[Football] Crown of Thorns

波兰当地时间6月21日晚20:45，2012欧洲杯首场1/4决赛在华沙国家体育场即将展开一场争夺。

The match was Portugal against the Czech Republic, and after 90 minutes the winner of the match will face the winner between Spain and France after advancing to the semi-finals.

The Warsaw National Stadium is located on the banks of the Vistula River. It was rebuilt on the basis of the old tenth anniversary stadium. The outside of the newly rebuilt stadium is a Polish flag surrounding the entire stadium. After the reconstruction, it also becomes the Polish state Home to the men's soccer team, the new stadium has a capacity of [-] spectators.

Knocking on the wall, the somewhat bored Jia Ma put his ears on the wooden wall, as if smelling the fragrance of wood.

"what happened?"

His appearance attracted Veloso's curious eyes.

"I was thinking," Jia Ma slowly touched the wooden wall with his fingertips, "This is made of birch, it's not environmentally friendly."

"........."

His answer made Veloso very speechless. After a while, he sneered, "What kind of mind are you, why don't you think about how to play this game if you are so idle!"

Jia Ma, who was leaning against the wall, rolled his eyes, "Hehe~~"

…………

"...The Czech team in this year's participating teams is the first team in the history of the European Cup to qualify for the first place in the group with a negative goal difference. Judging from the historical confrontation between the Czech Republic and Portugal, the two teams have played a total of 11 games , each achieved 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, which can be said to be a tie..."

The game has not yet started, and the host and guests in the lecture room are explaining the results and various records of both sides in today's game.

“……上届欧洲杯小组赛，捷克曾以1比3负于葡萄牙。再之前的1996年欧洲杯，捷克1/4决赛取胜葡萄牙并最终晋级决赛……”

"...The Czech team started today with Darida replacing Kolash..."

"...Portugal continued to maintain a winning streak in the starting lineup, and it seems that Bento is very satisfied with this starting lineup..."

The starting lineup of both parties:

Czech lineup: 1-Cech; 2-Gebresselahiye, 6-Siwok, 3-Kadlec, 8-Limberski; 13-Placiel, 17-Hubschmann; 19 - Iracek, 22- Darida, 14- Pilash; 15- Baros;

Portuguese lineup: 12-Patricio; 21-Joao Pereira, 3-Pepe, 4-Veloso, 5-Coentrao; 16-Meireles, 8-Moutinho , 10-Gama; 17-Nani, 23-Postiga, 7-C Ronaldo.

"Judging from the starting lineup, the Czech team is 4231, while the Portuguese team still insists on a 433 formation. From this point of view, the Portuguese team's main offensive thinking has not changed..."

"Now the players from both sides have walked out of the channel under the leadership of the referee team..."

When the two players shook hands, Gama paid special attention to the opponent's goalkeeper Petr Cech. The goalkeeper's goal is not easy to score!

In the pre-match tactical meeting, they also practiced a lot of tactical cooperation on how to break through the goal of the Czech goalkeeper, but whether they can succeed depends on the actual situation in the game.

So when the game whistle sounded, Gama gently pushed the football under his feet and handed it to Meireles.

Meireles passed the ball back, Pepe rushed over and kicked the ball into the opponent's half - Gama had already run there ahead of time, raised his leg and hooked down to pass the ball, changing his left foot to his right foot With a horizontal knock in the air, the football quickly fell in front of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo didn't take the ball, and immediately hit the goal with a heavy bombardment after getting the ball in the air.

Cech, the Czech goalkeeper, reacted very quickly. He jumped from the front of the goal and hugged the heavy gun with all his strength. After taking two steps back, he immediately threw the ball to his teammates.

Sivok, who was holding the ball, also kicked the ball forward at a very fast speed. No. 22 Darida of the Czech team succeeded in stealing the ball and pushed it forward. His teammate No. 14 Pilash received the ball. With another pass, No. 19 Iracek hit the goal directly on the left side of the Portuguese team's penalty area.

However, Iracek's shot was blocked by Veloso, who rushed over, and blocked the bottom line with his body.

There were thunderous cheers in the audience, cheering for the wonderful performance of the two teams at the beginning.

In this game, fans from the Czech Republic occupied most of the stands. The Portuguese fans probably only came about 5000 people. In terms of momentum, they were not as good as the Czech side. However, the Portuguese fans were not to be outdone, and many fans blew their horns. To the beat of the drums, female fans dressed in national flag-colored bikinis pulled flags and scarves and danced and sang in the stands, attracting many shots.

Gama twitched his lips when he looked up and saw the clear fleshy and trembling big screen on the sidelines, turned his head and saw——

"I rely on!"

Where have all the defenders of his family gone? Almost all the people crowded in front of the goal and waiting for the corner kick are midfielders. What about their defenders?

At this time, the Czech team's corner kick has been delivered, but the football's placement is not very good. Ronaldo directly rubbed his head to the point behind the pass. Gama got the football first, turned around and dribbled the ball towards the opponent's penalty area.

The two players of the Czech team followed Gama and rushed forward. Gama, who saw the opponent's sliding tackle from the corner of his eye, jumped up and passed the ball.

Coentrao, who rushed forward from the wing, killed the general all the way and then made a cross. Postiga caught the ball and slammed past the opponent before hitting the goal.

Cech flew forward and hugged the ball.

There were a lot of disappointed boos from the fans.

Postiga also shook his head in disappointment and stepped back.

The Czech counterattack.

Gama blocked the Czech team's pass in the middle. While pointing his arm forward, he dribbled the ball again to break through the opponent's double-team and pass the ball with his foot.

It's a pity that Ronaldo missed the pass. When he collided with the opponent's player, the football flew past the two and was caught by Pepe who rushed over. Pepe shot the goal without hesitation. Unfortunately, the ball deviated The goal slipped directly out of the bottom line.

The corners of Jia Ma's lips twitched, he didn't want to say anything anymore.

Moutinho patted speechlessly... Gama raised his hand to block his paw, "Thank you, no need, I'm not angry."

Ronaldo walked over with a dissatisfied expression on his face, as if he was not very happy about his mistake.

Jia Ma shook his head, "Captain!"

Ronaldo looked over.

"We have gradually entered the rhythm of the game, you can rest assured!"

Gama smiled and showed his white teeth.

Ronaldo also laughed when he heard what Gama said, and nodded, "Yeah!"

Next, before the Czech team's counterattack started, Gama commanded him and his teammates to intercept their offensive line from the midfield. It was a pity that Portugal's two consecutive counterattack opportunities failed to score.

"... Judging from the situation of the game, the roles of Gama in the club and Gama in the national team are obviously different."

"why?"

"I have watched several of his club games. In terms of role, Gama is obviously more aggressive in club games, but in the national team his role is more organization and defense. Part of the energy is put on the midfield command and defense, and the attack power is obviously much less."

"Because there is Ronaldo in the national team~~"

"Haha, maybe, it can be seen that Gama has much more support for Ronaldo in the midfield. The Portuguese midfielder who did not have Gama before frankly said that he had too little support for Ronaldo. In many cases, Ronaldo was forced to come from the side. Running back and forth from the road to the middle and then to the midfield, the Portuguese team's attack mode is relatively simple, anyway, just give the ball to Ronaldo no matter what..."

Another corner.

Nani serves, Veloso takes the ball and passes it back from the left, Moutinho grabs the spot and shoots directly at the goal, the ball is confiscated by goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Another counterattack by the Czech team.

But in the same way, the ball was robbed by Gama again before it passed the midfield and passed back to the wing.

Ronaldo dunked and pushed after getting the ball from the right, Postiga rushed over and kicked the ball, Coentrao raised his thigh and missed the ball, Ronaldo did not hesitate to shoot with his heel when his back was turned to the goal.

But unfortunately, the angle of the ball was not enough and flew out from the goal post.

In the next counterattack of the Czech team, Dalida counterattacked and crossed from the right. Baros, who was about to take the ball, missed the ball under the interference of Pepe's defense.

Patricio serves.

Veloso passes the ball to Gama.

Gamar scored the ball to the wing, Pepe quickly rushed over to take the ball away, and then passed the ball to Nani's feet... Well, a mistake, the Czech team counterattacked.

For Portugal's ball, Coentrao and Ronaldo made a beautiful kick to the wall and then made a pass from the left. Unfortunately, the direction of the ball was deflected. Cech retreated and took off the ball that was hanging towards the goal.

One minute later, Moutinho made a direct pass to the right side of the penalty area. Ronaldo faced Kadlec, who was stuck in the position, and was fouled for kicking the opponent.

"Eh, kicked it?"

"Well, I got it."

Hearing the question from Gama who came over, Ronaldo nodded sincerely.

Gama wanted to cover his eyes when he saw the expression on the face full of unruly sarcasm - obviously the captain said it very honestly and sincerely, but no matter how you look at his expression, it was like "you have the guts to hit me" Unconvinced - I understand why the referee always dislikes the captain, just because of his face...

"team leader."

"what happened?"

Ronaldo looked back innocently.

I think the only expression on the captain's face that doesn't look like irony is probably when he is crying with red eyes and red cheeks—similar to his crying face in the last European Cup.

Gama silently put his hand on Ronaldo's shoulder, "I'll do it when I want to talk to the referee in the future!"

"Hey Shiko, what do you mean?"

"……That's what I mean!"

Gama pulled Ronaldo away, walked over to the referee who had just finished speaking with the opposing player, and then walked over.

"No cards!"

Ronaldo pouted childishly.

"Yes, that's what I mean."

Gama nodded simply - after he went over to give a good talk, the referee did not give the captain a card, but only gave a verbal warning.

"Humph!"

Ronaldo snorted childishly and walked away.

"Haha~~"

Veloso patted Gama from behind, "Nice job."

"It's up to you later."

This is Master Pei.

"Xiko, you are really amazing."

After the golden retriever finished speaking, he was taken away by Master Pei.

The midfield partners looked over with sympathetic eyes, Gama covered his chest, he felt that his young heart was deeply hurt...

The Czech team failed to fight back, and the ball fell to the Portuguese team.

As a result, Nani fouled Linbelski, and the referee showed the first yellow card of the field.

Jia Ma walked over silently, stretched out his paw and rubbed Nani's head twice.

The Manchester United winger who was three years older than Gama silently removed Gama's claw from his head, "I understand."

Looking at Nani's 'sad' back, Gama turned his head and asked Veloso inexplicably, "What does Louis know?"

Veloso sighed, "There are certain things that humans cannot do."

"Uh? What do you mean?"

Looking at the backs of his teammates leaving in a hurry, Jia Ma had an expression on why you guys are so unreasonable, "...Bastards!"

hahaha~~

Although they couldn't hear what the Portuguese players were saying, all the audience who saw this scene from the camera burst out laughing.

In this world, honest people are really pitiful!

Gama sighed in self-pity.

Then, just 1 minute after the game restarted, Veloso made a tactical foul on Dalida in the frontcourt and also got a topaz card.

This time, without waiting for Gama to say anything else, Veloso put his hands on Gama's shoulders and said with great pain, "I know, I understand you."

"...You fucking know a P!"

Gama rolled his eyes, turned and walked away.

After 5 minutes, Pepe passed the ball, Ronaldo hooked a shot at a distance of about 10 meters from the goal, and the ball missed the right post.

Ronaldo: Cover your face~

Jia Ma: If you don't have that life, don't even think about playing barbs, okay?

Master Pei: ...It's okay, it's okay, let's find another chance!

Golden Retriever: ... Next time I will pass the ball to you.

Teammates: Oh!

In the stands, a well-known Mr. Bugu covered his mouth, and his shoulders trembled as he laughed.

In the 35th minute of the first half, Limbelski fouled Nani and the Portuguese team got a free kick in the frontcourt.

Ronaldo stood at 35 yards and hit the goal with a free kick, but unfortunately the football flew out of the side net.

The two sides change offense and defense.

But then Postiga suddenly fell down when he received the ball, and the referee blew a timeout to call the team doctor into the field.

Postiga's right thigh strain was checked by the team doctor and he was unable to continue the game and had to be carried out on a stretcher.

The Portuguese team was forced to make a substitution and Almeida came off the bench.

In the 44th minute, Gama successfully intercepted the ball and handed it to Meireles. Meireles passed the ball straight to Nani. At 12 yards.

However, Weber, the referee from the UK, refused to make a penalty, and the Portuguese players were somewhat dissatisfied.

"It's a penalty!"

The host shouted loudly in the broadcast room of the Portuguese side.

But the game continued without the referee giving a penalty. Gama easily hooked the ball from the Czech team's Prasil and passed it diagonally to Meirelles, who kicked a long pass. The ball was handed over to Ronaldo one meter in front of the frontcourt. After stopping the ball in the chest, Ronaldo turned around and got rid of Kadlec and shot directly. However, this powerful shot at about 8 meters unfortunately hit the right post and bounced out.

Portugal failed to break the deadlock and referee Webber blew his whistle after the shot, and the first half ended in a goalless draw.