Chapter 16: Fighting the Tiger (End) Right Hand

Because the Portuguese players already knew in their hearts that the referee was tired of today, so from the beginning of Joao's departure, the players began to pay attention to their defensive movements, trying not to let Sanchez find an opportunity to make trouble. Unfortunately, it fell short, but I didn't expect Sanchez to find a chance to play in the 66th minute. It was still given to Beto, who already had a yellow card, two yellows and one red, and Portugal had to respond with nine men in the next 20 minutes or so. And this penalty caused even greater dissatisfaction on the Portuguese side.

If it weren't for the assistant referee's quick grip on the rampageant Oliveira, perhaps Portugal would have lost their manager. But Oliveira can't say, naturally someone can say, the Portuguese commentator said indignantly at this time: "What is Sanchez doing, is he a South Korean player?!" He was able to tolerate a series of flying tackles and elbows from South Korea's players against Figo, and kept bringing down Conceição, two distinctly different standards of enforcement. This match will be a disgrace in the history of the World Cup, I want to congratulate Sanchez, Sanchez you have managed to go down in history! You've made it to the front page of the newspaper!! ”

Although the word black whistle does not appear in the words, the meaning of the Portuguese commentator is already well known. The only good news for Portugal is that Poland scored another goal at this time, and it was already 3-0 ahead of the United States. They are almost certain to advance to the knockout rounds, and the outcome of this match has little to do with the result. But Lao Lei wants to win, not for anything, he just wants to vent his anger, even if this game is a draw, he will not be reconciled.

This idea may seem strange to outsiders, Portugal should already be extremely passive, and at this time it is not them who should consider winning, but their opponent South Korea. But Lao Lei is different, he lives in the Chinese way, people live in one breath.

But at this time, he can only continue to hibernate and wait for the opportunity. Now he can only work with his teammates to stabilize the defense first, after all, they are already two less than the other party. Seeing this situation, Oliveira made a substitution, replacing Conceição with Sporting Lisbon's defender Bento, which was to strengthen the defense and make up for the lack of defensive strength caused by Beto's departure.

After the start of the game, Portugal was almost too busy defending to counter-attack at all, and the game turned into a complete half-time offensive and defensive battle. Even Figo and Pauletta both returned to the Portuguese half to help the team strengthen their defence. However, after all, it was a nine-man defense, and Portugal's physical strength was quickly depleted.

In the 78th minute, the Portuguese defence, which had bottomed out, finally had a gap. South Korea's No.10 Lee Young-joo hoisted the ball into the box on the left side of the edge of the box. The football flew to the back point, and at this time, Kuto, who was in the middle, lacked physical strength and did not keep up with the No. 21 Park Ji-sung, who stepped forward to attack, allowing him to get the football first. By the time he was about to press it, Park Ji-sung had already taken the lead in stopping the ball with his chest, and then picked up the ball with his right foot and shook it past Couto. The ball flew over Kuto's head, and then Park Ji-sung adjusted slightly and fired a powerful left-footed volley.

I have to say that Park Ji-sung's two blows were beautiful, at such a close distance, Baiya's attack looked a little embarrassed, pale and weak, and the football flew under his crotch. However, when the Korean commentators shouted GOAL, they had to stop abruptly, choking on their own saliva. On the goal line, one foot slid over and blocked Park Ji-sung's shot out of the net. After the football flies, it bounces high and out of the bottom line.

This is the foot of Portugal's number 13. "Reima! Reima!! Reima saved Portugal and he became Portugal's most defensive line to keep out the South Korean's shots. Well done, beautiful! The save on the goal line brought the Portuguese commentator, who was almost dejected to announce that South Korea was ahead, to life. Baia turned around and lowered his body, grabbed Old Ray's head with both hands, and shouted excitedly. Old Ray couldn't hear what Baia said clearly, and he was a little slurred with too much excitement. The other players in the back line also gathered to express their excitement, so Lao Lei's hairstyle became a messy chicken nest.

After getting up, Lao Lei heard the violent boos of the Korean fans, and he knew that it was for him. This made him very cool, and the singing of the Korean fans in the first half already made him want to fight back, but he didn't have a chance.

But now the opportunity came, he turned to the red South Korean fans in the stands, pointed with his right hand at the fans in the stands, then pointed down at the grass, and then raised his right foot on the grass to make a motion of trampling an ant to death. He wore a chicken coop hairstyle like this and despised the Korean team at Munhak Stadium.

This action was captured by the camera and projected onto the big screen. The boos of the Korean fans suddenly escalated, and as in the Portuguese Super League, Lao Lei quickly became the sworn enemy of the Korean fans. So Lao Lei had his back to Sanchez, so Sanchez didn't see this action, otherwise a yellow card would not have escaped.

Oliveira, who was on the sidelines, didn't have time to sigh the happiness of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and he saw Cuto's physical problems. A substitution was made immediately, with Porto centre-back Andrade coming on for Couto. There was no threat after South Korea's corner kick, and Costa grabbed the first point to push the ball out of the penalty area, ending South Korea's attack.

In the following games, the South Korean team did not play such a dangerous attack. The Portuguese players, who were united, gritted their teeth to block wave after wave of attacks by the South Korean team. This game should not have been so fierce, because of the referee's penalty and Lao Lei's provocation, it became a game that neither side wanted to lose. Maybe it's irrational and it will undoubtedly add to the burden of the knockout rounds, but football is irrational sometimes.

The Portuguese players were on the defensive, although they were very careful to control their movements, but they did not relax at all in the physical confrontation. Besides, these players are all experienced players, and they can't magnify their moves, so it's still okay to have some small yin moves, especially Lao Lei, who is a master of this way.

So just as the South Korean team stepped up their offensive and got caught up in hand-to-hand combat with the Portuguese players, they would find that their bodies were greeted by the Portuguese players everywhere, leaving behind many bruises and purple marks. Originally, Portugal, which is known as the representative of "art football", would not do such a thing. However, at this time, they are already red-eyed, who cares about the shelf of "art football". Football returns to its essence as a competitive sport at this time, and victory, in the face of victory, championships, art is often untenable.

Van Gogh is not what everyone thinks, and his art is only discovered to be valuable long after his death. Compared with Van Gogh's contemporaries, those painters who are not famous and have not left a name in history, but who live a nourishing life, family and beauty, when the two are available to the world, how many people will choose to become Van Gogh. It's the same in football, where the team will choose to be Van Gogh's art, and after defeat, it will only become an amazement in the memory of the world. Even Brazil, which is known for its beautiful football style, is praised by the world because of its current reputation as a four-star Brazil. Art can shine brighter because of victory, and victory is never overshadowed by the absence of art.

When the Portuguese players put down the "art football" shelf, their defensive line stubbornly resisted the bombardment of the South Korean team, who had two more than them. When Rui Costa and Figo can put down the superstar shelf, fall to the ground and slide to engage in hand-to-hand combat with each other, who can say that they have not shown the temperament and true colors of superstars. Whether this Portugal team is the strongest in history or not, perhaps no one can give a very definite answer, but at least for now they are the most united Portugal.

The game was quickly clocked six or seven minutes after the break, and that was already the time for injury time. At this time, Lao Lei used his body to push away Park Ji-sung, who had decreased a lot of physical fitness at this time, and cut off the football. At this time, South Korea's defense line is pressing, and the consumption of physical energy is large, which is an excellent time in Lao Lei's opinion. He passed the ball to Rui Costa and then cut straight forward.

Rui Costa, who has been cooperating with Lao Lei for a while, understands it and directly penetrates the South Korean defense line with a straight kick and hits them behind. At this time, Lao Lei overtook the South Korean defenders with his speed, but he also completely threw it away, and Park Ji-sung chased closely behind Lao Lei.

Lao Lei felt the breathing sound of Park Ji-sung behind him, and he really admired it in his heart, he could still run like this at this time. At this time, only the goal and goalkeeper were left in front of Lao Lei, and only Park Ji-sung was firmly following him. At this time, Park Ji-sung's hand had already put on Lao Lei's shoulder, and then a tackle that fell to the ground knocked down Lao Lei. "Toot" is an obvious foul, but there is no yellow card, this is a red card. Park Ji-sung shoveled Lao Lei's calf from behind, and obviously did not retract the movement, but had a pedaling action.

After seeing Lao Lei get up, Oliveira on the sidelines let go of the idea of going head-to-head with Sanchez and breathed a sigh of relief, Lao Lei is now indispensable in his plan. If you get injured at this time, it will be an irreparable loss for Portugal.

Portugal were awarded a free-kick in front of goal, 34 yards from goal, and it could have been Portugal's best chance at the back. Lao Lei is also standing in the penalty area, ready to use the header he has learned to fight for the top, of course, he will use a cover card when necessary.

Rui Costa came to deal with the free-kick, and Portugal didn't press it all at this time, so Costa stayed at the back to prevent South Korea's counter-attack to avoid being killed. The South Korean team is back on full force and they don't want to lose this game. Because before the game, the game has become a match of proof of South Korea's self-esteem in the Korean population, and these players have been ordered by the Korean Football Association to win.

After the free kick was issued, Lao Lei squeezed away the Korean players who were entangled in him with the devil's muscles in the last few minutes, and forcibly jumped up to fight for the top. At this time, a South Korean player secretly grabbed Lao Lei's jersey, which hindered Lao Lei's upward trend, resulting in Lao Lei's height not enough to withstand football.

Lao Lei was waiting for this time, the mask card was activated, and there was 10 seconds for the referees to see Lao Lei's movements clearly. After activating, Lao Lei raised his right hand and flicked it lightly at the incoming ball, so that the football flew into the goal of the South Korean team. However, at this time, in the eyes of the referee, Lao Lei clearly used his head to push into the football, and in Sanchez's opinion, if the ball was blown off by himself, it would be really sad after the game. So he pointed to the middle circle with his hand, and the goal was valid, and he didn't pay attention to the Korean player who raised his hand to signal the handball. At 1:0, Portugal with 9 people leads South Korea with 11 people.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Lore! Lore!! Reima's header strikes. Hahaha, the Koreans are looking for the referee to cry!! Reimaa has a big heart!! ”

And when Sanchez signaled for a goal, Lao Lei dodged his teammates who came to celebrate, and ran straight to the South Korean team's bench at a fast speed.

When he stopped in front of the bench, a replay of the goal was just released on the big screen, and it was placed on Lao Lei's right hand.

At this time, Lao Lei looked at the South Korean bench and stretched out his right hand and shook it slightly, this is not to see again, but to show off.

With a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, Lao Lei raised his right hand and shook it ostentatiously, under the gaze of the audience.

First to the South Korean bench, then slowly turned to the Korean fans in the stands around them.

Then turn back to the direction of the Korean bench, then retract his right hand and give them a flying kiss, another kiss of death!!

In front of him was a stunned, angry South Korean bench, behind him were the South Korean players who were excitedly surrounding Sanchez, surrounded by excited South Korean fans.

Then in the next second, the boos reached the highest point of the game.

What I got was a bigger smug smile from Lao Lei.

My right hand is a gift for you, Korean.