Not all football matches during the Olympic Games were held in Rio. A little more than half of the games were held in stadiums in other cities in Brazil. The renovated home stadium of the Portuguese club, the Calder Stadium, was also fortunate to join.

Among them, what is even more fortunate is that Portugal's quarter-finals happen to be held again. Naturally, this is also the result of the club's efforts to add fuel to the flames, and the organizing committee that received a small part of their sponsorship is naturally happy to be a favor.

In this way, the Portuguese team is equivalent to enjoying part of the treatment of playing at home, which is very beneficial to them and is one of the reasons why Li Zhaogan is so confident.

At 11:00 noon on August 13th, the first Olympic men's football quarter-finals started at Calder Stadium.

Portugal's starting lineup is 442; the starting lineup is goalkeeper: No. 1 Bruno Varela, defender: No. 4 Tobias Figueiredo, No. 5 E. Iay, No. 2 Ricardo Es

Gaio, No. 15 F. Fernando, midfielder: No. 10 Bruno Fernandez, No. 6 Bodstavsky, No. 8 Sergio Oliveira, No. 16 Francisco Ramos

, Forwards: No. 3 Li Zhao, No. 13 Leonard.

The German team's lineup is 433; the starting lineup is goalkeeper: No. 1 Horn, defender: No. 5 Sur, No. 4 Ginter, No. 3 Lucas, No. 2 Torian, midfielder: No. 7 Meyer

Er, No. 8 Lars Bender, No. 6 Sven Bender, forwards: No. 9 D. Selke, No. 17 Gnabry, No. 11 Brandt.

The German team's frontal combat capabilities are indeed strong. They put pressure on Portugal's front after the opening. Especially Gnabry, who is their frontline arrow. His impact with the burst of speed is terrifying. If he hadn't been shooting

There is still some technical proficiency, and the Portuguese team's goal may be broken in the first few minutes of the game.

In addition to Gnabry, the German team's overall offensive power in the frontcourt is not weak, and their long-range shooting ability has never been weak, so their firepower output is slightly stronger than that of Portugal.

Another worse situation is that the Portuguese team suffers a lot in the midfield confrontation with the opponent, and captain B Fei has become a key breakthrough point for the opponent. Compared with his advantages in offensive organization, his shortcomings in defense

It was also obvious. In desperation, the Li Zhao brothers had to retreat frequently to defend, and finally helped their team withstand the opponent's offensive.

Naturally, the German team could not maintain such high-intensity firepower output for a long time, so after more than ten minutes of the first half, their offensive also slowed down. As the saying goes, things are turning, and this time it is finally Portugal's turn.

fought back.

Without an advantage in frontal breakthroughs, the wing attack became their most important point of attack, and the performance of the Li Zhao brothers did not disappoint the coach. Judging from the actual results on the field, it was also very good.

Li Zhao broke into the penalty area for the first time and chose to shoot directly, but the football was blocked by the defensive player and bounced out of the baseline. The second time Li Zhao came again, he chose to pass the ball to Leonard, who was in a better position, but the latter's

The final kick missed the goal by just a hair.

Although the first two counterattacks were a bit regretful, the German team seemed to have noticed the threat of these two brothers and became more defensive about them. As a result, their breakthroughs on the wing were not as good as before.

It's smooth.

But Li Zhao didn't care about this and continued to wait for the opportunity. Finally, the hard work paid off. At the 26th minute of the first half, he finally caught an excellent opportunity and converted it into a goal.

To be precise, the main reason for this goal was the mistake of the German team's goalkeeper. Perhaps it was his overconfidence in his own team's strength that made his positioning unknowingly, and this situation was naturally a situation that Li had been eyeing for a long time.

Zhao noticed it.

The Portuguese team grabbed the ball from behind and handed it to B Feilai to organize the play in the middle. The latter had already noticed Li Zhao's hint, so he transferred the two goals at the next moment.

After receiving the ball, Li Zhao quietly ran forward two steps, seemingly looking for a target to pass the ball to, but at the next moment he suddenly shot a cold arrow and directly bypassed the ball with a "Changhong Guanri" long-range shot.

It hit the opponent's goalkeeper's head and fell into the net behind him.

Li Zhao seemed a little excited after helping the Portuguese team take the lead by one goal, and he vaguely felt that his goals today should be more than that.

After the restart, the German team poured more firepower into the offense, but this was actually good news for Li Zhao, just because the opponent's defense on the back line was also loosened accordingly. In this way, he

It can be more convenient in counterattacks and wait for opportunities to give the opponent a more fatal blow.

Gu Sou/span And Li Zhao did not wait too long. Only 6 minutes later, he created another good opportunity.

This time, Li Zhao cut inside after breaking through to the opponent's left baseline. After successfully passing the first defensive player, he cooperated with B Fei in a wall-to-wall style. Once again, he passed a defensive player and simultaneously moved the line.

Move forward again. After successfully entering the penalty area, he already had a shot, but the defensive players pressing around him were about to outflank him, so he decisively passed the ball to the other side of the penalty area, where he

It was Leonard who just happened to catch up with him. Facing another one-on-one ball, the latter did not miss this time and hit the ball into the lower left corner of the net.

Although he was not the one who scored the goal, Li Zhao was equally happy. He ran over and had a passionate chest bump with Leonard. At this time, he was also filled with pride. What about the German team? His purpose in participating in the game was to win.

To victory, even the strongest opponent will be a stepping stone on the road to success.

However, the fighting spirit of the German team did not seem to be dampened, and even the tactics did not change much. They still dared to continue to attack their opponents. The Portuguese team, perhaps because of their two-goal lead, did not shrink their front line in time and at the same time

The defense was also lax, and as a result, they failed to further expand the score. Instead, they were able to get a goal back at the end of the first half, and the scorer happened to be Gnabry, who they had been guarding so hard before.

"You were all a little too relaxed at the last moment, so now the lead is only one goal. I hope you will not make such low-level mistakes in the second half." Portuguese head coach Rui emphasized this during the halftime break.

Issues that require team members’ attention,

In his mind, of course, he hopes that the players can adjust back to their form as soon as possible. If there is a chance, they should try their best to score another goal. Only in this case is it safer. However, the strong counterattack of the German team failed.

It exceeded the expectations of all members of the Portuguese team and was beaten in the face not long after the start of the second half.

The goal was conceded in the 52nd minute of the game. Although the German team's long shot failed to threaten the goal, it got a corner kick for itself. However, the Portuguese team failed to effectively control the corner kick.

From the back position, Gentle, who had the physical advantage, overpowered the defender and headed the ball into the net.

The Portuguese team didn't seem to have recovered from the previous conceding of the goal, but what was even worse was that after the equalizer, the German team was like a tiger that had just come out of the cage. It was more powerful and began to further squeeze the Portuguese team's space on the court. This

Once a stock's momentum picks up, it's difficult to curb it.

Just ten minutes later, the German team scored again. The Portuguese team should not have conceded the ball this time. They neglected to take precautions during the midfield organization, and as a result, Gnabry stole the ball and broke through directly.

After attracting the attention of many defensive players, he passed the ball to the space on the other side. D. Selke, who followed up on time, steadily scored the single goal.

Soon after, the German team replaced the hero Gnabry, whose physical strength had obviously declined. However, their goal was not over yet. The Portuguese team, which had not solved the defensive problem in the midfield in time, was in chaos again at the back. The 72nd minute of the game

Minutes later, Max, who had just been substituted on the German team, took this opportunity to kick a high-quality long-range shot. Unexpectedly, it happened like this.

The time from the initial two-goal lead to being tied to the current 2-4 deficit is actually not long, and the main responsibility for this must be attributed to the Portuguese team's midfield defense.

Although B Fee did not perform well defensively, his responsibility was actually not too big. At least he never made any obvious mistakes after that, and his role on the offensive end cannot be ignored. But another midfielder Francisco

· Ramos' performance after his physical strength declined was a disaster. The last two goals conceded by the Portuguese team were directly related to his loss of position in key positions.

After Rui realized this problem, he immediately substituted Ramos. After the substitution, the Portuguese team finally improved defensively. It was just that there was not much time left to turn back two goals behind.

It will be much more difficult to get back, and it seems to be too late. But Li Zhao has not given up yet, or in other words, as long as the game time is not over, he will continue to fight.

"Bring on the fighting spirit you should have. We haven't lost yet. As long as we can show the determination to fight to the death, we can still make a comeback in the remaining ten minutes." Li Zhao took advantage of a rare opportunity.

He said after summoning several key players during the dead ball time.
Chapter completed!