208th Battle between Portugal and Germany (貮)
Germany kicked off first, Podolski knocked the ball to Klose, Klose knocked the ball back to Schweinsteiger, and Schweinsteiger then kicked the ball back into his own half.
The German began to patiently start to cross and back in his own half, which immediately drew a chorus of boos from the Portuguese fans in the stands.
"That's right, that's the game in Germany, it's Germany." Lineker also said weakly.
Loew sat in the box, holding his chin, looking down at the situation in the stadium, for this game, he has only one tactical idea, that is, to control the ball, to be patient, solid defense is the premise, on this basis, use the inverted foot and ball control to wear down Portugal's patience, waiting for Portugal to make a mistake, and Germany has to save is to give a fatal blow when Portugal makes a mistake!
This can also be said to be the traditional tactical thinking of Germany, which for many years has been known for its tenacity, and their feet are lacking in skill, but their bodies are outstanding.
Jonker pounced into the German penalty area to break the ball past Mertesacker, who crossed the ball to Friedrich, who in turn pounced on Friedrich.
Friedrich looked to get past Simão, but Simão made a down-to-the-ground tackle that knocked the ball off the touchline.
Although it was Germany's sideline ball, the Portuguese fans still gave Simão a round of applause and praised the little fat man's fighting spirit.
Friedrich threw the ball from the sideline, and after Mertesacker stopped the ball on his chest, he turned and passed the ball back to goalkeeper Lehmann, who split the ball and Mertesacker got the ball.
The German left-back began to push forward with the ball. After a wall-to-wall combination with Rolfes, he drove the ball forward with a big foot. Podolski unloaded the ball in front of the penalty area and accelerated past Petit. The football was crossed in front of the goal, and in the exclamations of the whole stadium, Klose in front of the point made a tackle, but the football flew high into the stands.
"Little woman, jerk off!"
The Portuguese fans immediately made up a tune to mock Klose, who had just fired an anti-aircraft gun, but it seemed that Klose could not understand Portuguese.
Scolari had his hands in his trouser pockets, and the neckline of his trench coat was upright. Chewing gum in his mouth and shouting from the sidelines, Carvalho was half a beat slow in defending, giving Klose the chance to tackle, but fortunately the German striker shot the ball away.
"It's a shame that Klose missed a great opportunity." The German commentator was still lamenting the opportunity, and if Klose had scored, it would have been the German striker's first goal in this European Championship.
Before this game. Germany also hold an embarrassing record at this tournament, with Germany and Poland being the only teams to fail to score a goal in their forward line, and Germany are the only teams to have not scored in a field game along with hosts Austria, who have already been eliminated from the group stage.
"Ah...... It's dangerous. Lineker was about to drink water. I was taken aback by this sudden attack from Germany, and this time I almost conceded a goal.
He wiped his mouth and continued. "That's what's terrible about Germany, they can be a second ago. It's still there, but. The next second, perhaps, a sharp counterattack began. In this game, our backline will have to be extra careful. ”
Jonker has not been given a good chance since the start of the game, and German central defender Metzelder has been very successful in his defense, as long as Jonk gets the ball, the opponent can always not let Jonk take the ball so comfortably.
"!" Jonk stopped the ball and was about to break forward when Metzelder fell to the ground and tackled the ball off the touchline.
"Nice defense! Metzelde's watch is fantastic, his defense is in place, he is the successor of Crel! "The German commentator said loudly, just as the Netherlands has a lot of 'Basten successors' every year, France has many 'Zidane successors' every year, and Argentina has many 'Maradona successors' every year, and the Germans often have 'Coral successors' and 'Sauer successors'......
Ronaldo threw the ball from the sideline, Jonker knocked it with his heel beautifully, and then turned around and got rid of Rolfes's defense, but when he was about to continue to make moves, a vicious shovel against the turf grabbed it, and Jonk was afraid of injury and quickly jumped up. Then he saw Mertesacker's vicious face.
Jonk raised his hand to signal for a foul on Mertesacker, however, referee Rossetti's gesture was clear, no foul, Portugal's touchline ball.
"Jonker is nimble with the ball!" Scolari shouted from the sidelines, he could see that Germany's defense was very tight, Portugal did not have many chances, and Jonker, as the most skilled player in the Portuguese team, needed to give full play to Jonker's technical advantages to contain the German defense.
Jonk looked at Scolari, nodded, he spat on the turf, after the game started, he played more depressed, Germany's tight defense, so that he even had a comfortable control of the ball more difficult, the German players were known for their defense, and they were obviously more attentive and hard-working for Jonker's marking.
'The game was dull, Portugal's attack was in trouble, Jonker didn't seem to have found his rhythm on the pitch and Simão was being watched by Mertesacker. Lineker said with some concern.
In the 16th minute, Simão dribbled along the flank, he tried to break through Rolfes, but was unsuccessful, and could only barely keep the ball at his feet again.
Jonker raised his hand to ask for the ball, Simão pushed with his arch, and the ball reached Jonker's feet.
Ballack came up to defend Jonker, and in the face of Balak's defense, Jonk made a feint, and when he saw that the opponent was unmoved, he passed the football out again, and then ran forward on his own. Simão passed the ball back to him again, two-by-one!
This time, it was Mertesacker who stood in the way.
Jonker looked at Mertesacker, like an old friend catching up, but there was no ambiguity at his feet, Jonker's feet were playing with flowers, pedaling five bicycles in a row, shaking Mertesacker and losing his center of gravity.
Immediately afterward, Jonker tilted his body and flicked his right foot beautifully, and the ball rolled past Mertesacker, and he himself accelerated to catch up with the ball.
Wonderful cycling! Jonk has broken through!
"Wow! Wow!! Wow!!! ”
"Shhhh Hush! Hush!! Hush!!! ”
There was a round of applause and shrill boos at St. Jacob's Park. The applause was for the Portuguese fans, and the boos were for the German fans, of course.
“Great!!! Pedal a bike! Mertesacker is shaken! Jonker rushes with the ball!! Lineker shouted.
Lehmann was in front of goal. Yelled at his own defenders: "Stop him! Stop him!! Don't let him keep coming in!! ”
Metzelder looked at Jonker, who continued to advance with the ball, and gritted his teeth and pounced on Jonker.
Metzelde was seen dropping the defensive against Simao. Jonk pushes directly with the arch of his foot and pushes out a ball behind him!
Simao, who had a very tacit understanding with Jonker, started almost at the same time and chased towards the football.
It's a pity that Jonck's through ball passed a little bigger, Simão caught up with the football, and when he shot, Lehmann had already attacked to block the angle, corner kick!
Cristiano Ronaldo takes a corner. Jonk jumped up in the penalty area, but he was tightly entangled by Metzelde, Jonker gritted his teeth, his waist and abdomen exerted, and the back of his head rubbed against the football, and after the football was rubbed by him, it flew towards the goal, which caused chaos in the box, and Lehmann ventured out and punched the football out of the box. Outside the penalty area, Deco padded his chest, and it was a direct long-range shot, and then. A flash of white light was seen, but the ball slammed into the crossbar...... Germany escaped!
"Damn it! The crossbar denied an important goal as gold! If this goal is scored, everything will be so good. Lineker clutched his head in infinite regret and shouted. He was joined by countless Portuguese fans.
Scolari's hands were already waving, and he heard the bang. He shook his hand depressedly.
The camera caught Loew reaching out to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead.
Two minutes later. C Ronaldo with the ball, he raised his eyes to look at the front, Jonk was entangled with Rohrfes, he immediately accelerated towards the penalty area, Rohrfes immediately followed closely, but Jonk suddenly made a sharp stop, Rohrfes couldn't react and rushed over, at this time, Ronaldo's pass also arrived.
It was a half-high ball, and Jonk chested up, cushioned the ball in front of him, and then accelerated two steps to catch up with the ball, by which point Rolfes had already pounced again.
However, Jonk didn't give him a chance, swinging his legs, picking his feet, and shooting!
The football flew towards the goal like a cannonball, and the power of the shot was too great, and Lehmann did not dare to hold the ball, so he could only fall to the ground and save the football from the bottom line, a corner kick.
"Oh - Jonk - long shot - Lehmann saves Germany - corner, this is our chance." Lineker was deeply sorry that Jonker's long-range shot was not able to score.
Jonker shook his head regretfully when he saw that the football was saved by Lehmann, it seems that Germany's first goalkeeper really deserves his name.
"Focus! Concentrated! Don't give him such an easy chance to get on his feet! Lyman leapt from the ground and yelled at the defenders. He was not satisfied with the defense of Jonker at the back just now, and when Jonk shot after Rolfes was breached, no one came to the door in time to block, which was an unforgivable mistake.
Cristiano Ronaldo's corner kick was taken, and the tall Mertesacker grabbed the spot, pushed the football out of the penalty area, and removed the threat.
The clock was 30 minutes into the game, the score was still 0:0, and the game seemed to be deadlocked.
Portugal's offensive began to rise, but in the face of Germany's solid defence, especially Lehmann's heroic cousin, they were never able to score.
Ballack's long-range shot forced Ricardo to save the ball from the bottom line, a German corner.
Ballack takes a corner, Klose fights for a point in the box, he is 193cm tall, headers are his forte, Klose shakes his head to hit the goal!
Ricardo pounced on the football, but it didn't happen!
The Portuguese fans in the stands let out an exclamation, only to find out that it was a false alarm and the ball was deflected wide of the goal.
"It's dangerous, Klose's header is deflected! Danger, beware of Germany's set-pieces, Germany have only scored three goals in their previous three group games, all from set-pieces. Lineker said with a palpitation.
After receiving Cristiano Ronaldo's lateral transfer ball, Simão broke through some distance along the wing and hoisted the ball towards the middle.
Deco ferried the ball directly with his head to Jonker, who was plugged in behind him.
Jonk didn't slow down. He pushed the ball forward with his chest as he ran, and it bounced off. Immediately following his header, the ball flew forward. At the same time, his feet did not slow down at all, and continued to advance at high speed.
"Hell!" Mertesacker roared, telling Metzelde to defend Simao, and he pounced on Jonker himself.
For Jonker, Mertesacker has studied carefully, Jonker's speed is fast, which is nothing in itself, there are more fast shooters, and many such speed players have no chance at all in front of Mertesacker. However, Joan Ke is different, and he can perform all sorts of dazzling feints while dribbling at high speeds, while still maintaining his speed! This reminds people of Ronaldo, who was still the 'alien' at his peak.
Jonker didn't panic in the face of Mertesacker, he leaned forward and at the same time paddled quickly under his feet, pedaling several times in succession.
Mertesacker stared at Jonker's feet, and he needed to judge. Determine when it's time to break the ball without being fooled. It's all about defensive instinct and experience!
Jonk had a bicycle and then pulled the ball sideways, just then. Mertesacker broke the ball with his foot!
Jonk dunked the ball back again, dodged Mertesacker's break, and then. Take the ball forward and you're about to burst into the penalty area.
But this time he had been entangled with Mertesacker. Or a little bit of delay, at this time. Friedrich and Ballack were both back in place, and the two pounced on Jonker.
At this time, in the front, Metzelder defended Simao, Deco was next to Ballack, Ronaldo was entangled with Klose who defended to his own half, and Simão was cutting forward at high speed, and Rolfes was in hot pursuit.
"Good opportunity! It's time to pass the ball! Portugal's chance! Lineker stood up and shouted.
In front of the goal, Lehmann hunched his waist slightly, his eyes looked at Jonker vigilantly, he was judging what Jonk would do, whether to split the side to insert Simao, or pass the ball to Deco, or to cooperate with Simão in the penalty area?
Just when Lehmann was still thinking, Jonk suddenly shot, this shot was so sudden, he didn't even run, even the swing of his thighs was very small, all relying on the explosive power of his calves, the football jumped up and flew towards the goal.
Lehmann didn't have time to think about how Jonker had shot, he instinctively jumped up and tried to block the ball into the net.
This ball, it should be a hanging shot, Lehmann tried his best to block the ball with his hands, he felt that his fingertips seemed to hold up the football, and then inertia made him lean back, just in time to see that the football had a slight change of direction, flying to the right post of the goal, and it was about to deviate from the post, which made Lehmann feel pleasantly surprised, but, the next second-
The ball hit the inside of the goal post, made a muffled thud, and bounced resolutely into the top corner of the net.
At this time, Lehmann could even hear a crisp sound of 'brushing', which was the sound of a violent friction between the football and the net, and this friction sound took away the last trace of Lehmann's illusion -
The goal did go in!!
“Goooooooooooaaaal!!!! In the 36th minute of the first half, Jonker scored his seventh goal in this European Cup! The goal gave Portugal a 1-0 lead over Germany in the quarters! Jonker! His watch is fantastic! It was a diamond goal! Listen to the cheers, well done, young man! Lineker raised his arms and shouted loudly into the headset, he was indeed excited, very excited, as the game progressed, Portugal gradually began to grasp the initiative in the game, but it has been scoreless, and was almost attacked by Germany, which made everyone sweat, everyone knows what the German team is like, the Germans can always be very wolf, but they can stage a lore in the next moment!
If the competition was an intense script, it was the Germans' script.
If they don't want to follow the Germans' script, Portugal must score first!
Portugal 1:0 Germany!
The script began to fall into the hands of the Portuguese.
"The 7th goal! It was Jonker's seventh goal of the tournament! This is a remarkable achievement! He is two goals away from Platini's record of nine goals at Euro 1984!
“Ii’s――Goooaaaaal!” The 50,000-seat St. Jacobs Park stadium erupted at this time, and Portuguese fans began to make waves in the stands. They cheered loudly, crazy cheers for a surname.
Jonk was also very excited. He knew it was a knockout and the game was deadlocked. He knows what a goal at such a time means, it means that the window of victory has opened a crack, and in the next game, what he and his teammates have to do is to continue to pry this gap open, so that the sunshine of victory, the halo of champions, shines on all!!
Running all the way down the stands, Jonk ran with his right arm. Swinging wildly, like a spasm, finally on the side of the court, Jonk stopped, in fact he was 'forced to stop', and the other teammates rushed up with a scream, threw him to the ground, and pressed him up one by one.
Simon pressed up...... Cristiano Ronaldo ...... Carvalho ...... Oh, be careful. Jonk is now an invaluable asset to the Portuguese team! Lineker said with a smile as he saw the Portuguese players celebrating with a stack of arhats.
When Jonker suddenly dropped the door and the ball went into the net, Scolari exploded completely. The Portuguese raised his arms and cheered as if to join the players. The fourth official next to him hurriedly grabbed him, "Mr. Scolari." Your place is over there. He gestured to the position of the coach's box.
Scolari walked back in a daze, and he didn't forget to give a thumbs up to the court. As for Portugal on the bench. There was already a chorus of cheers.
Not far away, on the bench and coach's bench in Germany, it was a different scene, with the German players sighing one by one, obviously very frustrated by the goal conceded.
Loew himself waved his arm a little helplessly in the box, at this moment, how much the German young marshal missed the days of sitting in the coach's seat.
Loew is also coming out of the goal conceded at this point, and he needs to think about his team's tactics when they are down to the scoreline.
Portugal scored a goal to take the lead in the score, and had to guard against the possibility of Portugal taking advantage of the morale to continue to attack the German goal and concede again.
Falling behind 0:1 in the first half, and fighting back with all his might in the second half!
This can be said to be Loew's tactical arrangement at the moment, he made a hidden gesture to the German staff, and then the staff made the same gesture to the captain Mertesacker: Steady, waiting for the opportunity to attack!
The next game made everyone feel so boring.
People were surprised to find that after conceding the goal, Germany did not immediately counterattack, but did not rush back and forth there, as if looking for an opportunity to attack suddenly.
And the Portuguese team does not seem to have the intention of scoring another goal in one go, and the team did not continue to attack in one go, but maintained the formation in an orderly manner.
"Portugal didn't seem to have any intention of extending the score, and the Germans didn't mean to be behind in the slightest, so the game was deadlocked."
Finally, the referee Rossetti blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the first half ended, Portugal 1:0 Germany!
The stands of the Portuguese fans at St Jacob's Park erupted in cheers as they entered the break with a 1-0 lead.
Able to lead 1:0 into the halftime break, the Portuguese players all talked and laughed, and walked towards the players.
The German players next to him lowered their heads one by one, didn't say anything, and left the court in a hurry.
The Portuguese players walked down the pitch and into the dressing room with smiles on their faces that could not be concealed, in fact, you can also interpret it as a smug smile, and they didn't care if it irritated Germany.
In fact, this is also related to the current situation of Portuguese football, it is always said that Portugal produces young talents, which proves that Portugal's young talents can only stop there.
With Jonk, everything is different!
In the world in 2006, Portugal finally achieved the dream of the World Cup, and now they are still one European Cup away, they were runners-up at home in the last edition, and now they want to impact the championship, proving to the world that the current Portuguese national team is a super platinum generation!
The expressions of the players, Scolari naturally saw it, and he decided to beat his players well, because what kind of virtue the Germans are, he knows very well the danger of the German team, and he also knows what the Portuguese team is like, once the Germans equalize in the second half, if they don't get it right, Portugal's psychological defense will collapse, and it will be a disaster.
"You did a good job in the first half." Scolari tried to describe the '1:0' in the first half in an understated tone, "But do you think that's enough? With a score of 1:0, is it worth your excitement? His mouth turned up, and he asked sarcastically.
Scolari's words stunned the players, leading Germany 1-0 in the first half, is this not satisfied? Who do you think Germany is? How many teams in the world can take out a stubborn Germany by more than two goals?
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