[Football] Crown of Thorns

The day after the game between England and Italy, the Portuguese team, which is about to face a strong opponent, continued their recovery training.

Gama, who was specially summoned by coach Bento, stared at the entire coaching staff, and he trembled in shock from the posture of the three trials.

"Look at these videos first."

Bento kindly asked him to sit down and pushed the laptop on the table to him.

The gentle attitude of the tough and tough coach is really scary, isn't it?

Gama muttered to himself, staring at the edited video on the computer screen—there were clips of the frontcourt players of the Spanish team on the field.

"When you organize an attack in the midfield, you can't avoid the blocks of Xavi and Busquets, but when you defend, you must pay attention to the opponent's attack, especially Iniesta, and, look here..."

After Gama quickly scanned the video content, Bentuo pulled the computer and began to play the opponent's movements one by one in slow motion while explaining to Gama.

"...a lot of this has been said in the tactical meeting before, but I hope you pay more attention," Bento, who had explained for a long time, stared at Gama, "the most important thing is, I hope that your The offensive power is unleashed."

Hearing the coach's words, Gama raised his head sharply and looked at Bento in surprise.

"I know the various evaluations of you from the outside world, especially the control of your offensive ability," Bento laughed, "Everyone said that because of Ronaldo, your offensive ability was suppressed. But I think there's something personal about it, too, right?"

Bento's words made Gama laugh, "Since we have such a powerful firepower as the captain, why don't we make good use of it, not to mention that our own offensive power is very strong, the captain and Nani's offensive power are very strong , but the defense in the midfield..."

Speaking of this, Gama didn't say any more, but Bento understood the meaning behind his unfinished words.

Bento nodded, "If you hadn't tried your best to control the defense of the midfield, we might have conceded more goals in the qualifiers and the group stage, but the opponent we will face the day after tomorrow cannot be won by defense Yes, so I ask you to attack with all your strength and release your offensive ability with all your strength, OK?"

The coach has made it so clear, can he be OK!

Jia Ma complained silently in his heart, then nodded, "I understand."

"That's good."

Gama, who came out of the coach's small dark room, looked up at the sky. The sky in Donbas, Donetsk, was clear and clean, and it looked really beautiful.

He had already conducted tactical drills for nearly a week before, and then the coach made such a request to him alone. It is estimated that it is not only to catch the opponent by surprise, but also because of the external pressure!

Thinking of the content of "Portugal's fate depends on one person, C? Ronaldo decides the life and death of the whole team" that I read when I got up early this morning, Gama sighed deeply: It's not easy to be a coach!Especially when your team has a superstar, how to deal with the relationship with the superstar and how to let the superstar show its ability and lead a group of second- and third-rate players to play high-level games... Hehe, there is also a group of professional undercover agents My own media staged gossip and rumors about the team's infighting every day, alas~

Looking at his watch, his teammates should have gone to lunch at this point, Jiama turned around and went straight to the restaurant.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I saw that most of the teammates who had finished lunch were still drinking water, spanking and chatting in the restaurant.

Seeing Gama coming in, Veloso waved to him, "Shiko!"

After walking over to say hello to several teammates, Jia Ma immediately sat down on the chair, "Ann, I'm going to starve to death."

Furtado looked at Gama's 'pale face' expression, and got up speechlessly to get him something to eat, while Veloso burst out laughing.

"Xiko, was scolded by Mr.?"

"Bah, how is it possible!"

Gama rolled his eyes.

"Then you look like you have been ravaged..."

"Go away, what are your adjectives~"

Gama stretched his waist and looked around, his midfield partner didn't seem to be here.

"Here you are," Furtado put two plates in front of Gama, "Eat!"

"Wow, you are so virtuous, I love you to death."

Immediately pounced on to eat, Gama praised Furtado unforgivingly.

"...How about I beat him to death?"

Furtado turned to Veloso.

Veloso shook his head, "You can play whatever you want after the European Cup is over, but not now."

"Hehe~"

Cohen, who was sitting across from them, let out a cooperative laugh.

Gama raised his head from the plate and rolled his eyes at his schadenfreude.

Several people were laughing, when Ronaldo and a team member came over.

"You are all here!"

Ronaldo came over and sat opposite Gama.

Gama, who was chewing vegetable leaves, blinked. He felt that the captain's face was not very good-looking.

"What happened?"

Gama swallowed what was in his mouth and asked.

Ronaldo sighed, "Mickey Rourke passed away yesterday."

"?"

Jia Ma was stunned, who was this person with an unfamiliar name to him?

Coentrao, who heard Ronaldo's words, sighed, "It's a pity, it's a pity."

Pepe on the side also came over, "He's still so young..."

Ronaldo nodded, "Iker Casillas and I talked on the phone. The Spanish team will wear a black veil in the game the day after tomorrow, and there will be a moment of silence before the game."

"understood."

Pepe and Coentrao nodded at the same time.

Seeing Master Pei and Coentraan taking out their mobile phones and expressing their condolences, Gama looked at Ronaldo suspiciously.

Ronaldo reached out and touched Gama's head, "Mickey Locke is a first-team player for Real Betis in La Liga. He is only 23 years old this year. He was diagnosed with pelvic cancer in March last year. Treatment but..." Ronaldo sighed at this point, with a very sad expression.

Although the opponent is just an ordinary La Liga player, facing such life and death grief, he is really uncomfortable with his straightforward personality and rich emotions.

Seeing the three teammates in front of him who are all playing in La Liga, Gama nodded, "Do you need us to do something?"

"There's nothing we can do!"

Ronaldo stroked Gama's hair again.

Jia Ma, who was a little hairy from being touched, squinted at his captain, "Captain, I am very strong."

"……I know!"

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"...In this European Cup, from the perspective of the game scene, the Spanish team has maximized the diversification of offense, and the even distribution of firepower is staggering, while the Portuguese team, as always, relies too much on Ronaldo, which is very dependent. It has obviously created an effect that Ronaldo is almost equal to the entire attack power of Portugal, and his aim and efficiency will determine the fate of the team."

"Having said that, what is different from previous national team competitions is that the Portuguese team has a new midfield core, Da Gama. In my opinion, although Ronaldo's dependence still exists, but in terms of overall performance Portugal's offensive model has changed quite a bit..."

乌克兰当地时间6月27日晚21:45，2012欧洲杯第一场半决赛在顿涅茨克顿巴斯竞技场展开。

The two sides facing off today are the Iberian peninsula brothers Portugal and Spain.

There is still an hour before the start of the game. The players on both sides have finished warming up and are waiting for the start of the game.

The live speeches in the stands of the stadium and the commentators from all walks of life are analyzing and interpreting the two teams in different languages.

"...In the first match of the Portuguese group stage, Ronaldo's performance was not stable and he was also a little impatient. Portuguese coach Paul Bento adopted a 9+2 defensive system when facing the German team. Gama's performance is also subject to too many restrictions..."

"The game against Denmark... against the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, Ronaldo finally found his feeling... The full support of the midfielder, especially the Portuguese midfielder almost unreservedly covered Ronaldo..."

"Today's game, the key to the Portuguese team, in my opinion, midfield support is still the key..."

"The Portuguese played very well against the Czech Republic. Today they are going to play against their old opponent Spain. If they want to win the game, the Portuguese need to make more sensitive decisions in the opponent's hinterland, such as the wing. The Portuguese has The sharpest wing attacker, I think if he can play better in this area, he can curb the Spaniard's possession tactics."

"...In terms of technical and tactical literacy, I don't think the Portuguese midfield trio is inferior to the Spaniard in terms of ability, but they need more efficient passing..."

…………

"After talking about the situation of the two teams, let's take it easy and talk about the absolute superstar in this game, Ronaldo of the Portuguese team!"

"Haha, don't mention whether he is the top ball player in the Portuguese team, let's talk about some of his personal records..."

"The latest record, Ronaldo shot 12 times in the game against the Netherlands, becoming the player with the most shots in the European Cup."

"Haha, then I still have a record here. He has scored 3 headers in this European Cup so far, and he is the player with the most headers in the history of the European Cup."

"It's very interesting, isn't it? In fact, he also created a record in this European Cup, that is, until the 21st of this month, it was the 9999th day after Ronaldo was born, and his 39th minute in the match against the Czech team was He played the 999th minute of the European Cup, and he also became the youngest player in history to reach this playing time."

"Yeah, that's right. At the same time, Ronaldo's national team appearance record reached a new peak in this European Cup knockout match. He played a total of 84 games, tying the previous record of his predecessor Rui Costa and becoming the Portuguese national team player. The player with the third most appearances in history, currently there are only two more players in front of him, that is, Cotto who played 110 games and Figo who played 127 games. But I think Ronaldo will catch up with his predecessors soon record~~”

"Yes, yes, and the game against the Czech team was the No.13 European Cup that Ronaldo participated in. Only 6 people surpassed his appearance record: Thuram, Van der Sar, Figo, Nuno Go Max, Popowski and Zidane. The only difference is that these six famous football players have all retired, and Ronaldo, who is only 27 years old, will obviously participate in the next European Cup. A number!"

"There is also the scoring record in the European Cup. At present, Ronaldo has scored 7 goals in the European Cup, only behind Platini who scored 9 goals."

"What's more, he scored goals in the knockout rounds of the two European Cups. Cristiano Ronaldo (who scored against the Netherlands in the 04 semi-finals) also became the sixth player with this record in the history of the European Cup, following Ivanov. , Victor, Dzajic, Postiga and Nuno Gomez."

"Having said so many records, how many records has Ronaldo created in the European Cup?"

"Let's not mention it, I saw players from both sides have come out of the player channel, and now it's..."

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PS：米基?洛克曾效力于英超豪门利物浦，并且为帮助利物浦青年队获得05-06赛季青年足总杯冠军。他也在06赛季以18岁150天的年龄创造了利物浦最年轻的欧冠参赛记录。之后洛克被不断外租并于09年夏天正式转会皇家贝蒂斯俱乐部。他于2012年6月24日因骨盆癌去世，时年23岁。