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Chapter 176 The future of Portugal is unknown

If we say that we are behind by two goals in half an hour in the first half, it is not really a "desperate situation" for the Portuguese national team. After all, the Portuguese national team has C-Ronaldo, one of the best players in the world, and us. The protagonist of this book, Victor.And most of the other players are also rich players.

So, now the Portuguese national team's defense general, Pepe.A red card due to his restless foul and active provocation.This has put the Portuguese national team in a real desperate situation.

Even if it's a big comeback like Istanbul Night, there is no premise that the team that reversed later will fight with ten players.The kind of game that fell behind by two or three goals in the first half and could be reversed by playing one less player than the opponent.Really few and far between.

Moreover, the Portuguese national team is not a team that can reverse the game under such conditions.Let's talk about the opponent that the Portuguese national team is facing now, the German national team.

Everyone must be very familiar with the famous quote of the famous England star Gary Lineker.

"Football is a game in which 22 men play on a field and the Germans win in the end."

Even if the current German national team pays attention to technology and cooperation, it is no longer like the "iron chariot" of the past.Even now the head coach of the German national team is Joachim Loew, not Beckenbauer.Even if the main players on the German national team are Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, not Sammer, Matthaus, and Bierhoff.However, the fundamental things of the German national team have not been discarded.

Therefore, in stoppage time in the first half of the German national team's "home" game against the Portuguese national team, Thomas Muller received a pass from Toni Kroos in the penalty area of ​​the Portuguese national team and played for Germany. The national team scored the third goal of the game.

And when the game entered the final 10 minutes of the second half, the German national team attacked again, causing the Portuguese national team to "goal." Wallet" Thomas Muller scored his third goal of the game, the fourth and final goal of the game for the German national team.Let the score of this game be rewritten as the German national team 4-0 Portuguese national team.

There's nothing weird about that anymore, and it's not that big of a deal.The eyes of the players of the Portuguese national team on the field who still wanted to continue fighting had already been "sent off" off the field just like Pepe's red card.And what remains is only a kind of helpless general relief.

As for the fans of the Portuguese national team sitting outside the stadium, tears had already flowed out of their eyes.As for feelings of frustration, disbelief, etc., it may not be possible to see them again from the eyes of these fans.Perhaps it can be seen that the fans of the Portuguese national team who still have these expressions may have left this new water source stadium early.

Moreover, this game is really too "helpless" for the Portuguese national team. The first goal conceded came from a penalty kick, and it was only about 10 minutes into the game.In the first half, the team's starting forward, Almeida, was injured in the fight and was forced to leave the field injured.

Later, he experienced Pepe's red card again, and then waited until the second half, left back Coentrao fell to the ground and left the field again in the fight.Making the Portuguese national team coach Paul - Bento had to be forced to make substitutions again.Don't forget that in a football match, a team is only eligible for three substitutions, but in this game, the Portuguese national team has two qualifications for substitutions, which is forced and has to be changed.

Therefore, even if Pepe of the Portuguese national team does not have that red card, even if the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, can bring the Portuguese national team back to life when they are behind by two or three goals.In the situation where the qualification for three substitutions was wasted twice by forced substitutions.

Even if the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, has the ability to make the Portuguese national team regain the score or even overtake the score, it is powerless.

So wait until the referee blows the whistle for the end of the game.The players of the German national team immediately hugged each other and celebrated the victory of the game.And above the new water source stadium, only the cheers of the fans of the German national team can be heard.And in Germany, every city, every alleyway, every household, and the fans of the German national team watching the game in front of every TV immediately cheered at the same time.Celebrate the victory of the German national team that you support.

As for the losing side, the players of the Portuguese national team, as well as the fans who supported the Portuguese national team, have all the words you can think of that represent "disappointment" on their faces.As soon as Victor heard the referee's final whistle, he immediately took off his sweat-soaked autumn clothes.Then he casually clenched it into a ball and held it in his own hand.Then walked towards the player channel.Along the way, there was no friendly handshake or jersey exchange with the players of the German national team who were in a particularly good mood after winning the game, and by the way, I received some "kindness" comfort from the winners.

However, although C-Ronaldo, the captain of the Portuguese national team, was very unhappy, he also imagined that he would leave as soon as he said it, just like Victor.However, he is the captain on the court after all, and he needs to comfort his teammates first.Then shake hands with the referee, and then shake hands with the opposing players.These are some of the things that you have to do as a captain.

However, just like Victor does not like to shake hands with the opponent after losing, accepting the "good intentions" from the opponent, those "winners" are like "charity." C-Ronaldo does not like it either, but he is now the Portuguese national team after all Captain, there are some things, even if you don't like it, you still have to do it.

The subsequent match between the U.S. national team and the Ghanaian national team in the same group ended with the U.S. national team beating the Ghanaian national team 2-1.After the first round, the German national team ranked first in Group G with the advantage of goal difference.The United States national team ranked second, and the Ghana national team ranked third.Although the Portuguese national team has the same points as the Ghana national team, it has lost 4 goal difference and can only be at the bottom of the group.

The next game of the Portuguese national team is to face the US national team. For the US national team, these players of the Portuguese national team have never played against each other before.It is different from opponents like the German national team that can be encountered many times in the European Cup.The Portuguese national team and the US national team have only met once before in the 2002 World Cup in the history of the World Cup.

That time, the Portuguese national team lost to the US national team 2-3 in the group stage.

In fact, how should I put it, I feel that these two national teams from the Iberian Peninsula, whether it is the Spanish national team or the Portuguese national team, no matter what international competition they participate in, there is a feeling that they are tied in the qualifiers and tied in the main match. .Although the football level of these two countries is not weak, there have been many football stars in history.But the main match of an international competition is very "not to force."

However, as Guardiola became the head coach of the Barcelona team, he and his football philosophy, as well as the leadership of a group of stars trained by the team's La Masia Youth Academy under this philosophy Below, not only swept the European continent above the club level.What's more, the Spanish national team, which is centered on Barcelona players, has successively won the European Cup and World Cup trophies.Of course, Real Madrid players and other Spanish players from other clubs also contributed a lot in the process of winning the championship.

The Spanish national team has already won the championship of the international competition, but what about the Portuguese national team?Still nothing, except that the "golden generation" composed of Figo, Rui Costa and others won the World Youth Championship.In international competitions for senior teams, the championship is still an embarrassing zero.

On the schedule of this year's World Cup in Brazil, these two national teams from the Iberian Peninsula once again became "difficult brothers." First, the Spanish national team was swept by the Dutch national team with a score of 1 to 5.Then the Portuguese national team was poured into four goals by the German national team.

However, in the second round of the match, the Spanish national team once again lost to the Chilean national team 0-2.Now, it can be said that the eyes of all the fans in the Iberian Peninsula are all focused on the Portuguese national team.I don't know that the Portuguese national team, which was also defeated in the last round, will lose this game against the US national team like the "difficult brother" who is also the Iberian Peninsula.Still able to "counterattack", or simply a draw.

No one knew until the final whistle blew after 90 minutes.

"Hello, audience friends, I am Silvio Louis. In this game, we will bring you the second game of the second round of Group G at the St. Paul Stadium in Manaus. In the last game, Germany The national team tied the Ghana national team 2-2. Now the German national team ranks first in the group with one win and one draw with four points, the US national team ranks second with one win and three points, and the Ghana national team ranks third with one loss and one draw. , the Portuguese national team is at the bottom of the group with zero wins and zero points."

Then there was a slight pause, a little thought in my mind, and then Silvio Louis, the official commentator of the World Cup in Brazil, went on to say:

"If the Portuguese national team can't win the US national team in this game, it can basically announce that it will bid farewell to this World Cup. If the Portuguese national team can only get a draw in this game, then in the end If you face the Ghana national team in a round, you must not only win, but also win by a big score and get enough goal difference."

(End of this chapter)