43. Dance of the Matador
The dispute between the two sides is over, and the game can finally be restarted, but this time both Spain and Portugal have recovered a little bit of their senses, especially Cristiano -
He took the penalty that Figo had just won, but it didn't go in.
Maybe that's the reason, the guilt in his heart is very strong, just now when Miguel clashed with Raul and Morientes, he ran over to protect his teammates as soon as possible...... Although his small body can't do much.
However, when they dispersed afterwards, Miguel rubbed his head gratefully, proving that he had not come in vain.
It was also taking advantage of the dispute between the two sides that Portugal played the substitution sign.
Rui Costa replaces Luis Figo!
When Costa came on the field, he still held Figo's captain's armband in his hand, but he didn't wear it on his arm, but ran towards Cristiano, and the Portuguese youngster was stunned on the spot, until Rui Costa approached: "Hey Cristiano, where is Juan?" ”
…… He knew he was thinking too much.
The corner of the Portuguese youngster's mouth twitched, and he directly stretched out his hand to his own half, Juan was standing in the middle to command Ruoding, it seemed that it was because of the roar just now that the Portuguese team was not so afraid of him, and he was also smiling and grinning to execute when he heard him command, which made Juan helpless.
What's wrong with this?
"Juan! Juan! He was talking to Andrade for a while when he heard someone calling him from behind, and Juan was surprised to turn around and his arm was grabbed. What's wrong Rui, what's going on......"
Amid the sudden uproar of the entire stadium, Juan raised his arm to look at it, and after making sure that Rui was indeed wearing the captain's armband, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "This is not in order." ”
It is indeed unruly, in the entire Portuguese national team, there are a lot of people with higher qualifications than him and a lot longer than him, although he is not the youngest but not much worse than him in terms of age, it can be said that there are only a few newcomers younger than him in the honest Portuguese national team - such as Quaresma, Postiga, Cristiano and Carvalho.
Now it is not his turn to wear the captain's armband, it is not appropriate in any way. Historically, in the World Cup, teams usually choose captains based on the number of games played and prestige, so the captain's age must not be very young.
- I've never heard of a team with such a young captain.
"What's out of place." Rui Costa smiled, "You may not be suitable for seniority and age, but in terms of prestige, you are better than anyone else." The national team needs someone who can lead the whole team, and you are better than any of us. ”
"We can see that Rui Costa put the captain's armband on Dias as soon as he came on the pitch! This is truly a unique example in history! The narrator craned his neck, and although the shot was short and not yet ready to be replayed, the camera was still chasing Juan and his arm. Portugal's captain's armband is bright yellow, which is brighter than Juan's hair color, and it doesn't look like a color clash but a harmony.
After putting on the captain's armband, Juan didn't seem to have changed, and he was still in charge of the whole game...... Well, I didn't say that Juan would become Superman or Batman or anything if he wore the captain's armband! Just a little imagination! ”
The commentary in the live broadcast room is also very exciting, according to his information, the youngest national team captain in history may have been born: "Juan's birthday is August 15, the Ascension Day of Spain's biological mother, that is to say, according to the time, he still has 62 years to turn 22 years old, this is really the youngest national team captain in history." ”
"It's just temporary, and it's not like Figo has abdicated like this." His partner complained, "And Juan can't be the captain for long, isn't it, after all...... How can I say that he is not going to retire? ”
"You think he's going to retire like this?"
The two men looked at each other and decided to end the conversation...... "Torres went to the Portuguese half with the ball, and his target seemed to be Juan? Valente stepped forward to block and Torres could only distribute the ball to Belleron! ”
"Isn't it true that the players named Juan are all good? Dias is like this, and so is Belleron, but Belleron has always been on the bench, and there are rare two opportunities to play that have brought changes to the team, especially in the last game against Greece, if it wasn't for Belleron's shot, Spain might have been out of the tournament by now. ”
"With Raul and Morientes both in a slump and the team not calling up Guti, Spain's Zinedine Zidane has carried the banner of the team, and it can be said that he is the hero of this Spain, and now Spain needs a player like him who pays attention to the game."
Soon, however, the next second, they were eager to swallow their tongues back.
Bellerón does focus on the dà game, but at the same time he seems to be more focused on the club he has been staying at for a long time?
Under the gaze of everyone's astonished eyes, he stretched out his hand at Juan without hesitation, and the meaning was clear to everyone: heads-up, one-on-one.
Juan was stunned for a moment when he saw his gesture, and then he subconsciously glanced at the expressions of the Spaniards around him, and found that their surprise did not diminish much.
Isn't this time the suspicion is in place?
"Don't look, I'm here alone." Belleron said softly, he had stopped in front of Juan, his face had always been very peaceful, ordinary people look a little cold and repulsive when they have no expression, but the person in front of him is different, even if he just looks at him intently, people can feel his temperament.
Peaceful, tenacious.
"I want to go head-to-head with you." When Belleron said this, everyone except Juan looked like he had seen a ghost, Belleron never fought in the national team, nor did he have such behavior as a heads-up with others, it can be said that he is the quietest person in the entire national team, and it is precisely because of this that many people were startled when he said this.
Of course, it was only two sentences, and before the camera even had time to capture his words, Belleron was already moving.
"Scared the hell out of me!" The commentary in the live broadcast room was amazed, "Belleron has always been a rabbit-like player in my heart, I didn't expect him to have such a fighting spirit." Could it be that you are thinking, 'Only one of the two juans can be kept?' ’”
"Hey, what kind of person is Belleron?" His partner reluctantly retorted to him, "But if you have to say it, are the two of them going to fight alone?" ”
But as Juan said, he rarely loses one-on-one, even when facing the genuine Zidane, he has a certain success rate when he breaks the ball. When he managed to cut the ball away from Belleron's feet, Juan subconsciously wanted to run away and continue to defend, but was stopped.
As soon as he looked up, Bellerón was already covering his mouth with his hand - to prevent the cameras from catching him saying something: "Dias, let's have a game." If you win, Deportivo will obey you and whatever you do will have the full support of the club; If you lose......" He paused, as if it was still a little difficult for a good old man to make such a statement.
However, his love for Laco overcame him, and Belleron continued with some difficulty: "If you lose, you will resign yourself, and you will not be allowed to step into Super Laco. ”
Oh.
Juan was clear, no wonder Raul and Cassie said that he was a moderate version of Guti in Deportivo La Corunari, and his insistence on the team was not false at all: "If it was a famous coach who took over Laco at this time, instead of me as a rookie, I guess you wouldn't have mentioned this at all, right?" ”
Belleron didn't speak, his expression a little embarrassed, but he had already written his answer all on his face. Juan smiled: "Okay." ”
After getting his consent, Belleron was obviously relieved and smiled at him gratefully: "Thank you." ”
Juan watched the other Juan run away, turned his head and saw that Rui Costa didn't know how long he had been standing there, looked at him, and pouted first: "You and Belleron go head-to-head, don't be excited?" ”
Juan sighed and nodded at the thought of Ricardo, who was still resting on the sidelines.
At the end of normal time in the first half, the linesman raised a sign for seven minutes of stoppage time, which was still enough time. With Juan in his presence, Portugal have been without a goalkeeper for 10 minutes, but ironically, Spain have not been able to get close to the goal once.
- The only person who is slightly good at long-range shooting still runs in front of others and says that he wants to go heads-up.
Of course, Juan didn't think he could completely deal with Belleron, after all, Belleron's best thing is organizing attacks and mobilizing players, while Juan's best thing is interception and switching between attack and defense, and the two of them can be regarded as mutual restraint in a certain way.
In stoppage time, Spain worked harder, although Spain is now mainly relying on Xavi to organize, but the Barcelona midfielder who has not yet grown up is obviously not as smooth as Belleron, especially when Belleron took the initiative to take over the responsibility of organizing the whole team for the first time, Spain seems to have transformed all of a sudden.
Seth's expression on the pitch was not very good, and he positioned Belleron as an attacking midfielder in this game, but he had no intention of letting him organize the game!
Of course, no one on the pitch noticed the Spanish manager's somber expression, and they were already overwhelmed.
"Two Juans who have a lot of advantages and skills in the midfield are on the right side!" The commentary is very exciting, after all, such a scene is really rare, especially the always silent Bellero, this is the first time he has spoken for himself? "Belleron has proven his energy, is he complaining to Seth about using it on himself?"
"At the beginning of the European Championship, this is Belleron's second appearance, and every time when the team is in crisis, Belleron has stepped up to take over the Spanish banner! The matadors are dancing! ”
The pressure on Portugal increased suddenly, especially in the absence of a goalkeeper on their side, and the disadvantage was so obvious that everyone couldn't bear to continue watching, but Juan's expression did not change at all.
They were greeted by Belleron, Xavi and Morientes, while Raul, who was running forty yards away at three o'clock, Torres at five o'clock, and Andrade and Valente were tangling with Albelda and Capdevilla at seven o'clock.
Cristiano and Figo were ignored in the opposition half, with Carvalho moving closer to Raul at two o'clock, Postiga and Elguera in the opposite direction, and Deco on the right-hand side from thirty-two yards.
The computer's precise brain directly fed back everything on the court into his brain, and Juan exhaled softly.
"Deco, stop Belleron. Ricardo, you and I are responsible for one each, stop Morientes and Xavi! ”
Juan's command was quickly implemented, Deco has to see Deportivo more than twice a season, and he is also familiar with their captain Belleron, to be honest, it is indeed a bit difficult for him to stop Belleron, after all, he and Belleron are almost the same type of good at, and it stands to reason that Juan should be more sure to stop him.
But since Juan said so, he didn't say much, and rushed straight over. Seeing him pressing step by step, Belleron subconsciously shifted the ball out, but when he noticed which two people were on the trajectory of the ball, he subconsciously chuckled in his heart.
Morientes –
Juan Díaz.
He never thought that it would be Juan to defend against Morientes, after all, according to normal times, a defensive battle like Quaresma can't be said to be like a layer of paper that can be broken in front of Xavi, but it's almost the same.
It is precisely because of this that he directly believes that Juan will defend Xavi, and then Morientes will be Quaresma, after all, these two people's defensive ability is half a pound, and who can get the ball is all up to scramble.
But now, the man standing there is Juan.
Morientes received the ball faster than Juan, but this is not to say that Juan didn't have time, Morientes could clearly feel that Juan deliberately slowed down his pace so that he could intercept the ball.
When he received the ball, Juan was already standing in front of him again, his expression calm, and there seemed to be a dark blue flame in his eyes that was quietly churning, and Morientes's heart was entangled.
Naturally, he knew what Juan meant.
At the beginning, Raul and Torres came up with the idea of using him to attract Juan's attention, and then one of them covered and the other went straight between the two of them, running with the ball, and definitely getting through Juan - it was with Juan's knowledge of them, they knew that Juan could be sure that as soon as he saw Morientes, he was going to come to him to fight alone.
He didn't feel Juan's disappointment when they looked at each other, and he forced himself to take advantage of his friend's guilt to play until now, and finally had a chance to treat me again.
- Especially now, Juan Belerón seems to be in a confrontation with Juan Dias, and the whole court is their weight in the confrontation.
Even he knew that it would be safer for Juan to defend Harvey at this time than to defend him, but he still came over without hesitation.
Between friends, if there is anything, just say it, and admit it directly if there is a mistake, and it is simply clear and clear. He had just schemed, so Juan would give him another chance to confront each other again.
That's what friends are!
For a moment, Morientes' eyes were a little moist, and at the same time, Raul on the court sighed, and Redondo off the field hooked his lips and chuckled, and almost at the same time spat out this sentence: "Cunning boy." ”
Guti was excited about the situation on the field, and when he heard Redondo next to him say this, he subconsciously bent down again: "Who are you talking about?" ”
"I said Juan." Redondo raised his eyebrows neatly, he pressed his hat low, and his beautiful eyebrows were all hidden under the brim, and only his beautifully shaped chin could be glimpsed from Guti's angle.
"He knows his friends too well, and he knows Morientes too well. The duel just now must have been an idea that Raul came up with, otherwise Moren would not have cooperated to accept it. ”
"Yes, it must be Raul's kid who thinks about it, and the cunning one should also be Raul, right?" Guti still doesn't understand, after all, an upright person like him is generally straightforward, and he doesn't understand the twists and turns of his friends at all.
"Raul doesn't feel sorry at all for doing something like this, that's for sure, after all, he's not a good bird in his own right. But Mo Lun is different, he was originally an honest man, and he was deceived by Raul for Juan, and he must be very guilty in his heart. ”
Redon stopped at the point, and Guti was not stupid, and immediately figured it out: "You mean, Juan in turn used this guilt to get the ball?" ”
"Yes," Redondo nodded, "he deliberately gave the ball to Moren, at this time the guilt in Moren's heart must have reached its peak, he will 100% choose to one-on-one with Juan, and you will know the situation after that......"
One-on-one, Juan really didn't lose much.
"Holy, really cunning." Guti muttered, at this time Juan had already cut off the ball on the court, and was taking the ball with the Portuguese team to set off a frenzy of the whole team again, and the golden wolf watched the situation on the field for a while, which made Spain angry, and could only sit back in frustration.
"That's not bad for Melun." Redondo raised his eyebrows and whispered, "You know who he is...... Although this matter is very small, it may become a demon that affects him, and his skills will not improve in the future. ”
"Juan is also helping him resolve the knots in his heart." Guti shook his head, "Cunning, just a lot of cunning." ”
At this time, Juan has rushed into the Spanish penalty area with Miguel and Andrade, all three of them are players in the midfield, it can be said that it is rare to run in front of such a situation, of course, this is also Juan's idea - the defender inserts the attack, which is indeed unguardable.
Especially when Figo, Cristiano and Quares are sloppy ahead.
All of a sudden, Portugal had six men in the opposing half, and Spain's half boiled into a pot of porridge, and when the defense was almost unable to defend, Belleron once again took on the responsibility of defense.
This is indeed what he is not good at, especially when the defensive object he chooses is Cristiano, and the Portuguese youngster is blinded, okay?
In front of Juan was Elgra.
Juan and Elgra have actually had a long career as teammates, but it seems that he and Juan are not on the same page at all from the beginning, maybe the two are naturally opposed in position?
"Dias, I will never let you go this time." Ergra was almost furious when he said this, and Juan's next understatement ignited him directly.
Juan let out an "oh" and smiled politely at him, "I thought Kars was talking to me." ”
Karls Puyol, who had already been sent off the pitch for a foul on Figo ten minutes earlier.
Elgra's head "boomed", and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to Juan and pushed: "Are you still worthy of being a Meilingge?" You're still not a madridista?! ”
Juan took two steps back and firmly protected the ball at his feet, and the referee naturally noticed the situation not far away, and as soon as he was about to blow the whistle, Juan had already bent down slightly, and under everyone's gaze, he had already passed through Elgra in the blink of an eye, and at this time, Elg stretched out and pushed his hand before he even had time to retract.
"What just happened, what did Juan do!?" The on-site commentator asked in a panic, and his voice was conveyed to everyone present through the microphone, and only one sentence echoed in everyone's hearts.
What just happened?
Now is not the time to replay the footage, and it is precisely because of Juan's quick passage that Elgra is spared the trouble of a card, but there is still a lot of danger ahead.
There is no difference between Spain and Portugal at the moment, both are ten to ten, but Portugal may be a little more dangerous to have one less goalkeeper.
But in terms of the current scene, Spain without Puyol needs first aid even more.
"No one stopped him! Who's going to stop him?! ”
Belleron did not stop Cristiano, the Portuguese youngster himself has an extremely difficult breakthrough, it can be said that he will be thrown off soon if he can't keep up, and Juan did not pass the ball to Cristiano as he thought, but rushed into the box with the ball himself.
Portugal was in the limelight all of a sudden, and Quaresma caught almost everyone's attention as a playmaker – Juan gave him the ball, less than ten metres from goal!
Canizares was ready to save the ball, but at this moment, Quaresma's foot that was about to shoot flicked and gave the ball to Deco?
When did Deco get here?!
Canizares was shocked, he immediately adjusted his center of gravity and rushed in the direction of Deco, and there were already people rushing in the back line to help, and they were bound to stop Deco's goal.
The most desperate scene for the Spanish team appeared.
Deco didn't choose to shoot either, he gave the ball to Juan!
When everyone was attracted to Quaresma and Deco, Juan came like a ghost, took the ball and swept it into the goal.
“Goooooal!!! Juan Dias!! The on-site commentator jumped, "Ghostly body!" How the hell did he do it?! ”
No one knows exactly how he did it, and only the camera captured his footage.
They started with Elgra's anger, indeed his face was full of disappointment, anger and sadness, and many people could guess what he said based on the shape of his lips, and before he said this, Juan smiled at him and said something, not very clear, but in this case, it looks like Elgra and Juan had a conflict?
However, before their doubts could be solved, Juan had already bent down slightly, gently sent the ball out under his feet, and then in the next second, his whole body jumped like an arrow offline, leaving a series of afterimages on the slow-motion camera.
The live broadcast room was silent for a while, and the commentator spoke heavily: "I only have one question now...... Is Dias really not a vicious retirement? Did he really get into a car accident? ”
"It's really not a vicious retirement." His partner touched his nose and spoke, though his tone was full of uncertainty, "Didn't he hit his head mainly?" You also know that Juan is a player who uses a lot of brains, and the impact must have affected his competitive career, and even if he didn't hurt his hands and feet, his one-and-a-half-month rehabilitation in the hospital was not fake, right? ”
At this point in time, the stadium was already in a frenzy, and there was already a two-goal lead in the first half that was enough to drive them crazy.
Portugal will finish top of the group and victory lies ahead!
Juan, the hero of the two goals, was surrounded by the Portuguese players, he couldn't move an inch, and he was squeezed in the middle and even the air he breathed was a lot thinner, but no one dared to jump on his back except Cristiano, and Cristiano's intentions this time were discovered by everyone, and he grabbed him directly, and the Portuguese No. 17 jumped outside for a while, and saw that there was no hope before pouting and getting a hug.
As the commotion dispersed, Juan found Elgra watching him from a short distance.
He tucked the hair from his forehead behind his head and walked towards Elguera amid the gasps of many on the pitch.
Elgra lowered his head, thinking that he would be scolded or ridiculed, but he only heard Juan leave a soft word and ran away.
"With Carlsby, you have a future of infinite possibilities."
He was stunned for a moment before he realized, and tears fell unconsciously.
Juan didn't mean anything else, but he was genuinely praising the improvement of his defensive skills, which Puyol is the best defender in the national team.