[Football] Crown of Thorns

Amidst the cheers and cheers of the fans, the game started.

It was the German who served the ball. With a slight push of the football from the center circle, it passed to another person's feet. Looking from above the court, the white and red dots on the green court flowed and collided together.

The starting list of the German team U20: 1- Ziller, 2- Sebastian, 4- Jungwirth, 13- Koplin, 19- Schulz, 5- Lars Bender,

7-Pelter, 10-Holtby, 9-Pasu, 11-Scheeffler, 14-Shaheen

Portugal U20 starting list: 1-Mica, 2-Monteiro, 4-Furtado, 6-Teixeira, 15-Meira, 8-Gama, 9-Canela,

14-Mereiros, 11-Veloso, 7-Joao, 16-Moutinho

Germany's No. 11 Scheffler in white took the ball and attacked the Portuguese half. His teammates distributed his two ends like a semi-circular position moving.

But probably the grass field of the Cairo stadium is not very good, the ground is green and yellow. Although both teams have stepped on the field, the inconspicuous unevenness still makes the boys a little confused, just like Schaeffler who dribbled forward stepped on it. A small clod caused his body to stagger and stagger, and the ball under his feet rolled away from his feet.

Gama, who had been staring closely at Scheffler's offensive pace, flashed his eyes, stepped forward quickly and hooked the rolling ball to his feet, then turned his body sideways, passed the ball with his big foot, and directly transferred the ball To the left side of the opponent's half.

After the ball was passed, Gama accelerated and ran forward.

In an instant, the offense and defense were switched, and the players of the German team turned around and chased towards their own half.

The boys in red from Portugal also ran with great strides.

The fans on both sides of the court held their breath and watched the chase on the court closely.

As soon as the game started, the atmosphere became tense.

Everyone is watching.

Gama sent the ball to the side with a long pass, and his teammate No. 11 Veloso looked up at the football that fell one meter in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly praised the beautiful pass.

After taking the ball, Veloso dribbled forward a few meters from the wing, and he observed that the German team's defenders had blocked his way.

So he didn't hesitate anymore, he made a foot movement of passing a bicycle, raised his hind legs, and swept the ball out.

Gama, who rushed in from the middle, raised his foot to catch the ball. He bounced the ball and made another diagonal pass before it fell.

The ball was transferred to the side of No. 9 Canela.

Portugal's players are holding the ball in a small area in the frontcourt.

"Good job, lads."

In the broadcast room, Pereira nodded in praise, and then he looked at Rui, "What do you think?"

"The game is just at the beginning, so I can't say whether it is good or bad, but I think the German team has not entered the state from the beginning. The players are a little distracted. For example, Scheffler's dribbling just now. If he is concentrated The phenomenon of conceding the ball due to not stepping on your feet should not happen..."

Although he is Portuguese, Rui did not deliberately say some nice things, he said it very calmly.

After hearing Rui's comments, Perez nodded, "So once a player enters the game, he must concentrate. Not only is it a problem of losing the ball, but lack of concentration may lead to injury."

"Is such that."

Ruy nodded.

At this time, the offensive and defensive situation on the field changed again, and now the German team is attacking with the ball.

"Most of the players in the German youth team on the field are members of the German team that won the European Youth Championship last year. Generally speaking, they are indeed more imposing and confident than our players."

Noticing that it was the Portuguese player who lost the ball due to a mistake in the opponent's interception, Perez shook his head.

"It makes sense for you to say that. The German team has vigorously cultivated many new players in recent years. Just like these players on the field this year, most of them have already played in the first team of Bundesliga clubs. The main force is like their No. 5 Lars Bender, and Sbender, who did not come, also failed to attend due to club league problems. From a general point of view, Germany has indeed reached our goal in terms of training young players. Front."

Rui said, sighing slightly.

Watching newcomers from other countries come out, but their newcomers who are only talented are always very few.

Among the twin stars that appeared in the past few years, only C Ronaldo has entered the ranks of superstars, while Quaresma has fallen far behind. Nani, who moved to Manchester United last year, played well in China, but at Manchester United he has always been a little bit Can't keep up.

As a member of Portuguese football, Rui is very worried that they will have no successors.

After Perez and Rui chatted a few more words, their attention returned to the court.

"Hey, Gama just now..."

He leaned up slightly and stared at the past.

Rui also looked over.

On the court, Gama dribbled the ball past his opponent, made three consecutive changes of lanes, and then made a pass.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Perez laughed.

"It's beautiful, but if it's in a game, in most cases I don't recommend players to do this kind of line-changing action."

Rui shook his head.

"why?"

"Because this kind of extraordinary action puts too much burden on the ankles and knees, it is easy to cause injury to the players. After a long time, it will cause leg problems and become a glass man." Ruibi gestured, "As everyone knows , Ronaldo back then..."

He didn't say any more, but Perez already understood what he was going to say.

"As a professional player, you still have to pay more attention not to do these flashy moves, which are easy to get injured."

Perez said to the camera solemnly.

"However, the lane change made by Gamaren just now does not look good, but a natural dribble." Probably because he felt that his criticism was terrific, Rui continued to explain, "Everyone can watch the replay Look at the slow motion here," he pointed to the breakdown in the replayed footage of the director, "Gama controls the ball at his feet, and there are players from the German team coming to defend him directly in front of him and on the side. From the looks of it, these two German players are not only taller than Gama, but also thicker than Gama. In order not to be intercepted and miss the ball, Gama must play the ball in time or pass the ball after successfully protecting the ball. In just a second or two, he hardly thought about it, and relied on his body's instinctive movements to make an extraordinary movement of turning left and right, changing the line and then turning around again. Look here, after changing the line continuously, he blocked the opponent with his body and immediately There's a pass and he goes down and blocks the chase, very smart reaction."

Rui explained the movements in the camera, and was very satisfied with the performance of this junior.

On the court at this time, Jia Ma didn't know that his performance just now was being analyzed over and over again by the people in the studio.

It can even be said that he himself didn't notice what the continuous dribbling moves he made just now were. He was just trying to bypass the two tall players of the opponent's pincer attack on him, and making a breakthrough was his only choice at that time.

The time passed unhurriedly, and the players on the field fought for each other. Neither side scored a goal in the first 25 minutes of the first half.

When the first half came to the 30th minute, this was a node of the game, and both sides raised their spirits.

In the 32nd minute, the first threatening shot of the game appeared.

No. 5 Larsbender of the German team passed a very high-quality high ball. His teammate No. 9 Passu jumped from the air and hit his head, and passed the ball to No. 10 Holtby's head. Teby also passed the ball to No. 14 Shaheen with an overhead.

Consecutive overhead passes, very beautiful.

After receiving the ball, Shaheen of the German team made a very clever arc shot from the outside of the penalty area.

Fortunately, the Portuguese goalkeeper Mika was very focused at the time. He jumped straight up, punched the football out of the sideline, and fell in front of the goal post and almost hit the post.

There were exclamations from the audience, the disappointment of the German fans, the relief of the Portuguese fans, and the applause of the neutral fans.

Perhaps this shot opened the attack signal, and in the following time, both sides launched a strong attack.

You come and I play is quite lively, but it is a pity that it only blooms but does not bear fruit.

Until the end of the first half, the two sides are still zero to zero.

During the intermission, coach Crudo quickly talked about the tactics for the second half. After talking about the tactics, he squatted in front of Gama.

Gama was panting, and after replenishing some electrolyte water, he asked the staff for a piece of chocolate and put it in his mouth, swallowing slowly.

"How do you feel? Can you hold on?"

Crudo asked him.

Gama swallowed the chocolate in his mouth, nodded, "No problem."

"If you can't hold on, you must say it."

Crudo appreciates Gama's calmness, but sometimes such a player is also difficult to deal with, too stubborn.

"Sir, don't worry!"

Sweat smeared on the body, and mud was mixed together, making people uncomfortable.

Gama got up, went to take a combat shower in the bathroom attached to the locker room, and then ran out to change into a jersey.

When he sat down and sorted the shin pads and socks on his feet, Furtado sat down and leaned into his ear and said, "You are too particular!"

"Tsk, people who don't even have dirty jerseys have the right to criticize me."

Gama grinned sideways at him.

"Stinky boy."

Furtado pushed Jia Ma angrily, "I thought you didn't like to talk, but who knows that you are a bad talker."

"You're angry?"

"What do you say!"

The two said that after arguing for a while, the time has come and the second half will start again.

At this time, in the broadcast room of Portuguese National Television, the host and guests were still talking about the first half of the game.

"Judging from the passing, interception, shooting, and foul data of both sides, the two teams played relatively restrained games today, and there were very few disputes. This has something to do with the mastery of the referee today..."

"At the moment Germany has one yellow card, Portugal two yellow cards, and Portugal's two yellow cards are for the defense. It's not good to go on like this, especially in the second half, I think..."

"The second half is about to start, and the coaches of both sides have not changed..."

The crisp whistle sounded, and the football roared to and fro on the field.

Jia Ma looked up, his target was there.

Lift your legs, lift your feet, and hit the ball.