Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 449
After Busquets left the field, although Bosque also told Fabregas, who replaced him, to help Ramos defend Ronaldo.
But Cesc Fabregas’ defensive ability is obviously not comparable to that of the full-time defensive midfielder Busquets.
Coupled with Portugal’s full pressure on offense, Spain’s defensive pressure has increased sharply. Fabregas has to be busy with Harvey Alonso to take on the defensive task in the middle, so it is even more difficult to free up his hands to help Ramos defend Ronaldo.
In this way, Ronaldo won more opportunities to fight Ramos one-on-one.
And this is what Chen Ran hopes to achieve by ordering the team to fully attack.
When the game progressed to the 35th minute, Deco broke through with the ball in the middle. After attracting the defensive attention of Harvey Alonso and Fabregas, he immediately distributed the ball to the left.
Receiving a pass from Deco, Ronaldo didn’t stop at all. He directly pushed the ball forward, and then immediately accelerated to rush over.
That’s right, he just bullied Ramos to be slower than himself.
Seeing Ronaldo coming up and racing against himself, Ramos was anxious and angry.
At this time, Fabregas was still in the middle, and he could no longer count on it. Although he knew that his speed was not as good as Ronaldo, Ramos could only grit his teeth and fight hard.
While running, Ramos reached out to grab Ronaldo’s jersey.
No way, the speed is not enough, small movements come together.
The most terrifying thing about Ronaldo is his comprehensive, typical hexagonal fighter, with almost no shortcomings.
Most wide players who are good at speed, physical confrontation ability is not a strong point.
If it were someone else, Ramos might have dragged the opponent out of focus.
But Ronaldo is not only fast, but his physical confrontation ability is also his strong point.
What’s more, today’s Ronaldo still uses the “first-level chicken blood card” and is at his peak.
In order to fear that the referee would play a card, Ramos did not dare to blatantly deadlift. He pulled for a while, then let go, then reached out and pulled again.
However, the moment Ramos let go, Ronaldo immediately hit the ball with his heel.
Ramos didn’t have time to brake and rushed straight ahead. When he wanted to stop and turn around suddenly, his foot slipped and he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
On Ronaldo’s side, after throwing Ramos away, he switched the ball to the inside by the way, and rushed towards the Spanish penalty area.
Realizing that the situation was not good, central defender Puyol hurriedly pushed out to make up for the defense.
At this time, Cesc Fabregas in the midfield also rushed back, and together with Puyol, formed a double-team situation against Ronaldo.
Aware of his dangerous situation, Ronaldo did not choose to continue to dribble the ball.
He kicked the goal directly before Puyol and Fabregas formed a siege.
“boom!”
The ball, like a fired shell, drew a straight line and flew towards the upper left corner of the Spanish goal.
Goalkeeper Iker Casillas was not slow to react, and immediately flew up and rushed over.
However, Ronaldo’s shot angle was extremely tricky. Casillas tried his best but failed to touch the ball. He could only watch the ball fly into the net from in front of his eyes.
“GOAL!!!”
Relying on Ronaldo’s world wave goal, Portugal led Spain 1:0 in the World Cup final.
After the goal, the ecstatic Ronaldo once again used his signature celebration.
The Portuguese fans in the stadium suddenly became excited.
“Cristiano Ronaldo scored another world wave goal. Scoring a world wave seems to have become commonplace for him.”
“It’s Cristiano Ronaldo again. His goal may help Portugal win this World Cup.”
“After Busquets was replaced, Spain’s right-sided defense relied on Ramos alone to mark Cristiano Ronaldo. Obviously, he failed.”
“After Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal score the first goal, the pressure is now on Spain. Will they be able to overtake the score?”
With different skin colors and different languages, commentators from hundreds of TV stations around the world are all excited about Ronaldo’s goal. (except Spanish TV)
On the Spanish bench, the atmosphere was solemn and silent. Bosque stood on the sidelines with a livid face, frowning tightly.
Spain is now behind in the score, and he has no other choice but to attack with all his strength to get the score back.
Bosque looked back at Torres on the bench, and then at the time on the big screen.
There were less than ten minutes left in the first half, and he had already used a substitution.
If two substitutions are used in the first half of the game, it will be a huge hidden danger to Spain for the rest of the game.
After repeated weighing for a long time, Bosque finally failed to use up the second substitution quota in the first half of the game.
Finally, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Portugal’s 1-0 lead over Spain did not change.
“Haha, it seems that Portugal really has hope of winning the World Cup.”
“That is, you don’t see who is the head coach of Portugal.”
“Ahem, upstairs, there is still half the game, it’s better for us to keep a low profile.”
“That is, we have to learn the lessons of AC Milan in Istanbul.”
“Damn it, you guys pulled my hair out to flog my corpse again. Is it over?”
“Report! An AC Milan fan was found upstairs.”
“Can I be both an AC Milan fan and a Chen Ran fan?”
“Of course. Come on, please introduce the experience and lessons of AC Milan being reversed after a big lead.”
“Hahahahaha, you upstairs are too bad, shrimp and pig’s heart!”
During the intermission, on Portugal’s side, Chen Ran was very satisfied with the current situation on the field. In addition to encouraging players to make persistent efforts in the second half, he did not make any substitution adjustments.
In Spain, Bosque replaced Pedro with Torres, and Torres and David Villa formed a double striker.
The formation of the team has also changed from 4231 to 442.
As soon as the second half of the game started, Chen Ran saw the substitutions and adjustments on the Spanish side. He knew that Bosque was going to launch a general attack.
Although he knew that Portugal’s defense should be strengthened, Chen Ran dismissed the idea when he thought of the players on the bench.
However, not substituting does not mean that he will do nothing.
Chen Ran turned on the system silently, and used a “Level 1 Recovery Card” for Deco, Meirelles and Thiago in the midfield to ensure that they had enough physical strength to finish the game.
On the field, Torres, who had just come off the bench, looked extremely excited.
This is his seventh game in this World Cup. So far, as a striker, he has not scored a single goal, which has kept Torres in his heart.
Especially now that Spain is behind in the score, Torres spared no effort to run and fight on the field, completely forgetting that he had just recovered from his injury.
The hard work paid off, when Torres received a pass from Iniesta on the left, he took a few steps horizontally.
Portuguese right back Miguel did not stick too tightly in order to prevent being passed by Torres.
Because the current position of the ball is between the penalty area line and the right line on the right side of Portugal, it does not pose a threat to Portugal’s goal at all.
However, in this place where everyone thought there was no threat, Torres broke through and kicked the goal.
The ball drew a huge arc and flew directly to the upper left corner of the Portuguese goal.
Goalkeeper Eduardo, who never thought that Torres would hit the goal there, was caught off guard. When he realized that the situation was not good and made another move, it was completely too late, and the ball slipped into the net from the gap between his fingertips and the crossbar .
With Torres’ world wave goal, Spain tied the score on the field to 1:1.
“After being silent for six games, Torres finally broke out in the most crucial World Cup final.”
“World wave! Another world wave! Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres deserve to be the top stars of Portugal and Spain.”
“After Spain equalized the score, the two teams returned to the same starting line. It’s hard to say who will win the next game.”
“After the score is equalized, Spain’s morale will definitely be boosted. Now it depends on how Portugal’s head coach Chen Ran will respond.”
On the sidelines, now it’s Portugal’s turn to be silent on the bench.
Watching the Spanish players on the field celebrate wildly, Chen Ran was surprisingly calm.
“Boss, what shall we do now?”
It was the first time he experienced such a critical moment, and Boas was a little panicked. He subconsciously went to Chen Ran, hoping to find confidence from Chen Ran.
“What should I do? Business as usual. Go and tell the players on the field how to play before and how to play next. Do you understand?”
“Okay, boss.”
As if he had found the backbone again, Boas immediately ran to the sidelines to deliver Chen Ran’s orders loudly.
And on the Spanish side, how could Del Bosque be content with equalizing the score?
He walked to the sidelines in high spirits and asked his players to continue to attack, striving to win Portugal in one fell swoop and achieve a major reversal.
In the next game, audiences all over the world saw a rare scene.
Two teams, Portugal and Spain, actually played against each other in the final of the World Cup.
First, Ronaldo broke through Ramos’ defense on the left and made a pass from the bottom. Almeida in the penalty area beat Pique to grab the ball. A lion shook his head and broke through the Spanish goal guarded by Casillas.
Portugal 2:1 Spain, leading again.
Immediately afterwards, Iniesta pierced through Portugal’s defense with a through ball. David Villa kicked the goal directly after receiving the ball.
Goalkeeper Eduardo was beyond his reach, Spain 2:2 Portugal, once again equalized the score.
After the game entered the injury time period, Portugal got a free kick in the frontcourt in a good position.
The position is facing the Spanish goal, but the distance is a bit far, at least 35 meters.
At this time, Chen Ran walked to the sidelines and called Coentraang who was closest to him.
“Fabio, you go and tell Chris that the ball made him hit the goal directly, and the others are ready to make a follow-up shot.”
“Okay, boss.”
Coentraan immediately turned around and ran to Ronaldo to convey Chen Ran’s latest instructions.
After listening to the order relayed by Coentram, Ronaldo turned his head and glanced at Chen Ran on the sidelines.
Chen Ran nodded to him affirmatively, and Ronaldo immediately understood.
Ronaldo also experienced this situation when he was in Crystal Palace.
Some free kicks are obviously not suitable for direct hits, and Chen Ran will suddenly ask for direct hits. And the results are usually rewarding.
It’s just that, at Crystal Palace, it was usually Modric who performed the task.
Now, it’s my turn.
Out of trust in Chen Ran, Ronaldo chose to carry out Chen Ran’s order without hesitation.
Carefully placed the ball, Ronaldo measured his steps and stepped back.
Looking up at Casillas’ position, Ronaldo took a deep breath.
Approach, swing legs.
“boom!”
The ball flew towards the Spanish goal flickeringly. As for whether it went left or right, no one knew.
Yes, Ronaldo kicked another elevator ball.
Casillas knows that Ronaldo has an elevator kick. Before the game, the Spanish goalkeeper coach specially let Casillas pass Ronaldo’s free kick highlights.
So, Casillas, who had been prepared for a long time, did not move in advance this time, because he knew that the elevator ball was likely to change direction halfway.
However, because Ronaldo’s shot is too powerful, the ball flies extremely fast.
Wait until Casillas sees the direction in which the ball is flying before making a save, but it is already a step slower.
Although Casillas’ fingertips touched the ball, they couldn’t stop the ball from flying into the net.
“GOAL!!!”
Relying on Ronaldo’s free kick in stoppage time, Portugal once again led Spain 3:2.
“Lore! Another lore!”
“Cristiano Ronaldo saves Portugal again!”
“Cristiano Ronaldo is the hero of Portugal!”
“There is not much time left in the game. A new World Cup champion is about to be born. Can Portugal win the championship trophy?”
When the ball flew into the Spanish net, the entire Portuguese bench went crazy.
The Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium, which can accommodate more than 84,000 people, suddenly boiled.
World wave goals, lore goals, confrontation, this World Cup final is enough to be recorded in history.
“Calm down! Everyone calm down! The game is not over yet!”
Portugal’s bench was probably the only one who remained calm. Chen Ran had to stand up and remind his coaches and players loudly.
At this time, the fourth official also noticed the situation on the Portuguese side, and came over to issue a warning.
Chen Ran immediately walked to the sidelines and loudly reminded the Portuguese players on the field to pay attention to defense.
When the game restarted, Spain launched a crazy attack.
However, time is running out.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Chen Ran was thrown into the air again.
Portugal-South Africa World Cup champion!