From the man behind the football king to the football king.

The Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, which can accommodate 40,000 people, obviously cannot meet the needs of too many fans, especially the match between the two giants Portugal and Spain. The tickets for this match were sold out as soon as the group stage schedule was released. Therefore, most Portuguese fans can only watch the game at home or in bars.

"Volley! Beautiful! Cristiano! The ball goes in! The Portuguese captain scored the first goal for Portugal! 1:0, Portugal got off to a dream start!"

The excited voice of the Portuguese commentator came from the hanging TV, which aroused huge cheers from the entire bar.

"Well done, Captain!"

"Well done!"

“Cheers to the goal!”

……

The fans were so excited that golden beer spilled out with the clinking of glasses and everyone was screaming.

Inside the stadium, the Portuguese players were celebrating the goal excitedly. They surrounded Ronaldo who scored the goal, fell to the ground, and were extremely happy.

On the sidelines, their head coach rushed out of the coaching booth and waved his arms vigorously to express his excitement.

The referee intervened and finally put an end to the Portuguese players' extremely excited celebration.

The Spanish people have already placed the football at the midpoint and are getting a little impatient.

Even though the goal was conceded early and was even very unexpected, the Spanish players did not care too much about it. They just felt that Portugal was indeed a country bumpkin team and that the celebration of scoring a goal against Spain was just like celebrating Christmas.

………………

The game restarted and Spain kicked off.

Less than two minutes into the game, they lost the ball, which was beyond Hierro's expectation. However, Hierro did not care too much, as he believed that Spain would soon equalize the score.

However, Hierro soon found out that he was wrong. Facing waves of Spanish attacks, Portugal also strengthened its defense, but it was not the kind of defensive retreat that would give up the attack. On the contrary, Portugal's formation pressed forward and they started fighting with Spain in the midfield. Not only that, they always kept Guedes and Ronaldo as the two counterattack points in the frontcourt. Once there was an opportunity to move the ball forward, they would press forward without hesitation.

Portugal's tactics are not conservative, but rather very aggressive. Today, Portugal showed a strong desire to attack, while Spain was even more aggressive. So in the eyes of the audience, the first half of the game was very exciting.

In the 15th minute of the game, Iniesta made a straight pass, Isco made a lateral pass after going down the wing, Diego Costa held off Pepe and pushed the ball along the way, and David Silva was about to complete the shot, but a white figure got in front of him and shot the ball directly, and the ball flew high into the stands.

"Wow - Cork, his shot went wide."

"Koke should have given this shooting opportunity to David Silva, as he was in a better position." The Spanish commentator shook his head regretfully, but it was just a regret and he did not care too much about missing this scoring opportunity. With Spain's offensive strength, scoring a goal would not be a problem.

Santos waved nervously on the sidelines, then he silently gave a thumbs up to Koke, who helped Portugal complete a beautiful defensive clearance.

………………

Five minutes later, Spain's attack returned.

Iniesta sent the ball to the frontcourt, and Alba assisted in the middle. He passed the ball to David Silva. David Silva controlled his rhythm and deliberately slowed down to attract William Carvalho to defend, and then took advantage of the moment when William Carvalho approached to suddenly dribble the ball and speed up to get rid of him!

William Carvalho obviously didn't expect David Silva to move so fast and accelerate so quickly. He was caught off guard and turned hastily, but his foot slipped and fell to the ground!

"David Silva! Nice breakaway!" the Spanish commentator yelled. "Another one!"

David Silva changed direction while dribbling the ball at high speed, passed Cedric, and then cut inside laterally.

"Shoot!" David Silva's left foot made an arc and headed straight for the upper right corner of the goal.

Portugal's goalkeeper Patricio did not react at all to the ball. Just when the Spaniards were preparing to cheer for the goal, the football slipped through the goal and flew out of the bottom line.

"What a pity! David Silva's shot was slightly off the goal..." said the Spanish commentator regretfully.

The Spanish team was still regretting that the shot went wide. Iniesta gave David Silva a thumbs up. Isco also ran to David Silva and said with a smile: "It was just a few centimeters away. Just a few centimeters lower."

No one even noticed that the Portuguese had begun to fight back.

………………

Portugal goalkeeper Patricio quickly kicked the ball out of the goal. He kicked the ball directly to the front court. Near the midfield, Ronaldo headed the ball directly to the left. After Bernardo Silva got the ball, he immediately started to accelerate.

"Counterattack! Portugal counterattacks!"

Portugal's counterattack was very simple and quick. This time they did not advance through the midfield, but instead launched the attack with a direct long pass.

Bernardo Silva dribbled the ball along the left side, and after attracting Nacho's interception, he pretended to repeat the trick and pass the ball to Guerrero who was making a run, but he feinted and passed the ball sideways.

Bruno got the ball in the middle, he kicked the ball with his right foot, turned around at the same time, and beautifully bypassed Busquets who was a little unprepared.

Iniesta rushed over to intercept.

Bruno feinted his upper body to trick Iniesta, who was rushing over. He then poked the ball with his toes and the ball went through Iniesta's small goal.

Then Bruno twisted his waist, snatched the ball from Iniesta, and then faced with Ramos who was rushing up aggressively. When the ball was almost about to make contact, he cleverly poked it with his toes again, and the ball passed through Ramos' small door.

Almost at the same time, Bruno turned around and avoided Ramos, and was about to complete the man-ball separation. Ramos had no choice but to reach out and pull Bruno down.

There was a huge booing in the Portuguese team area in the stands. The Portuguese fans were enjoying Bruno's wonderful performance and their hearts were pounding. They were very dissatisfied with Ramos's destruction of the wonderful football.

Even the Spanish commentator praised Bruno: "Ramos had to stop Bruno's performance with a foul. The Portuguese's breakthrough just now was a visual enjoyment."

………………

The referee blew the whistle and showed a yellow card to Ramos for a tactical foul, giving Portugal a free kick in the frontcourt.

Pepe, who is good at heading, came up to participate in the free kick attack, and William Carvalho stayed in the backcourt to defend.

The position of this free kick is a bit far and not suitable for direct attack, so Ronaldo did not ask to take the penalty.

Bruno's free kick went into the penalty area. Spain's captain Ramos had a strong heading ability and he headed the ball out before Pepe.

Spain tried to launch a quick counterattack. Busquets passed the ball quickly to Koke, and Bernardo Silva, who was closest to Koke, came up to intercept.

At this time, as long as Koke passed the ball, Spain's counterattack might be successful, but Koke stuck to the ball and refused to pass it. He made a fake move to knock down Bernardo Silva, but Bernardo Silva was not fooled and took advantage of this opportunity to come up.

The two players were pulling and tugging as they moved forward, and finally the referee couldn't stand it anymore. He blew the whistle and Bernardo Silva committed a foul, but he didn't get a card.

Santos applauded on the sidelines and cheered for the team's performance on both offense and defense. Bruno caused Ramos to get a yellow card. Don't underestimate this yellow card. A central defender carrying a yellow card is like carrying a hidden landmine that may explode at some point.

Bernardo Silva's active counter-attacks and desperate attitude towards the game also made Santos very satisfied.

………………

"When I saw Bernardo Silva desperately counter-attack and finally blocked Spain's counterattack, I remembered that during the attack when Portugal scored the goal, Koke let the opponent's player pass through." The Spanish commentator said, "Of course, if Koke went up to intercept and interfere, or even committed a tactical foul, Portugal would not have that goal... From this detail, I still have to pay tribute to Portugal and their head coach."

Spain's previous goal was caused by Portugal's counterattack, but this did not affect Spain's established offensive tactics. They had great confidence in their offense and continued to put pressure on Portugal's goal.

This is understandable. When facing Portugal, Spain will definitely crush its opponent with offense and goals.

Spain's counterattack just now might have been successful if Bernardo Silva hadn't tried hard to interfere. However, Portugal did not retreat in defense, but continued to seize every possible opportunity to attack.

So in the subsequent live broadcast of the game, both sides seemed to be defenseless, the attacks were fierce, and the commentators were very busy and happy.

"Isco dribbled past Cedric, beautifully... He broke into the penalty area! Shot! Blocked by Pepe! It was a close call!"

"Iniesta dribbled sideways, beautifully, he and Isco played against the wall and shot! It was too high!"

"Portugal's counterattack! Bruno dribbled sideways, Busquets was following him... Foul! Portugal got a free kick in front of the penalty area. This position is very good, Ronaldo came up to take the penalty... Ah, what a pity, it hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line!"

"Beautiful! Beautiful! Bruno, he got rid of Busquets and Alba in a small space, turned around and shot! Slightly higher than the crossbar!"