our euro cup

Chapter 322
Nuno Gomez's long-range shot!

Our goalkeeper, Latic, saw Nuno Gomez hit a powerful long shot, he flew to save it, and punched the ball away!The ball hit by Latic flew near our penalty area. At this time, Luis Figo who followed up flew another shot!Luis Figo's shot drew a very beautiful arc, its rotation was very strong, and the ball passed to the upper left corner of the goal!Our goalkeeper Latic, who had just saved Nogomez's shot, couldn't get up immediately. He barely jumped in the opposite direction, but couldn't.At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared on the back line - he is Simic!He had already seen Luis Figo's intention to make a follow-up shot, so he returned to the goal and headed Luis Figo's shot out!
Luis Figo's shot was pushed out by Simic, which made Figo very puzzled. He didn't know when Simic ran there.In fact, although our Croatian team lacks a midfielder, our central defender is very flexible, and our replacement has always been quite effective.Bilic can temporarily act as a defensive midfielder, while Simic pays attention to filling positions at any time. In the defense, Latic's saves also play a very important role. In this way, our defense in the middle is actually not bad up.

Although our Croatian team does not have a good midfielder, our two central defenders are very good after all. Coupled with the excellent goalkeeper Latic, our defense is not as bad as imagined.And our Croatian team is an offensive team. If a team fails to kill us during the attack, then when we get the right to attack, they will know their mistake!
Even if such a team is Portugal, we will definitely let him know his mistake!Simic's ball hit the position of Maric on our right. Maric was caught by us in time in order to allow the Portuguese team to make a big push.
With this big kick, the ball did not fly very high, but flew towards the opponent's backcourt at a very fast speed.Several players including Boksic and Boban and I ran towards the direction of the ball. Among the three, I was the first to get the ball. I stopped Maric's pass with my chest, and then, with With a light tap of the head, the ball was passed to Boban.When I passed the ball, a central defender from Portugal rushed towards me. He intended to steal my ball, but he didn't expect that I passed the ball immediately, and he didn't stop. , the body hit me, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately——

Direct free kick in the frontcourt!
The Portuguese players are very dissatisfied with the referee. They think that the ball should be a ball that can be judged or not, but because we have advanced to a very dangerous place at this time, if we let the Croatian team take such a free kick, Portugal People will be faced with a very dangerous situation.This free kick is only 40 to [-] meters away from the goal, and it can be shot directly. For the Portuguese team, their height is not very high. Free kick defense is quite difficult.In order to avoid a direct free kick, the Portuguese ran towards the referee and started to reason with the referee.But how could the referee accept their suggestion?Not only did he not change the sentence, but he also gave a verbal warning to the Portuguese players who came here, almost without a yellow card.

In the end, the Portuguese players also accepted the result. They were afraid that the referee would give them a yellow card for the ball, which was not worth the candle.So the players of the Portuguese team started to line up the human wall. Their human wall was very close to the position of the ball and did not reach enough 9.15 meters. Under our protest, the referee blew his whistle and gave the Portuguese players They protested.He pushed Portugal's players back and made them stand at 9.15 metres.Although the Portuguese players were aggrieved, they had no choice but to do so, otherwise, the referee's yellow card would come out again.

In our team, generally speaking, Boban is often the one who takes the free kick. However, this time I made a suggestion to Boban to let Boksic take the free kick.The reason is very simple, because Boksic has practiced a flying dragon cannon. This shot can make the ball fall down quickly. It is strong and fast, and it is a typical elevator ball. This kind of ball, as A free kick is the best way to pass through the wall, and if it is fast and powerful, then this free kick has a great chance of breaking through the Portuguese goal!
Therefore, Boksic stood in front of the ball, and Boban stood on the other side of the ball. In this ball, Boban's main function was to feint a shot, and Boban used false shots to attract the wall to take off early, so that If this is the case, the ball that Boksic really kicks can run in a lower arc, so that the power will be even greater!
So Boban started the run-up, and the run-up of my class made the players of the Portuguese team very nervous. When Boban swung his left foot and was about to shoot, the players lining up on the wall of the Portuguese team jumped up one after another!But they didn't wait for Boban's shot. Boban's feint was very realistic, which really made the Portuguese team's wall take off early!At this time, Boksic started to run up, he rushed to the position of the ball, kicked up, and hit a "dragon cannon"!
The ball flew towards the goal with strong rotation and strong wind noise!This shot surprised the Portuguese goalkeeper Baia!Since the human wall blocked his line of sight, he had no way to make an early judgment. When Boksic's shot appeared in front of his eyes, it was too late for him to make a judgment... His movement and his saves were as good as possible. He tried his best, but even so, he couldn't save the ball... So Boksic's Dragon Cannon flew into the gate of the Portuguese team, 1:0, we lead!

In the previous two games, we were scored first and then counterattacked hard. Only in this game against Portugal, we really took the lead in the first half.Playing a strong attack when we are behind, our mood is different from playing a counterattack when we are ahead.If they can take the lead from the start, who would like to work so hard to get it back after being scored a goal first!Now we lead the Portuguese team by one goal. Strategically, we have already taken the initiative. Next, our game will be easy to play...

(End of this chapter)