[Football] Crown of Thorns

A heaven, a hell!

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It was already noon when Gama woke up the next day after a whole night of madness.

Rubbing his sore eyes, shaking his dizzy head, Gama, who sat up in a daze for a while, remembered, and turned his head to look at Furtado who was sleeping next to him. The average temperature in July in Russia in summer is 13°C~24°C, compared to the summer competitions held in other continents, the daytime temperature here is acceptable and the night is still very cold. After messing around all night, they still remember sleeping on the bed wrapped in quilts, which is also considered acceptable. ah!

I'm lucky I didn't catch a cold!

With a sigh, Jia Ma got out of bed, and looked at his whole body in the bathroom, the bruises from being kicked in the game, the marks of injuries, and some redness and purpleness that I don't know how it came from... What a spectacle!

After showering and tidying up his personal hygiene, Gama, who walked out of the bathroom, walked to the bedside to see Furtado who was still sleeping soundly.

"install!"

Gama yelled a few times, but Furtado, who had fallen into a deep sleep, didn't even move, and continued to sleep.

Looking around at the 'tragic' scene in a room, Gama covered his forehead.

Liquor bottles, torn clothes, and a lot of messy things were thrown all over the place. It was like the scene of a chaotic battle.

Quickly tidy up the mess everywhere, and Jia Ma also opened the window to let fresh air into the room, and then he went out with a bag of trash.

In the corridor, he found the bin where the cleaning staff picked up the garbage. Taking advantage of no one to throw the bag in his hand, Jia Ma took the elevator up to the restaurant on the top floor.

The restaurant is deserted, because it is all chartered by the Portuguese national team, so the only people who come and go here except the hotel staff are the Portuguese team.

It was time for dinner, but there were only sporadic people in the restaurant at this time, and most of them were internal staff of the national team. Among the players, there were only a few young people.

In order to ensure the health and food safety of the players, the chefs here are all their own people brought from China, and they serve different delicacies (nutritious meals) every day.

After saying hello to a few boys, Gama took a plate and picked some food from the self-selection table. He had consumed too much from yesterday to now, so he had to have a good meal, grilled cod, vegetable salad plus two An egg tart and a seafood rice bowl, the full Gama asked the staff for a lunch box.

"Didn't eat enough?"

The familiar chef asked Gama.

Jia Ma shrugged, "Anna guy didn't want to move, and asked me to bring food back."

"That's right, you played really hard yesterday~~"

After chatting with the chef for a few words, Gama returned to the room with a lot of food in the dining box.

Furtado, who hadn't woken up when he went out, had already woken up. It seemed that he had already taken a shower, and was sitting on the sofa in a daze with a bathrobe on.

When he came out of the restaurant, he picked up a few newspapers placed at the door, and Gama put the lunch box on the table, "Eat something."

Feeling that Furtado was still a little out of spirits, Gama sat on the opposite sofa and opened a newspaper to read, "Are you awake?"

"Oh……"

Furtado responded slowly.

"Aren't you hungry?"

Gama shook the newspaper and asked again.

"Oh……"

Furtado still looked immortal.

So Jia Ma put down the newspaper, "Do you want me to feed that?"

"Need not!"

This time Furtado answered very simply.

Jia Ma was silent for two seconds, then picked up the newspaper again, with a smile on his face hiding behind the newspaper, "Today's news is very interesting."

"Is it!"

Furtado, who started to eat, responded.

Jiama reads the newspaper, Furtado eats more, and the room becomes silent and peaceful.

After a 120-minute battle and a brutal penalty shootout, the coach gave everyone a holiday. It took two full days for the players to recover.

After many years, Portugal, which has finally reached the World Cup final, caused a sensation throughout the country.

Outside the hotel where they stayed, the Portuguese fans stayed outside almost day and night, cheering every time they saw the players. Such a scene is a kind of motivation and a kind of great pressure.

In the past two days, none of the players dared to go out. They all hid in the hotel watching TV and various rumors, and resumed training easily.

After the evening training that day, when everyone gathered in the restaurant, enjoying the food and gossiping, they heard what Gama said.

A heaven, a hell!

"What do you mean?"

Hearing the questions from his teammates, Jia Ma smiled happily, as if the expression of the magic stick made many teammates have the urge to beat him up.

"It means, the field of sorrow and joy after victory or defeat."

Even if he said that he didn't believe in a crow's mouth, Jia Ma was a little afraid of his black mouth in his heart, so he was very particular about his words.

Of course, everyone present still understood this description.

Furtado tapped on the table, "Xiko, stop talking."

Jia Ma spread his hands, "Success, you can do whatever you want!"

Teammates around laughed, and Furtado sighed and changed the subject, "So, is there any news about our opponent, the German team?"

"Currently, no!"

Veloso shook his head.

Among the people present, if you want to talk about their understanding of the Germans, apart from Renato Sanchez, Gama also knows quite a few acquaintances.

However, for Gama, the most familiar friend failed to be selected for the national team this time, and his wish to play against each other could not be fulfilled.

Ge Xiaopang's defeat was surprising and not as expected. From his injury at the beginning of 2017 to his comeback and then to his injury, Ge Xiaopang's competitive state can be said to have plummeted. Ce is no longer a member of the national team in his heart, so it can be said that it is normal for Goce, who has not improved, to lose the national team.

Over the past year, Jiama and Ge Xiaopang have also had a lot of contact, but no matter how much they encourage and comfort Ge Fatty, there is no way for Ge Fatty to adjust back to the little fat man he used to be.

Thinking about it this way, Ge Xiaopang's state of eating all his money over the years is one of the important factors for him not being able to return to glory.

Thinking of this, Gama not only shook his head.

"how?"

"It's nothing."

Gama didn't say anything more, "No matter how you say it, the Germans can be a more difficult opponent than the Brazilian team."

"Xiko is right."

Ronaldo, who just came into the restaurant at this time, said through the interface.

When he came over with the tray, he sat across from Gama and sat down side by side with Coentraan.

"The interview is over!"

Gama asked him with a smile.

Ronaldo smiled, "Yes!"

"It's a bit stressful!"

Gama laughed too.

As the captain of the national team, when other teammates are inconvenient to come forward for interviews, Ronaldo is everyone's shield. All external interview requests are pouring in on him, and the Football Association is also willing to let him stand at the forefront, so he was called Almost all of the official interviews were arranged by Ronaldo.

Gama also accepted some interviews, but compared to Ronaldo, it can be said that there is almost no pressure.

"In general, it's victory victory victory!"

Ronaldo smiled happily.

Gama shrugged, but said nothing.

At this point, no one wants to lose, one step away is like the end of the world.

…………

Whenever the final time is approaching, everyone's emotions become tense.

Of course, the final match for the third and fourth places in the World Cup will end first, with Brazil and Argentina, the two South American rivals, facing each other.

On July 2018, 7, at the Zenit Arena, the two South American rivals played like sparks hitting the earth. The momentum that no one can lose to the other can be said to be the rare three or four in the history of the World Cup. One of the best matches in the final.

In the end, Brazil squeezed Argentina to the fourth position by one goal, which once again caused dissatisfaction and doubts in Argentina against the national team led by Mei Tianwang—why such a strong Argentina wins in international competitions Can't do it?

The Portuguese team who watched the game together fell silent again.

At the same time, everyone once again set their sights on their teammate C Ronaldo.

"In this way, Messi is much more pitiful than a robot."

Gama and Furtado muttered.

"Don't talk nonsense like that outside."

After Futaduo nodded his head, he instructed Gama like this.

Jia Ma gave him a white look, "I'm not stupid."

"You are not stupid who is stupid!"

The demon palm protruding from behind rubbed several paws vigorously on Jia Ma's head.

Jia Ma turned his head and stared, "Robot, do you know the saying that the head can be broken and the blood can bleed, and the hairstyle can't be messed up."

"Heh, put P!"

Ronaldo glared at Gama.

Seeing that the two were about to start a boring bickering battle again, Furtado and Master Pei pulled the two away with a tacit understanding.

As expected of a defense partner, this speed is really fast enough.

The three-year-old Luo and five-year-old Xi were separated by their teammates. They stared at each other and made faces before continuing to comment on the game that just ended.

As for the coach Santos, he has long been lazy to deal with the disputes between these two naive disciples, and he talked about the final opponent, the German team.

"...Four-star Germany is a veteran team in the World Cup. In this World Cup, their record is also amazing..."

Listening to the coach's speech, Gama rested his chin on his hand and began to deduce the German team's tactics in his mind.

Until he was called by the coach and asked him to talk about his views on the German team, Gama thought for a while, sorted out his language, and then spoke.

"On the football field, the basic factors that can determine the outcome of a game are roughly as follows: one is the players' skills and physical fitness; the other is the team's overall tactical use and the coach's tactical arrangements; The state of the players; the fourth is the mistakes that should not be made in the game and the possible luck; the fifth is the various factors that exist in the game at the right time and place, as well as some factors on and off the court..." Talking about this, Garmadon After a while, "For a long time, the impression of the German team has been obvious. Their team spirit and discipline, their tactical coordination on the court are strict, the overall style of play is practical but not flashy, they have strong willpower, and they are tall. His high-altitude advantage and superb tackle skills."

At this time, Gama suddenly laughed, "As for tackles, I have a lot of experience, of course, Renato must also have a lot of experience.

Everyone in the conference room laughed.

Renato Sanchez, the 20-year-old black guy who was originally from Benfica in the Portuguese Super League and currently plays for Bayern Munich, bared his teeth at Gama.

Well, how dare you bark your teeth, Jia Ma waved his hand, "Ann, come on!"

This movement, this gesture... Furtado turned his head silently, ignoring the childish Gama.

Everyone laughed.

Gama tensed his face for a few seconds, and couldn't help laughing, "The Germans are good at attacking from the side, but their intention of attacking from the side is mainly for the cooperation of the full-back and the full-back. The characteristics of the above are obvious..."

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PS: It's a pity for Ge Xiaopang. With his current state, if he can't recover, he will definitely not be able to go to the 18 World Cup!Although I wrote about him like this, I still hope that he can appear in the World Cup next year!