Chapter 442: Cristiano Ronaldo kills the game with a scalpel-like pass

Chapter 442: Cristiano Ronaldo kills the game with a scalpel-like pass

"Oh My God!"

"Hugo Lloris! Huge, huge mistake!"

"Gonzalo Guedes! Steal the ball from French captain Lloris! Hit the empty goal!"

"Portugal used its high defense to get a dream start in the first minute of the second half! 3:0!!"

"Goooooooooooooooal——"

……

The fanatical atmosphere at Luzhniki Stadium instantly reached its highest level since the beginning of the second half.

Guedes, who scored the goal, turned around after confirming that the football entered the net, opened his arms, and ran towards Martin.

The same goes for other Portuguese players.

The successful start at the beginning of the second half was directly related to Martin pulling several Portuguese players to explain and remind them in the player tunnel.

He mentioned several tactical possibilities that the French team would use at the beginning of the second half, and talked about his own methods of solving them. He also talked about paying attention to Lloris's tricks when it is difficult to get the ball out.

Hit the nail on the head!
Martin, who saw Guedes successfully stealing Lloris, did not expect that history would repeat itself.

I just didn't expect Lloris, who was behind in the score, to make a mistake.

No one expected this unexpected goal.

The biggest blow was to French head coach Didier Deschamps, who managed to get his players to regain their confidence before the start of the second half...

The on-site director gave the subject Loris a close-up shot for a long time.

At this moment, his heart felt like a knife, and he hated himself for thinking of the technical move of fake fax dunk at that time.

You know, he has never been the kind of goalkeeper who likes to show off his skills.

The most important thing is that this behavior was done by the captain...

The label [huge, huge mistake] was also tightly attached to Lloris.

The Portuguese players who appeared on the broadcast screen were ecstatic.

For them, there is nothing better than the beginning of the second half!

An unexpected lucky goal often means God's will.

Westerners believe this very much.

BBC Sports commentator Lineker exclaimed: "Hugo Lloris actually made such a low-level mistake! How dare he fake a dunk in the World Cup final when he was two goals behind? My God, it's crazy. ”

"Maybe... at that moment, he wanted to use extreme methods to restore morale, but as a goalkeeper, the most important thing you should do is absolute safety. Even if you have outstanding footwork and are extraordinary like Neymar, you still have to do your job as a goalkeeper. Work, I don’t know what will happen to Hugo Lloris after this game, but for now, I am very grateful to him..."

Commentator Mourinho made an appropriate joke.

As a Portuguese, he really hopes to see the national team have the last laugh in the World Cup finals.

At the end of the first half, Martin extended the score to two goals. He knew that the game was almost certain, and he fully expressed his confidence in Portugal's championship in the live broadcast room.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the second half, he laughed at Nalouris' gift again.

He knows that winning the championship is much easier than imagined.

The Portuguese players on the field thought so too.

Even Ronaldo's face showed a hint of relaxation.

Martin captured this keenly. He did not say anything directly to his teammates, but pulled Ronaldo to remind him a few words.

Cristiano Ronaldo has a rich career and life experience, so he can naturally hear Martin's worries. He thought for a moment and realized the seriousness of the situation.

The score expanded to three goals within a minute of the second half. Even I felt a little relaxed, let alone other teammates?
The French team is not weak. On the contrary, it is one of the strongest national teams in world football today and has enough ability to score consecutive goals.

Once the score difference is narrowed by the French team, it is impossible to say that morale will be boosted.

Morale is an invisible and intangible thing, but it has a huge impact on the progress of the game.

In addition, the French team, whose morale has been greatly improved, is likely to be motivated.

By then our mentality will definitely explode, and the French team may even turn defeat into victory!
Cristiano Ronaldo was a little scared when he thought of this. He patted Martin's shoulder gratefully, turned around and pulled his teammates who had finished celebrating to say a few serious words, trying his best to keep everyone focused on the game, forget about the current big score, and never forget the original intention, until The whole game is over.

After celebrating the goal, the Portuguese players were not as ecstatic as before. After hearing the worries of captain Ronaldo, they nodded one after another with solemn expressions.

They are all professional players who have experienced many battles and know that victory can only be achieved by waiting until the end of the game.

Any carelessness may lead to catastrophe.

At the other end, all members of the French team looked desperate after conceding another goal at the beginning of the second half.

Head coach Deschamps secretly cursed Lloris ten thousand times, but he knew that the most important thing at the moment was to stabilize the morale of the military.

Being three goals behind does make people feel desperate, but if you think about it from another perspective, will your opponent Portugal let down its vigilance?
If this happens, it may be an opportunity to turn defeat into victory!

He personally ran to the sidelines, called some frustrated players together, briefly stated his plan, and then used inflammatory body movements to incite the French fans in the audience.

Although these fans are desperate for the team's performance, head coach Deschamps still has to give him face.

Accompanied by huge chants, die-hard French fans in several stands then sang "La Marseillaise", and then swept the entire French fan gathering area with the power of a spark.

The mighty momentum lasts for a long time.

The French players on the field clearly felt the fans' expectations and were very moved.

Deschamps struck while the iron was hot and encouraged morale while clapping his hands: "The damn Portuguese must be complacent and think they have won. What I want to say is that destiny is always in their own hands! The game is not over yet, everything is possible! The same is true of winning the championship. It's a big hit, they can score three goals, but we can't?"

"can!"

"must be able to!"

"I believe everyone here!"

At this point, Deschamps' voice rose an octave higher and he spoke impassionedly.

I have to say that Deschamps, who was once the captain of France, really has the ability to inspire morale and restore some fighting spirit to the players in just a few words.

He believes that as long as the players still have hope for the game, they will definitely find their best form as time goes by.

Score three goals in a row without conceding a goal, why not?
But when Deschamps looked at the Portuguese player, his brows rose slightly.

"It shouldn't be..."

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"aoaooaoaooooooooo——"

In the 49th minute of the game, Martin flew to block Griezmann's long-range shot from the front of the right penalty area and deflected it from the sideline. The huge chants from the Portuguese fans above the Luzhniki Stadium were deafening.

Pavard threw a foul ball from the right side of the front court. After many passes in the French attack, Lucas Hernandez finally found a good opportunity to cross from the left.

Giroud beat Pepe's header from the front point and then rubbed it. Griezmann appeared at the landing point according to the tactics formulated before the game.

At this moment, a red figure appeared in front of Griezmann. He clearly saw the Arabic numeral [10] raised on the back of the jersey, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

What the hell!
Why is it him again?
The attack failed again, and the French players' rekindled confidence showed signs of being extinguished.

Head coach Deschamps captured something keenly. He came to the sidelines and applauded the players' offense, and also made inflammatory body movements to indicate that everyone should play like this.

The signal released is: if you persist, you will surely reap abundant fruits!
The French team, which was three goals behind, seemed to have just woken up from a dream. It launched a mercury-like attack and tried to score a goal in a short time, giving everyone hope of equalizing the score.

However, the Portuguese players are full of defensive attention, and Martin can fill in the position in time, and can make up for the problem of exposed defense through just the right command.

"Headache." Deschamps stood in the home team coach's technical area, rubbing his temples with both hands.

Portugal's overall defensive quality is very good, and they will not be able to create any decent opportunities for a while.

The most important thing is the possibility of scoring goals against weak teams with a strong attack, but it is difficult to score against a strong team like Portugal.

The strong dialogue is about switching between offense and defense.

In other words, it is a counterattack against the opponent.

Mbappe, who is extremely fast, is a good counterattacker.

So if you want to counterattack Portugal, you naturally cannot lead the attack all the time, otherwise you will be counterattacked by the opponent.

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, Deschamps called Griezmann to his side and gave him face-to-face instructions.

The French team, which had been patiently organizing the offense before, suddenly lost the necessary cross passes and back passes, and instead passed the ball directly into the penalty area. It seemed to see whether Giroud could suppress Pepe and Font and head the ball into Pat. Riccio.

They are all players with rich experience in the game, and defense is simpler than offense. After all, Giroud is not the top center. It is obviously very difficult to stand up in tight marking.

Patricio used Pepe to squeeze Giroud's screen and jump to pick up Griezmann's cross from the left rib to the penalty area.

The team led by three goals, and Martin was closely monitored during the transition from offense to defense. Naturally, he would not throw the ball away easily, but chose to stabilize the rhythm.

The French players filed back into the half court, and Patricio threw the ball to Pepe at the edge of the penalty area on the right.

After three passes and two downs, the football came to the feet of Martin who received the ball in the middle circle.

He could probably guess what the French team wanted to do.

It's nothing more than giving up the ball and playing the defensive counterattack you are best at.

Martin wanted to laugh when he thought of this.

Big brother.

Are you three goals behind?
I'll give you a chance to fight back, and you'll be spoiled for choice!
Since the French team gave up the ball, he accepted the favor and spent the game time reasonably through patient passing.

"Fake!"

Deschamps watched Martin, who was actively running, connect the midfield and midfield, but he had no intention of passing the ball forward, and neither of the two full-backs had any intention of pressing forward.

What the hell, if the defensive players don’t actively participate in the offense, how can I counterattack?

Martin has absolute tactical authority on the court. Santos, who was standing in the visiting team coach's technical area, understood his intention and turned to his assistant to bring Moutinho over to the warm-up area.

Through patient conduct and reasonable consumption of game time, how can the veteran Moutinho be missing?
In the 57th minute, Portugal took the lead in making personnel adjustments.

Moutinho replaces B Fee.

The 442 formation with parallel midfield positions became the 4231 formation.

The four-back system remains unchanged, with Moutinho coming off the bench and William Carvalho as a double midfielder.

Avant-garde Ronaldo, Martin and Seat B, with Gerdes at the front.

The layering of the 4231 formation is more obvious, and passing and receiving are smoother.

French players had to strengthen their running coverage based on Portugal's back-and-forth passing, thus achieving the effect of stealing + counterattacking.

But the problem is that with Martin's assistance after Moutinho, Portugal's overall offense has become smoother and silkier.

Delicate footwork can ensure that the football under your feet will not be easily broken, and a good overall awareness of the overall situation can play a good metronome role.

After cooperating with Martin during this year's international matches, we are very familiar with each other and can tell what the other wants to do just by looking at each other.

Stabilizing the rhythm of the game made the French, who were lagging behind by a big score, impatient.

At that point, it will completely kill the game!
"aoaoaoooooooooo——"

The fanatical atmosphere at the Luzhniki Stadium remained at a very high level, with overwhelming cheers coming one after another.

The Portuguese fans, in particular, were very excited and continued to give out huge cheers.

Portugal gained possession of the ball for a long time, and French coach Deschamps knew what the opponent wanted to do.

He also regrets his previous decision.

In fact, if you think about it, you already have a three-goal lead, so there is no need to invest too many offensive players.

For this reason, he can only signal his players to increase their pressing intensity and force the opponent to make mistakes.

Unexpectedly, it was this decision that made the French team completely desperate.

In the 65th minute of the game, Martin, who had been responsible for the overall attack, suddenly changed his rhythm after receiving a pass from Moutinho. He faked a pass and dunked, wiping out Pogba and Matuidi who were attacking.

This frightened Kanter, who was defensively behind in the middle.

He has no confidence in guarding Martin.

But he didn't dare to fight and retreat, and he didn't dare to get too close.

Martin, who passed Pogba and Matuidi, can be said to have entered the shooting range.

Fighting and retreating will undoubtedly give Martin enough room to start.

At the same time, Martin, who was running, adjusted his pace.

Although Kanter knew that Martin might be fake, he didn't dare to take a gamble.

What if it comes true?

As an opponent and teammate at the club level, he has seen too many long-range shots from Martin.

Out of an instinctive reaction to defensive actions, he lowered his center of gravity, moved his right foot forward, and kicked off with his left foot supporting his body.

Take a gamble!
However, there is a saying that goes like this.

Nine times out of ten you lose.

As soon as Kanter made his gambling defense, he saw that Martin, who raised his right foot, did not touch the ball with the instep of his front foot, but instead used the inside of his instep to smash the ball to the left.

"It's over~"

Affected by the inertia of his body, Kanter could only watch all this happen.

Martin, the instigator, made a very quick connection, passing by Kanter like lightning. The arch of his left foot quickly pushed the football under his feet from the center to the left rib of the penalty area.

A powerful diagonal kick about fifteen meters away!

"wowowooooooo——"

With the French fans screaming, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in Martin's passing path.

He stopped and adjusted while running at high speed. He took two small steps, supported his body with his right foot, and struck with his left foot.

Varane's reaction was already very fast, but his block was still half a beat too slow.

The football kicked out by Ronaldo with his left foot was close to the ground and passed by at high speed before Varane made the tackle.

Goalkeeper Lloris instinctively fell to the left side of his body, and his left arm naturally expanded.

His body is very stretched and his fighting hand is fully opened, but his fingertips are still a few centimeters away from the football.

It was these few centimeters that prevented him from turning the tide.

The football running close to the ground rubbed the inside of the right goal post and rushed into the net...

(End of this chapter)