75. The second half of the sudden change of wind and clouds
At the end of the first half, the Dutch national team and the Portuguese national team played to a 1-1 draw.
It was an unacceptable scoreline for both sides, especially the Portuguese national team, who thought they had been dominating the pitch and they had taken the lead first, and they deserved to win this game.
The Dutch national team thinks that they performed well in this game, and their performance is better than that of the Portuguese national team, and they should be in the lead.
To be honest, Qiu Ze's performance in this game was indeed not as eye-catching as in the previous games, and his state did have certain problems. And Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't seem to be performing as well as he should.
Therefore, against such a Portuguese national team, the Dutch national team should perform better. However, in the first half, their performance was not very ideal, which led to the draw.
At half-time, the head coach of the Dutch national team, Van Marwijk, emphasised the attack, and they should step up. Naturally, they also saw that Qiu Ze and Cristiano Ronaldo were not in good shape, and this was a God-given opportunity for the Dutch national team, and they must seize it.
Qiu Ze and Cristiano Ronaldo's poor form naturally reduced the defensive pressure on the Dutch national team, and they had more energy to attack. In this way, the Dutch national team will be more confident to win the next games.
On the other hand, Paulo Bento also saw the problem, his brow kept locked. Qiu Ze and Cristiano Ronaldo are not in good form, which has a very big impact on the Portuguese national team.
Paulo Bento couldn't help but call Qiu Ze and Cristiano Ronaldo aside to ask about their situation before he began to lay out the tactics for the second half.
Paulo Bento expected that the Dutch team would definitely attack in the second half, so Paulo Bento's tactics in the second half were defensive counterattacks.
Although Qiu Ze and Cristiano Ronaldo are not in great form, their speed is still a very threatening weapon, and such a tactic is enough to make the Dutch team jealous, and when the time comes, they will not dare to attack so wildly.
Soon, the second half of the game officially began, and at the beginning of the second half, the Dutch national team launched a ferocious attack as Paulo Bento thought.
The Portuguese national team immediately recycled the whole team, temporarily avoided its edge, and defended and counterattacked!
Van Marwijk frowned slightly when he saw the formation of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento is really not easy to deal with, his eyes narrowed into a line, staring carefully at the stadium, his head turned quickly, thinking about countermeasures.
On the pitch, Sneijder, a midfielder for the Dutch national team, immediately dribbled the ball through the midfield and reached the half of the Portuguese national team.
The Portuguese national team has already rebounded from the half-court defensive counter-attack, and Sneijder certainly got through the half with ease. But after half-time, Sneijder couldn't relax. The players of the Portuguese national team immediately pressed up and pressed Sneijder.
The Portuguese national team's tactics now are that you play whatever you want in your own half, and we can also make it easy for you to get into midfield. But if you look forward to it, it will definitely not work.
Seeing Sneijder take the ball past midfield and rush towards their penalty area, Portugal national team forwards Hugo Almeida and Qiu Ze rushed together, and the two went up to intercept Sneijder.
Sneijder was shocked and immediately sideways to protect the ball, ready to pass the ball to the side. However, the passing route on the side was also cut off by the defenders of the Portuguese national team, and it was impossible to pass the ball.
And at this time, the guy Hugo Almeida had already posted it and broke the ball. Sneijder had to turn around again and pass the ball back to the centre-back, before he ran back into his own half to catch the ball and reorganise the attack.
Dutch national team centre-back Heitinga immediately passed the ball to Sneijder, who pushed back into his own half, and after Sneijder received the ball, he once again scored in the Portuguese national team's half.
Sneijder of the Dutch national team was a little more cautious this time, and as soon as he reached the Portuguese national team's half, he immediately accelerated past Hugo Almeida who pounced, and then passed the ball to Kuyt, who came from the wing, before Qiu Ze pounced.
After handing the ball to Kuyt, Sneijder rushed past the pounced Qiu Ze and struck the Portuguese national team's penalty area.
Kuyt, who was on the wing, didn't stop the ball at all and pushed the ball back to Sneijder, who was cutting forward. However, Kuyt's guy was forced by Nani on the wing, the ball was not passed very well, it was a little big, and Sneijder, who was in front, did not catch the football, and the football was stabbed by Pepe, who rushed out.
Qiu Ze immediately went up to catch the ball, but at this time, Kuyt's guy suddenly crossed over from Qiu Ze's side like a gust of wind and grabbed the football.
This scared Qiu Ze, he didn't expect that Kuyt would be so active. Qiu Ze reached out behind Kuyt and tugged at Kuyt's jersey and made small movements.
Kuyt didn't mean to take the ball himself, he broke the ball and immediately sent it to the other wing, where Arjan Robben suddenly stepped forward and shook off Cristiano Ronaldo and caught Kuyt's pass.
Arjan Robben didn't stop the ball when he received it, but gently sent it in front of him so that he didn't have to slow down and then accelerate again, he could keep rushing at that speed, which didn't give Cristiano Ronaldo a chance to catch up.
Seeing Arjan Robben rushing down the flank, Portugal national team full-back Coentrão immediately pounced and came up to intercept Arjan Robben.
At this point, Coentrão was holding on to the inside and not allowing Arjan Robben to cut in. Coentron knew what Robben was most capable of, so he kept a close eye on the inside line and didn't give Robben a chance to cut inside.
Arjan Robben with the ball did want to cut inside, but he tried several times without success. At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo was about to catch up, and Arjan Robben gave up the idea of cutting inside and suddenly crossed the bottom.
"Cross! Arjan Robben suddenly crosses with his feet! Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV's sports channel, was also surprised, he also thought that Arjan Luo would cut in, but he didn't know that this guy suddenly crossed.
Coentrão, who defended Robben, did not expect that he was a step slower, and the ball flew quickly past his raised leg and into the penalty area of the Portuguese national team.
In the penalty area of the Portuguese national team, the central defenders raised their heads to stare at the football in the air, they were all anticipating the landing point, and at this time, he forgot about the striker of the Dutch national team.
Just as Carvalho and Alves judged where the ball had landed and were about to jump high to push the ball out, suddenly a figure rushed into their sight, pulling onions on dry ground and jumping high.
"Van Persie!" Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV's sports channel, suddenly roared with great excitement, very excited.
Yes, Van Persie was still outside the penalty area before, but seeing Robben's sudden cross, he rushed in from outside the penalty area at high speed, and then with the help of this momentum, he jumped high as if he was flying.
Van Persie is like a roc in the sky, overlooking the whole land. Carvalho and Alves below were so frightened that their faces changed, they exclaimed in their hearts that it was not good, and then they also jumped up, hoping to disturb Van Persie.
However, just as he bounced off the ground, Van Persie in the air had already smashed his head into the football.
With a bang, the football immediately shot out like a cannonball, and shot quickly towards the door of the Portuguese national team.
"Header! Van Persie! Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV's sports channel, roared loudly.
All the fans of the Portuguese national team at the scene were extremely frightened at this moment, and an ominous premonition instantly invaded their bodies and minds, and they were extremely nervous at once.
In front of goal, Eduardo, the goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team, had already seen Van Persie jump, and he had plenty of time to prepare. When Van Persie headed the goal, he immediately moved two steps to the right and immediately ejected his body.
With a whoosh, Eduardo's body immediately ejected, his hands stretched out straight to block the top right corner of the goal.
But the speed of the ball was simply too fast, and he only felt a flash of white light in front of him, and then there was no shadow of a football. After that, he clearly heard a "Wow! ”
"Ball in, ball in, ball in!" Duan Xuan, the commentator of CCTV's sports channel, immediately roared excitedly, and his voice was very loud.
"Two to one! Two to one! The Dutch national team scored at the start of the second half and they overtook the scoreline with their striker Robin van Persie! Xu Yang, a guest commentator on CCTV's sports channel, also roared excitedly.
"Wow! No one thought that the Dutch national team would overtake the score so quickly, this second half of the game can be described as a sudden change, this time the Portuguese national team is difficult, difficult to do! Duan Xuan, a commentator on CCTV's sports channel, said.
Indeed, the Portuguese national team is difficult to do now, and now they are behind, can they continue to defend and counterattack now?
Van Marwijk was a surprise as he was thinking about how to deal with the Portuguese national team's counter-attack, and now they suddenly took the lead. Now it's not his brain-breaking experience, it's Paulo Bento's brain-breaking experience.
The fans of the Dutch national team at the scene were excited, and they all cheered very excitedly, very excited. They're finally ahead, they're just one step away from the last four of the World Cup, they're very excited because we're in the last four.
The faces of the fans of the Portuguese national team are very bad, the second half of the game has just begun, the Dutch gave them a blow, and the next game is difficult to play, what should they do at this time?