[Football] Crown of Thorns

After Portugal's goal, Germany stepped up their attack.

In the next 5 minutes, the German team seized the ball and launched two attacks in a row.

It's just that this time the Portuguese team's defenders finally played out the meaning of their existence, clenching their teeth and resisting the German team's offensive.

After these two strong attacks were overdone and the ball returned to the Portuguese team, Gama continued to control the ball in the midfield, backed down, and then controlled the ball at a slow pace. Anyway, I was not in a hurry.

Portuguese coach Crudo just wanted to laugh. Although he knew that the German team was ahead but could be counterattacked by the opponent at any time due to the strength of the German team, Gama's grasp of the rhythm of the game still allowed him to see the future. hope.

He turned his head and said to the assistant coach Reina beside him, "I'm looking forward to Gama's performance after entering the national team."

"Me too."

Renner nodded with a smile.

The German team coach Hrubesh, who was standing not far from them, was also talking to his assistant coach, "The lads are a little bit lacking in confidence."

Although the German players currently on the field are mainly members of last year's European Youth Championship champions, this group of boys is not playing very well at the moment, and they seem to be a little bit at a loss. It made the coach Hrubesh a little dissatisfied.

"The lads are a little bit out of shape."

Flying directly to Cairo to play in the World Youth Championship just after participating in the league, many people have physical problems, jet lag and environmental influences.

"Portugal don't seem to have those problems."

Hrubesh frowned.

"Sir, most of the players in the Portuguese team are substitutes or in the youth team. The only one of them who plays the main role in the first team is their midfielder No. 8 Gama."

Hrubesh understood the meaning behind the assistant's words, but he still shook his head, "Generally speaking, I'm still a little relaxed mentally."

Hearing the coach's dissatisfaction, the assistant teacher couldn't say anything more.

At this time, the time on the field has entered the final stoppage time of the second half, and the score on the field is still [-]-[-], with Portugal leading.

With three whistles from the referee, the game is over.

The Portuguese team won the first group stage victory, which can be regarded as a small upset.

The best player of the game is Gama of the Portuguese team.

In the post-match statistics, Gama made a total of 91 passes in the game, more than any other player on the field, almost reaching an average of once a minute. It can be said that he has mastered the whole game with his passing. The rhythm of the game, in the case of the obvious imbalance in the strength of the two sides, the German team, whose strength is slightly higher than theirs, was knocked off the horse.

In the news interview after the game, not only the Portuguese coach Crudo praised Gama, but even the German coach Hrubesh also praised Gama's performance, "If Gama continues to perform like this, I believe him Will definitely become the best midfielder of the new generation...".

Except for the coach, when various commentators rated the performance of the players in this game, the score of 8.5 in the Gama game composite index made him far higher than other players.

After the game, Perez smiled and said to Rui, "How, it's not for nothing!"

Rui also smiled, "Indeed, you didn't lie to me this time."

"Have I lied to you before?"

Perez opened his eyes wide and asked with an aggrieved expression.

Almost all the viewers watching the broadcast laughed out loud, because Perez always said every time he explained a football game, "Hey, this **** might be the next Rui/Figo, etc., huh, huh, It has been said for several years that no one can really become the new Rui/Figo. It really makes people feel cold sweat for the future talent selection of the Portuguese national team.

But today, all the people who watched the game were surprised to find that Perez was really right this time.

"I just hope that he can keep going..."

After laughing, Rui stared at the young man in the camera and said expectantly.

Jia Ma, who was caught interviewing in front of the tunnel, felt that the smile on his face was a little stiff when he heard the messy questioning. He hurried back to the locker room after saying a few words casually with a haha.

"Haha, how does it feel to become famous?"

As soon as he entered the locker room, Jia Ma was attacked by the naked man, and a towel with water was thrown on his head.

Reluctantly removing the stinky towel, Jia Ma glared at him, "Furtado, I knew you were jealous of me, I'm sad."

"Haha, little cutie Gama~~"

Furtado sang a sentence in tune and then sang the Portuguese folk song Fatum (Fado). The singing of Fado was full of sadness and lamentation. For many years, sailors and others living in the slums of Lisbon have used this song and dance to reflect their painful lives, and they have adapted the tune of "Lendum" to sing their hearts. The sadness and the lyrical atmosphere are said to make people feel a kind of sweet sadness.Therefore, "Fado" means fate in Portuguese, also known as elegy.

Well, after explaining so much, Gama just wanted to grind his teeth, and rushed over to beat up the singing Furtado.

"You miss Chun!"

Although Gama feels that he doesn’t know much about Portuguese folk culture, he still knows that most of the Fado songs are about love, homesickness or the arrangement of helpless fate, that is, there are many tragedies and sorrows, and Furtado sings this Fado, who is out of tune, is obviously laughing at him!

"Actually, I'm very serious," the naked Furtado held a rolled up towel in his hand, and turned to Gama with a feigned sad expression.

Veloso, who was beside him, immediately picked up a small stool in the dressing room and placed it obliquely on his waist, as if playing.

Immediately afterwards, Teixeira found another towel, straightened it and placed it diagonally between his chest and abdomen to pretend to be a guitar.

Seeing the captain taking the lead in spoofing Gama, the others immediately gathered in a circle, and Furtado sang a chant that they agreed with, regardless of whether his pitch was accurate, it was just dubbing anyway.

"Beautiful girl, your hair is so beautiful, your red lips are so delicate, and your bright eyes make me drunk..."

At this time, the Portuguese coach Crudo, who had just finished the press conference, came to the door of the locker room and heard the voice inside. He raised his eyebrows at the staff of his team at the door.

Their staff smiled and beckoned him to listen.

Crudo was immediately amused by the movement inside, "Are they confessing to Gama collectively?"

"That's right!"

The staff member who covered his mouth and smiled nodded sharply.

Crudo couldn't help but shrugged with a smile, "Okay, then I'll go in later!"

The hoopla in the locker room continued.

"...My heart is drunk for you, your cruelty breaks my heart, girl, why do you leave me, without you I will never have the courage to be happy..."

These bastards!

Gama gritted his teeth.

Now he just wants to take a shower and change into clean clothes. What do these guys mean by being stuck here? What’s so interesting about a group of naked men? bigger.

"My eyes are going blind."

Gama gritted his teeth, squeezed through the crowd, and threw the towel on Furtado's head.

"Ugly to death."

Gama, who was flushed with shame when he saw the proud face, fled into the bathroom, and the young man who succeeded in pranking him clapped his hands in celebration at the same time.

Their happy high-fives could be heard in the bathroom, and Gama rolled his eyes fiercely.

On September 9, the Portuguese team played against Cameroon.

On October 10, the Portuguese team played against the US team.

In the game against Cameroon, the two sides played a 1-1 tie.

In the game against the United States, Portugal beat the United States 3-0.

In the group stage, the Portuguese team won two wins and one tie and qualified first in the group, while the German team ranked second with two wins and one loss.

Portugal, which has entered the round of 10 knockout round, will face Nigeria, the second-placed team in Group B. The match is scheduled for October 8.

Maybe it’s because the boys are getting more and more cooperative, or maybe the opponent’s performance is so-so, but in any case, the performance of the Portuguese team is better than once. In the game against Nigeria, they beat the opponent 3-1. Eliminated and successfully entered the next round.

And in this game, Gama also scored a super beautiful free kick.

It was an arc goal close to a round moon scimitar, which was so wonderful that the audience screamed repeatedly, and Perez in the Portuguese TV broadcast room even directly shouted, "This must be the goal of this World Youth Championship." The best goal, there is no one," the words came.

In the live broadcast room where Rui was the guest, although the calm Rui still said "should be the best", everyone could see his happiness.

"This is the real fame!"

After the game, Furtado put his arms around Gama's neck and said excitedly.

Gama, who was very proud in his heart but still pretended to be calm, also forgot the problem of the stinky Furtado hugging him, just pursed his lips, his eyes were bright, well, he is still young, so is his pride Yes, right!

"Ruy, call Bento, the national team needs a guy like this."

Perez in the studio was still excited.

Rui smiled, "Paul (Bento) should also watch the game."

Next year will be the World Cup in Brazil, but the Portuguese national team did not perform well in the World Cup qualifiers, and can only enter the play-offs to compete for the final spot. The national team coach Queiroz stepped down because of this, and the new coach Bento has just taken over. Location.

The 41-year-old Paul Bento was once a member of Portugal's famous golden generation. After he officially retired in 2004, he began to be the coach of the Portuguese Super League giants Sporting Lisbon. The coach Queiroz announced that Bento took over as the national team coach and signed a two-year contract.

As a member of Portugal's golden generation, Rui and Bento are naturally familiar, but Rui believes that as long as Bento has watched the youth team's game, he should consider the selection of Gama-the Portuguese national team is now Everyone knows the problem, that is, they can't find a suitable waist. Although Jia Ma has just debuted with little qualifications, he has performed really well in the past year and a half.

"If you can……"

Rui laughed.

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PS: In reality, the German team played against the South Korean team in this game, and the two teams had a draw.

PS: In fact, Queiroz stepped down after the 2010 World Cup and Bento took over, but you know~~~