Chapter 1163: Ronaldo in excellent condition

Although most of the 1/8 finals between Argentina and France were testing each other and did not use all their offensive ability, it was still difficult to avoid accidents in the process of the game, and in the 36th minute of the game, the central defender Varane who played for Valencia did not reach the top of the football in his own corner kick attack, but caused the self-swinging own goal of the central defender Rojo.

In this way, Argentina fell behind by the score.

However, Seon was a blessing in his miss, and for neutral fans, the unexpected goal was the turning point of the game.

Argentina, who accidentally conceded a goal, had to increase the number of troops invested in the attack, and the forward line composed of Messi, Higuain and Aguero gradually showed its due power.

The pressure is mounting at the back of Debich, Koscielny, Raphael Varane and Patrice Evra, with Patrice Evra, who is in his thirties, a key breakthrough at the back for France.

In the beginning, Patrice Evra could still rely on his rich defensive experience to do his job, but as Messi and Di Maria, who were both fast and technical, took turns to attack, Evra's weakness of slow turning caused by his age was gradually exposed.

Before the end of the first half, Messi habitually accelerated inward on the right side of his attack, opening the legendary 'Messi corridor', Evra didn't have time to foul, and Matuidi, who was on the left side of the defense, was forced to leave his defensive area.

As a result, Messi flicked the ball with his left foot and passed it to his good friend Aguero, who passed the ball to the penalty area with the inside of his right foot without stopping.

And this route is the route where Messi cut into the penalty area, Varane's defensive awareness is very strong, and he subconsciously fell to the ground and slid the tackle, wanting to block the ball, but Aguero's passing speed is very fast, and it takes a certain amount of time for Varane's long legs to stretch out.

Other words...... The ball almost grazed Varane's toes into the box.

What happened next was very simple for a player of Messi's calibre, as he calmly rubbed a half-high ball with his left foot in the face of the attacking goalkeeper Lloris, and the football hung straight into the top left corner of the goal, and Argentina equalized.

In the second half, Messi's form became better and better, and the veteran Evra's defensive pressure increased, just when Deschamps was about to remove Evra and replace him with another full-back, an accident happened.

Patrice Evra defended Messi with all his might, exerting a lot of energy, and many times he was doing anaerobic exercises, so he twisted his left ankle when he continued to change the center of his body.

Messi, who has completed a wonderful breakthrough, will naturally not stop, he once again faced Varane's defense is a very unreasonable straight line breakthrough, Varane's speed and explosiveness are fast, but Messi's legs are short and fast, and his feet are faster, and he swept the ball to the front of the small penalty area first.

Aguero stood out from the crowd with a good understanding, grabbed Koscielny and kicked it towards the goal, even though Lloris reacted very quickly, but he was helpless to be too close to each other, and the football flew into the goal without suspense, and Argentina overtook the score!

From the lead to the bottom, the psychology of the French players is broken, coupled with Evra's non-combat losses, the morale of the team is really too big......

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The French players worked very hard, and Pogba was like another Zidane, but he was still a little younger, and he began to gradually choose to rely on himself to help the team solve the current situation, but ignored the importance of the whole.

In the 74th minute, it was Mascherano's seemingly ferocious but very accurate tackle on the side that cut off the ball, Argentina played a quick counterattack on the spot, and finally Higuain, who was outflanked in the middle, sent the ball into the goal, and Argentina extended the score.

And this goal was also the last goal of the game.

In the end, Argentina defeated France with a score of 3:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Two hours later, the other quarter-final was played at El Salvador's Estadio Nueva Waters, between the European Red Devils Belgium and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.

The match also attracted a lot of attention, with Belgium in the top five of 32 teams combined, with Portugal only in seventh place, and that was based on captain Cristiano Ronaldo occupying almost 100 million euros.

However, Belgium is still a little worried, although their players are very good at individual ability, but their World Cup experience is completely zero, and the grade of the head coach is not very high, compared to the experience of the Portuguese team, Belgium has become a bit of a scumbag.

The 1/8 final between Belgium and Portugal continued at the Xinshuiyuan Stadium to be full, and the Portuguese and Belgian fans surrounded the entire stand.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the biggest contributor to Portugal's promotion to the round of 16, so the Portuguese fans cheered for him the loudest, and the hoarse cheers were overwhelming, and the whole stadium seemed to tremble slightly.

Cristiano Ronaldo's form came very quickly under the roar of the Portuguese fans throughout the stadium, and he almost broke the deadlock in the ninth minute of the game.

If it weren't for the help of the goal post, Portugal would have taken the lead.

After this dangerous goal, Belgium's two-man midfielder Wiedserl and Marouane Fellaini chose to take turns to defend Cristiano Ronaldo, preventing him from breaking through with the ball easily.

The change paid off quickly, but as Cristiano Ronaldo got used to his tough defensive intensity, his threat came back on display.

In the 27th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo received Nani's breakthrough and was about to shoot from a distance, Fellaini, who was in a tense state, subconsciously pushed it with his hand, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who was ready to shoot, lost his body center of gravity and fell to the ground under this gentle touch.

The referee was aware of the situation and decisively awarded a direct free kick to Portugal about 30 meters from goal.

He also gave Fellaini, who had repeatedly committed fouls, a yellow card and warned him not to control his emotions and movements in the rest of the game.

“Goooooooooooooooooal!!” As Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free-kick hung into the top left corner of the goal, the Portuguese national television commentator roared hysterically: "The ball is in, the ball is in!" Our captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second direct free-kick of the World Cup in Brazil and his sixth goal of the tournament, just one goal away from Ai! ”