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Scolari showed helplessness.

Why didn't he know what Pignia said?

His eyes swept across the Portuguese bench, and he quickly retracted it. After hesitating for a while, he finally gave up the idea.It's just that when he glanced at Cyril on the field, he couldn't help showing a worried look.

The situation he was most worried about finally happened.

When choosing the Portuguese captain, Scolari never considered Cyril.

As early as when Cyril was first included in the Portuguese national team's squad, Scolari made a special trip to learn about Cyril's situation with Cyril's U21 head coach Wen Hayes in Portugal.

In terms of more detailed psychological issues, Scolari's understanding of Cyril may be far less than that of Mourinho, but he still has a considerable understanding of his personal state laws.

This is an extremely calm and rational player. If a player's ability is represented by the number "1", then many players will often only reach "0.8" on the court due to off-court and psychological factors. "0.7" such degree.

But Cyril is different. His calm state of mind and rational way of thinking allow him to maintain an extremely stable level of performance. In other words, his performance will not be affected by the outside world at all, and every game is "1" .

But this way of thinking also has its disadvantages.

Those players who are easily affected by emotions and external factors, they certainly perform abnormally, from "1" to "0.8", but also, under certain conditions, it may be the exciting encouragement of the head coach, or the fans are united. expectations and encouragement... In short, under similar conditions, they can also explode with strength far beyond the usual level.

At this time, "1" will become "1.2".

To use a relatively easy-to-understand word, it is "explosive seed".

But Cyril's ability is always "1".

If Cyril is in a strong team, this way of thinking may not have any special impact, because when he and his teammates face opponents who are equal to or inferior to him, Cyril can infect his teammates with his calmness, Prevent the team from falling into many negative emotions such as pride and loss.

But if the overall strength of Cyril's team is not as good as the opponent's, at this time, although Cyril can also stably display his strength, it is difficult to become the kind of force that leads the team to victory.

At the beginning, they drew with Real Madrid in the Champions League and lost to AC Milan in the UEFA Super Cup. The losses in these two games did not have much impact on Cyril.

Because in the eyes of Cyril, who is used to rational analysis, this kind of failure is normal and understandable-Real Madrid's defense is full of loopholes, but the offensive ability of the frontcourt is there after all, and the overall strength is definitely above Porto. , the draw is completely a better ending than expected.Not to mention the European Super Cup, Porto itself is not as capable as AC Milan, what do they use to win?

Isn't it normal to lose if you are not as skilled as others?

Under the influence of this way of thinking, it is very difficult for Cyril to create a miracle - because in essence, he does not believe in defeating the strong with the weak.

The night in Istanbul in 05 is certainly a classic, but watching others create miracles is completely different from creating miracles yourself. Maybe people will be moved by some miracles, but it does not mean that the same situation applies to themselves. They are willing to believe A miracle was born.

This world is, after all, a reality.

Scolari sighed deeply.

Perhaps, for Portugal now, the best situation is to survive until the penalty shootout?

……

Cyril was panting, and sweat kept sliding down from the corners of his forehead, and the indescribable fatigue coming from his legs seemed to become more and more clear.

From the regular season to the present, the game has gone on for nearly 120 minutes, and two hours of non-stop running almost exhausted his physical strength.Not only him, except for the two players who were replaced in the second half, whether Portugal or Spain, the physical strength of both sides has basically reached a critical point.

He gritted his teeth, but his movements didn't slow down at all because of the soreness of his legs, and he didn't care about whether he looked good or not. Before the ball went in, he abruptly blocked the ball back with his body.

Maybe he should be thankful that Torres' shot was not a strong shot, but a push in front of the goal?At least when the ball hit him, it wouldn't hurt so much.

He exhaled, and glanced at the electronic display screen with time and score hanging high above the court.

0-0．

There are only 5 minutes left until the end of overtime.

"Cyrillic!"

Hearing the sound, Cyril turned his head to look, and it was the assistant coach Piña standing on the sidelines who stopped him. The latter pointed to Scolari and signaled him to pay attention to the coach's instructions.Cyril looked over, and Scolari made a defensive gesture to him.

Right.

At this stage, considering the physical strength of both sides and the little time left, it may be difficult to score a goal-shrinking the defense and preparing for a penalty shootout is the best choice.

He nodded at Scolari, then turned his head and loudly conveyed the coach's instructions to the Portuguese players on the field.

"Pay attention to defense and prepare for penalties!"

Concise and concise.

In such a noisy stadium, it is quite difficult to let every player hear his voice. Therefore, considering the distance, shortly after Cyril finished speaking, there were positions one after another. The players behind or in front, after Cyril finished speaking, conveyed it to other teammates who hadn't heard it yet.

Cristiano's position is relatively high.

When Deco told him Scolari's instructions, he was still wandering to the left and right of Spain's frontcourt because of the failed attack just now.When he looked back subconsciously, the Portuguese defenders had gradually shrunk their defensive line and moved towards the goal line.

That's it...is it over?

Shrink the defense and prepare for a penalty shootout?

Cristiano gritted his teeth unwillingly as he watched Spain's increasingly fierce offensive.

The same stamina is fading, Spain can still play a tough onslaught, trying to end the game before the penalty shootout.But on his own side, the head coach has already chosen to give up overtime and worked hard in the penalty shootout.

Reason told him that Spain was able to do this because their defense was more stable than Portugal, so they were qualified and had the confidence to insist on attacking. It's better to save some spare energy for the penalty kick exhibition.But emotionally, Cristiano is not reconciled to this choice.

Yes, this is a tactical abandonment.

But why do they have to give up?

They have no physical strength, but isn't Spain also without physical strength?

Yes, Spain is better than them, the midfield control is stable and strong, and Casillas's saves are always staged repeatedly, which is impeccable and desperate.But shouldn't the competition itself be full of accidents and changes?

Who knows if Spain will make a mistake in the last minute of the game?Now that the game has been going on for more than two hours, even Portugal has made mistakes frequently?

Besides, even if they survived to the penalty shootout, will they be able to beat Spain in the penalty shootout?

Cristiano actually hates penalty shootouts - although penalties are also related to the technical ability of the players themselves, in Cristiano's view, penalty shootouts are more like a fateful battle where the outcome is left to God .

He doesn't like it.

After four years, they finally made it here again with difficulty.It was hard to maintain not falling behind for more than two hours, and the battle reached this moment.And why, at the last moment, give the power to decide everything to illusory luck?

Why?

……

Portugal's defense has been completely withdrawn. Fabregas tried a long shot near the halfway line. The ball hit the post and bounced out again, hitting Pepe's thigh. Although Torres grabbed the first goal Point, but at this time Portugal can't defend more intensively in front of the goal, which makes it difficult for him to start. He simply passes the ball back to Harvey.

Xavi’s position is near the Portuguese midfielder. This position is a certain distance from the Portuguese goal, neither too close nor too far. In order to further block the possibility of Spain’s shooting, it’s okay even if he comes over and presses back. It's also completely in time to set up the bus.

Thinking of this, Gomez and Deco looked at each other, and rushed towards Harvey from left to right!

Harvey didn't expect that there were players sticking to Portugal's full-line defense. He frowned, and made a 45-degree diagonal pass to the center circle.Deco glanced at the distance of the ball, and weighed the problem of speed pursuit in his heart-the position of the middle circle is a bit far away, and chasing it seems to run counter to the order to shrink the defense.

Moreover, the speed of the ball is definitely faster than that of a human, even if he chases it at full speed when his physical strength is full, he may not be able to catch up.

Then forget it.

Thinking of this, both Gomez and Deco stopped chasing, turned around and ran back honestly.

The unstoppable ball was rolling rapidly on the grass.

Cristiano, who was aware of the moment Harvey passed the ball, gave up his defense at this moment, and rushed to the middle circle on the wing!

"Neither Gomez nor Deco chased the ball again. It seems that Portugal is determined to shrink the defense and prepare to hold out until the penalty shootout to decide the outcome...Huh? Wait! Ronaldo is heading towards football Chased it!! Oh my god, his speed makes me wonder if he really played 125 minutes..."

His speed is very fast, but the distance between Iniesta who catches the ball and the football is much closer than him. Before Cristiano ran to the football, Iniesta, who took the ball first, raised his foot , and passed back to Harvey with a long pass.

There was a burst of unceremonious laughter belonging to the Spanish fans in the stands.

Because of this scene on the court, in their eyes, Cristiano put down Harvey and tried desperately to chase the ball, but Iniesta, who was one step ahead, received the ball and passed it to Harvey, which is equivalent to his A period of sprinting became a waste of energy. Compared with the smooth pass between Xavi and Iniesta, he looked like a fool being played by his own midfielder.

The Portuguese fans weren't laughing.

They looked at the captain who was being ridiculed by the other party without a word, and his face didn't change for a moment. They turned around and continued to chase Harvey without hesitation. Half of the sidewalk was left with him running away without looking back. The number "7" flapping in the wind.

Before this game, many people protested against Scolari's decision. The fans are not blind. In the eyes of many people, Cyril is more qualified to be the leader of the first team than Cristiano. More capable of leading the team to their coveted championship.

However, at this moment, even the Portuguese fans who disliked Cristiano could not say a word at this moment.

Indeed, this person is not yet a good captain.

He is very impulsive and independent, and sometimes he is so proud that he is almost arrogant. Occasionally, when his temper comes up and he loses a game, he will even furiously criticize his teammates. He is open-mouthed when facing the media. As naive as a child, all kinds of black material can be written on a full page.

But so what?

The guy who was ridiculed by tens of thousands of Spanish fans, until the last moment of the game, was still running desperately for every chance that was too small to be ignored, was their hopelessly stupid...captain.