and claws. A piece of flesh was torn from the opponent's body.

With the active fighting of the Portuguese players, scoring goals is no longer so difficult.

"Portuguese players suddenly became very active in running. Compared with the laziness in the first half, they acted like beasts waking up at this moment! Could it be that Scolari said something to them in the midfield? See Looks like they're not happy taking away a draw here... Wow! Portugal played a string of dangerous plays! Russia is in danger!"

When Portugal changed its laziness in the first half and launched an offensive seriously, the situation on the field also changed.

The Portuguese players' breakthroughs have always been based on fine ground pass control. Their dexterous foot skills made it difficult for Russia to parry. In the end, they were anxious and used a close-to-foul press. It's even more rude to go up.

Under such a large-scale press, soon, in the 6th minute of the second half, Figo was brought down by Eschenko at a distance of 30 to [-] meters from the court.

The collision resulted in a yellow card for Eschenko, while the referee awarded Portugal a free kick.

As the first penalty shooter in the team and the one who won the free kick for Portugal, Figo didn't intend to take the penalty himself. He hugged the ball to the penalty spot, but he retreated a little and rushed to the side Cristiano on board waved: "Cristiano, come here."

Cristiano froze for a moment.

In the second half of the game, the changes in the Portuguese players were obvious, and Cristiano himself could feel it... But why?

He remembered the scene during the intermission, when he and Scolari both left the locker room, that was... He turned his head and looked at Cyril, who was in the crowd not far away, and the latter was talking to Ferre La chatted, and didn't look back at him.

Cristiano clenched his fists hanging by his waist.

He raised his head and looked at the Portuguese captain in the air. Figo smiled and nodded at him with a gentle expression.

Cristiano didn't refuse any more, he took a deep breath and stood in front of the run-up area outside the penalty spot.

Almost at the same moment when he started and ran towards the football, Cyril turned around, turned his back to Cristiano, and walked towards the kick-off place in the middle circle without looking back, as if facing the free kick Not interested at all.

The narrator thought so, and quickly overturned his guess.

No, not right.

It's not so much that Slade is not interested in this free kick, it's more like—it's because he knew early on, or believed that this free kick would definitely be scored, so instead of standing still and watching the score During the whole course of the ball, it is better to prepare in advance for the next round of offense.

Jimmy was amused by his conjecture. He shook his head and threw this unrealistic conjecture back into the depths of his mind. A free kick is no better than a penalty kick. Even if it is a penalty kick, it may not be without the possibility of a missed penalty.Besides... you know you can get in without looking at it?This has to be how much confidence you have in the person who made the free throw?

However, when he was thinking about it, Cristiano started to make free throws.

After a short run-up, Cristiano took this free kick-no messy tricks, this is an ordinary free kick, if it must be said, it is a free kick without rotation, The ball is kicked out by the elastic force of the instant touch, and when the ball is flying, the trajectory is more erratic...

"GOOOOOOOOOAL! Cristiano Ronaldo!! Beautiful direct free kick! No extra bells and whistles, but very functional! Portugal opened the scoring to lead Russia 1-0, C-Ronaldo lived up to Figo's expectations, he succeeded The penalty scored the goal!"

Out of the shooter's intuition, when Cristiano kicked the ball, he knew that this free kick could be scored. He originally planned to turn around and celebrate with Cyril, but when he looked up, he found that Cyril was already standing in the middle circle to kick-off He was stunned for a moment, and then he was embraced by Figo, who seemed happier than him.

"Good job! Cristiano!"

"By the way, shouldn't this be considered our victory?" Simao rubbed Cristiano's hair with a smile, and the greasy feel didn't dampen his good mood: "I'd like to admit defeat, Anderson, don't you just wait a while?" Forget the treat."

Cristiano: ...Will you bet and admit defeat?

Cristiano was a little dazed for a moment, and after he barely understood what Simao meant and the bet that happened in the locker room, he had already stood in his original position again.

The game continues.

When the first goal to break the deadlock arrived, Portugal's offense became smoother. In contrast, Russia was becoming more and more out of shape. The thought of humiliation faced Portugal, who was playing at home, but the situation in front of them seemed to give them a blow to the head.

Less than 5 minutes after the free kick, Portugal scored another goal!

Carvalho stuffed the ball to Cyril immediately after successfully stealing the ball. Before some Russian players had time to play back, Portugal immediately launched a wave of quick counterattacks.Surrounded by Eshchenko and Ignashevich, Cyril kicked a through pass. The ball just caught a gap exposed by Russia's untimely retreat, and rolled smoothly to Cristiano's feet.

"Ooooh! Slade sent another wonderful through ball! This pass not only cut into the Russian midfield defense, but also successfully bypassed the two Russian defenders in the backcourt! C -Ronaldo seems to have known that this pass will appear in this position a long time ago-although I seem to have said this sentence more than once, but please allow me to say it again, the cooperation between these two people is really too tacit!! Their The passing and running coordination happened almost at the same moment!"

"C-Ronaldo didn't stop the ball and hit the goal! It's in!! C-Ronaldo scored twice to give Portugal the edge! Beautiful!! I gotta say, he deserved it - everyone sees it You can see how serious and brilliant C-Ronaldo was in this game! He deserves these two goals!"

Cristiano grinned after scoring, but only slightly.Throughout the game, Crisiano has been a little unsmiling.

Confirming that the ball flew into the net, Cristiano quickly ran to Cyril's side and hugged him.

"...Thank you." Cristiano buried his head on his shoulder, and his voice was very soft. Cyril knew what he was thanking, and he sighed slightly in his heart. After all, he didn't say anything, but hugged him silently and gently he.

If he is not playing now, Cristiano really has the urge not to let go. From getting the news to now, all this is like a nightmare for him. Let the mother and brothers and sisters worry, and finish the game strong-however, although Cristiano didn't want to admit it, at least at this time, he felt an uncontrollable desire for this warm embrace.

"...Chris?"

In the end, it was Cyril's voice that brought his confused thoughts back to the court. Cristiano bit his lip before letting go of Cyril.

The score of this game was finally fixed at "3-0".

Portugal actually has a lot of opportunities to increase the score, but I just feel that this is too embarrassing for Russia. They have won all the wins, so why insult people with a big score?Simply accept it as soon as it is good, and then it is really releasing water later.

Not long after the game ended, news about the death of Cristiano's biological father was finally dug up by the media.

Combined with Cristiano's performance in this game, the media naturally felt a lot of emotion. Some praised Cristiano's professionalism, and some applauded the unity and friendliness of the Portuguese players.

Following the media reports, the Portuguese players who were still confused about everything finally understood.

The few people who were still dissatisfied with Cyril also completely shut up.

Think about their performance in the first half: they took a casual walk, watched Cristiano and Cyril as if nothing had happened, and they were indifferent... Although in this game, they have enough reasons to take a good rest, but the fans What do you think?

The person who should ask for leave and be exempted from the competition is still on the court, trying his best for every slim chance, just to see the victory of a game as a farewell to his father, but a group of teammates watched him fight alone with indifference... …

Although those who don't know are innocent, this is too cruel.After the game, they will definitely be ridiculed by the media, and they will feel sorry for themselves-in the Portuguese national team, there are also many teammates from Sporting Lisbon who have a good relationship with Cristiano.

If it is really so indifferent until the game is over, it will hurt too much.

With this in mind, some players even made a special trip to apologize to Cristiano after the game.

At the very beginning, it would be a lie to say that Cristiano had no resentment in his heart, but he really has no right to complain about his teammates—why should he, for a personal matter that has nothing to do with him, play in a game that doesn’t matter whether he wins or loses? Come on, what about energy consumption?

And they don't even know it.

However, when the game went on until the second half, the few remaining resentments disappeared immediately, at least at that moment, when he passed the ball to his teammates, or received the pass from his teammates, and then shot. At that time, he had never felt so clearly——

He is not alone.