No. 203 Rejoice

The camera captured Scolari in the coach's box on the sidelines, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, and he seemed to be very satisfied with the current stalemate on the field......

Moutinho staggered to dribble the ball in front, Jonk raised his hand to ask for the ball, and Moutinho immediately passed the ball out with a bocce ball.

Jonk didn't catch the ball, but ran straight forward, and the pass was wrong?

At the next glance, people saw Nani appear in sight, along the football, poked on his toes, the football rolled forward, Jonk took advantage of the situation, and then controlled the football at his feet, raised his eyes and looked at Grigra, who came up to defend himself, Jonk made a feint, saw that the opponent was unmoved, pushed the arch of his foot, passed the football to Ronaldo on the right, and then ran forward by himself.

Cristiano Ronaldo passed the football back to him again, two over one!

Seeing this series of small-scale cooperation, even Portuguese fans felt in a trance, when did their Portugal also play such a subtle cooperation?

People looked at the coach's bench on the sidelines, and they immediately admired and admired the old Brazilian coach named Scolari.

Scolari didn't know that Portuguese fans love him very much at the moment, and in Portugal's offensive system, the biggest contribution is to resolutely formulate an offensive strategy with Jonk as the core, requiring Portugal's midfielder to unconditionally take Jonk as the offensive vane.

Scolari saw one point, that is, Jonker's talent in attack is the biggest catalyst for revitalizing Portugal's attack!

I don't know if my predecessor noticed this at the time, but it doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is that the predecessor did not reuse Jonck, and Scolari gave Jonk the most trust and freedom up front.

Let a young star be the heart of the attack of the proud Portugal. It's not easy, though. This Portuguese did just that!

So far, the effect is really good!

After a one-two with Cristiano Ronaldo, Jonker continued to push forward with the ball, and in the face of this dense defense, it is necessary to play more small combinations, in addition, the individual ability of the players, to attract the attention of the defence, is also useful.

Really. Sionco came up to intercept it, and he came up to break the ball with his outstretched foot, intending to cut off the ball at Jonker's feet.

Could it be that Sionko has been Jonk a few times before and doesn't have a long memory?

I saw that Jonke's body was crooked, and with a beautiful flick of his right foot, he dodged Sionko's interception, and Sionko just shoveled in the air, and now he wants to get up again to chase it, but it's too late.

"Beautiful! Sionco was passed!! Jonker bursts forward with the ball. GO!!! Lineker stood up and shouted, "He is amazing at the foot of his life!" Thank God! This is the gospel of Portugal! ”

Lineker's voice did not fall. On the field, Galasek came up to intercept Jonker, only to see that Jonk was advancing. A pinch and a pull, then an acceleration. He burst past Galasek's side!

Connected two!

"It's too strong!" In the stands at the Stade de Genève, Portuguese fans were screaming and applauding. And Czech fans and media reporters couldn't help but let out a wail.

The next second!

Ujfalusi and Jonker were entangled, no matter what Ujfalusi did, the football was still firmly controlled at Jonker's feet, and finally, when Jonk flicked the ball sideways and was about to shoot, Ujfalusi pulled Jonck's jersey with his left hand and dragged Jonk down.

Honk!

Referee Webb's whistle sounded, no doubt for a foul, and he showed a yellow card to Ujfalusi, who smiled wryly and knew he was going to be a card when he knocked Junkla down. However, in the face of Jonker's toughness, he had no choice but to foul, and he couldn't watch Jonk get up and shoot.

The free-kick was well placed and was a good chance for Portugal to overtake the scoreline.

Cristiano Ronaldo was going to take the ball, but when he saw Jonker get up from the ground and hug the football, he stopped. Cristiano Ronaldo's man is a model for professional players, and if it were someone else, he might have walked over and fought with Jonker for the penalty spot, but Ronaldo put Portugal's victory first and didn't care too much.

Jonk hugged the football and found Ronaldo standing there, he smiled and said, "Ronaldo, do you want to relive the old dream?" ”

Saying that, he stuffed the football to Ronaldo, and Ronaldo was stunned and smiled.

Relive old dreams?

The scene from 7 years ago and the crazy cheers resounded in my mind......

Cristiano Ronaldo carefully placed the ball on the turf, then took two steps back and waited for the opponent to line up the wall.

originally thought that Jonk was going to take the initiative to take this free kick, but now, seeing Jonk handing over the football to Ronaldo, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo standing at the penalty spot, the Portuguese commentators, to be precise, the non-Czech commentators were all excited at this time.

At this moment, on the field of Euro 2008, the captain's armband on his arm is so eye-catching and heavy, but Ronaldo is very satisfied, this time, he does not want to taste defeat again......

The taste of failure, he tasted too much.

Cristiano Ronaldo looked at the football at his feet and took a deep breath, so now let's start the final journey with this arc.

The referee Webber stepped back, and when he stepped back to a place that would not interfere with the flight of the ball, he glanced at Ronaldo, and saw Ronaldo nodding to signal that he was ready, and Webber blew the whistle in his mouth.

"Toot!"

As soon as the whistle fell, Ronaldo ran up, one step, two steps, two and a half steps, stopped, supported with his left foot, and picked up his right foot, like a swinging golf club hitting the golf ball, while he stretched out his hands and leaned forward slightly, like a lighthouse.

When the ball is hit, it flies up and makes a splash.

Looking down from the stands of the Geneva Stadium, through the thin rain and mist, you can see an orange arc, like a dim yellow rainbow, stepping over the wall of people who jumped up to block it, and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Cech, the Czech goalkeeper who has been showing Xiàn excellent just now, made a save, despite his best efforts, but. Unfortunately, the angle of this free kick shot is too tricky-

The soccer ball almost grabs the junction of the beam and the upright and flies into the net. Make a brush sound and bring the net up into a big bag!

In the stands of the Geneva Stadium. The more than 18,000 Portuguese fans, all of whom stood up, raised their arms and rushed in front of the commentators, shouted "Goooooooooooal!!" ”

“Gooooooooooooooooal!!” Lineker was also there shouting loudly. A high-pitched roar rang out, "C Ronaldo!!" Portugal's new captain!! Fantastic direct free-kick! 2:1! Portugal has overtaken the score! Like the previous game, Cristiano Ronaldo's goal! That's amazing! ”

Seeing the football fly into the net, Ronaldo rushed to the stands where the Portuguese fans were, stood on the sidelines, opened his arms, and accepted the cheers of the fans.

Jonk started running when he saw the ball fly across that wonderful arc and into the net. Running towards Cristiano Ronaldo, he rushed up from behind and hugged Cristiano Ronaldo tightly.

"It's a beautiful ball, Cristiano Ronaldo!"

In the 41st minute, Jonk created a well-placed free kick for Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo takes a direct free kick, a wonderful arc, Portugal 2:1 Czech Republic......

A few minutes after Ronaldo's goal. Referee Webb blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

On the electronic scoreboard at the Geneva Stadium: Portugal 2:1 Czech Republic!

Brückner looked back at the scoreboard as he walked towards the locker room. The back, who single-handedly directed the frenzy of the Czech offensive Americans, looked a little lonely at the moment.

Brückner appeared calmer. He didn't even blame the team for conceding the goal in the final moments of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick goal, the Czech players couldn't do anything about it, and there was nothing to blame for Galasek's foul on Jonker before.

The players of the Czech team are a little silent, in fact, at this moment, the Czechs basically have a relatively clear understanding of their fate.

It's nothing more than two outcomes: qualifying or fighting for the next game.

And, now it seems that the Czechs are more likely to fight for the next game, but in any case, the tenacious Czechs will not give up the game until the last minute, this is their style, and the only way out is to try to play every game well.

For the situation that the Czech team may put in the best effort and still be eliminated, Brückner and the Czech players are not unprepared.

"I think now you and I need to face the shape of the present clearly. We are one goal behind, if we want to qualify early, we have to beat the Portuguese team, the strength of the Portuguese team, I don't need to say more, so, after this game, maybe our European Championship journey, only one game left, go home at the end of the group stage, this is not such a glorious thing, of course, maybe many of you have already resigned to this situation...... But, remember, 4 years ago, we went to the quarterfinals, we were the most attacking team in the quarterfinals, and now, some people say that we are vulnerable, I would say, this whole tmd is shit! …… In this game, maybe we will lose, but, boys, remember one thing, glory, our glory!! Give me all your strength! Don't think about how strong your opponents are, don't think about what the outcome of the game will be!! If you still have a little bit of ambition, give me a victory over them! Remember, you are Czechs, fighting for our glory and persistence!! ”

Brückner's words were loud and sound, and he looked at his players, and the players looked up at him.

Everyone found that after the start of the second half, the Czech team and the Czech team in the first half were almost two teams.

If the Czech team in the first half is a bit like a team waiting to die, then the Czech team in the second half is reminiscent of the Czech team four years ago, their attack is sharp, they play beautiful football, their attack may be very direct and artistic, but, at least, the Czech team that people see in the second half is mentally much more angry than the first half, or it can be said to be a kind of spiritual pillar.

The Czechs' defense was still tight, and Jonk felt like a wall made of a lump of brown candy in front of him, which made him uncomfortable.

On the offensive side, the Czech team showed a strong momentum. Although their offensive effect is not good for the time being, but. It can be seen that whether it is the national hero of the Czech Republic, Barosz, Jankulovsky, or Cech. Everyone was working hard, and they all burst out with the greatest energy they could.

Really desperate!

The Czechs are now not just fighting for qualification, in fact, they are fighting for their dignity.

Glory, our glory!

The game was already in the 72nd minute, and the score on the field was still 2:1, Portugal was ahead, but after the start of the second half. It was a stalemate, with Portugal not having too many chances to score, while the Czechs did not score despite their hard work.

"I have to admit that the Czechs do deserve respect, they are more difficult to play against than we thought."

It's no wonder Lineker said so, although the score on the field is now Portugal leading 2:1, but. In this game, Portugal's table xiàn can only be said to be average, and the team did not have the eye-catching attacking combination in the game against Spain, which was these two goals. It was also achieved from set-pieces, and if there was anything to be commended, it was Portugal's attacking ability in this game. I got a decent workout.

The game was at a stalemate, with fans in the stands shouting loudly for their respective teams.

Loew sat in the VIP box at the Geneva Stadium. Watch what's going on inside the pitch as head coach of the German team. He will have to pay attention to Portugal's Group A, with a win now on their side and two rounds of group games to go, and Germany will have to be ready to meet the top two in Group B regardless of who qualifies.

It's not that the Germans don't have confidence in their team to win the first place in the group and avoid Portugal, but in the hearts of the Germans, the other teams in Group A are not a problem, and they can only be crushed when they encounter the Germanic battlefield.

'It's a bit strange that we saw the German manager Loew in the stands, does Loew think his German team will finish second in the group? Lineker quipped that, in fact, almost all of the Portuguese had already secured top spot in the group, and after Portugal's 5-3 win over Turkey, no one thought the Czech and Swiss would pose a threat to Portugal.

And in this game, at the beginning of the game, the Czech team's goal made Portugal fans nervous, but then the goals of Jonk and Ronaldo, in everyone's opinion, Portugal returned to normal and won the game, there was no big suspense.

It was at this time that the Czechs almost equalized the score.

It was Petit who made a mistake in midfield, the Czechs quickly counter-attacked, Jankulovski won the ball, dribbled along the wing, and then knocked the ball across the middle, Barosh acted as a fortress in the middle, and gave the ball to Cionko on the other side, and he turned and ran towards the penalty area.

Cionco's cross was met in the box by Barosche who headed in front of John Terry, and Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo was unable to do anything, but the ball hit the crossbar hard.

The Czech fans hugged their heads and let out a regretful inhalation, while the Portuguese had palpitations.

"The Czechs' attack was very similar to their goal in the first half, and it's hard to imagine that Portugal were almost scored by the opponent with the same attacking tactics for the second time...... Lineker said, who was clearly unhappy with Portugal's defence.

"Perhaps, it's time for Mr. Scolari to make an adjustment." Lineker said.

In the 75th minute, Portugal made a substitution, and Quaresma, who came on as a substitute in the previous game, got another chance to play in this game, replacing Petit.

After coming on the field, Quaresma used his speed to frequently stage breakthroughs, which also made the somewhat dull game scene begin to have waves.

Quaresma received a low cross from Cristiano Ronaldo, he used his speed to break through Grigra, and then dribbled the ball along the side, facing the interception of Sitaritis, Quaresma smashed the ball, and then crossed directly!

The soccer ball arcs out. Fly to the exclusion zone.

This cross is quite beautiful, he found the point of Jonker, Jonk is in the penalty area, stretches his foot on the dribble line of the football, and the ball immediately changes direction. Fly towards the goal.

Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech made a brilliant save, though. The ball didn't roll far and Nani came up to make up for a shot. But he felt that someone pushed him behind his back, and he suddenly lost his center of gravity.

Nani stretched out her arms in the air with some exaggerated expression, screaming like a pig, and fell into the restricted area!

Referee Webb's whistle sounded, he ran to the penalty area, and then, under the watchful eyes of the fans on both sides, pointed to the penalty spot!

"Yes, without a doubt!! It's a penalty! Lineker cheered with his arms raised.

"Hell! It's a fake fall!! The Czech commentator let out a wail.

Get on your stomach. Nani, who fell into the mud, got up one by one, and with an ecstatic expression on his face, he was hugged by Jonker, and the two hugged in the Czechs penalty area as if no one was around, raised their arms high, and swung their fists into the sky.

The camera quickly switched to the sidelines, and on the Portuguese dugout, the roof that Scolari gave to the dugout was a punch. Then applaud hard!

On the other side, Brückner yelled at the referee with dissatisfaction: "That's an obvious fake fall!" He made a fake fall gesture in the arena, "Fake fall!" It's so obvious that you can't see it? ”

Given Brückner's affection for 'too much excitement'. The Fourth Official intervened, and the Czech Emperor turned his back on a cloudy face and looked at the night sky on a rainy night in Geneva. Rain poured into his mouth.

In his ears was the arrogant fist celebration of the guy named Scolari...... This moment. Brückner almost wanted to rush over and rip the old Brazilian guy's mouth and throw his old punch......

Rozenar who pushed Nani from behind. Feeling that he was quite wronged, he pleaded to the referee Weber, this is a reasonable collision, there are so many people in the penalty area, it is normal to bump together!

Referee Webber glanced at Rozenard, made a back-pushing motion, and then ignored him, he stood on the penalty spot and unswervingly awarded a penalty to the Portuguese!

Seeing the referee's gesture so resolute, the Czechs had to accept the penalty in frustration, they were in the second half of the game, the table was not excellent, the defense made Jonker-based offensive line, there was no way, offensively, and almost equalized, but unfortunately, now, the opponent got a penalty, if this penalty is scored, the Czechs will be almost doomed to Turkey in the next round!

Portugal's number one penalty taker has always been Deco before, but now it is Cristiano Ronaldo who is in charge, and he has the responsibility to be the captain of the field.

However, this penalty, Ronaldo conceded to Nani, Nani played a more depressed game, there were few good opportunities, this time he created a penalty, and he took the penalty himself.

As for Jonker, he rarely takes penalties and naturally doesn't go to them with Nani to take them.

Nani set the ball away from the penalty spot, then got up and stepped back. As he retreated, he looked at the Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Referee Webb looked at Nani and when he saw Nani nodding, he started blowing the whistle.

Hearing the whistle, Nani ran two steps and shot straight to the left!

Greece's goalkeeper Cech, who has always been very good in this game, also reacted very quickly this time, he was betting on Nani to push the middle, but when he saw Nani volley to the left, he immediately jumped towards the football, which was supported by his fingertips, and then smashed on the post and rolled back into the penalty area.

Didn't score a penalty, failed?!

When Nani took the penalty, the Greek defender Rozenal, who had been there and was ready to pounce at any time, breathed a sigh of relief, secretly rejoicing, and was about to rush to the ball and clear the siege with a big foot, but suddenly found a figure in front of him-

The red jersey shows the identity of this player who grabbed it!!

“Oh!!! God, hit the pillar and pop it out! Jonker shoots! Empty door! The ball is in! Goooooooaaaal!!! …… He's literally faster than the wind! Wonderful follow-up shot! 3:1! We won!! Lineker's heart at this time was definitely put to the test, from the penalty kick being saved, to Jonker's follow-up shot into the net, so nervous and exciting, that the experienced commentator thought Portugal was England, but he didn't correct it, and immediately shouted out the Goal!!

Like Lineker's heart, the Portuguese fans and the Czech fans were put to the test, but the Portuguese fans went from sadness to joy, while the Czech fans went from the boat of hope to hell in an instant.

'Nani was at the penalty spot, the whistle blew, the shot was ...... God, Cech threw himself on the post...... Shoot! Shoot! Supplementary shot!! Gooooooooaaaaaaal!! Jonker! Jonker! It's him! It's him!! He scored!! Scored twice in this game! 3:1! 3:1! Quarterfinals, Portugal is coming! Champion! Portugal is coming!! ”

In the city of Porto, it is the peak time of passenger flow at night, and a taxi driver wearing headphones and looking attentive can't help but raise his arms and cheer loudly.

The passenger sitting in the back seat, at this time, did not blame the taxi driver's behavior, in fact, he was also watching the game on his pocket computer, and at this moment, he was also raising his arms and cheering with emotion.

At this moment, such a scene of cheering with arms raised can be seen everywhere in Porto, in Lisbon, in Poltimo, in Cascais, in Albufeira, in the streets of Portugal! (To be continued......)