Football: The Strongest Hexagon Warrior

"aooaoaoaooo——"

Accompanied by huge cheers from the Bay Stadium, Martin passed Muani and strode forward with the ball.

Chuameni, who was holding on to the flank, didn't know what to do.

Griezmann, who was in the center, had done high-position defense during Martin's time with the team, and he knew that he could not let Martin carry the ball forward, otherwise it would seriously affect the team's defensive situation when switching from offense to defense.

So he went forward without hesitation.

I was also prepared to commit a foul.

As a defensive player, Martin knew Griezmann's intention to take the initiative to move forward.

He took the initiative to use the outside of his right foot to push the ball towards Griezmann who was coming towards him.

The French midfielder Griezmann had no idea what Martin was selling and actually slowed down his pace.

This was the feedback Martin was waiting for.

He naturally stepped out and used the inside of his right foot to suddenly push the ball to the front left, accelerating past the right side of Griezmann's body as he slowed down.

Many fans think it is normal for Griezmann to be dribbled past.

Martin could easily get past the defensive player, let alone the offensive player Griezmann?

At the same time, Chuameni ran towards Martin's direction to assist right-back Kounde, who was running sideways towards Martin, to complete the defense.

Although he is young, he has a strong sense of the overall defensive situation and has already vaguely grasped the problem.

The first is the corresponding problems caused by our high defense.

It seemed that the passing route from the player with the ball to the potential receiver was blocked, but as Martin took the ball with his back to the goal and passed Muani and Griezmann, everything seemed to become clear.

In order to cut off various passing routes, teammates were far away from each other and could not form effective complementarity, which gave Martin, who had strong breakthrough ability, a chance.

If the ball reaches the center line, it will be an absolute trouble for the defense line!

France coach Didier Deschamps also saw that the high defense was broken by Martin's forward dribbling of the ball, and he was very anxious.

But Martin's dribbling forward also allowed him to see the possibility of stealing the ball and counterattacking.

In his opinion, Santos' tactical change is to let Martin partner with Ruben Dias as a double central defender. Now they are moving farther and farther away from their positions, which means that once they complete the interception, they can directly send the ball to the defensive loopholes of Portugal with one less player. That... will be the time to kill the game!

Both Palinha and William Carvalho have strong defensive awareness. Seeing captain Martin speeding forward with the ball, they protected each other.

William Carvalho came on as a substitute and was full of energy. He ran towards Martin.

Of course, he was not there to act as a contact point, but just in case.

If the ball is lost, he can also step forward to clean it up.

Although it is highly unlikely that this problem will occur given Martin's extraordinary ability, as the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Kounde was closer to Martin who passed Griezmann.

Martin dribbled the ball to the left rib, about twenty meters away from the center line. He pretended to accelerate towards the area between Chuameni and Kounde, who had not yet formed a siege.

So much so that Chuameni and Conde both had a tendency to accelerate towards Martin's front.

At this moment, Martin lowered his right shoulder and suddenly used the outside of his right foot to push the football sideways to the right, and the whole person stopped the red supercar abruptly.

Chuameniko had no time to brake, so he could only watch in annoyance as Martin sped away in the opposite direction of his movement.

After all, offense is extremely proactive, while defense can only be achieved by countering the opponent's moves and predicting them in advance.

But whether it is an emergency countermeasure or an advance prediction, there is a risk of failure.

Martin suddenly dribbled the ball towards the middle, which immediately made the entire offensive situation clear.

B Fee, Felix and Gonzalo Ramos advanced in three directions respectively, forming a three-arrow attack.

"aoaooaoaooooo——"

The Portuguese fans at the Bay Stadium also subconsciously cheered.

Santos, who was standing in the technical area where the Portuguese coach was directing, raised his eyebrows. He had originally been quite dissatisfied with Martin's dribbling past several players from the backcourt, but then he thought that Martin had excellent footwork and was fully capable of dribbling through. In addition, his team was one man down, and the French team, which was defending in a high position, stretched their formation, which gave Martin the opportunity to break through one by one.

“Maybe Pepe’s ending wasn’t such a bad thing!”

Santos muttered to himself as he watched the situation on the field.

Pepe was sent off, which gave the French team great confidence to win.

If it was a normal 11vs11 match, the French team would definitely not dare to defend high.

Thinking that the game might be killed in injury time, his feet took two steps forward uncontrollably, without him even noticing that his upper body had crossed the sideline.

"uuuu——"

The French fans in the audience seemed to realize something and immediately made harsh boos, trying to interfere with Martin who was about to dribble the ball to the center circle.

Facing Martin, Fofana, who was lagging behind in the midfield, was very panicked and adopted a quick fight and retreat strategy.

Martin noticed that Fofana, the only player left in France's central defense, had no intention of moving forward, so he increased his speed to the maximum, taking three steps at a time, to ensure that the advancement speed was at the highest level.

After a few quick steps, the ball crossed the center circle and was less than five meters away from Fofana, who was fighting and retreating at high speed.

The four players on the French team's back line were affected by the forward pressure of B Fee, Felix and Gonzalo Ramos, and they did not dare to pull out to assist Fofana.

Martin noticed this point and rushed towards Fofana without slowing down.

Since you don't dare to come up, I will take the initiative to find you!

"Martin! Martin!! In front of them is Fofana, the defensive midfielder who plays for Monaco! Next..."

Before CCTV 5 commentator He Wei finished his words, he saw Martin ruthlessly use the outside of his right foot to push the ball to the front right when the two were more than three meters apart, directly using his speed to eat the defensive and offensive but slower midfielder.

While retreating, Fofana subconsciously took a small step to the left, supporting his body with his left foot and extending his right foot towards the football running on the ground.

He was planning to kick the ball and the person to the ground together!

Kante, who was sitting in the VIP seats watching the game, sighed when he saw his national team teammate Fofana make this choice.

He knew... that this approach was fine against other players, but... it wouldn't work against Martin!

as predicted!

Martin has strong explosive power and incredible speed, and his control over the football is almost demonic!

In his opinion, this kind of dribbling technique has always been a top-level operation that only players over 1.7 meters tall can possess.

However, Martin, with a height of 1.84 meters, still has such outstanding control skills of the football. Coupled with his height, long legs, explosive power and fast stride frequency, he can touch the ball again in almost half a breath.

The most important thing is that Martin is still in good physical condition.

On the other hand, Fofana was almost exhausted due to long-term defense.

Martin was seen running at high speed, and with the toe of his right foot he kicked the rolling football in front of him at lightning speed. His two strong and powerful long legs took several steps alternately, and Fofana, who fell to the ground and stretched out his feet, only kicked a ball of air.

"shit!"

France coach Didier Deschamps blurted out the words subconsciously as he watched Martin break through Fofana.

Fortunately, everyone's attention was on Martin, who had already passed four players on the field, and no one paid attention to Deschamps who looked frustrated.

"aoaooaooaoaooo——"

The frenzy at the Bay Stadium heated up again.

The 60,000 fans sitting in the stands could all see that Martin, who had dribbled past four players, was close to tearing apart the French team's entire defensive system.

Martin passed Fofana, and in front of him there was only a back line consisting of two central defenders and left back Theo, who were almost lined up in a row.

Our team's Felix and Gonzalo Ramos advanced towards the two flanks of the three-man team. Due to his slow speed, B Fee had fallen behind on the left, and was also being watched by Kounde, who was very fast and physically strong.

In other words...Portugal was in a 3 vs 3 situation in the final stage of the game!

Felix and Gonzalo Ramos are not particularly fast forwards. As Martin dribbled forward, they naturally pulled to both sides, allowing Martin, who had fully increased his speed, to face Konate directly in the middle.

The French central defender who joined Liverpool last summer has strong frontal defensive ability and is relatively fast, but... much slower than Martin.

Konate was particularly afraid of the famous Martin, and did not dare to take the initiative to move forward. He always maintained the same speed of retreat as the whole team and waited for support.

As there was still more than 30 meters away from the baseline, there was a lot of room. Theo and Varane were afraid of Martin's passing ability while moving, and did not dare to support Konate.

"Martin is getting closer and closer to the goal..."

Andy Gray, the Sky TV commentator who was very familiar with Martin's technical characteristics, raised his voice an octave higher and his eyes were full of excitement.

Martin noticed that Konate didn't dare to move forward. He thought he was almost within the shooting range, so he slowed down a little, looked up at Lloris guarding the goal, and then took small steps to adjust.

Konate, who originally wanted to wait until he reached the penalty area line to wait for his teammates' assistance, suddenly felt a pang in his heart. He knew that Martin had a long shot within 30 meters that could directly threaten the goal.

Seeing Martin looking up to observe the goalkeeper's position and pace adjustment, he didn't care about anything else. He put his hands behind his back and took two steps forward, narrowing the distance between them while expanding the blocking area.

He and his central defender partner Varane also created a huge vertical space.

I don't know...

Martin's exaggerated swing of his right foot turned into a fake shot and a real dunk, and the inside of his right foot dunked the ball to the front left.

Realizing that he had been cheated, there was very little Konate could do.

His height of 1.93 meters and weight of 84 kilograms does not allow him to be as flexible as a smaller player of 1.7 meters.

Although the turn was not as bad as Maguire's "aircraft carrier turn", it was also like a car braking hastily and starting due to inertia.

Martin doesn't need to consider this aspect.

His technical movements were very smooth. After dribbling past Konate, he sped up again and headed towards the top of the penalty area.

At this time, Varane could no longer worry about whether Martin would pass the ball to Felix on the outside. For him and the entire French team's defense line, the most dangerous player was Martin who completed the fifth dribble!

Martin, who was dribbling at high speed, keenly noticed that Varane and Theo had decisively given up the outside line and moved inwards, and both of them consciously blocked the passing route behind them. He did not move forward decisively, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Obviously, the two forgot one thing at the critical moment.

Once he came within thirty meters, he was within the shooting range!

Deschamps, who was standing in the coach's technical area, did not forget. He was extremely panicked and shouted at Varane: "Rafael, block it!!!"

It’s just that the players on the field were focusing on the field, and the atmosphere in the Bay Stadium was extremely fanatical, so the hysterical shouting could not be heard in the stadium at all.

Captain Loris, standing in front of the goal, looked at Martin who was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help swallowing. He half opened his mouth, wanting to say something but couldn't utter it at all. He was like a drowning person, raising his hands in panic.

Martin dribbled the ball to within three meters of the top of the penalty area. There was no player blocking him from the front. Varane, who was focusing on blocking Martin's passing route to Felix, had just reached the corner of the top circle and lost the opportunity to block him from the front in time.

Of course, if Varane decisively blocks the ball head-on, with his vision and passing ability, he can also give Felix a one-on-one shot that is not offside.

To put it simply, Martin, who passed Konate, had nearly 90% confidence in his team's goal!

Martin used the outside of his right foot to push the ball more than a meter to the right, took small steps to adjust, and shot directly.

"Oops!"

Varane then realized that he had made a huge mistake!

The passing route behind is certainly important, but... it's not as good as Martin!

Boom~

A crisp muffled sound emerged spontaneously.

Loris, who was standing in front of the goal, came to his senses and looked at the football that was getting bigger and bigger and rushing towards the upper right corner of the goal at lightning speed.

He also saw that the football flying into the penalty area did not rotate in the air at all, like a cannonball shot out of a gun.

But the whole person seemed to be trapped in a sealed space. He couldn't make any body movements and could only keep his eyes on the powerful football.

Varane, who failed to step up to defend in time, looked at the unstoppable football, his hands naturally raised to cover his forehead, and a look of despair instantly filled his handsome face.

next moment.

The football, without any rotation, brushed against the junction of the right goal post and the crossbar and plunged into the snow-white net.

The frenzied atmosphere at the Bay Stadium suddenly disappeared for about two seconds.

"aoaoaooaoaooaoo——"

Then, deafening cheers echoed throughout the venue in retaliation.

The ecstatic Portuguese fans danced and cheered.

"Oh My God!!"

BBC sports commentator Gary Lineker's voice rose eight octaves as he habitually exclaimed: "In the third minute of injury time, Martin dribbled past five players from the backcourt! He shot a cold arrow at the top of the penalty area! He broke through Hugo Lloris's goal! He helped Portugal overtake the score even though they were one man down! 2:1!!"

"Goooooooooooooooal——"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray subconsciously lengthened his voice.

"Incredible performance!"

"What is the ceiling player on the pitch?"

"I'll tell you honestly about Martin's performance!"

"It doesn't matter if he's one man short or the situation is passive! He always seizes the opportunity at the right time!"

"Turning the tide!"

He Wei, the CCTV 5 commentator at the live commentary booth, blurted out passionately.

Martin, who scored the goal, turned around and stood in place, with his legs naturally apart, his hands on his hips, his head held high and his chest puffed out, standing there like a proud statue, enjoying the cheers from the audience.

"The ninth goal of this World Cup!"

CCTV5 commentator Xu Yang said passionately: "The goal in the third minute of injury time! It undoubtedly gave Portugal, who were one man down, a chance to win the game!"

The Portuguese players on the field ran madly towards Martin who was standing proudly.

All the players, including those on the bench, crossed the entire court, waving their fists and rushed towards Martin, who had led the team to overtake the score in a losing game.

Ronaldo, who still had ice on his knee, threw away the ice pack and went up to celebrate the goal hysterically.

The French players' reactions were completely opposite, with several players collapsing to the ground, gasping for breath.

The other players either stood there with their mouths half open or held their heads in pain.

Head coach Deschamps still kept his hands spread out, meaning...how could this happen?

why?