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Chapter 178 There is not much time left for Portugal

Chapter 178 There is not much time left for Portugal

The Portuguese national team took the lead in the competition for the first time in their participation in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.It was their second match in Group G, against the "world powerhouse," certainly not in football, of the U.S. national team.

Nani scored the first goal of the World Cup for the Portuguese national team just 5 minutes into the first half.As for the assist for Nani, well, although the official website counts the assist as Victor.But even Victor, who sent the "assist", believed that this goal should be counted on Cameron, the defender of the US national team.After all, his kick that changed the direction of the football made it land right next to Nani right away.

However, after Nani scored a goal for the Portuguese national team in this World Cup, the Portuguese national team immediately forgot how to "shoot".Although the players of the Portuguese national team are very clear in their hearts, if they want to enter the knockout stage, then this game must win the US national team, which seems to be inferior to their own.

And it is best to get enough goal difference. After all, in the first game against the German national team, the Portuguese national team really lost too much goal difference.

However, the offense of the Portuguese national team has been "stagnant". However, the players of the US national team began to face the starting goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team, Beto. The guarded gate launched an attack.

First of all, only 5 minutes later, the only forward in this game of the US national team, Dempsey, a famous star in the history of American football, is the American with the most goals in the Premier League.He played for the New England Revolution of the Major League Soccer, and then went to the Fulham club that led our protagonist, Victor, into professional football.But at that time, Victor had already left the Fulham club.

Later, Dempsey played for Tottenham for a season, and then in order to be able to participate in the World Cup in Brazil as an absolute main force, he returned to the Seattle Sounders in the Major Leagues after one season.In the last round of the U.S. national team's game against the Ghana national team, he scored the first goal for the U.S. national team in 29 seconds.

After that, Dempsey seemed to "take over" the game. First of all, he made a personal breakthrough. Although the football was stopped by the defensive players of the Portuguese national team, the fans of the Portuguese national team who came out of the field to watch the game were covered in cold sweat.If Dempsey is allowed to break through, then the Portuguese national team's leading situation will definitely be equalized.

Just 3 minutes later, Alves, the defender of the Portuguese national team, tackled the right back of the US national team, No. 23 Johnson.Let the US national team get a free kick in front of the box that is very well placed.Although it can be said that the goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team is not afraid of such free kicks, after all, he is regarded as being defeated by Victor during training, and C-Ronaldo, two famous "free kick masters" in football all over the world, can also be regarded as "It was abused."

However, Dempsey's strong free kick of the US national team, even though it flew out of the bottom line against the crossbar of the Portuguese national team, still slightly stimulated the heart of the goalkeeper Beto of the Portuguese national team in this game.

However, if you ask the fans of the Portuguese national team now, what is the last thing you want to see?After the last game against the German national team, most of the fans of the Portuguese national team must have said in unison:
"Don't let anyone get hurt."

Yes, after the last game against the German national team, one of the "reviews" of those ball critics thought so.One of the reasons why the Portuguese national team lost to the German national team with a disparity of 0 to 4 is that in the first and second half, two of the Portuguese national team were forced to make substitutions due to injuries to the starting forwards Almeida and Coentrao. , Even if the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, is able to make tactical changes to the lagging Portuguese national team on the field, he is powerless.

However, in this match between the Portuguese national team and the US national team, the fans of the Portuguese national team will be disappointed again.However, what was slightly better than the previous game was that in this game, only one player of the Portuguese national team was forced to leave the field due to an injury during the game.

but.

But why is it the starting center of the Portuguese national team in this game, Postiga?The Portuguese national team itself does not have any outstanding centers.Almeida is already far away from the core of world football and a player in the five major leagues, but because the Portuguese national team lacks excellent centers, he has to become the starting player of the Portuguese national team.And after Almeida was injured in the last game, in this game, even Postiga had to say goodbye to this World Cup helplessly?

So in the next game, who else can the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, arrange to play the center forward?Is it possible to let Edel, who looks more suitable for playing central defender, play this position?Or let Victor advance and return to a position that he is equally good at and familiar with?
That question will be left to Paul Bento after this game, before the whistle for the next game against the Ghanaian national team.However, in this game, after seeing the team doctor around the fallen Postiga gesture to him for a substitution, Paulo Bento angrily scolded "national curse" in Portuguese first. .Then let the big black man named Edel on the bench quickly change his clothes to warm up, and then immediately play.

However, not every black big man is Didier Drogba.Even if he is equally strong and has a dreadlock.

After Ed replaced the injured Postiga, it was the U.S. national team who launched several more attacks.And next, it is no longer their striker Dempsey who threatens goalkeeper Beto of the Portuguese national team.It's the midfielder, Bradley.

Players who have played the game "Pro Evolution Soccer" by the Japanese game company KONAMI must be very familiar with some overhead players in the game.Among them, there is an English midfielder named Bradley.As for the England midfielder Bradley in the game, although his physical fitness is not very good, his long shot makes all players love it.And when this player grows up under the player's hands, he will be a midfielder who can score like a striker.

And this American Bradley, although not as "world-class" as the English Bradley in the game, is also a very good player, and perhaps it is because "Bradley "The willingness of the name.In reality, Bradley of American nationality also has a good long-range shot.In the next game, Bradley first volleyed from the front of the Portuguese national team's penalty area in a counterattack by the US national team, and the football went over the crossbar.Then, another long-range shot, still slightly missed.Next, Johnson, the right back of the US national team, came up with a long shot, not to be outdone, but still missed.

In the next game in the first half, the Portuguese national team took over the game again, although there were many shots that threatened Howard, the goalkeeper of the US national team.But it is a pity that neither side scored a goal. After the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score was still temporarily leading the Portuguese national team 1-0.

"At the beginning of the second half, we saw that the coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, took the lead in making a change, replacing the left back A-Almeida with the number 6, William Carvalho, 22 years old this year. It seems Paul Bento's tactical idea is to change the current tactical arrangement of the Portuguese national team, from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3, such a more offensive tactical arrangement. William Carvalho and Meireles served as the double defensive midfielder, while Victor and Moutinho stood in the central midfielder position, delivering 'cannonballs' to C-Ronaldo and Nani on the front line."

However, is the Portuguese national team "safe" in front of the door?the answer is negative.First of all, the U.S. national team is very active in this game. The right back, Johnson, is wearing No. 23. Perhaps the number 23 has an extraordinary meaning for Americans.The right back made a cross from the right, and Bradley pushed from 5 yards in front of the goal.If it weren't for Costa struggling to block the football out of the goal in front of the goal line, maybe the US national team would have equalized the score.

However, the luck of the Portuguese national team will not always be so good. About 20 minutes into the second half, the US national team won a corner kick. After the corner kick, the Portuguese national team players cleared the football out of the penalty area. After the midfielder Jones fought for the ball outside the penalty area.Dribbling the ball horizontally, and getting out of the way is more of a symbolic push for Nani.Then suddenly cast a cold arrow.The power, speed and angle of this ball are excellent.Beto, the goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team, can only watch the football hit the net.The U.S. national team tied the game 1-1.

It can only be said that the Portuguese national team is incapable of scoring goals. Maybe they scored too many goals in the budget match, and they used up all the "luck" to score in the World Cup.In the next game, the Portuguese national team was unwilling to be equalized by the US national team. After all, only by winning the game can the Portuguese national team enter the first knockout round.However, the Portuguese national team, which launched an attack on the gate guarded by Howard, the goalkeeper of the US national team, not only failed to break through the gate of the US national team.Instead, at the 81st minute of the game, Dempsey broke through the gate guarded by Beto again.

2 to 1, the US national team overtook the score!The Portuguese national team, which was scored again, became more and more impatient during the game.The game time entered the last 90 minutes of the regular 5 minutes, and Victor made a straight pass.The U.S. national team successfully made offside.But knowing that he was in an offside position, C-Ronaldo kicked the football towards the gate guarded by Howard.

After that, watching the 4-minute stoppage time sign held up by the fourth referee outside the field, the fans of the Portuguese national team slowly stopped cheering for the Portuguese national team, all with expressions He stared blankly at the players wearing Portuguese dark red jerseys who were still running on the field.And some female fans already had tears in their eyes.

There is not much time left for the Portuguese national team.

(End of this chapter)

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