Chapter 477: Defeat Germany as a guest, Portugal vice-captain

Chapter 477: Defeat Germany as a guest, Portugal vice-captain

"aoaoaooaoaoooooo——"

The Portuguese fans at the Allianz Arena in Munich were ecstatic and their chants were deafening and long-lasting.

The Portuguese players standing near Martin seemed to have expected it. They immediately rushed over with their hands raised excitedly and celebrated the birth of the wonderful goal together.

Martin, who scored the goal, was the calmest one. He stood there and hugged his teammates who came forward to celebrate the goal.

Neuer, who fell back to the ground due to a save, looked at the football in the net and hammered the ground angrily.

Havertz, who took the free kick, blamed himself very much and was very upset.

But his teammates did not blame him, because the situation at the time was very critical. According to their understanding of Martin, he was probably close to scoring even if he did not commit a foul.

There is nothing they can do against such an opponent.

The on-site director restored the entire process of scoring a goal, from the eve of taking the free kick to the final goal. The whole process was full of viewing pleasure, as if it had undergone special artistic processing, and people couldn't help but marvel.

That almost perfect arc is refreshing.

The game restarted, and the German team, which was lagging behind, was obviously a little anxious.

It was head coach Loew who promptly signaled the players to play steadily, otherwise the ball would be missed and the ball would continue to be conceded.

Portugal, which is leading the score, focuses on being 'stable' and never does anything risky.

That was why when Skomina blew the whistle for the first half, the scoreboard still showed 0:1.

The German team, which enjoys home advantage, is lagging behind defending champion Portugal.

The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly, and both teams returned to the court to prepare for the second half.

Before the change of sides, neither side made any adjustments to their personnel.

Portugal's style of play, which has a kick-off advantage, has changed slightly compared to the steady and steady play in the first half, and the number of people involved in the attack has increased significantly.

However, the German team seemed to have expected it and chose to focus on stability at the beginning of the second half.

Facing Germany's comprehensive defense, the offensive system led by Martin didn't have any good solutions.

The advantage is that when the score is ahead, there is no need to attack.

Anyway, the one who is anxious must be the German team who is lagging behind.

If we lose both games, we won't be eliminated early, but at least it will be very embarrassing.

After losing two consecutive home games, they will definitely become the target of criticism from the German media and fans after the game.

The two sides spent fifteen minutes in a peaceful atmosphere. It was not until the 60th minute of the game that the German team, which was lagging behind, took the lead in making personnel adjustments.

As many predicted, the loss was unacceptable for the German team.

Sane replaced Gosens, and the effect of this adjustment was not obvious.

It is undeniable that Sane has strong breakthrough ability from the wing, but the football must eventually be passed to the center.

Portugal defended very well in the middle. Gnabry was at the front, and Muller and Havertz who entered the penalty area behind were unable to grab the spot.

In the 64th minute, Portugal also made personnel adjustments.

Moutinho replaced B Fee, and the formation changed from 433 back to 4231.

William Carvalho partners with Moutinho, Ronaldo, Martin, and Seat B are lined up, with Ruota at the front of the striker.

The change in formation also changed Portugal's usual playing style, returning to the tactical play that won the World Cup two years ago.

The abilities of the midfielder and the midfielder became more balanced. As time became less and less, the German team, which was lagging behind, became more and more anxious, obviously afraid of losing.

Once they lose two games in a row at the beginning, even a big win over Hungary in the final round will be of no use.

Not long after, the German team made personnel adjustments again.

Werner replaces Gnabry.

Many commentators and German fans also complained about this substitution.

In the opinion of many people, Gnabry's role is definitely better than Werner's, and Loew's use of Gnabry is also difficult to understand.

When he played for Arsenal, he always played two wingers or full midfielders, and never played as a center forward at all.

But the substitution has been completed, and commentators and fans from Germany can only hope that Loew's choice is correct.

Martin took the initiative to run to Gnabry, who looked depressed, gave him a hug and simply comforted him.

Perhaps because of his dissatisfaction with Loew, after completing the substitution handover ceremony with Werner, he went directly to the player tunnel without completing the greeting with Loew, which caused Loew who was waiting to be dumbfounded.

This scene was captured by the on-site director.

Central 5 commentator He Wei commented with a smile: "We felt that Loew's tactics for this game were unreasonable, and the use of Gnabry was also criticized. His role in Arsenal is the best." The answer is, but Loew puts him at the front. Facing the experienced Pepe, there is no benefit at all. Putting him on the wing is the best way to use it.”

"However, I personally feel that Gnabry's handling of the situation is a bit inappropriate and may cause discord among the generals."

Guest commentator Xu Yang said solemnly.

The German team, which has made substitution adjustments, has a stronger signal to strengthen its attack, but Werner's role in the front is not as good as Gnabry's.

Both of them are physically capable and dare to fight, but Werner's shooting skills are at least two levels worse than Gnabry's.

The game reached seventy-five minutes, a physical point in professional football matches.

The physical fitness of the starting players has reached the critical point. In order to be able to play the entire game, both teams consciously slow down the rhythm and wait until they can survive this difficult time before looking for scoring opportunities.

However, at this moment, Martin, who is good at creating opportunities, assisted Seat B to expand the score.

The offense organized by Kroos did not threaten Patricio's goal. Werner, who finally received the ball, made a slight adjustment and fired an angry shot from outside the top of the arc in the penalty area.

But his shooting skills were really impressive, and he fired the anti-aircraft cannon directly, which actually scared Pepe, who was out of position defensively.

Patricio took a short goal kick, and after a series of uninterrupted passes, the football quickly came to Moutinho's feet.

The thirty-five-year-old veteran can get a chance to play in the current Portuguese team, which is enough to show that his ability to organize offense is still quite scarce in the team.

Without too much involvement from Martin, the football can be smoothly moved to the core offensive third area.

Continuous and uninterrupted conduction, combined with the dribbling and passing of the ball by seat B to disrupt the defense line, the German team's defensive players suffered a slight decline due to the decline in physical fitness.

It doesn't seem particularly obvious, but the appearance of such a situation in front of Martin is tantamount to a huge loophole.

I saw Martin passing Moutinho forward with a stop, throwing away Gundogan who was defending frontally, and then played a 'two-on-one' with the B seat who was diagonally inserting into the front of the penalty area on the right side. He looked at Semedo's positive forward movement unexpectedly passed a reverse ball in the right corner of the penalty area.

The football shot up from the ground with a strong inward arc and passed through the airspace of the German team's penalty area, passing over the heads of center back Hummels and right center back Ginter, who originally planned to defend from the left.

The on-site director was almost deceived by Martin's body movements, but fortunately, the camera was switched very quickly, giving the entire German team a restricted area.

Right center back Gentel moved to the edge of the small penalty area on the left, stopped at a 90-degree angle to the left goal post, retreated and took off with difficulty, but did not hit Martin's cross.

Falling out!
Sane, who came on the bench, originally had the responsibility of dropping back to help defend, but he wanted to help the team attack more than defend. When Martin rushed to support Portugal's attack on the right, he did not return to defend in place.

So much so that Cancelo, who is very capable of assisting, inserted himself into the attack without even noticing.

The two central defenders of the three central defenders have the responsibility of marking Ronaldo and Jota respectively. Ginter stepped up and Sane did not retreat deeply... "Joao Cancelo!!"

Sky commentator Andy Gray's voice rose an octave.

At the same time, Cancelo, who was unmarked, used the arch of his left foot to stop the ball to the right side of his body, and naturally stepped forward and hit it with his right heel.

Neuer moved to the right of his body and threw his entire body, but the speed of the football kicked by Cancelo was still half a beat slower than that of Cancelo.

"Goooooooooooooooal——"

The powerful and heavy football scraped against the near-end goal post and hung directly on the snow-white net. The commentators in the on-site commentary box stretched out their voices in unison.

"Cancelo! Help Portugal expand the score to two goals!"

Central 5 commentator He Wei said loudly: "Martin sent a wonderful cross! Portugal leads the German team 2:0. This goal... basically confirms Portugal's two consecutive wins in the group!"

Cancelo was extremely excited after scoring the goal. He bypassed the German players who were standing in a daze and ran excitedly towards Martin who sent in a precise cross.

Being able to score a goal, 90% of the credit must be attributed to Martin.

In the process of continuing to organize the offense, Martin gave him obvious tactical gestures.

Everything was done deliberately by Martin.

Standing in the visiting team coach's technical area, Santos's heart finally sank, and he celebrated with high-fives and hugs from his assistants.

Loew's face on the other side was extremely heavy, obviously desperate for the current score.

Although there are still more than ten minutes before the end of the game, and the injury time is estimated to be barely twenty minutes, it is enough time to score two goals in a row, but the opponent he faces is Portugal led by Martin, and he cannot see even a single shot. A little chance.

The Portuguese players celebrated the goal excitedly, while the German players shook their heads and sighed, obviously having guessed the final result of the game.

"aoaooaoaoooo——"

The German fans at the Allianz Arena in Munich forgot to make a sound at this time, allowing the Portuguese fans to make hysterical shouts at their home stadium.

Not long after, the game started again.

The German team, which was two goals behind, seemed to be showing signs of failure. The previous team football atmosphere seemed to be gone, and the players preferred to play alone.

Teamwork can't break through Portugal's gate, let alone an individual operation?

Portuguese head coach Santos also reacted very quickly. He took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to make personnel adjustments again.

Replace Jota with the extremely fast Leo to increase the speed of counterattack.

Ronaldo is at the forefront of the striker.

In the 81st minute, Santos' tactics played the role of changing players like changing swords.

Sane received the ball on the right and wanted to make up for it, using his super personal ability to find opportunities.

Unexpectedly, Martin, who was assisting in defense, separated Sane from the ball with his wonderful body position, and there was no foul.

Sane, who had the ball stolen, turned to face the referee and signaled Martin for a foul.

Martin, who has enough confidence in his defensive ability, handed the ball to Cancelo, and then completed two ninety-degree clockwise turns with his left foot as the axis to face the offensive direction.

The ball was quickly passed through Moutinho to Martin who completed the forward turn.

Gundogan and Kroos pounced in unison, but Martin, who had a wide vision, had already had a plan. He stopped the ball slightly with the outside instep of his right foot, and then sent a long diagonal kick directly to the left rib of the defense to the front left. pass.

Leo, who came on as a substitute, was like a red lightning flash across the court, passing along the left sideline and past the midfield line at a speed visible to the naked eye, chasing Martin's well-timed long pass.

Neuer is afraid of Martin's wide vision of the goal. He is positioned relatively far back, and loses the best opportunity to leave the goal and attack.

The most important thing is that Leo is extremely fast, and Gentle, who is on the right, has a shortcoming in his pursuit speed.

Rudiger, who likes to run in stride, is fast enough, but he can only stare at him from across half the stadium, and he is not as good as Leo in terms of absolute speed.

Gentle, who was chasing back at full speed, was pulled away by Leo, who was running at full speed. If it weren't for the spirit of never giving up, he would have given up.

Hummels in the middle is also chasing back at full speed, but they are far away from each other. We can only expect Leo to make a proactive mistake.

Since joining Arsenal for a season, Leo has grown rapidly. In private, he often asks Martin, who has a record of playing against each other in the U17, how to deal with one-on-one goals.

Therefore, Leo's single-handed ball handling skills have improved rapidly. During the high-speed running process, he stopped and passed the right long ball, and the whole person moved towards the right front of the ball without slowing down.

After dribbling the ball to the edge of the penalty area on the left, Neuer abandoned the goal and struck out.

Leo kept his posture very low, instead of learning from technical players to shoot in advance, but took advantage of his speed to get the ball out in advance, passed Neuer and then kicked the ball towards the unguarded goal...

0:3
The scoreboard score displayed on the big screen at Munich's Allianz Arena changed.

The German fans in the audience stood up and left early, saying that they were out of sight but out of mind.

The Portuguese fans who "traveled with the team" were ecstatic and cheered.

After scoring the goal, Leo let himself go in the fanatical atmosphere and expressed the ecstasy brought by the goal by sliding on his knees.

Then, he rushed to Martin who sent a wonderful pass: "Thank you, captain."

"Hey~the captain is Cristiano~"

Martin joked with a smile.

"Raphael is right. You are now the vice-captain of the team. When I retire, you will be the captain."

Cristiano Ronaldo ran up and put his arm around Martin's shoulders.

The Portuguese players' goal celebration was short-lived and they quickly returned to their own half to prepare to restart the game.

The German team players, who were three goals behind, looked desperate. Standing in the home team coach's technical area, Loew pursed his lips and suddenly felt that the boogers on his fingertips no longer smelled good.

He knew that there would be no surprises in this game.

The Portuguese team, which was leading by a big score, also knew how to give face to the home team. Just like the victory over Hungary, they maintained their three-goal lead until the end of the game.

Three minutes of stoppage time had not yet elapsed, and the referee Kuppers decisively blew the whistle to end the game.

In the end, Portugal defeated the German team 3:0 at the Allianz Arena in Munich with Martin's two passes and one shot, qualifying from Group F ahead of schedule with six points from two consecutive victories.

At the end of the game, the on-site director gave Martin a close-up shot and pushed it to a close-up shot of his face.

There is no doubt that Portugal was the biggest contributor to the victory as a guest.

Later in the match at the Puskás Stadium, the French team drew 1:1 with Hungary as a guest.

等于说输球的德国队积分垫底，葡萄牙6分第1，法国4分第2，匈牙利1分第3。

Hungary, which has not lost, has a desperate chance to qualify with one round left. As long as they defeat Germany in the last round, they are very likely to get four points and advance to the top 16 with the third place in the four best groups. !
The German team, which defeated Portugal 0:3 at home, basically lost the chance to advance.

But there is no chance at all, just the probability is relatively small.

The prerequisite for advancement is that you must seize the opportunity in the last round and not lose any more points...

(End of this chapter)