[Football] Crown of Thorns

Chapter 364 Chapter 364

"...Be sure to pass quickly to seize the opportunity, the main thing is to pass the ball in a small area..."

Time was running out, and Santos squatted on the edge of the court, explaining tactics to the players who were panting.

On the other side, German coach Joachim Loew did the same thing.

At the end of the main game, both sides have only 5 minutes of preparation time to go directly to overtime. The coach must tell his players how to play the game in this short period of time.

And many players who were already tired and almost exhausted sat on the ground directly, and teammates on the bench came over to help them relax their leg muscles and help their teammates try their best to recover their physical fitness.

Jia Ma gulped water, he was really tired.

As the team commander, he not only runs on the court, but also mobilizes his brain to make various calculations and direct his teammates to move and defend. It can be said that he consumes more than others.

Moutinho was squatting in front of him to help Gama shake his muscles vigorously.

"How about it?"

"Too fucking tired."

Gama pulled his lips, and vigorously rubbed the hot towel handed over by the staff on his face a few times.

Smelly and sweaty, Jia Ma sniffed the towel in distaste, and threw it aside.

Moutinho smiled, "Come on!"

"no problem."

A short 5 minutes passed and overtime began.

Taking advantage of the time when players from both sides entered the field, Gamara stayed in his own striker group and said quickly:

"Their central defenders are tall and physically resistant, but their turning speed is slow. Remember to take advantage of this, and remember to cooperate with each other when you hit the goal..."

After listening to Jia Ma's order, several people nodded and quickly ran to their respective areas.

Kick-off in the middle circle.

The German played a conservative back pass.

The physically fit Weigel broke through with the ball. Gama squinted his eyes and unceremoniously rushed from the side with a sliding tackle to sweep the ball under his feet and pass it out.

Weigel was taken aback for a moment, and immediately rushed back on the spot, but was blocked by Gama's forward horizontal movement for a second.

The football has flown across half the pitch to the Germans' penalty area.

Ronaldo jumped high from the crowd with a ferocious drive and headed the ball.

"...Gama steals the ball!!"

"My goodness!!!"

"At the beginning of the overtime, the Portuguese gave the German team a head-on blow. Although the goal was not scored, it can be seen that the Portuguese's momentum is not weaker than the Germans..."

Ronaldo took a breath, turned around and gave Gama a thumbs up.

Jia Ma nodded with a smile, and glanced sideways at Weigel.

Young people, tsk tsk, experience is still almost there.

The smelly and shameless Gama secretly judged his opponent, then walked away.

The handsome young German has a bad complexion. When he transferred to the Hornets, as a midfielder, he could not have been compared with the Portuguese midfielder in front of him by fans and professionals. Everyone said he was optimistic about him. In the future, from another perspective, isn't it that he is not as good as Jiama!

When they met in the World Cup final, he had just been put on the field, but he was directly intercepted by Gama, who had already played the whole game and consumed a lot of energy. This is simply...

Of course, Gama didn't know what Weigel was thinking when he had the ball stolen by him. Well, he was just thinking about whether he could make two more trips from the young man (you are so kind), bullying (crossed out), Let the young people learn more... Neuer throws the ball.

With good arm strength, he threw the football directly to the frontcourt.

Players from both sides competed for the football, and the experienced Gama was naturally not polite. He forcibly squeezed the opponent away to receive the ball at his feet, and even smiled at Weigel who failed to grab the ball.

There was an inexplicable chill in Weigel's body.

"Speaking of which, German players, especially their central defenders, are not only tall, they are also good at judging the path of the ball, and they have relatively high accuracy in defense and stealing. However, in the past few minutes of the game, they have been played by Portuguese players. If it wasn't for the Portuguese's bad luck, and several shots were blocked by the goalkeeper or the goal post, the Portuguese might have completely taken advantage of the field."

"Analyzing from a professional point of view, it can be said that among the current offensive line players of the Portuguese team, they pay great attention to the protection and cooperation between teammates, seize effective running positions, and cooperate with basically no mistakes. It's the style of a mature team."

"Haha, so you think the Portuguese have an advantage?"

"Is this..."

On the court, Gama frowned slightly in the face of his teammates' attempts to hit the goal again in vain.

He ran over to pull Ronaldo, Edel, and Andre Silva, "Don't make mistakes again, pass in a small range, I will pass the ball to the shortest distance, and don't let the opponent have a chance to get close."

"receive."

Hearing what Jia Ma said, the three of them nodded and immediately dispersed.

In the 8th minute of the first half of extra time, the German team had a very good chance. Khedira made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. The Portuguese goalkeeper Patricio rushed out of the goal to save the ball. He made a strong supplementary shot with his feet, and Fonte also blocked the opponent's supplementary shot with his body without fear.

Fonte, who was already out of strength, couldn't get up after blocking the ball.

Seeing that Fonte was completely out of strength, Santos immediately applied for a substitution. Just now, both teams used up three substitutions in the main game. At this time, the Portuguese team used the fourth player, while the German team still held a spot.

At this time, thanks to FIFA's newly revised substitution system, a new regulation was passed at the FIFA Council meeting in March 2016: both teams can replace the fourth player in overtime.

Gama wiped off his sweat and saw Coentraan running up.

"Man, come on!"

The golden retriever grinned, "No problem!"

The game restarts.

Patricio threw the ball, and Coentrao, who had just played energetically, ran with the ball all the way, killing the opponent's half and passing the ball.

Edel catches the ball and hits it.

It's a pity that Neuer concentrated and hugged the ball directly.

The ball went to the Germans.

Khedira and his teammates carried out a series of field passing cooperation, passing the ball to the Portuguese half.

"Pretty beautiful attack power!"

In the commentary booth, a Spanish commentator boasted like this.

The German commentator not far from him nodded repeatedly.

As for the Portuguese commentator on the other side, he stared at the court nervously, completely ignoring their comments.

Gama took a breath and shouted loudly.

He yelled a few words in Portuguese. Even if someone on the field could understand him, he might not be able to react in an instant!

"The ball goes to the ground, pay attention to the long shot!"

In the pre-match analysis meeting, Gama said that these players in the German team have long-range shots and good passes, but their passes are not the kind of long and short passes with big feet, but more. Is the ground transition of one foot.

For the passing of players in the game, the ground transition is very important, because when attacking and defending in the middle, such a pass is not easy to defend, because this kind of pass often requires two people to close the door to press and steal. If the opponent sends a high-quality kick, and there is an opportunist, it is easy to cause the team to concede the goal.

Hearing Gama's roar, the defense immediately played a tight defense, absolutely not allowing the opponent to make a good pass.

In this case, the German team's attack also failed.

"The German team's thinking is still right. They need a high-quality first pass to counterattack, so they don't have a big foot, but a clear and high-quality ground pass. Of course, the Portuguese team's pressing defense is indeed Good way to deal with that ground pass."

"But the problem with the Portuguese using this method is whether the physical fitness of the players can support the past..."

The opponent's attack failed, and Gama gestured to Patricio.

Patricio nodded after receiving Gama's instructions. He patted the football and yelled at his teammates, as if he was directing them to stand.

After a delay, he pushed the ball with his foot and handed it to Furtado.

Furtado, who also understood Gama's order, did not pass the ball in a hurry, but after a little control of the ball, he passed the ball back to Patricio.

Patricio took the ball under his feet, took a few steps, noticed that he did not go out of the goalkeeper's area in front of the goal, and then pushed lightly, this time he handed the ball to Veloso.

Veloso, who got the ball, looked up and looked forward. After taking two steps, he kicked horizontally, and the ball was given to Furtado who was standing parallel to him.

After a few back and forth like this, anyone with a little knowledge can see that the Portuguese are playing 'monkey play', and they are making full use of the court rules to save energy and time.

"I don't even know what to say?"

The commentator of the neutral party was shaking his head, a little helpless and a little funny.

"Shameful, it's killing football!!!"

The commentator on the German side was roaring.

"It's really a smart approach. Now that the players are not physically fit, use the rules to let everyone relieve stress and rest..."

The Portuguese commentator said this with a happy tone.

The commentators from all sides in the commentary booth looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"...On the whole, the German team's defenders have poor single-defense performance and good interception performance. In a mature and reliable system, they are the most reliable defense line, but if the opponent catches their weaknesses and launches a strong attack If not, the German team will be in danger!"

Under the negative slowdown of the Portuguese team, the first half of overtime ended quickly.

During the short break, Gama panted heavily and was still talking to the coach and teammates:

"...Don't dribble or stop the ball at will, play the ball decisively, be careful of the opponent's intrusion in the midfielder position, don't fall into their trap, don't lose the ball easily, don't lose your position... run , pass the ball, don't play tricks..."

After the coach finished speaking, Gama also added some content, then took the ice towel handed over by the staff and covered his face fiercely.

"Xiko, are you okay!"

Everyone could see that Jia Ma had exhausted his energy too much, and his body was exhausted to the extreme.

But now at the most critical time, they cannot lack Gama, the field commander.

"Fortunately, I can still withstand it."

Panting heavily, Gama took another sip of the functional water given by the team doctor, and took a long breath, "The last 15 minutes, come on!"

When playing, Gamara grabbed Veloso's arm, "When the opponent counterattacks, you must return to the defense quickly. At this time..." Gamara paused, "You know, you have to do some dirty work."

Veloso, whose hair was wet in strands with sweat, nodded silently. He understood Gama's meaning.

Knowing that Veloso understood what he meant, Gama patted Veloso on the back vigorously, "Let's fight!"

"Ok!"

Veloso ran away.

Not far away, Furtado looked at them worriedly, and returned to his seat without saying a word.

After rubbing his cheeks vigorously, Gama looked up at the German opposite.

At this last moment, I guess the idea of ​​the German team is similar. At this time, there is no need for elegant defense, and you have to do dirty work when you go back. You have to stick your body all the way to the player with the ball... Anyway, it is not for you Rivals happily run back and play together!

The most fortunate thing for Gama now is that Ozil is exhausted. If he is still on the court, he can exchange positions with Thomas Muller for a long time on the court, so that the German team's control range is expanded. , It is not conducive to their offense, especially the breakthrough on the wing.

"Give me the ball!"

Portugal kicks off.

Gama, who got the ball, took control of the ball. He observed the running positions of his teammates. At this time, the players on the side of Portugal had already started to insert at high speed.

Calculating the distance from the center line, Gama protected the ball and walked forward. When he reached a distance of about 15 meters, he decided to pass the ball.

Ronaldo on the wing is not running fast. On the one hand, it is because his current speed has decreased, and on the other hand, it is also because his physical strength cannot guarantee the speed. But when he is needed most, Ronaldo is still running hard.

Gama passed the ball steadily to a position about one meter in front of Ronaldo, allowing him to catch it just one step forward.

After receiving the ball, Ronaldo took the ball to control the ball. He made a running ball control pass, passed the German player and then passed the ball.

At this time, Gama and Andre Silva, who were outflanking from the center and the other side, were already in place, and Eder was also outflanking from the rear.

The whole stadium was full of tension. The scene at this time was the most tense moment in overtime, and everyone looked over.

The Germans returning to defense, the Portuguese tightening the encirclement.

And, Neuer, who bent over the goal nervously and stared at the opponent.

Neuer didn't dare to break through the goal, it would be easy for the opponent to play empty...

Many timid fans covered their eyes, so nervous that they could hardly breathe.

"...Knock the door!!!"

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PS: Well, the game is not over yet~~