[Football] Crown of Thorns

“……比赛马上就要开始了，我们再来看一下意大利队的首发：1-布冯；7-阿巴特、15-巴尔扎利、19-博努奇、3-基耶利尼；21-皮尔洛；8-马尔基西奥、18-蒙托利沃、16-德罗西；9-巴洛特利、10-卡萨诺。意大利轮换1人，伤愈复出的阿巴特取代巴尔扎雷蒂……”

"The Italian team has a 4132 formation...Since the 2010 World Cup, Italy has fallen into a trough. It was not until Prandelli took over that the reconstruction that Coach Lippi could not complete before was completed. There are still some players left in the team. Under Buffon, Pirlo and other veterans, but Cassano, Chiellini, Montolivo and other players have already provoked the mainstay, as well as young players such as Balotelli and Ranozia..."

"The Portuguese team's starting lineup has not changed much, and it is still the familiar 433 formation: 12-Patricio; 21-Joao Pereira, 3-Pepe, 4-Veloso, 5-Coentrao; 16- -Meireles, 8-Moutinho, 10-Dagama; 17-Nani, 11-Nelson Oliveira, 7-C Ronaldo."

"Before this final, Italy and Portugal had never met in an international competition, and in the friendly match Italy had an absolute advantage..."

The brief closing ceremony is over, the referee has raised his hand to look at his watch, and the game is about to start.

The Italian team kicks off first.

Marchisio and Montolivo fell down, then passed the ball quickly to Pirlo's feet.

Only 86 seconds into the opening of the first half, Pirlo broke through the Portuguese penalty area and hit the goal with a strong shot with his right foot. Fortunately, the Portuguese defense Veloso jumped over to intercept and blocked his shot angle, allowing Pirlo to A kick is flawed.

Oh~~

There were thunderous exclamations and sighs in the stadium.

"The Italian team gave the Portuguese team a blow from the very beginning!"

In the broadcast room, the host said with a smile.

On the other side, the broadcast in Italy was slightly disappointed and said, "What a pity"!

The broadcaster of the Portuguese team patted his chest and said with emotion, "Veloso has made a contribution."

On the field, the players of the Portuguese team clapped their hands in fear, thanking Veloso for blocking...

As expected of a world-class midfielder, this is awesome~~

Jia Ma stared at Pirlo, the face with messy fur and sleepy eyes was so sharp and boundless when he attacked.

Stretching out his hand for the ball, Gama raised his foot to receive the ball thrown by the goalkeeper, made a slight swinging movement, then pushed his foot, swung past the opponent and went straight to the opponent's half.

Marchisio came to stop him, and Gama dribbled and pulled the ball at his feet, and rushed past him.

Seeing that Gama was about to enter the penalty area with the ball, De Rossi directly slid Gama down with a shovel.

Gamara, who was sitting on the ground, took off his socks and looked at it. Although he kicked the shin guard, it still hurts, okay?

Players from both sides gathered around, the referee blew De Rossi's foul, but did not play the card, just gave the Portuguese team a free kick.

Noticing the action of his team captain who was about to speak, Gama got up in fright and rushed over, hugged Ronaldo and backed away.

"Please Captain, please shut up."

"Hello!"

Ronaldo turned his head unconvinced, ready to talk to Gama.

As a result, Jia Ma covered his mouth, "Go for a free kick, captain, hurry up!"

haha~~

Many viewers who saw the broadcast shot laughed.

Sensing the worry of his teammates, Ronaldo slapped his hand away speechlessly, "I'll go for a free throw."

At this time, even the referee looked over, watching their misplaced persuasion.

Ronaldo walked over. It was a free kick about 30 meters away from the center. He took a strong shot with his right foot, but the ball was kicked high without holding down the angle and flew out over the crossbar.

As soon as the ball was sent, Ronaldo felt that the angle was wrong. He shook his hand, a little disappointed.

Jia Ma glanced at him, "Captain, don't worry."

Ronaldo looked sideways at Gama, his tongue puffed up against his cheek, and then he grinned.

"Haha, it seems that Ronaldo's mentality is still very calm."

"In this European Cup, the Portuguese team made it all the way to the final is very surprising. After all, the strength of the Portuguese team..."

…………

Gamma took the ball, he looked left and right, and the Italians had already surrounded him.

Without hesitation, he pushed forward to break through. When he was about to hit the opponent, Gama watched the ball forward with his right foot, but reversed the direction and turned the forward into a horizontal push. The ball was sent to the other side. Coentrao rushed up and took the ball towards the Italian team's half.

"Chance!!!"

The Portuguese broadcast roared loudly.

Coentrao rushed the ball to the baseline that was almost parallel to the goal and made a cross.

Pepe rushed to catch the ball in the middle and took a shot, but his shot was blocked by Chiellini's outstretched thigh, and the ball flew out of the baseline.

corner kick.

Gama ran over to take the corner kick, and now he didn't want to pay attention to his backs who rushed faster than the forwards.

Kicking off, Gama passed a corner kick from the right to the goal. Ronaldo jumped up and shot with a header before the penalty spot, but the head was too high and was directly cleared by the opponent's goalkeeper Buffon.

The Italian team served, and Buffon's throw was destroyed by Gama who was not withdrawn in time. He knocked the ball across to Moutinho, and Moutinho made another pass. Hit the opponent's defender Abate and bounced back, Oliveira made a supplementary shot, Buffon rushed out to squeeze the opponent away and picked the ball without stopping, quickly threw the ball to the front vigorously, Pirlo took the ball and immediately launched a counterattack.

Until Italy's attack this time was once again tackled by Veloso in the backcourt and ended.

"Wow, the transition between offense and defense is so fast, I can't even catch my breath."

In the live broadcast, the host made such a sigh.

Gama ran over to pull up Veloso, who was sitting on the ground, and patted him on the shoulder, "Nice job."

Veloso smiled, "You have to work hard too!"

Patricio passed the ball, Pepe took the ball out, and then passed the ball to the middle. After receiving the ball, Gama swung past the opponent's double-team and kicked a long pass to the point in front of the goal. Meireles was in front of the penalty area. With a low shot from his right foot, Chiellini rushed over and blocked the ball directly with his body, and then Buffon hugged him.

The offensive and defensive transitions between the two sides were quite fast, and there were already several shots in less than 10 minutes, but the Portuguese team had the upper hand in terms of the number of shots.

In the 10th minute of the first half, the Portuguese team had the best chance since the start of the game. The midfielder Gama and Moutinho made two consecutive wall-blocking passes and then passed the ball to the goal. With a strong shot, Buffon threw himself in the wrong direction, but the ball flew off the crossbar.

"Look at this ball, so... what a pity!!!"

Ronaldo held his head in disbelief, with an annoyed expression on his face.

Gama was a little disappointed, but he still ran over and hugged Ronaldo comfortingly, "Captain, there is still a lot of time, don't worry about it."

Ronaldo put his hands down and put his hands on his waist, "The ball passed well."

After slapping Ronaldo on the shoulder hard, Gama showed a bright smile, "Captain, I have a hunch that the goal is coming soon."

Ronaldo glanced at him, "Aren't you crowed anymore?"

"Fuck, captain, how can you believe that bastard Miguel's nonsense!"

"I think what he said makes a lot of sense."

Ronaldo answered solemnly.

"...I will be sad."

Jia Ma was very wronged—those were just coincidences, not that he really had a crow's mouth, okay, uh, he probably didn't have one!

"Hurry up, it's time to serve."

Ronaldo said and ran away.

Hmph, bastard Miguel, I won't let you go if you just buy me a meal or give me a jersey.

Gama rushed out, because the ball was sent out, Veloso grabbed the ball in the middle and collided with Montolivo, and the ball flew out.

He strode forward and jumped up, rubbed his scalp against the ball, and the ball flew to the back. De Rossi raised his thigh high for a block, and Gama, who landed on the ground, kicked back without turning around. He hooked the ball with his heel and picked it again. Flying sideways to the wing, Pepe rushed over to take the ball away, then he passed the ball diagonally to the center, Meireles responded from the center and then made a straight pass, Coentrao waded past Chiellini on the right side of the penalty area and then the baseline In the cross, Ronaldo shot with his left foot in the middle of the penalty area.

The ball is in.

1 to 0, in the 17th minute of the first half, the Portuguese team took the lead!

"GOAL!!!!!!!!!"

The fans in the audience shouted loudly, and the Portuguese fans roared excitedly.

After the shot, Ronaldo stared at the football that spun a few times on the net and then turned and ran excitedly.

He ran all the way from the wing, and his teammates rushed over to try to hug him, while Ronaldo ran to the stands where the Portuguese fans gathered, pulled up his jersey, pointed at the national flag on his left chest, patted hard a few times, and roared.

"Haha, Ronaldo is very happy!"

"Yes yes, this is his fifth goal in this European Cup."

"If there are no accidents, the golden boots will be in hand."

"That's right~"

Seeing the captain's excited celebration, Jia Ma put his hands on his waist and muttered: Huh, am I being straight?

After that, he also felt Ronaldo's excitement, because the captain ran over and hugged him, "Shiko, you are really great."

"Hehe~"

The strangled Jia Ma rolled his eyes and grinned.

The match didn't resume until the referee came over and interrupted the Portuguese's celebration.

Serve in the middle circle.

Marchisio crossed the ball into the Portuguese half, Balotelli was pushed past Pereira for a kick, and Italy won a free kick.

Pirlo prepares to take the penalty.

Facing the free kick from the master midfielder, who is also a free kick master, the Portuguese was a little nervous, and everyone crowded together nervously to form a wall. Bonucci of the Italian team also pushed and squeezed, and then Pirlo made a free throw.

Pirlo sent a free kick with his right foot in front of the penalty area on the left and shot directly, but the ball was blocked out of the bottom line by the wall.

Pirlo continued to serve the corner kick on the left, he kicked the ball, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell over the goal. Patricio jumped up from the goal and flicked the ball with his fingertips. The ball rebounded to the other side of the goal and hit De Rossi's back and bounced off the baseline.

At this time, the referee called a timeout.

Everyone didn't know why and looked around, only to find that Chiellini of the Italian team fell to the ground.

After calling the team doctor to check in, the team doctor said that Chiellini could not continue the game, and the Italian team had to be forced to make a substitution.

In the 21st minute of the first half, the Italian team replaced Chiellini, who had suffered a relapse, with Balzaretti.