football's most handsome

Chapter 54 European Cup Final

Rui Costa quickly adjusted himself. When he started running again, his attention had been fully focused on the front mobilization. Now Portugal is one goal behind, and it was still at the beginning of the game. This is a huge blow to morale.

Deco was also relieved to see Rui returned to normal. He stood at the front and mobilized the direction of attack, so he often needed to look back to see the situation, but this time he could only see two faces when he looked back.

Rui Costa's berserk face and Juan Diaz's iceberg face.

Fortunately, Figo finally resolved the situation first, otherwise the problem would be serious later.

Maniche ran all the way after receiving the ball. Facing the solid defense of the Greek team as always, his first reaction was to pass the ball to Figo or Juan, but when he turned around, he was dumbfounded.

Juan was staying in his own half, seeing no one at all, and Figo was still near Rui, and thanks to his lack of myopia, he could see the situation clearly at a glance. Greek players with awkward names and similar looks began to gather in his direction.

For a moment, I felt that I was forced by Maniche, who was besieged by zombies, and looked around. As a defensive midfielder, his offensive ability is really not good. Although Juan has practiced them well these days, but after all Rome wasn't built in a day, was it?

What made him happy or relieved was that, at least for now, he was not alone and helpless. There was a person waving at him in front of him. Maniche took a closer look, Quaresma!

Before Maniche had time to be happy, he realized that Quaresma was not completely unguarded. The captain who had scored the goal just now was watching this place, his heart tightened, and there was a turn on his feet. The ball was given to Deco.

Deco was very helpless when he received the ball, and he didn't know what these players were thinking. After winning with one goal, especially after Ruy's crazy beating just now, almost everyone returned to their own half , so the current situation is that these frontcourt players almost have one to three people guarding them——

Yes, there is a person surrounded by three, and that is Cristiano.

It is estimated that Cristiano posed a greater threat to Greece in the first game. Although the people around him also took care of defending the people on the other side, most of them still revolved around him.

The Portuguese teenager looked aggrieved and anxious, but Deco didn't even look at him even though he was bouncing over there, and he was about to give the ball to Valente on the other side——

Oh God, Valente is obviously a defender, how did he get up front? !

Cristiano was still depressed here, and from the corner of his eye in the next second, he saw a ball almost immediately hit him in front of him. He and the people around him were startled, and they subconsciously raised their feet to shoot the ball Let it be intercepted.

"Ronaldo catches the ball! What a surprise, how did Deco send the ball in his direction?"

Except for Deco, only Juan knew what he was thinking, and now it was all about what he was going to do. After all, when Juan had to guard the entire defense, Cristiano is also the only one who might break the deadlock at the moment.

After talking about keeping the football under his feet, Cristiano looked up, and sure enough, the three people around him had already surrounded him. At this time, he didn't need to tell who was who. He only knew that if he didn't fight hard at this time, It is very likely that they will be encircled and suppressed.

——The last time Juan was also surrounded by three people, and it was a compression encirclement in a mobile battle. He resisted it coolly, so why couldn't he?

Of course, although now is not the time to fight hard.

Cristiano stared into the eyes of one of them, and his feet moved quickly. He relied on his proud footwork to get to Manchester United. It can be said that he is the only one in the entire Premier League.

But once it is brought to the international arena, maybe he is not so special.

The opponent was unmoved, and the Portuguese teenager felt tense. When he tried to accelerate and change direction, he was blocked on both sides. If he really wanted to accelerate and change direction, the only possibility was to hit the opponent.

Greece seems to be specialized in restraining skills, such as Zidane, such as the Czech national team, and now the next one may be Cristiano.

Portugal No. 17 was about to be surrounded to death. Deco watched anxiously not far away and wanted to come up to help him, but when he looked back at Juan, he stopped in his tracks.

"What's going on, Cristiano is about to be surrounded to death, why is there no one around to help?" The live broadcast was very dazed, and the person who was even more dazed was Scolari, who didn't yell on the field The type of coach, after all, his voice can't shout that far... But he really wants to know what's going on with the Portuguese team again.

Juan looked in that direction from afar, with a calm expression on his face. Andrade was guarding the backcourt with him. Seeing him like this, he couldn't help asking: "Juan, you made everyone torment Christia so much on the court. Is Nuo really alright?"

"Let's take a gamble." Juan nodded, "If it succeeds, the Portuguese team will have another sharp edge from now on. If it fails..."

"What will happen?" Andrade swallowed nervously.

And at this moment, the fans in the entire stadium started to be in an uproar. They stood up one after another, applauding and cheering, almost as elated as if they had scored a goal. Juan raised his head and glanced at the big screen, showing a faint smile from the corner of his mouth. Smile.

"How could it fail? He has succeeded."

Andrade also looked up, and it happened that Cristiano's actions just now were being played back on the big screen. With his lightning speed and unpredictable footwork, he tried his best to escape three times with his skills. Personal round up.

"Hey, when did you teach him this trick?" Andrade looked surprised. After all, they haven't seen Juan teach anyone a special method for such a long time, but Cristiano's current trick has The obvious Juan Diaz style, if it is not from him, no one would believe it.

"I taught it a long time ago, but he never learned it." Juan pursed his lips and smiled. On the first day of going to Manchester United, he used this trick to get past Roy Keane, and then gained a foothold in Manchester United. At that time, Cristiano I pestered him to learn this, but after learning it for a season, I haven't seen him use it.

"So you want to take this opportunity to force him to learn?" Andrade shook his head in disbelief: "You crazy."

"At least for now, there is no problem, isn't it?" Juan squinted and looked ahead. After Cristiano dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he wanted to pass the ball to Figo, but Figo waved at him. He didn't mean to let him pass the ball. The Portuguese teenager was stunned for a while, and then saw that there were Quaresma nearby, and immediately passed the ball with one kick.

"Gooooal! Ricardo Quaresma! It's his first goal in this European Cup and his first goal of the year, congratulations! I almost forgot he was a former footballer. It's the front..." The commentary in the live broadcast room couldn't help complaining, after all, it was too little time to see Quaresma, and even if he occasionally caught a glimpse, it was because some important person stayed on the bench.

Quaresma is still a little confused, he hasn't experienced the feeling of scoring for a long time.When the ball came from under Cristiano's feet, he just raised his leg subconsciously, and the ball was sent into the goal. The pass was very comfortable, so comfortable that he watched the ball being thrown by the Greek goalkeeper. It was only when he came out that he realized that he had scored a goal.

"Ricciardo!" He was hugged by the rushing people, and Cristiano smiled happily: "Why are you unhappy when you score a goal?"

Quaresma smiled crookedly: "How happy?"

"Where's your celebration?" Portugal No. 17 was a little depressed, he sent such a beautiful assist!Why don't the people who score goals not celebrate!

"I want to celebrate too, but you tied me up when you came here, and I can't move..." Before the words fell, the teammates who were around had rushed up, and they all hugged him and rubbed him Go, giggling and saying "well done" and "nicely done", Quaresma squinted at Cristiano while enduring his hair being messed up.

"Hey..." The Portuguese teenager rubbed his head in embarrassment, and ran away with his teammates.He won't admit that he tied people there so that everyone can rub him...

The game restarted, the ball was served in the middle circle, and the Greek team slowly came towards Portugal with the ball. They also knew that the blitz at the beginning was very effective, but in the previous game, no matter how hard they tried again, their ball could not be used. Passed to the feet of their own players.

Juan and Maniche formed a natural barrier between the midfield and the backcourt, while Andrade, Valente and Carvalho in the defense were always alert to the players of the Greek team rushing in, no matter who they were, Therefore, it is difficult to fight the Greek offensive all of a sudden.

Compared with the first game, Portugal seems to have changed slightly.There is no major change in staffing, even just a slight change in position. They have changed from a team with a gorgeous offensive and defensive transition to a midfield meat grinder. Let alone the ball, people may not be able to pass.

Yanakopolos carries the ball carefully, following him on the left is Charisteas, their team's striker, and on the other side is Carvalho, the Portuguese teenager against Spain Dislocated on the goal post and missed two games, but in the final, Scolari still chose him.

For no reason, he blocked Raul's shot with a gesture of no hesitation regardless of his own injury.

Carvalho's persistence and tenacity have also been experienced by the Greek team. Yanakopolos was surrounded by him in the opening game, and he had nowhere to use his energy. In the end, the only way was to keep the ball away. Staying here by myself is also blocking him in a disguised form.

But to be honest, Carvalho appeared in front of him, but he was relieved.After all, for the entire Portuguese team, the last person they want to meet is the No. 23. They don’t know who it is. The strangulation tactics have almost no effect on him. Grab the opportunity at once, and then carry out an all-round counter-kill.

But soon, he knew that he was too happy.

Although Carvalho is a rookie, this does not mean that he is worse than anyone else. His hard work can be said to be the best in the entire team. Yanakopolos didn't even have time to pass the ball to himself. In the blink of an eye, he realized that he had been forced to the sideline. He immediately realized what Carvalho wanted to do, but it was already too late. Carvalho smiled at him maliciously, bowed his head and started kicking at him on the ball greeting.

He is going to kick the ball out of the sideline, then pick up the ball and serve it again!

Yannakopoulos became anxious in an instant, bent down and his whole body almost formed into a shrimp, protecting the ball from the air and the ground together, which made Carvalho stunned, he had never seen such a desperate Defense!

However, as a defender, he immediately stuck up to steal it, so under the gaze of the big screen, the two of them were lingering, there is me in you, and you in me...

Seeing that the two people's feet were almost entangled, everyone couldn't bear to look directly and covered their eyes.

What shameful deeds are these two people doing on the court!

The Greek and Portuguese players couldn't stand it any longer, and they all prepared to step forward to help, but none of them could catch up with Juan. On the big screen, their legs were entangled with each other. You don’t even want to touch the ball if you don’t reach the ball”, but on the big screen, a silver-gray NIKE Assassin series ghost gently hooked the ball away, and the two people didn’t seem to react, they were still there lingering.

Carvalho and Yanacopoulos hadn't reacted yet, until there was a "bang" behind them, they were too close, and the two turned their heads at the same time, just in time to see Juan's fluttering hair.

The two of them looked at each other and bowed their heads, and the ball was no longer under their feet.

"Eh?"

Juan turned his head and patted Carvalho on the shoulder, looked at him for a while with an indescribable expression, and finally said nothing, turned his head and ran away, and the inexplicable Portuguese No. 4 and the Greeks around him stared at him for a while. Looking at each other with small eyes, it was very dangerous to hold back and stop wrestling with each other.

In the live broadcast room, the commentators were already laughing to and fro: "Yanakopolos' ball protection is really ugly hahahaha!"

"Isn't it funnier for Carvalho? How did he think of defending so closely? The two of them seem to be having an impromptu exchange of flesh and soul on the court!"

"I think the biggest highlight is Juan's expression, hahaha, have you seen the look on Juan's face when he patted Carvalho, 'I didn't expect you to be such a Carvalho'." The look of a mouthful?"

"I think it's like 'You go back and die and see if I don't clean you up'?"

"Or 'Your steal is ugly to me'?"

"You guys have big brains, I only see two words."

"Which two words?"

"Training."

"..."

Carvalho's reading comprehension questions are not as good as everyone outside the field, but he also knows that it is very embarrassing to let his seniors clean up for him. In his anger, he turned around and defended the Greek who made him embarrass himself. Yanakopoulos managed to escape a mouthful of old blood.

"Brother, your teammates stole the ball, shouldn't you attack at this time? Go and rush with your teammates?!" However, what made the Greek even more helpless was that the person in front of him obviously couldn't understand what he said What is it, he is still concentrating on defending him, which means that he is just watching him die on the court.

Juan didn't care what happened to those two people in the back, the ball had passed to the midfield again, Rui Costa was very calm now, and a calm midfield ball master is very difficult to deal with, even if the Greek team was very good It successfully intercepted Zidane and effectively contained the French attack, but the main reason was not them.

The core of France is Zidane, and the entire French team operates with him as the core. It can be said that without Zidane, the Gallic Rooster can immediately become a Gallic Roast Chicken. The difference is that big.

But Portugal is different.

They actually have three cores! !One in the front, one in the middle and one in the back! ! !

Of course, this is not the most frustrating thing. The most terrible thing is that the three of them can take on the role of each other. Whether it is organizing an offense or switching between offense and defense, the three of them are very smooth and natural, and when the well water does not interfere with the river water, they can still play. Well, once they cooperate, the Portuguese team will become like a loach and can't catch their tails at all.

So when they saw that Juan had been staying in their own half, the Greek team breathed a sigh of relief, and Rehhagel directly relaxed his wrinkled forehead. You must know that an offensive and defensive core they can still play. Stop it, once the number increases, the difficulty will also increase exponentially.

But now, Juan is running forward!After he distributed the ball!

"My God, what is the Portuguese team doing?" Rehhagel muttered, and the commentary of Sky Sports also had the same idea as him.

"What kind of formation is the Portuguese team? Why are the defenders starting to go forward? Well, although this is not uncommon in the Portuguese team coached by Scolari...but generally speaking, they are feints, so direct Is it the first time to participate in an attack?"

Indeed, it was the first time that Portugal left Andrade and Carvalho in its own half. Valente and Miguel directly attacked on both sides of the wing, so when Deco took the ball When he was about to look back for an attack point, he wished he could poke his eyes directly.

What's going on, is he in his own half?

However, before he could finish his daze, he saw a man with dark blond hair waving at him, the meaning was obvious: he wanted the ball.As soon as he saw that it was Juan, Deco passed the ball with confidence, but he didn't know that he was too relieved.

"Juan Diaz, he led two defenders and a striker to attack the Greek goal!" The on-site commentary was silent for a while after shouting this sentence, "What is he trying to do... "

The on-site commentator was hesitant, and the online live broadcast room directly exploded. After all, in the past, defenders had never participated in offensive performances, especially when the Portuguese defenders themselves were not very aggressive. Better at stopping people.

"What's Juan trying to do?" The first person to ask the question got a lot of seconding.

"This is to lead the defense to the pinnacle of life!"

"I was dumbfounded when I saw it..."

"To be reasonable, don't you think that Juan's activity in this game seems a bit low?"

"Mr. Reasonable has appeared! Juan's activity level is not low. He has been defending diligently. Portugal's Wall of Sighs is not called casually!"

"No, I'm not saying that Juan's contribution on the court is not enough, I just want to say that none of you think it's strange that Juan didn't give you any instructions in this game..."

"He did it. When Figo tackled Costa's ball, there was Deco's pass to Ronaldo!"

"But I haven't been directing on the field like before. I feel a little uncomfortable for some reason."

"Maybe it's because there are three cores today, so he is only responsible for the latter one?"

"Then why is he rushing towards the goal like this now..."

Announcer: "Gooooal! Juan Diaz!!"

"?!!"

"Why did you score a goal?!"

"I rely on me and haven't had time to see it yet!!"

"The goal came too suddenly, the heart of the Greek team was broken..."

It is indeed enough to collapse. Greece scored a goal with a blitzkrieg at the beginning. They thought they could take this opportunity to directly reach the pinnacle of their lives, or at least from now on, they will be able to win the game by guarding for nine or 10 minutes, but Portugal obviously doesn't think so.

They first broke the deadlock with a pass that no one expected. A goal made the two teams stand on the same starting line, and then the defenders who did not play their cards according to common sense made a collective move. It can be said that this ball was a goal passed by the defenders. In the goal, and Juan was the last one who kicked easily. Such an easy and freehand goal directly stunned a group of people.

——No one expected that those defenders really came to seriously attack, and even the team's forwards were waiting to receive the ball at any time.

In the first half, Greece scored a lightning goal, and the Portuguese team chased two goals in a row. This European Cup final was simply wonderful. When the halftime whistle blew, the fans who were engrossed in front of the TV were still He sighed in dissatisfaction, then turned to discuss with his relatives and friends.

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