[Football] Crown of Thorns

After the Portuguese team scored, the Bosnian team launched a strong counterattack, but until the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the Bosnian team hit the Portuguese team's goal post twice in a row, but failed to gain anything.

During the intermission, Bento encouraged the players while asking them to continue to strengthen their offense. One goal is not guaranteed. The Bosnia and Herzegovina team will definitely attack more violently in the second half. They must not relax their vigilance, especially the defense.

"...Let me emphasize again, the defense must be stable, and don't lose your position easily. Other players must pay attention to filling their teammates..."

After waiting for the coach to let the players rest and go out, Gama lowered his head and laughed silently.

Dani Alves is pretty good at scoring points, being proactive in attacking, but the problem is - he's a defender!

As the main defender of Porto, Boavista's rival in the same city, Gama knows him well. This guy is fast, accurate and powerful, but he is a defender anyway.

In this way, the Portuguese national team can be regarded as offensively strong and defensively weak to a certain extent!

As Jia Ma was thinking, he suddenly noticed someone standing in front of him, leaning down* and staring at him.

Gama was taken aback by the shadow area above his head. He raised his head and saw Mr. Ronaldo, the team leader of his family.

"team leader?"

Gama yelled suspiciously.

And Ronaldo stared at him like that, and after a few seconds he suddenly laughed.

The stern-faced Ronaldo looks like an evil and charming president, but as long as he smiles or acts stupid, he immediately transforms from the industry elite into a foolish and cute baby. Is this a cute contrast?

Jia Ma pondered, his face still remained calm.

"Nice job!"

The team leader reached out and patted Jia Ma on the shoulder, "Keep going for the second half!"

After saying the words of encouragement, he put his hands on his waist and raised his head, laughing loudly.

Looking at his team leader's expression of "I'll cover you from now on, big brother", Jia Ma silently covered his eyes.

Captain, I trouble you to maintain your aloofness, such a stupid and cute captain really makes people want to jump over and pinch!

I used to believe that the Western media's coverage of Ronaldo was simply stupid.

Pepe with curly hair was laughing at the side. His laughter seemed to make Ronaldo laugh again. The two hugged each other for a while and couldn't stop laughing.

Noticing that the seemingly calm expression on Gama's face was about to burst, Nani, who was sitting next to him, patted him on the shoulder speechlessly, and said something to Gama with the emotion of someone who has experienced it. , "It will be fine if you get used to it in the future."

Jia Ma looked around the locker room for a week. Sure enough, everyone had already turned a blind eye to the low-spirited jokes of the team leader and his teammates, and they were doing their own relaxing things, completely unaffected by their noise.

Nani chuckled, and continued to Gama in a low voice, "Cristiano hasn't laughed like this for a long time when he was playing for the national team."

The struggle of the Portuguese national team in the world preliminaries this year has put a lot of mental pressure on the young captain Ronaldo. Every time he returns to the national team, except for the occasional laughter, he really hasn’t relaxed for a long time. He was injured as soon as he moved to Real Madrid, and he was under a lot of pressure in the club. It is no wonder that some media are starting to question him now.

Thinking of some reports in the last newspaper, Jia Ma also nodded in understanding.

However, it is said that Nani is a fan of C Ronaldo. It seems to be true, but they all know how to appease C Ronaldo in the team!

The second half was about to start, and Gama rechecked the guards of his sneakers, got up and went out.

The team leader led the way, followed by Pepe and Nani. Gama turned his head and saw Deco. He hesitated for a second, then walked over and walked side by side with Deco.

"Anderson, can we cooperate in the midfield in the second half..."

Gama whispered his thoughts to Deco.

The world usually calls him Deco, which is actually just his nickname. His real name is Anderson Luis De Souza. I know, although he used to know that many players in football were called nicknames by the outside world, but he almost thought that they would also be called by nicknames in the team. Fortunately, he noticed this after joining the team, so he didn't make a joke.

Although he is not very popular with players of his generation in the Portuguese national team, Deco is a man with a good personality both on and off the pitch. A few questions about cooperation were raised.

The two chatted in low voices for a while, and Gama finally said to him, "Thank you!"

Deco, who has a slightly inverted brow and an honest face, smiled, "Come on!"

After the game started, Bosnia and Herzegovina launched a strong attack soon after getting the ball.

For a while, the Portuguese team was in front of the goal and the situation was critical. Fortunately, the Portuguese team's No. 6 Carvalho interrupted the opponent's attack in time, but gave the opponent a set kick.

The Portuguese players started to line up the wall. Gama, who happened to be standing side by side with Nani, glanced at him. Nani said haha, "Don't worry, they won't be able to get in."

Gama turned his head speechlessly and looked at the goalkeeper behind the goal.

Goalkeeper Eduardo is clapping his hands and jumping back and forth in front of the goal. He looks a bit like a frog. Who told him to wear a green jersey!

Anyway, Jia Ma couldn't understand why many goalkeepers like to wear light green jerseys, just because they are conspicuous?

Bosnia and Herzegovina captain Misimovic took the free-kick with a high float that flew over the wall and over the goal, hitting the billboard behind.

This became the possession of the Portuguese team.

The goalkeeper serves.

The ball was sent out and landed near the middle circle. Gama raised his leg to catch the ball, first bounced it with his left thigh and then bounced it down with his right leg. He then caught the ball with his left foot and turned around to make a fake move. Damjanovic, who was defending him, faced the Bosnian player Jasic who was defending him. The ball circled another half circle under his feet, made a pull and turned around, and rushed straight past the opponent and rushed towards the opponent. The opponent's half.

"Beautiful! Beautiful pull the ball and turn around!"

In the broadcast rooms of all parties, many hosts shouted.

The audience also shouted in unison.

It's really not easy. They finally have another midfielder in the Portuguese team who has both skills and both offense and defense.

"He's still young and has time to grow up."

After listening to the host's comments after screaming, Ruy said this.

"Yes, our captain is only 24 years old, they still have time and opportunities..."

Regardless of the off-court comments, just look at the on-court. Gama’s continuous impact and cooperation with his teammates quickly tore apart the defense of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team. Overwhelming the players of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team, but the Bosnia and Herzegovina goalkeeper also played a very high level, blocking all Portugal's shots with high defense and low defense.

Sweating like rain, the jersey was soaked, and Gama pulled the jersey on his skin. The lights in the stadium illuminated the entire stadium as brightly as day, and every move of all the players in the camera would be captured to the last minute.

Gama, who was standing in the corner, took a breath and wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve.

He observed the players of the two teams huddled together in the penalty area, raised his right hand and made an upward movement in the middle.

The teammates who noticed Gama's gesture began to push and push more in the penalty area, and squeezed together with the players of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team, resolutely not allowing them to have a chance to jump, while the captain of the Portuguese team, C Ronaldo, took the initiative. Withdrew a few meters, Jiama's gesture meant that he wanted to send a high-altitude ball to the middle of the penalty area. As the team's point-grabbing master, he naturally had to cooperate.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina players repeatedly protested against the Portuguese's actions. The referee blew several whistles to remind them to pay attention, but the situation of the two teams remained the same after the whistles. The whistle to serve.

Jia Ma, who was trotting for two steps, kicked out the ball, and a beautiful arc flew through the air, and it landed directly in the back of the middle.

Ronaldo jumped high, and his outstanding jumping ability allowed him to grab the first landing point.

header.

The football flew out, bounced heavily on the ground, and hit the goalkeeper's arm that was jumping to catch it. After brushing his arm and bouncing, he rushed into the goal.

This is a header attack similar to the elevator ball.

The ball is in.

The Portuguese fans in the audience gave out deafening cheers.

It is now the 67th minute of the second half, two to zero, and the Portuguese team leads by two goals.

On the court, the excited Portuguese surrounded their captain, hugging their heads and hugging their waists and huddled together.

Gama, who trotted out from the corner flag area, stopped. He first observed the excited celebrations of his teammates, until he saw Pepe flying and directly pressing on the top of the crowded crowd. With force under his feet, he jumped and sat directly on Pepe's back.

At this time, the team leader who was pressed down at the bottom could no longer support the gravity, and his body went limp, and the crowd on top of him also rolled into a ball because of his fall, while the top one Naturally, Jia Ma got up and escaped from the pile of meat at the fastest speed.

The laughter in the arena shook the sky, the Portuguese fans celebrated wildly, while the small number of Bosnia and Herzegovina fans were dejected.

Until the Bosnia and Herzegovina team began to protest that the Portuguese had too much time to celebrate, the referee came over and told them to disperse quickly, and the game continued.

Bosnia and Herzegovina kicked off in the middle circle. Vladavić took the ball and rushed into the frontcourt. Dzeko shot directly after receiving the ball.

Eduardo, who hugged the ball, looked at the goal post affectionately, and hugged it hard. Today, his goal post is very strong. The Bosnia and Herzegovina team's several shots hit the goal post, fully realizing that it is a goalkeeper. The oath of a good friend.

Dzeko scratched his hair angrily, and walked away.

It's been three times, and all three shots have hit the post. Bad luck.

"It's not a matter of bad luck." After Perez explained this, Rui shook his head. "Today, on the defense line of the national team, the defenders did not attack many times, and the defense was very solid. Dzeko's few shots were for insurance. He chooses to avoid the defenders and increase the angle, which will inevitably make the angle of the football fly off, so the natural hit rate will drop, so it is not because of his poor shooting skills or bad luck..."

After Rui explained, Perez nodded, "Does this mean that our defenders performed quite well?"

"Yes, I did really well today..."

As time passed, the players of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team became anxious. They made several mistakes in a row because of their emotional instability. This made their coach very worried and shouted loudly.

It's just that the players on the court couldn't hear his shouts at all due to the overwhelming noise in the stadium, which made the expression on his face even more anxious.

At this time, Gama was in control of the football, back and forth around the middle circle without any haste, and he used this coordination to move forward little by little, pulling the Bosnia and Herzegovina defense line. Passing and catching the ball after one pass aroused the opponent's impetuous mood even more, so that even the Bosnian players who got the ball even fired anti-aircraft guns when facing the goal.

In the end, amidst the cheers and cheers of the fans, the Portuguese team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 and won the first round.