Chapter 41: Oliveira's Victory

Lao Lei, who was a little slow to react, was suddenly pressed under him by his Portuguese teammates who pounced on him to celebrate. The significance of this goal is not only to equalize, not only greatly reducing the pressure on the players, but also allowing Oliveira to make tactical choices more calmly at half-time, rather than passively. Portugal could start on the same starting line as Brazil in the second half without having to play the role of a chaser.

At this time, the whole Portuguese team was up and down, and at this time, in addition to joy, there were more surprises. Fans may not know what to do, but how can they not know that Lao Lei has never shown the ability to take free kicks, and he has not even trained. But this perfect long-lost in-situ instep free kick did really happen, and looking at the behavior of asking Figo for a free kick before the free kick was served, it didn't seem like a blind one, it was obviously intentional, and it was still very confident. So at this time, the Portuguese player who pressed on Lao Lei, the most frequent words shouted was: "How did you kid do it?" ”

They also asked the question in the heart of Mourinho, who was watching the live broadcast in front of the TV at this time, as the mentor who single-handedly promoted Lao Lei, he is undoubtedly the person who knows Lao Lei's true level best. Although Mourinho knows that Lao Lei often breaks out at an out-of-norm level, he has never heard of a free kick that can also break out. He knew that Lao Lei didn't have the ability to take this free kick at all, so he would position Andre as the team's first free kick taker in the Portuguese Super League. Mourinho doesn't believe that he can practice such a good free-kick footwork in the national team for a month, especially this kind of in-situ instep free-kick invented by Beckenbauer. He was puzzled, and only 3 words were in his mind at this time. Hell yes.

And after a short period of passion, the Portuguese commentator who calmed down still sighed: "The difficulty of Beckenbauer's unique in-situ instep free kick is that the player needs to have extremely good outside instep skills and calf strength. Precisely because the threshold is too high. In addition to having a high level of talent, it also takes a long time to practice. So it's rare for players to practise this free-kick style now. I really didn't expect that the young Rema would choose to practice this kind of free kick, and from this free kick, it should be extremely effective. It is hard to imagine that the Germans' lost stunt was inherited by a young Portuguese player. Perhaps in a few years, we will see a new free-kick master performing in world football. ”

Speaking of the most reluctant, the Portuguese commentator has already begun to can't help YY. He didn't know what to do. Lao Lei only relied on the help of the system to take such a free kick once. Let him do it again, he won't be able to die, at least not for a short time. Under the protest of the Brazilian captain Cafu, the old ray only got up from the grass at this time. When he was just pressed to the bottom, Lao Lei made up his mind in his heart, and he chose this for his future free kick trick, not to mention practicality. It's also very coquettish, and it's Lao Lei's favorite breed.

After the game restarted, because there were only a few minutes left in the first half, neither side dared to attack again. In case the opponent is caught at this time, he will score a goal. Then it's a lot of fun, and the blow to morale is very big. A few minutes after the two teams played the last few minutes with some tacit understanding, the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The players had to go back to the dressing room to rest. Listen to the coach's tactical set-up. And the fans also took advantage of this time to go to the toilet of the toilet. Eat and eat to prepare for the second half that is destined to be even more intense. This first half was undoubtedly satisfying for the fans. Two very wonderful goals and beautiful scenes can be regarded as the most exciting first half of the final of the World Cup in recent years. The 1-1 score in the first half is bound to make the two sides more fierce in the second half, presumably no one wants to drag the game into extra time or a brutal penalty shootout, fans are looking forward to another wonderful second half.

At this time, in the dressing room of Portugal, Oliveira was seizing the time to arrange the tactics for the second half. Judging from the first half, he could feel that Brazil did not fully exert their strength, and still had three points left. Therefore, the second half was the real test of Portugal's defence. But even this has not changed his attitude towards Brazil, he has absolute confidence in his team in terms of attacking power, you Brazil have super star individual ability, then I have a tacit and smooth overall cooperation.

On an offensive level, though, Oliveira feels he should make some changes. In the second half, he asked Lao Lei and Rui Costa to be more active in switching positions, rotating each other in the front and back courts, and the rotation should be frequent, and whoever is in the front court will be the core of the offensive organization. Oliveira could have imagined that Scolari would definitely make a tight defensive arrangement for Lao Lei in the second half, and he smiled in his heart, saying that I can't kill you.

Defensively, Oliveira did not make fundamental changes, only asking his defenders to be more determined to create offsides and be more decisive in tactical fouls. In his opinion, the goal conceded in the first half was a chance to be avoided. If either Conceição or Bento could have committed a decisive foul, there might not have been Ronaldo's brilliant one-on-one goal. He told his players that when they fouled, don't hold back, know that this is already the final, as long as you don't get sent off, it is not a big deal to get a yellow card.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly in Oliveira's set-up. Everyone is waiting for what could be the last 45 minutes of what could be the most important time in this World Cup. In the players' tunnel, Lao Lei ran into Ronaldinho as he walked out of the dressing room. After he saw Lao Lei, he walked over with a signature smile, and when he came to Lao Lei, he said firmly and appreciatively: "Leima's free kick is very beautiful, but the World Cup champion is ours." “

"We'll see!" After replying, Lao Lei didn't care about him and walked straight towards the court. Leave the greetings or anything until after the game. To a standing ovation from the entire Yokohama Stadium, players from both sides took their positions. Wait for the referee to blow the whistle for the start of the second half.

With a "beep", the much-anticipated second half finally began. The second half was first and foremost Portugal's possession. Lao Lei received the ball from Figo and faced Ronaldo, who was pressing. Knock directly to Bento next to him, and then start running to meet his teammates. And after the start of the second half, Lao Lei felt the difference. If he could have been able to pass and receive the ball easily in the first half, it wasn't so easy now because he was flanked by a Kleberson.

Looking at Kleberson, who was very close to him, Lao Lei Xin said that the boss was really like a god today. Since this is the case, after receiving the ball from Costa, he dialed it directly to Bento without stopping. Then Lao Lei suddenly stopped and did not continue to run. When Kleberson was still a little confused. Bento has handed over the football to Rui Costa in the front court, allowing Rui Costa to organise the play. And Lao Lei himself returned to the position of the back and did not care about Kleberson next to him.

At this time, Kleberson looked like he was lazy on the field, because Lao Lei was now just carrying out the task of simply passing and receiving the ball, and after receiving the ball, he was separated with one kick. Kleberson, who was following him, was very confused about what he should do, and whether he should continue to follow the head coach's arrangement to defend Portugal's No. 13. Eventually, he handed the issue to Scolari on the sidelines, setting his lost eyes on his manager.

Scolari, on the sidelines, didn't look good either, and he now realised that he had been struck by Oliveira again. He's scolding his mother in his heart right now. He has been coaching for so many years, and he has never seen a team that rotates the core of the organization like this. Finally, he reluctantly waved his hand to Kleberson. Go back to the original position, if he's in the back, don't follow the defense.

Actually, it's no wonder that Scolari didn't expect it. That's where this Portuguese team gets the most trouble. A Rui Costa has been partnering with this group of teammates for a long time, and it is already a very tacit understanding. has also been serving as the core of the organization, and another old Ray. It belongs to the rare type of active organization, basically teammates only need to hand the ball to him, and he will guide and distribute, as long as the players have a basic sense of running and cooperation, he can almost organize. It is because of this that Portugal has been able to rotate so smoothly between the core of the organization, without the slightest stagnation.

Scolari's tactics against Portugal's playmaking core were unsuccessful, and Portugal's fluid ground play remained. made him a little embarrassed in terms of face, and said ruthlessly in his heart, winning tactically does not mean winning the game, let's see. After the start of the second half, Brazil and Portugal once again reached a draw on the field, and the pace of the game was fierce, but no one could suppress anyone.

In the second half, the players of both sides adopted a more ferocious defensive strategy in the midfield, and launched a tight encirclement of the core players of both sides. In such a chaotic situation, Brazil, which still has many stars, took the lead in playing the first threatening attack of the second half.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Ronaldinho stuck the old ray behind him and took the lead in the ball driven by Marcos's big foot. He flicked his header to Rivaldo, who was behind him, and then spun around quickly and accelerated forward. Rivaldo understood it, and he didn't stop the ball, and with a hook of his foot in the air, the football flew in front of Ronaldinho. In the face of the football that was still parked in the air, Ronaldinho still didn't stop the ball and stretched out his foot to give it to Ronaldo, who was pulled to the left side.

Without stopping the ball again, Ronaldo knocked back to Rivaldo, who had already plugged in the back row. In the face of football, Rivaldo did not let the ball fall to the ground, but showed his excellent ball sense, and as he advanced, he bounced the ball twice. This time, these three people continued to hit the wall without stopping the ball in the air, and they immediately messed up the Portuguese defense. There was no way to do it, and it was about to be penetrated, but Lao Lei reluctantly bumped into him behind Rivaldo, and did not let this cooperation continue, allowing Brazil to get a free kick in front.

At this time, Lao Lei became a reckless man who destroyed art in the eyes of all Brazilians, and the boos suddenly rang out, and he said I was just about to see the climax, why did you interrupt it. In addition to them, Lao Lei, who was standing on the field, was also very unhappy. He didn't like such a forced foul, because it proved that there was nothing he could do. Just like this cooperation, there was nothing wrong with their own side's defensive arrangement, positioning, and movements, but they were forcibly penetrated by their momentary aura. And that's exactly what Brazilian football is all about.

Just when Lao Lei was upset, Ronaldinho walked up to Lao Lei, winked at him provocatively, and signaled that we are such a cow.

Immediately, Lao Lei's unhappiness doubled. (To be continued......)