Chapter 43: Overtime
Baiya's reaction was also very fast, and he quickly threw the ball with a strong hand and threw the ball to Lao Lei, allowing him to launch an offensive quickly. After receiving the football, Lao Lei quickly dribbled the ball forward, and a light change of direction passed Ronaldinho's interference. Although the time limit of the "Speed Experience Card" has passed, in the face of Ronaldinho, who has obviously just come back to his senses, the speed of Lao Lei's blessing by the devil's muscular man is obviously enough.
At this time, because of Brazil's counterattack, Brazil's defense line pressed out, and it was not as dense as it was a while ago, which may be a good opportunity for Portugal. Seeing Lao Lei rushing forward with the ball, Rui Costa immediately reacted, turned and stepped forward, his eyes kept looking at Lao Lei, ready to respond at any time. Brazil's defenders have also regained their spirits and focused on Portugal's next attack. Coupled with injury time, there are almost 8 minutes left in this game, as long as they survive 8 minutes, they will be the champions of the world and can be crowned five-star Brazil.
Facing Kleberson, who was pressing, this time Lao Lei chose to break through. Flick the outside of the right foot with the instep out, make a gesture to force Kleberson from the right, and then suddenly pull back the inside of the right foot. Seeing that it was a feint, Kleberson stabilized his center of gravity and moved back. Then Ray's left ankle turned inward, and the soccer ball was knocked like this, just under Kleberson's crotch. Taking advantage of this time, Lao Lei's body flashed, and he accelerated to break through Kleberson from the side.
Then before Silva presses it, he hands the ball to Rui Costa and then accelerates with all his might, using his speed to eat Silva. Put Silvaka on your right and make a wall for Rui Costa. In the face of the football he passed back, he didn't stop the ball and stuffed it straight forward. Rui Costa runs sideways to shake off Júnior for the time being. Gained space to handle the ball, and then straight to the pick. Picked the ball into the box.
The pass was for Gomez, who came on the pitch. Although Pauletta also has a good header, he is more like a second striker, a shadow striker, and it is difficult for him to show the dominant performance of a strong striker in the penalty area, and his style belongs to the light type. However, Gomez is different, after training in Serie A, he is more able to dominate the header in the fierce and dense penalty area. And this time, he lived up to the pass that Rui Costa gave him, and he fought for the first point.
Brazil, on the other hand, had no advantage over the ball in the air. Previously, because Pauletta was a single striker, Lucio, who played in the Bundesliga, was able to suppress it. Now that there are two points in the penalty area at once, Brazil is not easy to guard against. With Lucio on the fence against Pauletta, the onus of defending Gomez fell on Edmilson's shoulders. Gomez, who had just come on the pitch, was in his prime, and in this header duel, he beat Edmilson to grab the first spot.
However, due to Edmilson's tight entanglement, Gomez was a little weak. Since Rui Costa's pass is a short-range pick-and-roll pass, there is no power in the first place, so if Gomez chooses to go straight to the goal. It would have been a soft, non-threatening shot. In such a situation, Gomez chose to make the ball for his teammates and create opportunities for them.
Gomez flicked the back of his head with a header to Figo, who was ambushed in the box. Immediately, three Brazilian defenders surrounded Figo. Figo handled it very smartly this time, knowing that if he forced a shot this time, he would most likely be blocked by the defender's body. So after he stopped football a little bit. Immediately, the football was picked up again and passed to the right side of the penalty area. There, Brazil's defensive strength was temporarily empty. Appearing there was Portugal's right winger Conceição.
Facing Figo's picky pass. Conceição was decisive in opting for a direct volley. Conceição's shot hit the top corner of the near corner, with the outside of his foot. This shot hit the level of the world's world, with a lot of power, a slight outer arc and went directly to the dead corner. Marcos didn't have any temper at all in the face of this shot, although he tried his best, but it didn't have the slightest effect.
The ball flew into the top right corner of the goal, which was a stroke of genius. 2:2, Portugal finally equalized in the 86th minute of the second half of the final stage of the game. The old Chinese saying that if you don't take it, you will be blamed for it, and the same applies on the football field. Brazil had just missed a great chance before Portugal counter-attacked, sending their imminent victory away.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Conceição! Conceição!! The ball is in! It's in!! 2:2, at the last moment, we equalized! It's a shot that doesn't solve it!! O Virgin Mary of God, unimaginable! Just now we were on the counter-attack in Brazil and now we have to cheer for the team's goal! The Brazilians should regret that they wasted a great opportunity. "In just 1 or 2 minutes, the Portuguese narrator had a second orgasm.
The red, which had been suppressed for a long time, finally jumped again in the stands. The fans expressed their great joy with crazy cheers and beats, and the gap between them facing death on the front foot and ascending to heaven on the back foot was too great. Oliveira crazily hugged whoever was around him, and the Portuguese bench was a mess. Scolari cursed something in a low voice with a grim face, and kicked the mineral water bottle next to him away.
The corner kick area in the Brazilian half became a place of celebration for the Portuguese players, and Conceição, who took off his shirt, was crushed under his team-mates. Conceição probably scored the most important and great goal of his career. The significance of this goal is to save the Portuguese national team from the death of the Portuguese national team on the stage of the World Cup final. At this time, on the field, Rivaldo's mood was the most complicated, he held his head, his eyes were distracted and dull. He could have had a more secure way to deal with that one-on-one ball, he could have passed to Ronaldo, he could have chosen to volley or push normally, or he could have used his technique to dribble past Baia. Directly facing the empty door.
In this way, there may not be the next thing now, but he chose the most chic pick. If the most after that, therefore. If Brazil loses the Hercules Cup, it is conceivable that Rivaldo will become the sinner condemned by the whole of Brazil. He personally destroyed Brazil's fifth title, even if he had scored five goals and four MVP-level stats in previous games.
They were equalised in the final stages of the game and lost their chance to lift the trophy immediately, and had to go to extra-time or an even more brutal penalty shoot-out. Such a gap made the Brazilian players a little unrefreshed, so much so that after Portugal celebrated the timeout, none of the players approached the referee to complain.
After the game restarted, the time was already in the 88th minute of the second half. After the excitement of the goal. The consequences of the severe loss of physical strength caused by the continuous onslaught gradually became apparent. Faced with such a situation, Portugal chose to defend on all fronts, dragging the game into extra time first. And Brazil was certainly unwilling, and they launched a continuous offensive. However, in the face of Portugal's dense defence, their attack did not have a noticeable effect. One is because of the current low morale and not playing at the best level, and the other is that the Portuguese players are very defensive and are gritting their teeth and persevering.
Superstars such as Figo and Rui Costa have also changed their bodies, and they don't hesitate to let go of the tackle. I gritted my teeth and persisted. They are 30 years old, and this may be their last World Cup, or the last one as the main force. In Germany 4 years later, at the age of 34. It is difficult to continue to occupy a main position in the national team. Now this World Cup is the golden generation of Portugal, as the main force in the World Cup of the last performance.
Facing such a good opportunity now. They don't want to have regrets. In four years' time, they may have one last chance. But at that time, even if it really won the championship. It can only be mostly a championship of the World Cup behind the young people. That kind of world champion belonged to Portugal, to the young people of that time. But that doesn't belong to them, it doesn't belong to them in the true sense of the word, it doesn't belong to the golden generation. As a generation of superstars, they have strong self-esteem, so they don't want to pick up a World Cup champion in that way, they want to win the World Cup championship completely through their own efforts, and they completely belong to the championship of the golden generation.
In front of Portugal, the Brazilian team did not exceed the score again in the last time to complete the stunner. At the referee's whistle, the two teams were tied 2-2 in regulation time, with no winner and then a sudden death in extra time.
Players from both teams went to the sidelines to hydrate and receive massages to relieve leg fatigue and relieve cramps. And the head coaches on both sides are also seizing the time after the end of the day and giving advice after the worst. Oliveira asked his players to keep their rhythm and physically, Portugal had to be more explicit and efficient. He still has one of the last substitutions in his hands, but Oliveira doesn't want that if possible. Because he is already the best and most suitable player in the team on the field, if he makes a substitution, it is tantamount to reducing the team's combat power by himself. So what he is most worried about now is the physical fitness of the players, for fear of cramps.
At the time of Oliveira's advice, Lao Lei was seizing the time to rest, and it was good to be able to replenish a point of physical fitness. Without the blessing of the devil's muscles, Lao Lei needs to be prepared to play 30 points in overtime or even a penalty.
In the stands at this point, Kayla and his family were anxiously awaiting overtime. They know what it means for Lao Lei to win this world championship in his career, and it may be a perfect turning point in his career.
Ray's agent, Mendes, is now in the box inside the stands, watching the game. He looked at Lao Lei, who was receiving a massage on the sidelines, and showed a satisfied smile. To be honest, he didn't expect Lao Lei to make such a name for himself so quickly. After a series of performances by Lao Lei in the World Cup, many executives of European giants have contacted him and want to talk to him about Lao Lei. Despite the agreement between Porto and Leiria, they could not be deterred. Lao Lei has become a popular spicy chicken in European football.
Suddenly, Mendes' cell phone rang, and he picked it up and smiled, it was Nike's number. (To be continued......)