Chapter 354

However, Juan was very much in favor of Cristiano's idea, so when the two teams shook hands and were about to take a group photo, Juan gently pulled his little partner and told him softly: "As long as you are in a good position, I will try my best to pass the ball to you." ----”

Hearing Juan's assurance, Cristiano's eyes lit up and he nodded violently!

To be honest, he took the initiative to talk to Deco about this because Deco's position was relatively high in today's arrangement, but in fact, the offensive line should have started from Juan.

In this game, Portugal used a 4-2-3-1 formation, and the starting lineup was also stable - Ricardo; Valente, Carvalho, Canella, Ferreira; Costinha, Juan Díaz; Figo, Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo; Gomez.

Deco was pushed down to the middle and Scolari wanted him to lead the team's attack.

Portugal is a technical team, probably because of the relationship of the manager, they are deeply influenced by Brazilian football, and the offensive strength and defensive weakness are almost proportional, if it were not for the addition of Juan later, many people would say that this is a copy of Brazil.

Especially in terms of the veterans in the squad – Brazil have Cafu and Portugal have Figo. As a national team player, Figo's age is indeed on the older side, but after all, there is a saying that "a family is like a treasure", although short-term games such as the World Cup test the physical fitness and condition of veterans, but the captain of Portugal will not let them down.

"Actually, I'm more worried about Scolari's centre-forward...... He seems to prefer a one-striker approach, but this is a big challenge for Portugal. The commentator looked at the pitch and sighed, "As we know, Portugal is not a country rich in center forwards......"

"Indeed," his partner nodded, "Portugal produces wingers, especially world-class ones, with Figo in front and Cristiano Ronaldo in the back...... In contrast, the center forward is relatively scarce, and so far only Gomez and Pauletta are two people who can be used. ”

The commentator said with a smile: "Gomez and Pauleta are indeed considered to be the 'evergreens' level of existence in the Portuguese national team, especially Pauleta, he almost took the starting position of the center forward, but he was slightly injured in the league, and just recovered and came to the national team to play, Scolari did not put him in the starting lineup, and it is estimated that his injury problem was also taken into account." ”

"That's true," the partner frowned, "as for Gomez, he did give us a very good performance in the World Cup in 00, but his form doesn't seem to be very stable now, and Scolari sent him on the pitch probably with a little bit of a risky thought." ”

"yes, Juan Dias, who also impressed us at the '00 World Cup, doesn't know how to perform...... A friendly against Spain seemed to give us a glimpse of his true quality, but Spain also did not produce their own full squad in that game, so we still need to look at Juan Dias's quality a little, and this game is the best time to look at it. ”

At this point, the pre-game preparations on both sides had already ended, and seeing that it was almost time for the captains of the two teams to come out to guess the coins, the commentator hurriedly sped up: "Let's take a look at the game lineup on the other side...... Angola played a 4-4-2 lineup today and obviously they are confident in their aggressiveness! ”

"Angola's starting line-up – Pereira; Yasha, Ericeio, Yamba, Cari; Figueiredo, Felipe, Mauri, Zuela; Mantolas, Avaca. ”

"We heard that Mantoras had a conversation with his club team-mates at the beginning of the game, and what did he say to Dias as well, what seemed provocative?"

"This makes us even more interesting, after all, in the past, Juan Díaz was very high-profile, and there was no good mood after the game......"

Mantolas didn't know how much age he was actually the same age as him – to be precise, what a huge storm a man younger than him had made in European football last season.

A treble in one season, then two more titles for the club in half a season, and even a month before his dismissal, he led Deportivo La Coruna to the Club World Cup.

As a player, Mantolas would actually want to go to a team like this, especially with the brilliance and even the huge pressure he has shown.

But the current coach of that team is not Juan Díaz, and he is going to face real people on the pitch now.

How good can Juan Díaz be?

He's been playing for a long time, so what else can he do now?

Mantoras felt that if Juan himself hadn't been standing here, he would have thought of this name as another person with the same name and surname - how could such a person still play?

He was full of confidence in himself, and even felt that when the game started later, he, as the core of the team, would just lead the whole team to play against Juan Dias.

As for the others? Mantoras knows how difficult Gomez is, but he doesn't want to pester Gomez, anyway, don't let Gomez get the ball?

- Mantoras is a very optimistic and cheerful guy, and he has little roots...... To put it bluntly, this product is the kind of "brainless striker", and the idea is very simple.

In the qualifiers, he once followed the opposing players to stand in front of the opponent's coach very funny, listened to the opposing coach's guidance and tactics with a serious face, and nodded solemnly after listening to it before running away...... This has spread in the football world, and many people are very speechless about this joke.

So in fact, when he provoked himself, Juan didn't take it seriously.

Especially when this black friend was obviously talking to him very seriously, Juan clearly felt an inexplicable amusement emanating from it...... So I can't answer it well.

But as soon as the game began, he restrained his emotions and looked ahead with a serious expression.

Figo and Mantoras guess the coin.

The coin is tossed high and falls into the referee's hand, and both sides guess heads and tails.

Angola's possession.

Obviously, Portugal didn't expect that the black captain who looked a little stunned on the other side was so lucky, they were stunned for a moment and looked at Deco, who smiled and turned his head to look at Juan.

Juan squinted his eyes and looked ahead.

Mantoras obviously didn't expect to be so shit lucky at this time...... Phew, this is obviously called good luck!!

He actually got the ball!

In that case, wouldn't his plan be implemented more smoothly?!

No one knew what he was thinking, but soon Mantolas looked at his teammates with a happy expression and gestured twice.

The teammates nodded, all looking serious.

Scolari looked at the appearance of the Angolan players and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that it is not only us Portugal who have a hand, in fact, every team has its own killer ......"

Scolari's voice was down when the whistle blew.

In the first game of Group D of the 06 World Cup group stage, Portugal played against Angola, and it officially began!

Felipe, who was standing in the middle circle, took a deep breath and gently sent the ball to the side, and immediately rushed forward with the ball after receiving the ball!

Mauri is not actually a very well-known player, he also plays in the Portuguese Super League, but his team is a mid-table team that cannot be compared to the likes of Benfica and Porto.

He knows and even knows most of the players on the other side, and even knows most of them, these people have brought him a big psychological shadow in the league, but he didn't expect that even if he came to the battlefield of the World Cup, he would actually meet these people......

But at least he is very familiar with the routines of these people in front of him, and with such an understanding as a basis, Maori feels that he is not so easy to be broken and left! What's more, Portugal is strong in attack and weak in defense, and those people may not be able to stop him!

In fact, he was right, and it could even be said that his idea could be implemented.

…… If the route he chooses to break through is not on the right side.

Juan was a little stunned as he saw the opposing player rushing over with his balls and his teammates.

After all, in fact, except for one-on-one, he hasn't met a player who comes at him as soon as he comes up for him...... No one was too much to be bored, and many even avoided Juan himself during training.

Nonsense, what Juan is best at is giving people a blow in a small area, okay? As long as it is within the scope of the field he draws, it is easy to be robbed of the ball.

Angola can't be unaware of this, and their manager is not stupid, so how can he not stress it out with his players?

But on the contrary, Maori came at him.

To be honest, Juan had the illusion of "am I in front of a group of mirrors" when looking at these African brothers head-on, but he quickly withdrew his gaze and focused on football.

Mauri, Felipe and Zuela thought relatively simply, of course they knew Juan's ability, so when they were a little closer, the three of them cooperated and directly used the method of transferring the ball to him.

As long as you pass Juan, there is a smooth road ahead!

Let's not talk about how Ferreira, who was subconsciously ignored by them not far behind Juan, would feel, Juan would not give them this opportunity anyway.

Seeing that Mauri wanted to transfer the ball, Juan's eyes flashed and he took two steps forward.

Mauri was just about to pass the ball, when he suddenly felt that someone seemed to be oppressing behind him, he almost stumbled, and after seeing who the other party was from the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then scolded secretly.

"How come Deco is here?!"

Deco should be in the middle circle, why is he here on the right?

And what about your teammates?!

He took a deep breath, knowing that he must not be nervous at this time.

Although Deco is behind him, but in fact, his speed is not very fast, at least at this time he can react something!

For example...... Pass the ball to Mantolas, who is already running in front of him?

However, this idea only flashed through his mind for a moment, and he simply gave up.

Mantolas is indeed in the back, he can send the ball through, but if he rushes straight at this point, there can be a lot of problems.

- For example, Carvalho, who is always embellished behind the mantoras?

As for Chelsea's dominance this year, even Mauri, who is in the middle of the Portuguese Super League, has heard of it.

Especially when their Portuguese Super League hegemon Porto met Chelsea and was beaten by the old Porto coach and old players.

Carvalho is the standard Porto veteran, and he knows his strength very well - the rest of the non-grape players, such as Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Juan Dias, he is not really worried, after all, he has never played against these people, and he also does not know how terrible these people are.

But at least Carvalho has fought against him.

So when he saw Carvalho, he hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to move forward.

With Deco in the back, and a terrible defender behind his teammate who can pass the ball, he can only gamble on the unknown in front of him!

If he succeeds in gritting his teeth, this time he will find a way for their team, at least let them know that Juan Díaz in front of him is not a beast! Just a slight breakthrough -

Juan: Big brother, it's time to wake up :)

When he saw Maori rushing directly towards Juan and trying to break through Juan, even Deco, who was following him, was a little frightened and subconsciously slowed down his pace a little.

However, Mauri obviously doesn't care about the people behind him, he cares more about whether he can break through the interception of Juan in front of him.

The long-haired young man had a calm expression when he stood here, and looking at his figure, which was even a bit of his first choice, Maori didn't think he was going to lose anyway!

If he can get through—

However, it is clear that the person in front of him does not want to give him this if.

There was a moment of silence at the Cologne stadium, followed by an uproar.

"Ball transfer! Just a minute into the game, Angola lost the ball! ”

The commentary's tone was so surprised that it was as if he had just lost the ball in that moment, but a direct goal.

But in fact, he should not be surprised, the players in all the leagues here in Germany tend to play with a more precise and general style of play, and the pragmatic Germans rarely have players who work their jobs, and many players are for the club or team.

The same is true of the German team, and it is also because of this ability that most German players are less affected in the national team than in other countries.

Because even the national team, they have the same style.

Similarly, there are very few players from Brazil, Argentina, Spain or Portugal playing in the league in Germany, so in most cases, it is not interesting to watch a single player from Germany.

It's just that today, they seem to get a sense of what is truly ornamental.

One turned sideways, moving lightly and swiftly, like a cat stretching out its paws to hook the ball of yarn, Juan didn't even mess up his hair, and just took the football away from Maori's feet.

The football was thrown directly at Juan's feet as if he had been summoned as a lover, and Juan didn't even turn his head to look at Maori, and before he could react, he flicked it directly, and the football passed behind Maori.

Mauri chuckled in his heart.

Who's behind him?

It's Deco!

Portugal's midfield master!

Juan's understatement obviously made the fans watching the game a little dizzy, but Mauri was not confused.

He didn't even see how Juan did it, and the ball was no longer at his feet.

Mauri didn't even dare to look back at Mantoas's expression, he immediately turned around and chased the football, but the next second, he was desperate to find that he seemed to have done something wrong.

To everyone's surprise when Deco received the football, he did take two steps with the football, but only two steps.

Mauri chased after him at this time, obviously still in time, but when he was about to catch up, Deco suddenly smiled at him, and then he moved his feet and made a choice - to pass back.

？！！

He actually chose to send it back?!

Mauri obviously didn't expect this to happen, and he rushed too fast to stop, so he could only twist his head and watch the football pass back to Juan's feet.

Juan even had time to smile at Mauri, and after the ball was back at his feet, he shifted two steps to the middle, followed by a through ball that was sent to Cristiano's feet.

Obviously, Angola have never encountered such a routine, especially when the opponent was so caught off guard and scored into their half.

Obviously, the football was still under their control for a minute, but the ball was gone in the blink of an eye.

What's more, Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly the one who can amplify all of their current disadvantages.

The Portuguese youngster was indeed so destructive that when he was on his way with the ball, the Angolan players couldn't even keep up with him.

I have to say that Cristiano is indeed a very formidable winger, although he is only in his early twenties, the huge destructive power he brings is terrifying.

However, Angola are certainly not vegetarians, and having reached the group stage has already proved their quality, so when Cristiano rushed forward, they were still able to react quickly and surrounded by four men.

After all, Cristiano is a midfielder, whether it is ball control or dribbling, it is a first-class level, and his talent level alone is already here, although the young man seems to have a tendency to indulge in shooting and can't extricate himself, but the instinct of the body still makes him choose to pass and play assists, which is what he has been doing after all, and it is more comfortable.

Although he is young, but the threat caused by it is really not small, surrounded by four or five people, he passed the ball directly into the gap, at first everyone was thinking why he wanted to pass the ball in the direction of the empty net, until a red figure suddenly came out, directly on the flying football is a kick!

Pereira couldn't react as he watched as the ball crashed into the net, splashing white waves!

“gooooal！！ Nuno Gomez!! The commentators of Sporting Portugal instantly cheered, and they sounded a voice similar to an alarm, "Juan, Deco, Juan, Cristiano - Nuno!" A nice shot! In the fourth minute of the game, about 45 yards from the goal, Gomez fired a shot to give Portugal a good start! ”

The Portuguese fans at the scene obviously didn't expect their team to be so powerful this time, scoring a goal in minutes, everyone was jubilant, singing the national anthem, and the atmosphere was instantly heated up.

Gomez obviously didn't expect this ball to come so easily, he ran all the way to the corner flagpole to make a slip kneeling, but when he ran to the corner flagpole, his teammates had already rushed up, pushing and pulling him directly to the ground.

Before the Portuguese vice-team could even react, their eyes were dark, and the weight on their bodies was getting bigger and bigger......

"Aha, the Portuguese team was really in a good mood today, they played Arhat less than five minutes into the game." "They didn't seem to think it at first, but after Costinha slapped Nuno to the ground and got on his stomach, the players who came after him seemed to think it was funny, so they pressed it too." Poor Nuno, he won't be crushed to death by his teammates, will he? ”

Juan didn't go to the celebration, he just ran two steps and stopped.

…… It may be a little difficult for him to take the initiative to stack Arhats.

However, he was also delighted, clapping his hands and smiling as he stood in front of the stands of the Portuguese fans.

Obviously, it was a surprise that the Portuguese team had such a smooth start but soon the fans came to their senses and gave their players a round of applause.

At least this World Cup is off to a good start, isn't it?

'One goal in the opening five minutes, the fastest goal since the start of the group stage, Portugal are on good momentum and don't know how much more they can do in the next few minutes...... Let's wait and see!! The narrator took a deep breath and shouted.

The author has something to say: hahahahaha

Barcelona was beaten 0:4 by Paris!

I'm sorry, I know it's not good to gloat so much, but I still can't help it, 23333, and I will add more tomorrow!

and Bayern did Arsenal a 5:1 ......

I saw a paragraph on the Internet, when Bayern 4:1 Arsenal, An Fat was like thunder: Keep attacking! Muller went to their penalty area!!

Muller (dumbfounded): Our manager is crazy??

Lahm: No, he just doesn't think it's very safe to score 4-1, so I'll give you a hint, Deportivo La Coruna......

An Fat: Lahm, do you want to retire early? :)

Thiago: Boss, you don't have to! I'm going to give a cool assist right now to cement our win!

And then ......

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