[Football] Crown of Thorns

During the intermission, Gama was ridiculed by his teammates in the locker room. Gama gasped in anger, but his captain still patted his head comfortingly.

"Performing well."

"team leader……"

Gama blinked.

Ronaldo smiled, "There are not many defenders who can stop Messi, do you want to change career?"

There was laughter in the room.

Gama lowered his face, and Coentram blinked cutely, "Xiko, are you going to compete with me for the position in the future?"

Looking at the golden retriever's sad face, Jia Ma felt upset, and stretched out his hand to grab the golden retriever, "It's fine, you won't be used in the national team from now on."

There was another burst of booing laughter.

After Bento came in, he talked about the substitution arrangement for the second half. When he was about to go out, he seemed to have no intention of asking Gama, "How do you feel about Messi?"

Hearing the coach's question, Gama thought for a while, "It's really important."

"Hehe~~~"

Bento smiled and pushed the door away.

Ronaldo looked at the closed door, tilted his head, "Shiko!"

"how?"

Gama, who was sitting on a bench tying his shoelaces, looked up.

Ronaldo touched his head again, "Come on!"

After saying that, he walked away.

Gama's eyes sparkled, and he lowered his head and smiled.

At the beginning of the second half, the Portuguese team made a substitution first, replacing No. [-] national goal Eduardo with the second goalkeeper Patrico.

After the start of the game, the Portuguese team got chances one after another.

In the 47th minute, Ronaldo received a long pass from the midfielder for a header and the ball hit the crossbar.

In the 49th minute, Almeida headed the goal. The ball hit the post again and bounced into the penalty area. C Ronaldo rushed to make a supplementary shot. Unfortunately, this short-range supplementary shot was still higher than the crossbar.

Both chances failed to score, and then it was Argentina's chance, but their shots also failed to produce results, and Ravizi's header was also wide of the goal.

Both sides wasted a lot of opportunities.

In the 55th minute, Portugal's Pereira fouled and Argentina got a free kick.

But this time Messi's direct free kick from 25 yards was saved by Patrico, who came off the bench in the second half.

There was enthusiastic applause from the audience.

As the second goalkeeper of the Portuguese team, Patrico didn't have many chances to play in the national team, but in this rare opportunity, he still seized the opportunity and let the coach see his ability.

In the 57th minute, it was C Ronaldo's shot again, but his shot from the left side of the penalty area was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Romero.

The football thrown by Romero was rushed by Gama and snatched from Banega's feet, and then he passed it to the right side of the small penalty area in front of the Argentine goal with a long pass. Almeida rushed to shoot. As a result, facing the empty goal, he kicked it wide.

Jia Ma stared dumbfounded at the kicked football, staring at the sky speechlessly.

Just as Bento on the sidelines had a smile on his face, he was angrily shaken by the missed shot.

Even the commentator on the commentary stand shouted in disbelief, "...Shoot! OHMYGOD! Didn't score! Facing an empty goal, the goal was missed!!!"

Almeida himself opened his heels in surprise, with a look of disbelief, and then he covered his face and dared not look up.

The Portuguese players on the field looked helplessly, shrugged and retreated.

Rubbing his forehead, Gama didn't know what expression to show. This was not the first time that Almeida missed a good opportunity, nor was it the first time he made such a mistake. If this continues, Almeida's starting position will not be guaranteed. up.

It is no wonder that the professional football commentators in Portuguese domestic newspapers who brought him from Agostinho before commented on Almeida that this is a mediocre player, and he is just an option for the Portuguese team.

After Bento took office, the players selected by former coach Soros have not changed much, and Almeida is one of them.

If he could live up to his expectations, but now...

Sure enough, the Portuguese team had the idea of ​​substituting players on the sidelines. Perhaps because they didn’t want to embarrass the players too much, the Portuguese team substituted three players at once. number of people.

Nani immediately under Quares, Almeida under Postiga, C Ronaldo under Danny.

All three forwards are off the field. Is coach Bento playing against each other?

Jia Ma's mouth twisted, and he looked back at his backcourt, hey, I don't know what the result will be if we continue playing like this.

Fortunately, this is just a friendly match, whether it is the coach's training or testing people, it is up to him.

With the Portuguese team's substitutions, the Argentine team also began to substitute. They first replaced Zanetti, Biglia came on, and 2 minutes later, Zabaleta replaced Banega and Pastor. Ray replaced Di Maria.

"Portugal still has a 433 formation, but the three forwards are a brand new trident. Captain Ronaldo and Nani have been replaced..."

"The Argentine team also made substitutions. Zabaleta and Biglia replaced Zanetti and Banega respectively. Pastore replaced Di Maria who scored the goal."

"Haha, here is a little tidbit, Mr. Pastore, the coach of the Argentine national team, and the player who just replaced Di Maria is also named Pastore, so what is the relationship between them~~ Haha, actually no, South American The duplication rate of players is quite high..."

Hahaha laughter sounded in the air above the stadium.

On the court, there were speechless players.

After the interlude of substitutions, the game between the two teams continued.

But there was another problem soon. In the 70th minute of the second half, Argentina's captain Mascherano fouled Coentrao in the backcourt and Portugal's Coentrao, and Coentrao stepped forward unwilling to be outdone. Pushed down the Argentine captain.

Immediately, players from the two teams ran over and mixed together, pushing and shoving, and there was chaos on the court.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Gama ran over and hugged Coentrao, stuffed him behind him, and then he stared at Cambiasso who squeezed over with wide eyes without showing any weakness.

"What do you want to do?"

At this moment, Gama no longer remembers that Cambiasso is the midfield genius he once admired. He only knows that the person in front of him is an opponent.

Cambiasso was a little speechless, these young people were too impulsive, he just came here to ask about the situation.

At this time, the referee also came over. He looked at the Argentine captain who was still sitting on the ground, and then at Coentrao who was blocked by Gama.

The referee waved and signaled Mascherano to stand up, and then he looked at the Portuguese players, "Where is your captain?"

"Uh?"

Gama was stunned, blinking again, who was the armband of captain Ronaldo when he was substituted just now?

At this time, Bento on the sidelines was also stunned. He turned his head and looked over. C Ronaldo, who was sitting on the other side of the bench, looked over strangely, and then looked sideways, er, this, this...he had a smile on his face. Some silly smile.

He forgot to take off the armband when he left the field just now.

So, now they are on the field - there is no captain! ! !

The referee was speechless.

The surrounding players from both sides were also speechless.

The on-site director was rebroadcasting the unexpected events on the field in detail. After seeing this scene, the audience laughed like crazy, and the audience burst into laughter.

The players on both sides who were aggressive just now were also happy.

Ronaldo ran to the sidelines, waving the armband.

However, the Portuguese players on the field looked at each other, and no one passed.

Their captain is Ronaldo, the vice-team is Eduardo, he left the field earlier than Ronaldo, the third captain is...it turned out to be Simao, he announced his withdrawal from the national team before the end of last year...that is to say, there is currently no player in the national team The existence of the third captain.

Bento was also dumbfounded.

Because of Ronaldo's brilliance, their vice team Eduardo usually doesn't intervene in the affairs of the national team, and everyone ignores the question of whether the third captain exists.

Well, what to do now?

Everyone on and off the court was laughing, and the Argentine players also had funny expressions on their faces, and they all stood there watching the excitement.

Ronaldo, who was standing on the sideline, looked sideways at the coach, "Sir?"

Bento sighed, "Leave it to Xiko!"

Ronaldo was stunned for a moment and then smiled, then turned his head and shouted, "Shiko!"

Gama, who heard the cry, was stunned, while Coentraan, who was standing behind him, pushed him, "Come over."

The referee looked over, and Gama quickly ran to the sidelines in shock.

"team leader?"

"give it to you."

Ronaldo put the armband in his hand on Gama's left arm, then patted his face, "Come on!"

Jia Ma looked at him, then at the coach beside him, and nodded, "Got it."

Then he quickly ran back to the referee.

The referee glanced at the armband on Gama's left arm, "What happened just now, I hope you two captains will warn your players, don't over-interpret the foul problem..."

After speaking to the two captains on the field, the referee warned Mascherano and Coentrao for fouls respectively, gave them each a yellow card, and awarded a free kick to the Portuguese team.

It's a free kick on the left.

Gama looked at his teammates. He was a little nervous but kept his expression unchanged and stood behind the football.

Coentrao made a grimace, "If you can't get in, you can treat me after the game."

Jia Ma glanced at him sideways, "Idiot."

Coentram waved his fist, "Hmph!"

The referee signaled them to kick off quickly.

Jia Ma took a deep breath, glanced at the armband on his left arm out of the corner of his eye, and cast his gaze forward.

Jia Ma, who jumped twice on the spot, took a big step forward and hit the ball with all his strength.

The football went around the outside of the wall and went straight into the net after falling behind in front of the goal.

boom! !

After the audience fell silent, there was an explosion of cheers.

Ronaldo, who has been standing on the sidelines since he gave the armband, jumped up and waved, "Beautiful."

Coach Bento and Victor clapped their hands together, "Good job!"

On the field, Coentraan threw himself directly on Gama's shoulder, "You're so handsome, Chico!"

Gama had a happy smile on his face.

1 to 2, the Portuguese team overtook the score.

After the celebration, the coaches of both sides applied for a substitution again.

Cambiasso of the Argentine team goes off, Gago goes on.Exit Burdisso, enter Otamendi.

For the Portuguese team, Meireles is off and Veloso is on.

After playing, Veloso ran up to Gama and gave him a high-five, "Nice job."

Jia Ma winked at him, "Kick it well."

Veloso pursed his lips, "No problem."

It was just not long after the game re-kick-off that the newly replaced Portuguese forward Quaresma tackled Zabaleta in the frontcourt, and was directly shown a yellow card by the referee.

Gama looks at the sky, Quaresma's current problem is that the more he wants to play well, the more chaotic his kicks are, and his mentality is too out of balance.

It's just that the Portuguese team doesn't have a very good forward. Quaresma has the ability, but it is unstable.

Then the Argentine team counterattacked and Messi got the ball.

Messi passed the ball, and Pastore's stab shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by Patrico.

The disappointed Argentine shook his head and walked away with annoyed expression.

After a while, Gago, who had just come off the bench, was also given a yellow card for a tackle foul.

Gama twitched his lips, and glanced back at Ronaldo who was standing on the sidelines—Gago, the poor kid, had been abused enough during his years playing in Real Madrid.

But Gama didn't think about it anymore. They missed the ball again in the backcourt, and Messi got the ball.

Gama, who was grinding his teeth, ran over with all his strength, but Messi passed the ball, and Pastore got the ball again, but after Gama rushed from the side to block the direction of his ball, Pastore had no choice but to pass the ball. As soon as the ball was handed back, the ball returned to Messi's feet.

Gama only had time to look back, and saw his teammate Rolando kick Messi directly.

Gama: ↖(￣▽￣")

Messi sat up after rolling twice on the ground.

Gama walked over, "Are you okay?"

Messi, who heard his question, raised his head, still expressionless and silent, and stood up.

Free kick for Argentina.

Messi made a free kick from the left, and Pastore hit the crossbar with a header and bounced out.

Then, Gama felt that he was being tricked by his golden retriever classmate again-his classmate Cohen tripped Zabaleta and Juan Martinez in the penalty area.

A penalty.

Jia Ma Fu forehead, golden retriever, how much do you love cheating on me?

Cohen approached with small steps on tiptoe, "That..."

"No," Jia Ma stretched out his hand, "please don't say that!"

On the sidelines of the court, Bento rubbed his forehead.

Can't his guards be honest, can't they?

Messi walks up to the penalty spot, stands up, and makes it in one fell swoop.

2 to 2 draw.

In the end, in this international warm-up match, Argentina and Portugal drew 2-2.