[Football] Crown of Thorns

Portugal equalized.

Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick shot directly into the net and succeeded.

The moment he saw the football rushing into the net, Ronaldo raised his head and pointed his index fingers upwards.

"Tsk tsk, it's really domineering!"

Veloso said with his arm on Gama's shoulder.

Jia Ma laughed, "Envy?"

Veloso tilted his head and thought for a while, "A little bit, but I probably won't be able to do it in my lifetime."

"Can't do it? Do you mean goal or domineering?"

Gama joked.

Veloso raised his hand and tapped Gama's head, "Shut up."

With 1 minute left before the end of the first half, the Danish team lost the ball immediately after the kick-off under the pressure of the Portuguese players.

Cristiano Ronaldo received the pass from his teammate without hesitation, and immediately kicked up and looked like he was about to shoot. The Danish player Romedal, who was eager to defend, had no choice but to tackle Ronaldo with a foul and interrupted him. Actions.

"Stupid, Ronaldo is still near the midfield, how could it be a shot at that distance."

Denmark's on-site commentator roared.

The referee showed Romedal a yellow card, which was also the first yellow card of the game.

Then the first half was over.

During the intermission, Gama, who drank two sips of water and chewed a piece of chocolate, glanced at captain Ronaldo.

Seeing Gama's gaze, Ronaldo looked over.

"Xiko, what's the matter?"

Jia Ma smiled, "The number 5 of the other party's physical strength is exhausted."

Ronaldo was stunned, "No. 5?"

At this moment, Bento, who just opened the door and came in and just heard Gama talking, looked over, "Xiko, are you sure?"

Gama scratched the bridge of his nose, "Has he been injured before? During several matchups, I found that his movements were always a little cautious. At the end of the first half, I noticed that he was carefully rubbing his leg muscles. .”

Assistant coach Victor immediately took out the data board, "No. 5 Silberbauer of the Danish team, Hiko was right, he had a week off due to a muscle strain in his leg half a month ago, and he only participated in the competition after that." A club game."

Bento smiled slightly, "Xiko observed very carefully and did a good job."

Hearing Victor's introduction, the players of the Portuguese team looked at each other, and Ronaldo blinked-that is to say, they could start from the opponent's No. 5 position at the beginning of the second half.

Regarding the conceded goal in the first half, Bento didn't say anything. The kind of goal that can be said to be a "fairy ball" can't be helped by anyone else.

Stressing out the second-half tactics, Bento and Victor walked out.

"Xiko, kid..."

Looking at his face, Victor suddenly smiled and said this.

Bento smiled, "Smart player."

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and the Danish team took the lead in launching the offensive.

Although he received a yellow card at the end of the first half, the Danish team's No. 10 Romedal did not hold back, but actively dribbled the ball through the Portuguese team's defense and then made a cross. This quick-response goal The ball was missed by Karen Dehe with a heavy shot.

Bento on the sidelines yelled loudly. In fact, he knew that the players couldn't hear his yell, but he just wanted to attract the players' attention.

Sure enough, Gama, who always pays attention to the coach's instructions on the sidelines, turned his head and glanced at him.

Bento gestured again and again, and Gama nodded to show that he understood.

Jia Ma, who rubbed his cheeks, felt that something was wrong. He looked up and saw raindrops falling from the sky.

Unlucky.

Gama groaned. After the fierce confrontation in the first half, the condition of the turf was no longer very good. Now that it was raining again, the sneakers had to be changed.

The coaching staff on the sidelines also discovered this problem, and the staff began to take out spare spiked sneakers, and prepared them in pairs.

The rainfall increased rapidly, and it chilled the players running on the field in a blink of an eye-the staff on the sidelines began to gesture, and the players also began to slow down their movements and ran to the sidelines to change their sneakers one by one.

After putting on the spiked sneakers with strong grip, Gama wiped the rain from his face, feeling a little worried.

This game is related to the question of who can qualify directly from the two teams. The current draw is beneficial to the Portuguese team, because they only need a draw to qualify directly, while the Danish team needs to let it go, because they can only win. to go straight out.

Games in heavy rain are not conducive to the performance of skilled players. It is not easy to control the ball and it takes more effort. Therefore, at this time, long passes and big feet are the main method.

However, Gama squinted his eyes and observed the running positions of his teammates in the rain.

Sure enough, the more skilled players are, the more likely they are to make mistakes at this time. Nani slipped on the soles of his feet while running and almost fell down.

Well, there is no way.

Jia Ma raised his arms and shouted loudly, "Run up and run up."

The spectators in the auditoriums in the stands put on rain capes or opened umbrellas one after another, looking like blossoming flowers, but there are still many fans standing in the rain like that, cheering for their teams.

So Gama's voice didn't spread very far, but the teammates who saw his gestures also understood his intentions, so the midfielders of the Portuguese team ran up one after another.

They don't run fast, but as long as they can mobilize the opponent's defense line to move.

But this time it was Denmark who took the first shot. In the 53rd minute, Keren De Heli of the Danish team made a cold shot from the outside of the penalty area. The goalkeeper Patricio of the Portuguese team was blocked by his teammates. Fortunately, this time The ball went wide of the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

After hugging the football thrown from the sidelines, Patricio wiped his face, yelled at his teammates and then threw the ball to Veloso with his hands.

In fact, the players on the back line didn't hear what he was yelling at all. Veloso, who received the ball, looked up and looked forward.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the ground on the court was quite slippery, and there was a danger of slipping at any time. Veloso didn't dare to be careless. He took the ball carefully and took two steps, but found that it was not easy to control, and then he stopped dribbling the ball , Glancing at the opponent player who came over to stare at the ball, he gritted his teeth and kicked the ball directly.

Gama grinned when he saw the ball passed from behind, how can he catch such a pass?

But what can he do, he can only... run!

Gama, who took a big step forward to chase the ball, rubbed shoulders with the opponent's player and then jumped up vigorously. He stopped the ball in his chest and turned around to pass it across the air.

The passed ball landed in the penalty area of ​​the Danish team. Martins of the Portuguese team took the first step and fell to the ground to tackle the shot, but the ball was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper and flew out of the bottom line.

There were exclamations all over the court.

Martins, who was lying in the muddy water, thumped the ground, and the water splashed and wet his jersey again.

Ronaldo walked over and pulled him up, "Come back next time."

Martins grinned.

Portugal's corner kick.

Jia Ma ran over, "I'll come."

Ronaldo glanced at him.

Gama pursed his lips and smiled.

The two winked at each other, and Ronaldo smiled and ran to the outside of the penalty area.

The photographers and reporters squatting on both sides of the goal turned their cameras on Gama one after another.

The rain and sweat wet the young man's curly black hair, and the water dripping from his head slid down his face. Under the light, the pair of blue eyes on his fair face looked so clear and bright under the reflection of the light.

The young man pulled up the lower corner of the jersey to wipe off the water droplets that affected his vision. There was still a layer of vest under the pulled up jersey, but at this time the soaked clothes stuck to his body, rubbing out the young man's strong and powerful abdominal muscles.

There were gasps and screams from the audience, men and women, and crackling strobe lights.

Gama felt that the soaked jersey made him feel uncomfortable. Under the breathable jersey, he was used to wearing a vest and half leggings, but because of this, it was even more uncomfortable to cling to his body after being drenched in rain.

Before the referee blew his whistle, he couldn't help reaching in and pulling his vest and his pants...

So the screams on the sidelines became louder.

This voice startled Jia Ma, he looked around, and countless people stared at him, which inexplicably made him feel uneasy.

Coentrao, who was sitting in the stands, said to Pepe, "I bet Chico must not know why everyone is staring at him like this."

"Hey, the woman now~~"

Master Pei had a regretful expression.

And the golden retriever student clicked his tongue twice, "The man now~~"

"Now people!"

Pepe followed up again.

Then the two continued to look at the past with weird smiles on their faces.

Feeling a little cold, Gama shivered a bit, kicked off the ball when he heard the whistle.

There was a riot in the penalty area, and the slippery turf caused several huddled players to fall to the ground, while Ronaldo, who was hiding outside the penalty area, rushed up at an accelerated speed and headed the ball.

Bendtner of the Danish team also jumped up.

Bendtner, who is 1.93 meters tall, and Ronaldo, who is 1.85 meters tall, can jump almost as high in the air... no, it seems that Ronaldo can jump a little higher than him.

Cristiano Ronaldo hit the ball on his head, but the ball was not a hit, but a pass.

Veloso, who was rushing from the side, stretched his legs and pumped with all his strength.

The football roared through the air and into the net.

1 to 2, the Portuguese team overtook the score.

Veloso, who fell down on the turf after shooting the goal, stared at the football until it rushed into the goal, then he jumped up and ran excitedly with his arms outstretched.

This is his first goal in an official game before he was selected for the national team, and it is a very crucial goal.

Seeing his friend score a goal, Jia Ma was also happy for him, and couldn't help running over to intercept him.

"You're so handsome, Miguel!"

"Haha Hahako~~"

Veloso hugged Gama and laughed loudly.

The Portuguese players all surrounded and surrounded the two of them.

Their celebration lasted for 1 minute, and they were not separated until the referee came over.

At this time, the Danish team applied for a substitution, and No. 5 Silberbauer was replaced by Simon Poulsen.

It turned out that Beball's leg twitched and fell to the ground when he was fighting in the penalty area just now, and he could no longer continue the game.

"We haven't had time to break through from him yet!"

Veloso muttered softly.

Jia Ma patted him on the back, "What does that matter, we are leading now."

However, the Danish team, not reconciled to losing, immediately launched a counterattack and quickly scored a goal to equalize the score.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Denmark's veteran Romedal made a cross from the right, and their striker Bendtner outflanked from the center and directly hit the goal.

Bendtner scored his 15th goal for the national team.

2 to 2 draw, the two sides returned to the draw.

Jia Ma took a sip of the water handed to him by the staff on the sidelines, then wiped his face heavily, and rejoined the battle.