[Football] Crown of Thorns

Before, on March 3th, FIFA announced the latest national team rankings. Among the top ten, Spain, Germany, and Portugal were the top three, and Argentina, Italy, Colombia, England, the Netherlands, and Russia were ranked 14 to 4. , Croatia.

Because of last year's European Cup and the outstanding performance in the next world preliminaries, the Portuguese team's national team ranking remains unchanged.

除此，上一次排名的第10到20名之间的厄瓜多尔上升了1位排在第11，接下来依次是希腊、科特迪瓦、瑞士、墨西哥、乌拉圭、法国、巴西、比利时和加纳。亚洲方面，日本队排在世界第26位为亚洲第一，而华国的名次下降13位排在世界第109、亚洲第13位。

When Jia Mafan saw this, he was silent for a few seconds.

Compared with the previous ranking, the Hua Guo team dropped to 13th in one breath, and he really felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Shiko!"

Not far away, Fabio waved to him.

Jia Ma turned off the phone, "Here we come!"

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2014 World Preliminaries European Group F fifth round, Israel vs Portugal.

Judging from the historical confrontation between the two sides, the two teams have played against each other 4 times (2 official matches). Portugal has 3 wins and 1 loss, scoring 8 goals and conceding 5 goals. -1982 victory over Israel, but lost the game 3-0 away.

Of course, this time the battle between the two sides has different meanings for the two teams. If Israel wants to qualify, it must win against Portugal, while the Portuguese team can basically be sure of qualifying for the group as long as they draw. Therefore, the two sides are naturally not at the same level in terms of winning and losing .

The outside world's views on this game are mostly focused on: [-]. The second place in the group is a life-and-death battle; [-]. Can Ronaldo break the national team's record with goals;

"Cut, pretend I don't exist!"

During the training break, when everyone was chatting, Jia Ma deliberately sullen his face, looking very unhappy.

Although it is not the first time that Piqi was selected for the national team, but he only participated in the last warm-up match with the Gabon national team. Hearing what Gama said, Piqi still seemed a little uneasy. Sitting on the grass, he looked left and right. Teammates, but he found that his teammates didn't care about Gama's 'complaint' at all, and Coentraan even threw the straw in his hands at Gama.

"Shut up Shiko, what do you want to hear?"

The teammates around were giggling, and Veloso squinted his eyes with a smile, "Xiko wants to hear good things, go back and talk to your goddess."

"That's right, I didn't bring the agreed signature, you idiot!"

Furtado fell directly on Jia Ma's lap, and his mouth was not forgiving.

"cut!"

The crowd huddled together.

Not far away, Ronaldo and Pepe are passing the ball to each other and playing for themselves-it seems that Pepe, who has been questioned by the outside world, has indeed been affected emotionally. The two of them often act together (in fact, they often act together in the national team)

The Portuguese national team, which arrived in Ramat Gan two days ahead of schedule, temporarily rented the venue of a local club as a training base.

At this time, the climate in Ramat Gan, Israel is good, neither hot nor cold, which is very suitable for the outdoor sport of football.

"Speaking of which, Ramat Gan is not far from Lisbon, and the climate difference is not too big."

Everyone was chatting, and someone said so.

As a result, Cohen actually said, "It's just across the sea. Europe isn't that big."

As a result, many people nodded in agreement.

Jia Ma silently picked up the grass roots on his body and threw them back, "Fabio, you idiot, don't talk nonsense if you don't know, is this Europe?"

"Huh, isn't it?"

Cohen blinked and looked back blankly.

"Israel not in Europe?"

Damn, someone still asks that.

"Idiot, Israel is clearly in Asia!"

Although I am always despised by Ge Xiaopang and others saying that I am 'illiterate', I know this basic common sense, you illiterates.

Gama yelled unbearably, "The 1947 UN resolution on the partition of Palestine divided the State of Israel in western Asia, bordering Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and Aqqa to the south. Bawan is the junction of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Ramat Gan, where we are now, is a city on the West Bank of Israel that was founded in 1924 and was originally a Jewish settlement."

"Uh uh heh heh heh, really!"

“So Israel is in Asia!!!”

A group of 'illiterate' surprised discussion.

Jia Ma covered his forehead, "A bunch of idiots!"

Veloso poked him aside, "Forget it, basically none of us have been here before, and it's normal not to know."

"...Don't even look at the opponent's profile?"

Gama, who was silent for two seconds, asked such a question.

"Uh ha ha, ha ha, this, this..." Veloso took back the water bottle in his hand silently, "It is estimated that few people will pay close attention to it."

At this time, Ronaldo, who came over, squatted down and patted Gama on the back of the head, "Why do you think so much, as long as you win the game!"

This group of idiots, fueled by the captain, are getting more and more stupid!

Gama rubbed his head, and glared at Ronaldo resentfully—many of the previous generation of Portuguese national team players were academic masters, but this generation, from top to bottom, looks so stupid, which is really good what? ? ?

The Portuguese team members who were ridiculed by the crowd: Didn't Xiko, this bastard, just have a girlfriend who is a schoolmaster goddess? Why don't you look down on us so much?beat him!

Ahem, Gama blinked with an innocent look on his face.

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At 3:22 on March 14, local time, the fifth round of Group F of the World Preliminaries European Zone, Ramat Gan Stadium, Israel vs. Portugal at home.

"...From the point of view of the situation, Portugal played this game with ease. Yesterday, Portuguese captain Ronaldo was in a good mood and uploaded a photo with his teammates on his Facebook, and praised the beautiful local scenery."

"Yeah, the atmosphere of the Portuguese team is very relaxed. Their core Da Gama also posted a few photos in the middle of training on his Facebook, which often grows grass, and said that not reading is not a good player. …Haha, what did Veloso say after Gama’s picture, you bastard who doesn’t read~~”

"Haha, I don't know what they are making a fuss about this time. I remember that the last time Dagama posted a picture, he was punished because of Coentraang's foul on the court..."

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"...Even if you continue to use goals to drive the team, objectively speaking, Ronaldo's performance in the Portuguese team is far from being comparable to his madness in Real Madrid."

"From the statistical point of view, Ronaldo has scored 43 goals in 43 games played for Real Madrid this season, but compared with the national team, this data still reveals the Portuguese national team and Real Madrid. The gap in lineup strength. To put it bluntly, Ronaldo's teammates in the national team are far less powerful than those in Real Madrid."

"It's true to say that in the past, but looking at it now, the addition of da Gama has given Ronaldo a lot of support in the national team. From this point of view alone, da Gama has played the core role in the national team. The role cannot be underestimated..."

"...I just think that since Da Gama moved to Liverpool in the Premier League, although his performance is still very good, the overall feeling of the team is a bit like the Portuguese team led by Cristiano Ronaldo without him before."

"Haha, when you think about it this way, it really is..."

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The commentator on the high platform was chattering, and Gama took off his earphones and rubbed his warm ears.

"what happened?"

Veloso asked him.

"It's nothing."

Gama put down his earphones, bent down and rearranged his sneakers.

Now he can be regarded as a first-class star, and he can be regarded as a top player in the star list of the sponsor Nike. The sneakers he uses are naturally custom-made styles, although they are not as good as Ronaldo. , but it is indeed better than the previous boots - but Gama still thinks that the pair of sneakers given to him by his captain are better, but he is reluctant to wear them, and has only worn them in a few competitions.

"The captain has new shoes again."

Noticing the look in Gama's eyes, Veloso tugged at the hem of his sneakers and chuckled softly.

"Well, that color..."

Jia Ma stared at it twice, "This should be the one from this year, right?"

"That's right," the fashionista Veloso nodded, "2012|NikeMercurialVaporVIIIACCCR, it is said that it added a contrasting style of pink + blue, adding a pure visual effect or something."

"Tsk, you can't tell," Gama glanced again. "It's dark red today, which really surprises me."

"Why are you surprised?" Veloso smiled, "Didn't you see pink and blue?"

"Hehe~~"

The two murmured for a while, but they didn't notice even when the room was quiet.

"what are you guys saying?"

After hearing the coach's voice, the two quickly sat down, and at a glance, they knew that they were pretending to be serious.

Bento also lazily paid attention to their small actions, "Now let me talk about today's game..."

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"The game is about to start, let's broadcast the starting rosters of both sides."

以色列：1-奥瓦特；2-萨普金、3-哈伊姆、5-梅利克森、6-纳切奥；21-蒂比、8-巴萨特、13-耶尼、17-格尔绍；7-卡亚尔、10-赫梅德。

葡萄牙：12-帕特里西奥；21-佩雷拉、4-维罗索、3-佩佩、5-科恩特朗；16-梅雷莱斯、10-达加马、8-穆蒂尼奥；18-瓦雷拉、23-波斯蒂加、7-C罗。

"Now the captains of both sides take the lead and come out."

"The captains of the two sides exchanged national flags before the game..."

"Okay, the game has started."

Portugal got the kick-off.

Gama, standing at the kick-off point, gestured to his teammates.

Ronaldo saw Gama's gesture, he nodded and turned his head, facing the opponent's half.

After the referee's whistle sounded, Moutinho pushed the ball lightly and handed it to Gama.

Gama seemed to sway his back foot after receiving the ball. Gama made a long pass after teasing the opponent's foot, and passed the ball to the Portuguese striker who had already started running.

"Okay, Portugal kicks off, Moutinho kicks off, he hits the ball to Gama, Gama catches the ball and plays back... oh no, Gama hits the long ball and the ball goes straight to Ronaldo ..."

At the beginning, he released a killer move, Gama made a long pass, Ronaldo took the ball and made a move, crossed the opponent's defense line and kicked.

Fortunately, the Israeli team's defense Haim responded in a timely manner, and a header will run to the bottom line.

In the first minute of the opening, the Portuguese team got the first corner kick of the game.

Gama ran over and he was about to take a corner kick.

Players from both sides crowded in front of the penalty area, pushing and shoving each other, squeezing the goal into a vegetable market.

Gama raised his arms, then kicked his feet.

It was a corner kick from the right. Gama lobbed the ball directly into the penalty area. Veloso jumped high from the back and hit the goal with a header.

"GOALLLL!!!"

"OH, MYGOD!"

The ball went in! ! !

Veloso scored with a header, 0-1, Portugal took the lead by one goal at the beginning.

Gama ran over and hugged Veloso tightly.

"MD, you are awesome!"

Gama yelled.

Veloso was stunned for a moment after scoring the goal, and then he reacted after being hugged by his teammates. He was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

He then calmed down when he heard Gama yell, "You passed the ball just right."

"Of course!"

Gama replied bluntly.

Veloso: ... MD really wants to beat him up!

After Ronaldo hugged Veloso, his short paws licked Gama's head, "It's beautiful."

"Hehe~~~"

Gama grinned and smiled.

Veloso felt that he was a little stupid, and would actually trust Gama, an idiot.

Afterwards, Gama pushed Veloso, "Quickly back off."

"Throw it away after you use it!"

Veloso rolled his eyes.

"roll!"

Gama waved his hands with an expression of 'you go away'.

Veloso; MD must kill him!

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