[Football] Crown of Thorns

On July 2018, 7, the 1st match of the World Cup, that is, the first round of the knockout round, the match between the first Portugal in Group B and the second French team in Group A will be staged at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Moscow Luzhniki Stadium, which can accommodate 89318 spectators, is the world's largest and Russia's largest dedicated football stadium. It is one of the five-star stadiums of the European Football Championship. In order to host the World Cup, the original artificial turf was replaced with natural turf. Compared with before, it makes the stadium look brand new.

"How does it feel?"

During the warm-up, Gama asked Ronaldo with a hippie smile.

Ronaldo glanced at him, "Say it as if you've never played here before."

In the European Cup qualifiers a few years ago, the Portuguese national team played here. At that time, it was still artificial turf.

Of course, Ronaldo also knows that the bastard Gama must want to laugh at the incident where he cried after playing here...

Can Gama admit that he was indeed mocking?

Of course not.

So he just smiles, smiles...

The teammates far away from the two bickering bosses whispered, worrying about their two leadership cores whose IQs are not on the line-if outsiders find out, will the Portuguese national team still have face?

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In today's game, the Portuguese team drew the home lottery, so they came out first to warm up. When they returned to the stadium, they just met the French team who were going out to warm up.

Varane, who is now the core of the French team's defense, greeted his club teammates enthusiastically. Benzema also touched his bald head and smiled, high-fived and hugged Ronaldo and others.

Gama started rubbing his chin again, pretending to be deep (Furtado), and then Sacco came over.

"Hey! Shiko, Ann!"

Mamadou Sakho (Mamadou Sakho), transferred from Paris Saint-Germain Club to Liverpool Football Club in 2013, played as a left back on the field. Two years ago, he was suspended by UEFA for 30 days. Coach Didier Deschamps gave up (his suspension period had passed by then) and missed the Euro 16.After Deschamps left, Blanco recalled him.

"Why do I think you are fat again, have you taken any medicine?"

The poisonous tongue added to the line immediately, and Sacco rolled his eyes when he said it.

The players from the two teams who heard their conversation all around burst into laughter.

Two years ago, Sakho was banned by UEFA. It turned out that Sakho was found to be positive for drugs after their game against Manchester United. His urine sample was found to contain banned drugs and diet pills.

Sacco explained that he was not taking stimulants, but that a diet pill he was taking contained banned ingredients, which he was completely unaware of at the time.

Although FIFA and UEFA have always warned players to pay attention to the banned ingredients in weight-loss pills, many players who want to lose weight are still found to have taken weight-loss products containing banned ingredients from time to time. , not only Sacco, but Kolo Touré was also suspended for 6 months because he tested positive for weight loss pills.

As early as in the club, he was often rolled by the venomous Sacco, which made his dark face, which could only see the white eyes, look particularly fierce.

"Ann, can you tell Xiko to shut up?"

Teammates who are familiar with Gama know that only Furtado can stop Gama from spraying venom wantonly.

Futa Doha laughed loudly, he and Sacco hugged vigorously, "You know I can't control it."

"It's really useless, Ann, you need to use your brain!"

Sacco also responded unceremoniously with a poisonous tongue.

Furtado gave him a white look, "You speak as if you have a brain."

Less than two meters away from them, Martial, No. 11 of the French striker, turned around with a smile. It was obvious that Martial was amused by them.

Sacco glanced at Martial, then back at Gama.

Jia Ma looked back at him solemnly, "He's your teammate."

Martial from the Red Devils Manchester United, they are opponents, in every aspect.

Sacco silently glanced at Gama again, silently walked back to his team, silently...

"Why are you bullying Mamadu?"

Furtado blames Gama.

Jia Ma looked at him, "It's obvious that you are bullying him, okay?"

Veloso, who couldn't listen anymore, took people away one by one, "You two, please shut up."

Ronaldo, Benzema and Varane on the other end were suspiciously silent for a few seconds, and Benzema smiled, "Your teammates are very interesting."

Varaneha smiled and put it away again.

Ronaldo is speechless: idiot!

…………

"In the starting rosters of both sides today, the Portuguese team did not have their core Da Gama among the starting players. Although Da Gama has entered the 18-man squad, it seems that Mr. Santos is still not sure about the recovery of Da Gama's injury. ..."

"Portugal has drawn the home lottery, they are wearing their red home jersey, and their new jersey this year has the Portuguese nautical mark on it..."

"The French team is still a Gallic rooster on blue and white, but frankly speaking, I don't like the one with hidden stripes. I personally think that the traditional solid blue and white jersey of the French team looks better. ..."

"Okay, let me read the starting lineups of both sides again..."

Portugal starting lineup (433):

Goalkeeper: Patricio;

Defenders: Furtado, Pepe, Fonte, Veloso;

Midfielders: Joao Mario, Andre Gomez, Renato Sanchez;

Forwards: C-Ronaldo, Eder, Andre Silva.

France's starting lineup (433):

Goalkeeper: Lloris;

Defenders: Varane, Mathieu, Sagna, Sakho;

Midfielders: Kante, Cabaye, Pogba;

Forwards: Griezmann, Benzema, Martial.

"Portugal's starting lineup is basically their main lineup. Except for Da Gama's failure to start, there is not much change, but Andre Silva, who is known as Ronaldo's successor, made his first start in the Against the French team, Mr. Santos is still very bold in employing people!"

"The French team insisted on playing the most popular 4231 formation in football for a long time when Deschamps took over, until they lost the first leg against Ukraine 0-2 in the playoffs of the world preliminaries. The team changed to 433... After Blanco returned to take charge of the national team, he didn't make too many changes to the team's formation, and still mainly played 433..."

"Players from both sides have entered the field!"

After a series of pre-match ceremonies such as exchanging team flags and taking pictures, the game will begin immediately.

Gama, who was wearing a coat, sat on the bench, his arms resting on his knees, watching the field seriously.

The referee for this game is Nicola Rizzoli from Italy. He used to enforce the 2014 World Cup final and the semi-final between Germany and France in the European Cup two years ago.Because of his outstanding law enforcement ability and integrity, Rizzoli became the focus of training for the Italian Football Association after the 'Phone Gate'.

"According to the data, Rizzoli's law enforcement is loose, and he is the kind of referee who doesn't play cards very well."

Moutinho, who was sitting next to Gama, nodded when he heard what Gama said, "You mean..."

"I didn't mean to test it," Gama shook his head, "I just want to say that this kind of competition can be played skillfully."

"Technical flow?"

Moutinho glanced at Gama, "What kind of technical flow?"

Jia Ma heyed twice, laughed without saying a word.

Moutinho is really a black line. He feels that he has no idea how Gama grew up. People say that Gama is a player with a full gentleman style on and off the field. As a result, this bastard is now a black man. People are blinded by such a small-minded person with a dark heart!

"I didn't expect you to know me so well!"

Gama covered his mouth and said to Moutinho with a happy smile.

"How did I know you?"

"I didn't say anything, but you actually understood what I wanted to say. Hehe~~~"

Moutinho: ==

Moutinho: Can I apply for a Gama sack after the game!

Teammates sitting behind them: Come on, Jose, kill Hiko! ! !

"...The game starts, the French team kicks off first!"

Less than 3 minutes into the game, Kanter collided with Portugal's Renato Sanchez when he was running in midfield to receive a pass from his teammates It didn't look like he was injured.

There was an exclamation from the French bench. Gama looked over there, then got up and walked to the sidelines coach Santos.

"gentlemen."

"what's up?"

"Let Joao try to take more sideways."

Santos glanced at Gama, "What do you see?"

"Kante is very strong physically. It can be said that he is very strong. In the Premier League, he is often said to be strong and not like a human on earth." Gama covered his mouth and talked to Santos, "However, he just fell down. .”

Hearing what Gama said, Santos raised his eyebrows and looked at the players on both sides running on the field. He carefully looked at No. 5 Kante of the French team. He is not tall but looks very muscular. The black French midfielder seemed really strong.

"Sir, although Renato is taller than Kanter, there is not much difference in strength between the two. Kanter cannot fall to the ground so easily, so..."

"You suspect he is injured."

"It's not doubt, it's certainty."

Gama smiled, "At the end of the season, Kanter was injured, so he only started one of the last three league games and was replaced halfway through."

"Miguel didn't say that."

Santos pondered.

Veloso has played quite well for Chelsea in recent years and is the main defensive force of the Chelsea team. It is impossible for him not to know whether Kanter is injured.

"If of course he does have an injury, but it's fine."

Gama smiled cunningly, "But the group stage was so intense, especially the match between France and Russia..."

The point is that the French team, which played against the main force, actually had a draw with Russia.

It's not that the Russian team is not strong enough. No matter what, they also have quite good players and home support, but the French team, which is obviously superior in strength, failed to win Russia. How can this not be justified?

Gama, who has been watching the game videos carefully for the past few days, has always felt that something is wrong, but the collision at the beginning just now made the doubt card in Gama's mind pop up-the French midfielder Kante seems to have some problems , Compared with their confrontation performance in the league, Kanter's reaction is a bit slow...

"I understand."

Santos nodded.

He has also carefully observed the French team's group performance, but after all, judging from the performance of the players on paper and video, it is not as good as the players who have played against each other know their opponents better.

Therefore, it is better to have a godly opponent than a pig teammate-this, in fact, it is good to have a pig opponent (Gama).

Taking advantage of a sideline kick, Santos pulled Veloso who happened to be standing near the sideline and said a few words quickly.

Veloso glanced at the grinning Gama, nodded to show that he understood the coach's intentions, and then he took the opportunity of the defensive run to convey the coach's instructions to his teammates.

Tsk, it's really troublesome that Jiama is not on the field, and he has to pass off-field instructions like this.

However, Kanter is injured?

Veloso frowned, looked at his club teammate Kante near the midfield, and shook his head slightly.

Gama, who stood with his arms folded with the coach, watched closely the movement of his teammates on the field, and had a private chat with the coach from time to time.

Santos will also chat with Gama about the performance of the players on the field. It seems that the two communicate very naturally, which makes the live director pull the camera over from time to time, and many analysts and commentators try to interpret the two. talking about something.

"When Santos first became the coach of the national team, I remember that Da Gama was not selected for the squad. At that time, many people said that the two were not compatible."

"That's because the injury Vasco da Gama suffered in the Champions League final was not completely healed!"

"It is rumored that Da Gama and Santos have no personal relationship, and it is said that the two have no relationship in private~~"

"Haha, don't believe some reports. You can see that the two of them communicate so frequently on the sidelines. Especially in recent years, Da Gama has been the core of the team. It is impossible to say that there is no communication."

"This is..."

"Hey, the French team made a mistake!!!"

On the court, Kanter received a pass from his teammate, Pepe directly stuck to the opponent and squeezed the opponent, and then squeezed Kanter away from his feet and lost the ball.

Pepe passes the ball to Mario, who quickly cuts inside and passes again.

"The French team is in danger!"

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PS: Xiko who learned badly~~