Beast King Costa

Chapter 190 Surprising 3 Points (2 in 1)

Portugal, which was placed in Group D, played against Angola, the weakest African "super dark horse" in the group, in the first round!

Angola can be said to be brought into the World Cup finals by "National Hero" Mantolas. This inspirational figure who has undergone surgery on both knees also completed a three-year contract extension with Benfica before the World Cup. My future remains at the Stadium of Light.

In this way, the greatest hero in the history of Angolan football will also join hands with Diego next season.

As for the coach Fernando Santos will give priority to the experienced and tough Mantolas in the starting center position?Or how about Diego, who has a domineering body and unlimited energy?
This depends on the training period after the World Cup. Fernando Santos will be able to make a decision after the comparison of the two states.

Before the start of the World Cup finals, Mantolas said to the media confidently: "The new head coach trusts me a lot! He is an important coach in Portuguese football. I am willing to stay in Benfica and fight for the new head coach. Zhai—of course, now my attention will be on the World Cup finals for the time being, and I hope to lead Angola out of the group stage, even if we have strong teams like Portugal, Mexico, and Iran in Group D."

Undoubtedly, as the "super thigh" of the Angola national team, Mantolas, he wore the captain's armband in this game and stood at the forefront for the Angola national team.

Most of the members of the Angola national team come from the leagues of African countries, and some players are even amateur players. When they signed up for the World Cup squad, they had a big "unemployment" mark written on them.

In addition to the Angolan "national hero" Mantolas, what can be known to the Portuguese national team is that Mantolas' striker partner in this game is Mateus who plays for the Portuguese Super League Kivicente.

In this game, after the starting lineup was released, Portuguese fans were quite puzzled by the lineup arrangement of Brazilian coach Scolari.

After abandoning the experienced veteran Rui Costa in the international arena, Scolari actually put Deco on the bench?

Not only that, but in the warm-up match before the start of the World Cup, Nuno Gomez, who was in full swing, was actually pushed on the bench?

Replacing Nuno Gomez at the front is Pauleta, a big center who plays for Paris Saint-Germain.

"What the hell is Scolari going to do!? Put Deco on the bench?"

Jorge Mendes frowned, staring at the starting 11-man roster of the Portuguese national team in the first game of the World Cup finals in Germany, and said: "Using Petit and Thiago as a midfielder, such Is creativity enough? I think it will be difficult for Portugal to score goals in this game."

Ever since, in front of Diego, Jorge Mendes showed a wave of "sao operations".

"Vivienne, help me bet right away! This game must be a small score! Let the British side use my account to bet 100 million euros."

"This……"

Diego, who was law-abiding since he was a child, was shocked: What the hell!The football predators actually... blocked the ball! ?This shit!Won't it break the law!

But soon, Diego reacted.

In Europe, there is no express law stipulating that football betting is illegal.

In other words, at this moment, Mendes is betting 100 million euros on the match between Portugal and Angola, and the result is a small score. It is basically like the behavior of Chinese uncles and aunts in later generations spending 2 yuan to buy a set of welfare lottery tickets on the street. It's exactly the same.

"Cough cough..."

After determining that such behavior is not illegal in Europe.Ever since, Diego also boldly asked tentatively: "Mr. Mendes, I would like to ask you to do me a favor."

"Diego, just say it directly."

"Also help me bet a small score of 1 Euros, thank you!"

"Uh……"

Jorge Mendes was stunned for a moment, and he immediately asked his assistant to add: "Vivien, add a small score of 1 euros! Hurry! The game is about to start!"

After arranging an assistant to help him, Jorge Mendes looked at Diego with a serious face: "Diego, it's 1 euros, it's fine to use my account in the UK to bet. But you must not Go to register any betting account, otherwise it will be found out by the FIFA Supervisory Committee, and it will probably be an unwarranted ban-you must remember that FIFA is very taboo about professional players participating Soccer betting!"

"Uh... I understand, I understand!"

After being warned by Jorge Mendes, Diego was shocked.

But soon, Diego was able to empathize with what happened: If professional players participate in football betting, wouldn't that violate the Olympic spirit?Whether it is a gaming company, FIFA, or UEFA, it is absolutely forbidden.

Therefore, for the sake of his bright career, Diego decided: This is the first time he participates in football betting, and it is also the last time he participates in it!

Facts have proved that Jorge Mendes' fox eyes are really amazing-not only can he always pick out potential stocks one step faster when studying players, but he is also quite good at predicting games.

After the start of the game, the Angola national team, which mainly played in a 4-4-2 formation, completely retreated to its own half. Even Mantolas and Matthaeus in the frontcourt returned to the midfield to act as defensive players.

This made the Portuguese national team play very uncomfortable, and fell into a stalemate from the very beginning.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo on the left has repeatedly hit Angola's right with the ball, the unknown players in Angola used the simplest and rude crowd tactics to attack Cristiano Ronaldo's ball. Once again submerged in the crowd.

Since Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just shone brightly in the Old Trafford Stadium at this time, had not yet opened up the second line of the frontcourt organization, this also made Figo and Simao in the frontcourt hold the ball for very little time. and less.

Many times, Figo and Simao, two experienced frontcourt attackers, have found space in Angola's defense, but Cristiano Ronaldo just doesn't pass the ball.

A person with the ball, with a dull head, is going to the bottom line!
Although Angola's defenders paid a lot of fouls on Cristiano Ronaldo, they still gained something-they completely frozen Cristiano Ronaldo, the most popular left winger in Europe. Outside the restricted area.

This also prevented the score from being broken in the first half of the game.

With the embarrassing 0-0 draw in the first half, the Portuguese returned to the locker room angrily.

Perhaps, after returning to the locker room, the big brothers of the national team will beat Cristiano Ronaldo, the "little brother" of the national team, and hope that he will stop being so boring in the second half of the game.

Looking at such a small score of 0-0 in the first half, Jorge Mendes showed a weird smile.

"I want you Scolari not to start Deco! Without Deco, I would like to see how your 4-2-3-1 can break Angola's iron barrel formation!"

"Yeah, don't break it."

Diego murmured to himself: "It would be nice to end the game 0-0. Anyway, if Portugal wins the next two games, they will qualify."

Unlike Jorge Mendes, who was dissatisfied that his contract player was not able to start, Diego was thinking about whether he could make some small change with his 1 euros and reimburse himself for his trip to Germany...

Back in the second half of the game, the stubborn Brazilian coach Scolari did not make substitution adjustments because of the stalemate in the first half.

Continue to fight against Angola's 4-4-2 iron barrel formation with the original team!
As a result, Deco, Nuno Gomez, Postiga and other powerful players can only sit on the bench and wait for Scolari's summons.

After the start of the second half, the situation in Portugal finally improved slightly.

Perhaps, during the intermission, under the beating of the big brother of the national team, Cristiano Ronaldo knew that he was addicted to fighting alone in the first half of the game, which paralyzed the team's offensive system. After returning from the second half of the game, Christie Arnold Ronaldo began to give up the ball and gave it to Figo in the center to lead the attack.

Figo, who has been in La Liga for many years, must be much calmer and more sophisticated than Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of frontcourt organization.

After Figo dominated Portugal's offense, the entire team's offensive system suddenly came alive.

When Figo held the ball in the frontcourt, even if the Angolan players wanted to make tactical fouls, Figo rarely gave them a chance. The ball is given to Cristiano Ronaldo who is on the set, or to the feet of Simao on the right.

For a while, whistles sounded frequently at the front of Angola's penalty area, and Portugal's set kick was getting closer and closer to Angola's goal.

It's a pity that the Portuguese always miss the goal!
Even, Figo's direct free kick hit the post, allowing Angola to escape.

In the 60th minute of the game, seeing that the score had not been broken for a long time, coach Scolari could not sit still. He finally made the first substitution adjustment of the game.

Costiga, who plays for Dynamo Moscow, came on and replaced "Bike Luo" who performed mediocrely in this game.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo had only a handful of highlights in his one-hour playing time, the audience at the Cologne World Cup Stadium still gave Cristiano Ronaldo thunderous applause.

After all, Cristiano Ronaldo's performance at Old Trafford last season was enough to shock the fans. Now it's not a big deal if he doesn't play well in a game.

In the 67th minute, Scolari made a second substitution adjustment!

Maniche, who plays under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, came on as a substitute for Benfica captain Petit.

Pettit, who also completed his contract extension with the club, performed very sluggishly in this game. Not only did he fail to make continuous contributions on the defensive end like his club teammate Mantoras, he even struggled to make the simplest long pass. To some extent, Portugal's frontcourt organization has become more passive.

"Scolari just won't give it to Deco! FXXK!"

Jorge Mendes was so angry that he wanted to hammer the table.

After the assistant Vivienne reminded Mendes fearfully that "Macheni is also a signed player of our Gestifute International", Jorge Mendes restrained his anger a little.

"Hmph! Anyway, I'll put the words here!"

Jorge Mendes looked serious and said word by word: "If Scolari doesn't play in Deco, Portugal won't be able to win this game! If they can win, what the hell will I..."

Ran goose ...

The world is just a coincidence.

Just when Jorge Mendes had just uttered the words loudly and before he said what the hell he was going to do, there was a burst of noise at the Cologne World Cup Stadium.

"Goal!!! Goal!!! Our Portugal finally scored!!!"

The staff of the Gestifute International brokerage company were excited: "The deadlock on the field has been broken! Let's take advantage of the corner kick and head the goal to break the deadlock!!!"

"Huh? Who scored the goal?"

"Uh, if it's correct... it should be Pauletta on the 9th!"

"It's actually Pauletta?"

Jorge Mendes wanted to roll his eyes—isn't this too embarrassing? !
In the view of this "Football Buffett", the weakest part of the Portuguese national team's frontcourt this year is Pauleta who plays for Paris Saint-Germain.

Ligue [-] has declined in recent years, and the two teams that can be competitive in the European war are Saint-Etienne and Lyon. Paris Saint-Germain has even stayed away from the European knockout rounds for many years.

Even if Pauleta is the head striker of Paris Saint-Germain, his experience in major competitions is not as good as that of Nuno Gomez or Postiga who played for Saint-Etienne.

Therefore, Jorge Mendes could not understand Scolari's formation at all.

After Pauleta's goal, Scolari has no reason to replace him-in this game, the last substitution of the Portuguese national team is reserved for Hugo Via, who plays for the La Liga powerhouse Valencia Na, he replaced the midfielder Thiago in the 83rd minute.

Although behind 0 to 1, Angola, under the leadership of Mantolas and Mateus, began to try to attack Portugal's defense, hoping to equalize the score.

But the strength gap between the two teams is still too obvious.

No matter how strong the "National Hero" Mantolas's personal ability is, those fists are still hard to beat.

Although Portugal also had the opportunity to use the defensive counterattack to try to expand the score on the field, Pauleta had no choice but to miss excellent scoring opportunities in front of the goal one after another.

In the end, 1-0 became the final score of the game.

The Portuguese national team scored the first 3 points of this World Cup in Cologne without any risk. At the same time, Jorge Mendes and Diego in the VIP stands also clapped happily—just as Mendes As expected, the game ended with a small score, and both of them can go back and count their money happily~
(PS: Lao Mouzi will continue to write this book! But the new book is also conceived, outlined, and archived at the same time. If you hurry up, I can meet you next month. The new book will definitely not have all kinds of poisonous points Yes, and it will give the new protagonist a true Chinese identity!)
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