[Football] Crown of Thorns

2012年欧锦赛H组第7轮比赛全部结束，葡萄牙队主场6比3战胜冰岛队，同组的另一场比赛丹麦队客场4比1击败塞浦路斯队。本轮比赛结束后该组还剩1轮比赛，目前葡萄牙、丹麦同积16分，葡萄牙净胜球占优暂列第1，挪威积13分排第3。

A few days later, on October 10, Portugal will play an away game against Denmark. If they win or draw, Portugal will qualify directly; if they lose, it will depend on the results of the match between Norway and Cyprus.Norway are currently 11 points behind Portugal and 3 goals behind on goal difference.So from this aspect, regardless of whether they win or lose the next game, Portugal is basically guaranteed to be able to play in the play-offs at least.

After the game, coach Bento attended the post-match press conference. In the eyes of many media, the person who followed the coach to the press conference was not Gama, the hero who reversed the course of the game as they thought, but the captain of the Portuguese team, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Seeing the humming of the reporters in front of him, Bento coughed lightly.

The Iceland team coach just said a few words casually and then handed over the topic to Portugal.

Looking at the reporters who raised their hands to ask questions, Bento glanced at Ronaldo and then clicked on a familiar reporter.

This reporter from "Lisbon Express" has been following various news of the national team since Bento became the coach of the national team. He is basically a reporter with a more orthodox interview style.

"Today's game led [-]-[-] in the first half, but was chased by the opponent for three consecutive goals in the second half. Did the players relax after taking the lead? As the coach, did you not notice the slackness of the players... "

Bento glanced at the reporter, thinking that the interview would be easier if he won the ball, but he didn't expect that the reporters didn't give face at all!

"About this question, I don't think that's the case. My players all rushed back to participate in the national team game after a long league schedule. Everyone is quite exhausted physically and mentally. It's okay to relax after taking the lead. I understand, I can only say that the Iceland team played very well and luck is also good, I think everyone knows that in football games, it doesn’t mean that you can always be lucky if you lead...”

When the coach and the reporters fought for [-] rounds, Ronaldo, who was sitting there, was obviously distracted.

It wasn't until a reporter asked him that Ronaldo pulled his mind back.

"The next game? Yes, our game against Denmark, of course we will try our best to win..."

"The Portuguese team only needs a draw in Copenhagen to directly get tickets to Poland and Ukraine, so I would like to ask, what if they lose?"

This sharp question made Ronaldo stunned for a moment. He looked over and found that the reporter did not seem to be from Portugal.

Ronaldo, who didn't like to deal with reporters, frowned because he was a little unwell, "We will only focus on winning in the game against Denmark. As for the loss you mentioned, I don't need to think about it at the moment." .”

Since Portugal and Denmark currently share 16 points, the confrontation on Tuesday will determine which one will directly become the first in the group and automatically qualify.

Although a draw is enough for Portugal to top the group, Ronaldo doesn't want a draw, he just wants to win.

Facing the Spanish media who asked questions later, Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo said, "Portugal went to Denmark to win. This is our idea. We must go all out to win."

There was a press conference outside, and Gama, who had tidied himself up in the locker room, scratched his wet hair and sighed deeply.

"what happened?"

Veloso asked from behind him.

Looking back at his friend, Jia Ma shook his head, "I'll go out later, if a reporter catches me, remember to help me escape."

"Pfft, it's not that scary!"

Veloso smiled as he put on his coat.

"very scary!"

Jia Ma curled his lips and picked up his backpack, "I have a hunch that I must not go out these two days."

Just as Gama expected, many reporters wanted to catch Gama for interviews, especially after he came on the field, the Portuguese team scored three goals in a row. Yes, their captain who was attending the press conference spoke loudly again.

"Yes, I haven't scored a goal before. No player can be sure that he can score a goal. What..."

Even though the coach Bento kept winking, Ronaldo, who was called "shooting waves" and "not wearing shooting boots" by the reporters, still responded unceremoniously to their questions.

"Yes, I only have one goal, so what..."

Ronaldo, who has a handsome temper and has always been somewhat rebellious, glared at the reporter who asked the question.

"...we know the situation is in our favour, but we want to win the game and go straight through. That's the spirit of the team and I'm sure we'll make the game great."

It wasn't until the familiar "Marca" broke the topic and asked about his expectations for the next game that Ronaldo slowed down and answered like this.

However, in the end, Ronaldo also said that although he won today, what the team needs most now is to maintain a solid defense.

Here is the speechless coach Bento - don't I want to stabilize the defense?That's no one, no one! ! !

When Gama saw the live broadcast of last night's press conference on the morning news the next morning, he yelled, almost scaring his classmate Veloso to death.

"what happened?"

Veloso, who was brushing his teeth but was stabbed in the gums by Gama's yell, poked his head out of the bathroom.

"The captain is talking too loud again."

Gama sighed as he rolled over the pillow.

Glancing at the TV news, Veloso rolled his eyes and retracted his head, and replied loudly, "The captain has always been like this, you haven't gotten used to it yet."

"I'm not used to it!"

Although when he didn’t know Ronaldo before, most of the gossip he received was about the captain, but when he really got to know Ronaldo, Gama felt that although the captain’s personality is sometimes erratic and loves to play, but Really good character is a good person.

Seriously speaking, this is the first time Gama has noticed Ronaldo's random talk during interviews.

Because he didn't watch this kind of interview scene very much before, and he didn't really believe the reports on the newspaper and the Internet.

"Haha, the relationship between the captain and the reporters has never been very good, and the media always likes to discredit him."

After taking care of his personal problems, Veloso came out, "Hey, do you want to go out to play today?"

After last night's game, they have a day off to relax today.

Since I got up in the morning, I have been watching the news about last night’s game and about him on the TV—every TV station—on the news. Gama patted his chest in fear, “No, the outside must be surrounded by the media. Just don’t be caught by them for an interview, and then sprayed in the face with unrecognizable news.”

"Ha, you didn't encounter such a situation in Germany?"

Veloso couldn't believe that Gama, who was being chased by the German media last season, hadn't experienced such a scene.

"Although there are tabloids fabricated by the German media, most of them are basically exaggerated facts. Unlike here, you can tell a lot of news about you without interviewing you. It's just too scary."

Gama rolled his eyes.

Veloso couldn't help laughing.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the room where they lived, and then the door was pushed open, and a messy golden hair poked out.

"Hey are you ready?"

"Fabio, didn't you go for treatment!"

As one of the main defenders of the Portuguese national team, both Coentrao and Pepe were unable to play due to leg injuries, and it is still uncertain whether they will be able to play in the most critical game in the last round of the group.

Cohen, who was scratching his head, smirked, "Go again later, let's have breakfast!"

"You foodie!"

Jia Ma jumped out of bed angrily - he got up earlier than Veloso, and he had already taken care of his personal hygiene.

The three talked and laughed and walked towards the restaurant.

The final round of the 2012 European Cup qualifiers is about to start, and the most attention-grabbing is the match between Denmark and Portugal in Group H Tianwangshan.

The current situation in Group H is that Denmark and Portugal have the same 16 points. Portugal temporarily ranks first in the group with a goal difference advantage, while Denmark ranks second.In this game, Portugal only needs to score 1 point in the away game to win the first place in the group by virtue of the advantage of the relationship between the two sides and directly advance to the main match of next year's European Championship. If Denmark wants to directly advance, it must win Portugal at home and achieve a net victory. The ball advantage, the pressure is huge.In addition, the third-ranked Norway is currently 13 points behind Portugal and Denmark by 3 points. They need a big win over Cyprus to keep a glimmer of hope of qualifying. Denmark caused no small pressure.

In addition, according to the rules of the European preliminaries, No.2 with the best score in the group can directly qualify (six groups are not counted against the last place in the game, first the goal difference ranks first, and then the goal difference ranks first).

But if they can qualify directly, who would wait eagerly to become No.2 in the group and then see who is the best second team in the group and then qualify for that kind of heartbeat!

The Portuguese players who appeared in the restaurant were muttering about the game while eating breakfast.

Not surprisingly, their captain Ronaldo has never appeared.

Ronaldo's living habits have always been regular, and the sudden absence of him made the players present a little uneasy.

Gama couldn't help looking back at the restaurant door frequently, he admitted that he was a little worried about Ronaldo.

Until some members of the coaching staff came in for breakfast, they still did not see Ronaldo.

Finally someone couldn't help asking.

"Sir, where's Cristiano?"

Alves' question seemed to open some kind of window, and there was chattering chatter in the dining room.

The assistant coach Mr. Victor, who was asked by Alves, glanced at the players present. Fortunately, coach Bento did not ban the news, and it was impossible to control it anyway. Maybe the outside media would report it soon.

"Cristiano is not feeling well, he went to the medical room for examination."

"what?"

People in the restaurant shouted.

Tuesday's game is just around the corner, and their all-important captain is unwell?

"You may have noticed that in the first half of the game against Iceland last night, Cristiano did not perform well," Victor sighed, "Actually, Cristiano's physical condition was not quite right before the game. His crotch and soleus have been so sore, you could say he's playing through the pain."

The discussion in the restaurant suddenly became louder.

"But the game..."

Victor shook his head, "He went into the medical room early this morning for an examination, and we have to see the results of the examination to know the specific situation."

They are not sure what the situation is, they can only wait.

Then before they heard the result, the injury of Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo had been hyped up by the outside world.

Spanish media "Marca": Real Madrid superstar Ronaldo's body is close to the limit. The Portuguese's crotch and soleus muscles have been suffering unbearably pain during the game against Iceland. Going into battle...and the next game against Denmark is even more related to the overall situation of qualifying. I am afraid that Ronaldo will still start the game for the national team with injuries.

Portuguese media "Liberation": Cristiano Ronaldo is seriously injured and may not be able to play.

In addition, other various media also broke out about Ronaldo's injury, but they said everything, and even the Portuguese players who were in it were frightened by some of the content.

When the news was flying all over the sky and became chaotic, the spokesperson of the national team held a press conference to clarify the issue.

In the team, the coach Bento also called all the players together and held an emergency meeting to calm down the mood of the players.

"I have no problem, I can play."

At the meeting, Ronaldo appeared and said this to all the players with a calm face.

Gama looked at him, thinking about Ronaldo's injuries in the outside reports. I don't know where the media got the news. They even dug out the medical records checked by Ronaldo. No wonder Gama heard the staff chatting in private about the coach. Bento was so angry that he wanted to fire certain team members.

More importantly, Gama has always felt that apart from the foreign media in Portugal, the Portuguese domestic media are always adding fuel to the fire on certain issues. No matter how you look at them, they all seem to be undercover agents sent by the opponents of the Portuguese national team—— It's really good at disturbing the morale of the army!

However, looking at Ronaldo's calm expression and thinking about his injury, Gama sighed silently.

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PS: The events in the article are all my fabrications of real events, don't take it seriously! ╮(╯▽╰)╭