Chapter 269: The First Scene of Disappointment and the Different Second Scene
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! The ball is in again! After receiving Figo's return pass, Critiano slotted home with ease from 12 yards. While completing his first goal in this World Cup, he also helped Portugal extend the score to 3:0, and Portugal has sealed the victory of the game. In the 60th minute of the second half, the Portuguese commentator in the media gallery said so lightly and excitedly.
Although Lao Lei did not have a special and dazzling appearance in the process of scoring this goal, no one can deny that there is no credit for Lao Lei in scoring here. At one point after the start of the second half, Angola launched an all-out counterattack to try to make a last-ditch effort. But at that time, it was Lao Lei who used his strong dominance on the field to withstand the impact of Angola and did not let Angola take away control of the situation from Portugal for even a minute.
Ahead of the game, there were concerns about whether Lei's form would be affected by these off-field events due to the departure of Jose Mourinho. But it is clear that Lao Lei's appearance in this game is enough to dispel such doubts, and it is enough to make the opponents who came to observe Portugal very nervous.
After scoring his third goal, Scolari began to deploy his troops on the sidelines. The World Cup is a seven-game journey a month, and ensuring the fitness and condition of the main core is a job that must be done well for a team that wants to compete for the title, and Scolari is preparing for a rainy day at this time. Figo and Lao Lei were the first to be substituted at this time, and Viana and Maniche were replaced by two midfielders. Stability at this moment is Scolari's most important substitution.
As the two best Portuguese players of the game, Figo and Lao Lei were off the pitch. The scene immediately resounded with thunderous applause from the Portuguese fans, which was an encouragement and praise for the two of them. The whole process of the scene seems to be very harmonious. The Angolan players had lost their fighting spirit at this time, so they did not urge Lao Lei and Lei to get off the field quickly, and Lao Lei and Lei also walked off the field with a relaxed smile very calmly.
However, this rare peaceful scene is not Lao Lei's dish. It's a good thing that the team has drawn a good group, and he understands and agrees with this in his heart, but he is always unhappy in his heart. To be honest, Lao Lei is in this game. didn't show much strength at all, and completely finished the game. To him, it was as if he had just finished a charity game, and he didn't feel like he was enjoying it at all. Even if there is some boos at this time, Lao Lei muttered a little unhappily in his heart at this time. It's like throwing a punch with all his might, but hitting the air with one punch, he described the feeling of emptiness in his heart at this time.
In the next 30 minutes of this game, Angola finally found a touch of the game after Lao Lei went off. Although he still did not have the upper hand on the field. But in the end, there is no feeling of complete powerlessness when Lao Lei is present, and the feeling of feeling like a primary school student is not very good. To put it mildly, at this time the Angolan players may really be shouting in their hearts that they can finally play well!
They fight for dignity. During this time, they tried to score a goal to save some face for themselves, but due to their limited strength, they did not achieve this goal. The score of 3:0 was maintained until the end of the game. Angola are the weakest team in the group due to goal difference, as expected. After the first round, he went to his rightful place, the last place in the group.
Turn. Portugal managed to jump to the top of the table with a three-goal difference, beating Mexico, who also won the first round. Although the group stage has only just played the first round, the qualifying form of Group D is already very clear. If nothing else, Portugal and Mexico will qualify for both places, with the only difference being who is first and who is second.
None of that is to be considered today, though, is to celebrate a light-hearted start. After the game, Lao Lei was unsurprisingly named the best player after the game, but he himself didn't really like it too much. Because being the best player means being interviewed by the media, which is the one thing he hates the most right now. Recently, the bombardment of questions from the media has made him a little jealous and disgusted.
Sure enough, when he was interviewed on the sidelines as usual, he just casually perfunctory, and almost only used one sentence to deal with all the questions of the media reporters, "We are very good." When he left the interview location and walked into the locker room, the reporters stared at his back as he left in a dashing manner. Not only that, but he also refused to attend the post-match press conference due to his physical discomfort, prompting Scolari to change his choice and bring Figo with him.
For his behavior, the media and reporters can only hate itchy, and there is nothing they can do. Not only that, but the questions they asked couldn't get around Lao Lei at all. As the absolute core of Portugal and the best player after the game, how could he be missing the shadow of Lao Lei in the post-match press conference of this game.
It's not that the media has turned to try to get some fierce information out of the mouths of Scolari and others. But with their methods, how can it be difficult to defeat this group of old foxes who have been in the football world for a long time, all of them are grandmasters of Taijiquan. Looking at the two sides who looked like brothers on the press stage, the reporters below felt that the constipation of the others was about to become an incurable disease.
Regardless of how the media and reporters feel about this game, they are not satisfied, anyway, the outside world is very satisfied with Portugal's performance. After this game, Portugal surpassed Brazil in the odds of winning the championship and temporarily became the team with the smallest odds to win the World Cup. At the same time, the mainstream public opinion is also appreciative of Lao Lei and Portugal, and the word champion began to smash Portugal's head without money, with a posture of smashing Portugal.
In addition, Portugal has also officially climbed to the top of the blacklist of the giants who aspire to win the World Cup, which is regarded as the biggest obstacle on the way to winning the championship. In this regard, Lao Lei and the whole Portuguese team did not care, because in their hearts, this should be the treatment they enjoyed. It shouldn't be that I'm afraid of others, but that everyone is afraid of me, and Portugal's mentality at this time is similar to Long Aotian's mentality.
After a day of recuperation in Cologne, Portugal rushed to Eintracht Frankfurt after a day of recuperation against Angola, where they will face Iran in the second round of the group stage. Compared to Angola in the first game, this is not destined to be too easy and easy, for the simple reason that Iran, who lost in the first round, is already standing on the edge of the cliff with one foot. If they are to maintain their hopes of qualifying, they can only win, or at least draw with Portugal. This is a very difficult task for them, but everyone knows that the beast's dying counterattack is often the most ferocious.
In such a situation, Lao Lei, who was not very dedicated in the first game, also raised his interest. It took little analysis to know it was going to be a very physical match. Because, although the strength of the Iranian team is far inferior to Portugal, the body does have their advantage. If the weak team wants to win the strong team, what other way is there except to desperately expand their original advantages.
Coupled with Iran's fierce folk customs, Lao Lei only needs to imagine a little to be able to imagine how fierce they will be at that time. For the average person, this may not be good news, but it is not the case for Lao Lei. Fantasizing about the strong smell of gunpowder that was about to waft in, he couldn't help but sniffle, as if he had already smelled it in advance. Sizzle! At the end, he couldn't help but take a hard breath, greedily trying to fill his chest. At the same time, there was a hint of enjoyment on his face, but this look was quite weird, so weird that it made people feel cold.
It didn't take long for the day of the game, and then Ray met his favorite scene. Although they were still in the tunnel at this time, and had not even officially entered the stadium yet, he was sensitive to the difference in the Iranian players. Their solemn faces and cold expressions are no strangers to Lao Lei. In terms of his experience so far, once his opponent shows that kind of demeanor, it means that the rest of the game will certainly not be mild. But, I like it! After feeling the atmosphere in the players' tunnel again, the greed in Lao Lei's eyes could no longer be hidden, this was greed like a poisonous snake!
Sure enough, things were not as expected by Lao Lei, less than 1 minute after the start of the game, Iran used its attitude and behavior to completely ignite the smell of gunpowder on the scene. "Ahh As Figo fell to the ground with a painful cry, the entire Frankfurt Commerzbank stadium inevitably saw piercing boos from Portuguese fans. Before he could stop Lao Lei's pass, Figo was brought down from behind by Iranian defender Nekonan. This is an obvious action, and a discerning person can know at a glance that compared to breaking the ball, Nekonan's purpose should be said to be a foul is more appropriate, and the foul of Ma Wei.
In addition, after Figo fell to the ground, he ignored it and did not apologize at all, and the attitude of the game that Iran wants to maintain in this game is very clear, that is, you don't want to have a good time on the court! This rightfully angered the Portuguese players and rightfully pleased the old Ray.
It wasn't until the Portuguese players angrily walked up to the referee to appeal that Lao Lei, who was near the low point of the incident, didn't seem to recover from this pleasure.
At this time, if someone observes Lao Lei closely, they must be able to detect the same place from his eyes.
In these amber eyes, there was a sickly, treacherous excitement!
It's like a hungry wolf seeing its prey, it's cold!
It's bloody!!
It's also terrifying!! (To be continued......)