Cristiano Ronaldo looked up at the white dome of the First Olympic Stadium, and the sound of the Black Sea seemed to penetrate the roaring stadium from there and reach his ears.
The First Olympic Games in Sochi was the main venue for the Winter Olympics that year. Cristiano Ronaldo was not interested in the Winter Olympics. Born on a warm Portuguese island, he has always been disgusted with playing football in Russia, but he still hopes that this place can become his own.
of blessed land.
In his 16-year career, Cristiano Ronaldo has killed countless people on the front line, and he can’t remember how many goals he scored. But the World Cup is an exception, one for each of the previous three tournaments, which seems to be a curse.
Cristiano Ronaldo does not believe in fate, but in a sense he is an agnostic. Perhaps the World Cup is his mysterious cage and an unbreakable shackles.
But the cage and shackles were suddenly broken half a month ago. Portugal drew 3:3 in their first group match. Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly saved the team with a hat-trick.
Hat tricks are not unusual, but the hat in the World Cup is different. It is a tall hat made of rainbows. Ronaldo broke the "one-goal fate" of the World Cup by wearing this hat.
That day, it was in this stadium, Sochi First Olympic Stadium. Cristiano Ronaldo was very good at giving himself psychological hints, so he decided that this was a blessed place.
But he never expected that the Chinese team’s defense was so good. Don’t take the 6 shots seriously. Cristiano Ronaldo knew what was going on. He received 45 balls and only had 3 chances to get the ball in the penalty area. This was the key to getting nothing in 90 minutes.
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The Chinese team conceded a total of 4 goals in the three group matches, conceding goals in each game, and its defense did not rank among the top 16 among the top 32. They also conceded goals again in this game, but facing Ronaldo was like cheating.
This caused him to encounter a rare blockade in his four World Cup experiences.
It's so surprising.
Ronaldo didn't know that the Chinese team's outstanding defense in this game was not only the success of Sforza's tactical layout, but also benefited from the practice against Denmark in the last game of the group stage.
In a real-life confrontation with a powerful European team, they practiced defense for 90 minutes without any distractions, which was better than the usual 100 training sessions. If it weren't for the cooperation of the Danes, it would be difficult for the Chinese team to maintain its formation for 90 minutes amidst the sharp counterattacks of the Portuguese.
Not scattered.
As dignified European champions, we must never mistake the village chief for being a cadre.
The Chinese team's superb defensive performance brought Ronaldo head-on, but the more this happened, the more he continued to strengthen the hint of "blessed land" in his heart. Otherwise, it is not enough to encourage himself, which is also the biggest psychological implication.
effect.
To outsiders, this is naturally a manifestation of Ronaldo's unremitting fighting spirit.
Old coach Santos has long passed the age of playing with psychological suggestions. Facing overtime, he simply suffered from depression again.
Coach Sang was also surprised by the defensive performance of the Chinese team today, and even more aware of the horror of the Chinese team's defensive performance extending into overtime.
Portugal's passionate attack in the last ten minutes of regular time failed to achieve results, and they will have to increase their attack intensity in overtime, otherwise they will face penalty kicks with no chance of winning.
The 30 minutes of overtime will be frightening, because the Chinese team's stable defense and the counterattack threat led by Zhuo Yang are enough to scare any team in the world. The risks Portugal took in this half hour are no less than
Dancing on the tip of the knife.
But no matter how dangerous it is, Portugal has to attack, otherwise it will be a slow suicide. The problem now is that since Quaresma replaced midfielder Adrian Silva, Portugal's lineup has actually become unbalanced in offense and defense.
This is something extremely awkward for Santos.
It was necessary to press heavily in overtime, but the midfield focused more on offense than defense. Due to the double imbalance, Sang Shuai could not do such passionate things, so during a short interval, he made the decision to substitute for the third time.
The defensive midfielder replaced the attacking midfielder Jo Mario for a fee.
Frankly speaking, in order to strengthen the offense, replacing an offensive midfielder with a defensive midfielder is something that would be unthinkable to other coaches, but here in Santos, it is simply logical.
The 32-year-old m fee is Manuel Fernandez. He was called "Manuelele" not long after his debut, which shows his football characteristics.
But no one calls it that now, because Makélélé, who has retired for eight years, seems too old. His once black and hard classic defensive midfielder style is now unfashionable. Younger fans simply don’t understand Manulele.
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Moreover, M Fei, who debuted at Benfica, has not made a big name in these years, and the media, which loves the new and hates the old, will have no interest in praising him anymore.
It was still in the distant 04-05 season, Zhuoyang and Madibao played their first Champions League game in their lives, away from home against Benfica.
During the game, veteran midfielder Pettit suffered a respiratory arrest. Zhuoyang was so frightened that he immediately interrupted the game to give him artificial respiration. The then 19-year-old Fei was extremely short-sighted and grabbed the football Zhuoyang didn't want and tried to counterattack, but Zhuoyang was beaten.
Yang kicked the dog and ate its shit.
After the incident, he reluctantly complained to the referee, and almost had Nuno Gomez slap his brains out. (For details, see Part 2 Madiburg·Chapter 306·Insufficient breath for artificial respiration)
Two months later, when he went to the home court of Fort Madi, Mfei was given a red card and a penalty kick by Zhuo Yang during the game. When he left the field in despair, he was angrily scolded by coach Koeman.
Since that joint attack, M Fei's growth has been slow and he has not been able to meet his expectations of being the 'best defensive midfielder in ten years'. The peak of his career was just a few unsatisfactory seasons in Valencia and Everton, and he also had a few unsatisfactory seasons.
After playing in Shandong for half a year, he is now in Lokomotiv Moscow and is the main force of the team.
If it weren't for Santos, who attaches great importance to defense, with M Fei's current style and ability, there would be almost no possibility of being selected for the Portuguese football team. In fact, he had never been called up by the national team before this time.
Zhuo Yang had forgotten M Fei for eight lifetimes. He only recognized Ronaldo, B and Pepe in this Portuguese football team. But M Fei could not forget him. When he met Zhuo Yang on the court, M Fei swallowed his saliva first.
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Coach Sang did not guess wrong. The Chinese team’s tactics in overtime are to focus on defense. When Portugal attacks, I will comfortably hit you on the counterattack. It is better not to attack. Wang Dalei, who was excited when he heard about the exchange of penalty kicks, was already hungry.
The thirst is unbearable.
Both the Chinese team and Portugal have made enough substitutions for three places, but this World Cup in Russia has a new rule besides var: 31 substitutions.
Entering overtime, each team will automatically get the fourth substitution spot. They can save all of them until overtime and make four substitutions at once, or they can also make the first three substitutions and the last one.
In the Chinese team's plan, penalty kicks are the responsibility of Dalei. In this regard, he is better than Xiao Yan and more experienced than Xiao Yan. He also cooperates with Zhuo Yang more tacitly. Zhuo Yang and Wang Dalei belong to the Chinese team.
The ultimate strategic nuclear weapon.
Chapter completed!