Chapter 107: Promotion! Final Four! (2-in-1)

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Portugal, who managed to score a goal, seemed to see a glimmer of hope for an equaliser after they managed to break through what looked like a game of will and luck, and Portugal pressed more aggressively in the hope of taking advantage of the good momentum to equalise.

As he is no longer young, if the 33-year-old Ronaldo can't lead the team to a victory over China, this quarter-final could be the World Cup curtain call for the superstar – even if Ronaldo and his teammates don't want that to happen.

This team is certainly better than China in terms of squad strength, and the European Cup winners still have a tenacious style and do not give up until the last second, which is one of the big reasons why they were able to achieve great results two years ago.

Even though the Chinese fans in the stands couldn't wait for a few seconds, constantly signaling to the referee that they could stop the game, the referee turned a deaf ear to everything in the outside world, he didn't even look at the watch in his hand, and kept signaling Portugal to continue attacking!

The Chinese team did not expect the European champion to be more tenacious in the end, the last few minutes were not so easy to drag out, in the 93rd minute, Zhang Linpeng made a mistake in the return pass, Carvalho broke the ball in the middle of the field and sent the ball forward with a precise straight stopper, Bernardo Silva on the left side of the high-speed insertion into the penalty area, and swept the outside instep to the penalty area to complete the cross!

Ronaldo, who rushed up from behind, faced Yan Junlin with a calm low shot!

Yan Junlin fell to the ground violently and completed a world-class rescue with his fingertips!

The second half of the second half was Bernardo Silva's best stage in this World Cup, he got plenty of space and support, gave full play to his ability to walk and hold the ball, and became the most effective offensive playmaker behind Ronaldo, but unfortunately all these adjustments came too late, and the Portuguese team wasted too much time and energy on a player who couldn't help up at all, but those players who really shone did not give them the treatment that matched their strength! I'm afraid that Santos, who saw the performance of the players, could only sigh at this moment.

In any case, Portugal have one last chance, an invaluable corner! They also have Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's most ferocious header killer today! No one dares to assert that Portugal has already been sentenced to death!

Chinese fans are impatient, and on the other hand, they are full of apprehension to see that Portugal may be the last attack of this World Cup!

In the 94th minute, Portugal took a corner kick from the left to the penalty area, and the penalty area was crowded!

But there is no reason, it is still Ronaldo who jumped high to fight for the landing point of this corner!

A beautiful header!

No matter how the audience left, they were almost suffocated in an instant!

Wouldn't the Chinese team have imagined that Portugal's desperate attack would definitely look for Ronaldo? In fact, before the corner kick was taken, almost three people next to Ronaldo defended him strictly, and they would rather be killed by other Portuguese players than let Ronaldo touch the ball!

At the beginning, Ronaldo was not in a hurry to grab the position forward, because he knew that the opponent's defenders would definitely seal him, so he chose to retreat and look for the most suitable landing point!

In order to get rid of the defense of the Chinese team, he chose to fly out like a cannonball, so that the strength of jumping over the defenders is more sufficient, and it can be more accurate!

The moment you touch the ball, you can see that Ronaldo's action is decisive without any hesitation!

At this time, Yu Yang of the Chinese team has already kicked - Yu Yang, who was forced to red-eyed by devil training, doesn't care if the other party is the best player in the world, if this kick is on Ronaldo's head, it is not as simple as a flowering head!

But Cristiano Ronaldo, didn't back down!

At this moment, he is the hero of the world who is indomitable in Tiger Mountain!

Even Chinese fans, I'm afraid there are people who want him to put everything out of the way and score goals!

But......

While!

The sound of the ball hitting the post is unusually clear!

The whole stadium freezes for a second and then comes back to life!

The Chinese players are running!

A second earlier, the referee's whistle sounded!

The fans in the red stands in the stands embraced!

The loud noise even gave the illusion of a nuclear explosion and an infrasonic wave in the stadium!

That's a fraction of a second!

He missed the chance to shoot and wanted to rush up to make up the shot, but the referee didn't give Portugal even a second longer.

Ronaldo looked up at the sky, his body with his hands on his hips was still straight, but the team, after all, fell down.

He has become the best player in Portugal's history, but on the way to the best player in the history of the world, he once again fell on the battlefield of the World Cup.

Following Messi, Ronaldo also bid farewell to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

It was the same team and the same person who eliminated them.

As Lu Zhuhu himself said, "Even if I can compare myself to Mero in a game, I feel very honored." ”

But Mero was not born destined to win everything.

With teammates like Mesa and Guedes, as strong as the two of them, they still can't be carried.

After conceding the second goal, Santos was basically desperate, completely using the nerve knife Quaresma as the core of the team's dying struggle, but it did not play a good role, Quaresma repeatedly played one-on-one situations on the right side, and did have some advantages against Yu Hai, but it squeezed the space of Beard to a great extent. With Besse lacking space to roam, Quaresma keen to try one-on-one, Portugal's newly run attack returned to stagnation.

One after the other, Santos mistrusted two people in a row, resulting in his European champion not playing 100 per cent.

The Chinese team in this game can be called "excellent defensively", although there are two goals, but from the beginning it was a wantless situation, and the whole game did not give the Portuguese team too many chances. Portugal, which was weak in positional warfare, only scored a goal at the end of the game through Ronaldo's personal ability, but in the end, they still swallowed a defeat due to their inefficient attack, left the World Cup stage, and completed the World Cup curtain call.

The Chinese team's offense is almost only Lu Zhuhu and Wu Lei, Wu Lei's performance is not as good as the previous two games, and the ball possession rate is only barely 30%. But still won the game with 33 per cent possession. First of all, the Chinese team has efficient midfield interception methods, and Lu Zhuhu often returns to the half of the game to actively form a siege with his teammates. Yu Yang, who has made great contributions on the defensive end, is also excellent on the offensive end, which is the origin of the team's offense and defense, effectively transferring the ball to the weak side of the opponent's defense, making the attacker of this side - here specifically referring to the captain of the land, can directly hit the hinterland of the opponent's penalty area! After taking the lead, the deep defense is very good, even if Portugal can calmly control the ball, it will not be able to tear apart the defensive gap of the Chinese team! The overall defensive awareness has undergone a metamorphosis in a short period of time! Yu Yang's task of marking Ronaldo is very heavy, but he still does not hesitate to participate in the assist, and the space exposed behind him has also been used by the opponent, but he also pragmatically chooses to retreat, trying not to let Zhang Linpeng make up for his absence, Luo and others don't say that the shot in the penalty area is not scored, but there are few opportunities for long-range shooting, and they can only make more crosses, and the offensive means are too monotonous.

Victory, coach victory, players victory.

Lu Zhuhu, who had two assists, scored a game-high 9.4 points, Yu Yang also scored 8.8 points, Wu Xian and Xiao Zhi, who scored, even ranked behind the two, and although Ronaldo also scored 8.5 points, the Portuguese team was dwarfed.

The end of the match between Portugal and the Chinese team should be said to be unexpected by the media before the game, and even the Chinese team has had the least twists and turns since the group stage, and has always held the initiative in its own hands - it can be seen from the fact that the captain did not even pour ice water on the game.

Of course, even if he is as shameless as Brother Long, he will admit in his heart that this is taking advantage of the asymmetry of information between the two sides.

Portugal had an advantage in the second half after the rotation of the frontcourt players, and even proudly felt the running position of their own players without the ball, forming a number of threats, but William Carvalho took on more heavy defensive responsibilities from the group stage, and this time also played with injuries, and the two central defenders were older and generally did not participate in midfield tackles. When it is counterattacked, it is difficult to block it at the first time, and when it retreats, the air defense is weak, and you can only resign yourself to fate!

This is why the task assigned by Brother Da Long to Lu Zhuhu in this field is the most "simple" and the most relaxing......

After his teammates celebrated his promotion to the semi-finals, Lu Zhuhu also walked to the club's eldest brother who had brought him up, and solemnly hugged and said goodbye to the president.

Ronaldo doesn't need to be comforted, with his competitive spirit, wait and see - no matter what the media says, Lu Zhuhu doesn't believe that he will not be seen in the World Cup four years later.

When entering the passage, Lu Zhuhu and Brother Da Long high-fived each other, praising Brother Da Long's return this time, and indeed he has improved a lot in tactical literacy, and this victory can be called the victory of the head coach.

The one who wins is not him, and the one who loses is not Ronaldo.

"Playing tricks with Lao Tzu!" Brother Da Long rolled his eyes: "Tell me now, when the second goal was scored, it was obvious that he had already entered the penalty area, why didn't he hit the goal, and spent an extra pass to the 'Jade Face Flying Dragon'?" ”

This time, Lu Zhuhu did seem to take off his pants and fart, obviously he had already entered the shooting range, and it was best to shoot by himself anyway, but it was not crisp at all.

"Hey, it's not easy for them to come out of the concentration camp once, help him score a goal, and get a two-day vacation." Lu Zhuhu said kindly: "Besides, I'm trying to perform in assists this time, showing that I'm not the kind of dumbfounded person who just comes to the penalty area and gets a kick......"

"Cunning! Cunning! Say it as if you're already ahead of Kane in the scoring charts! Brother Da Long shouted, "Don't think I don't know your thoughts! You just don't want to kill Portugal with your own hands and offend the guy who invited you to eat chicken breast! Be a man and leave a line, will you see each other in the future! ”

Lu Zhuhu sneered, noncommittal.

Before Croatia played Argentina, it was clear that Rakitic usually blew Messi the hardest, but when there was a chance to score, he still gave Boss Mei's team a fatal blow and scored the third goal - Argentina had to advance at a loss, if it was eliminated, I am afraid that the next time the spicy chicken blows again, Boss Mei will also have a little grudge......

"You're cowardly, you know. You are like the second brother Guan of Huarong Dao-" Brother Da Long criticized: "It's just someone else!" That's Cristiano Ronaldo! Why can Ronaldo become a top superstar, but most people can't, playing football is not only about brains and footwork, sometimes courage and decisiveness are more important! Do you think we won't have a chance of winning? Brother Da Long rolled up his trouser legs, and the top of his knees were pinched red: "I watched Ronaldo jump up at the last moment, and I almost had a heart attack!" Not to mention high, there is also drifting! Drift you know what! That is, you played a slippery 'knife to kill' the goal, but Ronaldo didn't score, otherwise we would have been reversed! Think about it! ”

Lu Zhuhu disagreed, thinking: How can there be so many ifs! I'm afraid you didn't see my goal against France in the group stage! I'm tall, I'm floating......

However, looking at Brother Dalong's red and blue thighs, it can be seen that he was indeed frightened by Ronaldo, who was in the last state, and Lu Zhuhu said: "Sorry, Sorry, next time I will definitely stab others to death with the first knife, and I will never bother my teammates to help with ......the second knife."

Brother Da Long put down his pants and waved his hand: "Forget it, anyway, this is Lippi's thigh, and it's not my ......"

Lu Zhuhu frowned, and said with a sneer: "Brother Long, you are mistaken, this is not ...... four years ago."

It's not your own thigh, who else is it......

"......" Ning Xiaolong: "I said...... Why does it hurt so much...... Something is wrong with you......"

Lu Zhuhu: "......"

"With my current strength, except for myself, ordinary people can't hurt me at all......"

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The elder FernΓ‘ndez, who had eaten two buckets of popcorn in the stands, praised the Chinese team's game to his daughter, believing that although the strength of the players is far worse than that of the Mexican players, the world champion coach Lippi is indeed more than superior, and the team plays in a very orderly manner, that is, the game is not as ups and downs as the Mexican team, full of suspense......

Elenor thought to herself, it's because you don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement......

Her feelings for the Chinese team are naturally much stronger than her father's, even if Mexico is eliminated, she is not as depressed as her father......

"Alas, if our Mexican team is still good, the next game is for us to play against the Chinese team." Old Fernandez sighed.

Elenore thought that if the Brazilian team was also eliminated in the quarterfinals, then it would be difficult for Lu Zhuhu, Brazil's best friend, Master Bindi, to support the Chinese team later......

Thinking of this possibility, I can't help but feel secretly funny.

But the chances of Brazil losing to Japan are too slim – but it's not for, Belgium are no less powerful than Brazil, if not better, and who would have thought before the game that the Japanese would have the advantage for a long time and a two-goal lead......

It's not a shame for Mexico to lose to Brazil, but it would be terrible for Brazil to lose to Japan......

In the second "strong dialogue" of the World Cup quarterfinals, Brazil ushered in the Japanese team that matured rapidly after experiencing "ice and fire". At this time, the Japanese team has a very clear arrangement for defense and offense. This is in stark contrast to Brazil, which is overly dependent on talent.

Now, who killed the deer, I really don't dare to jump to conclusions......