[Football] Crown of Thorns

The third round of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the first round of Group B between Portugal and England is about to start.

Today's starting rosters are:

Portugal (433):

Goalkeeper: Patricio;

Defenders: Furtado, Pepe, Fonte, Veloso;

Midfielders: Vasco da Gama, Andre Gomes, Renato Sanchez;

Forwards: C-Ronaldo, Eder, Andre Silva.

England (442):

Goalkeeper: Foster;

Defenders: Smalling, Cahill, Clyne, Stones;

Midfielders: Henderson, Lallana, Lingard, Rooney;

Forwards: Rashford, Sturridge.

"... Judging from the rosters of both sides, both sides have sent their own main players, especially in the midfield, where many strong players have gathered..."

"England's four midfielders are from Manchester United and Liverpool. So, if you only look at the field, the big winner in today's game should be Liverpool. There are six main players from both teams. ..."

"Judging from the results of the competitions between the two sides, in the 16 European Cup in France two years ago, the England national team, as a traditional powerhouse, has always missed the European Cup, while the Portuguese team successfully defended the championship. According to the latest betting odds, The odds of England winning the championship are 11.4, and the odds of Portugal winning the championship are 6.1. On paper, the comparison of strengths can be described as quite large..."

"Comparing the starting lists of the two sides, compared with two years ago, the main players of the two sides have also undergone great changes..."

"OK, the game is about to start."

"Portugal got the kick-off and Da Gama stood next to the kick-off point in the middle circle..."

Gama tapped the football lightly with his toe and glanced at the referee.

Today's referee is Naono Konishi, a Japanese referee from Asia. He raised his wrist to look at his watch, and then blew the whistle to start the match.

Gama pushes with his foot and hands the ball to L. Sanchez.

Sanchez caught the ball and swung it backwards, but then retracted his foot and changed direction. With a big foot and a long pass, the ball flew forward.

The moment after the kick-off of the teammates, the Portuguese forward line has already rushed towards the England half like a tiger.

Just as the coaching staff arranged before the game, they gave the opponent a bad start at the beginning and disrupted their arrangements.

Three arrows were fired at once, and the tiger descended the mountain.

The tranquility in England's half was broken in an instant. Stones from Manchester City (transferred from Everton) stepped forward quickly, and he aimed at the Portuguese teenager Eder.

However, Sanchez did not pass the ball to the penalty area, but fell near the sideline.

Although in the past two years, Ronaldo has not been doing this kind of fast pursuit mission for a long time due to the decline in speed, but he will not be stingy with his physical fitness and run fast when he has enough physical fitness at the beginning of the game. , The football is crossed from the air.

Gama, who was plugged in from behind, volleyed, and the football went straight to the goal like lightning.

The England goalkeeper, Foster from the Saints, was stunned and could only rush towards his right hand by feeling.

Over the past few years, Gama has been famous for playing in the Premier League. There is no goalkeeper in the Premier League clubs that has not been kicked by him. Te couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Dagama, shoot!"

"Foster pounced... in the wrong direction..."

In the stadium, the sound of the football hitting the crossbar made everyone hold their breath for a second, and then there was a bang, and after the goal was smashed, countless screams rang out throughout the stadium .

"MYGOD!"

"Although the goal was missed, the speed and power of this goal..."

"According to the on-site velocimeter, the ball's speed reached 126 kilometers per hour in the shot just now, and its impact force is equivalent to 201 kilograms."

"If Foster blocked the football with his hand just now, it is very likely to cause accidental injury..."

"According to the recorded records in football, the fastest ball in the world is the Brazilian left forward Edel. In the 12th World Cup, his powerful shot once hit a ball with a speed of 174.5 kilometers per hour and a strength close to 170 kilograms. Shooting... the second place with such strength and speed is the Brazilian player Carlos, the best left back in the world, whose shooting speed can reach [-] km/h at the fastest..."

"So I have some doubts. I remember that Vasco da Gama is not a player known for his strength. He should amaze us with his skills!"

"You're right. My knowledge of Vasco da Gama is only that he is an excellent midfield commander, not strength."

Various commentary media have made various interpretations of the violent attack at the beginning of the game.

On the court, Gama lowered his head and pinched his thigh, not to mention how outsiders interpreted his wild blast. Although he didn't know what kind of blast he kicked at this time, after the ball was kicked, His legs felt a spicy and sore feeling, and there was a feeling of excessive force.

Ronaldo ran over, glanced at Gama's legs, and moved his position to cover Gama's movement of rubbing his legs.

"It's too much force!"

"Well, I don't know what's going on," Jia Ma's little Piya said, "MD is really..."

"Idiot, organize the game for me and stop shooting."

Ronaldo patted Gama angrily.

Jia Ma sighed, and nodded embarrassedly, "I see."

The ball missed, and the football that bounced off the field was thrown into the field by the ball boy.

Foster held the football, his heart trembled twice, he calmed down before throwing the ball to his teammates.

Cahill took a few steps to catch the ball, and his big foot moved forward.

Lingard in the front hurriedly took a few steps to catch the ball before the opponent intercepted it. He dribbled the ball forward for several meters and then passed it diagonally. England captain Rooney directly smashed the Portuguese block with his strong body, and also came A powerful volley.

Patricio punches the ball back into the field, and Furtado hooks the ball with his foot and throws a long pass forward.

Sorry, he has played a lot of double-red games in the Premier League for a few years, and he has long been immune to Rooney's volley rebound.

The football rushing back flew over the middle circle, Jia Ma's leg was still aching, so he didn't rush forward to grab the spot, but squinted to see who had a better position... He couldn't jump up to grab it, but he Can snatch the ball from someone else's feet.

Sure enough, Smalling from Manchester United in the England camp used his tall body to head the ball directly in the air and intercept the ball.

Seeing Smalling steal the ball, Gama's eyes lit up, and he shoveled towards the opponent's feet with a whoosh.

No way, although Smalling is good at defending with headers and strong in steals, but his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, his foot skills are relatively rough.

So, when Smalling just landed the ball and was about to take a kick, hey, there is nothing under his feet, where is the ball?

Look around, damn it, who is that big number ten on the back of the red jersey! ! !

"Dagama!!!"

The host of Portuguese TV, Perez, roared loudly.

Gama, who nimbly hooked the ball away from Smalling's feet, dribbled the ball forward with ease. He didn't dare to use too much force at the moment, but can we break the force cleverly!

Smiling at the Englishman who outflanked him in front of him, the opponent was startled and became even more vigilant.

Cut, really boring.

Jia Ma pursed his lips and smiled, the football under his feet bounced lightly back and forth between his feet, his face was full of expressions of coming, coming, coming and tackling.

Also playing in the Premier League, Manchester City defender Stones, who has been tricked countless times by Gama, looked at Gama blankly, looking at his teammates from the corner of his eyes, why no one came up to help!

It took a lot of time to go fast. In a few seconds, Gama used his foot skills to stab the ball between Klein and Stones at the moment Klein came to help, and Gama also accelerated and passed by.

"It's really beautiful."

Perez laughed.

With Gama's pass, the Portuguese team played a wave of beautiful cooperation in the England half. After more than ten passes between the four players, the last pass was sent by Ronaldo with a beautiful arc on the right. With a well-placed cross, Edel flew to the top and headed the ball into the goal of the England team.

In the 17th minute of the first half, the Portuguese No. [-] Eder scored with a header.

1-0, Portugal leads by one goal.

Earth-shattering cheers erupted from the Sochi Olympic Stadium.

The Portuguese celebrated wildly, Gama stopped in place, looked at his excited teammates, and smiled.

MD, after the burst shot in the opening scene, it was cool, but he felt his thigh was a little strained. He was really out of his mind. Why did Mao hit the door so violently all of a sudden?

Jia Ma, who was silently feeling sad for himself, felt a weight on his shoulders, turned his head, and Furtado put his hand on his shoulders.

"uncomfortable?"

"No."

"I mean your legs, idiot."

Furtado gritted his teeth.

"It's just a little sore, it's okay."

After many years of professional career, Jia Ma knew his body well, but he just exerted all his strength and pulled it out, and he would be fine if he slowed down.

"Be careful, the next game is very important."

"I know."

The referee, who had received protests from England, came over and interrupted the Portuguese celebration, and the game resumed.

The Englishman also launched a strong attack after kick-off.

However, Sturridge's shot was unsuccessful, and his shot was directly cleared by the Portuguese defense and kicked out of the sideline.

"Tsk tsk, I've said it many times, let Daniel practice his shooting well, look at the accuracy~~~"

Jia Ma gloated and clicked his lips.

Not far away, Rooney looked up at the mouth-scarred Gama, and turned his head speechlessly.

The Portuguese team served, and the ball was carried forward by Veloso to the sideline and entered the England half.

Veloso took a look and passed the ball diagonally.

Andre Gomez responded, the Barcelona midfielder has good skills at his feet, he lightly crossed the opponent's interception, took a big step forward and then transferred, the football flew to the other side, the third Andre of the Portuguese national team Lie (the rate of the same name is really high), Andre Silva rushed forward to hook the ball and hit the goal directly.

But it is a pity that his shot was hugged by Foster.

Foster held the football in his arms tightly, staring at the opponent in front of the goal with vigilant eyes.

Although he was abused by Da Gama many times in the Premier League, he is England's current number one goalkeeper anyway, and he can easily block such sudden shots.

The two sides came and went for a while, and the emotions of the players reached a peak, so the rhythm on the court also slowed down under control, and the game entered a stalemate for a while.

Gama wiped off his sweat, carefully pushed the ball to his teammates on the other side, and then passed it continuously with his teammates, and then controlled it.

As a result of the slower pace, everyone dared not be careless, for fear that the opponent would launch a sudden offensive.

Noticing the gesture of the sideline coach raising his hand, Gama glanced at the time board on the sidelines. There was not much time left in the first half.

Taking a breath, Gama observed the running of his teammates and the position of his opponent.

It can be seen that both sides are guarding against the speed of the opponent.

That being the case, it is us who are leading now, so it is not us who are in a hurry.

Gama thought about it, waved his arm up, and then made a hand gesture with his lower arm—take the ball, pass it back, and then move forward!

A teammate handed over the ball, Gama controlled the ball under his feet and walked slowly.

He was in no hurry to move forward, so Gama immediately passed the ball to Fonte.

After taking a few steps slowly in small steps, Fonte suddenly stepped forward, and Ronaldo suddenly rushed out from the opponent's defense.

"...The game this time is very boring, I almost fell asleep watching~~~"

"After all, it's a game. It's impossible to keep running at a high speed. Gama passed the ball back again. Fonte is still slow...he passed the ball!"

"C Ronaldo moved forward quickly, he succeeded in the anti-offside!!!"

On the pitch, Cristiano Ronaldo, who successfully reversed offside, jumped high, used his excellent jumping ability to push hard in mid-air, and hit the goal with a header.

As if countless fireworks exploded in the air, standing on the turf and looking up, the flying people in the air, and the noise in the background, at that moment, time stopped and space was still, we saw a red figure flying in the sky , the starry sky is like his wings, allowing him to swim between the sky and the earth.

The ball is in!

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PS: I suddenly discovered that I can actually be very artistic~~~