[Football] Crown of Thorns

Simao, who lost the golden opportunity, turned around and made an apologetic gesture to his teammates.

The coach Bento on the sidelines flicked his arms in disappointment. The opportunity just now was really good. Simao's shot——

"In the future training, Simao's shooting training will be doubled, no, doubled!"

Bento told his assistant.

The game on the field continued.

The Ivorian player who was in possession of the ball gave the ball to Thiote, who broke into the Portuguese half from the left. Gervinho in front of the goal, Gervinho's header in front of the goal is too high.

There was a loud sigh in the stadium.

Bento crossed his arms, "Tsk, we seem to be villains."

"Well, it will be even more so after we win."

His assistant is very calm.

At this time, the situation on the court was still stalemate, Bento narrowed his eyes, "Is Anderson not fit enough?"

"His leg...does he need to be replaced?"

They all noticed that Deco on the field seemed to have something wrong with his legs, and his steps were a little staggering.

"Substitution!"

In the 62nd minute of the second half, the Portuguese team replaced No. 19 Deco with No. 20 Thiago.

The exhausted Deco walked off the field, hugged his teammates and came over, "Anderson, go to the team doctor!"

Bento ordered.

Deco nodded, "Sorry!"

"It's okay, you've done your best."

Noticing that Deco was already limping, Bento gave him a hug, "Go!"

When Deco walked to the bench, he looked back at the court, time is not forgiving, he is really old!

A few minutes later, in the 66th minute, the Côte d'Ivoire team also requested a substitution. Their coach Eriksson sent the team's ace star Didier Drogba to replace No. 8 Kalou.

"He is really a monster!"

Gama opened his eyes wide, casually said something to Coentrao who was standing not far from him, and then, "Hey, Fabio, why did you come to my side as a defender."

Coentram gave him a hearty smile, "Don't mind this little thing!"

"Small thing?"

Jia Ma stared wide-eyed, "You take it as a trivial matter to be careful about losing your position?"

"Hehe~~~"

Seeing Gama's uneasy expression, Coentraan immediately ran away.

The somewhat speechless Gama watched him go away, and suddenly thought of a defender sitting on their bench. Because of an injury, Pepe was unable to play in this game. Thinking of Pepe's performance in the Real Madrid club, And why he seemed suspended last season, Gama sighed sadly.

Why do the defenders of the Portuguese team want to be a defender with a knife-Faconao seems to have played as a winger before?

In the 68th minute, the Côte d'Ivoire team had the ball again. Yaya Toure, who got the ball, tried to shoot a long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area, but the shot missed.

At this time, a drenched raindrop in front of them gradually became larger, and the field began to become a little slippery. Therefore, players on both sides tried to use long shots to open up the situation.

In the 71st minute of the second half, Portugal's corner kick.

Simao took a tactical corner kick, and Meireles who received the ball directly hit the goal from the outside and was blocked by the opponent's defender from the bottom line.

Another corner kick, the team leader's header headed towards the goal, the Portuguese players surrounded and outflanked the opponent's goal, and the ball was hit into the net.

But the referee blew the Portuguese team Pedro's foul first, and the goal was invalid.

The players of the Portuguese team were a little excited. Gama hurried over to pull away the eager team leader, and repeatedly gestured for his teammates to help pull away the teammate who was about to quarrel—well, I just want to kick the ball easily, why? There are so many things to do!

After finally persuading the irritable captain and several other teammates to leave, Gama glanced at Coentrao, who was joining in the fun, "Fabio, why are you here again?"

Coentran blinked, "Well, yeah, why?"

Jia Ma became irritable, "Return to my place!"

Obviously he is the youngest one in the team, why are these guys so uneasy!

"Xiko, don't be so impatient, calm down!"

Coentrao looked calm.

"roll!"

After the kick-off, the Portuguese stepped up his attack and noticed that Gama, the opponent's No. 15 Dindane dribbling the ball from the right, yelled at Thiago and rushed over.

Standing sideways against Din Dane's footsteps, he made an interception action with his feet. Sure enough, in order to prevent the ball from being lost, Din Dane made a small mistake when stopping the ball, and his ball stopped a little far away.

Thiago, who had been prepared for a long time, took the football away while rushing from the side.

The official ball of this World Cup, JABULANI "JABULANI "Jabulani", is custom-made with new technology, which enables the ball to always maintain a stable flight path under any weather conditions, thereby greatly improving the player's control over the football, that is to say It is more conducive to the control of football by technical players.

In particular, the rain on the scene was getting heavier and heavier, and it was difficult to control the football in the rain. Gama, who took advantage of this, cooperated with his teammates very well and used the action of squeezing the defense to make the Ivorian players appear on the ball. Multiple mistakes.

"This kid~~"

Bento wiped his rain-soaked face and laughed.

"Very smart."

His assistant laughed too.

Soon, the players in Côte d'Ivoire discovered this problem. In order to fight back the Portuguese's technical flow, they began to increase their strength to fight back.

Well, to put it more clearly, it is rough defense.

After a while, the away jersey with the red and green cross on a white background that the Portuguese wore today became a rag-like patch of mud because of the away draw.

Pulling the colorless jersey stuck to his body, Gama took a deep breath.

Looking up at the time on the big screen on the sidelines, Gama asked for the ball.

Time is running out, he needs to increase his control, the sidelines are wet and slippery, and his teammates can't control the ball now that their physical fitness is gradually lacking, so he has to work harder and score a goal first.

Wiping off the rain in front of his eyes, Gama dribbled the ball in from the middle, raised his right hand, and made a signal with his left hand.

Another double team.

Gama squinted his eyes and deliberately rushed forward with the ball. His action startled his opponent, and the opponent had a subconscious pause, so Gama leaned over and hit the side of another opponent, and then retracted his body belt immediately. The ball went in between the two.

"Tiago!"

Gama yelled loudly.

His shout made the opponents look at Thiago who rushed from behind him.

However, the pass from Jia Ma's feet flew straight to the head of his team leader who had already rushed to the penalty area.

The captain sprinted extremely fast, and he rushed past the opponent's two players after the football flew out, without offside.

This time, he succeeded.

In the photos taken by the reporters after the game, it can be clearly seen that Ronaldo's high jumping action almost jumped to the top of the opposing player's head. Two players over 1.8 meters tall looked up. Looking at him, the tops of their heads were parallel to C Ronaldo's thighs, which means that C Ronaldo's jump was almost one meter high. Afterwards, it was measured that the actual height of C Ronaldo's jump was 0.78 meters, which is also true. It's exaggerated enough. It is said that this kind of jumping ability is generally said to be only basketball players among ball players who can jump to such a height.

"He can become a high jumper!"

Many people said this in amazement.

Of course, that was a little tidbit later.

Now, still on the playing field, the team leader fell from the air and stood on the slippery ground, looking at the football in the goal in disbelief. After a pause for a second, he raised his head and roared, his neck tensed The green flag came out. As the captain of the Portuguese team and the core of the team, he was under too much pressure, and such pressure would make many people overwhelmed, but he persisted and was notoriously carried walked over.

Teammates ran over one after another, hugging him, shouting and jumping into a ball.

Looking at all this, Jia Ma revealed a smile between his brows and eyes.

"Hey, Shiko!"

A person jumped up from behind Jia Ma, almost sitting on his shoulders.

Gama rubbed his forehead, "Fabio!"

"Xiko, let's celebrate together!"

Coentraang looked at the scene where a group of teammates pressed the team leader to celebrate, and was eager to try.

Jia Ma glanced at him, "The referee is already looking at his watch."

"Oh, slow down!"

"Go back to the backcourt for me."

Gama gritted his teeth.

Portugal lead by one goal.

In the 79th minute, Kolo Toure experienced cramps after completing a clearance, and the team doctor came in for emergency treatment.

In the 82nd minute, Meireles missed a long shot from the outside again.

Bento on the sidelines: (╬▼皮▼）

"In the future training, shooting training will be tripled!"

"Ok!"

In the 85th minute, the Portuguese team got a set kick.

This was another long-distance set kick. As the team's first free thrower, C Ronald stood unceremoniously behind the football.

Gama sighed and ran over.

"Captain, don't shoot directly, let's cooperate!"

The squad leader flattened his mouth, "No!"

"Captain, this distance is too far..."

"do not want!"

This childish willful behavior, what the hell should I do if I really want to beat someone up?

Jia Ma rolled his eyes and had no choice but to step aside.

The captain put his hands on his waist, and the expression on his face made Jia Ma sigh involuntarily.

This was a long-distance free kick and a direct burst shot, but the angle was not pressed well because it was too hard, and the football flew directly from the goal.

Immediately afterwards, the Côte d'Ivoire team applied for a substitution, and No. 18 Keita replaced No. 10 Gervinho.

The two sides played back and forth for a few more minutes, and a 4-minute stoppage time sign was issued on the sidelines.

Gama wiped off the rain on his face. Because of the rain, the players need more strength and ingenuity when controlling the ball. This way, the players' physical stamina will be more efficient. After running instead of walking, Gama shook his head.

In this way, he directly controlled the ball at his feet, and from time to time, he and Thiago made a two-for-one mutual passing and receiving cooperation, using this method to completely consume the remaining time to the end.

Until the referee blew the whistle, the game ended, Côte d'Ivoire 0-1 Portugal.

Portugal won for the first time.