Chapter 152 The Gap

If you hold Digan hostage, you win half the battle!

Everyone understands this truth, but can Digan really be prevented?

Digan has a strong body, fast speed, outstanding skills, and a huge range of motion. It is simply an impossible task to prevent him.

Some people even say that Digan is more comprehensive than Maradona at his peak. Before this game, Scolari did not believe it, but now he believes it.

Look at Degan on the field. He is not only attacking, but also organizing. He even keeps retreating to help defend. Degan can be seen in every corner of the court, even if Scolari sent So what if someone specifically marks Digan, when Digan runs around on the field, it can actually mess up the Portuguese team's formation.

Since you can't defend, then attack. Anyway, the competition in football matches is to see who scores more goals. As long as Portugal can score one more goal than Belgium, then the victory will be theirs.

After conceding the goal, Portugal obviously strengthened their offensive and wanted to equalize the score before the end of the first half. In the 36th minute, Deco shot a low shot with his right foot from 32 meters in front of the goal, which almost caused Proto to drop his hand. Proto's second reaction was not slow, followed by a step forward, and pressed the ball under him.

In the 37th minute, Figo made a pass from the right, and Jin Maoluo flew to the top and fell to the ground. Although Van den Borre made a slight hand movement behind him, the referee did not award a penalty. Scolari was on the sidelines very dissatisfied.

After Jin Maoluo got up, he also pestered the referee to refuse to let him go, but the impatient referee stuck a yellow card on his face, and then he stopped.

Jin Maoluo is really in a hurry now. Degan has already scored a goal. Although his performance is not bad, but if there is no goal embellishment, after the game is over, people will only say: Look! He is no match for Digan!

If it's just that, it's fine, but the point is that he demoted Digan to nothing before the game?

??, if he can't win this game, then he will lose face a lot.

In the 39th minute, Jin Maoluo broke through the defense of two people from the left, crossed and went straight into the penalty area, 15 meters away from the goal, his left foot volley was blocked by Proto and went out of the baseline.

In the forty-fourth minute, Jin Maoluo broke through at high speed on the right rib again, volleyed with his right foot from the front of the penalty area, and missed the near post.

Through his performance during this period, Jin Maoluo really has the capital to be proud of. His performance on the two wings has caused a lot of trouble for the Belgian team.

Especially the shot after the inside cut constantly tested Proto's nerves.

Fortunately, there was not much time left in the first half. Belgium was united and withstood the counterattack of the Portuguese team. Until the referee blew his whistle to announce the end of the first half, Portugal failed to score an equalizer.

When he was off the field, Digan let out a long breath. During the forty-five minutes of the first half, he was running almost continuously, which consumed a lot of energy, and his leg was still injured.

"Rod! Are you okay?" Antiiennis hurried up to meet him and asked with concern.

Digan shook his head: "Don't worry, I can still persist!"

Degan didn't say that he was fine, he just said that he could persevere. Obviously, the injury on his leg made him grit his teeth and persevere now. The game cannot be lost. As long as it is a football match, Degan doesn't want to lose, especially if it is a football match. Lost to that golden mauro.

When Ronaldo left the field, his expression was very gloomy. He got several good chances in the first half, but unfortunately he couldn't grasp them, especially once, Pauletta's position was obviously better, but he still stubbornly chose He shot by himself, which made Scolari very dissatisfied, and rushed to the sidelines to yell at him.

Looking at Antiiennis who was walking side by side with Degan, who was always concerned and inquiring, Jin Maoluo couldn't help being jealous. He also wanted to have the absolute freedom on the court like Degan, and he wanted to gain absolute trust, but Whether in Manchester United or in the Portuguese national team, that can only be a luxury.

In Manchester United, there are Giggs and Scholes. In Portugal, he still has a Figo on his head.

In the locker room, Scolari was losing his temper. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half, especially the offensive players. They won many opportunities, but they failed to grasp even one of them. When the game progressed to the last ten minutes of the first half, the team was even a little flustered and impatient. Everyone was fighting on their own, and his tactics didn't show it at all.

"You have to figure it out, not that Portugal needs you, but you need the stage of the Portuguese national team, so that you can show your talents to the fullest and strive for that supreme honor. In the second half, I don't want to see those self-righteous performances anymore , Cristiano! Figure out where you are, if you don't know when to pass the ball, I don't mind having you on the pitch to calm down!"

Obviously, what Scolari said just now was aimed at Jin Maoluo. He was really too independent in the first half. A threatening shot, but Scolari had him on the pitch for more than just scoring.

Jin Maoluo really wanted to refute, but he scratched his lips, but he still didn't have the courage to say it. In the Portuguese national team, after all, he was just a junior, and there were a bunch of senior masters sitting on his head. He yelled five and six.

He didn't say anything, but there were three big characters clearly written on his face: Unconvinced!

Scolari doesn't bother to pay attention to this golden hair now. He didn't expect the game to be like this before the game. Digan is very good. He knows this very well, but he didn't expect it to be so good. In the first game, he specially arranged Maniche to mark Degan in the midfield, but from the perspective of the first half, the effect was not very obvious. Maniche was born as a central defender, and his defensive ability was naturally first-class, but Degan's The range of motion was simply too great for Maniche to keep up with.

"Nuno!"

Scolari thought and looked at Maniche. Maniche was suddenly nervous. He didn't want to be replaced during the halftime break. Although he knew that his defense against Digan was completely unsuccessful in the first half, but He didn't want to end so early, he still wanted to keep fighting.

Fortunately, Scolari's next words reassured Maniche: "When necessary, you can let go of your hands and feet, and you can't let that kid get too proud!"

Scolari doesn't have any affection for fellow countrymen. Although they are all from Brazil, he only has victory in his mind. Even if he is facing Brazil now, he will show no mercy.

Maniche was stunned for a moment, his eyes struggled for a while, he understood what Scolari meant, but finally he nodded, everything was for victory.

Beginning in the second half, Portugal gradually became anxious, and some mistakes gradually increased. In the seventh minute, Figo made a mistake in returning a pass. After Degan steals the ball, the left rib speeds up and breaks through Meera. At 7 meters in front of the goal, the left foot is small. A low angle shot, goalkeeper Ricardo fell to the ground to block, the ball hit his left arm, slipped under the armpit and slowly rolled out of the near post.

Seeing this scene, Scolari was so shocked that his back felt chills. If the goal was scored again, this game would be really difficult.

Less than a minute later, Jin Maoluo's heel was broken by Guer's foot while playing with fire, and he was immediately handed over to Digan. Digan knocked back on the left, Simmons followed, crossed the middle, and Mponsa Jr. 24 in front of the goal Meters away, he turned around and volleyed vigorously with his right foot, but Ricardo lifted the crossbar with one hand.

In the 53rd minute, Figo made a direct pass from the left rib. Pauletta stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and turned to get rid of Vandenbury. He volleyed with his right foot 10 meters in front of the goal and hit the side net.

In the fifty-fifth minute, Belgium got another excellent chance to counterattack. Digan sprinted halfway across the court and made a pass from the left. Somewhat forward, Mponsa Jr. lost his shot angle and wasted a chance to expand the score.

In the fifty-eighth minute, Miguel broke through Bufer from the right and passed the ball to Pauleta and fell to the ground with a leg injury. After that, he was unable to continue the game, and Paulo Ferreira came off the bench.

Immediately afterwards, Scolari replaced the mediocre Pauletta with Simao, and Jin Maoluo switched to center forward.

After that, Scolari, who had been unable to attack for a long time, added a center forward, and Postiga replaced Costinha.

In the 76th minute, Valente made a low pass from the left, and Postiga fell to the ground in the center of the penalty area, but the referee was unmoved, and Scolari on the sidelines was very dissatisfied.

In the 77th minute, Figo took a free kick 30 meters away from the goal on the left side and volleyed vigorously. Ploto made a mistake while holding the ball. The ball bounced high on his chest. Figo made a header in front of the goal. Skimming the crossbar, the Portuguese missed another chance to equalize.

Must score!

Seeing the passing of the game time by minute and second, Scolari couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and kept roaring loudly on the sidelines to remind his men to step up their offense.

In the next game, Portugal was basically attacking, Belgium was defending, and even Digan retreated to the middle, leaving only a little Mponsa in front to contain the opponent's defense.

It is clear that Belgium intends to keep this score until the end of the game.

"There are only ten minutes left in the game including stoppage time. Belgium is now leading Portugal 1-0. As long as this score can be maintained until the end of the game, Belgium will enter the World Cup final in a historic way. The best result in the World Cup was the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. At that time, the team had the genius Schiff. After so many years, Belgian football can only be regarded as second-rate in Europe, but now we don't need to envy those powerful players. Yes, we have Digan, we have ~~~~~~~~~~~"

Before the Belgian commentator finished speaking, he stopped suddenly, as if someone had stuck his neck. Digan was lying on the ground with a face of pain on the court, and Maniche was beside him.