Chapter 42: Two Goals
The position of this free kick was relatively far away from the goal because of the timely foul by Lao Lei, which did not give Rivaldo a chance to continue to move forward with the ball. This would have been good news for Portugal, but it wasn't a good feeling to look at the short, bald-headed Portuguese players standing in front of the football. Lao Lei himself is also one of them, and he also has a little tremor in his heart at this time, hesitating whether to open the Devil Muscle Man in advance and add an invincible aura to his little brother. In case a football with a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour hits the problem that it shouldn't be smashed, Lao Lei shuddered when he thought about it.
Lao Lei thought for a while, turned around silently, and for the safety of his little brother, he decided to sacrifice his ice and jade ass. Then he said lightly to Bento, who was beside him: "When you want to jump, remember to give me the slogan." Then he looked straight ahead and stopped looking at Bento. And Bento looked at Lao Lei very resentfully, and said Nima, I also want to turn around, who knows if Lu Dao's two hands can protect it. However, because he was preempted by Lao Lei, Bento could only grit his teeth and stand facing Carlos in a cold sweat, so he couldn't turn both of them.
Looking at Carlos's long running distance, Bento's cold sweat suddenly increased. With the referee's whistle, Carlos picked up speed and prepared to deliver his powerful free-kick. "Bang", "jump", with Bento's command, Lao Lei jumped with him. Lao Lei felt a very fast object in the air, passing by his head, bringing a moment of coolness, chill. Carlos's free kick was not played well and missed. But he almost hit Lao Lei's head, and Lao Lei, who came back to his senses, was afraid for a while and hit him in the back of the head. I'll lose my memory. But he finally survived the catastrophe, and the unsuperstitious old Lei began to face the Buddha in his heart. The gods everywhere said thank you and thank you.
After the mind is stabilized. Old Ray began to run around the backcourt and control the ball. Then he saw Rui Costa's position slowly retreating, which was a signal for him to move forward. After Rui Costa moved back to near the center circle, Lao Lei suddenly pressed forward with the ball and played a one-two with Rui Costa, shaking off Silva, who was the first to force up. Figo then accurately distributed it to Figo on the left, and Figo did not choose to force Cafu because in the second half Scolari clearly set up his right side of the defence, and Lucio supported the old Cafu on this side more.
Facing Cafu, and Lucio, who was eyeing him from the sidelines. Figo suddenly knocked back to the old ray who was plugged in front, and then quickly stepped forward himself. Before the Brazilian defenders came up, Lao Lei had quickly picked up the pass back to Figo, and the two people's passes formed a tacit understanding, which was an anti-offside position. Figo got in control of the ball before it went off the touchline, and then immediately got up and crossed.
Pauletta in the middle of the box didn't fight for the first spot, and Edmilson took the lead in pushing the ball out of the box. However, the second drop point happened to be Lao Lei's position, facing the football sent to the door. Lao Lei made a feint to shoot vigorously from a distance, and then suddenly a volley picked up a pass to send the football back to the penalty area. The target was a smart run to Figo in the box, although the Brazilian defender extended his right hand. But the linesman ignored it, and it was a beautiful pass and cut fit.
Figo adjusted slightly, and then immediately got up and hit the door. The ball flew fast to the far corner of the goal. At this time, Marcos, the Brazilian goalkeeper, made another meritorious service. He flicked the soccer ball with his fingertips, which eventually caused the ball to hit the outside of the post and fly out of the baseline. Shocked the Brazilian fans in the stands. There was a loud exclamation. Portugal missed a good chance to take the lead, and it was the most dangerous shot of the second half so far.
Subsequent corner. Defused by Lucio again. However, then Brazil's backfield felt the trouble, because there was an additional Portuguese No.13 who was harassing everywhere at the back. This Brazil team played the traditional style of play of the old school Brazil, and the speed of the advance was not as fast as the Brazilian team in '98, but slowly advanced on the ground. And Lao Lei's crazy running and pressing in the front court forced them to speed up the speed of passing and speed up. This happens to play on the weakness of this Brazilian team, they do not have a good core of distributing and passing the ball at the back, and the three midfielders are all sapper-type roles. Juninho, the only big midfielder who can play as a playmaker, is sitting on the bench off the pitch.
Ray's mad dog-style running and pressing has become fatally destructive to Brazil's backfield, and with the combination of Figo and Conceição, they often have to take a big foot approach to drive the football forward. However, for the Brazilians, who are not good at high-altitude balls, such an attack is too inefficient, and neither Ronaldinho nor Rivaldo in the front court can get the ball properly.
Brazil's frontcourt players can't hold the ball, which is naturally not good news for them who are good at playing ground coordination, and Brazil's attacking threat ability has plummeted. And Portugal took advantage of the fact that Brazil had not yet recovered and launched wave after wave of offensives. In the 59th minute of the second half, after receiving a pass from Rui Costa, Lao Lei found Figo to play and once again created a chance for Figo to go down on the wing. This time Figo made a feint of a cross along the baseline, and after yesterday, suddenly a man passed the ball, and he accelerated past Cafu from outside the baseline. Facing Lucio, who was even making up, Figo suddenly knocked back to the old ray at the edge of the penalty area.
Due to Figo's breakthrough, Brazil's defense line retreated, so there was a gap in front of Lao Lei at this time. Lao Lei was not polite, and directly shot from a distance. This shot played at a relatively high level, Marcos did not dare to be careless, and hit Lao Lei's shot with both hands. The ball bounced back into the box and did not leave the dangerous area. At this time, Pauletta has appeared in front of the football at some point and is about to make up for it. Facing an empty goal, Pauletta should have been a must-go opportunity, but unfortunately Carlos didn't give him a chance. In the penalty area, he boldly chose a big sliding tackle to break the ball off the line before Pauletta and defuse Portugal's dangerous attack.
At this time, Scolari, who was on the sidelines, finally couldn't sit still and came to the sidelines to express his dissatisfaction with the team's performance during this time, and at the same time let Rivaldo retreat to help the backfield control the football. Rivaldo's return made Lao Lei force and lose the power of the previous period, but it was not without gains. Allowing Rivaldo to retreat would be a great loss for Brazil's attacking power.
However, Portugal's attack was not smooth, and Lao Lei was somewhat uncomfortable in the position of the front midfield. Without the emptiness of the backcourt, the frontcourt seemed too crowded. Lao Lei's dribbling skills were almost hot, and he was a little hurried under the pressure of the defenders. In the 62nd minute of the second half, Lao Lei returned to the position of his back waist, looked at the front court at a glance, and said that it was still comfortable here. If it hadn't been for the effect of seeing his pressing just now, Lao Lei would have come back a long time ago, and he wouldn't have stayed that long.
And after the onslaught of the previous period, Portugal's offensive slowed down a little, and it was Brazil's turn to counterattack. In the 65th minute of the second half, Cafu suddenly burst forward with the ball, faced Bento, played a simple one-two with Kleberson, and then burst all the way to the Portuguese penalty line. Facing Wakare, who was younger and faster than him, Cafu did not choose to break through, but began to cooperate with Rivaldo.
After a wall-to-wall link with Rivaldo, Cafu suddenly dribbled the ball inside along the line of the box. He wasn't in a hurry to pass the ball or shoot, just dribbling the ball sideways and pulling the Portuguese defence. After Costa forced out, he suddenly made a diagonal pick up and gave it to Rivaldo, who was in front of the box. However, Costa slightly changed the movement of the ball with his toes, and the ball fell behind Rivaldo.
Rivaldo leaned on Couto, who was behind him, and a freehand pick passed to the back post, where Ronaldo was located. The alien sped away from Andrade, and after rushing out, it was directly a volley at the football. However, due to the tight angle, his shot did not put a lot of pressure on Baiya this time, and Baia smashed his shot out of the net with both hands. However, the football was not played far, and the typical height was not far away, and the football flew behind Rivaldo's position again.
At this point, Rivaldo showed his superstar demeanor, carrying Kutto behind him, and holding a football on his chest to make it bounce again. Then he fell backwards with the trend, his calf exerted force, and the whole person rose into the air, and his posture was very stretched. Then he kicked his right foot hard at the ball, and the ball flew towards the Portuguese goal again. This time it was in the opposite direction of Baia, and it was an empty door.
It was about to be accompanied by the exclamations of the fans in the stands and enter the goal. However, at this time, Lao Lei appeared again in the key goal-line position, and blocked Rivaldo's stunning upside-down golden hook with his own foot. Just when Lao Lei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said that he would predict the defense and save my life, a foot appeared in front of the blocked football. Picking at the football, the football flew over Baia's body, crossed the goal line, and flew into the goal right in front of Lao Lei's eyes. The owner of this foot is Ronaldo, who wears the yellow jersey of No. 9.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Ronaldo! Ronaldo!! Aliens appear where he should be! This is the sense of smell of archery, the true color of a killer! This is the 8th! The 8th!! With a brace, he dominated the game. Rivaldo's upside-down hook was brilliant enough for Ronaldo to deliver the fatal blow. Now he is the best striker in the world, the best striker, there is no one! There is no one!! ”
Watching Ronaldo run past in front of his eyes, shaking his right index finger in a celebratory posture, and Lao Lei, who thought he had successfully saved the danger, fell from heaven to hell in an instant, and it was difficult to suppress a trace of frustration in his heart.
Lao Lei put his hands on his waist and looked helplessly at the beating yellow and frozen red in the stands.
With 25 minutes left in the game, Portugal was on the line. (To be continued......)