No. 325 Captain's battle that is not favored
The live broadcast of this match between Portugal and Brazil has been going on since this time.
In front of the TV, many people watched as Jonk wore headphones and seemed to be talking to whom, but unfortunately, reporters were not allowed to broadcast the players' calls live, and many people were thinking about who Jonk was talking to and what he was talking about. They are adamant that the conversation is inseparable from the fact that Jonker will be Portugal's captain on the field.
On the bus, Jonk was still on the phone, he was chatting with Nani, who missed the match against Brazil due to muscle soreness, which also made the kid very uncomfortable.
Nani was still nagging on the other end of the phone, "This game is a good lesson for the Brazilians, but if I can play in this game, the captain's armband will not have anything to do with you." β
Jonker rolled his eyes, this guy is still the same virtue as before.
What will happen to his first Portugal game as captain?
Jonk looked at Queiroz, who was sitting in the front row.
Queiroz closed his eyes and seemed to be in control, not worrying about Portugal's big defeat to the mighty Brazil today.
The Portuguese bus soon arrived at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, which is located a lot from Doha and will be the main stadium of the 2011 Asian Cup.
"Jonk, playing for the first time as Portugal captain, does it feel any different?" A reporter from the newspaper Sport Milano asked, "Nothing different. Jonker laughed, "The captain's armband only makes me more combative." β
As Jonker and his teammates warmed up, they looked into the stands at the Khalifa Stadium. The Khalifa Stadium, which can accommodate up to 50,000 people, is almost impossible to see empty seats, and the fans are very enthusiastic about the game.
When the Portuguese team finished warming up and walked back towards the players' corridor, they saw the Brazilian team come out to warm up, and Kaka squeezed his eyes at Jonker and gave a thumbs up. It means to joke that Jonker will wear the captain's armband today and become the boss of Portugal.
"Haha, I think more attention was paid today to the moment when Joan Ke walked out of the tunnel with the captain's armband around his arm. Behind him. It's going to be the lads of the Portuguese team. As a die-hard fan of Jonker, Taibby is a strong supporter of Queiroz's 'great decision,' "The captain should be the best in a team. The strongest. The player who can shock and deter the opponent the most, in my opinion, there is no more suitable than Jonker, I believe that any opponent, as long as they see Jonk with the Portuguese team there, is terrified. That's what we want to do, and that gives confidence to other people and the fans. β
In the dressing room of the Brazilian team, Dunga has already explained the tactical arrangements. Now it's free time for the players.
Thiago sitting there with his head down. Silva's body was trembling slightly, and the knuckles of one of his hands were white.
"Hey. Thiago. What happened to you? Kaka gently touched Thiago beside him. Silva. Asked with concern.
Kaka is 27 years old this year, this is the most golden age of a player, for next summer's World Cup in South Africa, Kaka is quite important, he knows that this is his most likely opportunity to stand on top of the world, although Kaka also won the Hercules Cup with the Brazilian team in 2002, but, that time, Kaka did not even get a minute of playing time, and he is looking forward to leading the Brazilian team to stand on the top of the world again.
Kaka gets along well with the team and everyone else has a good relationship with him. Thiago. Silva was Kaka's former team-mate at AC Milan, not to mention Thiago. Silva joins AC Milan, Thiago. Silva also confessed that it was because Milan had Thiago. It was Brazil internationals such as Silva and Dida that made him determined to become a member of the Rossoneri.
Hearing Kaka's concerned inquiry, Thiago. Silva stopped the slight trembling of his body. He looked up and grinned at Kaka. showed a mouthful of white teeth: "It's nothing, I am a little excited to think that I can meet Jonk again in the game for a while......"
Kaka smiled too, Thiago. Silva is not convinced and wants revenge, in Real Madrid's two-time contract AC Milan game, Thiago. Silva did well enough, however, Jonk scored five goals in two games to give Thiago a goal. Silva was depressed, and he was going to give Jonk some color today.
Kaka patted Thiago. Silva's shoulder, he is able to understand Thiago. Silva has that kind of longing for his opponent in his heart.
In the stands of the Khalifa Stadium, there are also spies sent by other world powers. They watched the matches between the two teams from the stands, gathering first-hand information on the staff of the various national teams. They are all coaches on their respective teams, and they came to Harris Field on a mission to spy on the military, and of course, these days are national team days, and Brazil and Portugal have sent their coaches around the world to act as 'spies'.
This Portugal-Brazil match is a good opportunity for the other teams to get a closer look at Brazil and Portugal, the 2008 European champions and the favourites to win the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Such a Mars collision with the Earth is a rare and undesirable event. The spies of various countries in the stands are the most eager to see the real showdown between the two teams.
However, with the major international players of the Portuguese team being injured one after another and unable to participate in this game, the gold content of the European championship has dropped suddenly, so in today's game, what they value in the stands is not the table of the 2008 European Cup champion Portugal team, but the actions of the Brazilian team with a neat lineup.
Compared with Portugal's remnants, the Brazilian team can also be described as strong. On all lines, there are top players pressing the line, and the offensive trident of Kaka, Robinho, and Fabiano is enough to make any opponent fearful.
Queiroz walked into the locker room with a stack of newspapers. He threw the newspaper on the table with a 'pop'.
The Portuguese players, who were still chatting in a low voice, immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Queiroz.
"It's fine. You go on," Queiroz said, glancing at the players.
! In this way, who would dare to continue to idle and chat.
"Okay. If you don't speak, I'll do it. Queiroz raised the newspapers in his hand, in fact, everyone's attention was already on the newspapers, and they didn't understand what Queiroz was doing, only Jonk and a few others vaguely understood what was going on.
"They look down on you, whether it's Italian or Spanish. Or the newspapers in Brazil, or even the newspapers in Portugal, talk about the game, people always talk about how the Brazilian team is. Said they were able to score a few goals. Queiroz put the newspaper down, "I'm angry, in fact, I'm even angrier than you." This is contempt for me! I said my players are the best. They are European champions! And these guys are talking nonsense like this, which is undoubtedly the most infuriating. β
"Remember, you're the best, what are Brazilians? They are what we are going to step on in next year's World Cup. β
Queiroz is indeed very good at boosting morale, and in a few words, most of the fringe internationals of the Portuguese team were stirred up, one by one. To defend the glory of the European champions, at this time. A group of people, including CoentrΓ£o, have forgotten one thing at all, that is, Portugal is the European champion, which is true, but this European championship has little to do with them, they are real rookie internationals.
Now, with Queiroz's encouragement, they are all very excited.
This is Queiroz, Jonk is also very excited, he is excited not because of these words and what Queiroz said, but because of this atmosphere, in the dressing room of Real Madrid, Pellegrini is far less passionate than Queiroz, which makes Jonke, who has experienced two managers of Ferguson and Queiroz, feel unpleasant.
Players from both sides stand in the tunnel of the players.
Kaka, Robinho and Elano and others all congratulated Jonk on becoming the captain of Portugal, Jonk smiled and thanked them for their congratulations, don't be surprised, this game is a warm-up game, plus although the Brazilian team and Portugal have a grudge, but it is not the endless rivalry between Portugal and Argentina, the atmosphere is still good.
Of course, after the game starts, everyone will be strict and treat the game.
Standing at the front of the team side by side with Brazil's captain Lucio, Jonker could clearly hear the singing and cheers coming from the Caliphate, and he even looked back at the team.
Oh - this is his team!
When Jonker took the lead and led the Portuguese team on the pitch, the Portuguese fans in the stands let out a huge cheer, they chanted Jonker's name over and over again, and at this time, Jonk felt more like a captain.
"We have a survey from The Guardian on our side, what is your attitude towards Queiroz's selection of Jonker as Portugal's captain for this game?" Seeing that the game had not yet started, Lineker changed the subject and said, "The result is interesting. β
"There are 25 percent of the fans who clearly support Jonk to wear the captain's armband of the Portuguese team, in addition to the Chinese group who will definitely support Jonker, according to the survey, the fans of Sporting Lisbon and the fans of Porto are the most supportive of this matter, the two Portuguese Super League rivals have reached a consensus on something, but it has never been, it seems that not only Sporting Lisbon fans still miss Jonker, Porto fans also hope to see the world's No. 1 striker in the club's starting lineup one day."
"Haha, if that's not too surprising, it's surprising that Benfica fans are also very supportive." Lineker continued.
"Well, I'm willing to bet that after the game, Jonker's supporters will increase to 38 percent, and that 13 percent of fans will find that Jonk is worthy of their trust." Taibbi said that all Portuguese people knew that he was a die-hard fan of Jonker.
The referee of this game is the referee from the island country Yuichi Nishimura, the international referee of the island country is one of the referees trained by the AFC.
Yuichi Nishimura blew the whistle for the start of the match, Fabiano knocked the ball to Robinho and the 'Cyclist' knocked the ball back to Kaka.
Kaka didn't continue to pass back, but after a false shot. Start to break through with the ball.
Jonk rushed towards Kaka, intending to stop Kaka from dribbling the ball, and the Khalifa Stadium's flashing lights went viral. The rivalry between Real Madrid's two superstars can only be seen at this time.
Jonker is not a defender after all, and Kaka faces Jonk's up-and-coming snatch, deftly slashes the ball to the right, and shakes it effortlessly past Jonk.
The Brazilian fans in the stands immediately burst into applause and cheered for Kaka.
Jonk smiled wryly and looked at Kaka's back as he continued to run wildly with the ball. He didn't keep chasing back, and it wasn't his job to defend after all.
Breaking through Jonker, who continued to dribble forward in midfield, Veloso rushed over. Kaka made a sharp stop and then pushed the ball to the right, Gilberto. Silva got the ball and Meireles immediately lunged at him fiercely. Brazilians like to show off their skills. There used to be a joke. The story is that Brazil never score a lightning goal in the opening game, because everyone needs to show off their footwork when they receive the ball.
Gilberto. Silva faced Merreles' ferocious up-and-forth, ? A free and casual bicycle pedal shook off Mereles.
There were bursts of boos and the Portuguese fans marveled at the Brazilian's skills.
"The media in Brazil have been criticizing Dunga's team for being too conservative and not having the artistic look at the skills of their players, and I don't know if it's because the Brazilian fans are too demanding or if the world is crazy." Taibbi teased.
Gilberto. Silva passed the ball to Robinho, who had returned to pick it up. 'Bike Kid' took a few steps forward and knocked the ball to Kaka, who came in the middle to pick it up.
'The Brazilian has burst into the box. Portugal haven't even touched the ball yet, the Brazilian's technique is too good, and this game, for the Portuguese team, is a good opportunity to practice how to defend against a strong team with this technical flow. Lineker said, in a tone that was clearly not optimistic about the outcome of Portugal's game today. After all, Brazil is strong, and Portugal is almost an absolute substitute today.
In the end, the attack ended with Robinho's shot high over the crossbar, but it was Brazil's series of wonderful passes that were the highlight of the attack.
Brazil's attacks were one after another.
Kaka did not continue to dribble the ball after breaking through Meireles' defence, but pushed the ball forward, and the ball returned to Robinho's feet.
A one-time wall-to-wall fit.
Moutinho immediately came up to intercept Robinho, and he and Robinho got tangled in front of the penalty area, but, despite Moutinho's efforts, the ball was still controlled by the small Brazilian at his feet.
"Robinho's technique is really amazing, the football is at his feet, it's like an exhibition game."
Robinho circled Moutinho, who had been shaken by him, and went forward to the ball, but the football was too big, but fortunately, Robinho's speed was very fast, and before the football went out of the bottom line, he controlled the football and stepped on it, which made Alves have to come up to intercept, Robinho immediately also scored the ball, the ball went to Melo's feet, Melo continued to divide the side, McCone came up to catch the ball, and the Brazilian team quickly completed the transfer of the ball.
McCone looked at the Portuguese team's penalty area, and now, with Fabiano here, his header ability is good, and the Brazilian team can also try to head the ball, McCone immediately got up with his right foot-
Cross!
Neto had already defended this, he got ahead of Fabiano and pushed the ball out, but the ball was not far and Melo swept the ball away to Elano.
Elano took control of the ball at his feet, looked at the Portuguese penalty area, smiled and crossed again.
This is one? Half-high ball, almost knee-high.
The football flew towards the penalty area at a high speed with a strange arc. We have to admire Elano's footwork. The kind of ball he passes is difficult to deal with, the defender will play an own goal if he doesn't do it well, and the striker can score a goal with a slight touch.
"Beautiful! Elano's pass. Lineker praised that because it was a friendly match, the commentator's feelings were still relatively relaxed, and he could also praise the opponent's table, and what made the Portuguese proud was that Elano was a star cultivated in the Premier League, Elano played in the Russian Premier League before, and then Dunga introduced Elano to Manchester City manager Eriksen, and he came to Manchester City.
The Brazilian team showed good tacit understanding and imagination in this attack.
At the moment of Elano's pass, Portugal in the penalty area. Fabiano suddenly retreated, which confused Alves, who was defending himself closely, and then. Before Alves could react, Fabiano made a 180-degree turn and shook off Alves' defense, Fabianu suddenly appeared in front of everyone, stretched out his right foot, and almost kicked the goal. Kicked on the football.
The ball in rapid flight suddenly changed direction and flew towards the goal. It should be said. Portugal's starting goalkeeper Forster reacted quickly, only to see him jump on the spot, stretching his right hand towards the ball, which was as good as touching the round ball.
But. Nor can he completely eliminate the threat. The ball was touched by his hand, then changed direction, hit the post and rolled to the goal line.
Neto was about to shovel the ball out of the door, but his foot slipped and he couldn't brake, hitting the ball into the net.
Own goal!
Foster was dumbfounded, for such a conceded goal. He is powerless, let alone him. 5 Buffon is also powerless.
Neto also looked extremely annoyed, he was a fringe international of the Portuguese team, and he rarely got the chance to start, but he did not expect to score an own goal, which made Neto suddenly gloomy about his future in the Portuguese team.
Fabiano's face was unhappy, in his mind, he was really unlucky, he would miss the goal, looking at Fabiano's unhappy eyes, Neto was even more depressed, he would rather the goal be credited to Fabiano's name. It's like scoring an own goal yourself.
Jonk walked over and patted Neto's shoulder, "Don't blame yourself, you can't be blamed for this ball." Rest assured, we still have time to equalise. β
As the captain of the field today, Jonker understands his responsibility, at this time, Neto must be very annoyed, and even a little discouraged, a word or two of comfort is very needed, Jonk is the captain of the field, and it is the duty to do these things. Besides, Jonker is not pure comfort, Neto is indeed unlucky, this kind of own goal can only be said to be an accident.
Neto looked at Jonker gratefully, as Jonk thought, for the 'fringe international' Neto, at this time, such a comforting word is really important.
The Brazilians were still celebrating the goal, and although Fabiano did not score himself, the own goal was also a 'sequelae' caused by Fabiano's goal, and the Brazilian players also came up to congratulate Fabiano.
It wasn't until Jonker came up to complain to referee Yuichi Nishimura that the Brazilian team's celebration was overtime, and under the dissuasion of Yuichi Nishimura, the Brazilian ended the celebration and returned to the center circle.
Kaka glanced at Jonker, who just complained to referee Yuichi Nishimura about the Brazilian team's celebration of timeout, which seemed a bit unexpected in this game, after all, this is only a warm-up game, and the Brazilian team is now only leading 1:0, generally speaking, there is rarely such a situation in warm-up games, after all, Portugal and Brazil are not sworn enemies like Argentina, and the warm-up game is also a battle of life and death.
However, Kaka's eyes stopped at the captain's armband on Jonker's arm, and there was an understanding smile on his face, Kaka can understand Jonker's importance and desire for this game, for a Chinese player Jonker, to be able to wear the captain's armband of the Portuguese team, the pressure must be very high, even if Jonk is the world's No. 1 star, this pressure may even crush him, and it is not easy to make the proud Portuguese accept a Chinese captain.
Jonk is going to prove himself in this game, he wants to show all the Portuguese fans!
Jonk is so motivated!
Brazil led Portugal 1-0 and the game resumed.
After 20 minutes of the game, the Brazilian team suppressed Portugal without any suspense, and the game was basically played in the Portuguese half, and in this game, the Portuguese team actually had only one main player on the pitch. The players are also some fringe internationals, and the tacit understanding between them can be imagined, especially in the midfield, where the midfield led by Veloso is almost difficult to organise an effective attack, and they lose possession of the ball in the midfield.
The Portuguese team lost control of the midfield, the situation can be imagined, they simply could not pose a threat to Brazil, in the case of the poor operation of the midfield, the Portuguese team had to return to the traditional style of play, playing a long pass attack routine, although the speed is fast, but the Brazilian two central defenders Lucio and Thiago. Silva's combination is considered the 'world's No. 1 centre-back pair', and this name is not blown. Under Silva's close defense and Bastos's interference, Jonk didn't get too good chances, and only once his header was slightly off the target, which shocked Cesar into a cold sweat, which was considered to warm up Cesar.
Not to mention Portugal's other striker, Jonker's strike partner today, Postiga, who hasn't had a shot on goal since the start of the game. (To be continued......)