No. 214 The dark horse is no longer black

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The storm in Portugal is coming, and all this qiē is waiting for the semi-finals of Portugal vs Turkey!!

On the morning of June 26, the Portuguese team had their last joint practice before the game.

In training, Jonker appeared to be in average form, scoring one goal with six shots, which is really not very efficient.

At the end of the session, Jonker's expression grim as he walked towards the locker room with his head down.

As he passed through the mixed interview area, a reporter suddenly scratched Jonker's arm, "Jonk, touch Turkey again, how many goals are you going to score?" ”

Jonk was in a bad mood, he was still thinking about his state today, he broke free from the reporter's pull angrily, and turned around, "100!" ”

Then, without looking back, Jonk walked away, but did not see the ecstatic expression on the reporter's face.

In the afternoon, the press officer of the Portuguese team approached Jonker, who was a little dumbfounded when he saw the overwhelming media hype, such as 'Jonk threatens to score 100 goals in Turkey'.

He was just in an unhappy mood at the time, but he didn't expect to see this scene.

What to do? The newspaper apologized and said that these reports were all false, and he was just an angry remark at the time, which was infinitely amplified by the media?

No kidding, isn't this tantamount to showing weakness to the Turkish team at the most critical moment before the game? The Turks would be proud to accept Jonker's sincere 'apology'!

Jonk found that he really couldn't do anything at this sensitive time. Even if the Portuguese team gives any explanation, it can only be said in the name of the team. You can't dwell too much on this.

In short, these media reporters seem to have calculated exactly that. At this time, such outrageous news broke out, and I didn't worry that Jonk would find fault.

After dinner, Jonker and his teammates waited in the lobby of the hotel, waiting to depart for the semifinals, St. Jacobs Park.

This is the same as the venue of their quarter-game and Portugal, which is also a good thing for the Portuguese team, at least there is no need to toss back and forth to change places.

Dressed in a trench coat, walking and hunting. Scolari and the coaching staff, who were very stylish, appeared in everyone's sight, and the head coach of the Portuguese legion looked at his disciples with great satisfaction, and waved his hand, "Boys, let's go!" For the finals! ”

The whole hall immediately began to get busy, and the staff were busy moving the players' equipment into the bottom of the bus.

When the reporters outside saw the movement inside, they also became excited and rushed to the bus. Attacking the defense line formed by the security guards, trying to get a close-up shot of the players getting into the car.

And the Portuguese fans, who had been waiting outside the hotel for a long time, were excited, but. They didn't storm the buses, they didn't cause any trouble for their heroes, the fans just shouted outside the quarantine cordon: "We are the champions!" We are the champions! Portugal! Portugal! go! go!! go!!! ”

Being able to let the players know they're rooting for them. The fans were satisfied.

As soon as the players walked out of the hotel door, the flashing lights of the countless reporters who had been waiting outside the hotel for a long time were like daylight. The bus that got into the team was filled with the excited cheers and cheers of the Portuguese fans waiting outside the hotel.

The telecast began from this moment. It will be broadcast live until the game starts, and of course, it is impossible for the media to get it when the players are in the dressing room.

At the moment, not only in Portugal, but in many countries where the match was broadcast, fans can see the footage of the Portuguese players walking out of the hotel and boarding the bus on the TV screen.

Every fan is looking for their favorite star in the camera, and when they find it, the fans are happy in their hearts, and there is nothing if they don't find it, anyway, the game will start in a while.

The broadcast signal followed the Portuguese bus, starting from the hotel and slowly driving towards the St. Jakobs Park stadium, followed by Portuguese fans singing and dancing all the way, as if Vienna had been captured by the Portuguese.

Of course, the Portuguese only captured most of them, and you can still see a lot of Turkish fans along the way.

When they arrived at St. Jacob's Park, the players walked out of the bus and into the dressing room corridor, where the broadcast signal was still following, but when the players walked into the dressing room, the signal was cut off.

The locker room, a mysterious place, belongs only to the players!

When the Portuguese players reappeared in the limelight and stepped into the stadium at St Jakob's Park to warm up, the stadium was already packed.

The Portuguese fans gave them a thunderous round of applause for coming out to warm up because of their excellent performance, and this time, the Portuguese fans can enjoy more happiness and passion than ever before.

The fans held all kinds of banners and portraits of the players, and the broadcast camera gave a close-up shot in the stands, you can see that among the portraits held by the fans, the most are of course the Portuguese captain Ronaldo, and then the favorite star of Portuguese fans, Nani, and then - Jonker's, no, it should be said that Jonk's portrait and other portraits will always be much different, but this also shows that in the hearts of Portuguese fans, Jonk's status has reached an unshakable position.

This is not easy for a star, these are the results of Junk's own hard work and hard work step by step!

'We saw our lads on the pitch. They are warming up. Now, the starting line-up for this match of the Portuguese team is in my hands. However, Turkey's starting list has not yet been obtained. See, lost to Portugal in the group stage. This made Mr. Trim still undecided, and he couldn't make up his mind...... All right. Let's take a look at which heroes are going to start today. Lineker's voice rang out and the camera was cut to the commentary booth, where the Portuguese flag could be seen waving in the night sky.

As the Portuguese players finished their warm-up and walked back to the dressing room, the Turkish players came out, which immediately caused a frantic cheer from the stands of the Turkish fans, who had just been silent.

By the time the last pre-match ad began to be shown on TV, players from both sides were already standing in the tunnel. This is the second time the two teams have met at this tournament, which is not common in a cup competition as it requires both sides to reach the semi-finals, which is not easy.

Turkey and Portugal have not had many old feuds before, and looking at the disastrous record of the two teams in the continental competition, it can be said that they are difficult brothers.

However, in the group stage, Portugal beat Turkey 5-3 in the classic match. It also turned the two teams into rivals, with the Turkish players holding their breath to take revenge in this game, and Portugal, of course, were even more reluctant to lose to their group stage losers. In addition: the desire for the final, the desire of both teams, is so strong!

Furthermore. There was also a hiccup in which the media hyped that Jonk threatened to 'score 100 goals against Turkey' in the game. This angered the Turkish players, especially the backline led by Topal.

The expression on Topal's face was normal. Gokhan-Zan's face was like winter frost, feeling Gokhan-Zan's hostile eyes, Jonk shook his head and didn't pay attention to it, did he take the initiative to run over and pat Gokhan-Zan on the shoulder and say, 'Dude, that's all nonsense from the media, don't take it seriously, take it easy during the game'.

Anyway, after the whistle at the beginning of the game, the two sides are mortal enemies before the end of the game, what else is there to say?!

This game, for both sides, is a battlefield!

At Sant Jakub Park, with four minutes remaining, Semih's goal gave Turkey a 2-2 draw with Portugal. It was a crucial goal that could have sent the two sides to extra-time or even a penalty shoot-out, but it was a 90th-minute goal that ended the Turks' magical run at the tournament.

The dark horse team, who have won three games in a row and scored in the last five minutes in four consecutive games, have awe-inspiring the whole of Europe, and they have exemplified the never-say-die spirit. Although they ended up dying at the hands of the real 'Portugal', the Turks won more praise after the match than Portugal, who reached the final. Many media outlets believe that Turkey are undoubtedly the better team in the 90 minutes, and it is difficult to say how well Portugal played today. Even if we don't mention the players who are out due to injury, if the four main players do not stop, I believe that Turkey is more likely to reach the final.

Prior to this game, Turkey had a whopping nine injured players, with goalkeeper Volkan, wingman Alda Turan, defender Asik and striker Tunçay Sanli suspended and unavailable.

In the end, there were 18 players in Basel, and among them, the injured main defender Sevet, captain Emre and the defender named Emre were only on the bench, and only Metting recovered from injury and played 10 minutes as a substitute before the game. In this way, Turkey can really play with only 15 players, which is even worse than when Germany faced the Czech Republic in the 1996 final with only 16 players.

The German team, which lost troops 12 years ago, relied on the miraculous play of Bierhoff, who only came on as a substitute in the 69th minute, to win the trophy by reversing the Czech Republic, and the German spirit shocked the world.

After 12 years of reincarnation, Turkey, which had a stricter military shortage, almost repeated the German miracle, and their momentum in the game was not inferior to that of the German team that year. In the semi-finals, Portugal and Turkey met, did the Germans, who won the trophy 12 years ago, see their own shadow in Turkey?

To our detriment, despite the tradition of scoring late in the game, the Turks uncharacteristically played attacking football from the start, much to the surprise of Portugal. Turkey clearly dominated the first half, having twice as many shots on goal and perhaps in better form if more experienced Myburgh strikers Tunçay Sanli or Nihat were on the pitch.

Portugal improved much in the second half, but the goal was scored thanks to a mistake by goalkeeper Rustu, which was even more reminiscent of the relatively steady Volkan, who had no need to be impulsive to bring down the Czech Republic's Köhler and incur a two-match suspension for a red card.

The absence of several experienced players was the most critical reason for Turkey's defeat. The Portuguese are fortunate for this reason. They killed the Turks with their Turkish tricks, and now they can wait for the victors of Spain and Russia. Euro 2008 is nearing its end. Thanks to the Turkish team, a team that fought to the end with only 15 men left. A magical European Cup for the fans.

After three consecutive games to achieve a big comeback, the Star Moon Legion's luck has finally run out. From a 1-0 lead to a 3-2 defeat, the Turkish team exposed a big problem when their magical aura faded - they couldn't play when they were ahead.

From the second round of the group stage, the Turks staged a shocking Jedi comeback in every game. Switzerland, the score was overtaken in the 92nd minute, and in the final game of the group, after falling behind 0-2, the Turks were in the first 15 minutes of the final game. Scored three goals in a row to reverse. In the quarter-finals, Turkey equalised in the last minute of extra time.

In this game, Turkey took a surprisingly early lead. In previous games, the Turks had taken the lead in the final moments of the game and had little chance to play on the pitch with the lead, but this time they scored early and held the lead in their hands just four minutes before Portugal knocked on the door.

In the second half, Portugal overtook the score first. But only about seven minutes later, the stubborn Turks levelled again. This time, though, the goddess of victory "abandoned" them, 4 minutes later. They finally came to the end of this European Championship.

Just as Turkey walked off the pitch with their heads held high after losing 3-2 to Portugal, Turkey coach Trim also felt "proud" of losing, he said. "We played better than Portugal".

On the 25th, Portugal narrowly won thanks to Jonker's last-minute goal.

At the press conference after the game, he was asked by reporters whether the result was fair. "Sometimes we win, and you might ask the same question," Trim said. That's how it ended. We have to accept it. But he added: "I think we played better. If the game had gone to extra time, the result might have been different. ”

Turkey have four first-team players suspended, while a number of key players are injured and unable to play. But in this case, they started attacking as soon as they came up and scored first, and they also dominated the whole game.

Trim used the words "proud" and "very proud" nearly a dozen times to describe his feelings. The reporter who asked the first question came up and said, "You must be very proud of the team's appearance." Do you think you deserve to win? ”

Trim said, "I completely agree with you. Indeed, we fully deserved a victory. I'm very proud of the players. They played very well, they showed a strong desire to win and we showed the world what a good team we are. Yes, I repeat, I am very proud. ”

Trim also refused to use the lack of a major general as an excuse for losing. "I never use a suspension or an injury as an excuse," he said. I said I'd send 11 players on the pitch and I did send 11 players. ”

A mistake by Turkish goalkeeper Rustu led to Ronaldo's second goal for Portugal, but Trim refused to blame him. "This kind of thing happens all the time," he said. The goalkeeper can sometimes save a penalty and sometimes concede it lightly. But he said that Rustu's conceded goal did affect the mood of the players, "after conceding the second goal, the morale of the team suffered, because none of our players are very experienced".

Why the Turkish coach said this after the match is also confirmed by the many match numbers.

The German team is known as the "Germanic chariot", and the indomitable will and abundant physical fitness are the basis for the Germans to win in world football. However, yesterday's "German second team" Turkish team was even braver, although they were the disappointers of the game, but the number of games showed that they were still proud of their defeat.

According to UEFA's technical statistics, the Portuguese midfielder has covered a total distance of 43.733 kilometers, while the Turkish midfielder has traveled a whopping 72.924 kilometers.

Bayern's Altentop, who switched to midfield, ran a distance of 11.439 kilometers, which is equivalent to more than 28 laps around the standard track and field, which is the most run among the players of the two teams. The Turkish team ran almost 30 kilometres more than the physically fitted Portuguese team. This completely made up for the loss of the Turkish team's unorganized personnel, and such a bloody expression also set off the final defeat of the Turkish team even more heroically.

Portugal before the start of the match against Turkey. Captains Cristiano Ronaldo and Rustu took the pledge against racism on behalf of both teams: "My teammates and I hereby declare that we oppose any form of discrimination. In the last 3 weeks. We have seen football unite people of different religions, nationalities and colours and share a common passion.

Please join us in uniting against racism. The captains of the two also had anti-racism symbols on their armbands. The theme of anti-racism was throughout the tournament, with the same logo on the clothing of the security guards and staff at the venue, and "Say no to racism" placards at the perimeter of the venue.

In order to highlight this theme in the semi-finals, the organizers also placed vests with anti-racism slogans and logos on the seats of each spectator, and the live host called on the spectators to put on the vests and make waves together before the start of the match.

Portugal midfielder Munitis injured his eyebrow bone in the 40th minute and was taken to hospital at half-time with six stitches.

Yesterday after the game. Turkey's 35-year-old goalkeeper Rustu solemnly said that he would retire from the national team: "This is the last game I played for the national team, and since then there is no longer my name in the national team. "Rustu has made 118 appearances for his country.

Turkey's Fenerbahce FC recently issued a brief statement on its official website, saying that it has reached an agreement with the current Spanish coach Aragonés and initialed the contract, and they will complete the signing procedures after the European Championships. However, Aragonés denied this claim in a press conference before the semi-final: "I never signed anything. There has never been such a contract. ”

A few days ago, Serie A Lazio announced that Romanian defender Stephen. Radu made a permanent move to the club, and the 21-year-old, known as the 'new Zivo', played in the European Championships with Romania.

Trim, who led Turkey to three comebacks at the World Cup, will remain in charge. It didn't take a few days. The Turkish Football Federation issued a statement on its official website: "Triem's original contract lasted until 2010, but at today's meeting, the two parties reached a consensus and decided to renew his contract until 2012." ”

After losing 2-3 to Portugal in the semi-finals. Trim has said he will not remain in charge of the Turkish team. But the decision lasted only two days, and Trim was impressed by the enthusiasm of the Turkish Football Federation.

After all, Trim was the first manager to take Turkey to the last four of the European Championships. In this European Championship. Turkey didn't start well, losing 5-2 to Portugal in their opening group game. Trim has been criticized by the domestic media. But the next three victories completely reversed that skepticism. The Turks began to believe. It was the magical Trim that made the magical Turkish team.

The four-year contract means that Trim will continue to lead the Turkish team to the 2010 World Cup, and the Turkish Football Association also hopes that Trim can continue to write magic.

However, after the historic 4th place in the European Championship, the whole country was jubilant, and this joy did not last long before it was replaced by sadness. One of the team's biggest contributors to the team's semi-final reach, the president of the Football Association, Hasan Dogan, died of a heart attack at the age of 52 a few days after the European Championships.

The tragedy occurred a few days after Euro 2008, and the location of Hassan's illness was dramatic: the president of the Football Association was travelling with national team manager Trim in southern Turkey and was having dinner together. Just as the scrutiny was staggering to celebrate the team's all-time best, Hassan suffered a heart attack. Trim hurriedly called an ambulance, but unfortunately the doctors could not save Hassan's life.

Hassan took over as president of the Turkish Football Federation in February and won the support of the fans by reaching the semi-finals of the European Championships. After a 3-2 defeat to Germany in the semi-finals, Hassan was adamant in his support for current national team manager Trim to stay, and in the end, Trim was offered a contract until 2012. Before the match with the Portuguese team, Hassan also specially met with the chairman of the German Football Association, Zwanzig, and agreed on a series of exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in football. Just a few days later, Hassan died. (The novel "Flower Ball King" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)