[Football] Crown of Thorns

Before waiting for the referee to blow the opening whistle, the players of the two teams had already stood in their respective positions.

However, Gama was reminded by his teammate Carvalho passing by, "Be careful!"

Looking at the referee Pozzo following the eyes of his teammates, Gama nodded, expressing that he remembered the warning given by the coaching staff - the referee Pozzo from Chile is a "tough judge" by many media The referees are absolutely ruthless, so they must be careful during the game.

At this time, the referee blew his whistle and the game began.

"...Before the start of the World Cup, Group G was considered to be the death group of this cup, but now it seems that the Brazilian team has already qualified ahead of schedule, while Portugal won the first round with a small victory despite a mediocre state. Côte d’Ivoire, as long as they win against North Korea today, they will also qualify early, and the final round against Brazil is just to see who is the first or second in the group.”

In the broadcast room, the commentator chatted.

"Although the North Korean team lost 1 to 2 to Brazil, they showed a respectable fighting spirit in the game. Before the start of the game, many media thought that North Korea was a poor team in this World Cup, but after the first round, it has already No one dares to underestimate them anymore, if they can win the game today, then they also have a chance to fight for the right to qualify from the group.”

"Haha, will you be optimistic about them then?"

"How is that possible? Of course I support Portugal!"

"Pfft, I'm sorry I made a mistake, Luis, of course you are a supporter of the Portuguese team, haha~~"

"Okay, let's stop joking, let's talk about the history of the two teams. The number of times Portugal and North Korea have faced each other in the history of the World Cup should be only one time before today."

"Yes, the last time the two teams met was in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in England in 1966. At that time, the North Korean team eliminated the mighty Italy. Leading 1-4, but then they were caught by Portugal, led by the greatest star in the history of Portuguese football Eusebio, Portugal finally came back to win 3-0."

"Yes, this is the only World Cup record between the two sides. This time today is the second time the two teams have met after many years. Oh, the game has already begun. Let's take a look at the Portuguese team's attack..."

The captains of the two sides chose sides, and Portugal kicked off first.

"Ah beautiful, hey, unfortunately, this goal failed."

The game just started, the captain of the Portuguese team received a pass from Gama and broke through the middle, and shot from a long distance. hold on.

"Pity!"

"This is just the beginning, there is nothing to regret."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Bento formed a 433 attack formation today, with Simao, Almeida and Ronaldo forming a trident..."

"Look, it's the Portuguese team's possession again!"

In the 5th minute, Meireles made a cross from the left wing. Carvalho assisted and turned around to shoot in the penalty area, but the ball went flying.

Gama in the middle was speechless, and gestured to Carvalho, who was retreating. Carvalho smiled at him, and returned to the backcourt calmly.

Poor Gama stared at the sky speechlessly, and turned his head to Meirelles.

Meirelles shrugged at him.

"I finally understand why people say Portugal's defense is bad."

Jia Ma muttered softly, shaking his head helplessly.

The North Korean team's ball, but the ball was directly intercepted by Gama just after the middle circle, and a ball was passed straight to the frontcourt. The North Korean team accidentally kicked the ball out of the baseline when intercepted by the defense.

In this way, in the 7th minute, the Portuguese team got another right corner kick.

Simao in the front field went to serve a corner kick. He kicked a high ball and passed it into the penalty area. The goalkeeper of the North Korean team, Li Mingguo, attacked the top, and Carvalho jumped up and headed the ball together.

"Haha, it looks like Carvalho is quite excited today!"

The broadcast studio host patted the table and laughed.

Louis just smiled and shook his head.

Gama was really speechless, he glared at Carvalho, "Ricardo!"

The mild-tempered deputy team smiled slightly, "I'll pay attention next time."

But if you have a chance, you will go up, and it won't be once or twice - Gama complained with his eyes.

Carvalho patted his little teammate's head, "Good boy!"

Be good!

Gama rolled his eyes, turned and ran away. '

"Haha~~~"

I don't know which point of his laughter was touched by the scene of the two of them, the captain of the Portuguese team grinned.

If it wasn't for the fear of being dismissed by the referee, Jia Ma really wanted to give them the middle finger.

There was laughter in the broadcast room of Portuguese National Television.

After the rush at the opening, the court entered into a short period of mutual testing. The football went back and forth between the feet of the players on both sides, and the game rhythm was gentle.

However, in the 11th minute, Chung Dae-se of the North Korean team threw away Portugal's three-man defense from the left wing and made a cross.

And 1 minute later, North Korea won another free kick 35 meters away, but Zheng Dashi's vigorous attack was higher than the crossbar.

The successive offensives of the North Korean team made the Portuguese fans inside and outside the field exclaim for a while.

Then there was another continuous attack by the Portuguese team, but it was a pity that Almeida's long-range shots and Thiago's volleys all missed the line.

After Portugal’s mad attack, the North Korean team was not to be outdone. Hong Yingzao’s volley from the middle of Jung Dae-se was saved by Eduardo bravely, and Park Nam-cheol followed up with a supplementary shot with a header slightly over the bar. North Korea also missed the absolute Best chance to score.

"Oh, it's dangerous. An Yingxue took a long shot from outside the penalty area... Oh, fortunately, this shot just missed the left post."

"Oops, Portugal's Meireles raised his leg and shot... Fortunately, this long-range shot hit the side net..."

"Oh my god, it's the North Korean team's chance again, Li Guangchuan's chance... well, the angle is off the bottom line..."

During the live broadcast, broadcasters in different languages ​​explained the game shots, sighing or exclaiming from time to time.

In the 29th minute, Gama intercepted the ball in the middle and passed it to Thiago. Thiago sent an exquisite direct pass and Meireles inserted into the penalty area and scored with a low shot.

Portugal leads 1-0.

On the field, the Portuguese players in red huddled together excitedly.

Gama put his hands on his waist and let out a breath of relief.

For some reason, he was a little nervous in today's game. Fortunately, he scored a goal and has the lead. The next game will be easier to play.

In the 35th minute, the Portuguese team attacked to the half of the North Korean team. When the football was passed to the front penalty area, Park Cheol-jin made a mistake in clearing the siege.

Bento watched, turned to his assistant, "Didn't I say triple their shooting practice?"

The assistant nodded amusedly, "It doesn't seem to be very effective!"

"Then increase it to four, no, five times!"

Bento said seriously.

The poor assistant looked at the players who were playing and nodded speechlessly.

On the court, it was Gama who was holding the ball again.

Gama took the ball and rushed forward in small steps. The North Korean players in front of him kept moving with his footsteps, and did not easily step forward to steal the ball.

Gama, who even made two fake moves, found that he couldn't lure the opponent away. He simply took the ball back two steps, moved forward, and then crossed the ball to Tiago's feet.

Today's Thiago was also very excited. After receiving a pass from Gama, he immediately dribbled the ball through the middle without hesitation.

The North Korean team's defense was thrown into chaos by Thiago's breakthrough, and Gama took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward.

When he just ran to the front of the penalty area, the football had just passed to his feet.

Gama took a step forward to provoke the football, turned his body in a 180 circle, withstood the opponent's foot behind his back, and passed the ball overhead.

The squad leader rushing over from the side jumped lightly and swept the ball directly into the air towards the goal.

However, the goalkeeper of the North Korean team, Li Mingguo, reacted quite quickly, throwing a punch from the goal and hitting the ball out of the bottom line.

Although the goal was not scored, the applause from the audience showed the attitude of the audience. It was really a beautiful attack.

"That's it."

Louis nodded and smiled excitedly.

Since their generation left the national team and put the burden of the next generation on the young Ronaldo, they have also known Ronaldo's hard work carrying the national team in the past two years. It still attracts a lot of criticism from the outside world, which makes them very worried, but today Portugal played very well. Whether it is the cooperation between the front, the middle and the back, or the technical offense, it fully demonstrates the demeanor of a mature team.

"Boy, come on!"

Since the two teams played quite smoothly in the first half, time seemed to pass extremely fast.

In the 38th minute of the game, Pedro of the Portuguese team received a yellow card for tackled Park Nam-cheol at the top of the arc.

"Tsk, why are you in a hurry!"

"Sorry, I forgot in a moment of impatience."

This is the North Korean team's free kick opportunity, and their No. 10 Hong Yingzao made a free kick.

Hong Yingzao directly hit the goal with a free kick, and the ball bounced off the wall.

The players of the North Korean team were a little anxious, but in the next few minutes, the Portuguese team had been tightly controlling the ball, and the North Korean team had no good chances.

In the 43rd minute, Gama succeeded in scoring the ball again. After receiving the ball, the captain turned around and hit the goal. His shot missed the post and went out of the baseline.

Three minutes later, the referee blew the halftime whistle.

At the end of the first half, Portugal temporarily leads North Korea 1-0.

After the half-time break, the teams changed sides and fought again, and neither team made any substitutions.

After the adjustment of the midfield coach Bento, the Portuguese players were particularly excited after the second half started.

In the first minute of the second half, Ronaldo received the ball from the left wing and made a cross pass. Thiago shot in the middle. Fortunately, Lee Ming-guk, the goalkeeper of the North Korean team, was very focused and lifted the ball out of the crossbar in time.

Next came the North Korean team's attack. Hong Yingzao used a feint to shake away Alves who was defending him, and shot a long shot, but the shot was not powerful and was easily confiscated by Eduardo.

The Portuguese team made another direct pass from Ronaldo's left wing, Coentrao made a pass, and Almeida's outflanking shot missed again.

On the sidelines, Bento's face darkened.

This time, his assistant carefully drew a circle on the words "shooting training" on the notebook in his hand.

In the 53rd minute, Gama dribbled the ball forward and backward on the road. Meireles received the ball and entered the penalty area and then passed back. On the right side of the penalty area, the defense of the North Korean team was completely pulled away at this time. Simang, who was unguarded, calmly attacked the goal. The ball passed between the legs of North Korean goalkeeper Li Mingguo and rolled into the net.

Portugal scored another goal, 2-0, has expanded its lead.

Three minutes later, the Portuguese team made a comeback again. Coentrao made a high-speed pass from the left.

At this time, the North Korean fans in the stands of the stadium covered their mouths in disbelief.

In the rain, North Korea's red clothes look so bleak.

On the sidelines of the court, the North Korean team made substitutions. Kim Jin-il and Kim Yong-joon replaced Park Nam-cheol and Moon In-guk.

On the field, C Ronaldo and Gama made a two-for-one cooperation on the left to throw off the defense and form a breakthrough. Then Ronaldo calmly passed to the edge of the penalty area. Thiago outflanked and pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal. Portugal 4 to 0 lead North Korea.

In the 64th minute, Gama tried to break through from the left. After adjusting the opponent's defense, he passed the ball to Ronaldo on the right. The ball misses the left post.

Within a few minutes, the ball was back in the hands of the Portuguese team. The team captain and the forward Coen Coran played a two-for-two. Coen Tran broke into the penalty area and scored from a small angle.

After that, the Portuguese team also applied for a substitution, and Meireles, who performed well, was replaced by Veloso.

The Portuguese team, which had just been replaced, launched another onslaught. In this game, the captain, who likes to pass the ball to his teammates, shot long shots from outside the penalty area and went straight to the dead corner.

Portugal 5-0.

After that, the team leader tried another shot, but this time the low shot in the penalty area was blocked by Li Mingguo.

Immediately afterwards, the Portuguese team made another substitution and Simao went off.The North Korean team also made substitution adjustments, and Nam Sung-cheol replaced Cha Jong-hyuk.

At this time, the game did not seem to have changed much, so the Portuguese team made a third substitution, and Lidsson replaced Almeida.

The chaotic North Korean player made a mistake. Li Guangchuan made a mistake in a clearance. Li Desong, who had just come off the bench, followed up with a strong volley and scored. Portugal rewritten the score to 6-0.

The situation was already one-sided. Gama couldn't bear to see the expressions on the faces of the North Korean players, but he still successfully intercepted the ball from the opponent's feet and passed it to the team leader. The team leader broke through and shot easily.

7 to 0, Portugal beat North Korea, which was declared out one round ahead of schedule.

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Gama: ...I feel a little embarrassed!

Golden Retriever: Do they really know how to dig coal? ? ?

Gama: Convex (艹盘艹) get out!