[Football] Crown of Thorns

On Friday, October 10th, the focus of Group F in the third round of the European group stage of the Brazil World Cup qualifiers will be a strong confrontation at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The Portuguese team will play away against the Russian team.

Before the game, Capello, the coach of the Russian team, said in an interview that the Luzhniki Stadium is his blessed land!

Portuguese coach Bento countered: Yes, he can only play defensive counterattacks!

Before the game, it was reported that the organizer of today's game only sold 200 tickets to the Portuguese fans who came from afar - you must know that the Luzhniki Stadium is a large stadium with nearly 9 seats!

In addition, the Portuguese also has doubts about the referee of this game and his referee team: the referee is Victor KASSAI from Hungary. The 37-year-old has refereeed the Olympic Games and the 2011 UEFA Champions League final!The members of the line referee team are Czechs-you must know that Eastern European referees have never been very friendly to the Portuguese team!

"It's so unpredictable."

The players are actually very superstitious people, coupled with the injuries of their teammates before the game, this made many players feel bad.

Most uncomfortable of all, it was raining before the game in cold Moscow, and it looked like the game would be played in the rain.

It's fine for Russians who are familiar with the local weather, but it's not good news for Portuguese who live in warm and comfortable regions.

The staff of the Portuguese national team took out the spikes of the players, which were just spares and no one thought they would be useful.

Although it was raining, according to statistics, this stadium that can accommodate 9 people was almost full before the game. It is reported that thousands of fans outside the stadium failed to buy tickets. Moscow sent 3500 people A police force is responsible for maintaining order at the scene.

The head coach of the Russian team, Fabio Capello, did not recruit Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko, Pogrebnyak and other famous Russian players this time. Zenit St. Petersburg players, including captain Denisov and Korzakov, who was known as the "wave shooting king" in the European Cup.

In Portugal, captains Ronaldo and Pepe were injured in the national derby but both returned from injury. Compared with the last national team game, the head coach Bento only made one personnel adjustment on the player list, which is to use Bra Canadian midfielder Ruben Mikael replaced former Chelsea midfielder Meireles in the starting lineup.

In the first two rounds of Group F, Russia and Portugal maintained a complete victory.

The outcome of today's game will determine which team will take the lead in qualifying.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Hearing someone muttering this, Coentraang stood up and said.

As for why the captain Ronaldo didn't come forward, of course he and the coach went to the pre-match press conference.

After warming up in advance, the players who went back to take a shower and changed clothes were muttering in the lounge. The cold and cloudy rain made many people mutter in their hearts.

"Xiko, don't say anything."

Veloso, who had been vaccinated in advance, sternly asked Gama to shut up.

In the past, maybe Jia Ma would deliberately say a few words, but now that he has succeeded several times, Jia Ma really dare not talk too much.

"Come on for the game!"

As the start time approached, the players who were going to the bench hugged the starters and cheered them on.

Watching his teammates go out, Gama checked his sneakers and shin pads again, feeling uneasy for some reason.

Maybe it's because of the bad weather?

It was raining thinly all the time, and when the players walked out of the tunnel, they were greeted with raindrops on their faces on their backs - the rain was not too heavy, but in the cold weather Playing games in constant rain is not a good thing.

After wiping his face, Gama and his teammates high-fived. No matter what, as long as the postponement is not announced, the game must be played, and the weather must be endured.

The starting lists of both sides are being replayed on the live screen——

俄罗斯：1-阿金费耶夫；2-安尤科夫、4-伊格纳舍维奇、14-贝雷祖斯基、23-科姆巴罗夫；7-德尼索夫、15-施罗科夫、18-比斯特罗夫；20-法伊祖林、11-科尔扎科夫、9-科克林。

葡萄牙：12-帕特里西奥；2-布鲁诺-阿尔维斯、3-佩佩、4-维罗索、5-科恩特朗；8-穆蒂尼奥、10-加马、15-鲁本-米凯尔；17-纳尼、23-波斯蒂加、7-C罗纳尔多。

Judging from the roster, both sides are in a 433 formation today, but according to the pre-match coaching staff, the Russians must still focus on defense.

According to the coach's pre-match instructions, if you have the ball, you can attack directly. If you don't have the ball, you have to see if the opponent defends first.

Ronaldo, who went to guess the coin, guessed right, and he asked for the ball.

In the middle circle, Gama stepped on the ball, waiting for the referee's whistle to start the game.

As soon as the whistle sounded, Gama did not pass the ball back as usual, but directly kicked the ball to the frontcourt that had already advanced in three ways.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just recovered from a shoulder injury, strode forward, completely unable to tell whether he was injured or not.

The wet artificial turf was a bit slippery. In order not to cause accidents, Ronaldo slowed down when approaching the football landing point, but the Russian was not careless. Anyukov on the back line ran towards Ronaldo without hesitation. , In order to avoid the opponent's collision, Ronaldo had to temporarily change his footsteps and almost fell down after he flicked the ball.

Nani responded, but when he received the ball and turned around, he was staggered by his opponent and the ball was lost.

The Russians responded.

Because he was not very used to the artificial turf, Gama fell behind when attacking. At this time, seeing the opponent attacking, he quickly entered the defensive mode, rushed directly to a sliding tackle and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

There were loud boos in the stadium.

After Gama fell to the ground, he still turned his head to look at the football, until the football flew out of the touchline and turned his head.

Veloso ran over and pulled Gama up.

Jia Ma hugged him, "The opponent is very fast, pay attention to the defensive line."

"know."

Veloso nodded and ran back to his penalty area.

The Russian player took the ball and threw it hard, and the football flew directly into the penalty area of ​​the Portuguese team.

Pepe jumped up to fight for the header. He not only knocked the ball into the air, but also knocked away the opponent's No. 9 Cokerin.

The two fell down after landing, and the flying football was snatched by Coentrao and immediately passed it to Moutinho.

Moutinho took the ball to attack, rushed into the Russian team from the wing and then cut in a cross. Ronaldo stepped forward to grab the ball very actively.

The Russian team's three-man defense surrounded Ronaldo. Before the Portuguese players could respond, Ronaldo had already fallen to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle. At this time, everyone found that Ronaldo had a painful expression on his face. The way he hugged his feet surprised the Portuguese.

Jia Ma quickly ran over, "Captain!"

His voice was a bit sharp, so that the expression on Ronaldo's face relaxed a little, "I was stepped on the back of my foot."

The referee came over and asked, Ronaldo stretched out his foot, signaling to the referee that he was fouled.

At this time, Bento on the sidelines stared nervously at the team doctor who ran into the field.

Fortunately, the footstepping did not hurt Ronaldo this time, and it was a false alarm. However, the Portuguese were extremely unhappy with the Russian players who stepped on people.

At this time, the referee stopped the two sides, but he refused to call a foul on the Russian, and only gave the ball to the Portuguese.

The few Portuguese fans at the scene shouted loudly, but unfortunately their voices were defeated by the voices of nearly [-] fans in the audience.

The game restarted. The Portuguese players who were affected by this incident seemed to be in a trance. The ball was quickly taken by the opponent, and the opponent broke through the defense line and went straight into their own penalty area.

"I rely on!"

Jia Ma yelled loudly, but unfortunately their response was too late this time.

The Russian team's No. 20 Faizulin handed the ball to his teammate No. 11 Korzakov. Korzakov, who shook the goalkeeper, went straight to his right foot and scored the goal.

In the 6th minute of the game, the Russian team led [-]-[-].

The goal scored by Korzakov was his 22nd goal in the national team. He also surpassed Pavlyuchenko with this goal and rose to the second place in the national team's scoring list.

Seeing the Russian happily celebrating the goal, Gama spat hard and turned to ask for the ball.

On the pitch, the Portuguese didn't look very good. Everyone quickly got back to their positions and waited for the re-kick-off.

However, the Russians celebrated for a long time. It was not until Gama first protested to the referee that the referee stopped their celebration and the game continued.

"MD, hateful Eastern Europeans!"

The Portuguese fans shouted. Naturally, their voices were suppressed by the fans of the home team.

"hateful."

The corner of Bento's lips trembled, and standing on the sidelines, he kicked the ground angrily, but kicked up a small piece of mud and flew out, which caused the fourth official on the sidelines to issue a warning to him .

Suppressing his anger, Gama asked Moutinho to kick off and handed the ball to himself.

After two rounds of cooperation with Moutinho, Gama dribbled the ball into the opponent's penalty area from the center, turned his ankle, and passed the ball to Nani on the right.

After receiving the ball, Nani took a few steps from the right and made a pass from the bottom. The ball bounced to the front point. Russia's defense No. 4 Ignashevich kicked the football when he stepped forward to block it. The football happened Changed the line and rushed to the net. Fortunately, their goalkeeper Akinfeev rushed over and hugged the football with great concentration. Ignashevich, who almost scored an own goal, opened his eyes wide in fear until He was relieved when the ball was hugged by the goalkeeper.

Tsk, almost!

Nani shook his hand, took a few steps back in disappointment, and then gave Gama a thumbs up.

Gama pulled his lower lip and retreated towards the center circle.

Then the Russian goalkeeper threw the ball, and Coentrao rushed forward to intercept it. After the ball flew out, Veloso made another kick, and the ball went behind Gama.

Gama, who had no time to turn around, raised his left leg backwards, kicked the ball and kicked it in another direction. No. 15 Ruben Mikael swept the ball and handed it to the front. Ronaldo received it on the left side of the penalty area. After getting the through ball behind him, he hit the goal with his left foot from a small angle, and Akinfeev fell to the ground and blocked the ball out of the baseline.

Portugal wins a corner.

Moutinho ran to serve a corner kick. He drove the ball to the back point. Ignashevich of the Russian team leaped to clear the ball with a header, but his header did not push the ball too far. Portugal's Alves rushed forward and took a direct shot. After the football flew out, it hit Anyukov's foot, bounced to the ground and changed direction. This kick changed from a shot to a pass. Headed directly in front of the goal and the ball scored.

In the 14th minute, 1-1, the Portuguese team equalized the score.

After scoring the goal, the excited Postiga yelled and ran all the way to the bench, only to be surrounded by teammates and staff on the sidelines.

"Personally, I think El should be a treat."

Standing not far away, looking at the excited Postiga celebrating, Gama turned his head and said to Ronaldo who ran over.

Ronaldo glanced at him, "Are you jealous?"

"What am I jealous of him?" Gamache asked, "I'll get one later."

"Oh, then I'll wait and see."

Ronaldo reached out and patted Gama on the back, "The movement of pushing the ball back just now was beautiful."

"That is."

Gama nodded bluntly in agreement.

Ronaldo glanced puzzledly at Jia Ma who felt a little shameless. This kid seems to be getting more and more rude, thick-skinned?