Chapter 591: Battle of Portugal (7)
Fernando Santos looked at his watch, it was already 80 minutes, and it had been 5 minutes since he changed to number 10, and the score was still 1-3. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
To relieve his nervousness, Fernando Santos had been drinking water, but his trembling hand holding the water bottle was captured on camera.
The fluttering appearance of the water bottle makes many people feel sorry for the old coach, but this is football, in 2002, the European champion France returned home in the group stage, and the head coach immediately changed from a European Cup hero to a national sinner.
Football still speaks with strength, and the loser is not eligible for sympathy, and at the same time, the on-site director gave the camera to Li Guo, and the two formed a stark contrast.
Li Guo was chewing gum and talking and laughing with his assistant Chen An.
Since Li Guo led the team in 2007, the Chinese team has not performed well in the first game of the competition, and lost the first game of the Copa America two years ago, and this is the first time that the Chinese team has won the first game of the competition, and it has won two.
Of course, the game is not over yet, maybe the Chinese team will still score, maybe Portugal has not given up.
At this time, there was a commotion at the scene, what's wrong?
Li Guo turned his head to see that the bandaged Ronaldo limped back to the field, he heard that the team was 1-3 behind, and he had to come back to help the team play no matter what.
"Don't give up, think about the European Cup, how difficult it is for us, in the third game of the group stage, we were almost eliminated,"
"And the final, Eder, yes, you saved us."
'Cristiano, don't shout, the pitch is too noisy for them to hear,' said the manager.
Ronaldo is like a child, anxious, there are still 10 minutes, plus injury time, if the offensive efficiency is a little higher, maybe there will be a miraculous equaliser.
The Portuguese players on the field also saw Ronaldo limping back, and Ronaldo was holding his stump leg to fight side by side with everyone on the sidelines of the European Cup.
Li Guo stood up suddenly, he knew what Ronaldo wanted to do, that is, to play the mourning soldier to win, standing pitifully on the sidelines, if the Portuguese players on the field gritted their teeth and worked hard, the Chinese team would not be able to do it.
Li Guo pointed at Ronaldo at the fourth official, "I remember that Portugal has only one head coach, who is this?" ā
As soon as these words came out, half of the players on the Portuguese bench rushed out, and Li Guo was clearly provoking trouble.
Unexpectedly, there was only one person rushing out of the Chinese team, and that was Ji Ke, who stood behind Li Guo.
The fourth official stood in the middle and signaled to both of you not to make trouble for me, and he specially instructed Li Guo, "I know you like to make trouble very much, but I hope you don't play in this game, otherwise I can guarantee that the consequences will be serious." ā
Li Guo raised his hands flat, which means that I will not make trouble.
But being made so by Li Guo, Ronaldo was also disgusted, and he didn't feel good in his heart, and what was originally a bitter drama turned into a palace fighting drama.
Cristiano Ronaldo retreated to the bench and sat down.
Fernando Santos stretched out three fingers in his left hand and four fingers in his right hand, and the formation on the field changed to 343, and the back line rushed up to one person, and that person was Pepe.
Now Portugal is Pepe and Eder double center forwards smashed. On the Chinese team's side, Zhou Dun also retreated to the back line, this is the cruelty of the cup, every game is a battle of life and death, you have to work hard, and the opponent has to fight hard with you.
"Portugal won a corner," Liu said, while the fourth official also raised the sign for stoppage time, which was four minutes into stoppage time.
Li Guo was so nervous that he kept pacing on the sidelines, injury time, in the history of football, there are too many stories of injury and stoppage time.
In 1999, Manchester United reversed Bayern Munich by two goals in injury time, and in 2014, Real Madrid equalized in injury time in the Champions League, and finally reversed in extra time.
Goalkeeper Patricio also rushed up and the box was full of people, and Nani walked to the corner flag area to take the corner.
Nani raised two fingers, meaning the second tactic, the arc of the ball was very large, and when it came to the penalty area, Pepe and Zhou Dun were grabbing points, and finally the two touched the ball almost at the same time, and the ball flew out of the bottom line.
Pepe hurriedly ran back, Portugal was empty behind him, even the goalkeeper came up, just when Wang Dalei was about to kick off the goal, the referee listened to the assistant referee's opinion, the ball was Zhou Dun's last touch, which means that Portugal continued to take corner kicks.
Nani ran to the other side to take a corner, and Ronaldo stood on the sidelines again, "Come on, score one." ā
Nani looked at the middle and took a deep breath, this time Nani kicked the ball high, the ball was spinning, and the arc was big.
In the crowd, a big man jumped high, Portugal's tallest Wundt, and he headed the ball to the back post.
Usually the people next to the goalpost are small people, and at this time at the goalpost are Mu Fei of the Chinese team and Portuguese left-back Guerrero.
Guerrero stretched out before Mu Fei and touched the ball into the goal, the ball went in?
The reason why it is doubtful is that the players of the Chinese team are protesting, because Mu Fei and Guerrero are foot to foot, and this ball can be regarded as a Guerrero stepping foul.
At this point, it depends on how the referee decides.
Liu Jianhong watched the replay again, "This is definitely a pedaling, this is a foul." ā
But in the end, the referee ruled that the goal was valid, and Portugal pulled one back, 2-3.
The audience cheered, Ronaldo looked at the time, there is still 1 minute and 30 seconds, will a miracle happen?
The Chinese team didn't argue with the referee, anyway, the ball was the Chinese team after kick-off, as long as they didn't lose the ball, there was not much time left.
Chen Green kicked off in the middle circle and handed the ball to Qu Bo, who ran to the sideline after taking the ball, and the Portuguese players immediately understood what the Chinese players wanted to do, which was to go to the corner flag to protect the ball and consume time.
It's a bit of a vile trick, but it works, and it's usually used in the final moments of a match.
Qu Bo faced the corner flag and protected the ball, Cedric and Carvalho were sandwiched, Qu Bo bowed to protect the ball, and he must not lose it.
Cedric pushed, Carvalho cut the ball away, but at the same time, the referee's whistle also sounded, Carvalho angrily kicked the ball away, and also received a yellow card, Carvalho knew that there was no chance, the Chinese team won a free kick, they will definitely grind in the corner flag area, and repeat the trick.
Sure enough, Zhou Dun and Chen Green came to take a free kick, Chen Green pushed, and then Zhou Dun bowed to protect it.
The whole audience booed, the Chinese team was too scoundrel, the Portuguese fans were especially angry, Ronaldo on the sidelines didn't see it that way, he could only say that the Chinese team was too old and spicy, which was also allowed by the rules, just like that, the Chinese team cooperated with the corner flag and held the last minute and thirty seconds.
The referee blew three long whistles, the game was over, and the Chinese team won the first game of the World Cup.