[Football] Crown of Thorns

In the 29th minute of the first half, there was another dispute between the two teams. Pedro of the Portuguese team shoveled the opponent's No. 21 Eboue during an interception.

Portugal's Carvalho and other players ran over to block their teammates from blocking the opponent's siege, and at the same time pleaded with the referee.

The squad leader ran over aggressively, but Jia Ma stopped him from the crowd.

"Captain, you already have a yellow card."

Hearing Jia Ma's reminder, the squad leader looked at him and then at the members of the two teams who surrounded him, "I should talk to the referee."

"It's inevitable to talk about yellow cards. Captain, don't make trouble."

Gama sighed helplessly.

At this time, the referee had already taken out the yellow card and lowered his head to write the time of the foul and the name of the person. Well, it's useless to say anything.

At this time, the Ivory Coast team was forced to make a substitution after being checked by the team doctor.

The squad leader had a worried and aggrieved expression on his face, as if he was so wronged that he was about to cry.

Jia Ma felt speechless.

"Come on, captain, we need goals."

Seeing that the referee was about to blow the whistle for a rematch, Gama, Carvalho and a few other teammates made some good gestures, and Carvalho even made a "well done" gesture to Gama. sky.

"I'm going to the front."

The squad leader blushed and said this to Jia Ma.

Jia Ma felt his teeth hurt a little, "Captain, don't go too far to prevent offside, walk in the middle and pay attention to the high-altitude ball, I will pass the ball."

"understood."

Seeing him running forward in a hurry, Jia Ma blinked, oh, such a small leader is really cute!

The two sides fought again. Three minutes later, in the 3nd minute of the first half, when Lidsson broke through the penalty area and was about to score the ball, he was shoveled and fell down by the opponent's defender. He hit the ball in time and threw it in his arms.

The Portuguese captain stopped in disappointment, biting his fingers and staring at the opponent's goal.

Gama sighed, just now his shot angle was too straight, if only he could react and pass the ball out.

In the end is inexperienced, too failed.

Later, when Jia Ma received the ball intercepted by his teammates and counterattacked, he saw his team leader being tackled to the ground by the opponent again after the ball was released.

Jia Ma frowned and ran over to help the team leader, then turned to look at the referee who was walking over.

The referee from England did not call the opponent foul, which made Gama very dissatisfied.

"Sir, they have shoveled against Ronaldo several times. This is a very dangerous signal. I hope you can think more about the player's mentality..."

Gama said a long string of subtitles in English. The referee stared at him and shook his head, "The players from Côte d'Ivoire did not foul."

"I know sir, but their actions are too dangerous and can easily cause injury to the opponent."

Listening to the conversation between Jia Ma and the referee, this time it was the captain's turn to frown.

"Excuse me sir, he was just worried about me..."

Stopping Jia Ma from continuing to speak, the team leader pulled Jia Ma away.

"Don't discuss this with the referee, he won't listen."

"I know."

Gama, who turned around, was very calm, "I just reminded him not to be too weak in the penalty, I hope he can pay attention."

"...but you didn't let me talk just now."

The captain complained.

"You have already contradicted the referee, the captain, and even received a yellow card."

Gama glanced at him.

"...hehe~~"

The squad leader scratched his head and ran away.

In the first half of the game, you came and went, and it was over.

"... Judging from the entire first half of the game, the Côte d'Ivoire team's tactic is to mark Ronaldo, use their bodies to ram the opponent, and interrupt the attacking rhythm of the Portuguese team. This makes Portugal, which is more technical, very uncomfortable..."

Various broadcasts conducted various analyzes and interpretations of the game between the two sides in the first half during the intermission.

The players of the two teams were panting in the locker room, listening to the coach's quick explanation of the problems they had in the first half of the game and what to pay attention to in the second half of the game.

"Cristiano, how do you feel?"

Bento asked Ronaldo, the biggest card in their team.

Wiping the sweat off his face, Ronaldo shook his head, "They made a lot of small moves, and they always wanted to bring me down."

"Sir," Jia Ma, who was listening to the conversation between the coach and the captain, looked up, "I think the opponents want to provoke the captain, they keep trying to overthrow the captain and use this method to provoke the captain, because everyone knows that the captain has a bad temper .”

His words made the players in the locker room burst into laughter.

Even Ronaldo himself couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, they want to provoke you, Cristiano, so will you be provoked?"

asked the coach.

"Sir, I see."

After understanding what the coach said, Ronaldo nodded, "I will control my temper."

The coach looked at the other players in the locker room, "Everyone pay attention, the Côte d'Ivoire team considers them the number one star of our Portuguese team," Bento smiled and showed his white teeth, "That's right, it's our captain Ronaldo. Sir, they put Ronaldo in the spotlight and tried to irritate him, so poor Cristiano, he got knocked down many times in the first half."

When I said this, the room thought of laughter again.

Ronaldo laughed the loudest.

Gama, who is taking care of himself while listening to the coach's rant, is staring at Ronaldo excitedly. He has always heard that Ronaldo loves beauty in the past. It is said that he will also make up his hair in the middle of the game, changing hairstyles and so on. It's just commonplace, today he was still thinking about how the captain communicated with the coach, chatted with his teammates, and did his hair in such a short period of time.

Well, it turned out to be like this.

The team leader actually carried a mirror in his bag. While listening to everyone talking, he held the mirror in one hand and combed the hair on his head with the other hand. Seeing the familiar hand gestures, tsk tsk, even if you are not a football star, you can be a high-end barber Come on!

"Hey Gama!"

Jia Ma, who was distracted, looked up when he heard someone calling him.

The coach was staring at him, "Gama, in the second half, we must pay attention to the organization of the frontcourt. The opponent uses his body and we can only rely on technology to seize the space in their defense line, you know?"

"Yes, sir," Gama nodded, "Their backcourt speed is not fast. Intercepting and blocking depends on body or foul movements, so it is necessary to rely on skills to get rid of them."

"very good!"

Bento nodded in satisfaction.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.

In the 46th minute after the opening, Ivory Coast's Gervinho broke into the Portuguese penalty area and volleyed vigorously from a small angle on the left side. Fortunately, the Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo reacted quickly and blocked the ball out of the bottom line.

Côte d'Ivoire's corner kick, and after the corner kick, Ivory Coast's No. 9 Tiot jumped up and headed the goal.

However, he missed the goal, and Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo took the ball directly.

In the opening 5 minutes of the second half, Ivory Coast's offensive wave after wave, the Portuguese team fell into a comprehensive defensive stage.

At this moment, there was a sound of woo la woo from the sidelines, causing many players in the field to turn their heads and look over.

Since this World Cup is held in South Africa, teams from the African continent are especially welcomed by local fans. In this game, except for Portuguese fans and some neutral fans, most of the cheers were given to the Ivory Coast team.

Especially Drogba, the number one star in the Ivory Coast team, has been widely welcomed.

At this time, the commentary in the stadium also began to cheer, "Drogba, it's Drogba!!!"

It turned out that Didier Drogba of the Côte d'Ivoire team began to warm up on the sidelines.

"I remember Drogba had a broken bone, right?"

Portuguese coach Bento standing on the sidelines glanced at Drogba, who was warming up, and asked his assistant.

"That's right, as of today, it's the 10th day of his fracture."

Bento raised his eyebrows, "Although I know there are miracles in this world, don't tell me that it only takes 10 days for human beings to heal after a fracture."

"Well, sir, I don't think it's possible under normal circumstances, but," the lovely assistant shrugged, "who made him a monster~"

"Heh, I don't think this is a legend of Warcraft!"

"Sorry sir, I don't know either."

On the court, in the 50th minute, No. 17 Tian of Ivory Coast tackled Lidson with a tackle from behind, but the referee did not make a penalty.

The Portuguese team got a corner kick, and Deco took the corner kick. He sent a half-high spinning ball and flew into the penalty area. Lidsson jumped up and took a header.

In the 54th minute, Yaya Toure made a cross, and Kalou shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, but his ball was too straight, and goalkeeper Eduardo easily won the ball.

At this time, the Portuguese team applied for a substitution on the sidelines. Simao came on and Lied Panasonic.

Gama licked his lips. The coach meant to strengthen the wing attack. Then, he glanced at his teammates in front of him and raised his arms high.

Gama, who got the ball, slowly dribbled the ball forward from the center. Facing the surrounding opponents, Gama made an extraordinary move without hesitation, but at the moment he collided with the opponent, he picked the ball with the outside of his instep. , The overhead pass was given to Simao who had just played.

Simao dribbled the ball quickly from the side, cut inside and made a pass from the left. Ronaldo dodged the opponent's squeeze and headed the goal.

It's just that the ball was not strong enough because of the opponent's confrontation. Ivory Coast goalkeeper Barry jumped up and took the ball steadily.

However, seeing that this offensive method was effective, Gama once again made a gesture for the ball.

Gama, who got the ball, spread his palm forward, and then split the ball to the side.

After receiving the ball, Deco ran a few steps in the diagonal direction and then pushed the ball out. Gama received the ball and flashed past the opponent's double-team, and made a high pass.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who broke in from the middle, raised his legs to catch the ball, but Huang Ke made a continuous movement of passing the bicycle with his upper body and feet, and then the football slid out from between the opponent's legs.

Simao, who squeezed into the penalty area, took a lob shot, but unfortunately the angle was too high, and the ball flew out of the crossbar.