Chapter 36: The Battle of Portugal and Belgium (7)

At the end of the first half, the opposing sides walked off the pitch with different moods and entered the dressing room, the Portuguese team led for most of the first half, but was equalized at the juncture of Zuihou and was overtaken, which will definitely have a great impact on their mentality.

Looking at the disappointed expressions of Jin Mauro and others, you can know that this situation is definitely not what they want to see, originally thought that they could complete revenge at home, although the fact that the Shijie Cup was eliminated has long been impossible to change, but if Belgium can be excluded from the European Cup finals, it can be regarded as revenge.

But the current situation seems to be out of their control.

When they were ahead, they thought they had the chance to win, but when the first half was about to end, they were equalized by Vermaelen, a rookie, with a header, and then they were counterattacked by Degan, the biggest enemy, to overtake him.

The opposite of the depressed Portuguese was naturally the elated Belgians, and Digan Zuihou always overtook the score, which was a surprise for them, everything came so suddenly that they were a little unimaginable.

"We took the Portuguese by surprise!"

Deegan also couldn't contain his excitement, the goal before the end of the first half was also outside of him, and he didn't expect the Portuguese, who has always emphasized control, to make such a mistake.

"Now the game is under our control, the next thing we have to do is to keep this advantage until the end of the game, in the second half we have to continue to put pressure on the Portuguese, they will definitely attack, but the score is behind, it will make them become agitated, once their mentality is wrong, there will be continuous mistakes, at that time, it will be our chance, seize the opportunity, and then give the Portuguese a fatal blow, let them say goodbye to next year's European Championship completely!"

The Belgians knew what to do, and the Portuguese knew they were cornered.

"Are you going to go to the European Championship with such a performance?" Scolari was very unhappy with the first half of the game, what he expected to see, the team did not show at all, although the team's attack looked fierce, most of the time the Belgian was suppressed in the half, but the situation was superior and useless, and the football game was compared to Zuihou's scoreline, not possession.

"Ricardo!" Scolari walked in front of Quaresma with a cold face, those eyes shot straight into people's hearts, so that Quaresma couldn't help but lower his head, "Raise your head and look at me, or are you just going to run away, Ricardo. Mr. Quaresma, I have given you enough trust, but please answer me, how did you repay the trust I gave? I told you before the game that your job was to keep attacking the Belgians on the left and putting pressure on them, but did you do that? Looking at your performance in the first half, I have to admit that you are indeed a magician on the football field, because you always get the ball at the feet of our opponents when we don't expect it, Quaresma! I'm so disappointed in you, I want you to remember that this is not Porto, in the Portuguese national team, no one will take care of you like a baby in the palm of your hand, if you can't adapt to this team, then I can only let you go, you don't have to play in the second half, I will send Simao, I want you to see from the sidelines how he executes my tactics, if we can win this game and qualify for the European Championship, I hope you can understand how to survive in the Portuguese national team! ”

Quaresma didn't expect Scolari to replace him, and when the first half was over, he was still trying to prove himself again in the second half, leading Portugal to victory on his own, and proving that he was no worse than Camuro.

Although he and Camuro are usually very friends in private, but watching Camuro succeed step by step in a giant like Manchester United, he can only dominate in Portugal and entertain himself, it is impossible for him not to be jealous, but Scolari obviously does not plan to give him this opportunity.

"Nope! You can't do that! Quaresma stood up on impulse and retorted loudly, "You can't put all the blame on me, you can't use me as a scapegoat for your failures!" ”

Scolari didn't expect Quaresma to resist so fiercely, although he was annoyed, but more disappointed, a person who can't learn to control his emotions can't succeed at all, sneered, and said: "Of course I can do this, I'm still the head coach of this team, everything here is up to me, now, Mr. Quaresma, please go out and calm down!" ”

Seeing that no one stood up to speak for him, Quaresma was even more angry in his heart: "Okay! You will regret your decision today and tell you, Brazilian, as long as you sit in the position of head coach of the national team for a day, I will never play for this team! ”

After Quaresma finished speaking, he slammed the door and left, Scolari didn't care, he was now thinking about how to win the match: "Okay! Now let's continue, in the second half we have to continue to play two wings, Cristiano, Simao, you two have to keep attacking from both sides in the second half, Cristiano, cut in decisively when the time comes, threaten the Belgian goal with your long-range shot, Pauleta, your task is to contain the Belgian centre-back, pull him out of the box, or block him, create chances for your teammates to shoot, boys! We prove to this shijie that our chances are running out, seize the opportunity in front of us, don't leave yourself with regrets, remember one sentence, the European Championship is not perfect without Portugal and we can't let the worst happen! ”

Scolari looked full of confidence and his confidence was contagious to the Portuguese players, and at the beginning of the second half, Portugal launched a fierce attack on the Belgian half, and there were endless wonderful scenes, but unfortunately their luck was a little bit worse today, and several shots failed to score.

The successive attacks were fruitless, which also made the Portuguese restless, and the usually calm Scolari couldn't sit still at this time, and kept walking to the sidelines, shouting and reminding his players.

Belgium's goal looked like it was stormy, but they were not in a hurry, but took advantage of the gap between the Portuguese attacks and played several high-quality counterattacks, so that the Portuguese team did not dare to really let go of the attack.

As the minutes ticked by, the score was still 1:2, and with the home team in front, Belgium's one-goal lead seemed to be unshakable.

"The Portuguese have done their best, but it seems that they can't pose much threat to the Belgian goal, the Portuguese team's tactics are indeed very distinctive, but unfortunately, the Belgians seem to be doing better!"

Eighty-five minutes into the game, the Portuguese players have been under the repeated attacks, exerting too much energy, although they are still persistent, but everyone can see that they have not many chances, the Belgian team in the second half can almost be called the whole line of retraction defense, as a striker Digan even pushed to his own half to participate in the defense.

The Portuguese are criticizing the Belgian team for their negative game, but this is football, heroes are always judged by success or failure, and the Portuguese are just dissatisfied, as long as they lose the game, they are losers.

After a long attack, Camuro was also a little anxious, and when the football was passed to his feet again, Camuro did not follow Scolari's tactics and start the attack from the side, but directly from the front, towards the Belgian penalty area.

The speed of the golden mulo is still very fast, but the action of dribbling the ball does not look as chic as at the beginning of the game, and his physical fitness is almost to the limit, and he has done dozens of minutes of running back and forth on the court, even the real iron man can't hold it.

Suddenly, the Golden Mauro, who was impacting at high speed, fell, and the stands immediately booed, but the referee was unmoved, although on the side of the court, Scolari's hideous expression, eager to break him to pieces, but he was still very sure that there was no foul, and the game continued.

Golden Mulo sat on the ground and looked at the back of the man who was rushing forward with the ball.

Vermaelen!

Is this still the rookie who was teased by him at the beginning of the game?

Of course, the golden mulo knew very well what had just happened, and the steal was clean, he just habitually jumped into the water.

The football was assigned to the left wing, and after Simmons, who was quiet and almost normal in the game, got the ball, he quickly rushed along the side, and Miguel, who defended him, was also a fierce general, but he couldn't run at this time, and Simmons calmly crossed with his feet.

When the ball reached the penalty area, Deegan jumped to the top of the ball, and Pepe, who defended him, was completely crushed by him, and as long as Deegan could hold the ball, the hope of sealing the victory would be very high.

But at this time, there was a sudden change on the court, and Pepe, who couldn't compete with Degan, suddenly bowed his body, which caught Degan, who had already fallen, off guard, and the whole person smashed on Pepe's back, and then fell to the ground, at this moment, Degan felt that his entire upper body had lost his intuition.

The referee's whistle sounded at the first time, and his hand pointed to the penalty spot, and players from both sides ran towards the place of the incident, but at this time, Pepe suddenly broke out.