As the captain on the field, Henrique represents the Portuguese team to guess coins. This is also an important part before the start of the football match. Generally, the referee organizes coin guessing. If the guess is correct, he usually chooses to pick the side. If he guesses incorrectly, he can kick off first.

In this way, neither side suffered a loss to show that the game was fair. Although Henrik guessed the heads and tails of the coin correctly, he didn't care about choosing sides and still chose the opportunity to kick off first.

After the opening, the Portuguese team did not play conservatively. On the premise of ensuring that certain members of the back line stood firm, the rest of the team could participate in the attack. This style of play also greatly exceeded the expectations of the opponents, leaving them unable to react for a while.

, and also made several good attacks.

As soon as the game started, Li Zhao made a bold move with his first touch of the ball. After passing two opposing players, he reached the outside edge of the penalty area, and then his powerful shot missed the goal slightly.

Then in the fifth minute of the game, the Portuguese team launched another unexpected attack. Li Zhao caught the carelessness of Botafogo's defense and passed a very penetrating pass, but faced

When the ball came, Gilberto on the striker was obviously not ready yet. The distance was not far or close to the goal, but such an opportunity was not to be missed, so in a hurry, he could only choose to fall to the ground and shoot. As expected.

Likewise, this hasty shot did not hit the foot accurately, and ended up being far from the target.

Although these two attacks failed to score a goal, the effect from the scene was still good, and it also gave the Botafogo team a wake-up call. Then Botafogo also started to counterattack. Their strength was already there.

Above the Portuguese, perhaps in the initial rapid attack and chaotic battle, the Portuguese still had a chance. After the initial exchange of offense and defense, the Botafogo team also began to stabilize its position and advance layer by layer. The result of this

The Portuguese's initiative on the court gradually shrank, and this situation also reflected the true strength comparison between the two teams. From ten minutes on, the Portuguese team was overwhelmed by their opponents for nearly twenty minutes.

While fighting, the entire situation fell into a passive position.

In the 16th minute, Botafogo's Bruno launched a threatening attack. After receiving a long pass from the player behind him, he directly entered the Portuguese penalty area. Diego, who was marking him, made an old habit again.

He actually missed someone in the penalty area. Fortunately, Valdomiro next to him made timely rescue and dared to use his body to block the ball out of the baseline before the opponent shot.

However, Diego did not make the same mistake again, and together with his companions, he blocked the opponent's fatal attacks twice. However, in the 23rd minute, the defense still failed to block Botafogo's consecutive attacks.

Attacking, the opponent scored first.

The executor of the active attack was still Bruno, but this time he did not eat alone. After attracting the attention of the two defensive players and the goalkeeper of the Portuguese team, he wisely passed the ball to another forward player who had a better position and opportunity.

Mike. And Mike also seized this opportunity and cleverly hit the lower left corner of the goal away from the goalkeeper. The Portuguese team's new goalkeeper Lima was beyond reach and could only watch the football enter the goal.

0-1, Botafogo SP, playing away from home, took the lead.

Although Li Zhao and Henrik performed well, they still cannot completely defend the entire defense line alone. However, the lack of personnel in the front and backcourt is their biggest weakness, and the opponent can also rush through the wing or long pass.

Hang around them and directly threaten the Portuguese defense.

Li Zhao also received special attention today. Even if he is not active in the opponent's half, there will still be people staring at him. He now occupies the top of the scorer list and has naturally become the focus of other people's research. If it is just this, he

He is confident that he will try his best to overcome it. After all, this is not the first time he has faced a similar problem. However, his shooting aim seems to have been affected today. Although the previous few shots were not too deflected, it always felt something was not right.

This was what really worried him. However, it was obviously impossible for Li Zhao to submit like this. He was still thinking of ways and looking for new opportunities.

"Did I forget to bring my shooting boots when I went out today? If it can't be done, I can just bring the ball to the goal!" Li Zhao thought in a wicked way. Of course, this kind of thing is more just a thought, he has

He has the confidence to surpass one, two or even three players on the other side, but after all, he is not Ronaldo, and this kind of thing cannot be done easily.

Although the home team is lagging behind and passive, which makes the fans uncomfortable, they have not given up and are still actively cheering for the team. This scene also moved Li Zhao and the others very much, and they fought even harder

.Although there was no effective counterattack for the time being, it did not give the opponent a chance to expand the score.

After another fruitless attack, Botafogo began to shrink its defense. After all, they already had a one-goal lead, and there was not much time left in the first half. The Botafogo coach's plan was naturally

Control the rhythm and wait for the second half to come again. This idea was not wrong at first, but it was this decision that gave the Portuguese team a chance.

Since Portuguese forward Gilberto Sosa received a yellow card in the previous defense, Figo replaced him with attacking midfielder Gabriel Javier, thus changing the formation to 4231.

In the process of shrinking the defense line, the Botafogo players did not fully implement the coach's tactical intentions. This also led to some players withdrawing, while some players still stayed in front, and those players were also careless.

The ball is thrown upside down.

The Botafogo midfielder holding the ball saw Henrik coming up to press him, so he passed the ball back to the back, but his kick was obviously too light. Under normal circumstances, such a return

Passing the ball was not a big problem, because by the time Henrik reacted, it was already too late to pursue him, but he ignored Li Zhao, who had already quietly cruised nearby.

Li Zhao had already spotted this opportunity, rushed out at this moment, and finally grabbed the ball before the opponent's receiving team, and then walked away under the eyes of the two opponent players.

There is a defensive line of the opponent in front of him. In the past, when he broke into the penalty area, he was sure to score with a direct long shot. However, because of today's state, Li Zhao did not want to waste the opportunity like this. Besides, he also passed the corner of his eye.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his companion following him on the other side. Although he couldn't see who it was, he still chose to trust his teammates. He couldn't defeat the entire team by himself, especially when there was a problem with his own condition.

Doing so would be a disaster for the entire team.

However, he can still play a role in attracting the opponent's troops. After dribbling the ball into the left side of the penalty area, the opponent's players obviously do not dare to make any big moves, and they will also devote more attention to themselves. This is what he

opportunity. Although he could not break through again, Li Zhao deceived his opponent's attention with a fake shot and quickly passed the ball across to his own player who was following on the other side.

The Portuguese player who caught up in time was not a forward, but the newly replaced Gabriel. After receiving Li Zhao's pass, he did not waste this rare opportunity and calmly pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.

Score. The opponent's goalkeeper was beyond reach and even though he made a save, he did not touch the ball at all.

1-1, at the end of the first half, the Portuguese team equalized the score and maintained the score until the end.

During the halftime break, Figo also excitedly said to the players: "You all did a great job! To be honest, I didn't have high expectations for this game, but you did it, and I hope you can do well in the second half.
Chapter completed!