At half-time, all of us went back to the dressing room. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

We were all very frustrated that we were given a goal before the break, and although I am still 2-1 ahead of Portugal, it is not a solid lead, especially when it was Rui Costa who is known as the Iron Tree Blossom Portugal to win this goal.

Our coach said to everyone in the dressing room: "Don't worry, Portugal scored a goal, but we are still ahead. In the second half we needed to continue to defend well, and from the first half, Portugal were not very sharp in attack and they lacked a good striker. Nuno Gomez is just an average good striker, not very good, and his goalscoring ability is not very strong. What Portugal really rely on is the twin signs of the midfield, Rui Costa and Luis Figo, and the defense of these two players will be left to all of us here. In the second half, the defense against Rui Costa and Luis Figo had to be tighter and, if necessary, with their bodies. You have been in the gravity training room for a while, your physical fitness and muscles have been greatly enhanced, your ability to fight has been greatly improved, so you should face the Portuguese attack with a stronger confrontation. Whether you're facing Rui Costa or Luis Figo, you're physically dominant. There is also Nuno Gomez, who is very skinny and in defense, as long as he does not seize the opportunity to rush out of the gap to attack the goal, he should not be able to score. So the focus of the second half was to make reasonable use of the body and defend Rui Costa and Luis Figo through reasonable collisions. At the same time, of course, you have to avoid fouls. When you are physically strong, you have an absolute advantage over other players, and it is easy to be fouled by the referee, so you must pay attention to this. ”

'As for our attack, in the second half we still had to play defensive counter-attacks. Because Portugal is a technical team, their attack does not require more physical energy. Since their main attacking method is through passing, which is not physically demanding, their players will not be as tired in the second half as Turkey or Denmark are. We can't expect this game against Portugal, like we did against Turkey or Denmark, waiting for the opponent's fitness to drop in the second half before launching a general attack, we can only continue to play defensive counter-attacks, as long as we can take the opportunity to score another goal, the rest of the game will be very good. ”

"As for how do you shoot after the counter-attack? I think it's better to give it to our three players who have must-shoot skills. Judging from the previous games, as well as the first half of this game, the must-kill shot is indeed quite effective. We had Boksic and Prosinetski practice their shots through special shooting exercises, and as a result, Boksic and Prosinetski scored one goal each today, and they performed very well, so I think this kind of shooting practice is still useful. As a counter-attack, we don't have to expect to pass the ball in front of goal and then shoot, as long as we can get an unguarded must-kill shot from outside the box, then be bold. ”

The coach's point of view is shared by most of our players. With the coach's unity of mind, we had a clear goal in the second half. Although Rui Costa's goal cast a shadow over our second half, we are the leading team after all, and as a technical team with physical fitness, we have no reason to be afraid of a purely technical team like Portugal!

Soon, fifteen minutes passed. At the end of the break, the referee led the players of both teams out of the tunnel and onto the green field. The long-awaited fans cheered again, and the fans on the field were more Portuguese fans, who were calling the names of Rui Costa and Luis Figo, and even some extreme fans, shouting: "Rui Costa, Luis Figo, use your goals to beat that divided country to pieces!" We look forward to your victory! ”

When I heard this, I was furious, I turned my head and looked in the stands for the source of this sentence - it turned out that it was in the South Stand, there was an extreme fan shouting desperately, although he was only here to support the Portuguese team, but what he said about "beating that divided country to pieces" really pierced the hearts of our Croatian players -

"You bastard, what are you talking about?!"

I was so angry that I stretched out my middle finger towards the stands.

At this moment, the referee saw my abnormal gesture, he quickly blew the whistle, ran to me, and pulled out a red card at me!

"Red card?!" I got angry and said to the referee: "Did you hear that guy over there, he said that we are a divided country in Croatia, and he also said that he wants to break our country even more!" What do you want?! ”

When the referee heard my words, he was also stunned: "What did you say? Did he really say that? ”

"That's right, that's exactly what he said!"

"If that's true, then I'm going to put it on record in today's game book. But it's also true that you give the middle finger to the fans and you have to be sent off anyway. The referee said.

I knew in my heart that such a gesture of mine would indeed avoid the punishment of a red card. But I really can't imagine that there are such extreme people who would take pleasure in the suffering of our country and nation in a football match! If history could make me choose again, I would still give this middle finger up, even if I was sent off with a red card, or even banned for multiple games, I don't care!

Croatia, which was originally part of Yugoslavia, was the result of the war that made us a displaced people in a divided country. This kind of pain has always been unbearable for our people in Croatia. If we play football so that the people of Croatia can heal from their wounds, then how can we endure such an insult to us in the football field!

I don't regret that I put out my middle finger, but the only thing I regret is that I will be sent off for this game, Croatia will be playing with 10 men, and I will probably not be able to play for the rest of the games. In this case, how will our Croatian team move forward......